Macho Man O'Reilly is a Gay Basher. He states the USA is becoming a nation of barbarism. Evidently, Jessica's Law didn't pass through the Colorado legislature and now Mr. Ferrandino, who is a gay man, is the reason.
Rep. Ferrandino (click here) has a sterling record of standing up for Colorado consumers and civil rights. He sponsored legislation granting needy homeowners threatened with foreclosure 90 extra days to work with their lenders to come to a good solution. He led the fight to crack down on payday lenders, reducing their exorbitant 300 percent interest rates. He sponsored legislation allowing state employees to designate their unmarried partners as insurance beneficiaries, and he has championed civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.
I won't worry so much as O'Reilly also is targeting Governor Cuomo as a man to contend with because of the so called weak laws that victimize children. But, Rep. Ferrandino doesn't have body guards. So, he needs to be alerted he is on O'Reilly's hit list and we know all too well what happens to people on O'Reilly's hit list. He is stating Governor Cuomo is going to allow 12 year old girls to receive abortions without asking how they became pregnant and after all it is statutory rape.
There are judicial decisions requiring parents to be aware of minors seeking abortions. I would expect a parent to come forward to law enforcement if the child was raped. Mr. O'Reilly, evidently, wants more of a police state than most legislators seem to be possible.
The precedent governing minors is Casey, 1992 (click here)
(ii) for minors, informed consent of the parents, with a judicial bypass option when the minor could not obtain parental permission;
When is O'Reilly going to be removed from the airways of the USA when he threatened the lives of others in naming them and implicating to the Pro-Life Nut Cases that is the next best target for them.
9-year-old Jessica Lunsford raped, killed in 2005
...Jessica's Law would make it a minimum 25 years in prison for a sex assault against a child younger than 14, if the suspect is seven or more years older. It also requires monitoring of the person after they're released from prison....
Currently, Colorado has a 4 year sentence for child rape as a mandatory sentence. Twenty-five years is a long time for a first time offender. This is child rape and not murder. Jessica was murdered by her kidnapper. I realize her father has a profound purpose for his life and his daughter's memory, but, there are many murderers of child and otherwise that sometimes get 25 years for their crimes.
If Colorado continues to push back against Jessica's Law, it might be reviewed by other states. I am sure the Lunsford organization does not want that to happen. Every state is different. Colorado must have it's reasons, but, it sincerely has no relevance to the gay community in that state.
Mr. Lunsford weakens his legitimacy by having Mr. O'Reilly seek victimization of a gay legislator rather than building a greater consensus in the community of Colorado to move the law forward.
This is a difficult time to build consensus for longer prison terms, too. State budgets are stretched and adding prison populations is not at the top of anyone's list. I suggest Mr. Lunsford use his organization to study the reason why Colorado has repeatedly refused to pass Jessica's Law and seek to over come it. I wish him well. I am sorry about the death of his daughter. I am sure he was the light in his life.
Add to the agenda is religious hatred. He specifically lied about the University of Missouri recognition of religious diversity of Christian vs Muslim vs Pagen/Wiccan. It is an past time of Mr. O'Reilly to espouse hatred of religious diversity at every turn and of course it plays right into the Barbarism theme of the lack of Jessica's Law.
It is the policy (click here) of the University of Missouri-Columbia to respect the diversity of our students. The faculty is reminded that students might want to observe religious holidays and days of special commemoration and is encouraged to accommodate students who have a conflict with a class period, test or activity because of these obligations. Approved by the MU Faculty Council on October 21, 2010. Amended by the MU Faculty Council on April 21, 2011. Approved by the MU Faculty Council on October 6, 2011.
It is a very standard academic calender which also provides a link 'off campus' highlighted as 'religious holidays.' On that page if one clicks on 2013 (click here) there are innumerable holidays of every diversity conceivable. There are plenty more holidays for Christians than seven. The lies of FOX News that promulgates hatred is significant. Why is this allowed in the USA? A cable news network uses hatred on a regular basis including hatred of individuals to the point they are targets of assassination should never be a part of the media culture in the USA.
This segment of the ? show ? was nothing but lies and of course the audience had no clue unless they bothered to research it afterwards.
