Comments | ontd_political: Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi

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Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi

Nov 08, 2011 23:01

A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing the so-called “personhood” movement another blow ( Read more... )

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seasight November 9 2011, 04:17:49 UTC

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doe_witch November 9 2011, 05:21:51 UTC

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crossfire November 9 2011, 06:02:59 UTC

LO I AM SLAIN

shadowpiranha November 9 2011, 11:56:26 UTC

Oh wow. This is the HGH macro to end all other HGH macros. Hell yeah!

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sunhawk November 9 2011, 04:19:15 UTC

Thank starlight!

playthefool November 9 2011, 04:20:05 UTC

Fucking wonderful ♥

NIGHT IS INSTANTLY BETTER.

doverz November 9 2011, 04:36:01 UTC

Love your icon!!! I wish MGG did more unauthorized documentaries.

karrixftw November 9 2011, 05:40:48 UTC

I wish I had a Criminal Minds icon so I could fit in with you guys! :(

playthefool November 9 2011, 06:00:36 UTC

YES. They were brilliant :D

kitanabychoice November 9 2011, 04:21:39 UTC

I am so glad. So, SO glad. Faith in humanity today: +1

recorded November 9 2011, 04:27:59 UTC

Faith in humanity today: +1
This, sfm.

phibby November 9 2011, 04:22:13 UTC

And I can finally exhale! Voting was crazy today, but I the wait was worth it to vote this thing down. Glad to see this state get something right for once.

27 will pass though...disappointed.

(Was anybody else at the rally on Saturday??)

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phibby November 9 2011, 04:43:33 UTC

Would require people to present government-issued photo ID to vote.

Here's the full text: http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/initiativesapp/InitiativeInfo.aspx?IId=27

eridaelectric November 9 2011, 05:15:20 UTC

We have to do that in canada, and it pisses me off. My address is different on my license, so I have to bring a bill or something too to prove my address.

I think it was about half a year ago, Harper tried to change it so students couldn't vote in the district they live in for most of the year, and that there was some weird loophole thing that made it so they couldn't vote in their "home" district either. The amendment never passed, thankfully. I guess people realized it was a blatant attack on liberal (as in left/centrist) voters (as students tend to be on average left or left of center).

I also don't like how here, to vote you have to have an address. There are so many people who have no homes, or they just couch surf, they deserve to vote too. While libraries and shelters will often let you register with their address, there are so many laws and loopholes to discount homeless/impoverished votes. It makes me so angry.