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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people are so up in arms about this guy's speech. He's a super conservative Catholic who gave a speech reflecting his values and opinions to a mostly like-minded audience, so what? Most of these posters wouldn't bat an eye at some ultra progressive person giving an ultra progressive speech at a super lefty college. The whole "controversy" is so dumb, especially since his comments about how most of the women in the graduating class are probably looking forward to being SAHMs instead of having careers was probably true given the composition of the college where spoke.

This is the U.S. we have freedom of speech and, gasp, many people don't agree with progressive orthodoxy.[/quote]

I agree that the reaction to the speech seems a bit excessive, but the reason it struck such a chord and has become amplified is because his comments are being viewed in the context of multiple legislative efforts to erode the position of women in our society. Women's rights over their bodies, reproductive rights, and personal autonomy are under siege. It's as if Butker lifted the veil for a moment and showed us what the religious fanatics on the Supreme Court, in Congress, and in state legislatures think of women and their proper place in society. I can assure you that more people agree with what you call "progressive orthodoxy" than they do with the type of Christofascism being promoted by Butker and the other religious fundamentalists in state and national government. So while Butker obvious has the freedom to express his minority religious views, the rest of us have the freedom to express our disagreement with those views. [/quote]

Religious fanatics?  You think Roe was well reasoned law?  Love to have this debate. [/quote]

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