It will be interesting to see what happens to the mainstream perception of South Dakota now that the state government has taken the steps to completely outlaw abortion. In many ways, their action is the conservative equivalent to Massachusetts' legalizing gay marriage.
Of course there are differences. In Mass, the state supreme court ruled that gay marriage was legal and in South Dakota it was the state legislature that moved to ban abortion. But what is similar is that each state polarized itself to a political extreme. Completely opposite extremes of course.
I should be horrified by what has taken place in SD, but am not really - I was expecting it given the direction the country is moving - civil liberties are being curtailed. In some ways, this move will bring a major issue to the front of the national debate. And maybe Massachusetts will get out from under the political issue microscope for a while. I have always been annoyed by the conservative reference to "crazy liberal Massachusetts". Well, I think that will pale compared to how many people will refer to South Dakota
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Yeah, the nationwide debate is going to polarize this country beyond imagination. Thanks for the nice comments about the blog, I appreciate it.
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