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To: indianrightwinger; little jeremiah; DJ MacWoW; trisham; metmom; xzins; P-Marlowe; ...
Social issues MUST not be left off the table. But, they MUST certainly be moved to the “States” table. NOT the Federal table.

This notion has been pushed by libertarians for the past several decades, on the surface it may SOUND like the best plan, but it's actually designed to destroy the moral fiber of our Republic.

Just over two centuries ago the Founding Fathers decided that the only way to unify the states was to accept a truly immoral compromise that left a very critical social issue to the states. For the next six decades this issue festered until it finally exploded.

If we learned anything from slavery, it should be that it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a Republic where a human being can be considered a person in one state and not a person in another. Yet this is EXACTLY what is being proposed when it's suggested to let the states decide abortion for themselves.

There are plenty of states where few if any abortions are performed and there is no reason to believe that adopting a "pro-choice by state" policy would save a single life. There would be NOTHING to stop a woman in a pro-life state from going to a pro-adoption state to kill her baby, unless you want to suggest a FEDERAL law that prohibits this, in which case it's back to being a federal issue.

529 posted on 12/23/2010 5:48:19 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee
If we learned anything from slavery, it should be that it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a Republic where a human being can be considered a person in one state and not a person in another. Yet this is EXACTLY what is being proposed when it's suggested to let the states decide abortion for themselves.

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The only way one might believe that this is an issue that should be decided on a state by state basis is if one did not believe that abortion is murder. This is where we can see whether someone really is pro-life or whether they are actually pro-abortion, imho.

530 posted on 12/23/2010 5:58:50 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wagglebee

Amen, Wagglebee!

Personhood NOW!!! Mississippi 2011.


536 posted on 12/27/2010 10:38:05 AM PST by Lesforlife (Co-sponsor Personhood CO 2010 ~ Woo Hoo 62!)
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