By Christine Gutierrez-Boswell
It has been awhile since I have authored a column here. Fortunately, the news never gets less interesting, and unfortunately gets worse for women.
The top news story this week deals with hypocrisy and “cheap grace”.
First off, let me define the term cheap grace. In his book, “Conservatives Without Conscience,“ John Dean defines “cheap grace” as (and I am paraphrasing) simply seeking forgiveness from the people [God] you have hurt, after knowingly committing a “sin.” He goes on to elaborate the fact that the acts are done purposely and the perpetrator knows all they have to do is seek forgiveness and all will be well again. They will be accepted by their community once more. It is the cure all from murder to molestation and everything in between. Followers of these teachings therefore cannot understand why there should be backlash at all! “Why should there be punishment when God has forgiven them?” They play victim and turn the blame on the brutal media or “judgmental liberals.” It’s sort of the Ponzi scheme of morality. It’s actually brilliant…if you are a part of this warped world of thinking. (If you would like to know more about this book, read it or go here: http://www.tomhull.com/.... ) Does anyone see the correlation between the stories coming out consisting of molestation and these kind of people? “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved…”?? (Mark 16:16).
On that note…
Josh Duggar is all over the news when one searches the internet for “molestation.” And some of the victims are his sisters. I find this interesting as his mother only seems to think transpeople could ever do such horrible things. So two things we can conclude, according to his mother’s logic: either Josh Duggar is a transperson, or he is not and the entire anti-trans/anti-gay movement is wrong about transpeople/homosexuals. Gee, I wonder if they give out brains to these people for choosing the correct answer?
What really sticks with me is the total lack of care for the girls in this family, and all the supporters of Josh the molester, like Mike Huckabee. All of them, hypocrites to Nth degree! I mean look at this family! They have bathed themselves in teachings led by child pornographers! From their human idol, Doug Phillips, to the state trooper friend that helped them with Josh’s “little issue” and all while judging how others live their non-criminal lives?
If Josh Duggar wasn’t a hardcore Christian, but rather a Yale attending, hippie-hookah-maharishi styling, Karl Marx reading, friend of the planet, AND was a molester, then not only would Mike Huckabee be blaming “liberals,” there would be Amendments securing Christian values in our Constitution moving at warp speed this minute. Heck, he would be on tour condemning this “unforgiveable” act. Excuse me…but WHAT A SHITHEAD! You sir are just as sick as this pervert. Defending his act? Justifying it? Having nothing to say about the real victims? Not surprising. It is his bread and butter to keep conservatives like this guy, happy.
And what about the Duggar girls? They were taught it was their fault, not the boy’s. I can only imagine why Jana and Jinger have yet to married. They are probably disgusted with “men’s needs” coming first!
Finally, as a side note, I remember in a very early episode of 19 kids where Michelle Duggar was explaining to the audience about every child having an older “buddy.” I am speculating, but I wonder if it was because of what was occurring in their home. I mean were there warning signs everywhere?
In SMH news:
Guess what the GOP wants to do to prevent further Amtrak train crashes like the one in Philidelphia? If you guessed "focus on your uterus" then you are correct! (I know that's what I think of when I see a train accident. I also think of school vouchers when I see plane crash).
“House Republicans voted overwhelmingly to cut Amtrak’s budget and refused to approve funds for hastening the installation of positive train control across the nation’s railroads. Their reasons? ‘Something, something, something, funding not related to the crash,’ they mumbled in unison. In other words, their fallback is always to blame the individual and take no responsibility for the havoc their policies have wrought.”
[Instead focus their effort on:]
“Meanwhile, the House GOP did take the time to pass a 20-week abortion ban that would increase the emotional, economic, and physical costs of abortion care and would, if signed into law, ultimately cost some women their lives and innumerable others their freedom. It is interesting to note that some of the most vociferous attacks on women and their bodies this year and last came from Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD), whom the Baltimore Sun called ‘obsessed with abortion,’ and who spent countless hours during this period leading the charge to overturn democratically approved abortion funding in the District of Columbia.”
OOOHHHH And remember that
Montana Judge who was censured because of the comments he made in a case regarding a 14 year old who was raped by a teacher? And remember how he only sentenced the rapist to ONE month in prison because he felt the 14 year old somehow brought on the rape? And remember how the 14 year old killed herself before the trial? Well apparently, they hand out lifetime achievement awards to judges with this kind of moral character in that state. A local bar association is giving Judge G. Todd Baugh of Billings a lifetime achievement award! Because sometimes people make “mistakes,” but not all the time and therefore give them an award for simply not be caught acting like a dick, rather than focus on the fact that they ARE just dicks!
Action Item:
Let’s say, ladies, you get pregnant and you decide to get an abortion. Or you decide to have a baby. You are unmarried. How about if you are gay? At the time you’re working…and your boss finds out and says: “You’re fired!” Is this fair? Well Ted Cruz and his GOP brethren don’t see a problem with it! Go here: http://actnow.prochoiceamerica.org/... and sign it! Why these guys feel the need to strip away our rights is a sickness that is prevalent in the GOP. And since we know what they are truly made of, especially after the Duggar disaster, let us not allow them to continue their idiotic nonsense.
In "OCD on women's vaginas" news:
In Indonesia, female students cannot graduate if they fail the final test: The Virginity Test. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/...
AND "in the year 1950, when it 2015" news:
A school puts up posters warning girls not to have sex on prom night or it is THEIR character on the line! http://www.seventeen.com/...
And then there’s this (Again coming from Texas, my home state) SMH:
HB3994 is a bill being considered by Texas state lawmakers to make it more difficult for teens to bypass parental consent in order to obtain an abortion. Of course lawmakers are assuming that teens only want to bypass parental consent to “hide” their behavior rather than perhaps out of fear. Maybe they haven’t any responsible parents or maybe, and I know this argument has been made…MAYBE they were impregnated by their father or a family member. Maybe these are the LAST people they want permission from. Maybe they do not want to tell the judge or anyone they were impregnated by a family member because they are too ashamed to say a word! Of course, again, and I am a broken record here, after what I have seen form the Duggar scandal, I know that girls are the last to be considered victims because we are the first to be blamed for any and all male debauchery. Perhaps if the GOP hid less behind their crusade to end abortions (which to be honest with you, I think it has more to do with controlling women and pissing us off), then they would see how awful this bill really is!
More dumbassery from Texas:
Abstinence only education is causing an outbreak of chlamydia in a Texas school district. Why are people still insistent that a lack of knowledge is ok?
In OTHER news to weird not to mention:
Rich women in Manhattan are receiving “wife bonuses.” http://nytlive.nytimes.com/...
Raven-Symone doesn’t think America would be progressive enough if we put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. http://www.forharriet.com/...
Maggie Gyllenhaal is too old (at 37) to play the girlfriend of a 55 year old man in a movie. (This article is hilariously written in Jezebel). http://jezebel.com/...
In verbal throw-up news:
A district attorney in Gaston County, North Carolina told a pregnant woman who was punched in the stomach that “Latino on Latino violence deserves less protection."
In AWESOME news:
Egypt opens its first free breast cancer hospital. http://egyptianstreets.com/...
Melissa McCarthy schools a reporter when her appearance was attacked. http://www.addictinginfo.org/...
Notre Dame wanted to mess with their employees’ birth control benefit, but was denied! http://rhrealitycheck.org/...
On a personal note:
It is Memorial Day Weekend. Thank you Dad. Thank you big brother. Thanks to all who serve to keep all of us safe. Have a safe weekend all!