Promoted from Comments

Because Shakers are awesome, I frequently read comments that deserve wider attention, so I'm starting a series called Promoted from Comments.

Two Things:

1. I will seek permission in comments or via email before posting comments to the main page, and no one should ever feel obliged to say yes or feel like they have to offer or have any specific reason for saying no. "I don't want to" is a legitimate reason.

2. Please don't begin "nominating" comments for promotion. I don't want this series to end up making people feel bad because their comment gets nominated and I don't want to post it for whatever reason. Well-intentioned nominations could also feel like peer pressure to say yes if asked. Just "Like" comments that you enjoy, as always, to show your support for any individual comment.

Anyway! Here is the inaugural promoted comment, care of Shaker Ana Mardoll:

I ended up yelling at Husband in the car the other night about this, with regards to birth control. Husband said, "You can't expect him to be controversial in the middle of an election." I said, in all caps:

NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE USED BIRTH CONTROL.

THAT'S FIFTY PERCENT OF THE VOTING BLOCK.

MOST OF THOSE WOMEN USED BIRTH CONTROL WITH AN APPROVING PARTNER.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER, WHAT, THIRTY PERCENT?

EIGHTY PERCENT -- EIGHT-ZERO PERCENT -- OF AMERICANS APPROVE OF BIRTH CONTROL.

IF HE CAN'T COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THAT, HE CAN'T COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF **PUPPIES**.

BIRTH CONTROL IS LITERALLY MORE SUPPORTED IN AMERICA THAN PUPPIES.

Husband blinked a few times and said he hadn't thought of it that way before. I just wish someone would transmit that message to my president.

Indeed.