(moderate?) conservative Anthony Kennedy leaving the Supreme Court
Thu Jun 28 22:27:52 EDT 2018
An interesting premise put forward by a Catholic caller on a radio discussion: Many Catholics vote Republican entirely because of Roe v. Wade. If Roe is overturned, most Catholics will have no reason to continue voting Republican; they align with Democrats on many other issues. So if this one ruling is overturned, the Republicans will lose a lot of support after that.
I'd like to point out that the Roe decision, allowing abortion for many who want or need one, doesn't require anyone to have an abortion. And I'd like to ask whether the anti-Roe Catholics think it's appropriate for them to impose their beliefs on other people (e.g. non-Catholics, even non-Christians) - because that's what they're trying to do by voting to overturn Roe. And that conflicts with other people's freedom of religion.
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An interesting premise put forward by a Catholic caller on a radio discussion: Many Catholics vote Republican entirely because of Roe v. Wade. If Roe is overturned, most Catholics will have no reason to continue voting Republican; they align with Democrats on many other issues. So if this one ruling is overturned, the Republicans will lose a lot of support after that.
I'd like to point out that the Roe decision, allowing abortion for many who want or need one, doesn't require anyone to have an abortion. And I'd like to ask whether the anti-Roe Catholics think it's appropriate for them to impose their beliefs on other people (e.g. non-Catholics, even non-Christians) - because that's what they're trying to do by voting to overturn Roe. And that conflicts with other people's freedom of religion.
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/996766.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]