The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145461   Message #3365584
Posted By: Jeri
19-Jun-12 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Honest Talk About Sex.
Subject: RE: BS: Honest Talk About Sex.
The whole article is here:
A US lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying the word "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed The Vagina Monologues on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.

Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women's sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night's performance by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses.

Capitol facilities director Steve Benkovsky estimated about 2,500 spectators — women and men — watched the play in downtown Lansing from lawn chairs and blankets. Billed on Facebook as the "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!" event, the combination play and protest included political signs and chants of "Vagina! Vagina!"
What baffles me is how anyone can tell another elected official they aren't allowed to speak. It doesn't seem legal to me. It seems like it would be an easy step to "you used the word 'rights' and I find that offensive, so you are in a 'time out'."