Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
>in fact getting married in church means nothing and you are not really married >until the church files the papers with the state ! Getting married in church pre-dates the government getting involved. And if you think getting married in church means nothing, I'm thinking you have divorce in your past. On Dec 3, 7:58 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a lot of people haven't realized religion has nothing to do with > marriage either . in fact getting married in church means nothing and > you are not really married until the church files the papers with the > state ! > > On Dec 3, 7:38 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Most don't realize marriage is a contract until they divorce and > > divide the assets. "What's Love Got to Do With It?"//Children are > > born. Parents die. Weath shimmies.// The winners are lawyers. > > > On Dec 3, 6:32 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and > > > the state . > > > > On Dec 3, 6:49 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the > > > > recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last > > > > trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his > > > > belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures > > > > from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to > > > > the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for > > > > them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth > > > > for old males. But I am not a male. > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ? > > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it > > > > > > passed. > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL > > > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to > > > > > > > Sexual > > > > > > > Policy > > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/ > > > > > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > Religious > > > > > > > Right. > > > > > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic > > > > > > > party > > > > > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse > > > > > > > policy of > > > > > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative > > > > > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help > > > > > > > frame > > > > > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days. > > > > > > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no- > > > > > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's > > > > > > > victory > > > > > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to > > > > > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a > > > > > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious > > > > > > > zealots, > > > > > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the > > > > > > > apparatus of > > > > > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian > > > > > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific > > > > > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of > > > > > > > > the culture wars. > > > > > > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004 > > > > > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help > > > > > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to > > > > > > > outlaw > > > > > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), > > > > > > > California > > > > > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was > > > > > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting > > > > > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either > > > > > > > adopting > > > > > > > a child or serving as foster parents. > > > > > > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota > > > > > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal > > > > > > > personhood" > > > > > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a > > > > > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one > > > > > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008,
Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
They're not going to let you have sex with children mike, no matter who's in office. On Dec 3, 5:37 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual > Policyhttp://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/ > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the > Religious > Right. > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days. > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no- > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush’s victory > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots, > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of > > the culture wars. > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004 > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the > religious right’s moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was > Arkansas’ Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting > a child or serving as foster parents. > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish “fetal personhood” > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy, > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama’s broad > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats. > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the > religious right’s culture wars. > > * * * --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
What frightens you about the will of the People REJECTING gay
marriage???
On Dec 3, 6:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > Policy
> > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > Religious
> > > Right.
> > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > the culture wars.
>
> > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > * * *
>
> > --
> > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
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Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
in a lot of ways that is true ! On Dec 3, 8:00 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, we are slaves to the State. > > On Dec 3, 6:58 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > a lot of people haven't realized religion has nothing to do with > > marriage either . in fact getting married in church means nothing and > > you are not really married until the church files the papers with the > > state ! > > > On Dec 3, 7:38 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Most don't realize marriage is a contract until they divorce and > > > divide the assets. "What's Love Got to Do With It?"//Children are > > > born. Parents die. Weath shimmies.// The winners are lawyers. > > > > On Dec 3, 6:32 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and > > > > the state . > > > > > On Dec 3, 6:49 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the > > > > > recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last > > > > > trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his > > > > > belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures > > > > > from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to > > > > > the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for > > > > > them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth > > > > > for old males. But I am not a male. > > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ? > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and > > > > > > > it passed. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL > > > > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to > > > > > > > > Sexual > > > > > > > > Policy > > > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/ > > > > > > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > Religious > > > > > > > > Right. > > > > > > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic > > > > > > > > party > > > > > > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse > > > > > > > > policy of > > > > > > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the > > > > > > > > conservative > > > > > > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help > > > > > > > > frame > > > > > > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days. > > > > > > > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no- > > > > > > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's > > > > > > > > victory > > > > > > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to > > > > > > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a > > > > > > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious > > > > > > > > zealots, > > > > > > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the > > > > > > > > apparatus of > > > > > > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of > > > > > > > > programs to > > > > > > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian > > > > > > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific > > > > > > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of > > > > > > > > > the culture wars. > > > > > > > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004 > > > > > > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional > > > > > > > > elections, the > > > > > > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all > > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did > > > > > > > > help > > > > > > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to > > > > > > > > outlaw > > > > > > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), > > > > > > > > California > > > > > > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits > > > > > > > > co-habiting > > > > > > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either > > > > > > > > adopting > > > > > > > > a child or serving as foster parents. > > > > > > > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South > > > > > > > > Dakota > > > > > > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal > > > > > > > > personhood" > > > > > > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a > > > > > > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide
Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
Actually, we are slaves to the State. On Dec 3, 6:58�am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a lot of people haven't realized religion has nothing to do with > marriage either . in fact getting married in church means nothing and > you are not really married until the church files the papers with the > state ! > > On Dec 3, 7:38�am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Most don't realize marriage is a contract until they divorce and > > divide the assets. "What's Love Got to Do With It?"//Children are > > born. Parents die. Weath shimmies.// The winners are lawyers. > > > On Dec 3, 6:32 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and > > > the state . > > > > On Dec 3, 6:49 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the > > > > recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last > > > > trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his > > > > belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures > > > > from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to > > > > the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for > > > > them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth > > > > for old males. But I am not a male. > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ? > > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it > > > > > > passed. > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL > > > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to > > > > > > > Sexual > > > > > > > Policy > > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/ > > > > > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > Religious > > > > > > > Right. > > > > > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic > > > > > > > party > > > > > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse > > > > > > > policy of > > > > > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative > > > > > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help > > > > > > > frame > > > > > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days. > > > > > > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no- > > > > > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's > > > > > > > victory > > > > > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to > > > > > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a > > > > > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious > > > > > > > zealots, > > > > > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the > > > > > > > apparatus of > > > > > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian > > > > > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific > > > > > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of > > > > > > > > the culture wars. > > > > > > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004 > > > > > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help > > > > > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to > > > > > > > outlaw > > > > > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), > > > > > > > California > > > > > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was > > > > > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting > > > > > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either > > > > > > > adopting > > > > > > > a child or serving as foster parents. > > > > > > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota > > > > > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal > > > > > > > personhood" > > > > > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a > > > > > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one > > > > > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing > > > > > > > economy, > > > > > > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's > > > > > > > broad > > > > > > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats. > > > > > > > > The Democratic landslide provides a un
Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
a lot of people haven't realized religion has nothing to do with marriage either . in fact getting married in church means nothing and you are not really married until the church files the papers with the state ! On Dec 3, 7:38 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most don't realize marriage is a contract until they divorce and > divide the assets. "What's Love Got to Do With It?"//Children are > born. Parents die. Weath shimmies.// The winners are lawyers. > > On Dec 3, 6:32 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and > > the state . > > > On Dec 3, 6:49 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the > > > recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last > > > trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his > > > belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures > > > from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to > > > the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for > > > them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth > > > for old males. But I am not a male. > > > > On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ? > > > > > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it > > > > > passed. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to > > > > > > Sexual > > > > > > Policy > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/ > > > > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the > > > > > > Religious > > > > > > Right. > > > > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic > > > > > > party > > > > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy > > > > > > of > > > > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative > > > > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help > > > > > > frame > > > > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days. > > > > > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no- > > > > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's > > > > > > victory > > > > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to > > > > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a > > > > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious > > > > > > zealots, > > > > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus > > > > > > of > > > > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to > > > > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian > > > > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific > > > > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of > > > > > > > the culture wars. > > > > > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004 > > > > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, > > > > > > the > > > > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but > > > > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help > > > > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to > > > > > > outlaw > > > > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), > > > > > > California > > > > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was > > > > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting > > > > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either > > > > > > adopting > > > > > > a child or serving as foster parents. > > > > > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota > > > > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal > > > > > > personhood" > > > > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a > > > > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one > > > > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy, > > > > > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's > > > > > > broad > > > > > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats. > > > > > > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress > > > > > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many > > > > > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex > > > > > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle > > > > > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally
Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
Most don't realize marriage is a contract until they divorce and
divide the assets. "What's Love Got to Do With It?"//Children are
born. Parents die. Weath shimmies.// The winners are lawyers.
On Dec 3, 6:32�am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and
> the state .
>
> On Dec 3, 6:49�am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the
> > recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last
> > trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his
> > belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures
> > from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to
> > the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for
> > them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth
> > for old males. But I am not a male.
>
> > On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> > > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it
> > > > passed.
>
> > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > > > Policy
> > > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > > > Religious
> > > > > Right.
> > > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > > > the culture wars.
>
> > > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > > > * * *
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Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
marrage is nothing more or less than a contract between two adults and
the state .
On Dec 3, 6:49 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the
> recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last
> trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his
> belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures
> from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to
> the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for
> them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth
> for old males. But I am not a male.
>
> On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > > Policy
> > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > > Religious
> > > > Right.
> > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > > the culture wars.
>
> > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > > * * *
>
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MARRIAGE is 1 man and 1 woman. Period. Nothing else. Civil unions are fine.
And that Arkansas Act had nothing to do with marriage. Same-sex marriage is
illegal in Arkansas by Constitutional Amendment.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it
> passed.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > Policy
> > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > Religious
> > > Right.
> > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
> >
> > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
> >
> > > the culture wars.
> >
> > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > a child or serving as foster parents.
> >
> > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
> >
> > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > religious right's culture wars.
> >
> > > * * *
> >
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It's hard enough to trust a straight man, mike. Who wants to be the
recipient of all his wild nights that are incipient STD's? The last
trustworthy male is a widower with decades of loyal marriage under his
belt. The complications, however, multiply. We are sexual creatures
from birth till death- nothing in Third World countries compares to
the treatment of mature women in the West. Tribes have a place for
them. We do not. Frankly, I can see the allure of children and youth
for old males. But I am not a male.
On Dec 3, 5:07�am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what is that �frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> On Dec 3, 5:45�am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > fyi: �I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > Policy
> > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > Religious
> > > Right.
> > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > the culture wars.
>
> > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > * * *
>
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Re: 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual Policy
they say that if you put a money at a keycoard and let him pound away
eventually he will type something rintelligent. well just keep
plucking away murky, there is hope for you yet, chimp.
On Dec 3, 6:32 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I say good riddance. Just don't call it marriage.
>
> On Dec 3, 5:07 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> > On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > > Policy
> > > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > > Religious
> > > > Right.
> > > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > > the culture wars.
>
> > > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > > * * *
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I say good riddance. Just don't call it marriage.
On Dec 3, 5:07�am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what is that �frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
>
> On Dec 3, 5:45�am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > fyi: �I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > > Policy
> > >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > > Religious
> > > Right.
> > > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > > the culture wars.
>
> > > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > > * * *
>
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what is that frightens you about two gay people getting married ?
On Dec 3, 5:45 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> > Policy
> >http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> > We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> > Religious
> > Right.
> > The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> > presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> > the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> > repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> > a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> > For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> > prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> > in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> > impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> > vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> > working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> > the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> > further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> > society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> > knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> > the culture wars.
>
> > The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> > elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> > religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> > absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> > rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> > gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> > (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> > Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> > couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> > a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> > Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> > (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> > and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> > proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> > already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> > failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> > popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> > The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> > and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> > profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> > policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> > for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> > religious right's culture wars.
>
> > * * *
>
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fyi: I voted for the Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 and it passed.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 9 Ways to Halt the Right Wing Culture Wars and Bring Sanity to Sexual
> Policy
> http://www.alternet.org/sex/109563/
> We have a unique opportunity to overturn the perverse agenda of the
> Religious
> Right.
> The recent electoral victory of Barack Obama and the Democratic party
> presents a unique opportunity to overturn the most perverse policy of
> the Bush administration and the religious right, the conservative
> repressive sexual agenda. The following nine proposals can help frame
> a new sexual agenda to be introduced in the first 100 days.
>
> For the last three decades the religious right fought a take-no-
> prisoners war over popular morality. Taking power with Bush's victory
> in 2000, Christian conservatives were finally in the position to
> impose their beliefs as public policy. And they did so with a
> vengeance. At the local, state and federal levels, religious zealots,
> working through the Republican party, took control of the apparatus of
> the State and aggressively implemented a diverse set of programs to
> further their goal of creating a morally upstanding, Christian
> society. Family life, sexual relations, education, scientific
> knowledge and popular entertainment became battlegrounds of
>
> the culture wars.
>
> The culture wars played a decisive role in the 2000 and 2004
> elections, but were eclipsed in the 2006 Congressional elections, the
> religious right's moral fervor spent. While sex issues were all but
> absent from the 2008 national presidential campaign, they did help
> rally the conservative faithful at the state level. Efforts to outlaw
> gay marriage were successful in Arizona (Proposition 102), California
> (Proposition 8)and Florida (Marriage Protection Amendment) as was
> Arkansas' Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that prohibits co-habiting
> couples of the same sex, whether gay or straight, from either adopting
> a child or serving as foster parents.
>
> Nevertheless, efforts in Colorado (Amendment 45) and South Dakota
> (Initiated Measure 11) to, respectively, establish "fetal personhood"
> and ban abortion failed. And in Washington, voters approved a
> proposition permitting physician-assisted suicide similar to one
> already in force in Oregon. In 2008, it was the collapsing economy,
> failed Bush policies and culture-war fatigue as well as Obama's broad
> popular appeal that turned the tide for the Democrats.
>
> The Democratic landslide provides a unique opportunity for Congress
> and the President-elect to quickly address at least one of the many
> profound failings of the Bush administration, its repressive sex
> policies. The following proposals can help frame the upcoming battle
> for political reform and, hopefully, finally put an end to the
> religious right's culture wars.
>
> * * *
>
>
> >
>
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