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I love how people are mad she is a female activist. Wouldn't the religious leaders they invited be religious activist? And don't most of history of activism?
Yeah, another case of right wingers being hypocritical and trying to recover from one of their own making them look like assholes.
So what if she did this? Wouldn't that make her an expert on arguing for reproductive health for women?
Get a freaking clue.
I unlike you, am not a retarded monkey... so, could you just answer the question, you retarded monkey?
jesus christ i just did...Seriously you make retarded monkeys look smart.
see bold.
This is pretty vague buddy... please, show us how smart you are, give us some examples of what you speak.justice about womens reproductive issues
She's a ringer. Just another sham. Why do the Sheople buy into this stuff all the time? It's just a concocted distraction. These Social issues are not real problems. They're just being used to distract the Sheople. We have very serious problems in this country and this silly issue isn't one of them. It's not a Government issue. It's a private issue. The Government should not be involved with Contraception or Abortions. No one should be forced to fund either one. They really are private mattters. Time to get the Government out of these issues.
I dont see this as a social issue. It's an entitlement/big government issue. This woman wants the government to pay for her bc. Doesnt matter whether its bc or some other topic, it's not social its fiscal.
She wants a company not discriminate againsts it female employees. Yeah, the outrage.
Well, no doubt the woman is a slut. She's 30, maybe what her real story is that she has to pay guys to do her and can't afford both expenses. Her competition are young college girls, not 30 year old has beens that don't want to leave college to get a real job.
I love how people are mad she is a female activist. Wouldn't the religious leaders they invited be religious activist? And don't most of history of activism?
Yeah, another case of right wingers being hypocritical and trying to recover from one of their own making them look like assholes.
So what if she did this? Wouldn't that make her an expert on arguing for reproductive health for women?
Get a freaking clue.
The difference being that religious activists haven't been pretending to be something that they're not. Since I know you won't be familiar with this concept, that would be what MORAL human beings call "lying".
Get a freaking clue.
i dont find it offensive
You are the exception. I keep hearing about how Rush insulted someone by using the sexually offensive word slut. Yet you think pointing out that the "student" is actually an activist with an agenda is more stupid.
Especially since Rush never used the word slut at all. The word slut was brought into THIS discussion by liberals on this board. Rush Limbaugh never used it himself.
That is why you have vision insurance, just like people have health insurance to buy birth control.
Yeah, and she pays for it... she doesn't ask you to pay for it. Not a minor detail there Sparky.
Your point? Your argument has nothing to do with this discussion. She pays for vision, I pay for health insurance that covers birth control. The female employees of companies owned by the Catholic Church also pay for their health insurance.
Is it really that hard for you right wingers to get over " I am not paying for it" argument? If you want to discuss health insurance covered by the government and tax dollars start another freakin thread. This is not the issue here.
As the article correctly notes, this disaster for republicans could have been easily avoided had the radical right been kept in check.
Indeed.Fluke eventually testified before a House Democratic panel, telling a sad story about a female friend who lost an ovary because Georgetown's student insurance would not cover the birth control she needed to treat a medical condition.
Her testimony sparked the ire of Rush Limbaugh, who accused Fluke of being a "slut" and a "prostitute" who is "having so much sex she's going broke."
Limbaugh's outrageous attacks have now turned Fluke into a culture war poster-child for Democrats.
President Obama has personally come to her defense, and Georgetown University officials released a statement today defending Fluke as the "model of civil discourse."
Even Republicans have been forced to disavow Limbaugh's comments.
All of this would have likely been avoided if House Republicans had just let Fluke testify in the first place. Her absence left the contraception panel with no female speakers, sparking outrage and a major fundraising push from Democratic women in the House.
(House Oversight Chair Darrell Issa rejected Fluke's testimony on the grounds that she was "unqualified," arguing that the panel was about religion, not about women.)
In reality, Fluke would not have been a very effective witness. As a student, she wouldn't even be affected by the Obama policy on employer-provided health plans. Georgetown actually offers contraception in its employee plans.
Moreover, Republicans could have easily dismissed Fluke as a feminist activist.
According to a bio on Georgetown's website, Fluke's professional background is in domestic violence and human trafficking advocacy. At Georgetown law, she is the former president of Law Students for Reproductive Justice, an editor for the Journal of Gender and the Law, and vice president of the Women's Legal Alliance. She has a bachelor's degree in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality studies from Cornell.
Under normal circumstances, this resume would make Fluke an easy target for Republicans. But Limbaugh's misogynistic vitriol has made the 30-year-old feminist virtually untouchable, and Democrats couldn't be happier.
Meet The Georgetown Law Student Rush Limbaugh Called A 'Slut' - Business Insider
She wants a company not discriminate againsts it female employees. Yeah, the outrage.
No, she wants the Jesuits to pay for students to have sex.
or not discriminate against its females employees or students, while cover other elective drugs. Even ones that are male specific elective drugs.
And they say liberals argue with their emotions, and not facts.
I agree
This woman is a failure/skank/slut
By the time I was 30 I owned two homes and had six figures in my 401k
I wasn't whining to congress for a fucking condom
lol,
when I was 29 I had a unicorn ranch and a talking Doberman who called me 'Captain'.
The internet, posers' paradise.
Yeah, this girl is such a dead beat. Georgetown Law school is pretty bottom of the barrel. Plus being asked to testify in front of congress is so white trash, man she is such a loser.
The Jesuits don't pay for it. The premiums collected from the insured pay for it.
Your ignorance of how insurance works is stunning.
You sure? I have a friend who works for the Archdiocese here in NOLA... the Archdiocese pays for the insurance, not the insured.
Well, first of all, I doubt that story because I can't imagine anyone as repugnant as you having friends.
Second of all, yes I'm sure. 1. the students don't work for Georgetown 2. Georgetown CHARGES the students an insurance premium.
So AGAIN,
the Jesuits aren't being asked to pay for BC pills. They are being asked to cover the payment of them out of the PREMIUMS they collect.
I love how people are mad she is a female activist. Wouldn't the religious leaders they invited be religious activist? And don't most of history of activism?
Yeah, another case of right wingers being hypocritical and trying to recover from one of their own making them look like assholes.
So what if she did this? Wouldn't that make her an expert on arguing for reproductive health for women?
Get a freaking clue.
That is why you have vision insurance, just like people have health insurance to buy birth control.
no, the question is why this huge outcry over having to submarine 230 years of religious conscience protections over birth control INSTEAD OF a vision plan or dental....see?
The Catholic church has no 'conscience' claim here. The church is complying with state laws on this already. Somehow, their 'conscience' changed its tune when their bluff was called.
The 30 year old co ed is past President of Students for Reproductive justice.
The reason this bothers right wingers is that word "justice".
Like "We didn't bring Bin Laden to justice", Obama did.
That is not the issue. The issue is compliance with the law of the land.
oh, and fyi I don't want friends.
the law says a religious institution must provide such? can you quote that law for me please?
I am not going to agree with the premise that Georgetown University is a religious institution.
who gives a shit. You people find the dumbest things to whine about.
Actually, you people are the ones who have been whining about this whole thing.
stop lying
Well it is an insult, but who cares? Nothing is going to be done about it and Rush got what he wanted. Attention.
I find it stupid anyone is bitching about this, when they're so many other things people have to cover. Like Fat people, Or smokers, and you dont get a say in the matter. Now all of a sudden Birth control is a giant issue?
Everyone these days has an agenda..You, I, anyone on this board. So her having one is meaningless.
I do not want to be forced to subsidize a lot of things, yet you think I should have to. Every time I start talking about the mandate being wrong you come in and whine about not being able afford health care. which is not my problem. Now you want to make birth control an issue, and pretend I am the one doing it.
My agenda is to get you to leave me the frack alone, what's yours?
i think you should have too? where did i ever state this?
I can't afford Healthcare, i just can't,but i am conflicted with a national healthcare system.
I'm not making Birth control an issue, EVERYONE is making it an issue. Just by you being in here you are making it an issue.
please shut up, fuck i am tired of you just making shit up all the time in order to promote you moronic agenda of making this world that much more stupid.
Obamacare is passed, The right therefore scans every little line in it looking for these type of issue. ( see Viagra debate ). This new issue is not the first issue. It wont be the last.
It doesn't matter who the fuck started what. If it was the right who passed the bill i would expect the left to do the same exact thing. Its the way life is.
So please shut the fuck up already.
Sorry. I can't comply. I have a First amendment right to speak out against evils such as this that you stand for. I cannot see my neighbor oppressed by politicians and remain silent. I have a moral obligation to do so as well. As much as you hate the fact that I stand against you, I will continue to do so.
Obamacare has to be repealed or there will be countless lives lost. But you dont really care about that do you?
what? punch yourself in the face for saying something so stupid. Dont worry you wont damage anything.
correct you do have that right to speak, and i have that right to call you a stupid fucking moron for saying stupid fucking things.
thankfully people like you are a dying breed and eventually you wont matter anymore.