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In reply to the discussion: Women's Reproductive Rights are every bit as important as LGBT rights or [View all]herding cats
(19,565 posts)The arguments used are different, but the people behind taking away women's right to choose are mostly the same players as those who support bigotry toward the LGBT population.
No legislation should ever be based on any groups religious ideology and/or bigotry. Yet that's the very thing we're seeing happen across this nation.
In the case of this legislation in Indiana, they just gave an entire state the right to legally discriminate against anyone not classified as a protected class in their state. Which happens to be the LGBT population. This is a civil rights violation which demands our outrage and attention. This doesn't mean any other group is less worthy, or any less attacked for that matter. Actually, this law could theoretically be used against women's reproductive rights as well.
It's not us against each other, it's us against them. We're all in this together.