#FrankWilhoit's definition of "#conservativism" remains a classic:
> There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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> There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/this-is-a-death-sentence-for-me-florida-republican-women-say-they-will-switch-parties-after-desantis-approves-alimony-law-34563230
This is real leopards-eating-people's-faces-party stuff, and it's the only source of mirth in an otherwise grim situation.
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‘This is a death sentence for me’: Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law
Dara Kam, News Service of Florida (Orlando Weekly)Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/louisiana_n_1593995
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Louisiana Lawmakers Object To Funding Islamic School Under New Voucher Program
Gregory Kristof (HuffPost)Cory Doctorow
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-francois-legault-crucifix-religious-symbols-1.4858757
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Cory Doctorow
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https://www.npr.org/2018/08/17/639726472/satanic-temple-protests-ten-commandments-monument-with-goat-headed-statue
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Cory Doctorow
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https://katv.com/news/offbeat/satanic-temple-display-installed-at-illinois-capitol-next-to-nativity-scene-menorah-decorations-snake-serpent-satanic-temple-springfield-christmas-tree
And now we come to #Dobbs, and the cowardly, illegitimate #SupremeCourt's cowardly, illegitimate overturning of #RoeVWade, a move that was immediately followed by "red" states implementing total, or near-total bans on #abortion:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/#crisis-pregnancy-centers
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Satanic Temple display installed at Illinois Capitol next to Nativity scene, menorah
WICS/WCCU Staff (KATV)Cory Doctorow
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/21/legal-strategy-that-could-topple-abortion-bans-00102468
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The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans
POLITICOCory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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As Rabbi James Bennett told *Politico*'s #AliceOllstein: "They’re entitled to their interpretation of when life begins, but they’re not entitled to have the exclusive one."
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Cory Doctorow
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Kentucky's challenge comes from three Jewish women whose faith holds that life begins "with the first breath."
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Cory Doctorow
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Then there's the Satanic Temple, in court in Texas, Idaho and Indiana. The Satanists say that abortion is a religious ritual, and argue that the state can't limit their access to it.
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Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow
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https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court
But in the meantime, the bigots and religious maniacs who want to preserve "religious liberty" while banning abortion are walking a fine line.
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The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court
The New RepublicCory Doctorow
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https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20230118184008/Individual-Members-v.-Anonymous-Planitiff-Amicus-Brief.pdf
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Cory Doctorow
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Not only is Becket throwing its opposition to "sincerely held belief" tests under the bus, they're doing so for nothing. Jewish religious texts clearly state that life begins at the first breath, and that the life of a pregnant person takes precedence over the life of the fetus in their uterus.
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Cory Doctorow
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> The idea of reproductive rights as a religious liberty issue is absolutely not something that came from lawyers. It’s how faith communities themselves have been talking about their approach to reproductive rights for literally decades.
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Cory Doctorow
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Nina Paley (modified)
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Clinic by the bay in Omaio
Flickrcohomology is FUN!
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pettter
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PKMKII
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Cory Doctorow
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