Republicans in Ohio want to undermine the will of voters who approved a measure enshrining reproductive freedom into the state’s constitution

  • @jerome@lemmy.world
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    1972 years ago

    Republicans went against their own rules and held a special election in August to stop abortion; they lost. Republicans then lost in November and abortion rights were enshrined in Ohio’s constitution. Now Republicans are saying no to democracy and laws.

    Our problem here is all the Republicans. They’re anti-American. Ship them off to a place that fits them better.

    • Veraxus
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      1282 years ago

      “If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum

      • @Lianodel@ttrpg.network
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        22 years ago

        See also the “We’re a republic, not a democracy” talking point that swelled a year or two ago (and was even repeated by a senator). It’s patently stupid to anyone who knows the meaning of those words, but it was also testing the water for overt anti-democracy rhetoric.

    • If all the conservatives consented to moving to the same new location uninhabitabed before yet the land provided all the basic needs, how would it work out?

      • @BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        It probably wouldn’t change anything. They have some kind of biological imperative to force their beliefs on other people that disagree with them.

    • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      62 years ago

      Could not agree more. These dumbasses just cannot grasp the rules in their little club are for them, not for me. Their rules don’t apply to me. Any extra-secular claims are completely invalid in our government.

  • TWeaK
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    1162 years ago

    “No amendment can overturn the God-given rights with which we were born,”

    But then, that implies that you don’t have rights until you’re born…

  • StanSmith
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    1002 years ago

    It’s my Constitution-given right to not give a fuck what anybody’s god says I should do.

  • @Shanedino@lemmy.world
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    582 years ago

    They definetly have the right to not have abortions themselves. But that’s probably where the line should be drawn.

  • @Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    From the party that brought us great hits such as: Don’t Tread on Me, and Small Government! comes their new hit singles: Tread on You and Threateningly Massive Government!

  • noneya
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    532 years ago

    If God wants it so bad, why doesn’t he handle it his goddamn self?

  • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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    482 years ago

    A God given right to enforce laws over the public at their own whims?

    So… Like a Monarchy and court of the throne?

    How deliciously un-american of the Ohio Republicans.

    If they’d like to join into a monarchical society, why not rejoin the Ol’ British Empire as a Colony?

    Shall we get the band back together on a mission from god?

    All you have to do is kneel before the king.

    So… Go on then… Kneel.

    (/S if you couldn’t tell, fuck the Monarchy)

    • @intelisense@lemm.ee
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      112 years ago

      They might be disappointed with some of King Charles’ opinions, especially when it comes to the environment. But, you know, God given right and all that!

    • @SCB@lemmy.world
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      62 years ago

      Even the British Empire, at its height, was a Constitutional Monarchy and there were things the King simply could not do.

      Republicans are more of a “L’ etat, c’est moi” kind of governance.

      • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        That’s pretty much the only connotation the rest of the world thinks about that word. Until political news from Washington happens because of US-defaultism.

    • @garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world
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      212 years ago

      As a non- American, I straight up don’t understand how political representatives are not required to action the collective will of the people who elected them. It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. .

      • @Captain_Patchy@lemmy.worldOP
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        222 years ago

        It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. .

        As an American, You are 100% right. Unfortunately these endless fuckholes think otherwise.

  • FoundTheVegan
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    322 years ago

    It’s my god given right to do whatever the fuck I want and force you to do the same!

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      172 years ago

      It’s my god given right to do whatever the fuck I want and force you to do the same what I say!

      Ftfy. They do not follow the same rules they try to impose.