Yes, it was. That is exactly the stated reason she was released. The judge was satisfied that the licences were being issued. The condition of her release was that she no longer interfere with the deputies, all but one of whom have been issuing licences without a problem since Friday.

Her name is still on them. The whole name removal thing is just a moving of the goalpost. It was an idea they came up with after she ended up in jail, hoping it will give them some sort of moral victory over the vicious tyranny that is the norms of state forms and paperwork.

They do realize that she wasn’t jailed for living out her Christian faith, right?

There are a lot of things I value about my Catholic upbringing - there was a compassion and curiosity that ran through my rather affluent and liberal Catholic parish and it’s associated schools. In a lot of cases I felt like moral issues, ethical issues and questions about faith and religion were tackled more honestly…

So, when she has a the filter of Cosmo’s professional editing team she doesn’t come across like a mean spirited brat? I suppose her whole “If you are a woman over 30 you may as well be dead.” perspective wasn’t really going to suit their editorial mandate.

I love Ashley S, but I can’t quite figure out if she is a willing participant in the whole ‘Is she crazy?’ narrative, or if she’s just unable/unwilling to address how fucked up it is that she’s being treated that way. When she talks about fellow contestants she is the most reasonable and respectful person. My best…

Honestly I get it. I don’t agree, but I get it. The tone was totally, perfectly normal and appropriate for someone who thought they were speaking to a professional peer, but it’s not a way you’d communicate with patients or the public. It was way too flippant for that, and because of the fraudulent and lying of this…

These pro-lifers really believe that a woman considering abortion, or having an abortion, just needs a strict parent or scowling confessor. Such evil, belittling bullshit. She just needs a damn doctor. An honest, respectful, medical practitioner.

Not a lawyer, but the ACLU and the Satanic Temple usually don’t find themselves on the same side of the legal questions, because the ACLU is fighting against the very laws that the Satanic Temple is actively using to make a point about it’s absurdity. For example, when the Satanic Temple was arguing to place their…

I am just loving Kaitlyn. I have this fantasy that she gets the finale and says “Hey, I made out with a whole bunch of hot guys, but I ain’t marrying any of these fuckers! Peace out ya’ll!”

If she ever thinks about it at all, she likely believes that the pro-lifer’s moral superiority keeps them all fed and happy.

They can also be for personally having an abortion, but against anyone else being able to choose that!

Not quite “You’re only alive because I was obligated by my faith and/or ignorance of anatomy and/or force of law to carry you to term.”

Note also that in Toronto, where the article comes from, Uber isn’t operating legally.

A bit of an oversight not to mention that Uber has been deliberately breaking Toronto law the entire time they have operated in they city. They have argued in court that they shouldn’t have to prove that they had sufficient insurance to cover their drivers, and only just last month bothered to apply for a taxi…

^This. As much as I respect that the girls themselves may not wish to speak, or be named, it does frighten me that Josh and his parents only words about them is that they forgave him. As if they had any other choice. These girls were no more free to not forgive, and go back to sharing a home with him, then they were…

Most of this is predictably horrible, but I’m a bit surprised that despite mentioning ectopic pregnancy several times to you, they at no point mentioned that an ectopic pregnancy is almost never viable, and poses serious (read: potentially fatal) complications for the woman.

Same. I’ve re-read the Voyage of the Dawn Treader a few times, because it’s easy enough to for me to ignore the religious messages in that one and it was always my favorite, but I’ll never be able to re-capture the excitement and awe I felt when I first read The Last Battle, now that I understand it’s just a…

Yeah. ‘Cause that whole “Let ‘em eat cake.” thing was totally a right PR move for the ruling powers last time...

Well, they can’t actually say what they mean, which is that they think women are sub-human, and can’t actually make rational or informed choices. So, you force them to listen to a somber doctor tell them lies about breast cancer and suicide rates, and then have them sit quietly in the corner for a while. The hope is,…