Catholic talk radio more than anything. Sometimes I'll drive his car and leave it tuned to whatever he's been listening to. Every time I've listened in, there's talk of persecution against Catholics and it kinda blows my mind because I just don't see it.
Oh for sure. I really avoid it with my mom. She'll flip her shit when she figures out that I like Hillary and am not just voting for whoever is at the top of the ticket. Her and I can't talk politics because it all just boils down to babies being murdered and Planned Parenthood being evil, etc. She's the Bernie Sanders of abortion. It's the only issue she can see.
Well, there's a war on Christmas, don't chu, kno'?
But seriously this persecution complex from the religious right largely comes from them believing the country is theirs and that it was founded on their religion. Which is flat-out false. They believe in theocratic notions and don't really support what the Constitution argues regarding rights for all citizens. It's not surprising but the oppressor reacting to when the oppressed speak out is a common thing, unfortunately. And the LGBT community, religious minorities, racial minorities, women, etc. etc. have had to deal with it throughout the decades.
As for the PP thing, PP does way more than abortion. Even if you're against abortion morally(which everyone generally is, pro-choice =/= pro-abortion, as many "pro-lifers" (such a disingenuous title, they couldn't give two shits once the life is born) argue), PP is about family and reproductive health. Plain and simple. They help mostly minorities with educational family planning and provide services that are very necessary for women (pap smears, etc.) at cost-effective means. The attack on PP is both an attack on women, men (since they do help men with their reproductive health as well), racial minorities, the poor and the family unit itself if we're going to be frank here.
