I read this article and immediately thought of you.
When I first read about brave Christians in the Tarheel legislature sneaking a de facto abortion ban into a law that was designed to make sure America never turns into a theocracy that forces an oppressive religious doctrine onto the masses (and by "an oppressive religious doctrine," I of course mean an oppressive religious doctrine that originates from one of the scary browner countries, not the oppressive religious doctrine that's centered around a sexy blonde Jesus), I thought it had to be a joke. It's not! Here's how the North Carolina Uterine Surprise went down, according to the News & Observer,
The proposed abortion restrictions were brought up in a Senate committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. The committee was scheduled to discuss a bill disallowing the use of Islamic law in family matters such as divorce, child custody and alimony. The abortion legislation was attached to that bill.
A few hours later, Senate Republicans voted to waive their rules to allow a floor vote. Lobbyists that supported the bill, including representatives from N.C. Values Coalition, the N.C. Family Policy Council and N.C. Right to Life, were at the committee meeting. Lobbyists opposed to the bill were not told it was being debated.
Tricksy zealots, adding a serious anti-abortion law to a silly anti-Islam law. If you're a woman, the North Carolina state legislature hates you. If you're a Muslim, the North Carolina state legislature is afraid of you. And if you're a Muslim woman — hoo boy. Watch the **** out — your teeming-with-mystery faith and genitalia need to have the **** legislated out of them.
If You Hate Ladies & Are Scared of Muslims, You'll Love North Carolina
When I first read about brave Christians in the Tarheel legislature sneaking a de facto abortion ban into a law that was designed to make sure America never turns into a theocracy that forces an oppressive religious doctrine onto the masses (and by "an oppressive religious doctrine," I of course mean an oppressive religious doctrine that originates from one of the scary browner countries, not the oppressive religious doctrine that's centered around a sexy blonde Jesus), I thought it had to be a joke. It's not! Here's how the North Carolina Uterine Surprise went down, according to the News & Observer,
The proposed abortion restrictions were brought up in a Senate committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. The committee was scheduled to discuss a bill disallowing the use of Islamic law in family matters such as divorce, child custody and alimony. The abortion legislation was attached to that bill.
A few hours later, Senate Republicans voted to waive their rules to allow a floor vote. Lobbyists that supported the bill, including representatives from N.C. Values Coalition, the N.C. Family Policy Council and N.C. Right to Life, were at the committee meeting. Lobbyists opposed to the bill were not told it was being debated.
Tricksy zealots, adding a serious anti-abortion law to a silly anti-Islam law. If you're a woman, the North Carolina state legislature hates you. If you're a Muslim, the North Carolina state legislature is afraid of you. And if you're a Muslim woman — hoo boy. Watch the **** out — your teeming-with-mystery faith and genitalia need to have the **** legislated out of them.
If You Hate Ladies & Are Scared of Muslims, You'll Love North Carolina
