Posted on 04/26/2018 5:32:37 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Following swift action from Maine House Democrats on the last day of the legislative session, there will be no Female Genital Mutilation ban in the Pine Tree State.
After months of pretending they wanted to stop the barbaric ritual child abuse of FGM, the Democrat caucus showed their true colors on the issue late Wednesday night.
By a final vote of 77-70, the House killed the FGM ban in a mostly party-line vote. Rep. Cathy Nadeau (D-Winslow) was the only Democrat who crossed the aisle to protect young daughters of immigrants in Maine from this brutal abuse.
You can see a full roll-call vote by clicking here.
Republican Rep. Heather Sirocki of Scarborough points out Democrats voted to kill an FGM Ban in April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And in fact, they did it on the “Week of the Young Child.”
Rep. Sirocki says Maine House Democrats initially decided to table the bill with the intent of letting it cowardly die without the courtesy of a vote. However, supporters of the ban made their voices heard.
“Playing games with a child abuse bill is shameful,” Rep. Sirocki said. “Finally, after hours of phone calls from all over the country and state urging Speaker Gideon to relent, she brought the bill to the Floor at 10:30 pm. The Democrats like to talk about victims’ rights, women’s rights, child advocacy, human rights, and justice — but their votes on this horrific form of child abuse do not back up all of their talk.”
The same FGM Ban bill killed in the House, passed the State Senate 30-5, with only the most far-Left Senators voting against it.
Last week House Democrats passed a toothless bill that wouldn’t actually ban FGM. Rep. Karen Gerrish of Lebanon called the show-vote a sad state of affairs for young, female Mainers.
“It was a feel-good vote that I suppose will make it appear that they voted to ban FGM — they did not,” Rep. Gerrish said.
But late Wednesday night the show was over.
House Democrats threw a tantrum in the wake of Republicans voting against extending the legislative session. The FGM ban was one of several critical bills Democrats killed in a matter of hours. In fact, it was jaw-dropping to watch, after months of little action from the House, Democrat “leadership” managed to pull together votes to kill a handful of good bills in just a matter of hours. The breakneck speed makes one question what “leadership” has been doing all session.
If you’re having a difficult time comprehending how any legislators could be against banning Female Genital Mutilation, the opposition has made their reasoning very clear. They fear offending the immigrant community and being labeled “racist.”
Female Genital Mutilation is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. In some cultures, the vulva is sewn shut, only to be ripped open on the woman’s wedding night.
The practice is designed to curb sexual desire in women.
Along with significant health risk to the young girls, women who suffer Female Genital Mutilation are left with life-long physical and emotional scarring.
To learn more about the horrific abuse, listen to FGM survivor, F.A. Cole’s testimony in front of the CJPS Committee. Cole fights through a panic attack to share her story with Maine Legislators in the hope it would save young daughters of Maine immigrants from suffering through the same terrifying experience.
Actually, they need Christ. The culture is so pagan and witch doctor focused that even those who call themselves Christians get very afraid of bucking the group.
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“True, but the source of the FGM problem is largely out on the coast, so you have a significant transport distance to deal with.”
In this case, it is easy to fill a pool with water and lobsters and let them get to work. Even better, really.
It’s like the Northerner’s version of hungry pigs. Pigs do away with bone too and are a lot faster, but lobsters are quieter. It can take place in your basement.
Clearly another DemWit example of Democrats defending “women’s rights”.
That's just it, fewer and fewer are "growing out of it".
A huge win for the gender identity disordered too.
It is not like the girls that have this done to them want it done. It is forced on them by their parents or husband. This is tantamount to rape.
Who is to say this will be contained within the Somali population? Some crazed white family wants all its daughters sexually mutilated. Now it is legal. This story has totally ruined a beautiful day here in NYC.
That’s just it, fewer and fewer are “growing out of it”.
Demonic..
Next time Democrats (in Maine) lose all creds to use the excuse to Protect The CHILDREN. Like forever.
Sharia creep.
It’s happening all over America, although more in some areas and less in others.
This is just another thing that will do us in if not stopped - and soon.
Georgie and the RINOs (sounds like a music group) could have taken care of business in the months after 9/11 but chose not to. Despite the cries from the electorate!
Are the procedures that are referred to as genital mutilation specifically for the purpose of eliminating a woman’s sexual desire, or do they include cosmetic procedures that some of today’s women seek?
In America, is there a requirement that genital mutilation procedures be performed in a licensed medical facility?
A procedure to eliminate sexual desire sounds like a punishment such as making rapists impotent.
Women and blacks vote liberal mostly. Do they hate themselves. Both groups, but Africans especially are after the welfare funds.
Note also how many Jews support the anti-Semitic Democrats. There are many groups that are consumed with self-hatred.
My understanding is that they take a razor and slice off the clitoris. This is not typically a “cosmetic procedures that some of today’s women seek”.
Any “physician” who performs this “procedure” should be subjected to an identical “procedure”.
So they need the Inquisition first...
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