tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post113155219231412038..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Losing in CaliforniaDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1131676073596177222005-11-10T21:27:00.000-05:002005-11-10T21:27:00.000-05:00Things are pretty crazy here in CA, aren't they. ...Things are pretty crazy here in CA, aren't they. I can't believe that *all* of the propositions went down in defeat... what a waste of time. <BR/><BR/>I just can't understand the opposition to Prop. 73, it doesn't make any sense to me at all.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1131635903048205602005-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:002005-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:00I suppose we should find at least a little solace ...I suppose we should find at least a little solace in the fact that Prop. 73 (requiring parental notification of a minor's abortion) was only "narrowly defeated." I'm surprised it did that well considering how much money must have been spent by the other side.<BR/><BR/>(Not only can school nurses not dispense Advil, but your daughter can't even get her ears pierced without parental permission. But the "right" to abortion -- or should be say, the rights of abortionists -- is sacrosanct.<BR/><BR/>Changing hearts and minds is a slow process, but I try to keep reminding myself that it is not impossible. Whenever I get too depressed I remind myself that back in the '50s no one would have predicted how socially unacceptable smoking would become. (Well, at least it's unaceptable here in the L.A. area.) Okay, it may not be a social change everyone likes or agrees with, but it is one that was a real turn around and that I never would have predicted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1131581808022555642005-11-09T19:16:00.000-05:002005-11-09T19:16:00.000-05:00I voted, and for most of the abovementioned propos...I voted, and for most of the abovementioned propositions. I am reminded in this context of two maxims:<BR/><BR/><I>No good deed goes unpunished</I>.<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/><I>We have the best system of government that money can buy.</I>Bernard Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159541603126407072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1131564965562378202005-11-09T14:36:00.000-05:002005-11-09T14:36:00.000-05:00The loss for parental notification broke my heart....The loss for parental notification broke my heart.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.com