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"People pushing this legislation are pushing it on the merits, not to demonstrate we still have muscle," said James A. Smith, the executive editor of the Florida Baptist Witness, who watched the debates in the Legislature last week. "We passionately believe in protecting unborn children and we passionately believe that evolutionary dogma shouldn't reign in our schools."
But others say the push violates Republican principles and taints the Legislature as a vehicle for ideological crusades.
"I think these are things that even have Republicans scratching their heads and saying, 'How many times are things like this going to be on our agenda?'" said Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville. "One of the underlying axioms of this has been the mantra of the Republican Party for the last two decades, 'Less government and more freedom.' People look at some of the things we're doing and say this flies right in the face of that."
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And the Senate approved a $60 fine on so-called "Truck Nutz," an ornament for vehicles that is a large model of testicles. The House did not go along with the idea, which King said would create "bumper police."
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Smith said that moderate Republicans -- dubbed RINOs, for "Republican in Name Only" -- who voted against the abortion and evolution bills would have to be defeated by social conservatives to win future legislative battles.
"Until one of these RINO Republicans gets taken out, there's not going to be much reason from them to believe there's any accountability to be feared for voting against religious conservatives," Smith said. "Whether or not religious conservatives are not as influential as they were once believed to be kind of remains to be seen."
King, who has been vilified by conservatives for leading moderate Republican opposition in the Schiavo case and abortion issues, said the possibility of a further push to the right among lawmakers is possible........
Conservatives' issues roiled, then fizzled
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Thread by wagglebee.
A panel discussion on one of society's most controversial issues -- abortion -- took place Thursday at Princeton University.
Seven panelists -- including Princeton's own professors Peter Singer, Don Marquis, Elizabeth Harman and Robert George -- offered wide-ranging views on the topic "Is It Wrong To End Early Human Life?"
Still, as panelist Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University pointed out, the debate over whether it is wrong to end early human rights could be simplified dramatically.
"I've only heard two answers to the question thus far," McMahan said midway through the discussion. "Yes, and no."..
Scholars debate abortion issues
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After Jim King takes the nuts off his car, I think it’s time for HIS ultrasound.