This just in, Wisconsin Senators Pass Bill Pushing Abstinence Over Contraception

If you re-read what I actually said, you'll see that I never challenged the proposition quoted above. But being sent to fight and die in other countries is not the sum total of what soldiers, jar-heads, airmen, and sailors do.If it wasn't clear, let me say that we can thank our veterans and service men for sacrifices that have nothing to do with fighting in wars. I'm quite sure I made that point in my message.They protect our freedom by sitting in a silo and never pressing a button, or by spending months on submarine patrol in the North Atlantic and never firing a torpedo or missile in anger, by securing our inter-coastal waterways, or by simply training hard and keeping fighting shape. None of that stuff deserves to be dismissed as nothing. And much of it comes at personal sacrifice of the type a life long civilian might not understand.Your post is a complete straw man. Yeah, I'm a former submarine officer, but despite your disclaimer, you did benefit from what service men do, whether you deem to recognize it or not. Your suggestion that no service man had ever done anything to defend your freedom since WWII is completely off base.

Yes, but veterans are also servicemen who do the same stuff that we former servicemen who never saw combat do. I'm glad to see we are on the same accord. That kind of condescension is incompatible with my view of you from your other posts. Veterans are servicemen who also happen to have fought in a combat. I don't apologize for taking your comment at face value. I'll also note that I was completely clear about the exact reason that I objected to your initial statement. You simply missed it.

What's the process for amending the state constitution in WI?

If it makes you feel any better, initiative to introduce these bills into state legislatures is being pushed by national organizations that probably don't include many Wisconsin natives.Wisconsin's legislators have been awfully busy at this introducing reactionary bills this year.

From Wikipedia:

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Wisconsin does not have petition-based referendums or initiatives.

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However, passing an amendment requires a lengthy three-vote process:

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First, a majority of members in both houses of the state legislature must vote in favor of the amendment.
Once the proposed amendment passes both houses for the first time, any further progress in the amendment's adaptation must wait until after general elections have been held and the state legislature has reconvened with the members chosen in the new elections; then, both houses must vote a second time to accept the proposed amendment (without changes).
Should the amendment pass the legislature twice, it must be approved in a third vote, the popular vote cast by Wisconsin citizens.

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Sounds like there is the opportunity for a lot of politics to go on if the bill can get out of the legislature.