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Post by lakhota on Jan 24, 2011 16:45:02 GMT -5
Arizona GOPer: Roe v. Wade Contributed To Tucson ShootingsArizona State Sen. Linda Gray (R) argued over the weekend that gun control is not the way to prevent another shooting like the one in Tucson. The real answer, she said when asked about preventing such a shooting in the future, is to better "respect the life of an unborn." "It is ironic that today is the day 38 years ago that the Supreme Court said we do not have to respect the life of an unborn and we have gone through now more then a generation of people, a large number of people who believe that it is fine to take an infant prior to it being born and to kill it. What type of respect is that for human life?" Politico's Ben Smith reports that Gray did an interview Sunday on George Washington University Radio's "Political Pulse," and said: So now we have this generation of people who have that idea and it continues on, that why respect life if we can kill an infant who can't defend themselves. It goes back to the value in the creation of life and the respect for that life and if your not trained and have that type of character in realizing that all human life deserves respect this is what our country has come to.When asked whether she thinks "that it is a cultural issue that is leading our youth into delinquency and into committing acts like this," Gray replied: "Yes, I believe part of it is a cultural issue in the disrespect for human life." tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/az-goper-roe-v-wade-contributed-to-tucson-shootings.php?ref=fpa
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Post by lakhota on Jan 24, 2011 22:18:23 GMT -5
GOP Senator: Roe v. Wade Produced 'Decades-Long Holocaust'Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a staunch opponent of abortion rights, drew an eyebrow-raising comparison on the issue invoking the Holocaust at the annual "March for Life" in Washington, D.C. on Monday. "We believe Roe v. Wade has led to a three-and-a-half decades-long holocaust in the United States of America, and it amounts to a stain on our national conscience, and it's time for it to end," said the conservative senator at the event, ABC News reports. Wicker said that his presence at the rally was rooted in his conviction that the landmark Supreme Court ruling "is bad law." According to The Hill, the Republican senator signaled his intention to introduce legislation this week that defines life as beginning at conception. The bill currently has five co-sponsors -- Republican Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.), Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Roy Blunt (Mo.) -- with more expected to join after the bill is formally introduced. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) introduced companion legislation in the House last week. The strict measure would reportedly provide legal protection for fetuses. Wicker suggested that passage would come as a significant step in the larger pro-life fight to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to Mississippi-based station WLOX. The AP reports on the "March for Life": More than three dozen lawmakers addressed the crowd during a rally to start the annual "March for Life." The lawmakers, buoyed by Republican gains in the House in November, called for the landmark court decision to be overturned and said they would work to restrict tax dollars for abortion. "We stand with you for life," Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-ranking House Republican, told the marchers. "Thanks to your support last November, there's a new majority in town." Cantor said the new group of Republicans in Congress is the "biggest and the most pro-life freshman class in memory." www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/roger-wicker-abortion-holocaust_n_813441.html
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fairlycrazy23
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on Jan 24, 2011 22:23:00 GMT -5
I really think that smaller government and by virtue of this lower tax rates and regulations would be a huge boon to our country, but I am really afraid that social conservatives will screw this up and try to put social issues ahead of fiscal issues (of course they are sometimes connected , immigration for example) and end up alienating too many people
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workpublic
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Catch and release please
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Post by workpublic on Jan 25, 2011 10:41:03 GMT -5
illegals replace the aborted.
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