Bill in Ohio to ban adoption by Republicans

[Dr.Phool]

http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isope/1140785717160190.xml&coll=2

Spoof bill would ban adoptions by Republicans
Friday, February 24, 2006
Sandy Theis
Plain Dealer Bureau Chief

Columbus - Citing "credible research" showing that children raised by Republican parents are more likely to be intolerant, State Sen. Bob Hagan sent out a spoof that seeks co-sponsors for a bill to ban registered Republicans from adopting children or serving as foster parents.

It follows a GOP-drafted bill - that's not a spoof - to ban gays and lesbians from adopting or becoming foster parents.

In a memo to his Senate colleagues, the Youngstown Democrat notes that Republican-raised children tend to be "significantly wealthier than their Democrat-raised counterparts," but "at risk for developing emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, an alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."
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[mzteris]

1. I don't think this should be

a spoof!

I'm series!!!!!!! This is hugh!!!!

Can we add fundies to the restricted list?

[Dr.Phool]

3. My wife works in the foster care agency here.

She passed this around to her co-workers, and they're in almost total agreement!

[mtnester]

5. There was a fantastic interview with a woman from Social Services

on Channel 10 (WBNS10) when the awful bill trying to ban Gays from adopting surfaced about two weeks ago. The wonderful lady they spoke with was gay and an adoptive and foster parent and worked for social services.

The bill died. I believe that interview actually was part of the reason.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

2. This is the way to take on the Rethugs effectively!

Spoof them, mock them, ridicule them...

[Coexist]

4. that is really funny.

[LisaLynne]

9. I agree. I don't think we use that tactic enough.

It's so easy to show just how ridiculous their stances are and I think it's very effective at getting others, who might be going along with it, to wake up.

[depakid]

12. Exactly

Ridicule is a very powerful rhetorical device- and the far right has been using it effectively for years. Too bad most of our guys seem never to have taken a speech communications class....

[sundancekid]

14. remakes the point of this wisdom (apparently unknown to Dem strategists) :

"Once you start to laugh at someone, their power over you dies."

[Epiphany4z]

6. I grew up in a

republican foster home mind you it was in the early 80's they where wonderful people very tolerant although i do recall a few snide LIberal remarks lmao at the time i didn't know what a liberal was and really didn't have much interest.

They where just wonderful people I learned a lot about taking care of kids and being a family from them.

I know the memo is a spoof but and in light of the no gay adoption types..it is funny...i just wanted to add my 2 cents.

[faithnotgreed]

10. thank you epiphany

were happy that you had a positive childhood and loving parents - and also quite glad that youre now here on du

i agree that in light of the "no gay adoption types" that the spoof bill is a funny and great response

[Mandate My Ass]

7. Not to mention they're stoopid

House Speaker Jon Husted, a Dayton-area Republican and an adoptee, opposes the gay adoption bill but disputes Hagan's thesis.

"I was raised by Democrats," Husted said.

"I got to go to the secret meetings when I was growing up. That's how I knew they were going to tax me and take away my Second Amendment rights. That's why I became a Republican."

His biological brother, he said, was raised by wolves - and became a Democrat.

The guy publicly insults his adoptive parents, biological parents and his biological brother, in order to refute the theory that Republicans are intolerant of other viewpoints. :dunce: :eyes:

[zbdent]

24. Husted must not have gotten that bike he wanted

one Christmas . . .

[mopinko]

8. i think there is credible research

on the damage done by fundies to their gay children. absolutely. just look at the suicide rate.

[mzmolly]

13. Berkeley did a study which essentially showed conservatism to be a mental

condition. ;)

"In August 2003, the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation announced the results of their $1.2 million study. It stated, essentially, that (Republicans) are mentally disturbed. Scholars from the Universities of Maryland, California at Berkeley, and Stanford had determined that social conservatives, in particular, suffer from ‘mental rigidity,’ ‘dogmatism,’ and ‘uncertainty avoidance,’ together with associated indicators for mental illness." Source: B.K. Eakman,

[mopinko]

15. shocked, simply shocked

i've been blaming sleep deprivation, which this certainly does not rule out.

[One Voice]

19. I need a link

to that study, please,
thank you! :woohoo:

[mzmolly]

21. Welcome!

Here is a link: See page 30 for a nifty diagram.

http://www.why-war.com/files/politicalconservatism.pdf

:hi:

[One Voice]

23. Thank you!

That was fast :hi:

[mzmolly]

11. This is awesome!

:toast:

[stopbush]

16. How about a bill outlawing marriage between fundy Xtians?

Studies show that they divorce at much higher rate than atheists and other religious groups.

[ryan_cats]

17. LOL, Touche!!!!

LOL, Touche!!!!

[AspenRose]

18. Bwahahahaha

More truth in this than they realize:

"In a memo to his Senate colleagues, the Youngstown Democrat notes that Republican-raised children tend to be "significantly wealthier than their Democrat-raised counterparts," but "at risk for developing emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, an alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."

[PleadTheFirst]

20. Love it - fight hate with humor. :)

[banana republican]

22. Shouldn't even be allowed to reproduce let alone adopt. n/t