2. My adoration of corsets and Steampunk does NOT make it ok
to bring back Victorian morals and social policy. I'm rather fond of
(nominally) getting paid equally, owning property (versus being property),
wearing pants if I want, voting, and the right to consensual sex (and ONLY
consensual sex) with whichever consenting adults I deem worthy.
3. Using the Bible as a legal document is NOT OK. The
Constitution says so.
4. Two very important words: Consenting Adults. Anything
else is none of your damn business. Both of those words are absolutely
inviolable, period... but beyond that, I really don't need the government
looking over my bedpost.
5. Women's healthcare rights are not actually a religious
freedom issue. Neither are gay rights.
6. Have any of you actually READ Leviticus? Half that stuff
wasn't acceptable even 100 years ago, what makes you think it'll fly today? Oh,
we're only using the bit you like? Can we trade that for the one where you can
sell your extra kids to pay your bills? At least then we'd be stimulating the
economy.
7. News flash: Homosexuality isn't a choice. Multiple
rigorous scientific studies (published in peer-reviewed journals of
international prestige) back this up. Identical twins (who have identical
genetic makeup) are several times more likely to share sexual orientation than
fraternal twins (who share only as much genetic material as normal siblings)...
meaning that sexual orientation is genetic. The brains of gay men are wired
fundamentally different from brains of straight men... meaning that sexual
orientation is physiological, not psychological.
8. I'm not as proud to live in the United States as I think
I should be. We are no longer world leaders where it really counts (scientific
advancement and social progress).
9. We think it's fundamentally wrong for Islamic theocracies
to use the Q'uran as the law. But it's ok to make laws based on the Bible.
10. If condoms were $100 a box and had serious reproductive
health benefits for men that had nothing whatsoever to do with pregnancy-prevention,
I'd want insurance to pay for those too.
11. Would you really make your 14-year-old daughter have her
rapist's baby?
12. If nobody made a drinking game out of the GOP primaries,
I'm moving to Denmark.
Thanks so much and remember to tip your waitresses.
