Letters to the Editor
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Ugh, vomit
I actually had to STOP reading this interview on page 2... something about "Well, let's remember that all law establishes morality. That's what law does. The law of speeding is saying that it's immoral to go at 85 miles an hour." made my head turn.
Why don't we just impose Sharia law like the good ol boys down in the Saudi? Not only should women not have abortions, they shouldn't drive either! It's immoral! The bible/koran/reptilian overlords say so!
Seriously -- vomit. If it is the duty of the federal govt to impose their morality on others, lets have a nationwide vote on abortion. There was recently an article on the NYT about how many of the people who talk tough about abortion in public often have had abortions themselves, and that when it comes down to the privacy of a polling booth, the right to a safe, legal abortion wins hands down. So, if Huckabee thinks that its immoral, lets see what the whole country really thinks, in a truly annoymous poll.
And what's with politicians inability to tell the difference between the "morning after pill" and RU486. Note to idiots: one PREVENTS fertilization and implantion (much like normal birth control, or even a condom), one aborts a fertilized fetus. They are not the same thing, and if one truly believes that "life begins at conception" they should certinally not be confused, as one merely prevents conception. It really gets my goat when the media and pollies tie the two together as though they were the same thing.