Lynda

Sandra wrote: "what a president thinks about birth control."

Ya know, the fool hasn't been in office even a month and he has managed to
open his big mouth and insert BOTH feet once again!

Or am I the only one who read about his latest escapade with a microphone?

While I am sure there are some on the list who think everyone's tax dollars
should be spent on stopping abortion, the vast majority of us don't want our
tax dollars given to the Catholic Church to fight abortion!

Particularly in the sneaky underhanded way that Dumbya has gone about it!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] RE: raising dogs & pro-life


>
> In a message dated 2/5/01 5:47:47 PM, bonniepainter@... writes:
>
> << If it started on the list, it
> should be kept on the list unless otherwise invited to take it off list.
> Taking it off list without the other's permission is harassment and
invasion
> of privacy, imho. >>
>
> I agree in general. The harassment and invasion of privacy didn't bother
me
> as much as the statement that I had run someone off, and then the obvious
> dalliance of that person in the discussion, with another name (although I
> guess Christina would give "Chris" and "Tina" both).
>
> I've written to people on the sides in discussions before (not here, not
> lately anyway), but it's usually to clarify that they're about to
potentially
> step in deep doody (if i know the folks and issues better than they do and
> they're new), or to say something nice to them. I've never written a
> spiteful thing on the side in private that way.
>
> The central issue, still, is whether who we vote for for president is
going
> to affect all of us as homeschoolers. I think it will not. And the
> assumption that what a president thinks about birth control will change
all
> our lives like a door slamming in our faces is no more likely. The
president
> isn't a dictator. He has some appointments and some vetoes and some
people
> kissing his butt, but he can be outvoted.
>
> As to homeschooling, people did it in times and places when it was pretty
> illegal (and it was never as illegal as some like to pretend it was), and
> they were quiet and subtle about things. If we had to do that again we
> could. If we all had to sign up for co-ops we could.
> But we're not going to have to do that. And the things people can learn
for
> free at unschooling.com (and other places online, from other homeschoolers
> who voluntarily share, like people on this list do, but more and cleaner
and
> better) are useable no matter who's president, no matter whether the
> president is pro-life, no matter whether other homeschooling families have
> 007 video games or raise dogs. All that stuff is interesting, but not
> central to homeschooling. Some people have a hard time separating object
and
> field, and a harder time realizing not all objects are on the same kinds
of
> fields.
>
> Sandra
>
>
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Trish Cooper

<<While I am sure there are some on the list who think everyone's tax
dollars
should be spent on stopping abortion, the vast majority of us don't want our
tax dollars given to the Catholic Church to fight abortion!>>

Okay, I'm new here and probably shouldn't jump in, but I have to agree. I
feel the government (or the church, for that matter) has NO RIGHT telling
women what they can or cannot do with their own bodies. While I don't
particularly agree with abortion - after all, I AM trying to find a baby to
adopt - I don't judge people who see abortion as something they want to do,
as long as it is not being used as 'birth control.'

Just my .02...

Trish
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