Phony Chirstians, Lying Politicians and Power Junkies

 

Like so many other people, men and women, I am devastated today. I went out to my garden to work for a while. It too is devastated by heat and the predictable increase in the insect population which accompanies heat.

For the first time this season I took comfort in my garden. You see, no power on earth can stop the rose refusing to reproduce - bloom - in extreme heat. They are shutting down now, for the most part, until the summer moves into fall and the weather cools down. No power on earth can force them to expose tender flowering tissue to the burning sun.

No power on earth can force a shade plant to grow in the sun or a sun loving plant to flourish in the shade. No power on earth can force Xeric plants to accept the same amount of water as the rose and live well.

No power on earth can meddle with the balance of nature in a sustainable way. We have tried in our arrogance, ignorance and greed. The outcome of this has been the destruction of our climate. There isn't a gardener or a farmer in this world that doesn't see the damage that has been done every day.

The meddling that has been done today, by the Supreme Court and states that have been waiting for the opportunity to meddle in the lives of women, and yes men too, will lead to the same kind of destruction as our meddling with nature. Women will die. Families will grieve. Unwanted children will be brought into the world to live in the shade of poverty or the burning heat of neglect. This so called moral, Christian nation won’t give a damn any more than they did in the past or do now, come to that.

There is nothing good about what was done today, nothing moral or righteous. It is the purest form of hubris, of religious bigotry and conceit. Clearly it is the result of the tyranny of the minority.

Every time we failed to vote, every time apathy took the place of commitment, we built the momentum for today's decision. Every time we failed to challenge some duplicitous hump who swore that abortion kills but guns don’t, every time we failed to question the idea that anyone serves for life in a democratic republic, on a court or in public office, we bit off a piece of this nightmare.

I started gardening some sixty years ago. I fought for Roe some fifty years ago. I continue to garden, heat, insects and climate change notwithstanding. I will continue to fight for any woman’s right to control her own life, body and destiny, phony Christians, lying politicians and power junkies notwithstanding.