#Rick Brattin

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jess Piper at The View from Rural Missouri:

I am not going to make you wonder what this essay is about — the extremism in the Missouri Republican party. This extremism is laser focused on women and girls. To demonstrate how extreme they have become, I only have to take you back a decade. Remember: Missouri is a testing ground for the rest of America. What they have done to us, is meant for you too. Do you remember Todd Akin? He was the Missouri Republican who won the nomination for US Senate, but was beaten soundly by Claire McCaskill in 2012. Do you remember why the race was tilted toward Claire during the last few weeks of the campaign?

During an interview in 2012 at a St. Louis television station, Todd Akin was asked by reporter Charles Jaco whether abortion should be legal for women who have been raped. Akin replied with this: “From what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Akin said, referring to pregnancy resulting from rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin also said he would prefer that punishment for rape be “focused on the rapist and not attacking the child." That did it. Those statements sealed the deal for so many voters in Missouri. Akin tried to walk them back and apologized. He even said he misspoke. It didn’t matter to Missouri voters — he paid for those comments by losing the race and becoming a sort of meme for extremism. That was 2012. Today, those statements likely wouldn’t lose a race or even raise many eyebrows in the GOP, especially not in Missouri. We have become nearly numb to the constant barrage of inaccurate, insensitive, and invasive line of comments and laws against women in this state.

[...] The horrifying reality for Missouri victims of sexual assault? Senate Republicans blocked attempts to add rape and incest exemptions to Missouri’s abortion ban. Amendments to legalize abortion in cases of rape or incest, added by Missouri Senate Democrats, were voted down by Missouri GOP lawmakers in February, 2024. [...]

Missouri has slowly been pushed to the edge of extremism. We are the frog in the pot. We have been looking around and trying to use reason to say, “this can’t be happening.” We wonder if these lawmakers are just making missteps — just a quote taken out of context or an off the cuff remark that they didn’t mean. Surely they don’t mean the things they say? No, they do. They mean the things they say. They prove it by the bills they propose and the bills they vote against. The water is boiling and still some of us sit and ponder. It’s past time to jump, friend. The best thing we can do is speak out about what we see and tell everyone we know what is happening in our state. One of the most courageous things we can do is to point out what the GOP is saying and doing and be loud about it. We warn others. We save ourselves by warning the country.

Jess Piper wrote in her Substack blog earlier this week the history of Missouri Republicans-- mostly men-- downplaying or excusing rape, sexual assault or other predatory behavior, such as the infamous late Rep. Todd Akin.

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FFRF is calling out Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin for hosting worship services in his office inside the Missouri Capitol. In my office we keep GOD first...Today in the office weve got a full worship service breaking out! Thankful to these fearless Christians... via /r/atheism

FFRF is calling out Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin for hosting worship services in his office inside the Missouri Capitol. “In my office, we keep GOD first...Today in the office, we’ve got a full worship service breaking out! Thankful to these fearless Christians...” https://ift.tt/mBVGjnh Submitted July 12, 2024 at 05:19PM by FreethoughtChris (From Reddit https://ift.tt/tlYcwVA)

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[sarcasticcynic]

Rick Brattin, Republican from Missouri, already has a sterling record. He wants college football players who decline to play for political reasons--protesting racial injustice, say--to lose their scholarships. He wants it to be illegal for a woman to get an abortion without written, notarized consent from the father. (Except in cases where the woman is able to prove what Brattin calls “legitimate rape.”) And he wants schools to give “equal treatment” to evolution and creationism. So it really shouldn’t so surprising that Brattin thinks homosexuals aren’t human beings:

“When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.”

Brattin’s in the right state, to be sure: in Missouri, a person can legally be fired from a job, evicted from an apartment or kicked out of a restaurant for being gay or simply being perceived to be gay.

By the way, Brattin made this statement in the context of supporting a bill that will, among other things, make it more difficult for employees to sue for discrimination in the workplace. (Strangely enough, the sponsor of that bill is the owner of a company being sued for discrimination in the workplace. Pure coincidence, no doubt.) Anyway, the bill passed, and the Republican governor is expected to sign it despite numerous groups urging a veto.

[libamericaorg]

Missouri Rep. Rick Brattin Thinks Gay People Are Not Human Beings (VIDEO)

Missouri Rep. Rick Brattin Thinks Gay People Are Not Human Beings (VIDEO)

In a world that seems to be heading more and more backwards every day, Missouri Republican Rick Brattin has accelerated while in reverse. According to the Kansas City Star he actually made this statement:

“When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.”

He made the shocking asser…

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jess Piper at The View from Rural Missouri:

I have three grandchildren with a fourth on the way. We have had the grandkids for a few days now, and I am sneaking in this writing between dozens of snacks and cups of milk. Between petting the donkey and chasing the dogs. Between coloring and swinging. Between trying to keep the kids from picking my flower garden and eating my tomatoes still on the vine and trying to put them down for naps. I am physically exhausted by the last few days, but I need to tell you something: The past week has been filled with a scary rise of Christian nationalism and we need to listen to what they are saying out loud to figure out the future our children and grandchildren will face if we fail to keep Trump out of the presidency in November. This past Monday, July 8th, Josh Hawley stated that he is a Christian nationalist. You likely haven’t even heard of his comments. The frequency of elected Republicans saying the quiet part is so fast and furious that we often don’t blink an eye anymore. This isn’t the first time Hawley has been quite specific about his ahistorical point of view and his dangerous zealotry. “Some will say I’m calling America a Christian nation. And so I am,” Hawley said at the conference’s gala dinner. “Some will say I’m advocating Christian nationalism. And so I do.”

Christian nationalism is on the rise across the country, but it already has legs in Missouri. It is strongly linked to evangelical, born-again identity and frequent church attendance. The Public Religion Research Institute found that 30% of Americans qualify as sympathizers or adherents to Christian nationalism, including 40% of Missourians. Forty percent.

[...] My grandchildren deserve to live in a state, in a country, with religious freedom and that means that they should not have forced indoctrination in public schools or forced tithes through religious school vouchers. They shouldn’t have to be a specific religion to receive help and aid from their lawmakers…and, let’s be honest, that religion is evangelical Christianity. I can’t leave, I can’t look away, and I definitely can’t be quiet about the rise of Christian nationalism in my state. It wouldn’t matter if I did leave, though. This is the plan for the entire country if we don’t stop Trump in November. Missouri is the embodiment of Project 2025. Don’t look away. Share this with others. This is what they want for the entire country. Missouri has been running the pilot project for years. We stop it when we buck our lawmakers and refuse forced religion. We stand up and speak out. We lock arms and refuse to allow this to happen. American lawmakers should remember: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. We stand on the Constitution. We are on the right side of history.

Jess Piper is spot-on 100% with this quote on how to stop Christian Nationalism and Project 2025: "We stand on the Constitution. We are on the right side of history."

[meawslove]

Politician Who Called Gays Subhuman Doesn't Apologize, Keeps Job

#LGBT_People #Missouri #Politician #Rick_Brattin

During a debate over an ...

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Missouri Rep. Rick Brattin Thinks Gay People Are Not Human Beings (VIDEO)

Missouri Rep. Rick Brattin Thinks Gay People Are Not Human Beings (VIDEO)

In a world that seems to be heading more and more backwards every day, Missouri Republican Rick Brattin has accelerated while in reverse. According to the Kansas City Star he actually made this statement:

“When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.”

He made the shocking asser…

[automatismoateo]

Missouri Rep Sen. Rick Brattin (R) Votes Against Abortion Rape Exception Because Being Forced To Give Birth Is God's "Healing". via /r/atheism

Missouri Rep Sen. Rick Brattin (R) Votes Against Abortion Rape Exception Because Being Forced To Give Birth Is God's "Healing". https://ift.tt/vgwCXs1 Submitted February 08, 2024 at 11:01PM by Leeming (From Reddit https://ift.tt/QvrXn2M)

[donaldj1954]

Alexis de Tocqueville warned us about what could happen over 100 years ago.

H/T Rick Brattin Alexis de Tocqueville predicted how Americans would evetually lose their freedom.It would happen a little at a time, as he wrote in Democracy in America (Vol. 2, 1840, The Second Part, Bk 4, Ch. VI):“I had noted in my stay in the United States that a democratic state of society similar to the American model could lay itself open to the establishment of despotism with unusual…

[gaywrites]

Last week, while debating an LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill, an elected official in the state of Missouri said that there’s a different between being gay and being human. He has not apologized, he will not be reprimanded, and we’re all supposed to just look away and not think anything of it.

Here’s what Republican State Rep. Rick Brattin said during the debate over the nondiscrimination bill (which failed, in case this couldn’t get worse): 

“When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.” [...]

Meanwhile, the anti-discrimination bill, which would have added employment and housing protections for LGBT people, failed. Another piece of legislation that would make it harder for people to sue their employer for discrimination did pass, and now sits on the desk of Republican governor Eric Greitens. That latter legislation was introduced by a politician who owns a company currently being sued for discrimination.

Missouri. My heart is with you. All of you except this jerk. 

[quakerjoe]

Another Jesus-lovin’ GOP prince of humanity, love and peace...

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...A small coalition of legislators, primarily Republicans, are concerned about privacy issues. The bill would ban Social Security numbers from being stored in databases that can be accessed by state or federal governments. It would also add criminal penalties for misuse of driver’s information or unlawful distribution of data.

Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, says the federal government is mandating states to comply.

“This was a voluntary system. That was a selling pitch. This is a completely voluntary system and now here we are being coerced into adopting this,” says Brattin.