Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Killed Bills Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation
Washington Free Beacon. ^ | AUGUST 13, 2020 | Yuichiro Kakutani -

Posted on 08/13/2020 7:00:07 AM PDT by george76

Maine Dems argued legislation was racist.

...

Gideon leveraged her leadership position in the Democrat-controlled legislature to kill two separate bills that would have criminalized the practice of severing the clitoris of infant girls and sewing their vaginas shut.

...

Under Gideon's leadership, Maine Democrats argued that the bill was racist toward the state's large immigrant community from Somalia, a country where the practice is "nearly universal" according to the United Nations

...

Gideon's efforts have helped make Maine one of only 12 states that have not banned female genital mutilation. Such a legacy threatens to complicate her cultivated image as a champion of women's rights, one built on her consistent support for abortion access and the #MeToo movement. The image strategy has paid off, translating into hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and outside money support from national pro-abortion groups.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut; US: Maine; US: Massachusetts; US: New Hampshire; US: Vermont; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abortion; babykillers; childabuse; democrats; fgm; gideon; maine; misogyny; rop; saragideon; somalia; womensrights
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

1 posted on 08/13/2020 7:00:07 AM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

Follow the money,,,,Sara is on the muslim payroll..........


2 posted on 08/13/2020 7:02:40 AM PDT by chopperk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

“state’s large immigrant community from Somalia, a country where the practice is “nearly universal” according to the United Nation”

That sounds like a racist statement to me. You are accusing them of this crime


3 posted on 08/13/2020 7:02:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

The Rats are the true racists. And they have no shame about it.


4 posted on 08/13/2020 7:03:12 AM PDT by HighSierra5
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Just because something is “universal” and “generally accepted” doesn’t mean that it’s the right thing to do.

This practice is barbaric.


5 posted on 08/13/2020 7:03:16 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

I find it unbelievable that many women support the Democrats.
I also find it unbelievable that many blacks support the Democrats.

No one with any discernment should support the Democrats. They are evil people.


6 posted on 08/13/2020 7:04:40 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

“... Maine Democrats argued that the bill was racist ...”

Well, so what if it is? Protecting children from mutilation is racist. Okay. Being called a name vs. children having their private parts trimmed. Oh, just when you thought this conversation couldn’t get more uncomfortable ...


7 posted on 08/13/2020 7:05:33 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Bookmark


8 posted on 08/13/2020 7:08:01 AM PDT by tsowellfan (https://twitter.com/cafenetamerica)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Oh, to be once again in the company of such men as Sir Charles James Napier, then Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India, 1843–1847, to a Hindu priest’s objection to the prohibition of sati:

“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.”


9 posted on 08/13/2020 7:09:55 AM PDT by Remole
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cdcdawg

Not only trimmed, sometimes totally removed.


10 posted on 08/13/2020 7:11:35 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: george76

I guess it is progressive and feminist to make women slaves to men who practice a primitive religion.


11 posted on 08/13/2020 7:12:25 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: proud American in Canada

Slavery was just about universal and generally accepted.


12 posted on 08/13/2020 7:13:46 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ClearCase_guy
Black females are the Democratic Party's most loyal base.

Why women would be okay with FGM is absolutely disgusting to me.
13 posted on 08/13/2020 7:16:32 AM PDT by farming pharmer (fork you :(){ :|:& };:)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: george76

Why would one need a new law. I’m sure there are laws against non consensual Mutilation.


14 posted on 08/13/2020 7:17:25 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wilhelm Tell

Slavery was not universal accepted amongst the slaves.


15 posted on 08/13/2020 7:18:41 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

Another one who looks like she knows her way around a spellbook and a cauldron. Her “Armenian roots” are touted by the press . . . but she seems to have forgotten them when it comes to issues such as this.


16 posted on 08/13/2020 7:31:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Remole
“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.”

Perfect. Can we erect gibbets for lawless, child-mutilating Democrats?

This Democrat, cultural destruction of our civilization should be torn out root and branch.

17 posted on 08/13/2020 7:36:21 AM PDT by Thommas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: george76

I wonder how she’d feel about volunteering for the exact same procedure.

Lead by example.

If you’re for it, then do it.


18 posted on 08/13/2020 7:50:48 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

OK, fellow FReepers - you just read this post and I’ll bet you said “Dem clit cutters be some evil sons a bitches!”

So, where else did you hear about this? Nightly news? The New Yawk times? Your local TV station? Nope - you heard about it here on FR. And with no ads to irritate the hell out of you. Cool, huh?

Hint: It’s fund raising time here. Time to cough up some bucks! (I just did; I’m a geezer, and I’m so cheap with my money I squeak when I walk.)


19 posted on 08/13/2020 7:56:41 AM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Challenge the local TV stations in Maine to show videos of the procedure. Write to the newspapers and have them write stories and include pictures of little girls screaming in pain. Let the voters know what the Democrats in Maine approve of, and this should happen in every state that has not banned this torture.


20 posted on 08/13/2020 8:09:47 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” ― Yogi Berra)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson