NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?

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"Abortion: When asked about abortion policy in the Commonwealth, most Virginia voters believe abortion laws should remain as is (43%), followed by support for less restrictive laws (29%), and some support for more restrictive abortion laws (23%)"

72% of VA votes think abortions laws should remain as-is or become LESS restrictive.

Abortion is the not the only issue.

Economy, inflation, crime, public education, border, etc.

The main issue will be the economy and how food/gas/utility prices have gone up so far that the typical household has to cut back in other areas. The voters will always punish the party in power.

Abortion is a HUGE issue after RvW. At least for anyone with a uterus or knows someone with a uterus.

Republicans will be "punished" because they are extremists. Just look at the House of Delegates. Just look at the slate of candidates. Nobody wants crazy. We see what crazy is doing in the House right now.

Economy trumps abortion. If people feel pain in making ends meet, they Will vote for economics over abortion.

Sorry, hard to care about abortion if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home. Economy comes first.

Someone really, really doesn't get it.

Yeah, seems like you don’t get it. Food, clothing, shelter, feeding your family. Yeah, I get it.

And you think those things are unrelated to abortion? :shock:

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Anonymous wrote:also from the poll quoted:

"Abortion: When asked about abortion policy in the Commonwealth, most Virginia voters believe abortion laws should remain as is (43%), followed by support for less restrictive laws (29%), and some support for more restrictive abortion laws (23%)"

72% of VA votes think abortions laws should remain as-is or become LESS restrictive.

Abortion is the not the only issue.

Economy, inflation, crime, public education, border, etc.

The main issue will be the economy and how food/gas/utility prices have gone up so far that the typical household has to cut back in other areas. The voters will always punish the party in power.

Abortion is a HUGE issue after RvW. At least for anyone with a uterus or knows someone with a uterus.

Republicans will be "punished" because they are extremists. Just look at the House of Delegates. Just look at the slate of candidates. Nobody wants crazy. We see what crazy is doing in the House right now.

Economy trumps abortion. If people feel pain in making ends meet, they Will vote for economics over abortion.

Sorry, hard to care about abortion if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home. Economy comes first.

It’s hard to have a baby if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home.

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Wow, this post was promising, but devolved quickly. I am going to vote 100% for Democrats at the state level for many reasons, but especially abortion rights. My SB votes are mixed.
Senate: Dave Marsden
House: Kathy Tran
Clerk of Court: Chris Falcon
Sheriff: Stacy Kincaid
Commonwealth Attorney: write in Ed Nuttal
BoS Chair: can’t stand McKay, but don’t like Republican either
BoS: Albert Vega
SB District seat: S. Anderson
SB At-Large: Moon, Davis, not sure about 3rd
Soil & Water: need to research more, but Koerner is a huge bully

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

So gender equity is a form of…socialism?

You should discuss this with your daughters and wife and get their take on it.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

I have no idea what this means.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

So gender equity is a form of…socialism?

You should discuss this with your daughters and wife and get their take on it.

Socialism, Marxism, and communism are all redistributive (take from those deemed snot to need it and give it to those deemed to need it). Equity does the same thing. Take the WNBA. It loses money every year because so few people are interesting in it. So the NBA takes money from the men and pays the women with it. This is equity or a form of socialism.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

I have no idea what this means.

Sorry. I had a typo. It should have read because, with equity, an authoritative body [such as a government] takes from one and give to another like with socialism.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Northern VA will vote to protect women’s rights, LGBTQ, and democracy.

Turn off MSNBC.

Read the newspaper.




https://news.yahoo.com/jan-6-rioter-arrested-assaulting-173103273.html

I do. That's one of the ways I know PP needs to turn off MSNBC. I mean, Dems are now supposed to pretend that we don't know what a woman is. So it's ironic for someone to say that Republicans are trying to take away women's rights.

People who care more about a manufactured LGBTQ issues than a woman’s right to control her own body probably aren’t D to start with.

Manufactured? Biden is trying to change Title IX so that men who either believe they are women or who are pretending to be women can play girls' and women's sports, use their bathrooms and locker rooms, be sentenced to women's prison, use women's shelters.

Yes, this is manufactured to spin people up. This is not an 80s sitcom, people do not get their birth certificate reissued or take expensive medication so they can pee in the stall next to you for nefarious purposes.

If you're worried about assault, let's talk about assault - there's little preventing a cis man from walking into a womens bathroom or locker room today, after all, so if that's a real worry then let's explore that instead of demonizing a tiny group of people who aren't hurting you.

There are laws and social contracts preventing men from entering women's reserved spaces. If Title IX is changed so that a women is defined as anyone who says they're a woman, those protection disappear. This is especially bad for womens' and girls' sports, women's prisons, abuse shelters, etc. The fact that you deny this means you're either a misogynist or so woke you've lost your mind.

What % of assaults are actually committed by cisgender men vs transgender women?

I’m not hearing any Rs complain about the huge number of assaults that are actually happening by cisgender men. Only these fantasy assaults by transgender women.

If Rs cared so much about women then why do they want to protect rapists. Why aren’t they doing something about assaults?

If they cared about women’s sports then why aren’t they pushing for gender equity in sports?

This is not about protecting women for Republicans. It’s about hurting transgender people.

First of all, I'm a Democrat. Now on to your questions. Males commit 99.5% of all sexual assaults against women regardless of their gender identity. So the answer to your question is irrelevant. All males should be banned from women's spaces. And you're not hearing Republicans complain about normal men assaulting women? You need to get out more. As for sports, Title IX covers amateur sports quite well (unless Biden or someone else changes it to include males as women). As for pro sports, it's a capitalist endeavor so female athletes are paid what they earn. Actually, I take that back. Many are paid more than they earn because they are subsidized by men's sports. Your bemoaning gender equity just men's they aren't taking enough from the men and giving it to the women for your liking. Nine of this is an excuse to allow males to play women's and girls' sports.

I saw the Rs protecting rapists on campus. I saw them elect/nominate abusers.

And there is much more to gender equality in sports than pro sports. How about equity for HS and college sports? Support to actually enforce Title IX?

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/06/22/title-ix-50th-anniversary-billie-jean-king-darren-walker-gender-equity-future

LOL. That article is about BJK growing up 70 years ago and then cited data from 2003. This is a typical woke tactic, pretending things are exactly as they were in the past. But as the the father of daughters, I would support enforcing Title IX more stringently. That includes keeping males out of girls' sports.

You stopped reading too early. The article talks about how we still have a long way to go with women's athletics today.

There are many ways you can actually support your daughters and women’s athletics:
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

No. I read the whole piece. The last part is where it really jumps the shark when they say that banning males from women's sports is discriminateoy to women which is insane.

Oh fun. Are you going to mansplain to BJK about gender equality in sports?

Typical woke trying to gatekeep who gets an opinion on what. Gender equity affects both genders, all two of them, because with equity and authoritative body takes from one and give to another like with socialism. So everyone can have an opinion on gender equity.

I have no idea what this means.

Sorry. I had a typo. It should have read because, with equity, an authoritative body [such as a government] takes from one and give to another like with socialism.

JFC. Give = gives

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Anonymous wrote:also from the poll quoted:

"Abortion: When asked about abortion policy in the Commonwealth, most Virginia voters believe abortion laws should remain as is (43%), followed by support for less restrictive laws (29%), and some support for more restrictive abortion laws (23%)"

72% of VA votes think abortions laws should remain as-is or become LESS restrictive.

Abortion is the not the only issue.

Economy, inflation, crime, public education, border, etc.

The main issue will be the economy and how food/gas/utility prices have gone up so far that the typical household has to cut back in other areas. The voters will always punish the party in power.

Abortion is a HUGE issue after RvW. At least for anyone with a uterus or knows someone with a uterus.

Republicans will be "punished" because they are extremists. Just look at the House of Delegates. Just look at the slate of candidates. Nobody wants crazy. We see what crazy is doing in the House right now.

Economy trumps abortion. If people feel pain in making ends meet, they Will vote for economics over abortion.

Sorry, hard to care about abortion if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home. Economy comes first.

It’s hard to have a baby if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home.

Should be that if you have no job/home, maybe you should not have a baby at that time? Maybe wait to be financially stable and have a place to live before you have a kid and then expect the state to pay for you?

What ever happened to being responsible. We waited to have kids till we got out of school and got stable jobs and bought our first place.
If we could not afford an apartment, then we can not afford the costs of having a kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:also from the poll quoted:

"Abortion: When asked about abortion policy in the Commonwealth, most Virginia voters believe abortion laws should remain as is (43%), followed by support for less restrictive laws (29%), and some support for more restrictive abortion laws (23%)"

72% of VA votes think abortions laws should remain as-is or become LESS restrictive.

Abortion is the not the only issue.

Economy, inflation, crime, public education, border, etc.

The main issue will be the economy and how food/gas/utility prices have gone up so far that the typical household has to cut back in other areas. The voters will always punish the party in power.

Abortion is a HUGE issue after RvW. At least for anyone with a uterus or knows someone with a uterus.

Republicans will be "punished" because they are extremists. Just look at the House of Delegates. Just look at the slate of candidates. Nobody wants crazy. We see what crazy is doing in the House right now.

Economy trumps abortion. If people feel pain in making ends meet, they Will vote for economics over abortion.

Sorry, hard to care about abortion if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home. Economy comes first.

It’s hard to have a baby if you have no job, no food, and no way to pay for your car/home.

Should be that if you have no job/home, maybe you should not have a baby at that time? Maybe wait to be financially stable and have a place to live before you have a kid and then expect the state to pay for you?

What ever happened to being responsible. We waited to have kids till we got out of school and got stable jobs and bought our first place.
If we could not afford an apartment, then we can not afford the costs of having a kid.

Yes, exactly. That is one big reason why people choose to have an abortion. Because they can't afford a(nother) child. Abortion is a bread-and-butter, kitchen table, economic issue. This point is understood by many people who have been pregnant, or could at some point in their lives become or have become pregnant. But it is apparently not understood by some random late-night posters on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

More women (that’s right, XX) need to get IUDs


“You can get an IUD from your local Planned Parenthood health center or another nurse or doctor. You may be able to get an IUD for free or at low cost. The IUD is almost mistake-proof, making it one of the most effective methods available.

How effective are IUDs when used as birth control?

IUDs are one of the best birth control methods out there — more than 99% effective. That means fewer than 1 out of 100 people who use an IUD will get pregnant each year.

IUDs are so effective because there's no chance of making a mistake. You can’t forget to take it (like the pill), or use it incorrectly (like condoms). And you're protected from pregnancy 24/7 for 3 to 12 years, depending on which kind you get. Once your IUD is in place, you can pretty much forget about it until it expires. You can keep track of your insertion and removal date using our birth control app.

How effective are IUDs when used as emergency contraception?

The Paragard (copper), Mirena, and Liletta IUDs are the most effective method of emergency contraception available. If you get one of these IUDs put in within 120 hours (5 days) after having unprotected sex, it’s more than 99.9% effective at preventing pregnancy. Then, if you want to, you can keep it and have really effective birth control that you can use for up to 8 to 12 years (depending on which kind you get).”

—Planned Parenthood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this post was promising, but devolved quickly. I am going to vote 100% for Democrats at the state level for many reasons, but especially abortion rights. My SB votes are mixed.
Senate: Dave Marsden
House: Kathy Tran
Clerk of Court: Chris Falcon
Sheriff: Stacy Kincaid
Commonwealth Attorney: write in Ed Nuttal
BoS Chair: can’t stand McKay, but don’t like Republican either
BoS: Albert Vega
SB District seat: S. Anderson
SB At-Large: Moon, Davis, not sure about 3rd
Soil & Water: need to research more, but Koerner is a huge bully

Those that vote conservative locally and not state wide are interested in only their own family.

[Anonymous]

So, you’re saying Dem policies are not working. Appreciate the honesty.

[Anonymous]

I totally support making effective contraception easily available for everyone who wants it.

I'm not going to run around telling people that they *should* get IUDs. Or blaming them if they don't. That's really something.

And then, of course, an effectiveness rate of, for example, 99.2%, means that 8 in 1,000 people with an IUD will have an unplanned pregnancy in a given year.

And then, of course, even people with WANTED pregnancies can end up having an abortion - often a late-term abortion. For heartbreaking medical reasons.