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In reply to the discussion: “Atheist pro-lifer”? Not an oxymoron [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)41. Well, it's an interesting question.
I would look at it from another angle as well. Since there is evidence that it is the most disenfranchised that are most likely to be religious and that that is the same population least likely to have access to family planning resources, one could make the following argument. That population is more likely to have more children. In that case, there may be more children raised in families with religious beliefs than not.
But then you would have to ask if these same people are more likely to have religious beliefs that include decidedly non-progressive positions, like being anti-choice or anti-GLBT.
I'm not sure about that.
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It doesn't matter what the reason for the pregnancy is. If the woman does not want to be pregnant,
MADem
Jan 2013
#7
What analogy? I'm am pro-choice, plain and simple. It's not your business and it's not mine.
MADem
Jan 2013
#10
It's about an "atheist pro-lifer" who claims that a clump of cells is a human being because
MADem
Jan 2013
#20
Of course. Probably the worst political pro-lifer in history was atheist Ceaucescu. Nevertheless,
LeftishBrit
Jan 2013
#12
This is CLASSIC wedge-driving. She wants to appeal to "jaded youth" who adapt a sarcastic,
MADem
Jan 2013
#21
I saw an interesting documentary on the religious beliefs of African American slaves.
cbayer
Jan 2013
#44
Ever since I knew of the Log Cabin Republicans, nothing surprises me anymore.
2ndAmForComputers
Jan 2013
#35