Finally breaking a deadlock, the Shelby County (Tennessee) Commissioners voted to award Christ Community Health Services a $400,000 contract for family planning services for the poor. This is the first time in 35 years that Planned Parenthood did not receive the funding.
Christ Community Health Services, whose mission is “to provide quality services in the name of Jesus Christ,” will not perform abortions or offer emergency contraceptives.
In its application for the $400,000, Christ Community said that it would administer emergency contraceptives, but now says it won’t because of its beliefs. Instead, it will contract that service to a third party.
Planned Parenthood supporters said that they should not be subjected to sermons in order to get help.
“I have the right to health care that is non-religious and non-judgmental,” argued Abby Schoef.
“What is it going to do to the people who aren’t Christian?” asked an unidentified woman. “I’m sorry to inform you that not all of us are Christians and not all of us believe.”
-
trivializingthetrivial reblogged this from murphysbride
-
takeitbabyboy reblogged this from murphysbride and added:
Wow. That is truly awful. I can’t even believe how fucked up this country is becoming. They are funding a religion-based...
-
american-made-rebel91 reblogged this from gurlwitdafro
-
gurlwitdafro reblogged this from ricksanscrotum
-
theroyalmousiewe reblogged this from scooterpiebanana and added:
TN, you really aren’t doing a good job of convincing me to live in you. Not with this bullshittery
-
fangirlbotmalfunction reblogged this from meisjunk and added:
Oh you fuckers.
-
screamed-the-dustspeck reblogged this from getinthehandbasket
-
lita64 reblogged this from getinthehandbasket
-
getinthehandbasket reblogged this from scooterpiebanana and added:
OH, my god. This made me physically sick to read this. I want out of this country. Please, get me out.
-
40h4error reblogged this from scooterpiebanana
-
scooterpiebanana reblogged this from lovingmyselfishard
-
queenabaddon reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever
-
penguintnt reblogged this from kissing-whiskey
-
lovedare reblogged this from kissing-whiskey
-
kissing-whiskey reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
Things that make me want to puke. Separation of Church and State MY ASS!
-
rainbowthug reblogged this from petitsirena
-
whiskey-rose reblogged this from fight-blog
-
spirit-born reblogged this from darkjez and added:
Goddammit…
-
unnecessaryemotion reblogged this from queerandpresentdanger
-
petitsirena reblogged this from runicbasso
-
pastagfirullah reblogged this from queerandpresentdanger
-
ghostdrive reblogged this from rasmalaiwin
-
rasmalaiwin reblogged this from sexgenderbody
-
suchre reblogged this from kiwitank
-
silas216 reblogged this from sixkindsofbullshit
-
queerandpresentdanger reblogged this from darkjez
-
notmybabies reblogged this from queennubian
-
deliciouskaek reblogged this from scrubbar and added:
True. Then again, that never stopped anybody who wanted to discriminate before.
-
tittyfang reblogged this from kiwitank and added:
Oh shit, Shelby County.
-
scrubbar reblogged this from deliciouskaek and added:
Will everyone that works for them be Christian? I didn’t think anyone was allowed to hire like that.
-
kiwitank reblogged this from namelessenemy
-
runicbasso reblogged this from adamangasaurus
-
ianishollywood reblogged this from sexgenderbody and added:
Sometimes I am ashamed to live in TN.
-
pearlmother reblogged this from sexgenderbody and added:
I absolutely loathe this attitude in the Christian community. If you’re going to help poor people, do it because you...
-
cooliesturl reblogged this from crispycheezefriez
-
sexgenderbody reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever and added:
I want freedom FROM religion.
-
hudizzle reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever and added:
People who get pissed at atheists speaking out against religion, and accusing us of being “just as bad” as the...
-
blueeyes-auburnhair reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever and added:
Annnd this is my state. Yaaay. Not.
-
lovingmyselfishard reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever
-
brashblacknonbeliever reblogged this from sageoflogic
-
sixkindsofbullshit reblogged this from randomactsofchaos
-
riellevobi reblogged this from kittenliberation
-
randomactsofchaos reblogged this from bluntlyblue
-
kittenliberation reblogged this from deliciouskaek
-
adamangasaurus reblogged this from crispycheezefriez
-
queennubian reblogged this from pearlfectchassi
-
pearlfectchassi reblogged this from bluntlyblue
-
crispycheezefriez reblogged this from darkjez and added:
‘not-so-bad’ ? LOL that’s the only choices? bad and not-so-bad? alrighty.
