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where_is_the_line
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An Open Letter to John Kerry On Abortion
Posted: 11-05-04 02:37am
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(i didn't write this and I know the
election is over, but just read some of
the points.)
dear senator john kerry,
to whom it may concern:
america is a place of hope and opportunity
for many reasons. Chief among them we
are a people of great faith and that is
what keeps us strong.
But while americans have always been a
religious people, our faith is tied to
reason. We choose goodness and truth
not only because faith tells us to, but
also because doing otherwise would be
inherently wrong.
Disagreements will always exist in the
civic arena. How high the minimum wage?
How to best provide educational
opportunity for all? The appropriate
level of taxation? These are decisions
that we work out in the political process
and upon which the church has no
specialized knowledge. As catholics
and as americans we are called to discern
the truth in public policy and to
determine which candidate best addresses
our concerns.
There are core truths, however, around
which we as catholics must rally. Not
just because it is the word of the church,
but also because of reason. This is
where we stand on opposition to
abortion.
Innocent human life must always be
protected. Senator john kerry, you have
said that “life begins at conception,” but
you have persistently supported abortion
and oppose all sensible restrictions on
the practice.
You have voted six times against banning
the barbaric practice of partial birth
abortion. You voted to spend
taxpayers’ dollars to fund abortion at
least 25 times.
You opposed laci and conner’s law, which
protects pregnant women and their unborn
babies from violent crimes.
In the most recent debate senator kerry,
you said, "everything you do in public
life has to be guided by your faith” and
that “everything is a gift from the
almighty.” but apparently, when it comes
to the issue of the right to life, you
follow neither your own faith nor your own
reason.
Senator kerry, your stand contradicts both
your faith and reason.
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oopoopoop
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Posted: 11-05-04 10:21am
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The religious fanaticism taking over every
aspect of life in america is truly
frightening.
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Izzy
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Posted: 11-05-04 11:12am
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Hmmm we arnt the ones killing millions of
our own people.
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oopoopoop
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Posted: 11-05-04 12:50pm
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Yes, it's only your own that are
important, isn't it? No one else matters.
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bd1012
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Morality Schmorality...
Posted: 11-05-04 13:33pm
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I am a libertarian and we believe that we
should be able to do whatever the hell we
want as long as it doesn't infringe upon
other people's rights and we believe in
personal responsibility for our actions.
I don't give a flying crapola if something
is morally wrong or right.. If aint it
hurting you or taking your right.. I
should be able to do it. I am not
christian and I will not follow christian
morality and I don't think it's right to
legislate something so subjective..
Especially christian morality because some
christians believe birth control is
wrong.. It's only christian morality that
can come up with it and that is why I fear
a christian republican being in office
because I like not having to worry about
not getting pregnant and not having
periods and some christians think depo is
an abortifacient.. I used to think it was
too when I was prolife.. Then I woke up.
I could have made a stupid mistake and
have gotten pregnant if I kept that
mentality any longer and if I had gotten
pregnant.. I recently switched to 100%
prochoice which means there may be a
possibility I may abort myself depending
on my mentality when if it ever happens so
due to that morality.. I possibly
would've had an abortion whereas I
wouldn't have had I not had that morality.
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2ferano
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Posted: 11-05-04 18:23pm
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That is one of the few issues I agreed
with john kerry on. Even as a man and a
christian he still understands human
rights.
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where_is_the_line
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Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 173 Location: USA: NY & DC
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Posted: 11-05-04 20:15pm
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Good discussion people
poopoo, secular fanaticism can be just as
freightening, and we are all our own
people, everyone matters
bd1012, abortion does infringe on another
life... Not just that life's rights, but
its very existence, it is a human being
until it is aborted and ceases being, do
you see where my difficulty in accepting
the free-for-all practice of abortion
lies?
Hotasfrick, should human rights not begin
as soon as one is human? We are human the
moment we come into being, and that isn't
at birth.
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bellax0x
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Posted: 11-06-04 09:00am
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Just take all our goddamned rights away
why dont you! My god..
<3
gaby
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aanifant
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Posted: 11-06-04 09:20am
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Yes, I have to agree--the u.S. Has a
severe evangelical disease occuring .
But bush (he could never live up to that
name) won by the narrowest margin for a
2nd term president since 1916. He won by
only 3million people and there are 300
million americans. 50 million voted for
kerrry. I don't think the country will
go down that easy, but who who knows the
christians did pull us in the dark ages so
it could be all down hill for the u.S.
I find it ironic that in manahatten, the
target of the first terrorist attack on us
soil, voted for kerry-95%. The metro
area--85%
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2ferano
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Posted: 11-06-04 14:21pm
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Whereistheline....I don't believe that a
fetus is a human being. Therefore, the
"human rights" don't apply to it. Now,
after so many months when the fetus could
survive on its own if born premature, I
think aborting is sick, but when it is
still just tissues, I don't consider it an
actual person.
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Izzy
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Posted: 11-06-04 14:26pm
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Dont you understand! Of course the citys
would vote for kerry!
In the citys you have a large number of
minority and presure groups such as
homosexuals, black people, asians,
muslims, feminists, etc.
The city vote is not a vote for the
majority of the ordinary people, thats the
problem with the partys that go after the
city vote, they become a party for the
minoritys and negleget the majority.
Thankfully the ordinary people voted for a
majority party, the majority of the
american population are christian - so
what is wrong with a party that has
chrsitian values?
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2ferano
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Posted: 11-06-04 14:47pm
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Wow. Our lesson for the day:
cities, minorities, parties, and african
american.
Okay, now that is done. Actually the
electoral votes come from the majority.
I don't know what your whole point is
because even if the "minorities" in the
city vote for a certain person, the rest
of the state's votes are also counted and
included in the whole.
So, what is your point? Minorities
shouldn't vote? They vote for the "wrong"
people in your opinion? I don't care if
you are a minority or not. People are
people and they have the right to vote
for whomever they want to. Heck, even
the morons are allowed to vote!
And just because someone may have voted
opposite of you doesn't make them
unordinary. Are you god now? Anyone
who doesn't agree with you is
automatically wrong and therefore african
american? Are you a kkk member?
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where_is_the_line
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 173 Location: USA: NY & DC
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Posted: 11-06-04 14:50pm
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| hotasfrick
wrote: | | whereistheline....I don't
believe that a fetus is a human being.
Therefore, the "human rights" don't apply
to it. Now, after so many months when
the fetus could survive on its own if born
premature, I think aborting is sick, but
when it is still just tissues, I don't
consider it an actual
person. |
you obviously don't or you'd probably
agree with me more. Aren't we all still
"just tissues" ? That is vague. How can
you not consider it human? If it isn't
human then, why is it human a little later
when it can be born prematurely, and I
agree with you killing at that point is
sick, but I would argue killing it even
earlier is still sick.
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2ferano
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Posted: 11-06-04 14:54pm
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I feel that once you are born you are
human. And yes, we are ultimately all
just tissues and cells even now, but we
have been born and have survived on our
own. And no, people on life support are
not inhuman now because they cannot
survive on their own. As I said, they
grew from fetus to child and are not human
beings whether or not they need a machine
to survive.
You may not agree and that is your
perogative, but as I said that is even the
law, so I am not alone in my views.
As I have said before abortion doesn't
make me happy, but I do understand that in
certain instances it is the best choice
and in some even necessary.
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Izzy
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Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 883 Location: Earth
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Posted: 11-06-04 15:13pm
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What I am saying is that city partys are
influenced by city people, so a party that
aims for the city vote will have minortiy
pressure groups presuring city partys into
deciding their manifestos hence the
minorty will rule the majority and that is
not democracy!
Kerry was always going to get the north
east as thats where he is from new york/nj
areas as they are large melting pots of
minority groups also california is the
major state for homosexuals. I wonder how
many people voted bush in these areas I
bet they were still close states.
What you get is the ordinary people are
pushed to one side in these states and the
party goes after votes from minority
groups because they know that these places
have a high number of people and a high
electoral collage vote. Therefore it is
possible to win a state like ny or
california not with the vote of the
overall country majority but of the inner
city minority.
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2ferano
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Posted: 11-06-04 15:25pm
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You still haven't made a point though.
So what if "minorities" vote? So what if
there votes matter because they are the
majority of a population in an area? Are
they not people? Do their opinions not
matter? Are you the grand wizard?
Do you also have a problem with gay
people? You should like gay people, they
don't have abortions because they don't
fall pregnant (unless raped) I assume you
have a problem with gay marriage too.
Okay, so let's rap this up here. You
don't like women, homosexuals, african
americans, muslims, feminists, anyone who
isn't a white male right? Have you ever
really stopped to think about how
uneducated that way of thinking is? Do
you know that african american's skin is
only darker than ours because they have a
thicker layer of a certain protein. That
is the only reason. That is the only
real difference. What makes you think
you are better than someone because your
skin is lighter?
What makes you ordinary and right and
everyone else wrong? So you should be
the only one allowed to vote? Oh wait,
yeah. Let's go ahead and just let the
white males vote again. You saw how
great that was going!Lol. Why do you
think the laws were changed honey?
Open your mind and start to understand the
ways of the world and of people. Color,
sex, sexual orientation do not make anyone
who they are and don't freakin matter.
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Izzy
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Posted: 11-06-04 15:40pm
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Of course these people matter of course we
need to be understanding a fair and treat
them like human beings! What I am tring
to say is..
You see homosexual marraige the majority
of people are against it yet a party
because of the innercity minorty will
force homosexual marriage onto the nation
becuase they want that 2% of the
population to vote for them. I dont know
about you but I think that is wrong!
Same too with abortion the majority of
people would like to see it banned or
severly restricted to rape incest and life
of mother yet the city partys want the
vote of the city presure groups
"feminists" and the financial backing of
planned parenthood so again unrestricted
abortion is force upon the majority of
people!
Media too are innercity business's that
come under pressure from groups too and
the media uses its influence on the
majority of the people. What we have is
a very subtle oppresion of the majority.
So 30 years ago it was considered illegal
and wrong to have intercourse with a
person of the same sex but through the
media they have changed many peoples
opinions they now believe it should be
legal perhaps some even think it is
perfectly ok to have same sex intercourse.
The influence of the minorities is more
than capable of forcing their belifes on
us!
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PattyV
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Posted: 11-06-04 21:38pm
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I am neither a minority nor gay,yet I
voted for .........Not bush!!It is silly
to group people who live in urban areas
into neat little piles.I have lived in a
major metropolitan area all my life and
have voted both democrat and
republican-based on who I think will do
the best job.I am very afraid that the
changes in the supreme court could very
well take away our freedom of choice.We
will not let this happen,without a
fight.Patty
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bd1012
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Izzy
Posted: 11-06-04 23:25pm
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The minority is not forcing abortion upon
you unless you were pregnant and we were
forcing you to abort.. The only thing we
are "forcing" you to do is to not force
your beliefs upon us. The difference
between our agenda and yours is that you
are caused nothing but disgust and that
doesn't violate any of your rights but
your agenda would involve violating
rights. I don't want to hear that we are
forcing anything upon you because we're
not.
btw.. I think your morals are more
twisted than mine could ever be. You
support discrimination against those who
don't choose to live the lifestyle you
think they should.. You support forcing
.Y.O.U.R morality down other people's
throats because .Y.O.U think you are
right. My morals are that we are created
equal and that as long as no one's rights
are violated... I believe people are
smart enough to make there own decisions
in life and should be allowed to do so
whether people have a problem with it or
not unless someone's right's are being
violated..
I am talking about born persons here so
don't even go there... I already know
what you are going to say becuase I have
heard it all and I was once prolife
myself.
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Izzy
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Posted: 11-07-04 06:17am
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Patty first off do you live in or around a
city? If so your much more likely to
have city values.
2nd how much of your opinions have been
formulated by what you have been told by
the media?
3rd you are a woman and many women
especially the younger women have been
influencd by the media's promotion of what
it calls "girl power" due to the
influences of the presure group "feminism"
"i am very afraid that the changes in the
supreme court could very well take away
our freedom of choice"
was america a unfree society in 1972? If
the sc were to over turn roe v wade they
would not be taking away freedom of choice
but our licence to kill human beings!
Suppose you were a man and the debate was
about making rape ilegal would you say if
the sc were to make rape ilegal it would
be taking away our freedom of choice?
"the minority is not forcing abortion upon
you unless you were pregnant and we were
forcing you to abort"
again the mind with the comprehension of a
jelly fish!
The majority of the nation is against
abortion in one form or another, therefore
the minority are forcing there morallity
upon the nation!
"the only thing we are "forcing" you to do
is to not force your beliefs upon us."
everyone gets belifes forced upon them by
the majority we are a democracy, why
should the majority allow a human being to
be killed if they think it is wrong just
because a minority say they dont see
killing as wrong!
"i don't want to hear that we are forcing
anything upon you because we're not."
i dont want to hear many things but the
truth is the truth!
"i think your morals are more twisted than
mine could ever be. You support
discrimination against those who don't
choose to live the lifestyle you think
they should"
fine do you agree rapists murderers
theives racisits etc who dont choose to
live the lifestyle the way you do should
not be "forced" to live in accordance with
the laws the majority believe to be
right?
"i believe people are smart enough to make
there own decisions in life and should be
allowed to do so whether people have a
problem with it or not unless someone's
right's are being violated"
well duh! What do you think abortion
does it violates every single right
because it takes away the supreem right,
the right to life. The law dosnt give
rights as the law can be changed and
wrong, morality dosnt give rights nor
religion etc - the constitution gives all
persons rights including the unborn you
may say the unborn arnt persons but there
you go they were persons until 1973 - the
term person at the time the constitution
was writen meant the same as human being
and thus the court redefined the term
therefore the law is against the
constiution and violates the rights of the
unborn human being/person.
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