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JoeyT

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8. The latter is less common than you think.
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 10:38 AM
Jun 2013

I'd say less than half the libertarians I've ever met were pro-choice. Probably way less than half. It's a banned topic on many libertarian blogs because it usually turns into a thousand post flame war with pro-choice being in the minority.

A guy that would lose his fucking mind if the government told him he had to let someone live in his house for a day is often fully prepared to happily argue that the government should force a woman to allow someone to live in her body for nine months.

Gay marriage isn't even a certainty, though "support" for it is more common than support for legalized abortion. Support is in scare quotes because they claim to support it, but will often gleefully vote for a politician that thinks GLBT people should face the death penalty if they promise them lower taxes.

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