Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Monday, March 30, 2015
"Indiana lawmakers engaging (yet again!) in petty anti-gay rights struggle" by Sam Schaffer
Leading officials of the state of Indiana have chosen, yet again, to spend their political capital on the (oh-so-important) struggle to inhibit gay rights in business. In a remarkably predictable turn of events, the conservative members of the Indiana GOP have made the (predictable) decision to devote their time and efforts to a (predictably) petty and insignificant issue that has no place in American democracy- or in a democracy of any kind. The issue, which is of the utmost importance to members of the GOP, further illustrates the Republican trends of fundamentalism, socially regressive policy, and not-so-subtle bigotry; and more significantly, it is symptomatic of the relentless elephantine drive to pursue issues that are completely and utterly insignificant to the national and international stage.
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Well, they have to keep themselves busy somehow. It's not like they have any REAL work to do.
ReplyDeleteOk I am not agreeing or disagreeing but keep in mind that many lawmakers do respond to what the people they represent desire, so its a bit unfair to label them as "evil" and associate all bad things with republicans
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