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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#173976: Feb 12th 2017 at 9:01:16 AM

Imagine how mainstream Christians feel when politicians start with their evangelical crap.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#173977: Feb 12th 2017 at 9:08:44 AM

Even some evangelicals feel that way. Check out Fred Clark on Slacktivist some time.

edited 12th Feb '17 9:12:26 AM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#173978: Feb 12th 2017 at 9:42:44 AM

"And now, for a different take on Steve Bannon:"

His approval fills me with shame.

Although having seen the Hindu right wingers all my life.....it kinda makes sense.

tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#173979: Feb 12th 2017 at 10:16:10 AM

Keep in mind that he's also cited Lenin, Darth Vader and Satan as sources of inspiration. Either he has no idea wtf he's talking about at all or it's all bullshit .of the purest ray serene

edited 12th Feb '17 10:17:30 AM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#173980: Feb 12th 2017 at 10:33:28 AM

Third option: He's completely serious about each one.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#173981: Feb 12th 2017 at 10:35:08 AM

Pretty sure he's completely serious. The man posted for this shot. He knows exactly what people think of him and has worked very hard to foster that image. He is proud to be Darth Satan.

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Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#173982: Feb 12th 2017 at 10:41:15 AM

Steve Bannon needs to be clubbed to death with Clinton's email server, there could be no more fitting fate for him.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#173983: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:20:56 AM

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/tennessee-gop-bill-says-children-born-through-artificial-are-not-legitimate/

"A bill filed by a Tennessee Republican aims to make children born through artificial insemination illegitimate."

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#173984: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:26:19 AM

[up]Cool; they're one step closer to their clone army.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#173985: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:30:38 AM

I wonder what kind of lead levels can be found in the drinking water down there. Because the number of crazy weird stuff cooked up by Tennessee Republicans is worrying.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#173986: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:51:15 AM

Make any children conceived through artificial insemination illegitimate? Why? The vast majority of people who use artificial insemination do it because they can't have children the normal way. And the rest of the children conceived that way are already considered illegitimate under the law.

Do you know what happens with an illegitimate child? They aren't counted in a will if they aren't specifically named. That's it. Absolutely nothing else that means anything. All this would do is encourage people to specifically name children in their will, and any lawyer who isn't a complete moron will encourage people to do that anyway to minimize disputes.

It would also be dead easy to circumvent.

"Oh, the law says our child will be illegitimate?"

"Yes, so here's the adoption papers. Just file them right after the kid is born and they'll be legally legitimate."

You know what, I'm erasing my signature. It's gotten increasingly more disturbing over the past year.

edited 12th Feb '17 11:57:55 AM by Zendervai

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#173987: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:52:45 AM

I... what even is the point of that, in this day and age? Like, what the fuck? People who go for that are mostly couples who are trying really hard to have a child. I very much doubt people like that would ever consider their children illegitimate. And this law applies specifically to married people! What in fuck????

What could they possibly gain from this nonsense? No one refers to their children as "illegitimate" in this day and age because no one cares.

edited 12th Feb '17 11:54:58 AM by AceofSpades

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#173988: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:56:45 AM

The Republican party uses a time machine when it nominates candidates. The nominee s not chosen by the number of votes, but by how many years outdated the candidate is.

They found a caveman in Trump.

edited 12th Feb '17 11:57:13 AM by CrimsonZephyr

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#173989: Feb 12th 2017 at 11:57:08 AM

Seriously, don't Republicans in Tennessee have better things to do with their time than come up with stupid bullshit like this?

[up] That seems rather insulting to cavemen. tongue

edited 12th Feb '17 11:58:05 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#173990: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:00:01 PM

US Presidency: So easy, a caveman can do it?

edited 12th Feb '17 12:00:28 PM by Ramidel

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#173991: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:02:06 PM

I can't help but be amused by the fact that just about every time I see Trump compared to something it turns into an Insult to Rocks.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#173992: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:02:55 PM

Trump is literally antimatter.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#173993: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:04:30 PM

[up] Wasn't Jesus born as a result of 'artificial insemination'?

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#173994: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:10:23 PM

[up][up][up] That even happened when he was compared to actual fascist dictators. Probably because these guys tended to at least have a clue about how politics work.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#173995: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:11:47 PM

I mean, Jesus' parents were most certainly not married, so he's illegitimate either way.

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#173996: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:22:11 PM

One of the comments on the article pointed out the same thing. I haven't laughed so hard all day.

Worth noting that, according to the article:

Last year, Weaver [the representative in question] was one of 53 GOP lawmakers who got involved in a same-sex marriage divorce that dealt with the custody of a child born through artificial insemination. Weaver and the other lawmakers asserted that the lesbian wife of the child’s mother should not be considered a “legitimate” parent under the current statute.

This could in large part be just to fuck over same sex couples. I would not be surprised.

edited 12th Feb '17 12:22:55 PM by Pseudopartition

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#173997: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:24:37 PM

[up]It almost certainly is. If he can't punish same sex couples separately from opposite sex ones, he'll go full scorched earth and punish both.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#173998: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:29:32 PM

Again, given the current cultural trends, "illegitimate" has lost most of its meaning, so unless he's trying to fuck over people in child custody cases, most of which are solved out of court anyway, I'm still goddamned confused about what, exactly, he hopes to gain from this. What would this even do, aside of making a case taken to court a bit more difficult? And in the cases of straight couples divorcing, this wouldn't even have an effect on custody.

I mean seriously. This has so many logic holes in this I'm not even sure this would hurt anyone.

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#173999: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:32:22 PM

It could be just a gesture to pretend she's doing something worthwhile.
Whoever elected her, she can just go to his town halls and say how she stuck it to those godless people living their lives not exactly like yours and get applause. Tis a small group that'll actually even give the bill a second or first look.

[down]Duly edited. Huh, when I first saw Tennessee, I immediately thought of Sheila Butt. Haven't heard of Weaver...

edited 12th Feb '17 12:40:45 PM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#174000: Feb 12th 2017 at 12:35:56 PM

Point of interest: the maniac in this case is a woman.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

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