Good point. For instance, some places have tried to close their public restrooms at night, but it is a crime to urinate in public. Yeah, that isn't blatant criminalization of being homeless at all.

Yet there are those who feel masturbation is wrong but using Natural Family Planning is okay. If they are going to generalize to saying masturbation is wrong, how on earth do they justify NFP as an alternative to contraception? As you said, I think it applies to one specific person, but for those who don't making the…

One of the problems may be diffusion and the way certain things have to be fought and counteracted. It is easy to see someone blogging or tweeting, not so easy to see someone making phone calls or lobbying officials or showing up at town halls (CSPAN and its state/local equivalents aren't exactly pulling in the…

I mostly agree, but unfortunately there seems to be a strain of anti-Catholicism amongst some of the more conservative Protestant groups who like to denounce evolution and push creationism in schools. They might even take it as confirmation-bias of how Catholics aren't "real Christians."

Is it possible they didn't want their relationship and queerness erased? Also, considering the history of weddings, especially the "heterosexual white dress catholic wedding" (and not all weddings are about only two people, legally perhaps but people do adapt their ceremonies as they see fit), I think it is…

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Have you seen the video though?

Thank you. I think this person is ignoring some of the reasons some people are giving for why Umbridge is so terrifying. She uses her legitimate positions of authority in the worst way possible, and in a lot of ways the people like her do more to get Voldermort power than the Death Eaters do. They could have took over…

Yep, that's the one I got. Also, when I was wearing my hair out in an afro (have since switched to Havana/Marley twists or a roll & pin/halo twist) it didn't even do a better job than the $6 stuff I got other places. I still have some left almost two years later. I wanted something I could rub in my hair and then be…

I can see how this might be a contributor. I have never been into spending money on looks, and not only is CD way outside of what I would spend, I don't like the smell of one thing someone else got for me. The only product I consistently buy are deep conditioning packets. Otherwise, I use things like eggs and Greek…

Unfortunately, some would. Namely the types likely to go out of their way to show they aren't like all of us other whiny POC, because they believe in color-blindness and that some of us have a victimization complex. Also, if we talk about lack of representation, they will be oh so quick to jump in with how it…

I just said I am mostly fine with the actions being taken against ISIL. I am not a pacifist and do not believe that military intervention should never be an option or even that it should always be the last option. My comments have went far beyond ISIL in relation to violent militaristic interventionist policies. I…

Also, I think part of accepting reality is accepting that one group can't always rush in to protect another, and that unfortunately sometimes trying to do so might make the situation worst and further or prolong the suffering taking place, even enabling the oppressors or creating new ones. That is part of why I am so…

Your use of realism vs. idealism in that instance makes more sense now. I think part of the problem is that nations don't operate in the interest of keeping people safe, they operate in what they believe to be the best interests of their elites. I think the response to ISIL has been relatively ideal overall (with some…

I see this argument often, but in reality isn't Hawkishness and "lots of guns" a lot of what allowed groups like ISIS/ISIL to gain sway in the first place?Colonialism, destabilization created by wars, and the tug-of-war between the U.S. and Russia seem to have had long-lasting effects that echo through history and…

Well, if it doesn't have "all the consent in it" then it is rape. And if it was treated widely as a self-aware rape fantasy that would be one thing. But I don't feel it is, I think it is treated as a genuine erotic romance novel by people who think Wuthering Heights is a romantic (as in romance not Romance) novel as…

I agree they won't be more protected, but some of the commenters might be getting at how being made/expected to accept unwanted touching might make younger children more likely to keep silent when they receive touching that makes them uncomfortable. Sometimes, tickling, wrestling, and other forms are touch are used as…

A gay Republican is probably likely to be a white cis male who only wants the same privileges as other middle-upper class white cis males. So those people don't matter much to them to begin with. These are likely to be the same people who are fine with a non-Trans/gender identity and presentation inclusive ENDA,…

How are these problems any different than current law where both parties have to try and prove their version of events? It is still a matter of each side telling their version, but what changes is that "lack of no" isn't a defense and "I didn't stop because we were already going" isn't a valid defense. Yes, they will…