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Dark Day For Women In Utah

Posted by: am1am2 on: March 11, 2010

You probably know how we at Morning Quickie like to follow what’s going on in America around abortion law.
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like women in Utah are now going to be charged with murder if their miscarriages are caused by “intentional or knowing” acts.

Superbowl Ad Will Be Anti-Choice

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 6, 2010

Focus on the Family is a conservative pro-life, anti-birth control, anti-sex education, anti-gay organisation.
In spite of CBS’s rule on no advocacy in advertising, they have given approval for a 30 second advertisement to be played during the Superbowl tomorrow (February 7), a tv slot that will have up to 100 million viewers.

New Zealand Virgins Are Selling Cheap Compared To America

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 4, 2010

A 19-year-old New Zealand woman has auctioned off her virginity for over NZ$45,000 after receiving over 1,200 offers. She plans to use this money to pay her university tuition fees.
It seems that New Zealand virginity isn’t quite as good as American virginity where a woman recently got an offer over $5 million. Is this becoming a [...]

Censorship Madness In American Schools: Anne Frank Banned

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 1, 2010

So, yet again, Morning Quickie is bringing you a censorship story from the concerned parents of America.
This time a school district banned Anne Frank’s Diary because of one parent’s concern “about the sexual nature of the vagina passage”.

Pregnancy Equals Jail Time For American Soldiers In Iraq

Posted by: am1am2 on: December 22, 2009

For US soldiers serving in Iraq, becoming pregnant or impregnating someone can lead to jail time.
This policy has been put into effect because the pregnant woman will obviously have a negative impact on the mission and need to be removed and replaced.
Now I definitely think she should be removed and replaced; a battlefield is no place [...]

A Change Of Heart Is Not A Conspiracy

Posted by: am1am2 on: November 4, 2009

Speculation is abounding on the net that the ex-Director of Planned Parenthood was a plant by the anti-choice lobby and working to infiltrate Planned Parenthood in order to bring them down.
As conspiracy theories go, it’s a little weak.

Obama Allows People With HIV To Travel To The United States

Posted by: am1am2 on: November 1, 2009

It’s finally official; Obama has lifted the ban on people with HIV travelling to the USA.
This should be finalised by early 2010 allowing people with HIV to freely travel in the USA for the first time in 22 years.

Pregnant? Be Careful Or You Could End Up In Jail…

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 30, 2009

Pregnant women in America are in danger.
Everywhere there are judges ruling that the life and welfare of the fetus are more important than the free will and human rights of the mother.

Judge Refuses To Marry Interracial Couple

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 16, 2009

The American Dream; an idea that in America anyone can marry, have kids and a dog, buy a house, and have their own white picket fence.
Not so for a couple in Louisiana where a judge refused to give them a marriage license because one is white and one black and he worries about the discrimination [...]

Gay People Will Be Allowed In US Military

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 12, 2009

President Obama is going to change the US Military’s current policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding gay people.
This change will allow people to serve while openly identifying as gay, whereas currently they are discharged from service if they acknowledge their sexuality.
The controversial policy has been criticized for years by the gay community.