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Two white men chased and shot at a Black FedEx delivery man in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Continue reading “Two White Men Chased & Shot At Black FedEx Delivery Man”
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from Mississippi that directly challenges the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade which established a constitutional right to abortion.
With the current 6-3 conservative majority on the high court, this very well could lead to a huge restriction in abortion rights.
From the New York Times:
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19- 1392, concerns a law enacted by the Republican-dominated Mississippi legislature that banned abortions if “the probable gestational age of the unborn human” was determined to be more than 15 weeks. The statute included narrow exceptions for medical emergencies or “a severe fetal abnormality.”
Lower courts said the law was plainly unconstitutional under Roe, which forbids states from banning abortions before fetal viability — the point at which fetuses can sustain life outside the womb, or around 23 or 24 weeks.
Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic sued, saying the law ran afoul of Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that affirmed Roe’s core holding.
Judge Carlton W. Reeves of Federal District Court in Jackson, Miss., blocked the law in 2018, saying the legal issue was straightforward and questioning the state lawmakers’ motives.
In his ruling, Reeves wrote that he believed the Mississippi lawmakers knew exactly what they were doing when they passed the law setting up an eventual appearance at SCOTUS.
A 3-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, agreed with Reeve’s ruling.
It should come as no surprise that the basis for the legislation was written by the hate group Alliance Defending Freedom.
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President Trump: "I think mail-in voting is horrible, it's corrupt."
Reporter: "You voted by mail in Florida's election last month, didn't you?"
Trump: "Sure. I can vote by mail"
Reporter: "How do you reconcile with that?"
Trump: "Because I'm allowed to." pic.twitter.com/Es8ZNyB3O1
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 7, 2020
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Well, gee, no one saw this coming, did they?
Now bigots in Mississippi feel empowered to turn away ‘mixed-race’ weddings.
LaKambria Welch was doing research for her brother, who is black, and his fiancée, who is white, looking for locations to host their upcoming wedding.
But after reaching out to Boone’s Camp Event Hall in Booneville, Miss., the couple was turned away based on the owner’s personal religious beliefs.
After being turned away, Welch visited the property to get clarity on the refusal. She filmed her conversation with the employee she spoke with.
The video, no surprise, quickly went viral.
“We don’t do gay weddings or mixed race, because of our Christian race,” said the employee.
Probably realizing she had shown her self by saying ‘Christian race’ – there’s no such thing – she quickly amended her statement saying, “I mean our Christian belief.”
Uh-huh.
Folks, when people reveal themselves to you, believe them the first time.
When Ms. Welch explained that she, too, is Christian but asked where in the Bible it’s taught that mixed-race marriages were forbidden, the employee replied, “I don’t want to argue my faith, we just don’t participate.”
Shaken by the episode, Welch told the media, “It really broke my heart to actually hear her say those things.”
According to reports, after the video launched hundreds of outraged social media posts, the owner of the event hall, Donna Russell, clearly sensing a lawsuit of epic size (federal law prohibits race-based discrimination in public accommodation), privately apologized to Welch and her family.
The owners said in a statement that they had previously been taught (by who?) to believe that “interracial marriage was against the teachings of the Bible.” The owners say they consulted with their pastor and realized they were ‘wrong.’
More from the Washington Post:
In her apology, the event hall’s owner attempted to explain why she believed the Bible supported her views on interracial marriages, describing how she only recently discovered that wasn’t the case. She began by writing that as “a child growing up in Mississippi” it was an unspoken understanding that people stayed “with your own race.”
But then on Saturday, when her husband asked her to point to relevant sections of the Bible, she couldn’t. After spending hours scouring the text and sitting down with her pastor, the owner wrote that she finally concluded that the reasoning behind her decision to turn away Welch’s brother and his fiancee was “incorrect.”
“Boone’s Camp is sorry for the pain and inconvenience they have caused this couple and have invited them to use the facility,” the statement said.
The United States Supreme Court overturned bans against interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia in 1967.
In 2016, Mississippi passed a law that affords special protections to opponents of same-sex marriage, which the Supreme Court had ruled was a constitutional right the previous year.
The law protects individuals and organizations who claim they act in accordance with their “sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions” from potential government actions. The law allows them sway in turning away possible customers in regards to hiring, real estate, wedding services, and foster care.
The 2016 law clearly does not mention race.
The venue owners did not mention any change of position on same-sex marriages.
Folks, first it’s the gays, now ‘mixed race’ marriages. Don’t think you’re not next. All they have to do is find you to be ‘different.’
#StandUp
(source: New York Times)
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A white female campground manager in Mississippi pulled a gun on a black couple and their dog accusing them of not having a reservation to picnic at the lake.
Jessica Richardson filmed the woman approaching her and her husband with a gun at the Kampgrounds of America in Starkville, Mississippi, on Sunday. Her husband, Sgt. Franklin Richardson, had just returned from a 9-month deployment in the Middle East and they were simply looking to enjoy the holiday weekend.
Brandishing her pistol, the woman told the couple to leave when she found out they didn’t have a reservation.
According to reports, the manager has since been fired.
Richardson posted the video to Facebook with the following caption:
“RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL!! Today was a beautiful day so my husband (who’s a vet), our 2 year old dog, and myself, decided to Google a lake to visit and have a picnic. We found a lake located in Starkville and decided to visit. Not five mins later a truck pulls up and a white lady screams at us, she then jumps out of her truck with a gun… and proceeded to point it at the 3 of us, simply because we didn’t make reservations. After leaving, my husband stopped by the office and talked with her husband (they’re the property managers). The husband tells my husband that reservations aren’t needed for the lake.”
Click the image below to watch the video.
One Twitter user says he identified the woman as Ruby Howell, whose Facebook profile describes as a Christian who loves the Confederate flag.
The suspected white supremacist woman who pulled a gun on an innocent Black American couple for having a picnic in a park in Starkville Ms, is named Ruby Howell. The company she works for says she has been fired. BTW, she is a staunch Confederate flag supporter,so are we shocked? pic.twitter.com/W1SszIaba2— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) May 29, 2019
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Mississippi Rep. Doug McLeod (image via Facebook) |
Really, really pro-life Mississippi Rep. Doug McLeod hates abortions.
He also hates being made to wait for sex.
So, while the 58-year-old lawmaker co-sponsored a bill this year to ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, that ‘sanctity of life’ perspective apparently disappears when he’s in a hurry to get jiggy with his wife.
According to an investigative report filed with the George County Sheriff’s Department, police were called to his home after McLeod allegedly punched his wife when she failed to get undressed quickly enough when he wanted to have sex.
McLeod’s wife said her husband had “just snapped,” and often did so when he was drinking, the report said.
Deputies found blood in the couple’s bed and on the floor. They said McLeod became angered and punched his wife because she took too long to undress when he wanted to have sex.
After allegedly punching his wife, she ran into another room in their home where there was another woman who said the wife’s face was bloodied. She shut the door and locked it with McLeod’s wife inside.
The other woman told police that McLeod began banging on the door, threatening to “kill her (expletive) dog” if she didn’t open the door.
Sanctity of life, folks. Sanctity of life…
He was eventually taken into custody on a charge of misdemeanor domestic violence and released on a $1,000 bond.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn has issued a statement calling for McLeod’s resignation:
“I have attempted to contact Rep. McLeod to request his resignation, if in fact, these allegations are true. These actions are unacceptable for anyone.”
The governor and other state lawmakers agree McLeod should step down.
Rep. McLeod should resign. https://t.co/4A9QcmbD3T— David Blount (@SenDavidBlount) May 21, 2019
#Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn and state Republican chairman Lucien Smith issued statements that Republican Rep. Doug McLeod of Lucedale should resign if allegations that he punched his wife over sex are true. https://t.co/Dc1Gs9zrMb pic.twitter.com/pcrKmSkn5n— Jackson Free Press (@JxnFreePress) May 22, 2019
This is Doug McLeod, a GOP lawmaker. He co-sponsored a bill to ban abortion after 6 weeks in Mississippi.Doug has been arrested for punching his wife in face because she didn’t undress quickly when he wanted sex.
Doug is a fucking monster.https://t.co/mK00uB2XJJ
— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) May 23, 2019
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• A new Rasmussen Reports national survey finds that 59% of likely U.S. voters say they would personally be willing to vote for an openly gay president; 30% would not, 12% are not sure.
• It’s not just adults Donald Trump’s transgender military ban is affecting. This college student lost his 3-year ROTC scholarship because of the new policy.
• A 28-year-old man in Mississippi was beaten so severely – his jaw was shattered in two places – because his assailants thought he was gay.
• 1995 drag classic To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar is being re-released for Pride Month on Blu-Ray with special features including deleted scenes.
• Christian home schooling parents, David and Louise Turpin, who beat, starved and held 12 of their children captive inside their home, were sentenced Friday to life in prison.
• The music and the magic of Elton John’s incredible life comes to the big screen in upcoming musical fantasy biopic, Rocketman.
Watch as the team behind the film discusses Elton John’s journey from prodigy to icon in this special look at Rocketman, in theatres May 31.