Here's an introductory excerpt from moiv's extended background into the tawdry and ugly hypocrisy - on the part of the GOP and religious right leadership - in the Marianas scandal:

In his farewell speech, Tom DeLay told the House of Representatives, "We have opposed abortion, cloning and euthanasia, because such procedures fundamentally deny the unique dignity of the human person."

But as a well-compensated favor to one of his "dearest friends," Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay has actively promoted "such procedures" in the Marianas Islands for years, where thousands of garment workers -- most of them young Chinese women -- labor in indentured servitude, live in labor camps run by members of the Chinese Communist Party, and submit to forced abortions if they become pregnant.  

Human rights worker Eric Gregoire told ABC News, "With 11,000 Chinese workers here, I have never seen a Chinese garment factory worker have a baby."

And even though this horrific abuse of human rights is common knowledge, DeLay's supporters on the Religious Right - the same hallelujah chorus promoting the lie that U.S. aid would be used to support China's "one child" policy as they cheer George W. Bush's annual denial of international family planning funds - see nothing, hear nothing, and say nothing.

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For another underutilized GOP scandal, see John Gorenfeld's coverage of US Utah GOP Senator Orrin Hatch's dalliance with "The Christian cross is satanic/males shoud pinch their genitals with pliers" Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon.