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- From: emarsh@hernes-sun.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Marsh)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: A little bit of calm thinking
- Date: 12 Sep 1992 15:28:06 GMT
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- In article <18rajhINN5fh@agate.berkeley.edu> martyg@ocf.berkeley.edu (Martin Guerrero) writes:
-
- >Once again, a wedge is put on the pro-life side:
- > Pro-life base their opinions mostly on religion and since there is
- > separation of church and state, it is abhorrent for them to "impose"
- > their religious views on us.
-
- Why don't you stand up, show some guts and admit that it is true?
- It is, damn it! If it were not for the religious imputus, there would
- not be enough of a pro-life movement to cause the media to even bother
- with storys about the issue.
-
- >Why wedge the pro-lifers? There are many non religious folk, and even
- >athiests who are pro-life. Do they base their opinions on some
- >"religious notion?" I don't think so.
-
- While those people exist, they are a small part of the pro-life movement.
- Again, if you take away the pro-lifers that take a stance based on
- religious beliefs, there would not be a pro-life movement. If you take
- away religious participation in the pro-life movement, there would not
- be a pro-life movement.
-
- >Perhaps there is more to this debate than calling pro-lifers a bunch
- >of religious fanatics "imposing" their religious views.
-
- Hey, if the shoe fits, perhaps it is your shoe. As far as I am concerned
- the pro-life movement is driven by a bunch of religious fanatics
- trying to impose their religious views on the rest of America. I will also
- say, (and I don't much care if you like this or not) that if these people
- have their way our nation (and soon the world) will exist as a
- theocracy, probably one worse than Europe during the middle ages.
-
- Don't want to hear it? Sorry baby, but hiding your head in the sand
- does nothing more than make you part of the problem.
-
- Eric
-