If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Abigail Adams American Revolutionary
A battle cry for today's women. How can we let men enact laws that take away our freedoms and they do it in the name of religion. Please if you do nothing else, stop and think about the long term ramifications of any law that is being proposed in the name of protection.
I do not believe that abortion is the way for me or anyone in my family BUT it is not something that a law should govern. This is a personal issue that needs to be made between the woman involved and her own Creator. Making abortions illegal will not stop abortions. If lawmakers can stop abortions will they move on to our ability to purchase birth control?
In a world that allows women to be used and abused and considered less than second class citizens, how can the most democratic country in the world make laws to govern a woman's reproductive issues. Why is this even considered necessary. Ladies, open your minds and consider the long term ramifications of laws before you support their ratification.
Sue I wish that we would take away everyone's guns because so many people use them to settle arguments or leave them where children can find them and kill each other. BUT that is a right given to us under our constitution. Do we want to have it taken away. What is the long term cause and affect not the short term goal.
Our rights are being eroded every year. Do we want to wake up some morning and realize that we are back in the 1950's or earlier and have not rights as women. Remember when you couldn't have credit if you didn't have your husband sign for it. How many women are still living to remember when we didn't even have the right to vote or own property or any number of rights that we take for granted.
Do not be unconcerned about our freedoms. Do not let the government into our lives anymore than they already are. Do not expect the government to solve our human condition. We as women need to stand up and speak our minds and hearts. We have the ability to accomplish much in this world. We can see that change occurs that our sisters throughout the world are freed from the enslavement of old age patriarchal thinking that allows women to be physically and mentally abused on a regular basis.
We can change the world. Start in small ways for they add up quickly. Do not wait for a man to rescue you. Pick yourself up by your own bootstraps. Hold your head up and remember that you are a worthwhile human being with a brain and you can use it to make changes.
I am not putting men down. I just want them in their place. They are only half of the human condition. We are the other half and are ready to take our place in running this world. We not only can help make it a better world but we will make it a richer and safer world if we stand up and act fiercely as women. The "strength" card in Tarot shows a woman lovingly holding the jaws of the lion. She is in control of the situation.
For the sake of our children, stand up and hold the jaws of the beast. Do whatever you can to bring peace and safety to this world. Pray, learn as much as you can about laws that Congress will be voting on, visit websites that educate you on the conditions of women and children in other poorer countries, join women's groups and open up your heart to your sisters. Women can and will make a difference in this world. We do already. Let's just do more.
I am now stepping down from my soap box. Namaste. zera
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AMEN!
Yet we give away our power, over and over....even Hillary ended up featuring BILL in the video for the Olympics (which I just found out we lost the bid for)....sigh. Why didn't she make the pitch herself? We continue to allow others to lessen us...and don't give each other the leg up. I wonder why not?
:goodjob: Strange...go read my blog of the 3rd...our soapboxes must be made of the same wood
There is also another great American suffragist who said, "The debt that each person owes to the past they must pay to the future." She fought long and hard to ensure women had the right to vote in the Pacific Northwest. Her name was Abigail Scott Duniway.
People easily forget that, for centuries, women in this country were chattel, owned by either their husbands or their fathers. Susan B. Anthony refused to marry until she was equal to a man. She didn't see it in her lifetime, although she fought for women's rights for over 50 years. Women fought for the right to vote for 75. As women, we must remember how far we have come. Relinquishing any rights, no matter whether you agree with them or not, is not an option.
My opinion of abortion:
Men have the right to have a voice in abortion the day women have the right to have a say in castration. Not the same thing you say? Ah, but isn't it? Think about it.
hugs,
wf
P.S. Good blog.
:goodjob:
Bravo :goodjob:
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