Oklahoma senator calls LGBTQ+ people “filth” while commenting on death of Nex Benedict

It hurts my heart to know that a place I lived is so full of hate.

They killed a kid, who didn’t report the attack, knowing full well no one would do anything about it.

I have seen racism in that state, but I never thought the system was gonna kill me over it. At least that was the case 20 years ago.

Certainly Oklahoma has had it rough with their public image recently. The Watchmen TV show brought back the sins of the Tulsa race massacre. Killers of the Flower Moon, both the book and movie, tells oh how jealous white folks executed natives who had the oil rights – and money – they dearly craved.

I bring these up because Oklahoma didn’t *need* to show it had hate in its heart. We already knew that. But they apparently wanted to double down. Kill a kid, then cover it up. Shame.

The science of IVF: What to know about Alabama’s ‘extrauterine children’ ruling

It used to be that conservatives found IVF to be evil, and that the children that resulted from it were not even human.

I still believe they believe that. That group of children includes my son. So, you know, when I say this hits personally, I mean it.

That said, they have now created a mythology to punish women and their families by making an embryo a child in the eyes of the law in Alabama. It is meant to muddy the waters, hurt those they do not see as people, and to exert control.

If we ran this country based on facts instead of myths, we wouldn’t be in this place. We would not have judges gleefully harming people for wanting a family.

But we do not live in such a place. The law is used to hurt. The law is used to hate.