Progressivism is NOT just about economic rights.

[bekkilyn]

48. I agree. Being progressive is

about BOTH social and economic justice. Being that it is a human rights issue, there should be NO compromise when it comes to choice, and the idea of having standards is NOT a "purity test".

(I don't like this whole "purity test" label that's arisen any more than I like the "PC" label. People tossing around the "purity test" label to demean and diminish the idea of having standards that should not be compromised is no better to me than people tossing around the "PC" label to diminish the ideas of being polite and respectful.)

Now from what I read in a different post, Mello holds a personal belief based on his religion that abortion is morally wrong. I don't have a problem with this concept at all. I'm personally not "pro-abortion" in many cases myself and believe it should be more of a last resort thing. If I were voting in this election, my main question to consider would be whether or not this guy plans to legislate his personal belief into law, and I will NOT vote for an known anti-choice candidate, so I would need to be assured that he isn't going to change his tune once he's put into office. (Governor McCrory in NC said the same type of thing in that he would support no further anti-abortion legislation and one of the very first things he did was break that promise.)

So maybe this guy is progressive and maybe he's not when it comes to how he would do his job, but I'd have to look at his voting record, which is definitely something I would do if I was voting in this election.

Might end up disagreeing with Bernie on this one, as much as I love him!