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They seem to think it worked out so well the last time America decided to let each state decide which persons were legally considered persons.

Considering what we have now, that's definitely a step in the right direction. Some states will put a stop to it.

93 posted on 09/24/2011 11:24:51 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)

Considering what we have now, that's definitely a step in the right direction. Some states will put a stop to it.

As I've already said, this is EXACTLY THE SAME ARGUMENT that was used the last time personhood was decided on a state-by-state basis.

The 14th Amendment (which I am well aware is despised by libertarians for a multitude of reasons) clearly prohibits states from declaring persons to be non-persons.

The libertarian approach to personhood was tried once before and our Republic was nearly destroyed as a result.

120 posted on 09/25/2011 11:07:04 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)