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How dismal it is that even more than a year after this man’s death this quote is more true now than ever before.
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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God’s will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, as many evangelicals do. But in a pluralistic democracy, we have no choice. Politics depends on our ability to persuade each other of common aims based on a common reality. It involves the compromise, the art of what’s possible. At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It’s the art of the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God’s edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one’s life on such uncompromising commitments may be sublime, but to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.
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Mississippi's Religious Backed Attempt To End Abortion →
Thank you to xnegativeandviolentx for the link for this.
Mississippi voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to decide Initiative 26, commonly known as the “personhood” initiative. The initiative declares that a fertilized human egg is a person. Initiative 26 would amend the Mississippi state constitution so that the term “person” be defined “to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof.”
This is just one of the horrendous examples of the religious right attempting to run amok in this country. This is an attempt to sneak in a provision that will effectively outlaw abortions. They know that they are unable to outlaw abortions outright but if they can change what is defined as a “person” they can make an abortion the equivalent of a murder. Not to mention how it may effect birth control, including “plan B”. This is an attack on women and the right’s of women. How can any state in this day and age stand for this type of outrage? How can something like this even make it on the ballot?
The war on women in this country needs to stop. We need to stop battling each other and looking to hold each other back and work on moving forward as a country. The United States is no longer the world power it once was, and it likely never will be again, our power is going to continue to wain as we have people continually attempting to oppress others. When will it end? When can we simply settle this subject and no longer have to endure these moronic lunatics attempting to tell women what to do with their bodies?
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South Dakota Bill Would Mandate Religious Conseling Prior To Abortion →
The abortion debate in this country has gotten to absolutely ridiculous and disgusting levels. I am honestly ashamed of the fact that in Ohio they are trying to push through the heartbeat bill and even having a fetus testify in court. It is enraging. It is almost entirely religiously motivated, yet I’m told as an Atheist I should just live and let live…fucking hypocrisy.
