Cassi Creek: after
gutting the voting rights act, opening the door for increased voter suppression
as was widely practiced by the GOP whenever they could control state
legislations, the SCOTUS finally produced two intelligent decisions.
Today we
heard that the DOMA, a truly repressive piece of fundamentalist-driven
legislation at the national level, was overturned by the Justices. Further, the appeal of California’s
Proposition 8 was denied, allowing the lower court ruling to stand.
Combined with
the defeat of a horribly archaic anti-abortion bill, the last 24 hours have
offered some hope for the future.
However, through any lens, the culture wars will not only continue, they
will intensify.
The partition
of the populace into two major fragments is going to become more evident and
possibly more violent. The progressive
folks will expect to make inroads with reason and education. The reactionaries will do all they can to
suppress teaching biological sciences and non-revisionist history. The American Civil War did not end in
1865. We just stopped using uniformed
troops.
In other
news, Loki was seen for follow up by our veterinarian this morning. She is fit for limited duty and the bite is healing
well.
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