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marmar

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Tue Jan 26, 2016, 02:26 PM Jan 2016

‘White culture’ dies if women are ‘outside the home not having babies’ [View all]





A Florida state House subcommittee heard testimony on Monday that the “white culture” would be destroyed if white women were “outside the home not having babies” while other ethnicities had a higher birthrate.

During a House Criminal Justice Subcommittee meeting on Monday, lawmakers discussed HB 865, a bill that would ban all abortions except in cases where the health of the mother was at risk.

Republican Rep. Charles Van Zant, who sponsored the bill, argued that life began at conception, and that even zygotes were “citizens of Florida.”

While testifying about the bill, an anti-abortion activist named Paul injected race into the discussion.

“We see the destruction we’re bringing upon ourself as a nation,” Paul opined. “The Muslims, they don’t kill the babies.”

Paul noted that “white people” did not “live on an Island,” and that “the Mexicans” would propagate faster because they did not practice abortions. .............(more)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/fl-anti-abortion-hearing-turns-racist-white-culture-dies-if-women-are-outside-the-home-not-having-babies/





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Scumbag... daleanime Jan 2016 #1
Well it's about damn time. Orrex Jan 2016 #2
Oh my GOD. sibelian Jan 2016 #3
I will bet $1 million that Van Zant can't tell the human sinkingfeeling Jan 2016 #4
pretty sure you are correct. niyad Jan 2016 #7
I will bet $1 million that Van Zant developed from a pig zygote. KamaAina Jan 2016 #15
Hey! Pigs are supposed to be... 3catwoman3 Jan 2016 #30
More likely a naked mole rat. hifiguy Jan 2016 #41
ROFLMAO!! KamaAina Jan 2016 #48
He looks like his smiling, but he still needs a blankie or a little sweater. (n/t) SMC22307 Jan 2016 #50
If American political discourse isn't the goddamned dumbest in the world, it's on the short list. phantom power Jan 2016 #5
you woman-hating gestational slaving pos. at least you are openly admitting that the only niyad Jan 2016 #6
I eagerly await their ban on IVF, since that inherently creates embryos that will be destroyed. jeff47 Jan 2016 #8
I think the Catholic Church already checked in on that long time ago Person 2713 Jan 2016 #52
Well, if that's White Culture... Iggo Jan 2016 #9
It's not just white culture. nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 2016 #20
Yeah, but that's what the bigoted racist asshole who's being quoted is talking about. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2016 #22
This fear-pandering to whites SheilaT Jan 2016 #10
Remind me, what century is this.... SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #11
16th niyad Jan 2016 #12
And Margaret Atwood thought she was writing fiction ... TBF Jan 2016 #13
Really, every zygot is a citizen of Florida? haele Jan 2016 #14
Are They Paying Taxes? ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #58
amazed that they do not even hide the racist bs anymore dembotoz Jan 2016 #16
Not only racist... Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #32
Insert "Muslim" for "White" and his statement would work in Raqqa, Syria. pampango Jan 2016 #17
It is useful to hear them say this publicly. surrealAmerican Jan 2016 #18
Good Lord! leftyladyfrommo Jan 2016 #19
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... racism is dead in America. Don't you get it? Initech Jan 2016 #21
If that's what white culture is then it needs to die. nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 2016 #23
He really needs to define his terms better. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #24
I heard this sort of BS in a local Methodist church. Some woman was saying as somebody told her raccoon Jan 2016 #25
Next time he needs to clean his Petri Dish. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #26
So, Rep. Van Zant wants to raise wages? gratuitous Jan 2016 #27
That's what it's always been about. White Supremacy johnlucas Jan 2016 #33
Uh, I might have misread what you are saying a little... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #39
White Supremacy MUST PERISH. I didn't mince words. johnlucas Jan 2016 #43
Uh, how do you intend to destroy it... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #44
You're just reading the reply title. You have not actually read my posts at all johnlucas Jan 2016 #45
Your language in your post was interesting, terms like 'extinction' and 'destroyed' uriel1972 Jan 2016 #46
Plenty of cultures & cultural practices have died out with the progress of time johnlucas Jan 2016 #49
I'm hoping Bernie Sanders wins, uriel1972 Jan 2016 #51
Here is the real murkin' taliban katsy Jan 2016 #28
I'm pretty sure this is that basis for most pro-life positions. Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #29
This dude is a Southern Baptist minister. Surprise, surprise! raccoon Jan 2016 #31
Of course his religion has nothing to do with this... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #34
Maybe if the was more economic opportunity lancer78 Jan 2016 #35
What is "White Culture" exactly. alphafemale Jan 2016 #36
The "white culture" that requires this needs to expire csziggy Jan 2016 #37
The real scary thing is I bet Paul truly believes he's making sense... joeybee12 Jan 2016 #38
I presume that the guys with the butterfly nets hifiguy Jan 2016 #40
"white culture" depends on women being uneducated servants of dominant males, then bhikkhu Jan 2016 #42
Cattle that cook Warpy Jan 2016 #55
aaah, you'll just incorporate the more güero latinos MisterP Jan 2016 #47
If white culture means subjugating white women, then it should die. nt valerief Jan 2016 #53
Looks like the woman behind him is thinking "yeah, about time." Warpy Jan 2016 #54
Say whaat? Little Tich Jan 2016 #56
Van Zant quaker bill Jan 2016 #57
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