Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp1!johnston From: johnston@spp1.UUCP (Micheal L. Johnston) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Re: Gosh poll Message-ID: <170@spp1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 16:24:47 EST Article-I.D.: spp1.170 Posted: Wed Feb 27 16:24:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 05:43:13 EST References: <250@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 31 > I think that most persons on each side of the abortion issue are honest in > their convictions, and most truly have deeply considered the aspects they > consider germaine to the argument. However, on the Pro-life side, I think > they are determined to shove their ideology/moral standards down other > people's throats (which is what anti-abortion legislation would do) where > as the Pro-choice side is willing to leave things up to the individual > (which is what pro-abortion legislation would do). If the issue were left > up to the individual, then s/he is free to choose on the basis of his/er > own beliefs. However, those who believe it is murder cannot square their > belief with the current laws of the land. The belief itself requires > enactment of anti-abortion laws and penalty for the choice. > > Feel free to summarize as need be for your followup. Thanks, A. Regard Take any law that states that a particular action is unlawful and you'll find a case of a moral standard being "shoved" down the throats of all that don't consider that action to be immoral. But that's what the law books are full of. I can't think of an action that's as divisive as abortion for analogy. Most laws forbidding a particular action deal with an action almost universally considered immoral. But's let's take murder as an example anyway (performed on one already born). Lets's say murder is unlawful but not everybody considers it immoral. And then one day the supreme court decides that states can't make laws proscribing murder and now murder can be performed with no legal consequences. But you think murder is immoral and should be outlawed. Would you consider action by you and others who felt like you to legislate against murder to be "shoving" morality down other people's throats? Would this stop you from attempting to right what you consider to be wrong? Mike Johnston