My, that Wookie suit must get awful itchy.
I absolutely love playing devil's advocate.
Not an argument I support, neither do I support that fallacy that human life begins at birth and any action taken prior to that moment is just work on an insensate lump of tissue. As I've said on these pages before, in my view the criteria for begining of human life should be the same as that which marks the end of human life, the presence or absences of brain activity.
The point I'm trying to make is this: Someone above me said that "The left should stop the assault on the common culture and the right should stop going on the offensive against people who are different"
Part of the problem with freedom is that people are going to do things you don't like. You're going to have to deal with it. Much like we tell anti-gunners, "I am going to own, buy, and carry guns wether you like it or not" you'll have other people wanting to live a gay lifestyle (I'm not getting into teh argument if its a choice or not) or you'll want women that want the choice to be able to end a pregnancy.
According to my religion, a baby isn't alive until he or she takes her first breath. I realize that's not the norm for others. While I find abortion morally repugnant, I'd rather keep the choice between a woman, her doctor and G-d. My beliefs are just that, mine.
I do think Government needs to step in, but those limitations should be, well limited. Most people agree that abortions after the last trimester are wrong, for instance. I'm fine with a set of guidelines, much like, "Felons can't have guns." (Again, I don't want to argue that point either, I actually don't fully agree with it, but for the sake of argument..."
That's the rub in a truly free society. We have to allow people to do things we might find morally repugnant.
I think that's exactly why the founders argued for a limited federal government. As Obama says, "What's right for New York isn't necessarily right for Montana."
While I think he's wrong when he says it about guns, I think it's a great argument to allow states to do what they feel they need to do.