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I'll leave you with an opinion held by Peter Singer, whom I agree with w/r/t to continuity. Against those who stress the continuity of our existence from conception to adulthood, he poses the example of an embryo in a dish on a laboratory bench, which he calls Mary. Now if it divides into two identical embryos, there is no way to answer the question whether Mary dies, or continues to exist, or is replaced by Jane and Susan. These are absurd questions, he thinks, and their absurdity casts doubt on the view that the embryo is a human being in the morally significant sense. I'll be back in 6

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It is much more than an aesthetic preference

All I could think when this was happening was

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Ummm...well...ummm...ok...I've never observed an internet moment of silence before...ummm...yeah....not quite sure what the proper etiquette is here...but, ah - here goes....... ..................... .................... .................... Ok - now that that's over - can we please go back like, retroactively, and fire Bush's ass for the unconscionable way in which the response to this tragedy was handled. Please?

As do we all.

Quick synopsis of my personal beliefs by way of the Secular Humanist charter - with the full understanding that living up to these standards is going to require no small amount of personal growth on my part

Personally, I am against the death penalty

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Are you suggesting you are ok with the death penalty? And if so

I'll recyle my last post to answer your first question:Removing abortion as a choice, thereby forcing a woman to carry a baby she does not have the wherewithal to care for can be just as damaging to her life as her life being endangered by a risky pregnancy. It can also have the cumulative effect of jeopardizing the welfare of children she may already have through lack of food, shelter

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I am fully in favor of a federally mandated waiting period and a thorough background check. From what I understand, firearms can be purchased at gun shows without undertaking either of these limited safety measures. Someone once said, anyone requiring immediate access to a firearm

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That was intended to be somewhat tongue in-cheek

My particular impatience with much of the religious crowd stems from their desire to remove the choice from the individual based entirely on religious dogma

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I recommend picking up "Bearing Right: How the Conservatives Won the Abortion War" - it may change your opinion on the matter. Description: In his gripping, behind-the-scenes account, journalist William Saletan reveals exactly how, thirty years after Roe v. Wade, "pro-choice" conservatives have won the abortion war. Having successfully turned abortion into a privacy issue, conservatives now prevail on issues ranging from abortion's legality and parental notification to Medicaid, rape, and cloning; consequently, reproductive autonomy is now becoming inaccessible to the young and the poor.

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"ProLife.com A Christian group that argues against abortion and premarital sex. With information on events and news." - google

Isn't that essentially what I just said?