Ever since George Bush seized power and his Republicans gained control over American politics, the noose on human rights continues to get tighter. It is almost like a concerted effort to not just knock back some rights, but to actually obliterate them so they can never make a comeback.
The passage of a sex crime database bill is just one more in a long line of legislation that on the surface is fine and dandy and appears to favour children. I mean we are all for protecting kids, except maybe many parents. That’s for a different post, but it amazes me how in the name of keeping kids safe, they are willing to through others to the lions, so to speak.
For example, if an 18 year old is charged with rape and convicted they are listed as a sex offender. Makes sense but if the girl was 16 or 17 and it was consentual, how is that Rape, yet in many states it is. So here we have a kid serving time and forced to register as a sex offender when in reality he was simply a horny normal teenager who ran afoul of some irate parent and over zealous prosecutor. So now this kid is suddenly a target for any zealot who things they should be God’s avenging angel. ( Gay Persuasion )
If it isn’t about sex, then its about abortion. Call me crazy but now once more the attack on Woman and their right of choice is again being widdled away with the passage of a Bill making it illegal for anyone to help a pregnant teen cross a state line for an abortion. ( see CBS Story )
With many states now passing tougher abortion laws, this is just one more step towards a return to the dark ages when women were desperate and sought out abortions in back rooms and alleys. It is also a way to salve those states who think the federal government is too lax on abortion.
In short this is about politics, not helping a teenager.
Democrats complained that the measure was the latest in a series of bills designed chiefly to energize the GOP’s base of conservative voters.
“Congress ought to have higher priorities than turning grandparents into criminals,” said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. ( CBS Story )
I don’t know but given how many parents constantly blame others for their child’s rotten behaviour, to make them determine if their kid can bring another into the world is merely adding fuel to the fire it seems. I suppose being male I have a different take than most, but it would seem to me that any kid who is willing to go out of state to end their pregnancy should not be forced to have that kid in the first place.
What about grandparents who take the child across state lines because mommy is a drug addict or the parents are abusive? Where are the safeguards here?
That really is the whole trouble it seems, as once more Politics takes precedence over honest government. Mind you, the more I see the less of a difference I see between a Democrat and a Republican. They are both on the God Bandwagon simply to get votes. Whatever happened to speaking to the issues and not pandering to self interest here?
I guess its simply they love the money and power that comes from being a Congressperson or Senator and to hell with the people and their needs.