Theocracy Comes to Virginia

[marmar]

from Consortium News:



Theocracy Comes to Virginia
February 18, 2012

Exclusive: Virginia’s Republican-controlled government is moving to enact extreme anti-abortion laws based on a doctrinal belief that human life begins at conception, even if that judgment conflicts with the personal beliefs of many state residents — the latest round of America’s “Religion Wars,” writes Sam Parry.

By Sam Parry


In a prescient 2005 book American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, Kevin Phillips warned about the dangers of the modern Republican coalition built on the three planks of 1) Big Oil, 2) the financialization of the highly leveraged American economy, and 3) the radical religious right.

That the American economy has been battered for years by soaring global oil prices and the financial meltdown of 2008 is now painfully obvious. Now the third plank – the Great American Culture War – is back in the forefront and seems likely to play a major role in the 2012 election.

The fight over Planned Parenthood funding and the dust-up with Catholic bishops over birth control have dominated national headlines in recent days. But the unprecedented attacks on family planning and women’s reproductive freedom at the state level have flown largely under the radar.

Across the country, after the 2010 Republican electoral rout, which saw the GOP win 20 state chambers and pick up six governorships, states passed a record 92 laws restricting abortion access in 2011, more than twice as many as any previous year. And this month, after Republicans made big gains in the Virginia state legislature in last year’s off-year election, the Old Dominion is now poised to adopt two of the most controversial laws affecting reproductive choice anywhere in the country. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2012/02/18/theocracy-comes-to-virginia/

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Well the motto Virgina is for Lovers is long gone. I would never have thought such a thing could

happen in VA. I wonder what people across the state think about their electing republicans in their house. Very sad. I hope people across this country start opening their eyes. We are in trouble.

[Saokymo]

2. I initially read that as "Theocracy Comes to Vagina"

...still fits the story at hand.