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Nearly a week has gone by since House Republicans held their anti-women, anti-birth control committee hearing with a full panel of men to testify about contraception. Claiming that the hearing was about religious freedom and not a woman’s right to have access to birth control, Republicans literally gave control of the hearing to sexist religious bigots and televised it. Not one woman was allowed to speak about a topic important to them. Only men were allowed to testify about it.
But Democrats have decided to change that by holding a contraception hearing of their very own. There’s just one problem. House Republicans, in their infinite hatred of women, refuse to broadcast the hearing on television. According to aides for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the Republican leadership specifically ordered the House recording studio that controls the C-SPAN cameras to deny the Democrats the equal time to allow women to testify about birth control.
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By censoring this testimony from the only gender qualified to talk about women's health, Republicans are only proving how much they hate women and how much they hate freedom of speech and equality. It's obvious that the Republican controlled House is a 'men only' club and women are only allowed to speak when they say so.
This has to change.
- 4 votes
#1 - Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:58 AM ESTEasy:
This has to change.
The GOP has a habit of using their majority in the House to deny Democrats access to the bully pulpit.
Change? It only changes when the House leadership changes. These guys are shameless; they have completely corrupted the process of governing. They are not interested in power sharing, bipartisanship, or compromise. It's only raw, naked power they seek. And they wield it mercilessly when they get it.
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#2 - Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:08 PM ESTI just hope this becomes such a hot button issue (not that it isn't, already) that people start waking up and realizing this has to stop! With Faux News seemingly their only source of information, I'm wondering how this is being portrayed? My TV refuses to go to that channel, and my computer told me I'd give it a virus.
I intend NOT to vote for anyone with an R after their name - whether it stands for "Republican" "Religious" or "Red"
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Shelby:
Not even Republicans like the Republicans any more. Some trivia:
9:
States that have held GOP caucuses or primaries so far28 million:
Registered voters of all parties in those nine states3 million:
Voters who have participated in these nine Republican contests89:
Percent of registered voters who have not voted in the GOP contests
http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/just-little-demographic-timebomb.html
Gotta wonder just how they think they're going to be competitive in November....
- 1 vote
They are not interested in power sharing, bipartisanship, or compromise. It's only raw, naked power they seek. And they wield it mercilessly when they get it.
bilweeler.......The above speaks largely to why we're not further along in our recovery. They control the House, and because of that control the only thing coming out of there is chest bumping by them.
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*clears throat*
since when is it ok to talk about 'religious freedom' without women?
back to regularly scheduled programming:)
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