Equal Rights Amendment's Intentions HIJACKED By LGBTQ Movement

Socio-Political Journal

"The slogan in the 1970s was ERA Now. But what happens when it’s ERA later?"In this case, much later. Virginia’s purported ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment last month created a legal mess. Among the questions raised is whether the equality promised for two sexes would apply to the growing LGBTQ movement.
“ 'What is difficult in the case of the Equal Rights Amendment is that the words are essentially meaningless,” said Rob Natelson, who heads the Constitutional Studies Center at the Independence Institute. “The amendment is so poorly drafted and so general it’s fair to say it’s meaningless.”
"The amendment, which has been kicking around for nearly a century, cleared Congress in 1972 and headed to the states for ratification. It stalled out, but backers in recent years have tried to revive it, even though deadlines for ratification expired decades ago.
"Virginia says it is the critical 38th state to ratify the ERA with its General Assembly vote and insists the deadline is meaningless. The Trump administration says Virginia is wrong.
"This week, so did Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an ERA supporter who nevertheless said the amendment is dead and supporters need to restart the process.
“ 'I would like to see a new beginning,” she said Monday.
"The ERA would declare equality of rights on “account of sex.”
"What that means exactly is contentious. If the amendment is added to the Constitution, it would create a morass of legal questions — chief among them whose vision of sex would control it.
"When Congress debated and approved the ERA in 1972, equality of the sexes was understood to mean men and women. The gay rights movement was nascent, and transgender rights was only notional. Neither figured in the debate in Congress nor in the statehouses that ratified it." . . .

The Democrats’ February Blues; "Earlier this month, the Democrats had a disastrous four days".

Victor Davis Hanson  . . . "On February 4, the second day of this Democratic train wreck, Trump gave his State of the Union address. Even many critics grudgingly admitted that it was the best speech of Trump’s presidency. That same day, a Gallup poll showed Trump’s approval rating at 49 percent, the highest of his presidency — higher than when he won the 2016 election.

"The Democratic members of Congress attending the State of the Union address appeared petty, showing that they were politicos first and elected officials second. Some Democratic representatives did not show up. Others walked out. Some hectored Trump. Some would not stand up — even when ordinary Americans were being applauded for their extraordinary lives.
"House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) tore up her official copy of the presidential speech on national television the moment Trump finished delivering it. It was the first time in history that the House speaker, seated directly behind the president, had shown such childishness.
"Then, on February 5, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on two impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
"When the impeachment inquiry started in September based on a “whistleblower” complaint, Trump’s approval rating was about eight points lower than it is now. The efforts of the impeachment triad of Representatives Pelosi (D., Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.), and Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) proved an unmitigated political disaster for their party. It’s no wonder, given that the partisan impeachment effort never won bipartisan or public support." . . .

Bernie isn't lefty enough for NYT??? . . . "Krugman wrote, "Bernie Sanders isn’t actually a socialist in any normal sense of the term. He doesn’t want to nationalize our major industries and replace markets with central planning; he has expressed admiration, not for Venezuela, but for Denmark. He’s basically what Europeans would call a social democrat — and social democracies like Denmark are, in fact, quite nice places to live, with societies that are, if anything, freer than our own."

"If Denmark were so nice and free, Krugman would live there. He's rich, and any university would hire him at the drop of a hat.

He greatly amuses me. He is the 21st century's Professor Irwin Corey, who billed himself as "The World’s Foremost Authority." Corey was a comic. Krugman is an economist. He has a Nobel Prize to prove it. But to me, he is a bigger laugh than Corey, whom Lenny Bruce called "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time." . . .

Alabama representative introduces bill forcing men over 50 to have vasectomies

Andrea Widburg  "Last year, Alabama passed a law banning abortion except for situations in which the mother's life is at risk.  A federal judge found the bill unconstitutional, and the Alabama attorney general did not appeal the decision.  Nevertheless, on Thursday, state rep. Rolanda Hollis introduced a counter-bill requiring that all men over fifty or who have had three children must get a vasectomy.  The bill is silly and fails to make a convincing pro-abortion case.

"The bill's summary is brief:

Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men.

This bill would require a man to undergo a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first. 

"Hollis explained that she wants to highlight that it's wrong for Alabama ever to foreclose the possibility of abortion for unwanted children, especially in cases of rape or incest:. . . "

Progressives are told they might be allowed to have children after all  . . . "Despite our ability to feed people (an ability hindered by culture and corruption, not technology), there exists a class of people that wants to see humans erased from the Earth so the land can be returned to a pre-human paradise.  These people are oblivious to the fact that it's humans who give meaning to the Earth and that Nature without humans to observe it and provide context is the equivalent of one hand clapping." . . .

Leftist thuggery: Political violence accelerates against Trump-supporters

Monica Showalter  "Last year, there was the brutal beating of the Manhattan art gallery–owner who was beaten black and blue for walking to Chinatown with his MAGA hat on. As with so many of these cases, the cops dismissed it as isolated and unimportant.

"The conservative press is paying attention, but the nets and mainstream media continue to ignore this shocking pattern of political violence.

"Ever see one of these violent incidents on an Axios news summary?  Ever seen an editorial of outrage in the Washington Post over the leftist cult of violence? Nobody's being asked to answer for this climate of violence that is clearly real and growing, amounting to a threat on our democracy. Democrats love to speak of "threats to democracy" in reference to President Trump, but rest assured, the real ones are in the leftist thugs attempting to turn the U.S. into a Venezuelan-style hellhole where violence rules the day." . . .

“This is a Flag of White Supremacy!” WATCH as Raging Leftists Attack College Republicans, Spit on Flag  

Video shows one of the thugs/thugettes spitting on a replica of the Betsy Ross flag. It also shows one of the attackers shoving a conservative student into a pile of rocks.

Stone Jury foreman sees racism even when she has to create it...

Jury Foreman In Roger Stone Case Was Trump-Hating Russia Collusion Hoaxer
If in congress, she would have been one more scowling face dressed in white.

. . ."In August last year, Hart also tweeted that anybody who supported President Donald Trump was racist.

“Then stop being racists. Co-signing and defending a racist and his racist rhetoric makes you racist. Point blank,” Hart wrote on Twitter while linking to a piece in the Atlantic of Trump supporters complaining about the label constantly being lodged against them.

" 'But believe it or not, it gets worse. While Hart was serving on the jury, she tweeted about the president’s impeachment, sharing a letter to the editor in the New York Times requesting the outlet use more direct language to accuse Trump of committing a crime in his dealings with Ukraine." . . .

Read Hart's tweets at the above link

A former Democratic congressional candidate revealed Wednesday that she was the foreperson on the jury that convicted Roger Stone.  . . . "Judge Jackson interjected during the line of questioning to ask Hart whether Trump or Stone’s political affiliations would change how she weighed evidence at trial.
“ 'Is there anything about his affiliation with the Trump campaign and the Republican party in general that gives you any reason to pause or hesitate or think that you couldn’t fairly evaluate the evidence against him?” Jackson asked.
"Hart answered: “No.' ” . . .

...but is she good with this racism? I'm told we have to accept it, but I will not. 


University Student In ‘Multicultural’ Center Says Whites Should Leave: ‘Too Many White People In Here’
"The Constitution is sexist", says a squad member
U. Central Florida Students Protest ‘White Supremacist’ Ben Shapiro

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Three High School Girls Launch Lawsuit in Bid To Block Transgender Athletes from Dominating Female Sports

“Forcing girls to be spectators in their own sports is completely at odds with Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics,” 

Western Journal

Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, far left, and female runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven on Feb. 7, 2019

"The families of three female high school runners filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from participating in girls sports.
"Selina Soule, a senior at Glastonbury High School, Chelsea Mitchell, a senior at Canton High School, and Alanna Smith, a sophomore at Danbury High School are represented by the conservative nonprofit organization Alliance Defending Freedom.
"They argue that allowing boys who identify as female to compete has deprived them of track titles and scholarship opportunities.
“ entally and physically, we know the outcome before the race even starts,” said Smith, who is the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Lee Smith. “That biological unfairness doesn’t go away because of what someone believes about gender identity. All girls deserve the chance to compete on a level playing field.”

Making HIStory: In February, a Man Will Try Out for the Olympics – in the Women’s Division  "We’re on the edge of history.
"February will see the USA Olympic trials, and for the first time ever, in the women’s division, a dude will take a shot.
"From Sports Illustrated:

[Megan Youngren] is set to make history on Feb. 29 as the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials.

"Here’s how SI sketched it out:

"On Dec. 8, 2019, 28-year-old Megan Youngren became one of 63 women at the California International Marathon to officially qualify for the 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials, the race that will determine the team for Tokyo. Her 40th-place finish in 2:43:52 came as both a relief and a reward, after four months of intense training.

"As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, Susan Hazzard — head of communications for USA Track & Field — noted the newsworthiness:

“We have not had a transgender athlete compete in our Olympic trials or U.S. championships that I’m aware of,” said Hazzard, who has been with USA Track and Field for 20 years." . . .

Why can't we just let Hillary Clinton run again in 2020?

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Why can't we just let Hillary Clinton run again in 2020? Wouldn’t so many people love to see her beat Trump?  "Look. You may love Hillary personally. That’s fine.
"That does not make her a good candidate.
"Here are the facts:
"Hillary lost. Indeed, she has lost every competitive race that she’s been in. This is what they call a clue. And it’s a clue that you need a better candidate. Hillary had every advantage in the world going into 2016. She had the money, the support network, and a virtually uncontested primary. She still lost.
"Hillary is a terrible candidate by the only metric that matters: She loses.
. . . 
"Clinton has won three primary elections, none of which were competitive, at all. (2000 and 2006 senate and 2016 presidential). Her most serious competitor in 2000 dropped out, and in 2016 her most serious competitor was bent over and fucked by the DNC.
"She has won two general elections. 2006 was an easy reelection win in a safe blue state against a Republican unknown.
"2000 was her biggest challenge that she won. But even this race was pretty easy. Her principal opponent, Rudy Giuliani, dropped out after a health/infidelity scandal, and his replacement was dubious at best. She won with less margin than Gore took New York." . . .
More discussion, pro, and con.

In Virginia Legislature, Democrats walk out on black pro-life, defense-of-marriage pastor

Democrats clearly expected the black clergyman from Warrenton to know his place and deliver an invocation in alignment with their progressive politics.  Things didn't go as planned.

M. Catharine Evans  "With newly empowered Democrats in the Virginia state house ready to advance legislation lifting abortion restrictions and eager to strengthen protections for those in the LGBT community, Reverend Dr. Robert M Grant, Jr. didn't hold back in his opening prayer before the General Assembly Tuesday morning.

"In a scathing, biblically based denunciation of same-sex "marriage" and abortion, the pastor's 6-minute prayer drove some Democrats to walk off the floor and another one to shout out, "Is this a prayer or a sermon?"  Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax) ultimately broke in by banging her gavel and leading the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.

"From YouTube (cued to the point where Pastor Grant began praying against abortion):

. . . "I pray that you may understand that all life is precious and worthy of a chance to be born," he said.  "God is a giver of life, and people have no right or authority to take life, the unborn has rights, and those rights need to be protected." . . .

Stop Apologizing for Saving Black Lives

Does anyone with a functioning frontal lobe disagree with this? By pursuing the wacky idea of having cops frisk kids in high-crime areas for minor offenses like turnstile jumping, Mayor Rudy Giuliani cut the murder rate from more than 2,000 per year to about 600. No one thought it could possibly go any lower -- and then Bloomberg got murders down to an unfathomable 300 or so per year.

Ann Coulter  "Idiot conservatives were doing the idiot thing this week, screaming “racism!” in response to an old tape of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending stop-and-frisk, one of the policies that drove New York City murder rates down to Mayberry levels. They weren’t being ironic.

"In the 2015 tape, Bloomberg makes the blindingly obvious point that if “95% of murders and murder victims are young male minorities” -- as is true in New York City -- then police should be questioning about 95% young male minorities.
"To stop crime, he said, you "put a lot of cops where the crime is, which means in minority neighborhoods.”
"Bloomberg further explained that frisking young black and brown men for minor crimes is how you keep guns off the streets generally: “And the way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the wall and frisk them. And then they start, they say, ‘Oh, I don’t want to get caught.’ So they don't bring the gun. They still have a gun, but they leave it at home.”
"Does anyone with a functioning frontal lobe disagree with this? By pursuing the wacky idea of having cops frisk kids in high-crime areas for minor offenses like turnstile jumping, Mayor Rudy Giuliani cut the murder rate from more than 2,000 per year to about 600. No one thought it could possibly go any lower -- and then Bloomberg got murders down to an unfathomable 300 or so per year.
"Giuliani and Bloomberg did more for young minorities than all living Democrats combined. In New York City alone, at least 20,000 more black men are alive today than would be under the genius crime-fighting ideas of prior administrations (and The New York Times).
"Unless liberal elites are pursuing a secret plan to reduce the black population by allowing young black men to kill one another (that would make a great movie by Jordan Peele!), stop-and-frisk is nothing to apologize for.

"Well, guess what? Bloomberg apologized for it. He began his presidential campaign with a repudiation of his signature accomplishment in order to please a handful of black activists and a lot of white liberals. For that, he deserves the contempt of all men of good will.

"Why not attack him for the gutless apology? Is Bloomberg sorry for saving so many black lives? Does becoming a Democrat make basic math incomprehensible? Is he a pandering coward? Can we trust anything he says?
"But small-bore conservatives did what they always do: Give up winning a war in order to land a quick blow in a skirmish. They called Bloomberg’s earlier, logically insuperable point “RACIST!”
"Great, so now conservatives are adopting the absolute worst aspect of liberalism -- calling everything “racist." . . .  More...

Newly Released Police Report Details Attack on Trump Supporters, Shows Clear Motive

Also: Complete list of attacks on supporters of President Trump  
"Only a handful  – if that –  of hate crimes against Trump supporters are reported by the mainstream media.  That’s why here at Milne News we thought we would do what we are famous for and report the truth.
"With the help of attacksontrumpsupporters.com who have made a brilliant reference, you can see below the complete list (so far) of the 392 attacks on Trump supporters from 2015 to now.
"If there is any missed on this list please contact us to let us know." . . .

Why Isn't the Violent Attack Against Florida GOP Volunteers a Huge National Story?
Townhall   "A report on the incident is now available and shows the attacker was politically motivated, wanted to "take a stand" and proudly showed officers videos just before running the tent over with his vehicle. 

"Upon arrival I made contact with the victims who were volunteering at a Republican tent in the parking lot located near the Petco. They stated that while they were working the listed vehicle began slowly driving towards them. Victim 1 advised that she had been walking up to the driver's side to talk to the suspect. Victim 2 was standing on the passenger side of the vehicle. They both stated that the vehicle then accelerated towards them and the tent. Both victims had to move out of the way quickly in order to prevent themselves form being struck by the vehicle. The suspect continued to drive and snowed over several chairs, tables and a tent. The suspect then got out of the vehicle, took out hi

s phone, 'flipped them off' and drove away," the report, written by an officer, states. 
"The suspect [REDACTED] because 'someone had to take a stand.' He stated that he went to the Walmart at 11900 Atlantic Blvd. to get some food and notice the tent set up in the parking lot. He advised that after he got his food and pack of cigarettes he went near the ten and parked. He willingly showed a video to us on his phone that was him talking prior to driving into the tent. He was a few aisles over in the parking lot. The suspect then showed another video to us of him driving towards the tent with the victims standing in front of the tent," the report continues (bolding is for emphasis). 

"The video cuts out prior to him actually striking the tent. He stated that [REDACTED] although the video showed people standing in front of the tent, so he could go run everything over. The suspect was upset that the video ended before 'the good part' as he described it. The suspect also advised that he does not like President Trump and that is part of [REDACTED]. He also advised the other reason was because "it's like someone shitting on your grave," it says. " . . .
"Despite this admission from Grimm that he engaged in an act of terrorism against political opponents, the story is getting little attention. " . . .

Can you see today's Democrats guiding us through World War 2?

Rich Terrell

Dirty Cops: Democrats leap to defense of prosecutors who lied to DOJ about Roger Stone sentence  "Apparently, we're supposed to be upset that a group of four prosecutors, who told the Department of Justice one thing about what they'd recommend as a sentence for former Trump adviser Roger Stone and then told a federal judge another, are out of that job.

"According to National Review:

All four Justice Department prosecutors who sought seven to nine years of jail time for Roger Stone have withdrawn from the case after reportedly misleading DOJ officials over the sentencing recommendation.

. . . "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leading calls for an investigation after the Department of Justice made a downgraded sentencing recommendation for President Trump's associate Roger Stone." . . .

Joe diGenova claims that 'Anonymous' has been identified and will be fired
Grounds for impeachment!

Hollywood seeks only targets acceptable to the left wing

Rush Limbaugh Reacts To Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Feel-Good Wackoism’ Oscars Speech

"On Tuesday, legendary conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh reacted to actor Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar acceptance speech, which the host said went beyond liberalism, qualifying as “feel-good wackoism.”
"We’ve become very disconnected from the natural world,” Phoenix said on Sunday at the award show. “And many of us, what we’re guilty of is an egocentric world view, the belief that we’re the center of the universe. We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources.”
“ 'We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth, we steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable,” “The Joker” actor added. “And then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.”
“ 'Boy, do we suck,” Limbaugh reacted to the soundbite. “Yeah. That’s the Academy Award, best actor for a movie appropriately called The Joker.” . . .

#SanctimoniousHollywood  . . . "There is almost nothing Americans hate more than hypocrisy, and the hypocrisy of the left, it seems, might be its undoing. So, what do we have to do to make sure it is?" . . .

With Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's sanctimonious chickens come home to roost . . . "Ronald Reagan was a former member of the Hollywood class who went on to become governor of California and president of the United States. But it was Bill Clinton and, after him, Barack Obama who brought the culture of Hollywood with them to the political stage." . . .