On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 12:59 -0600, Eric Jensen wrote: > Josh Hansen wrote: > > >Someone who is "pro-choice" doesn't necessarily think it's okay for them > >to get an abortion personally, only that they don't think the government > >should outlaw it for those who don't have religious beliefs against it. > > Perhaps that is what she meant. Is it wrong, according to LDS > >doctrine, to support the legalization of things that are forbidden by > >LDS doctrine, since not everybody is LDS?
When it comes to murder, yes, it is wrong. > That's more of how I see it. "Pro-choice" doesn't mean "guaranteed > abortion", it means exactly what it says it means, that you would like > the choice. Many pro-choice decide to not have an abortion when the > decision comes around, they just don't want the decisions made for > them. So you can be very LDS and be pro-choice. Your choice will just > be to not have the abortion. So, say I believe that murder is ok if I really, really don't like the person. That's my belief... the government shouldn't force other's beliefs on my. That argument doesn't make sense when a human life is involved. Sure, my example is more clean cut, but it's still a human life. -Dan PS. I don't want to get into this on a linux list, so I won't say anything more about it. I just had to comment this one time. .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
