anyway, but if they agree on anything, it s that they hate regulations. so consider the fact that now in kansas, with republicans having taken super solid control of both the legislature in kansas and the kansas governor s mansion, kansas republicans have decided to use regulation, to use a whole new means of regulation, to shut down health care providers they do not like. using government regulation to shut down businesses on purpose. republican governor sam brownback signed a law last month saying that abortion clinics have to go through a special new licensing process in kansas. the bill tells the secretary of kansas s health department to write new rules and regular for abortion clinics in the state. then if he believes these clinics have not followed the regulations, that same health
way. anyway, but if they agree on anything, it s that they hate regulations. so consider the fact that now in kansas, with republicans having taken super solid control of both the legislature in kansas and the kansas governor s mansion, kansas republicans have decided to use regulation, to use a whole new means of regulation, to shut down health care providers they do not like. using government regulation to shut down businesses on purpose. republican governor sam brownback signed a law last month saying that abortion clinics have to go through a special new licensing process in kansas. the bill tells the secretary of kansas s health department to write new rules and regular eulogies for abortion clinics in the state. then if he believes these clinics have not followed the regulations, that same health secretary can deny the collin you can a license. just shut them down.
done this legislative session, about y but they still are in session and say they may be in session until midnight tonight or maybe even until tomorrow or monday because of one remaining thing they are thinking of voting on, but they are still not sure. and that remaining thing is same-sex marriage rights in new york state. heavily supported by new york s very popular democratic governor, andrew comeau. it passed quite easily in the assembly. republicans control the state senate, and nobody knows if there s enough votes to pass it through that chamber or if the republicans will let it come to a vote. two years ago, the senate thought they would have it only to have the vote collapse at the last moment. it s been front page in new york for a solid week now, with what seems to be hourly updates, it s about to happen, we re on the brink. but in the year 2004, this already did happen in new york. in one small town an hour and a half north of new york city, the town s mayor, using his legal
regulations. so consider the fact that now in kansas, with republicans having taken super solid control of both the legislature in kansas and the kansas governor s mansion, kansas republicans have decided to use regulation, to use a whole new means of regulation, to shut down health care providers they do not like. using government regulation to shut down businesses on purpose. republican governor sam brownback signed a law last month saying that abortion clinics have to go through a special new licensing process in kansas. the bill tells the secretary of kansas s health department to write new rules and regular eulogies for abortion clinics in the state. then if he believes these clinics have not followed the regulations, that same health secretary can deny the collin you can a license. just shut them down. so for the three abortion clinics left in the entire state of kansas, there are a whole
with this big push from governor comeau and his very, very high approval ratings, it seems like this might be the best chance for a while. would you ever consider doing again what you did before, the kind of civil disobedience you did? i honestly don t think it would be necessary. the weddings we did in new paltz in 2004, the licenses issued by the clerk in new mexico in 2004, these aren t the beginning of anything. they re the end point of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, simply just coming out of having that conversation, shifting people s perception. it s the middle or end point of just the change in tv role models. you know, it s not just robin williams in the bird cage anymore. the weddings in 04 were a result of that, not a cause of it. and that pressure wasn t stopped because i was stopped. if we lose by one vote, i think there will be a republican senator walking out filled with regret, knowing they are on the wrong side of history, and will