Posted on 08/24/2013 7:00:37 PM PDT by Morgana
A woman who makes corsets for fetishists and those who practice bondage has come up with a novel way of making money for Planned Parenthood. Michelle Sinched, who lives in Houston, Texas, wanted to protest the legislation banning late term abortions and setting up safety guidelines for abortion clinics. So she’s making and selling voodoo dolls of Governor Rick Perry.
You can’t make this stuff up.
The voodoo dolls, which come with pins, range in price from $25-$30. The $25 version sports a t-shirt with a coat hanger on it. The more expensive version is attired in a tuxedo. Each voodoo doll holds a placard which buyers can decorate with pro-abortion sayings (such as mockeries of pro-life slogans). You can buy a pair of both dolls for $50.
Sinched, who calls herself “The Sinch Witch”, came up with the idea shortly before the bill was signed into law by Perry, whom she has nicknamed “Governor Goodhair.”
According to Sinched:
“I was inspired to make them because I wanted to figure out something I could make that would send a message and raise money for Planned Parenthood. What’s better than sticking pins in Gov. Goodhair or burning him at your own doll sized stake? I would probably best describe myself as pro choice and pro life. No one ever wants to face the abortion choice but it happens. I believe no one has the right to make that choice but the woman it affects. I was once a client of PP and I have felt a great deal of gratitude for them being available when I had no insurance and could not afford birth control or annual well woman check ups.”
Defenders of Planned Parenthood commonly make the argument that women will have nowhere to go for medical care and birth control if Planned Parenthood facilities close. However, there are six community medical centers offering free or low cost family planning and women’s health services in Brazos Valley, Texas, alone.
I asked members of the pro-life Facebook community “Pro-Life Pagans’ for comments. One member, Alexandra, who identifies herself as a witch of the Gibralter family tradition, has this to say about Sinched’s actions:
“Her beliefs aside, I find it ironic that she claims she is both pro choice and pro life, but is selling voodoo dolls where people can do harm with intent. How is that being pro life?”
She also spoke out in support of the very bill that Sinched is protesting:
“[Sinched] also focuses on women (totally ignores men who are also involved in making babies), but then seems to have issues with Texas demanding that abortion clinics have to be up to surgical standards. With the millions they make off the back of abortions and money from private donations as well as the government you would think the least these clinics could do is to ensure there is a sterile environment as abortion is a surgical procedure. Why is abortion considered anything less than surgery where the highest cleanliness should be involved? Planned Parenthood is using this as a red herring.”
Alexandra also mentions that if Sinched considers herself a Wiccan (a pagan belief system that differs from Alexandra’s but which is popular among those who identify as witches), she is going against the tradition of Wiccan teachings:
“…she should also be following the Wiccan Rede of do no harm. Abortion kills. And that is not very Wiccan-like or following the benevolent beliefs of Wicca.”
IMO, this is clearly a hate crime. What if someone was selling the same items with Obama or Sharpton’s likeness? GEE WHIZ... a rodeo clown can’t look like O but some baby killing buffoon can sell voodoo dolls of Perry? BS!
“An it harm none, do what thou wilt” should include no harm to the pre-born as well...
Much less a governor.
The 3-fold law will haunt them for this stupidity.
Sounds like Perry needs a Hexenspiegel, German for “witch mirror”, which is just one or more ordinary mirrors, but reflects evil back at itself times three.
The best part is that such mirrors are an “active defense”, in that they do the work so you don’t have to sully yourself turning back evil. So, for example, a good Christian could use one without delving into witchcraft themselves.
Indeed! Michelle Sinched is rolling down the Lost Highway.
Maybe Perry should plant some wolfbane in his window box and start carrying a crucifix.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DlK5N-Lcvjc#
Sully Erna “sinners prayer”
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RVMvART9kb8#
Pantera “cemetery gates”
Unrelated, but its handy.
“Her beliefs aside, I find it ironic that she claims she is both pro choice and pro life, but is selling voodoo dolls where people can do harm with intent. How is that being pro life?”
Well, at least it's clearly "pro-choice."
If a position is so repugnant and illogical that its proponents hide it behind the euphemism of "choice," its proponents may be expected to favor the repugnant and the illogical.
http://youtu.be/LjPlhb4f9P8
Frank Zappa “Cosmik Debris”
It's called "doublethink."
Is that a real poncho, or is that a Sears poncho?
Heh heh heh.
Gotta love that song and the random stuff within it.
Did she use an ear of neut?
Pray for America to Wake Up
Really? I’d take great pleasure in telling her they arent going to work at all no matter what she does.
Hmmm...I think thats a bit suspect. If a good christian was to use one of these, although they would not be directly dabbling in witchcraft surely they would be implying that they believe in the efficacy of such things?
[ For it to “work” according to the available info, she would need hair clippings, fingernail clippings, a swatch of cloth or something that belonged to]
Don’t forget a rooster to sacrifice, that’s how O was elected.
That’s a very old and unresolved issue in Christianity. In its first thousand years, much of what priests did outside of church was to provide protective amulets, prayers, and atonement for sin as well as blessings to ward off evil.
The point being that there was no real distinction between real, physical evil conducted by people against people, and less visible evil that still caused harm, from a less obvious direction, such as a peculiar disease.
It was a major leap to make that distinction, but it was never complete, because it really couldn’t be.
For example, in this case, the woman really hates Perry and wants to harm him. She is using voodoo dolls as a symbol of that hate to rally others to hate him as well. So there is some real evil intent.
However, while the casting of a voodoo spell itself isn’t illegal, if she is threatening to do him physical harm, it may be; as well as if she is encouraging others to do him physical harm. So even the law is a bit nebulous on the subject.
However, Christianity reenters the picture because it does recognize that some things tend to ward off evil. Holy water, the crucifix, sanctified soil, salt, and yes, mirrors, along with many other things are seen as “Christian magic” to thwart witchcraft, not witchcraft itself.
Kind of like Himmler being called to plant a tree in Israel.
Stupid people abound.....good gawd almighty
exactly
The only real Christian "magic" is prayer, and that's not specifically designed to ward off evil.
I agree with your legal analysis (very thorough and informative in fact - well done). However, consider that the casting of spells is only illegal because we dont believe in their efficacy. Once we do start thinking they can really adversely affect people, then the next stage is to make them illegal, and before long we are back, literally, to witch hunts.
I agree there is evil intent here, and possibly incitement to commit harm (which definitely is illegal) but that's going to be hard to prove.
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