Because things are getting heated here in White Pine County today between elected officials and employees, and some are angry about our reporting, a reminder is necessary...
To those who say "it's her choice" I used to say the same thing about my own Hijab.
I was covered head to toe. Even on the beach. Even with my male relatives. And when people challenged me, I said: this is my choice. You know why? Because the other option was burning in hell, hung by my hair for eternity. That's what they taught me since childhood.
Yes, let me repeat it for you to just understand about our version of “freedom of choice.” I grew up in an Islamist culture that gave me two options. Cover yourself and go to heaven. Or don't cover, and be hanged by your hair and burned in hell.
Like when someone puts a gun to your head and says "you can go left or right", technically, yes, that's a choice.
I picked heaven. I called it freedom. And I believed it, because that's what happens when fear is all you've ever known.
And if you think I shouldn't be telling you my story, I don't care. I really, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, don't care. The women still living under that "choice"? I care about them.
#LetUsTalk
Just look at what Israel has built to keep Palestinians out! A seven-layer border wall, and anyone trying to cross it will be shot.
Oh wait.
This isn't Israel. This is Egypt. This is the Egypt-Gaza border.
But if we say "Israel" maybe you'll care.
6 years ago, judges tried to break us in Courtrooms for fighting for kids to be unmasked in schools, for fighting to allow people to attend places of worship. For the bullshit we called at the time. The press tried to cannibalize our reputations. I told my opposing counsel, one day we’ll see who was on the right side of history. That day has come. If it weren’t for the Prep Act, indictments and civil suits would be flying across the nation. Maybe they still will. God knows they should. @joeygilbertinc
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