I'm not being facetious, I'm just generally wondering what you mean by making southern states "distinctly uncomfortable." It still seems like it's very popular for many southern politicians to be vehemently homophobic, in speeches, legislation, proprietorial decisions, judicial decisions, etc.

Have you read this book?: http://www.amazon.com/Terrorist-Asse…

Has there been any measurable reports about the gains of women in Afghanistan? I'd be happy to read about progress, but the reports I've read paint a very dire situation for women's rights, let alone basic security concerns for the entire country, which is apparently now only supported by Western dollars and the…

Southern conservative states receive the most federal tax payer dollars. And yet their gay rights records ain't so pretty: http://eji.org/node/916 What do you mean by making them uncomfortable? Getting rid of DOMA and DADT?

I believe OP is talking about the co-option of legitimate gay rights and women's rights activism to advance the political status quo, that hurts everyone, including gay people and women, in the developing world. He or she is arguing that Obama's move here is not helping gay people in Uganda, rather, it's helping the…

Many former British colonies still retain laws that criminalize consensual sex between men, including India, laws that were first adopted by British occupiers.

I really wonder if the stage is being set for drone strikes and military intervention in that region? "Pinkwashing" has been used to justify war crimes committed by our allies and ourselves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_mark…) and "women's rights," and by extension the rights of sexual minorities, were used to…

I can't even deal with the shit that you are spouting. There is nothing inherently wrong with eugenics?! Are you kidding me?! You are a, by definition, racist individual who is ignorant of the human rights violations that African Americans and Native Americans suffered as the result of eugenics policies in this…

IT HELD THAT A PERSON CANNOT BE PUNISHED FOR A CRIME WITH STERILIZATION. THE "COMPULSORY" PART MEANS THAT IT IS PART OF THE PUNISHMENT THE STATE IMPOSES, REGARDLESS IF THE PUNISHMENT WAS THE RESULT OF A JURY CONVICTION OR PLEA BARGAIN. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT YOU MISCHARACTERIZING THE LAW TO SUPPORT EUGENICS?

You seem a little ignorant on our country's history and the problems with eugenics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_…

Actually the Supreme Court did find that sterilizing criminals violated the constitution:

Sterilizing criminals is considered eugenics and is something the Nazi's espoused in their own ideology. Please read on the history eugenics in this country, including in Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_…

Intent is almost always something the State must prove to convict someone of a crime:

Well I work with adults who were victimized in the foster care system and, unless you're leaving out some physical or sexual trauma you've been through, I can say that they have been through far worse shit than you have been through. In almost all cases, it is better for the state to help the parent retain custody…

I'm not conflating. I'm just explaining what happens. Poor people get tickets that they can't pay, so they go to court to explain that to the judge. The judge than may then choose to impose court costs and additional fees on said poor person for going to court, typically making that poor person pay monthly fees and…

It's laughable that you think placement in foster care, in addition to a traumatic loss of a parent, is in the kid's best interest, educational or otherwise. Foster care is correlated with poor education benchmarks: http://www.fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules…

Not all officers are bad. But we have failed the people we incarcerate in terms of protecting their basic health and safety. Here's another recent example: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/p…

People who are indigent (i.e., to poor to afford a lawyer) should never be charged court costs, but they are charged them all the time. This story illustrates what happens when they are charged with court costs - the are placed in jail. This means taxpayers foot the bill of the court costs, the jail time, the…

Yeah, I don't see how in principle incarcerating a person's parents helps them to access a good education. Not to be argumentative, but these law's are fucked up and just function to steal money from taxpayers/the poor, plain and simple. Many of these counties "contract" with private companies to manage these debt…

And I'm sure putting their mother is jail surely helped with their truancy issues...