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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Sep 1, 2008 21:51
On Sep 1, 8:29 pm, Davej hotmail.com> wrote:> On Sep 1, 9:57 pm, wilson netscape.net> wrote:
>>> On Sep 1, 10:09 pm, "Anthony Buckland"
>
>>> Here's what women not already committed to Obama need to
>>> consider:
>>> ... [the horrors of a pro-life V.P.]
>
>> They need more to consider all the other liberal vs. conservative
>> issues. The anti-utopia that you warn against is not remotely
>> likely to come true any time in the foreseeable future. The
>> country is firmly in the grip of the abortion-on-demand interest,
>> and dislodging it would take far more than the election of a
>> pro-life V.P., or her ascension to the presidency.
>
> "Firmly" in the grip? The oldest Supreme Court justices are liberals
> while the youngest are conservatives. Don't pretend that women deserve
> the right to decide on the functioning of their own bodies. Religious
> law takes precedence. Every cell is sacred. Every miscarriage deserves
> a murder investigation. Jesus says so.
Isn't the beef with abortion really that roe v wade was a judicial
decision by force and fiat, not voted on by representatives of the
people, and that it would settle better with the people if it were
decided by the normal channels of government, like each state and/or
through legislation from and executive or legislator?
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