NOW: Women's Rights, not Human Rights

Here are two quotes from NOW's homepage, copied as I type this:

Decades from now, when this country finally catches up with the rest of the developed world with regard to women's rights, we will look back on the Bush presidency as a temporary detour from our long history of building democracy one right and one freedom at a time.

New faces, new leadership, and renewed hope for equality, fairness, peace and prosperity are on the horizon, and NOW has our "to do" list ready.

In fact, these two quotes come as excerpts from the top two links in their "current articles" list. But with regard to today's horrible news from Jordan:

AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian man fatally shot his 17-year-old daughter whom he suspected of having sex despite a medical exam that proved her chastity, an official said Thursday. The man surrendered to police hours after the killing, saying he had done it for family honor....

The father shot the girl four times in the head on Tuesday. On Wednesday, an autopsy was performed that again showed "she was still a virgin," the pathologist said.

Where is NOW's strongly-worded condemnation of such misogyny? Why are they taking so long? What are they afraid of?

• Criticizing a nutjob who isn't Christian?
• Justifying democracy in a Middle Eastern nation?
• Showing George W. Bush to be more aware of reality than they want to admit?

Somehow, "all of the above" doesn't feel like the right answer here. In fact, none of them carries the right weight, because

• NOW is aligned with Communist front groups CodePink and United for Peace and Justice.

Human rights mean nothing to them, except for the defeat of capitalism and conservatism in general, and the Representative Republic established by the Constitution in particular. NOW doesn't care about elevating women's status and rights. Their philosophical ties to Communism just means they want to make everyone equal, even if it means equal in misery.

Posted on Jan 26, 2007 at 2:13:23 AM EST.