Comments on: Courting Equality http://archives.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/24/courting-equality/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Mon, 22 May 2006 22:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Shannon http://archives.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/24/courting-equality/#comment-62471 Shannon Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:47:16 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/24/courting-equality/#comment-62471 Thanks for this post.  I really liked it.  I really bristled when I read that AlterNet piece.   Abortion was NOT well on its way to becoming legalized all over.  I'm sure that if it were left up to the states, some of them would still have laws against it.  Abortion is wanted by people in Utah, Mississippi, and other states or else it wouldn't even be an issue.  It just isn't wanted by the people who don't have to deal with it.  The law means nothing if it isn't followed.  That's the reason that we have the courts.  We could have the most noble, wonderful statements in our Constitution and a society in which minorities are jailed for no reason if we don't have anyone to make sure that doesn't happen.  I like the asides that you've added and the one about calling abortion foes people for forced-birth was a great idea (though if you read into the comments someone says that forced-childbearing would be an even better name because it captures that it takes months away from a woman). Thanks for this post.  I really liked it.  I really bristled when I read that AlterNet piece.   Abortion was NOT well on its way to becoming legalized all over.  I’m sure that if it were left up to the states, some of them would still have laws against it.  Abortion is wanted by people in Utah, Mississippi, and other states or else it wouldn’t even be an issue.  It just isn’t wanted by the people who don’t have to deal with it. 

The law means nothing if it isn’t followed.  That’s the reason that we have the courts.  We could have the most noble, wonderful statements in our Constitution and a society in which minorities are jailed for no reason if we don’t have anyone to make sure that doesn’t happen. 

I like the asides that you’ve added and the one about calling abortion foes people for forced-birth was a great idea (though if you read into the comments someone says that forced-childbearing would be an even better name because it captures that it takes months away from a woman).

]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://archives.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/24/courting-equality/#comment-61828 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:48:33 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/24/courting-equality/#comment-61828 <strong>Rallies mark Roe v. Wade anniversary</strong> A rally was held by abortion opponents Monday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling Rallies mark Roe v. Wade anniversary

A rally was held by abortion opponents Monday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling

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