Balderdash. Hunter and Thompson are pro-life.
True about Hunter, but is he even still running? Thompson opposes abortion, but believes based on federalism that a state should be able to provide medical licenses to those who kill unborn babies if they want. Still, he is better than any of the Rudy McRomney candidates.
“Balderdash. Hunter and Thompson are pro-life.”
I don’t know enough about Hunter to comment. However, I will respectfully say this about Fred Thompson. Because of his federalist approach and beliefs, Thompson is essentially “pro-choice.” He thinks that states should decide the question. Which from a purely pragmatic point of view is the only way right now to eliminate most of abortions by letting states decide. But Thompson is consistent in his federalism. HE TRULY THINKS IT IS A STATES DECISION. This ultimately has the effect of making him pro-choice, because he would do nothing to end abortion in states that “chose” to keep it. That is NOT PRO-LIFE. Organizations like NRTL have sold out in that regard by supporting Fred. Fred is against ammending the constitution to end abortion in all 50 states.
The same is true concerning the homosexual agenda. I heard Thompson say with his own mouth that if a state wants to have homosexual marriage it is their business and not his; even if he disagrees.
That is the drawback of Federalism. While on many, many issues I agree that the states or lower is the best place to address the issue. However, when we talk about matters of fundamental significance to the general being of a nation - like the right to life, the sanctitity of hetereosexual marriage...it really needs to be decided at a national level.
I only embrace federalism as a stop-gap measure to limit abortion, but it is not the best solution.