Posted on 01/31/2006 8:50:59 AM PST by Registered
That's fine, it's against the faith of many Americans. I just hope they disregard their faith when making constitutional decisions.
And then of course its also about murdering of innocent human life
Hate to n00b ya like that
don't the Kennedys also make that claim?
>> Before anyone says anything: No. I do not feel bad about my last statement. <<
You did give then choice, O'Connor's way or Renquist's way. Forgive me, Lord, for the moments of frustration when I'd have them take Renquist's way.
>> Be careful what you wish for. The problem that I see is that if we get Roe, what will we lose in personal freedoms thereafter? I don't like abortion, but I don't mind slipping on a condom to protect myself. And I don't want the government tracking my internet use and phone calls. Why are we so happy about a justice who seems to lean towards restricting our rights and having the government intrude on our lives? <<
The belief system of Roberts and Alito (and Thomas and Scalia) would certainly never tolerate the courts imposing a ban on contraception; and that the US public would ever support such legislation is inconceivable.
>> And now Justice Ruth Bader doesn't have to share the girl's room anymore. Maybe she'll make it a unisex. <<
Ummm... What are you talking about? Judge Souter still uses it!
Bad visuals there.... :-)
Pope John Paul II was a great and saintly man. He, however, was making no attempt at asserting infallibility for his statement, because, in fact, he could not. The opinions of the current catechism are in temporal conflict with the opinions of St. Charles Borromeo's Catechism of the Council of Trent. Moreso, Pope Benedict and John Paul himself were careful to point out that disagreement with John Paul's analysis of the present political state in which the death penalty is unncessary was not binding of the Catholic faith.
Furthermore, Evangelium Vitae, while an important document which is not to be dismissed lightly, is discussing the current state of affairs of its day, which is 25 years past (or something like that), and based purely on the perceptions of things as they stood 25 years ago. Yet, Evangelium Vitae plainly bases its recommendation against the use of capital punishment on the assertion that crime did not pose a threat to the democratic order by which justice could be maintained. It was carefully written aware of its temporal conflict with the Council of Trent, and, therefore, expressly considered the validity of the death penalty as a means of preserving justice.
When Evangelium Vitae came out, I concurred with its conclusion. The world has changed greatly since then, and I am less sure that the present-day Pope would reach the same conclusion. I am sure that I would not, knowing that, in fact, the Islamofascist movement seeks to use murder to destabilize our justice system.
Love the cartoon. Alito ran to the finish line but left a bunch of bodies on the ground behind him. Hooray for Alito!!
If you can't handle that, I I don't recommend the South Park episode, "Mr. [so-and-so*]'s Fancy New V-----." (First episode of the season.)
Nah, I take it back. It is such a brilliant illustration of the absurdity of the modern-day homosexual, feminist, and transsexual myths, I do insist you must watch it. Just be prepared to squirm.
(*I forget his name.)
Love it. LOL
Well, half way through, I was holding my breath. It got a little hairy there for a few minutes.
Welcome to the board, and the "right" side.
I completely wrote off the Dems in 2002, but mine was a slow evolution of disgust beginning with Clinton to the entire party being infected by him. Voted for Bush in 2000 in large part because I could tell he was a man of character and Faith, while I refused to vote for anyone associated with Clinton. I've become a conservative slowly over the past five years, an opportunity that opened up because the Dems completely lost their minds.
His argument hinged on the ability of a state to keep a dangerous person from again causing harm to society. If anything, we are now even more capable of locking up terrorists and murderers until their natural deaths, which makes his argument against capital punishment more applicable today.
I respect his position, although I don't entirely agree with it.
They also call themselves environmentalists.
I would love to see Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Ct, but she is not going to sit and take the kind of crap dished out by "the Swimmer"and his ilk. I have no doubt that they would label her as not having Judicial temperament, and make a case of it despite our screaming and hollering about the unfairness. Part of the reason why ALito had such a fairly easy time was that he is Italian ancestry and the Dems knew that if they messed too much with "the brother" they would be ticking off a huge number of Democrat Italians that were proud that another one of their guys made it. They had parades and parties for Alito between the time he was nominated and the Hearings, and they did make an impact. I would love to see Miguel Estrada be the next appointment, but he has a right to a normal life and he already lost his wife(passed) over this. I believe that GWB may have three more picks before his term is up in 2009, and the battles have only just begun.
No, actually he is several hundred yards back. The size of his head creates the optical illusion of being close...
Here! Here!
That is what I indicated to the prior poster in my post.
I could not agree with you more.
It is reprehensible for the MSM or the socialist liberals who call themselves democrats to use it!
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