Let's not let those right wing nut jobs take this one away...

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Griswold vs. Connecticut Supreme Court case in which it says states cannot have/make laws that prohibit counseling and use of contraception. Because of this case women were no longer looked upon to be the stay at home moms they once were. This case gave them the control to become part of society and enter the workforce. This case is the reason the infant mortality rate and maternal death rates have declined so much in the past 40 years. Today women make up nearly half of the work force, up from 1/3 in 1965.
Despite these things there are still pharmacists who refuse to fill women's prescriptions for birth control. There are still lawmakers who think family planning isn't a public health benefit. These facts are sickening. We are moving backwards on our progressions when pharmacists, whose job it is to fill whatever prescription a doctor sees fit to give someone, can refuse to do so without losing their job. If the damn pharmacist doesn't feel right filling every prescription they need to quit! They are in the wrong career. They have no right to force their "moral obligations" on others who don't agree. If you agree with this please sign this petition to not let pharmacists send women back to the times before the Griswold ruling: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/792375278?z00m=24486

Right wing nutjobs

This morning my boyfriend and I (hey baby...since you're probably the only one that ever reads this) were watching some church show (don't ask me why, he turned it there). Anyways, the preacher was going off on gay marriage. He was saying stupid things like "If we allow two men to get married, then what's stopping three from getting married?" I don't get it, all of a sudden this argument about gay marriage leading to polygamy is coming from the right wing nutjobs. I guess they have realized all the arguments they've been using before are stupid, so they felt like it was time to come up with an even more off the wall argument. The preacher guy also said something like "Gays dont' want to get married, they want to destroy marriage." How sad/stupid/disgusting is that? Of course gay people want to get married! They just want to have the same rights as everyone else. Thinking they want to destroy "the institution of marriage" is crazy talk. How exactly do these people think they are protecting "the institution of marriage" by not allowing gays to marry in the first place? If homosexuals were allowed to marry it wouldn't degrade or bring harm to any marriage which is already in place. It wouldn't affect any straight person's marriage at all. I guess when you read fairytales (the bible) too much, you start having ludicrous thoughts like that.

Where do I start?

Where do I begin? How about how crappy I'm feeling today because I can't hear out of my left ear...I just went to the health center here on campus and they dont' know what the hell is wrong with it. And then of course there is all the bullshit that is going on with the conservatives which makes me want to move out of the country more and more everyday. It's no wonder every other country despises us....can you blame them? Everyday we are getting closer to a theocracy...and you see I am an atheist. More on this later. I have to be at work in about 20 minutes. :( For now this post on Democratic Underground sums up a lot of how I feel: DU
Oh well at least the new Oasis album came out this week (Don't Believe the Truth). It's brilliant...yeah I'm still mad fer it.