Okay look I don’t want to turn GMP into a political rag. We got plenty of that shit already. There is no political litmus test when it comes to goodness. You can look like a Martian and write in Batman for President as far as I’m concerned. But there are certain issues where politics and gender do intersect and on those I think we need to be talking about that here.
So I understand abortion is a tough issue for a lot of folks. Truly. I don’t pretend to know when a life becomes a life, though I will say that executing grown mostly black men is taking a life just IMO. So this whole Komen fiasco seems to me to be fair for us at GMP to dig into and question. Yes breast cancer can afflict men but it is primarily a women’s issue. And the right to choose is about a woman’s body even though it’s mostly men who want to take that choice away.
So how do we have less abortions? Teach our young people to have safe sex (I do like sex but my wife and I have three kids are are too old to conceive at this point so any time spent trying to teach me about contraceptives is wasted). Seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Not so fast…
So we somehow get back to not just “him”, meaning Rick and Mitt and Barack, but HIM. This election isn’t about our wars in the Middle East, about poverty, about our failed education system, about the economy. Silly me. It’s about GOD.
What we have learned is that safe sex isn’t about contraceptives it’s about no sex according to Born Again Christians and the Catholic Church. I just have one tiny problem with that. It’s my friend Joe. He was raped over and over again by a Catholic priest and was the first one to come forward, creating a international scandal through his telling the truth.
I hate to do this but I am going to have to quote a guy I’m sure many people hate, but always seems to put a smile on my face because he is just as crazy and outrageous as I sometimes am (and to be fair I like his wife just as much as him):
Your latest nuisance comes in the form of an anti-contraception activist and 18-point loser, Rick Santorum. I’m not here to tell you how to do your job, but you ought to get your hands on a copy of Ricky boy’s book. He’s really hung up on birth control pills, huh? Not to mention, he seems to be pretty down on women having jobs outside of the home. That didn’t play out too well in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
–Memo to the Republican Establishment, Part II.
You see if I had to put myself in a political box I would say I am fiscally very conservative but socially as progressive as they come. I would be a Republican if Bill Weld was still allowed into the “big” tent. But until that time I am thinking of asking Andrew Sullivan to run for the Big House. If we can’t get a woman in office just yet getting a gay man who talks sense when it comes to the big issues of the day would be a welcome change in my book.
Please tell me where I am wrong.
<blockquote.the right to choose is about a woman's body even though it's mostly men who want to take that choice away Neither are true. The funny thing about the abortion debate is that both sides blame men and say men are the evil people who are either “taking away women’s right to choose” or else “forcing women to get abortions so they can avoid responsibility”. I guess that’s a smart move to blame men for something which is entirely a woman’s decision. After all society basically hates men and loves women so you always want to frame your stuff as… Read more »
Wow, so any women in the white house, if not a gay man. HOW about just getting someone competent, regardless of sexual orientation, gender etc.
Here in Canada our supreme court has said life begin at BIRTH. So women (well actually any age female) can get an abortion right up to the moment of birth and if a recent case takes hold even after birth. <– I kid you not
As long as when life starts is debated based on philosophy rather than biology, there will never be agreement as to when it starts or what it is.
(Funny how about the only men that are mentioned in the abortion discussion are the ones that want to take it away from women, no surprise the rest are scared to speak up no matter how we feel about it.)
You know maybe if people were this passionate about male birth control options….
But as for this Komen ordeal I’m with Sctoll. The Komen Foundation is about breast cancer so guess where their money is gonna go.
For me, the Komen thing is just plain silly.
WHY?
They are supposed to be collecting money to cure breast cancer. You know “Komen for the cure”. This giving to Planned Parenthood is wrong. Not because I am for/against Abortion but because the money is being directed to an ORG that has nothing to do with finding a cure for breast cancer. I would be just as upset if I gave money to an org called “Bill Smith , Lets defeat Homelessness” and I found out that they money was being given to an org that funded the Arts.
No, funding Planned Parenthood is not wrong. And, btw, the funding was not just dolled out – Planned Parenthoods apply for the funding, along with other organizations. The reason it’s important is because the vast majority of what Planned Parenthood does is health care. Yes, sexual healthcare and women’s healthcare are a part of that (but the menz go there too! or should!). BUT the part of that Komen funded/funds is cancer screenings, breast exams, etc – basically PREVENTATIVE breast cancer care. In my view, that is just as important as trying to find a cure, wouldn’t you agree? Moreover,… Read more »
@Nikki: Actually you used my example incorrectly. Because planned parenthood does NOTHING for breast cancer research, or prevention at all.
BTW, was it really necessary to use the derogatory term “the menz”
“the menz.”
One of those feminist anti-male code terms.