A gay doctor who is one of Louisiana’s only specialist paediatric cardiologists has left the state after the introduction of a Don’t Say Gay copycat bill and a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Jake Kleinmahon, who was one of just three doctors specialising in heart transplants for children in Louisiana, chose to leave the state with his family, as they no longer felt safe.
Kleinmahon met and fell in love with his husband Tom in New Orleans, and the couple expected remain in Louisiana, even after retirement. However, he told CNN that the state’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation made him and his family feel unwelcome and that he ultimately “didn’t have a choice”.
In a perfect world, there would be no red states.
In a perfect world, there would be more than two parties.
That’s not necessarily a solution. Look at the UK- three major parties, but being run by the right-wing Tories. Or Israel, with a bunch of parties and it’s a mess.
I’m not happy with either party in the U.S., but it could actually be worse, not better, because often it either splits the vote or requires building coalitions with extremists.
The need for more parties goes hand in hand with the need for STAR voting
something is better than nothing, also I’m not American and this is how stuff works here, with more than two parties, arguably more democratic but whatever ¯_(ツ)_/¯
ps: not looking to get into a political debate.
What are we referring to as “nothing”? Because what we currently have is not “nothing”.
And don’t comment on politics if you don’t want to “debate” (because nothing is a discussion, we only debate) or leave that little “tag” out of the comment because nobody actually cares if you respond or not? You’re not that special, kid.
Fuck off mate.
Can’t even spell his username properly.
The UK doesn’t really have three major parties either, it has two major parties and a runner-up. UK has many of the same problems with its political system as the US (not that strange, since a lot of the US political system has roots in the UK system), so it is a really bad example to cite as a different political system, because it really isn’t.
Israel is also a very unique example with a unique set of problems literally no other country in the world has, so again, bad example.
How about instead mentioning the many many countries with proportional representation which doesn’t have these problems?
In a perfect world, there would be no need for parties or governments.