Ladies, women, and all females of voting age, I ask you: Which political party has stood up for your rights as a human being?
Which party has continuously been behind your right to choose, your reproductive rights, and women’s health choices, your rights between you and your doctor, and not you and the government? The Democratic Party. Which party has fought for equal pay for women, working women who do the same job as their male counterparts, yet do not receive equal compensation for doing the same job as a man? The Democratic Party.
Which party fought for women in sports, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibiting discrimination based on gender in education programs and activities that receive federal financial aid? Reps. Patsy Mink and Edith Green, House Democrats and Senator Birch Bayh Jr, a Democrat from Indiana, spearheaded that effort.
Which political party worked hard to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which requires most companies to allow their employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave after the birth of a child? Of course, it was a Democrat, Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, in 1985. Congress passed the legislation in 1991 and 1992 — but it was vetoed both times by a Republican president, George H. W. Bush before being signed in 1993 by Democratic President Bill Clinton.
Who championed the right to vote for women? It was established with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in August 1920. Women, you have the right to vote, and now is the time to exercise that right and vote for the representatives who will represent you the best, as a whole.
You can protest, march and have sit-ins, but what’s the best and only way to retain your rights as a woman and which party has for all of the existence of the U.S. protected your rights? The time is now: Vote for the Democratic Party.
Jody Ebin, Coral Springs
I was horrified by former President Donald Trump’s remarks at a political rally recently that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
Those are almost the exact words that Adolf Hitler used to refer to Jews in Germany in the 1930s. Is Hitler Trump’s role model? It appears that he is, because Trump also says he wants to be a dictator for his first day in office if he is elected again in 2024. It’s hard to believe he could be so un-American to make these statements. If he is, he is clearly unfit to become president again. Please vote against Trump in 2024, to save our country and our freedom.
Mike Hittleman, Sunrise
It is curious to me how much hypocrisy dominates the discussions surrounding Zionism.
As I listen to Christmas music (“O little Town of Bethlehem … born is the king of Israel … ”), there is tacit acknowledgment that the Christian Messiah was born a Jew in a Jewish Kingdom 2,000 years ago. Indeed, we have at last acknowledged that the America in which we reside was first settled on indigenous native lands by colonizers in the 17th century.
Yet the main objection to the state of Israel and its people is that they are colonizers. History tells us that Israel’s presence in the land began at least 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus. Perhaps only the claims of certain indigenous people deserve recognition.
Phyllis Finkelstein, Delray Beach
There are historical references to consider for both a bridge and a tunnel over the New River in Fort Lauderdale. The bridge in Miami divided the vibrant Overtown community into the haves and have-nots. The “Big Dig” in Boston became severely over budget and many years behind schedule. Either decision could lead to those consequences in Broward County.
Steven Graves, Fort Lauderdale
