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In reply to the discussion: So stupid. So mean-spirited. So bigoted. [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,874 posts)42. I wonder how many Republican voters even know that it is ALEC that writes their laws.
And organizations like ALEC, which is supported by corporate contributions. Republican legislators essentially do nothing but perhaps sometimes read the laws they vote on. They certainly do nothing for most of their constituents. No wonder so many people want to get elected as Republicans. its a cushy job where they have to do very little and get to pontificate about what good Christians they are and how liberals are destroying the country.
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Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia are almost making Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina
Tommymac
Feb 2021
#21
I'd agree except there are a lot of good progressive folks in those States. nt
Tommymac
Feb 2021
#51
Absolutely disgusting. These assholes all need a different line of work. Something where they
niyad
Feb 2021
#4
Imagine if firemen decided not to put out a fire in a house where homosexuals live.
patphil
Feb 2021
#23
That was exactly my point, at what I believe was the genesis of this whole issue.
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2021
#58
This is so vile, I'm surprised the Iowa legislature hasn't introduced it. (I live in Iowa,
bullwinkle428
Feb 2021
#13
Back in the day, doctors down South were also able to use their 'beliefs' to refuse
PatrickforO
Feb 2021
#20
I wonder how many Republican voters even know that it is ALEC that writes their laws.
Lonestarblue
Feb 2021
#42
K&R - These smug reThuglicans push this abhorrent stance as most people do not object, nor
c-rational
Feb 2021
#43
If they concerned about "corporate and government intrusion in the practice of medicine"
maxrandb
Feb 2021
#44
This is absurd. What's the makeup of the Judiciary committee nowadays. Don't the Dems
iluvtennis
Feb 2021
#45
I think the Catholics do those things in third world countries hoping to gain more converts.
llmart
Feb 2021
#59
Next will be Protestants and Catholics refusing to provide health care to the other.
keithbvadu2
Feb 2021
#62