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WOOOOO-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 08, 2006, 02:27:03 pm ---Interesting, Mel. The mountain counties are not only high in altitude they are high in intellect! My county was pale pink but it's so populous that it might as well have been red. Look at all the strong marriage-definition voters over there by Kansas!!
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Those almost-in-Kansas people would be the voters who re-elected Marilyn "let's change the constitution to ban gay marriage" Musgrave.
Think we ought to give Colorado Springs to Texas and the eastern 100 miles to Kansas and Nebraska? ;D Maybe give the NW corner of the state to Utah?
My county was split almost 50/50, but we're just a drop in the bucket. And although 50/50 is better than, say, Idaho's margin, it's not good enough.
As for abortion... I suspect that every abortion represents a tragedy that has already happened before the abortion was even considered. Better to work on keeping the tragedies from happening in the first place.
Ellemeno:
Hi Everyone,
I have my moderator hat on for a moment -
My heart is warmed by the posts in this thread where people who disagree on some very emotionally-charged political issues are being courteous and understanding with each other while discussing those issues.
Would that more of the country were like BetterMost - Instead of so much red and blue, we'd have a lot more purple.
Clarissa
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on November 08, 2006, 03:48:57 pm ---As for abortion... I suspect that every abortion represents a tragedy that has already happened before the abortion was even considered. Better to work on keeping the tragedies from happening in the first place.
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I agree, Mel. Unfortunately, my unscientific impression is that the only answer to preventing the tragedy in the first place so often put forward by people who would ban abortion is to tell people, particularly young people, "Don't have sex."
As if that ever worked. ... (I mean telling people not to have sex.) :-\
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 08, 2006, 04:07:00 pm ---As if that ever worked. ... (I mean telling people not to have sex.) :-\
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Exactly. Let's face it - if it *did* work, there'd be no need for this discussion.
Front-Ranger:
Well, there is a long-term solution and that is education, affordable and easily accessible birth control tools, awareness training, and enabling for women. In all of the societies where women have the power, education, and tools, birth rates have gone down to sustainable levels.
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