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To: liberallarry
"Your approach leads to competing religions, each claiming access to absolute truth, each advocating a different version of that truth, with no possibility of anything but never-ending conflict."

It is easy not to address the arguments by calling us truth-mongers.

"Each action has consequences. All approaches do not have equal value or equal appeal. And one has the power to choose."

All approaches are not equally good for the individual or society. But you are correct in stating that actions and choices have consequences. You have stolen my argument. The sexual act has consequences. The choice we have is to regulate the sexual act or regulate the outcome of that choice. The cowardly way is to regulate the outcome in my opinion. I am called sexually repressive, but it is far better than repressing the unborn. You see we have a choice as to how we engage in sex or whether to engage in sex. The unborn have no choice.

406 posted on 03/29/2002 6:07:01 AM PST by Cincincinati Spiritus
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To: Cincincinati Spiritus
It is easy not to address the arguments by calling us truth-mongers.

That argument cuts both ways.

Do not competing religions fight endlessly about who knows "the truth"? Are there not endless disputes about who knows what the Bible "really" says (referring only to disputes WITHIN the monotheistic religions)?

407 posted on 03/29/2002 6:40:19 AM PST by liberallarry
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To: Cincincinati Spiritus
Only had time to briefly glance at the examples you cite in support of your assertion that the Supreme Court has overstepped the bounds of reasonable interpretation.

They seem good to me. I suggest you assemble as many such as possible and present them, first, to FR for critique and amendment, then to the general public (minus the over-heated rhetoric - "mad", "tyrannical", etc.).

If the Middle East doesn't blow up - and that's a very, very big if - I'd guess you'd have a chance to wield some influence.

408 posted on 03/29/2002 6:55:09 AM PST by liberallarry
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