Mood:
happyI don't know where to start. Amnesty International finally took the correct position on abortion this past weekend. Jessica Valenti of New York City wrote an excellent article on her blog about the Manhattan Mini-Storage company's billboard and why it is the best billboard ever, much to the dismay of Bigot Donohue and the Christofascists, who slammed the billboard.
Amnesty International, who is supported by psychedelic rocker Doug Ingle of Iron Butterfly, says that its mission is to protect human rights and that means supporting a woman's right to an abortion. Not suprisingly, the misogynists in the Roman Catholic Church now says they will pull their support of the group over this.
Amnesty's pro-choice platform was long overdue. No one can claim they support human rights by taking an anti-choice stance on abortion -- because anti-choice people are against women's freedoms.
Speaking of steaming, misogynist Christians in the US are outraged over the above billboard and its picture of a coat hanger, to be more specific. The Catholic League, led by the evil pig Bill Donohue, wanted to censor the Mini-Storage by ordering the billboard taken down saying that it's "vulgar and in-your-face crude". The Christofascists are full of nonsense. But luckily, thanks to Miss Valenti, I was able to praise the Manahattan Mini-Storage's courage for resisting the Christofascists and for not backing down to the Catholic League. We need more companies like the Manhattan Mini-Storage. In fact, it would be nice if the Manhattan Mini-Storage were to post the pro-choice billboard across the entire nation. Many of the women I know, including my best friend, don't know what a coat hanger was used for prior to January 22, 1973. I do, and that is remarkable given the fact that I am a man. Women used the coat hangers to have abortions in the back alleys -- sadly, killing and maiming themselves in the process. The billboard is a wake-up call to all women that their rights are under assault by an extreme Christian agenda.
Again, kudos to Amnesty International and Jessica Valenti for their oustanding achievements this week.
