Is it really possible that Minnesota's un-shutdown is being delayed by religious and abortion politics?

Great. That's just great. Apparently folks are demanding abortion and stem cell research be addressed in order to get the votes necessary to end the shutdown in Minnesota.

But what about the jobs? What about the folks thrown out of work by this (and, no, it's not just "evil" government employees who've lost their jobs or who can't get jobs because of the shutdown).

Thanks tea party. Great to see you're focused on the economy. BTW. I find it most interesting that in this particular case a grouop of Catholics wants to impose their morals on me but an idiot like Herman Cain says we should be able to shut down a mosque. I say, shutdown the freakin churches that insist on imposing their morals on those of us who don't follow their belief system. We're worried about shariah law? We ought to be worried about Christianists and their idiotic laws.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/84648/abortion-politics-threaten-to-again-derail-budget-agreement

http://minnesotaindependent.com/84721/catholic-church-government-shutdown-stem-cell-research