{"id":6897,"date":"2012-02-28T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T20:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=6897"},"modified":"2012-02-28T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T20:35:21","slug":"in-the-global-war-against-women-the-enemy-sends-a-goliath-into-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=6897","title":{"rendered":"In the global war against women, the enemy sends a Goliath into battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s Daily News<\/em>, Richard Cohen, a syndicated columnist who “lives” at the Washington Post<\/em>, does us women a big favor. In his opinion column, “Rick Santorum, American mullah,”<\/a> he threads together the similarities of the fundamentalist Santorum with Muslim fundamentalism.<\/p>\n

Cohen is a man. So I didn’t really expect too much from him concerning my thesis\u00a0\u2014 that the purpose of religions, especially fundamentalist brands, is to suppress and subjugate women.<\/p>\n

But he surprised me, just a little bit. Here is his final paragraph:<\/p>\n

But when I mull Santorum’s views on contraception, the role of women, the proper place for religion and what he thinks about education, I think he’s either running for President of the wrong country or marooned in the wrong century. The man is lost.<\/em><\/p>\n

The column is scary. Worth reading, as we float down to the road to theocracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s Daily News, Richard Cohen, a syndicated columnist who “lives” at the Washington Post, does us women a big favor. In his opinion column, “Rick Santorum, American mullah,” he threads together the similarities of the fundamentalist Santorum with Muslim … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t