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April 15, 2005
HB 16 -- Complete Outrage
It's nice to know that our fearless Republican leaders of the State Legislature have those minor issues like school finance, the tax bill, CPS and CHIP under control, so they can focus on really pressing matters, like allowing "righteous" pharmacists to deny women birth control if they morally oppose it. (Thanks to Kuff for the tip.)
Isn't it amazing what the party of "smaller government" has become? Those same folks who want government off of business's backs, whether it's through lowering taxes or deregulation, draw the line at folks' private lives. There, government knows best. Only the "holy GOP" can be trusted to ensure Americans follow proper Christian tenets. The right wing victim violin plays on.
Meanwhile, the public school system is broken, poor kids go without healthcare, and the state is broke. But these are just minor problems, right? The Republican leadership's real work in Austin is making sure rape victims don't get emergency contraception, making it more difficult for Texans to vote, renaming highways after Ronald Reagan, and, above all, making already illegal gay marriage more illegal.
We'll go out on a limb and suggest maybe, just maybe, this isn't what most Texans have in mind as top priorities for our dear Legislature. Time for change, folks.
Posted by houtopia at April 15, 2005 05:10 PM