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To: ALPAPilot; Jewbacca
The small l libertarian position is generally to revoke Roe v. Wade and return the issue to the states. ~~ The conservative position is that the right to life is unalienable. This was unanimously agreed to in 1776.

True; but that does not alter the fact that Murder Laws are constitutionally a function of State Law, rather than Federal Law. (They are).

That's not disputing the unalienable Right to Life; it's simply identifying which level of Government is constitutionally responsible for its enforcement. The Prophet Daniel was willing to be sentenced to death in the lion's den, rather than overthrow the "Constitution Law" of the Medes and Persians (which stated that once issued, a King's Law could not be revoked). So that's Biblical evidence that God considers adherence to Constitutional Law an important matter.

163 posted on 03/20/2010 2:53:14 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: Christian_Capitalist
Murder Laws are the function of State Law, and I wouldn't want to change it. The post I was responding to seemed to suggest that whether or not abortion would be legal should be determined by the states.

My point was that a proper reading of the 14th amendment would lead to the conclusion that it should not be permitted in any state. The last article of that amendment states:

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

To the extent a state law does not run afoul of the 14th amendment then I agree they should have jurisdiction.

164 posted on 03/20/2010 3:32:58 PM PDT by ALPAPilot
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