“A distinction without a difference”
Not sure what you mean here. There is a big difference between the two. In TX you don’t need a Dr. to sign off, in AK you do.
Both states had a religious conscience opt-out, which can be stretched as far as you want with a straight face.
When we were going through this, I found that I couldn’t opt-out my daughter for Gardasil and still allow her to get polio, MMR, etc. It was an all-or-nothing situation. Either we allow all vaccines or she doesn’t get any.
I couldn’t opt-out my daughter for medical reasons, even with a doctor backing me up.
People are saying that Perry later added the medical exemption, but I do believe that was after Gardasil was no longer mandatory. That wasn’t the situation when we were fighting it.
I don’t understand why Perry supporters try to gloss this one over. The guy screwed up. Period. I love Palin, but I think she was wrong to walk away from her governor’s position. In her case, I see enough positives, that I can forgive the negative. I know I’m not going to get a perfect candidate (sadly, they’re all still human), so I’m weighing the pros and cons.
By denying that he even did anything wrong, or warping the resolution (”he fixed it and admitted that he made a mistake”... no, he didn’t) they make the rest of us, who see this as VERY wrong, harp even more.
Why can’t we all admit that this was a dumb move? Then we can compare it to Romney Care (a MUCH dumber move) and say, ‘compared to the other front-runner, he really is the better candidate.’