They have not won.

"Like all fascists, they know that if they can just convince you that the fight is already lost, they win." 

Discussion thread here.

Teach the Bible? ALLL of the Bible?

 https://www.reddit.com/r/teaching/comments/1duwkzi/oklahoma_teach_bible_w_malicious_compliance/

 

Oklahoma Orders Schools to Teach the Bible

How to Truthfully Teach History Now that Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters Orders Schools to Teach The Bible:

Oklahoma Superindentent Ryan Walters Orders Schools to teach the Bible so students will learn the “substantial influence on our nation’s founders and the foundational principles of our Constitution. Immediate and strict compliance is expected,” the memo noted. Walters continued at a state Board of Education meeting Thursday, saying, “We’ll be teaching from the Bible in the classroom to ensure that this historical understanding is there for every student in the state of Oklahoma.”

Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma:

Ryan Walters must be a true Consitutionalist and believer in education. How grateful we should feel that we now are required to teach our children the role religion played in our nation’s founding–Specifically: how the Founding Fathers, many professed Deists, wanted a strict separation of Church and State. By examining their own words and writings, Ryan Walters might cause students to learn about how:

*George Washington assured a Jewish Congregation there will be no mandated Christian state-religion. *Jefferson wrote his own Bible removing supernatural elements and pens the Act for the Establishing Religious Freedom. *Benjamin Franklin reflected on the loss of his faith and the importance of religious tolerance in The Parable Against Persecution. *James Madison requested that state funds not be used for religious institutions. John Locke combined his religious faith and religious tolerance from the empirical methods of the Age of Enlightenment. *John Adams assured Muslims that America and Islam were friends and not enemies. *to Compare and Contrast the American Constitution and The Ten Commandments to see which laws appear in both, and which don’t, while also comparing ancient laws like Hamarabi’s code to see the development of morality and laws through the ages. *And so much more

The Separation of Church and State:

There’s no need to fear teaching the Bible as a Historical Document. Students will learn that The Founding Father’s never intended America to be a Christian nation. Students will learn how differing Founding Fathers had differing religous beliefs and created the laws of the Constitution to protect freedom of religion. Surely this is what Ryan Walters intends by his edict: To educate the future of America as to the true history and beliefs of The Founding Fathers: The Christians, The Deists, The Atheists, the Unitarians, the Undeclared. Because Ryan Walters is an honorable man, as are they all honorable men. Surely, no honorable man would be intending this edict in an attempt to be un-Constitutional or for nefarious ends? Only the ACLU knows…

Malicious Compliance:

In the event that Ryan Walters intends to force one religion over another in the United States of America, there is no need for any Roman knives in the senate. We, as teachers, can teach The Bible. Teach how The Bible demands the death penalty for wearing mixed fibers in Leviticus (Sorry, Timmy, your cotton/nylon blend P.E. shorts condemn you to eternal damnation). Teach how Thomas Jefferson said, “Every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty … they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon.” So teach honestly about the founding fathers and The Bible and see what happens. The Sun is the greatest disenfectant. Ryan Walters: Come towards the light…

This is a list of resources for those in need of an abortion

 

This is a comprehensive list of resources for those in need of an abortion

Update I guess I've been mass reported for posting these links over Reddit becuase they've suspended my account for "violating content policy". I've tried to appeal multiple times but they don't even reply. Please keep posting these links, now that Roe has been overturn we need them more than ever.

This is a list of resources I’m compiling for people who need an abortion. If you know of any other resource not listed here please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

Please repost & share with as many people as possible in whichever platform you want (feel free to bookmark these sites, print out this list, write it down or take screenshots in case it gets deleted), so those who are denied access to safe abortion know there's help for them and how to access it ♡

• r/auntienetwork is a network of people who can help provide assistance in a handful of ways to those who need help with an abortion.

• Aidaccess consists of a team of doctors, activists and advocates for abortion rights that help people access abortion or miscarriage treatment. They send the pill worldwide for $110/90€

• Planned Parenthood Unplanned Pregnancy - A Comprehensive Guide

• Plan C provides up-to-date information on how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pills online

• Ceinfo, Emergency Oral Contraceptive Doses for Birth Control, U.S.

• Ceinfo, Emergency Oral Contraceptive Doses for Birth Control, International

• Abortionfunds connects you with organizations that can support your financial and logistical needs as you arrange for your abortion.

• Yellowhammerfund is an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization serving Alabama and the Deep South.

• Teafund Texas Equal Access Fund provides emotional and financial support to people who are seeking abortion care.

• Gynopedia is a nonprofit organization that runs an open resource wiki for sexual, reproductive and women's health care around the world

• Womenonweb online abortion service can help you do a safe abortion with pills.

• The Satanic Temple stands ready to assist any member that shares its deeply-held religious convictions regarding the right to reproductive freedom. Accordingly, they encourage any member in Texas who wishes to undergo the Satanic Abortion Ritual to contact them so they may help them fight this law directly.

• Carafem helps with abortion, birth control and questions about reproductive healthcare. They do consultations online and send abortion pills on the mail.

• Frontera Fund makes abortion accessible in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas) by providing financial and practical support regardless of immigration status, gender identity, ability, sexual orientation, race, class, age, or religious affiliation and to build grassroots organizing power at intersecting issues across our region to shift the culture of shame and stigma.

• Buckle Bunnies Fund provide practical support for people seeking abortions. H help with transportation, funds to help with hotels, lodging costs and emergency contraceptive funds to actually go towards abortion.

• The Afiya Centers mission is to transform the lives, health, and overall wellbeing of Black womxn and girls by providing refuge, education, and resources. Theye act to ignite the communal voices of Black womxn resulting in our full achievement of reproductive freedom.

• Lilithfund is the oldest abortion fund in Texas, serving the central and southern regions of the state with direct financial assistance for abortions.

• Needabortion provides resources about where to get an abortion (financial help and transportation) and how to get help getting an abortion in Texas.

• Jane’s Due Process helps minors in Texas with judicial bypass for abortion, navigate parental consent laws and confidentially access abortion and birth control. They provide free legal support, 1-on-1 case management, and stigma-free information on sexual and reproductive health.

• Fund Texas choice helps Texans equitably access abortion through safe, confidential, and comprehensive travel services and practical support.

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Please beware of websites that sell fake abortion pills and fake clinics run by religious groups where they lie and spread misconceptions about abortion to trick people into keeping their fetus. They also promise help and resources that never materialize. The best way to avoid these fake clinics is learning how to recognize them, so I’m linking a couple of short documentaries on the subject that include hidden camera footage exposing their deceptive tactics:

• The Fake Abortion Clinics Of America: Misconception

• Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Note- Some of these websites may be blocked in your country by your internet service provider. You can bypass this block using a VPN like this one, it's free, safe and easy to install. To get rid of banners and pop-ups you can install uBlock Origin and Popup Blocker. They work on most browsers, on phone as well on PC and it takes a few seconds to install them.

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