I think you mostly got it, although I see a lot of younger people just use it as a replacement for LGBT and as a better way to include "everyone" under an umbrella without having to use a ridiculous acronym like LGBTQIA2S+ in normal conversations
Circling back to the abortion discussion… I saw a picture my cousin recently posted on Facebook of her baby. The baby was born with an extremely severe cleft palate. Seeing the picture, it’s absolutely amazing what surgery and treatment can do for something like that. But I mention that to reference a different post she made on Facebook while she was pregnant. She’s very Christian, but intelligent and educated enough to see, consider, and understand the other side of the equation. In her post, she considered an often stated point from the pro-choice side that it is the side that “loves the mother.” She recalled the appointment during which she and her husband found out that their baby/fetus would be born with a severe cleft palate, and the doctor asked her if she wanted to continue or discontinue the pregnancy. She stated that it was the least loved she had ever felt in her entire life. She said the question was asked in a way so nonchalant that they could have just as easily been talking about her home internet service. One extreme is that abortion should never happen. The other is that it should be able to happen at any point prior to birth. I think most of us fall somewhere in the middle. For me, it’s hard to understand how a severe cleft palate, or similar disadvantages/issues, can be used as reasonable justifications for aborting an otherwise perfectly healthy baby/fetus.
We woulda never had Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Jackson or Peyton Manning if their parents chose to abort them over a cleft palate. I do have a friend with a lovely adopted girl named Mya from China. She was born with a cleft palate and found on the side of the road. [uck fay] china
There is no reason to not lift the filibuster. McConnell said they'd do it in 2025. Always pageantry.
I'm still tripping on two justices using the phrase "domestic supply of infants". The decades fetishizing and obsession of the abortion issue has taken them to a weird and disturbing place.
Based on the 5th circuit ruling today, the 8thmaxim may no longer be allowed to ban members or delete their posts.
