They are going to try in several places, I have no doubt. Why would this come as a surprise? It is part and parcel of the whole sanctity of the unborn thing and has been a major constituent of more fundamentalist Christianity and of Catholicism for quite some time.
And same-sex marriage is definitely on the chopping block. Do you doubt that at all?
They are going to try in several places, I have no doubt. Why would this come as a surprise? It is part and parcel of the whole sanctity of the unborn thing and has been a major constituent of more fundamentalist Christianity and of Catholicism for quite some time.
And same-sex marriage is definitely on the chopping block. Do you doubt that at all?
Define "they." Some idiots somewhere proposing something doesn't mean it's anywhere close to a majority of Republicans. That's like taking the most idiotic thing that AOC comes up and say that all Democrats support it. That's not the way it works.
These days it seems the most wack-job proposals by Trumpists are what legislatures are indeed proposing. It's what DeSantis is imposing and what Abbot enacted.
When has something being unpopular ever stopped Republicans from trying to enshrine it into law?
Rick Scott, the head of the NRSC, wants to end Medicare, Social Security, The Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and raise taxes on everyone making less than $100k.
How many Republicans want any of those things to pass into law? Do you think it will matter?
The GOP candidate for Governor in Michigan is running explicitly against the very idea of democracy. His justification is that democracy always leads to communism and this isn't an abnormal view for today's Republicans. Mike Lee said very similar things. Ron Johnson thinks Hungary is a nation we should model.
Once you've embraced the idea of minority rule, what does popularity and support have anything to do with what is enshrined into law?
They being elected GoP politicians, holding offices that can actually legislate these things.
It doesn't matter if a majority of Republicans hold those positions, because these people are not catering to a majority of Republicans, let alone a majority of the American population. Authoritarians and theocrats don't care what a majority wants.
Some of these laws are already on the books, waiting for Roe to go poof.
They are going to try in several places, I have no doubt. Why would this come as a surprise? It is part and parcel of the whole sanctity of the unborn thing and has been a major constituent of more fundamentalist Christianity and of Catholicism for quite some time.
And same-sex marriage is definitely on the chopping block. Do you doubt that at all?
Define "they." Some idiots somewhere proposing something doesn't mean it's anywhere close to a majority of Republicans. That's like taking the most idiotic thing that AOC comes up and say that all Democrats support it. That's not the way it works.
These days it seems the most wack-job proposals by Trumpists are what legislatures are indeed proposing. It's what DeSantis is imposing and what Abbot enacted.
Actually, that seems to be exactly how it works.
When has something being unpopular ever stopped Republicans from trying to enshrine it into law?
Rick Scott, the head of the NRSC, wants to end Medicare, Social Security, The Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and raise taxes on everyone making less than $100k.
How many Republicans want any of those things to pass into law? Do you think it will matter?
The GOP candidate for Governor in Michigan is running explicitly against the very idea of democracy. His justification is that democracy always leads to communism and this isn't an abnormal view for today's Republicans. Mike Lee said very similar things. Ron Johnson thinks Hungary is a nation we should model.
Once you've embraced the idea of minority rule, what does popularity and support have anything to do with what is enshrined into law?
They being elected GoP politicians, holding offices that can actually legislate these things.
It doesn't matter if a majority of Republicans hold those positions, because these people are not catering to a majority of Republicans, let alone a majority of the American population. Authoritarians and theocrats don't care what a majority wants.
Some of these laws are already on the books, waiting for Roe to go poof.