“She doesn’t make speeches anymore. She has become speechless. She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her. How furious she must be, now that she’s been taken at her word.”

  • boreengreen@lemm.eeEnglish
    39·
    14 hours ago

    Main issue of the article:

    • Republicans passed a bill requiring married women to have a passport to vote. To restrict ~80 million votes from women.

    Other things republicans are quoted about:

    • Prevent women from leaving marriages, despite the husband beating her.
    • Make it difficult for women to vote.
    • Stop women from votimg all together.
    • Remove women from positions of authority.
    • Death penalty for abortion.
    • Republicans compare voting age women to 5 year olds.
    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      19·
      14 hours ago

      Prevent women from leaving marriages, despite the husband beating her.

      The goal is the end of no fault divorce.

      No fault divorce doesn’t mean that your husband can’t get rid of you, it just means that he’ll call the cops and tell them you’re crazy so he can move his side piece in.

      • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        13 hours ago

        Luckily we have aslyums for that.

        Wait, those got defunded. And homelessness is functionally illegal. Guess you better just take the beatings as the better alternative…

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
      25·
      12 hours ago

      Republicans passed a bill requiring married women to have a passport to vote.

      I don’t want to defend the horseshit Republicans are shoveling around but this isn’t true. You can access the text of H.R. 2022, the so called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, at this link.

      If you read 2(b)(1), don’t worry it’s on the very first page of the link, it clearly states:

      “(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.

      As of September 2020 all US States and territories are issuing REAL ID compliant Drivers Licenses and State ID cards.

      So anyone whose undergone a name change, regardless of gender, who has a State Issued ID meets the requirement. No passport necessary.

      Republicans are up to enough awful shit without needing to lie about it. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act does not disenfranchise 80 million married woman.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        111·
        12 hours ago

        Getting a REAL ID is not that easy - I got turned away when I tried (despite having a passport? it was confusing?) so I had to go with a non compliant one.

        Fewer than half of Oklahomans with a state-issued card have a REAL ID, which means that they will be blocked from commercial flights and secured federal buildings where an ID is required for entry.

        (Of course, as a trans person, I’m mega fucked when it’s time to renew. Hopefully things are sane again by 2028/I don’t lose my DL in between now and then.)

        • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
          22·
          10 hours ago

          I’m sorry that happened to you.

          We’ve had REAL ID here in Wyoming for at least a decade and even for my wife it was pretty straightforward; she just had to show Birth Certificate and Marriage License to prove the name change and she was done. That was at least two drivers licenses ago (ours expire every 5 years) and she’s had no trouble with renewal.

          I’m going to guess you ran into trouble because you are trans in Oklahoma and they didn’t like the gender change?

          • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            1·
            6 hours ago

            It was more to do with my last name being changed when I was married I think? I had no idea. I’ve got a passport at least, so I can still fly for now.

            Oklahoma fought Real ID. Part of why enforcement keeps getting pushed back - for some reason. We don’t like it when the government tells us to do anything here. (It’s like pathological demand avoidance - “I thought you wanted more secure IDs so that illegals can’t have drivers licenses?” “Not if you’re making me 😠”)