Editor,
Republicans continuously claim that President Obama and the Democrats are “driving the bus off the cliff.” This week, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) and Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) have driven the bus off the moral cliff. If one can imagine a woman who has suffered a terrifying rape magically shutting her reproductive system down to prevent a rape-induced pregnancy and a naked swim in the holy Sea of Galilee not being offensive, then you have a much better imagination than I.
Rep. Akin’s absurd and rather delusional comment may just be a symptom of the GOP “War on Women.” There is an underlying disrespect and disregard for women and their individuality in ideas and choices that marks the current Republican Party. Whether it is Paul Ryan’s vote against equal pay for women, Akin’s theory of female magical powers or Rush Limbaugh’s claim that all college students who seek contraception are sluts, the Republican Party clearly feels that women are not capable of making their own choices in their own best interests and are morally inferior to men.
Perhaps it’s these representatives of the Republican Party who are morally inferior, not judging just by their actions but by their votes.
Jeffrey Paul
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