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Consider the case of the angry white woman
WaPo ^ | 3/11/12 | Courtland Milloy

Posted on 03/13/2012 2:33:43 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

When Margaret Doyle’s temper exploded inside the Virginia General Assembly a few weeks ago, a photograph of her being ejected from the state Capitol became a symbol of front-line resistance to legislative assaults on women’s reproductive rights.

Doyle, who is 53 and weighs 115 pounds, was so fired up that it took four police officers to restrain her. Other protesters also were subjected to the strong arm of the law.

 A debate over the role of religion in political life has shaped recent clashes over contraception and abortion.

Curiously to me, nearly all of the women were white.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; Health/Medicine; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; angry; civility; whenshrewsattack; white; women
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To: TalBlack
Hmmm, I wonder how long I’d be in jail and what I’d be charged with if I were in a situation that reguired 4 police officers to subdue me?

Drunk and disorderly, 6 counts of assault, Grand theft auto, DUI, and $15,000 of property damage.... Or so I have heard, not that I have any first hand knowledge......

21 posted on 03/14/2012 9:34:58 AM PDT by verga (Party like it is 1773)
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To: wolfpat

Exactly right.

Libs have successfully obfuscated the reason this country was founded in the first place and why the first right listed in the Bill of Rights is Freedom of Religion.

The founders did not want state interference or control of faith, nor did they want them to mandate one specific religion.

Man, how far we have gotten from such simple principles in such a short amount of time.


22 posted on 03/14/2012 5:01:48 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: grey_whiskers

Well done, sir:)


23 posted on 03/14/2012 5:02:54 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: Jvette
Thanks.

Cheers!

24 posted on 03/14/2012 5:10:05 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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