Posted on 08/21/2012 2:53:18 PM PDT by NYer
Legally, not all “rape is rape”. Forced rape is rape. Statuatory rape is mostly an illegality based on state law of consent.
She should run for office.
Oh oh...I feel a nubular power-zot coming on.
That’s why I don’t get the defenders here that he just “misspoke.”
No. He misunderstands basic biology! He correctly spoke of his misapprehension!
Far more damaging than a rhino is the totalitarian dictating to rape victims. Those failing to see the aftershock of this transgression won’t know what hit them.
As if being stuck with the mittney disaster was not enough, we now have an even bigger problem.
She has a mouthful of mashed potatoes, and is about to do the John Belushi “human zit”.
Wow. I respect this woman immensely! She is so brave! She has no counterpart on the liberal side of the aisle. Conservative lawmakers should embrace her!
Does the father get a vote, how about the baby?
They most certainly will. The image of a Presbeterian minister voting to force rape victims to accept and nuture a completely unwanted pregnancy at gun point is absolutely repulsive and so is calling a rape victim that chooses to prevent the pregnancy a murderer. I think folks would rather put a clothes pin on their nose, close their eyes and vote ugly before they'd vote for repulsive.
Rape is a terrible crime alright. But murder is orders of magnitude worse. 9 months of huge inconvenience vs death.
HEY! I know...
How about the Aiken campaign just tells everyone that CLAY Akien has replaced Todd on the ballot.
Since he’s gay...all the Dems will vote for him, right?
/sarc
“I understand that there is no logic in allowing a baby to be terminated because he was conceived in rape. It is not his fault. I also have a real personal problem condemning a woman to a life-changing pregnancy and 18-years of child-rearing that she truly had absolutely no option to refuse. It also is not her fault.
Unfortunately, life presents situations with absolutely no good answer. This is one of them. It is possible that “choice” is the best of two awful options.”
Ahhhh. But there ARE more than 2 options...and a “good answer” to boot. How about the baby lives, and the mother is not “punished” with a baby. Adoption is a wonderful option, yet you do not even mention it!
The father's a rapist. Kill him.
" how about the baby?"
It's note a baby, it's an unwanted embryo.
There may be a proper term for it, but:
1) A girl is in an abortion clinic and uses "rape" as an excuse.
2) A girl does the wild thing and her father finds out, she says she was raped.
Maybe rape needs to be treated as a serious crime, and promiscuous consentual sex needs to be re-stigmatized,
Principle is one thing. One can state principle without mentioning some partly backed science about how a woman shuts it down. He could have simply said “I don’t support killing a baby regardless of the circumstance”. Problem solved.
Those aren't viable tomatoes, why they're still hanging on the vine.
An embryo is just the youngest stage of life for a given species. A pig embryo is the youngest form of pig. A horse embryo is the youngest form of horse. A human embryo is just the youngest form of human. One of my law teachers used to talk about the ideological power of categories. Move the baby from “child” to “embryo,” and suddenly you can kill him with impunity. That’s not science. That’s just word games, with murderous consequences.
It's the owner's decision whether they're wanted and it's also the owner's decision whether or not to leave them hanging there, or to rip up the whole plant and toss it in the compost heap.
He didn’t lie. He’s standing up for the unborn in all circumstances.
I really appreciated this article. It had some wonderful facts that I’ll be able to make use of in the next couple of months, I’m sure.
I’m glad he stayed in the race. I sure didn’t want some old retread being picked for me. I have an idea. Instead of continuing in doom and gloom mode, why don’t we rally around him? I think that is a far better option than freaking out and declaring the seat lost already. CM is worth beating. Todd is the nominee so I’m going to support him.
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