Today, we cats drove by an anti-choice demonstration. We flipped them the bird — and 10 minutes later, when we drove past them again, they had dispersed.
We'd like to think that our rude gesture had upset them. But we're sure that, like Nazis, they were following a clockwork schedule — and punched their time cards at the moment they said they would.
Which leaves us cats wondering: When will the definition of "unalienable rights" include women's? We think, unfortunately — considering the resurgence of right-wing conservative Christians — the answer is, never.
In fact, a woman's right to determine her reproductive destiny is not the only liberty that the American experiment with democracy has refused to protect. We are reminded — in the wake of the endorsement of Alabama's immigration law — that there are many questions of individual freedom that the United States has not yet gotten right.
Why should we trust the U.S. to eventually see the light, when countries like Canada have already gotten there?
We cats are waiting for that answer. In the meantime, we're planning ahead.
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