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Does the Religious Left Deserve More Ink in Healthcare Fight?

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Globals of OK 7:35AM October 03, 2009

Annenberg Foundations FactCheck.org says "Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans."
Check for yourself:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/abortion-which-side-is-fabricating/
Annenberg Foundation is a nonpartisan group sharing the Truth.
In a court of law that would be purgery
Seek, Speak, Share, and Defend the Truth.

ComPassion of IN 5:13PM September 19, 2009

The choice to slaughter human life is wrong. Abortion and stopping a life is not a solution.
Adoption is a solution.
Love education is a solution.
Care for every person is a solution.
Abortion is not health care.
Every person in America should be allowed to have heath care.
Health care should care for life from conception to natural death.
Almost every person has talents that they can share and payback to the good of our people and nation.
I have a cousin and he is a quadraplegic and he is my inspiration that everyone can contribute to the good of our nation. He gives back with his mind and through love for others.
Let's move away from the extreme political sides and focus on how we can care for people before things. Let's stop the straight ticket political voting and encourage the politicians to change the parties for the people.
People are more important than money, wants, personal choice, and material things.
A personal right or choice should not end someones life. Big business or big government should not come before the people. Big business and Big government should serve the people. Let's encourage and reward politicians that give and care for the people.
Love Life First
Love People Over Things
Love People Over Wants
Love People Over Money
Help the people to Love
Help the people to Respect
Help the people up (hand up)
Help the people to give back
Government and Business for the people
Love the People

ComPassion of IN 10:49AM September 19, 2009

Pro-Choice is a choice to abort a human baby! You can call it what you want but it is slaughter of a human being.
I am Pro-anti-choice to slaughter babies!
I am totally against the American slaughter of 3200 babies a day and 1.2 Million babies a year.
It sounds like you support the slaughter and want to call it something nice to hide the Truth.

ComPassion of IN 11:51AM September 17, 2009

The bias of "God and Country" is obvious. For example, using the word pro-abortion rather than pro-choice.
Those on the right have been very focal about the abortion issue, but they have not always been truthful. The Capp Amendment is not difficult to read, but it has still been twisted by many in their attempt to eliminate coverage of abortion by individuals that do not receive federal funding. The Capp Amendment only allows abortion for the mother's health, incest, and rape, which is the same coverage allowed under the Hyde Amendment.
If the author was a journalist, he would be covering the misinformation being spread by some on the right. Jesus never provided any excepts for lying.
How about some pro-life for individuals that are past the fetus stage?

Julie of CO 1:16PM September 16, 2009

When Dan went on vacation in August, he asked for suggestions for guest bloggers.
I know that there are many progressive, prochoice religious voices who would be only too willing to stand in for him.
He chose....
• Vehemently antichoice conservative Ralph Reed from the Faith and Freedom Coalition
• Tim Ryan, a pro-family planning but antiabortion Democratic congressman
• Jim Daly from Focus on the Family ('nuff said)
• Bill Hybels, founder of the "prolife church" Willow Creek Community Church
• Warren Throckmorton, whose web page uncritically posts several stories about the allegedly negative impacts of abortion
Prochoice Democrat Rosa DeLauro was the sole female prochoice voice that Dan could find to share with his readers.
Sign of bias??

ND of DC 2:57PM September 15, 2009

"Progressive" leftists seem to miss the irony of their own position. They claim to be pro-choice on a woman's right to seek an abortion. Yet, at the same time, they are anti-choice on health care.
"Progressives" want to force the victims of taxation to pay for others' health care, including abortions. "Progressives" want to force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. "Progressives," in sum, are anti-choice on health care. Force (initiated physical force or the legislated threat of it) is anti-choice.
There is only one proper function of government and that is the protection of individual rights, especially the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and property, all as steps toward individual pursuit of happiness. The right to liberty includes the right of a woman to seek an abortion. The right of property includes the right to spend one's money on health care of one's own individual choices.
On the abortion issue and the health care issue, the solution is the same: total separation of Medicine and State -- alongside the total separation of Faith and State.

Burgess Laughlin of OR 1:49PM September 15, 2009

says something about the CONTINUED bias of "God and Country" on this subject. Here are some.
1) No one is in favor of a single abortion. What the LEFT is not in favor of is having laws passed by legislatures men to eliminate the right of women (or girls) to choose whether they will or will not be mothers. Let's remember that Catholics who lead the anti-abortion movement in America would ALSO move to outlaw all birth control if they could.
2) The duty of men and boys with respect to abortions is TO NOT PERSONALLY CAUSE ANY.
3) The duty of anti-abortion activists should be to convince men and boys in society of point #2 above.

Muser of NM 12:56PM September 15, 2009