Kaine: Bills Turning VA Into 'Laughingstock'
Ultrasounds and Personhood distracting from more important issues like economy, U.S. Senate candidate says.
Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D) says the 2012 General Assembly's attention to divisive social issues is distracting the commonwealth from more important issues such as the economy - and turning Virginia into the butt of many jokes. Kaine, former Democratic National Committee chair and a candidate for U.S. Senate, in Northern Virginia for an economic roundtable on Wednesday, says citizens are voicing their concerns as the General Assembly prepares to move forward on bills that give full personhood rights from the moment of fertilization and mandate vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion. "What I hear from our business leaders and owners is that they are tired of partisan games and distractions causing uncertainty and …
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John j.
11:21 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Agree on the idea of keeping personal choice and freedom and not having a government dictate, but be consistent, don't dictate via implementation of Obama care that we all have to pay for other people's choices such as abortion and contraception. Personal choice, personal problem, personal bill to pay! more ›