Despite the fact that this is one of the hottest Memorial Day weekends in memory, perhaps the hottest ever (temperatures neared 100 degrees F this afternoon), a large crowd (counts vary from high hundreds to thousands) showed up at the Georgia capitol today to protest the state's forced pregnancy law.

We didn't go, although our sympathies were totally with the protestors.  Some combination of the heat, laziness, and a deep desire to lay low this holiday weekend kept us from protesting, but we're glad to see a good turnout of impassioned Georgians speaking out against this reprehensible bill.

We don't need to get on a soapbox and rant about why this law is bad.  You already know it's wrong, you already know it's bad, and if you don't feel that way, you probably wouldn't be reading this blog to start with.  If you think this law is just, nothing we could say would likely change your mind.

A woman's right to choose whether or not she's going to bear a child has been the law of the land for some 45 years now.  It's disgusting and frankly a little bit embarrassing that we have to have this fight over again, just because some self-righteous religious men want to impose their faith on the rest of the population and, feeling empowered by the recent travesties in Washington , think that now is their time.  

It isn't their time and you can't stop the tide of progressive change.  This isn't the last we're going to hear about this issue.

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