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CA Libertarian #fundie m.dailykos.com

My son used to play Barbie with his older sisterHe grew out of it.
Now they knit together. Heck, I even learned to knit.

But they both have many other diverse interests.

We work very hard to not enforce gender stereotyped play, but I agree strongly in principle with parental discretion in limiting cross-gender behavior it when it becomes a problem. The extreme cases described in the diary are examples where the parents let the behavior get out of control for years and years.

It becomes a problem when it egregiously violates social norms.

For example, it's not appropriate for boys to wear dresses to school unless it's a costume. And parents who don't act before this becomes a risk (as evidenced by a growing preference at home) are playing with fire.

I can manage my own toleranceI can't manage the tolerance of every person that my child encounters.

Children are not social experiments.

Children are not exercises in public demonstration of moral outrage.

Children are not vehicles for political theater.

You get one chance with a child.

Cresent Hardy #fundie m.dailykos.com

The Nevada State Democratic Party has released audio of Republican Congressman Cresent Hardy speaking to a Libertarian Party Expo in Las Vegas in which he says people with disabilities are a drain on society. From Raw Story:

“I have three children,” Hardy explains. “One of them is summa cum laude and two were magnum cum laude. The other one, he didn’t need an education. He works for Raytheon, smarter than all the rest. He works hard, he builds things that are genius. Some people have that ability.”

“But they all work hard. They are raising their own families,” he continued. “They will not be a drain on society, the best they can. Hopefully they will never have some disability that causes them to have to utilize that.”

Response from the Nevada Dems:

“If Cresent Hardy wants to talk about ‘drains on society,’ he should point a finger at his buddy, deadbeat rancher Cliven Bundy, not disabled children,” said Nevada State Democratic Party spokesperson Zach Hudson. “Hardy has compared employment non-discrimination laws to ‘segregation,’ agreed with Mitt Romney that 47% of the American people are ‘freeloaders,’ and now called children with disabilities ‘drains on society.’ Cresent Hardy’s comments are outrageous and he owes an immediate apology to every Nevadan with a disability.”

Tom Monaghan, Ave Maria University & Town #fundie m.dailykos.com

[For context, Ave Maria University is suing over Obamacare]

Ave Maria University's founder, Tom Monaghan, also owns and governs the entire Town of Ave Maria, Florida and he has banned contraception in the entire town. In fact, the one and only OB/GYN in the Town of Ave Maria will not ... will not ... prescribe contraception medication to any woman for any reason at all.

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The one and only church in the Town of Ave Maria (pictured above) is owned by Tom Monaghan's Corporation, Quasi-Parish of Ave Maria Oratory, Inc. You will notice, Monaghan's church is conveniently located in the center of the town.
Tom Monaghan's ban on contraception for all women living within the Town of Ave Maria, Florida, regardless of their religion shows Tom Monaghan wants to have a strangle-hold on all women, not just his employees.

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The law makes landowners, not registered voters, the ultimate authority in Ave Maria. The law ensures Monaghan and Barron Collier Cos., as the largest landowners, can control Ave Maria's government forever. The law allows the executive committee, controlling the votes of the largest landowner, to choose at least three out of the five seats on the board forever.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Monaghan gloated that he would remain the "largest landowner" so he could retain all control the lifestyle of people who live within the Town of Ave Maria. MONAGHAN: "We'll own all commercial real estate. That means we will be able to control what goes on there. You won't be able to buy a Playboy or Hustler magazine in Ave Maria Town. We're going to control the cable television that comes in the area. There is not going to be any pornographic television in Ave Maria Town. If you go to the drug store and you want to buy the pill or the condoms or contraception, you won't be able to get that in Ave Maria Town."

Tom Monaghan's Strangle-hold of Women at Ave Maria University

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Dress-Code for Female Employees
In 2010, Tom Monaghan mandated that females working at Ave Maria University could no longer wear slacks or pantsuits and could only wear skirts.

Affordable Care Act
Ave Maria University (AMU) is already exempt from the conception mandate in Obamacare but, because they are exempt, they must notify Health & Human Services (HHS) of their exemption so that HHS can make certain that students and employees of AMU can get, if they so choose, contraception at no cost what-so-ever to AMU.

But, AMU allege two main positions:
1) If AMU notify HHS, then they are culpable of "morally wrong" behavior,
2) Even if AMU are not the ones paying for the contraception, it is "morally wrong" for them to notify HHS.

Norm in Chicago #conspiracy m.dailykos.com

MLK was assassinated

And it wasn't by some lone nut with a gun. He was assassinated by gov't forces, probably CIA. And those same forces would still have all their guns under this crazy disarmament scam to "keep us safe". And they'd have even more power to assassinate with impunity.

Salo #racist m.dailykos.com

They are Jihadis.

The response on this site is becoming unhinged. The Johad continues unabated. I'm no Neocon but it might be good to see things as they are instead of how you'd like them to be.

You are about to find out exactly what it means to see a generation of ME and North African Muslim immigrants reach their adulthood and react against the host nation. Just as they have in France, UK, Holland, Sweden, Spain...they will hate you just as their cousins in Europe hate Europeans.

soros #racist m.dailykos.com

I wonder how those people that are holding up signs will feel when a "trayvon" sucker punches them in the dark. I'm sure it feels good to hold those signs up in some sort of weird social justice cause but their tune will change when it gets personal.