Can legislators overturn a State Supreme Court decision?
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If I run for office, that would be relevant.
Since there are a number of different religions, and since religious books contain conflicting, prejudicial edicts, in my opinion, basing public policy on a religious book is not the way to go.
YMMV.
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It’s a good think they are in session till May then lol
tnt
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Johnson worked for the group that sued to overturn RvW.
And…well here…
Johnson has long opposed abortion as he served as a former senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)—the conservative legal powerhouse behind the case that overturned Roe—which is now spearheading efforts to restrict abortion pills nationwide. In that role, he worked to shut down abortion clinics and defended anti-abortion laws in his home state of Louisiana.
While appearing on Fox News Sunday, Bream noted that Johnson had been accused of being “wildly out of step” with Americans on birth control, in which 92 percent of Americans say it’s morally acceptable, according to a 2022 Gallup poll.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is seen during a news briefing at the U.S. Capitol on November 2 in Washington, D.C. Johnson was confronted by Fox News host Shannon Bream on Sunday over… More
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“He supported bans that would not only criminalize abortion, but ban IVF treatments and common forms of birth control and that you voted against access to contraception,” Bream said, quoting EMILYs List, a political action committee aimed at electing women who support abortion rights. “Is that an accurate assessment of where you are? Because that’s not in step with the American people.”
Despite Johnson’s response, his previous efforts in implementing anti-abortion laws and restricting access to contraception remain significant for critics as he voted against the Right to Contraception Act, which would protect access to birth control. It was passed in the House in July 2022.
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tnt
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To me, it displays the commitment he has to extreme christian values and coupled with his words - that he is guided by the bible - it suggests to me that he is very serious about injecting these christian values into all aspects of his work.
Which I am sure many people applaude.
I don’t.
Again, it’s his business. I wouldn’t not invite him to the block party. I wouldn’t be happy to have him for a drink. But I find it extreme and it goes intot he ‘reasons not to support him’ column for me.
The son porn thing is weirder to me because it makes the sun the stweard of the father, which is too much pressure to put on a kid. There job isn’t to narc out dad to mom about porn. It’s to be a kid and grow into an adult.
tnt
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You see no difference between sexual preferences and religion in the context of governing?
I don’t like the father-daughter chastity ball, either.
tnt
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The bird never gets tired of chirping, does it?
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We are not discussing support we are discussing personal choices.
Just because something is weird to us like the chastity ball or the virginity pledge or the porn thing doesn’t mean that it is weird.
We are judging their personal lives while simultaneously criticizing anyone who judges personal lives of people we support. It’s weird
Yeah the only difference is the platform each espouses. Which of the homosexual politicians do not support laws that protect their own?
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Shurg. People do it all the time. It’s actually kind of our jobs - to size up the candidates and support some of them. And we use all kinds of things to do it.
Now, along the way, people use things that they shouldn’t - IMO - race, beauty, sexual orientation - and IMO, another one of our jobs is to talk about how some of these things aren’t relevant because they don’t affect the job at hand.
When someone tells use that they are guided by a religious book, and they tell us the reliious book so deeply affects them that they do (IMO) fringe religious things with their family, I think its very fair to conclude they are true when they tell us that book will guide their actions in office.
Why aren’t we discussing support. That’s the only relevant thing here. I wouldn’t mention this guys porn thing with his son in a politcal forum if it didn’t inform my politcal view of that person.
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tnt
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Right - and people consider that and vote accordingly.
For me, a gay man running on a platform to protect americans from discrimination based on sexual orientation is a plus. And anecdotes about his life might inform me that he is serious about it.
A religious person running on a platform of using the bible to guide policy is a negative. And anecdotes about his life might inform me that he is serious about it.
This ruling and the support its gathered is a sad display.
I thought the right had more common sense than this but here we are. Arguing that a single called organism is a person and has human rights is beyond the absurd.
The left is insane for arguing and supporting open borders.
This is the rights insanity.
Go team go!!
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WuWei
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What do you base yours on? What’s your guide?
WuWei
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So what? Are his beliefs less valid than yours?
WuWei
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What’s the difference in the context of guiding your decisions?
WuWei
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Why not? What don’t you like about it?
