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Tim Coffey's avatar

To put it another way, **American women** do not want to be lectured by forced birth extremists about how they shouldn't have bodily autonomy based on a highly selective, and suspect, interpretation of the Bible.

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Mary's avatar

A "book" that has been edited and manipulated since it was first "written".

Basing your 21st century governmental laws on what a group of men from millenia past thought should determine how to live is childish at best.

Theocracy vs. Democracy

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Jenn's avatar

Exactly. When life begins is when sperm meets egg and a zygote is formed. When that life becomes human is a religious belief. Zygotes and embryos don't have brains, or hearts, or spinal cords. In this country we don't let the religious beliefs of one or even a majority of people dictate what the law is.

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Craig Reges's avatar

тАЬIn this country we don't let the religious beliefs of one or even a majority of people dictate what the law is.тАЭ Oh, sure we do. We are technically not supposed to but we do it all the time. From suppression of same sex rights (because it contradicts my favorite holy book) to abortion to blue laws to justification of slavery, religion is at the center of it all.

We add тАЬunder godтАЭ to money and pledges, we donтАЩt require churches to file 990s at tax time like everybody else, and we pass laws declaring a national day of prayer. We absolutely SWIM in religion based laws and regulations in this country. DonтАЩt be naive enough to think it is otherwise.

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