Tuesday, May 20, 2014

what is the difference

Boko Haram using the defense that what they do is religiously motivated, thus permissible by the Islamic law should not be questioned. In fact, they insist that true believers of Islam should and would understand that women should or could never be educated and are placed on earth for the fulfillment and joy of man.When girls have the audacity to think for themselves it is a slap in the face of Mohammad and Boko Haram’s ending these girls from a life of blasphemy is truly a gift from God. The leader of Boko Haram knows this because his God has not only spoken to him but encouraged him to take up arms against women who if left to their own desires would mock the rightfulness and purposefulness of man; that in turn would be an insult to Allah! What barbarians we say, what criminals. Of course we add they are Muslims and EVERYONE knows what Devil worshipping son’s of bitches they are. 

In the past two years, Texas legislators slashed funds for family planning and passed up $30 million a year in federal Medicaid money, largely to squeeze Planned Parenthood out of the state's women's health programs. In a state where half of all pregnancies were unplanned in 2011, and 1 in 3 women of childbearing age lacks health insurance, this is only going to get worse. (Mother Jones) When clinics like Planned Parenthood are closed down there are a whole slew of women’s health issues that are also eliminated like: Diaphragms. Depo-Provera injections. Oral contraceptives. Pregnancy testing. Pap smears. Screening for sexually transmitted diseases. Missouri's state legislature passed a bill requiring a woman to wait 72 hours from the time of her initial medical consultation to have an abortion (current law mandates a 24-hour waiting period). Missouri self proclaimed Crusaders of Christ masked as elected officials have made a reference that deciding on an abortion is similar to selecting a car; and you know how fickle women can be. (Huff Post)
Many Evangelical Christians believe that women are inferior to men; referring to their Bible which calls women a weaker vessel. Their Bible teaches women are to be married, keepers of the home, bearers of children, and sex partners for their husband. (unless the husband goes Old Testament and has multiple wives and concubines). Quite simply, the Bible teaches that the world of women revolves around husband, food, children, and sex. 

So what is the difference between kidnapping females vs. kidnapping their individual freedoms of choice? What is the difference between harassing girls who just want an education vs. harassing women who just want reproductive rights?  What is the difference for considering women chattel for men vs. treating women as less then man? We are appalled that the Boko Haram has invaded the privacy of innocent school girls, but seem to think that the Lord has blessed those who indulge in the rights and liberties of all women. What is the difference between belligerent self serving self proclaimed prophets of God who do so in the name of Islam vs the destruction and arrogance of self serving prophets of God who so in the name Christianity? 



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