FR should add a category for historical discussion and debate. It would help me classify some of the stuff I don't really know where to post.
To: .cnI redruM
Thanks for posting this. I did not know a bunch of this stuff.
2 posted on
11/06/2003 9:02:18 AM PST by
petitfour
To: .cnI redruM
Great article.
The more philosophical quotations of Reagan's that I read, the more I resent the left for calling him a buffoon
3 posted on
11/06/2003 9:02:24 AM PST by
Cosmo
(Liberalism is for Girls!)
To: .cnI redruM
The big difference over the years has been that Evangelicals have come on board, after initial hesitation.
Loyal Catholics have always opposed abortion, while dissenters have supported it. The dissenters have been aging and losing influence, although they are still overrepresented in the Church bureaucracy. But on the whole, opposition to abortion among Catholics has grown.
But there has been a real sea change among Evangelicals. In the early days of Roe v. Wade, Southern Baptists supported abortion. Now they oppose it. In early days my Evangelical friends were divided on the issue and somewhat reluctant to speak out. But, thank God, that has changed.
The Supreme Court was confident that the nation would fall in line with their decision as a fait accompli. They were wrong. We will NEVER consent to the legality of infant murder.
4 posted on
11/06/2003 9:54:04 AM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: .cnI redruM
P.S. It's not generally known that while he was president Ronald Reagan actually wrote a book opposed to legalized abortion. I have a copy at home. I'm not absolutely sure of the title, but I think it was something like "Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation."
Anyway, this book sold numerous copies through pro-life organizations. But needless to say the news media NEVER MENTIONED IT, and NEVER REVIEWED it. To this day most people probably never heard of it, even though I suspect that it was a secret best seller.
5 posted on
11/06/2003 9:57:52 AM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: .cnI redruM
Interestingly, Reagan was actually pro-abortion when he first got elected governor of California back in the '60s.
6 posted on
11/06/2003 10:00:51 AM PST by
jpl
To: .cnI redruM
I'm totally behind you.
marking
11 posted on
11/07/2003 10:09:37 AM PST by
djreece
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