At present, both have elements surrounding them that are PISSING ME RIGHT THE HELL OFF!
Let's begin with the latter of the two:Mennonites.
Today, an Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of Mennonites in a "steel wheel" case citing the ordinance violated a Mennonite’s religious rights under federal law.
The county had the ordinance in place due to the fact that the steel wheels used on Mennonites horse drawn buggies were causing damage to paved roads in the area.
This case has been going around and around for the past five years or so, and every time I would hear "our religious beliefs are under attack", all I could think of was "GET THE F*CK OVER IT"
I am sick to DEATH over hearing religious communities hiding behind "religious beliefs" when something like "um, just wanted you to know that your steel wheels are damaging stated funded roads and the repair work is getting a little costly for us 'rubber-tired' folks" happens. This usually results in a response by some "panel of elders" saying "WE'VE BEEN USING STEEL WHEELS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS SINCE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BEGAN USING THEM AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO AGAINST THEIR WILL" blah blah blah.
COME ONE BLACK BEARD! That's great that you all worship Abe Lincoln but the times they are a changin'! We now have this compound that we use for tires that does less damage and while it's nice to have religious beliefs DON'T F*CKING HIDE BEHIND HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF THINKING WHEN THE DOT GIVES YOU A CITATION............
Now, while I'm sure there are more specifics surrounding this story, my bottom line is this, if you continue to hide behind "religious beliefs", and I do mean HIDE, then I will have to follow MY religious belief that anyone MY deity has deemed of inferior intellect shall receive, by me, a swift kick in the arse, and there is nothing you can do because my religious belief is protected under the first amendment..................f*cker.
As for HF345, which is an Iowa House Floor bill that is intended upon awarding fathers' shared placement when it comes to divorce with children.
The part that is really getting to me is the opinions of a certain 79 year old legislature on this bill.
He is completely against it stating that "Men of IowaFathers (a FaceBook group) just don't want to pay their child support." and "he does not have enough information to make a decision about the HF345 Bill", even though his office has been inundated with case study upon case study over the past several YEARS on this matter.
But on the flip side, he recently introduced a bill legalizing medical Marijuana because he thinks "introducing a bill will force a conversation and help lawmakers come to consensus on the controversial topic" while he sits on the bill that is BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN.
So, basically this old f*cker is on a personal mission, apparently having trouble with his glaucoma and wants to get some legal weed and is past the time when HF 345 would do him any good.
COME ON!
There is another Iowa legislator who also is Family Law attorney, divorcee' that has primary physical placement and is a child support recipient. She also additionally filed to have her child support increased.
Once again, I call "FOUL" in that it would appear that she is against this bill for personal reasons and doesn't give a SH*T about what's bests for children.
I sincerely weep for our future as a society
