Egan, I have zero time or respect for someone pro baby murder.
Cool. Good to know. I'm not pro-murder either and I've never said I support abortion. I said it's not my choice to make. It's also like banning alcohol. Do it and you only add to the destruction and spark rampant illegal activities. People will have abortions whether they are legal or not, it's just that in a society where it is illegal, crime escalates and breeds more crime.
Bottom line is - Its basic human rights. religion does not even have to come into it. How is that being a bigot?
Excellent. You've done exactly what I've asked you to do by using logic and rationale to support your argument rather than religion. How is that being a bigot, you ask? It's not. Please make sure you understand what I'm saying in my previous post. I'm saying if you use YOUR religion as an argument for making abortion illegal (i.e., cop out arguments such as "gay rights should be abolished because the bible says so", "eating meat should be banned because the bible says so", "all medicine should be illegal because the bible says so", "you should do whatever I tell you to do and let me have sex with your 12 year old daughters because the bible says so", etc.) then you
are a bigot. Since you, yourself, are expressly
not using religion as the framework for your debate, then you are obviously not possessed of bigotry. Congratulations <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. It sounds like we're on the same side of the argument as far as that part is concerned, you were just misinterpreting my choice of wording.
And it's not the Mother's body by the way, it's the baby's body that gets aborted.....And killing a child is murder. Colour it anyway you want.
I am being completely serious when I say I cannot thank you enough for using non-religious statements to defend your point of view and say why something should be a certain way.
It is utterly refreshing (and surprisingly rare) for me to hear this from a pro-life person such as yourself. Not once in your argument did you use the bible or talk about YOUR god as a cheap method of proving a point.
We may disagree as to whether a thing should be made illegal, but we agree which methods to use for supporting our beliefs. Two thumbs up!