I think it would be fun to find 27,000 Atheists in the city of Albuquerque to ask for an amendment to ban the practice of religion in the city limits. That would be about as constitutional as this fundamentalist christian move on the abortion question. At the very least we should now pass a measure that takes away any tax exemptions from property that churches own because the groups are nothing more than lobbying firms.
We were discussing this on our hike this morning and have decided that the ballot language itself is a violation of campaign laws since it is nothing more than a campaign advertisement for the religious right's abortion stance. The fact that the City Attorney, City Council and Mayor did not write the ballot language but left it up to the fundamentalists is beyond belief. The City Council should all be recalled for this. The Mayor should be recalled for wasting money on the law suit that will ensue and his lackadaisical attitude on constitutional rights. And the planned raise for the Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry should be diverted to help pay for the law suit. He has failed in his responsibility to protect city taxpayers.
We were discussing this on our hike this morning and have decided that the ballot language itself is a violation of campaign laws since it is nothing more than a campaign advertisement for the religious right's abortion stance. The fact that the City Attorney, City Council and Mayor did not write the ballot language but left it up to the fundamentalists is beyond belief. The City Council should all be recalled for this. The Mayor should be recalled for wasting money on the law suit that will ensue and his lackadaisical attitude on constitutional rights. And the planned raise for the Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry should be diverted to help pay for the law suit. He has failed in his responsibility to protect city taxpayers.
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This is why I'm so pissed at the gutless city councillors who voted to put the issue on the ballot, particularly Ken Sanchez. If a lawsuit against the city is inevitable, why not defend NOT putting an obviously unconstitutional, misleadingly written on the ballot instead of having to defend it in court?
They lie about science and use emotionally loaded language with no legal meaning, just to start. Defining a purse as a sow's ear doesn't make it one. #utterfail. Now we have to go out and vote this lunacy down.
Council president is a Christian minister, go figure.
I thought these people all wanted government out of our lives. Oh wait, Government in the vagina is OK, just keep out of the rest of our lives. Weird people
I love this post. Nice to know that someone with functioning neurons is out there blogging.
People see what they want to see. They see the cute Doggie Daawdle Dash (2,000 showed up), they see the Rio Grande zoo run (sold out), and they see arts and crafts. They refuse to see reality of the mess at city hall and they voted in for a man who will tell them what they want to hear. Until people refuse to live in Disneyland, they won't know reality.
There's a great article on Salon showing that the "Fetal pain" concept is complete BS.
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/07/fetal_pain_is_a_lie_how_phony_science_took_over_the_abortion_debate/
Here's the JAMA article, i.e. the real science:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=201429
The ordinance will pass. There are too many interested parties that will vote "for" the ordinance. I went to vote and I was surpried by tthe number of octogenarians there. As I left I noticed an array of fish decals and Christian bumper stickers. I didn't see one person younger than 70 and I didn't see any pro-choice stickers either. I suppose those who don't vote think it is some else's problem or the ACLU will wave a magic wand and make the ordinance disappear. BTW, everyone with whom I have spoken with has told me they voted for the ordinance. So that's that.
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