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In reply to the discussion: IS IT A SIN TO VOTE FOR OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS? [View all]Volaris
(11,811 posts)"Being pro-choice as a matter of political position ALLOWS me to be pro-life personally as a matter of consequence, and the reverse does NOT, and while that may not really matter to YOU, it sure as hell matters to someone who doesn't want MY faith used as a template for National LAW, and becasue I respect the Right of that Person to worship as they see fit I don't want my faith used that way."
Also, we might be a majority Christian Nation, but we only get to BE that becasue we run a SECULAR GOVERNMENT that values FREEDOM (of ALL) religion. (so fuck off)
Also, lets say you get what you want, and Roe gets overturned. What Morality is there in that? Robbing banks is illegal. You don't rack up any moral credibility for comming to me and saying, "Guess what? I DIDN'T rob a bank today!!" Well, no shit you didn't, and NOT becasue you beleive theft is wrong, but becasue you know that twisting the titty of the Justice System is BAD for you. Your reason for NOT robbing banks is not Goodness, or High Moral Character, it's SELFISHNESS, Self-Preservation, and fear of prison, pure and simple. Now, if robbing banks were made LEGAL tomorrow, and you come to me next tuesday, and say, Guess what? I know robbing banks is legal now, and the reason I havent done it is becasue I beleive there is a high Moral imperative against theft of any kind for any reason", NOW you gets points from me for being a demonstrably Moral Person. In other words, its not that anyone CAN have an abortion in America that makes you somehow not noble, it's that you can (and DO) chose NOT TO that makes you more "noble" than the rest of us, at least in terms terms of Morality as YOU define and understand it.
And if SOME of us are less noble than yourself, well, them's the breaks buddy, and you are just going to have to live with it.
They usually go away after that.