# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1413
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28242 "2016-03-31T02:28:16Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I dunno about this one. I mean, I hate the legislation. And hate that the law would even be necessary or desired. But we’re not talking about a general doctor who should be able to set a leg, prescribe medicine, and perform surgery regardless of the sexual orientation of the patient. > These are mental health professionals. **If you have such a strongly held belief that you would feel compelled to cite this law as a rationale for refusing to treat a patient, I sincerely believe that you’d do more harm than good if you were compelled to try.** > If someone believes being gay is a sin and worth going to go to hell…do we really want that person counseling a troubled homosexual? I’d argue that if you have such a strongly held belief and lacked the ability to be mostly impartial then you’re in the wrong job in the first place - law or no law. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28243 "2016-03-31T04:29:16Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I dunno about this one. I mean, I hate the legislation. And hate that the law would even be necessary or desired. But we’re not talking about a general doctor who should be able to set a leg, prescribe medicine, and perform surgery regardless of the sexual orientation of the patient. > These are mental health professionals. If you have such a strongly held belief that you would feel compelled to cite this law as a rationale for refusing to treat a patient, I sincerely believe that you’d do more harm than good if you were compelled to try. > If someone believes being gay is a sin and worth going to go to hell…do we really want that person counseling a troubled homosexual? Do we really want that person practicing any form of psychotherapy at all? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28244 "2016-03-31T04:31:37Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Broadway? Please explain the joke for the benefit of us poor ignorant non-Gothamite savages. No, not “please,” that’s hardly New York, is it . . . **TELL US, YOU STRING OF MODWARNINGWORTHY WORDS!** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28245 "2016-03-31T04:37:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Please explain the joke for the benefit of us poor ignorant non-Gothamite savages. No, not “please,” that’s hardly New York, is it . . . **TELL US, YOU STRING OF MODWARNINGWORTHY WORDS!** The musical _Hamilton_ is currently one of the most popular shows on Broadway, you _putz_. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28246 "2016-03-31T04:38:49Z")
assuming I am not being whooshed, there’s a little show running on broadway at the moment that has been getting a little bit of press: [linky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_%28musical%29) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28247 "2016-03-31T04:50:04Z")
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants wimmins to pay for fetus funerals if they abort or miscarry. > **[Insulting New Abortion Law Forces Women to Pay for Fetus Funerals](https://www.vice.com/en/article/785gb9/insulting-new-abortion-law-forces-women-to-pay-for-fetus-funerals)** > > On Thursday, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed one of the most vicious anti-abortion bills in the country into law. It forbids women from getting abortions in cases of fetal disability and requires women to inter or cremate fetal remains. And in Florida, 'Pubs think women can get whatever care they need from dentists, foot and ankle specialists, and elementary schools: > **[Idiot Lawmakers Think You Should Go to the Dentist to Get an Abortion](https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgmz4n/idiot-lawmakers-think-you-should-go-to-the-dentist-to-get-an-abortion)** > > Florida just passed a bill to effectively defund Planned Parenthood. Anti-abortion legislators say that women seeking reproductive care can just go to an elementary school or a foot doctor instead, but the Riverview Foot and Ankle Specialists were... Ah, but at least they’re safeguarding women’s health! And protecting the sanctity of the unborn! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28248 "2016-03-31T05:01:16Z")
What’s up with the modern GOP and their constant barrage of punitive policies? My guesses: 1. They want to stick it to the poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women for being…poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women. 2. They believe that their policies are form of tough love designed to straighten people out (literally, too). 3. They’re following the OT model of pouring out wrath against anyone they think deserves it. 4. They want things to go back to the way they were in the distant past. Of course, I’m sure they’d frame it all in other terms. Then again, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28249 "2016-03-31T07:02:54Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > And in Florida, 'Pubs think women can get whatever care they need from dentists, foot and ankle specialists, and elementary schools: > > [Idiot Lawmakers Think You Should Go to the Dentist to Get an Abortion](https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/idiot-lawmakers-think-you-should-go-to-the-dentist-to-get-an-abortion) Historically, of course, your village [barber did all that](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_barber-surgeon_extracting_stones_from_a_woman%27s_head;_symb_Wellcome_V0016251.jpg). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28250 "2016-03-31T09:19:27Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I’d argue that if you have such a strongly held belief and lacked the ability to be mostly impartial then you’re in the wrong job in the first place - law or no law. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Do we really want that person practicing any form of psychotherapy at all? If we’re going to decide who should be in which jobs, I’d like to nominate a few co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28251 "2016-03-31T12:50:41Z")
> [@j666](#): > > If we’re going to decide who should be in which jobs, I’d like to nominate a few co-workers. And Republican PotUS candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28252 "2016-03-31T13:11:26Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > And in Florida, 'Pubs think women can get whatever care they need from dentists, foot and ankle specialists, and elementary schools: > > [Idiot Lawmakers Think You Should Go to the Dentist to Get an Abortion](https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/idiot-lawmakers-think-you-should-go-to-the-dentist-to-get-an-abortion) In their defense, I’m pretty sure lots of Republicans think that there are teeth _down there_, so sending women to dentists for reproductive issues probably sounds perfectly cromulent to them… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28253 "2016-03-31T13:40:40Z")
[Top aide to Alabama governor resigns amid allegations of an affair](http://theweek.com/speedreads/615821/aide-alabama-governor-resigns-amid-allegations-affair) > [@](#): > > One week after Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) admitted he made “inappropriate” comments to his top political adviser, that aide announced she is resigning from her post. > > On Wednesday, Rebekah Caldwell Mason said in a statement\*\* her “only plans are to focus my full attention on my precious children and my husband who I love dearly. They are the most important people in my life.”\*\* May as well admit she had an affair after a statement like that. And of course the Gov. is a “Family Values” Republican. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28254 "2016-03-31T13:46:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Broadway? 😃 😃 🆒 Bravo. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28255 "2016-03-31T15:30:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The musical _Hamilton_ is currently one of the most popular shows on Broadway, you _putz_. Thanks, asshole, much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28256 "2016-03-31T17:02:25Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > What’s up with the modern GOP and their constant barrage of punitive policies? > > My guesses: > > 1. They want to stick it to the poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women for being…poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women. > > 2. They believe that their policies are form of tough love designed to straighten people out (literally, too). > > 3. They’re following the OT model of pouring out wrath against anyone they think deserves it. > > 4. They want things to go back to the way they were in the distant past. > Of course, I’m sure they’d frame it all in other terms. > Then again, maybe not. All of the above? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28257 "2016-03-31T18:01:31Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > What’s up with the modern GOP and their constant barrage of punitive policies? > > . > [@](#): > > Roger Rabbit: Is there nothing that can permeate that impervious puss? –Who Framed Roger Rabbit ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28258 "2016-03-31T18:11:43Z")
Move over, Sarah Palin, you’re no longer the craziest politician in Alaska. Congressman Don Young has stolen your job. > [@](#): > > Young told WFQD on Wednesday that he initially supported Jeb Bush because he knew his “old man” and now prefers John Kasich. But, Young says, Kasich has no chance of winning because he has no “charisma” and people “don’t think anymore.” > > Still, Young is seeking to rally Republicans around whoever is the nominee, calling this “the most crucial election” for Alaska and the nation. Why? Because Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will seek to have the government “control everything you do.” > > Everything? Yes, everything. Young goes on to earnestly explain that Sanders or Clinton would mandate “when to get up, what to eat, what you are thinking, what school you are going to go to and what you are going to believe.” ---
**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 31, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28259 "2016-03-31T19:05:11Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > What’s up with the modern GOP and their constant barrage of punitive policies? > > My guesses: > > 1. They want to stick it to the poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women for being…poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women. > > 2. They believe that their policies are form of tough love designed to straighten people out (literally, too). > > 3. They’re following the OT model of pouring out wrath against anyone they think deserves it. > > 4. They want things to go back to the way they were in the distant past. > Of course, I’m sure they’d frame it all in other terms. > Then again, maybe not. You have summed up well the motivation behind religious bigotry laws. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28260 "2016-03-31T21:56:05Z")
[Mississippi Senate passes bills allowing churches to form militias.](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/31/someone_thought_this_was_a_good_idea_mississippi_senate_passes_bill_allowing_churches_to_form_militias/) What’s more, > [@](#): > > The Act would, in part, “provide that killing a person while acting as a participant of a church or place of worship security team is justifiable homicide.” Such church security teams would authorize “designated members … to carry firearms for the protection of the congregation of such church or place of worship.” > > Permissible firearms, according to the bill, include “a stun gun, concealed pistol or concealed revolver.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28261 "2016-03-31T21:59:17Z")
Wait. Hold it. When is a “concealed revolver” _not_ a “concealed pistol”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1414)