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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:37 PM Original message |
Fundies pushing zygote personhood |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Historically a liberal state"? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Whatever fantasy land they're living in, it's a very scary place.... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I was going to say the same thing |
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dubeskin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've always wondered |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. A ZYGOTE HAS LESS OF A NERVOUS SYSTEM THAN A FROG |
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dubeskin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yes, I realize that |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Maybe legislators could compromise on 3/5ths of personhood. Worked so well the last time ... |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Not to mention the fact that every miscarriage would have to be "investigated" |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Every used menstrual product too. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. ooooooooooooooooo |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Ah yes...the Stayfree Sacrement. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. A zygote has no nervous system whatsoever. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. But more of a nervous system than a corporation |
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LastDemocratInSC (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Well, then, we'll define a zygote to be 3/5 of a person ... familiar? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. ??? You're equating zygotes with slaves??? Did I read your post correctly? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I just posted the same thing, not having read the whole thread first. Used the sarcasm thingy though |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. A billionth of a person would probably be more realistic. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. How about we realize that it's complete insanity to grant legal rights to single cells. |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I suppose that works well in theology, but I don't know if it would hold up under law. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Every human being deserves his rights under the law?? |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. That's what occurred to me first, too -- |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. These are not deep thinkers. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why don't they just step it up a notch... |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Queue the Music... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why don't we pass our own amendment guaranteeing choice? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Walker adds that life begins at fertilization and ends at natural death" |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That means I should be able to claim another dependant on my taxes this year |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. Congratulations!! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I have a 6-year-old daughter as well |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. For them, life begins at conception and ends at birth |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. So, can we assume that they are trying to outlaw the very concept of the day-after pill? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Yes, as a matter of fact they are. That's what allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill Rx is about... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm waiting for them to declare unfertilized egg cells to be human |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Then why are they called 'zygotes' and not 'really little not-quite' people. nt |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. My sperm should have a rights too! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Maybe my sperm can get married! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Every sperm is sacred |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. I'm gonna march into the DMV with my nuts out, sayin "I want 600 Billion Drivers Licenses" |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Screw driver's licenses! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Better bring some lunch with you... |
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ACTION BASTARD (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's Pro-CHOICE not pro-abortion. Wording is Everything. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. The day that these motherfuckers... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. I guess they haven't noticed that fact-based reasoning . . . |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. WTF is with the GOP and defining "personhood?" |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. "It's the last frontier of the civil rights movement -- |
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Mister Ed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. That would make couples who practice Rhythm Method birth control murderers |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. Oh for fuck's sake... |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. Because getting their asses handed to them |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. Pah! They are squishy-soft on LIFE. WHAT ABOUT THE PRECONCEIVED BABIES!?!?!?!?!?!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Recommended site. Thanks. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. Well then |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. Sheer insanity |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. "With a pro-abortion president soon taking the helm in Washington"... |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
47. Lack of education is dangerous to liberty |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
48. No one is pro-abortion. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. If life ends at "natural death" and you don't experience a natural death...are you really dead then? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
52. As the great Bill Hicks said, "You're not a person until you're in my phone book" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I maintain you are not a person until you can prepare your own breakfast. |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Peace be upon him! n/t |
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Eksess (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. What would this mean for miscarriages? |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Welcome to DU, Eksess! |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Oh, let that happen and I'll bet they'd change their tune fast enough |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. A potential crime scene. There will be forensic vagina inspectors |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. They're pretty sly... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. They're sly & they never, ever quit. I think they argue about "life" because they have no lives.... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. This is personhood? |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Accoding to some, it's not even that |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
66. Natural death, eh? |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
67. HOW CAN THEY? They don't know what a zygote is! |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
70. Self-Delete |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
71. why do they have a fetish for the fetus |
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