Rachel Maddow again has gathered more information about the US influence over Uganda’s human rights violations manifest in its newest proposed legislation to imprison or execute homosexuals.
I’ve said this before, but I think it’s appropriate again: I think the parents of those who preach abstinence should have practiced it.
Rachel Maddow’s take yesterday on Uganda’s bill meant to imprison or kill people engaging in, attempting to engage in, or knowing someone who engages in (but not reporting it) homosexuality:
I bet there are a lot more string-pullers over here than we’ll ever discover.
If you thought my satire about a Virginia referendum to reject suffrage was too hyperbolic, check out what Rachel Maddow has to say about Virginia’s newly elected governor and attorney general:1
Excerpts: (starting at about 1:00)
Virginia… elected an attorney general named Ken Cuccinelli, who has called being gay “intrinsically wrong,” and has said that it does not comport with natural law….2
…Virginia’s new governor-elect Bob McDonnell just a few years ago said that certain homosexual conduct could and should disqualify a person from being a judge because of violating Virginia’s Crimes Against Nature law.3
Virginia Governor elect Bob McDonnell issued a statement today that once in office he would pursue a referendum in Virginia to reject the constitutional amendment that lets women vote.1
McDonnell was attacked for his 1989 thesis for Regent University, in which he described working women and feminists as ‘detrimental’ to the family. Despite his campaign promise that his views have matured, McDonnell is apparently using the gubernatorial platform and the trend of states passing similar initiatives regarding civil rights to manifest his idealism in a state that has a long history of conservatism.
When asked about the implications of the Tenth Amendment, McDonnell’s spokesperson indicated that “the Constitution as ratified explicitly excluded women,2 and even if state sovereignty in this matter does not trump federal law, it is firmly established that the federal government cannot force participation in the administration of any of its programs.3 In addition, the federal government is prohibited from trying to prevent the Commonwealth’s free exercise of religion, which is a substantive part of the referendum — to affirm religious freedom.”4
At the now infamous Values Voter Summit, Representative Mike Pence, (R) Indiana, had this to say about Obama’s terrible czars:1 (emphasis mine)
You know I do think members of Congress should be required to read bills. But I gotta tell you, I’d be just about as happy if more of ‘em read this (holds up Constitution) a little more often. The Constitution of the United States of America… And nowhere in here can I find the word “czar” (laughter)… Washington DC must become a “no-czar zone” starting here and starting now.2
I’d like to know why I have yet to hear a left-wing pundit thoroughly bash the right-wing, God-fearing, “family values”-hyping, prayer in school and ten commandments on the courthouse-promoting, hypocritical conservatives by offering up an equally valid alternative for Mr. Pence:
You know I do think members of Congress should be required to read bills. But I gotta tell you, I’d be just about as happy if more of ‘em read this (holds up Constitution) a little more often. The Constitution of the United States of America… And nowhere in here can I find the word “God” (laughter)… Washington DC must become a “no-God zone” starting here and starting now.
This is for you, Rachel Maddow. You missed a great opportunity to justify and promote the effort to remove “God” from the Pledge, from money, from public schools, and from the walls of our court houses. I’m not saying that you don’t agree, but when you covered the summit and then the “Why should God bless America?” attack against non-religiousness,3 Mike Pence’s blatant double standard was just begging to be addressed.
Maybe next time!
