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To: Blackirish

If "libertarian" means it's a-okay to tear babies limb from limb by abortion, and that man marrying man equals many marrying woman, please count me out!


11 posted on 10/25/2006 11:24:40 AM PDT by guitarist
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To: guitarist

Most libertarians use natural law as the basis for their political philosophy. Many would oppose abortion for the same reason they oppose the death penalty. They do not believe that the state should ever have the power to take human life. And most libertarians would say that marriage is not a matter for the government to "license" one way or the other. So libertarians are not so different from many religious fundamentalists on these two issues.


16 posted on 10/25/2006 11:36:47 AM PDT by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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To: guitarist
If "libertarian" means it's a-okay to tear babies limb from limb by abortion, and that man marrying man equals many marrying woman, please count me out!

Of course all libertarians aren't united in their views, but going with the basic philosophy, abortion is wrong because it is violence against another human being. Gay marriage is solved because the government shouldn't be in the marriage business anyway. Sure, let people do civil unions for tax (although that mostly goes away with a Fair Tax) and other legal purposes, but true marriages (heart and soul under the deity of your choice) are up to the churches, mosques, covens, etc.

30 posted on 10/25/2006 12:22:36 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: guitarist
If "libertarian" means it's a-okay to tear babies limb from limb by abortion, and that man marrying man equals many marrying woman, please count me out!

It doesn't mean that.

47 posted on 10/25/2006 12:48:07 PM PDT by Protagoras (We are not free because we are great, we are great because we are free.)
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