Abortion politicsThe lady pictured above is a Chester, Connecticut real estate agent named Leslie Strauss who wants customers to know that she supports abortion. I personally find this an odd position to take by someone who is a self-confessed mother and grandmother but whatever. I obviously don't hide my own politics from potential customers so more power to Ms. Strauss. But abortion, an issue that so many people are at best ambivalent about, strikes me as something best left outside of business. Just my opinion, and perhaps Strauss will attract the huge amount of our populace that suffers from Bush Derangement Syndrome (recovery classes are scheduled to begin this next Wednesday at the YWCA). She'd better hope, however, that not too many of her customers practice what she preaches or who will be around to buy her houses?
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There are quite a few of us mothers and grandmothers who support abortion rights, Chris. Some of us even follow your blog.
Like many women of my generation, I can tell you stories about what life was like before Roe v. Wade--and I was at a Seven Sisters college in New England, not in a rural backwater.
You wouldn't want to hear them.
Well, it certainly gives real meaning to the phrase, "I feel lucky to be alive"!
So do I.
One of those stories was mine.
As a real estate agent, I keep my politics to myself unless specifically asked by a client or business associate. The only issues I comment on openly are real estate-related issues like property taxes and regulations affecting mortgages, e.g.
I support abortion rights too, but I don't understand why so many people make their support of it a badge of honor. Nor do I understand why they grossly exaggerate the possibility of the return to the bad old days in this area.
Once you take pro choice away from us, what will be next?!? I think Ms. Strauss should be proud of her believes, and I give her credit for standing up for what she believes in even thought it might cause her a sale.
Greenwich Diva
In Claudette Rothman's comments there is once again the hysteria: "Once you take pro choice away from us..." We had Presidents Reagan and two Presidents Bush and "pro choice" wasn't taken away, so it never will be taken away. Stop succumbing to the terror the leftist fundraisers use to extract contributions and votes from the gullible.
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