# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 422
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8427 "2023-03-09T08:34:38Z")
Performance art. Typical of state legislatures during new sessions. Doubtful if the Tennessee Senate even takes up the bill (I still have hope for sanity). Even if the Senate passes it (hope dimming); no way would the Governor sign the bill (hope is drowning). At least the State Supreme court will rule the bill unconstitutional (all hope is lost); but there’s always the US Supreme Court as a voice for justice and fairness. Stop it Steve - these f)\*#^$s are serious. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8428 "2023-03-09T10:10:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Tennessee House has passed a bill allowing clerks to refuse marriage licenses to interracial or interfaith couples. Sounds like a good fit for the Republicans Are Evil thread. Do we have a thread at all about Republicans simply being shitty fucking humans? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8429 "2023-03-09T13:46:13Z")
Could have gone in Stupid Gun News, but I think this is the best fit: > **[Missouri would be only state in country that taxes food but not guns under...](https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article272865610.html)** > > “When it came to cutting taxes, I would argue for single moms who are trying to make ends meet, at the grocery store, they said no. It just tells you where their priorities are,” Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, an Independence Democrat, told The... Probably a paywall there - basically, there was a plan to remove the sales tax on food, but the Missouri GOP thinks that is too expensive, so instead they’re going to remove the sales tax on guns and ammunition made in Missouri (I have no idea how much that is). ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8430 "2023-03-09T13:48:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Tennessee House has passed a bill allowing clerks to refuse marriage licenses to interracial or interfaith couples. I wonder what the state would do if a clerk refused to issue a marriage license to a white hetero couple because it was against their religion. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8431 "2023-03-09T14:09:47Z")
Now I want to be a County Clerk, so I can deny licences for couples where one is a Baptist and the other a Presbyterian, or where one’s Anglo-Saxon and the other Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8432 "2023-03-09T14:19:19Z")
We’re going to need DNA tests to determine everyone’s exact mix of ancestry, and if there’s more than a 1% difference between the two partners, well, sorry, none of that miscegenation here, buckos! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8433 "2023-03-09T14:23:21Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > if there’s more than a 1% difference between the two partners Ummm, > **[Comparison of human and chimpanzee genomes reveals striking similarities and...](https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/comparison-human-and-chimpanzee-genomes-reveals-striking-similarities-and-differences)** > > The first comprehensive comparison of the genetic blueprints of humans and chimpanzees shows our closest living relatives share perfect identity with 96 percent of our DNA sequence, an international research consortium reported today. Led by... > [@](#): > > The chimpanzee and human genomes are strikingly similar and encode very similar proteins. The DNA sequence that can be directly compared between the two genomes is almost 99 percent identical. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8434 "2023-03-09T14:29:37Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > and if there’s more than a 1% difference between the two partners, well, sorry, none of that miscegenation here, buckos! Would the difference between the Y-chromosome and an X-chromosome be more than 1%? You may have legislated same sex marriage! Although that chimp fact from **k9bfriender** leads me to think maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8435 "2023-03-09T14:31:05Z")
Chimp-human marriages will probably be fine. As long as they’re the same religion. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8436 "2023-03-09T14:31:37Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Would the difference between the Y-chromosome and an X-chromosome be more than 1%? You may have legislated same sex marriage! Although that chimp fact from **k9bfriender** leads me to think maybe not. Well, if you have to marry a chimp in order to maintain proper Christian values in this country, then that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to have you make! ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8437 "2023-03-09T14:40:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Chimp-human marriages will probably be fine. As long as they’re the same religion. And opposite sexes (as assigned at birth). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8438 "2023-03-09T14:46:36Z")
Make them prove race (sic), gender, and religion scientifically. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8439 "2023-03-09T14:46:45Z")
Okay, look, this is getting ridiculous. Let’s just make sex with anyone but your own clone illegal. Done. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8440 "2023-03-09T14:47:26Z")
Hawt! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8441 "2023-03-09T15:24:20Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Probably a paywall there - basically, there was a plan to remove the sales tax on food, but the Missouri GOP thinks that is too expensive, so instead they’re going to remove the sales tax on guns and ammunition made in Missouri (I have no idea how much that is). They’re just being efficient. Increasing the ease of purchasing guns and ammo should alleviate the need for food. “Fill a man with food you feed him for a day, fill a man with lead and you feed him for the rest of his life.” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8442 "2023-03-09T16:52:44Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > “Fill a man with food you feed him for a day, fill a man with lead and you feed him for the rest of his life.” What a beautiful sentiment! ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8443 "2023-03-09T17:14:05Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > “Fill a man with food you feed him for a day, fill a man with lead and you feed him for the rest of his life.” I would put that on a t-shirt but I don’t think people would get the sarcasm. Probably think I’m a MAGA type. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8444 "2023-03-09T17:20:14Z")
Another variation of “Give a man fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of the night. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life”. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8445 "2023-03-09T17:35:45Z")
Clone bone! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8446 "2023-03-09T19:13:27Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > … Let’s just make sex with anyone but your own clone illegal. … ::Looks in mirror.:: ::Pukes:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=423)