Thursday, June 23, 2005

out of the mouths of babes

comes a whole slew of bright and vivacious youngsters ready and eagerly awaiting their turn at governing this country.

an example?

The Wisconsin Assembly passed a ban on the "morning-after pill" at college campuses.

If passed by the state Senate and approved by the governor, the University of Wisconsin Health Care centers would not be allowed to prescribe or distribute the drug. It's absurd that women would be denied a legal contraceptive from one of their health-care providers.

We need to stop confusing morality with legality. If a woman wants to use an emergency contraceptive, the state has no right to restrict her access to it. The question of whether this method of birth control is right or wrong belongs to the individual it affects, not to state lawmakers.

The United States was founded by men who were fed up with a country where the laws were dictated by the morality of a king and his church. Our founding fathers created this great country with laws to ensure that her citizens would not fall victim to moral whims of the few. The Wisconsin Assembly has clearly violated the very thing it was created to protect.
- Sasha Kemmet, Ames

attribution

you should go read the page, it's chock full of examples

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