‎”Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because G-d counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.”
~The Talmud

motherjones:

politicalprof:

Ah, that moment when crime is legalized if it is understood to rest on religious bias. The Framers must be crying …

kohenari:

On Wednesday, legislators in Michigan’s Senate passed a bill “which not only neglects to protect students based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but creates a special exception for bullies who have a ‘sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.’”

The rebuke entered into the record by Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer is worth taking a couple of minutes to watch.

(via Think Progress; HT: Gavin Craig).

OK, Michigan Republicans, here’s our question: What if the bully’s religious justification is SHARIA? What do you do then? After your brains are done exploding, we mean.

Ryan wants to do away with Pell grants and thinks students should work 3 jobs if necessary to pay for school.  How out of touch is this guy?  Most people are lucky to have one job!

This just makes me cry.

everqueer:

Dear 53%ers:

Congratulations on all your success. I mean that. But all this “the gov’t never helped me” stuff? Yeah, about that:

- That no-frills State U. education you paid yourself through was so cheap because it was subsidized with tax dollars. The scholarship you earned, same deal.

- The road you drive on to work didn’t magically appear there. It was a gov’t project.

- You’ve likely never been hospitalized for food poisoning. Federal food inspectors do good work.

- Your business has been able to flourish in part thanks to protection from police and fire departments … UNION WORKERS and gov’t employees all.

- The Internet is a wonderful thing that makes wide dissemination of your ideas quick and easy, isn’t it? Yep, another innovation of the bloated, incompetent federal government. 

- At this very moment you are paying my salary to defend your right to your poorly-formed opinion and to be callous toward your fellow man. You’re welcome, jerks.

Sincerely,

An American soldier in Afghanistan

(via fwa99)

fwa99:

Quick photo from October 15th. He’s the 99% too.

His future is in our hands - and our voices.