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A Proud Day for Tribal Advocates of the Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization passed the U.S. House on February 28 by a vote of 286 to 138. In a major victory for Indian country, it mirrored the already passed U.S. Senate provisions that allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians who commit violence against women and families on Indian lands.
Let’s tally, shall we?
+”Fixing” a shirt to read a tiresome sandwich joke +Unsolicited misogynistic insults about her appearance +Transphobia to the hilt - truly, truly disgusting +Another sandwich joke +Domestic violence threat in the form of a completely unfunny joke
Paul Wright, everybody! Stay clear of this disgusting sexist.
We should tumblr bomb this bitch
Attention: Tomorrow (12/5/2012) Save Wiyabi Project, Western Native Voice, and the Native Youth Leadership Alliance are hosting an emergency day of action to demand that the Violence Against Women Act is passed. Congress ends on December 15th and, and then VAWA expires.
Please join us on the bridge in Pablo, Montana (in front of Salish Kootenai Tribal College) to demand safety and respect for Indian Country.
For more info visit www.Facebook.com/Save.Wiyabi.Project
Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan say that there was nothing they could do after Bible-preaching protesters threatened to rape and murder pro-LGBT activists at a “Gay Day” event over the weekend.
In a video posted to YouTube, several protesters with Bibles can be seen shouting at a woman celebrating in the inaugural “Gay Day” celebration, an event organized by the human rights group Tolerance, Equality and Awareness Movement (TEAM) to showcase the community’s diversity.
“Back in the day there was no free power, there was no going to the mall,” one protester tells the woman. “There was, ‘sit your ass in this house until I bring my ass home.’”
“And if your ass get to going out there like you said, guess what?” a second protester adds. “You get raped. And that’s what’s going to happen to you. … Keep your pussy clean, that’s all you need to do. Do you understand?”
After one man claims, “the Lord said that,” the woman challenges him to find the corresponding Bible verse.
He responds with Isaiah 13: “Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.”
“What does ‘ravished’ mean? It means, we going to rape your ass,” the protester explains. “And I’m going to have fun doing that shit. And you going to like that. I promise you.”
After briefly arguing that he is misinterpreting the Bible, the woman observes, “Anything I say, you say it doesn’t matter.”
“It’s going to matter right now,” the man shoots back. “It’s going to matter when your clothes off and I’m going inside of you repeatedly. That’s when it’s going to matter. Because you going to enjoy yourself.”
The woman in the video told WWMT that the men also recited her boyfriend’s license plate number and promised to find and kill him. She said she called 911, but the Grand Rapids Police Department officer told her that there was nothing he could do.
That’s bullshit. He fucking threatened to rape her, kill her, and even kill her boyfriend as well. I’m pretty sure threats are illegal, unless the laws in Michigan are different. At the very least, if it doesn’t count as a threat in MI, why doesn’t it count as sexual harassment? That officer had a lot of things he could’ve fucking did.
Fundies get away with making vile threats and get away with it. Welcome to America.
communismkills, actually calling “pro-life” citizens to murder women* who have had abortions (via stuffproliferssay)
Antichoicers are terrorists enablers, pure and simple.
This is pretty much the most disgusting statistic I have ever seen in my entire life.
Holy shit.
what the actual fuck.
The Violence Against Women Act, which aims to protect victims of domestic violence, was first enacted in 1994 and has been renewed twice since.
In April, Senate Democrats added additional protections to cover Native Americans, undocumented immigrants, and gay, lesbian and transgender victims, in addition to those already protected under the legislation. That version of the bill passed late last month with bipartisan support.
The House version of the bill, however, stripped out those expansions.
And this is why we should strive to vote EVERY GOP MOTHERFUCKER out of the House of Representative and the Senate.
Does anyone else see this shit?
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
Seriously.
I can’t even begin to attempt to feel like trying to even.
pls halp. christians are being oppressed you guise.
the White Tears lol
GAIZ ITS SO HARD BEING WHITE AND MIDDLE CLASS AND LIVING IN AMERICA
We live in an America where trans* people can be fired if they are outed. In fact, being a trans women of color can get you KILLED in the United States. So where's all the Americans getting killed for wearing crosses? Oh that's right, nowhere.
Think this shit’s funny?
Keep making rape jokes then.
Nothing says morality and love like sending threats of rape and murder to a teenager who dared to defend her Constitutional rights. For those who don't know, Rhode Island teenager Jessica Alquist made a legal challenge to a public school prayer banner that violated the 1st Amendment. Since then, she has been faced with multiple threats, some calling for her to be killed or raped. It's appalling and shameful that such bigotry could be espoused by Americans who claim they are defending freedom, but unfortunately not surprising.
