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Can You Be Pro Child and Pro Choice? I submit that you can

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I had posted something a while back and I had to talk about one thing: Being pro child and pro choice and the fact that the right wing pro-life, push my agenda on the rest of America we don't want comprehensive sex education because they'll find out that sex feels good and will be able to make good decisions about sex that just differ from the 'traditional' Victorian values we decide should dictate society crowd. I have always made my case this way: I do believe that abortion is murder. I believe that in no uncertain terms. However, when I see these ultrasound bills popping up and the fact that contraceptives are becoming harder and harder to get in states that are more often than not very conservative and many times in tandem religious, I have a lot to say about that. NC is one of the states that an ultrasound bill is being challeneged and has been suspended from enactment. Governor Perdue vetoed it but they were able to override it. In fact, about 300+ bills were i...

Religious Freedoms and Conflicts of Law

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Hello Everyone, I decided to write this down in my journal because I'd like to have some of these written down so that I can refer to them at a later date. This has been on my mind for some time. It may be a little long, but bear with me please. As every theocrat says: this country was built on Christian (or Judeo-Christian) principles, it's the cornerstone of our country. Actually, their very assertion is incorrect on its face. This country was founded on the belief that every person could be free to practice any religion or NO religion at all. William Penn said: Two things I cannot stand, blind obedience and those who would persecute me because they believe differently from me. The case in point has to be the Puritans who expelled people from MA--which used to stretch from ME to MD and broke up due to religion.MD and DE were Catholic states. However, PA inhabited by Quakers (who were labeled the 'godless liberals' of the day) and welcoming all r...