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I especially love this quote from a reader:
Why is it that Republicans are the ones coming up with this idiotic crap? I never thought being conservative meant being mentally handicapped also, but it seems times have changed. Now when I see a candidate with "conservative" Republican on their card, I immediately stereo type, and I know that's wrong, but I can't help it. WTF is wrong with these people?
Regarding the topic title, it's clear. This issue is not so-much Republican or conservative, but a great divide amongst proven scientific logic, and what the bible says. This isn't just a faulty interpretation of what the bible says, these people aren't all crazy believe it or not. They have "faith" in what the actual literature of the bible says on these topics - which is wrong! No leader who is this retarded should be in office. Religion and state MUST be separated! Given enough time and enough believers, these "leaders" will change our freedoms to a state similar to how the Taliban rule; there is no other way thinking like this can lead - that much is apparent! How far are you willing to go for change?
Quote:Richard Mourdock rape remarks prompt calls for Romney to act
Romney under pressure to distance himself from Senate hopeful, who received endorsement from Romney days before
Adam Gabbatt
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 October 2012 11.35 EDT
Mitt Romney is under pressure to publicly distance himself from a GOP Senate candidate who has claimed that pregnancies from rape are "something that God intended to happen".
Republican Richard Mourdock, running for the US Senate in Indiana, made the comments during a debate with Democrat Joe Donnelly and others on Tuesday.
Mitt Romney had endorsed Mourdock in a television advert just two days earlier, making the comments particularly embarrassing.
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God," Mourdock said. "And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul told the Associated Press that Romney "disagrees with Richard Mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views". Romney is opposed to abortion except in cases of rape, incest or where the mother's life is at risk.
But Romney is yet to comment on Mourdock's remarks, and his campaign has not said whether Romney's advert endorsing Mourdock's Senate bid will be pulled.
The Republican candidate for governor in Indiana, Mike Pence, has said he "strongly disagree[s]" with Mourdock and has urged him to apologise.
"This fall, I'm supporting Richard Mourdock for Senate," Romney says in the video advert supporting Mourdock, which was published to Mourdock's YouTube channel on Sunday.
"As senator, Richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government run healthcare. Richard will help stop the liberal Reid-Pelosi agenda. There's so much at stake. I hope you'll join me in supporting Richard Mourdock for US senate."
The advert is "approved by" Mourdock, meaning it may be down to his campaign, rather than Romney's, as to whether the spot is taken down.
Romney was pro-choice as governor of Massachusetts, but is now pro-life except in certain cases. Vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is opposed to abortion in all cases, with no exceptions.
Mourdock is not the first Republican to find himself in hot water over abortion beliefs. In August Todd Akin, Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, said that pregnancy as a result of "legitimate rape" is rare as "the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down".
Just last week Republican congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois told reporters "you can't find one instance" where it has been necessary to perform an abortion due to the risk to the mother's life due to medical advances. Medical experts note that there are some cases where the only option in the case of complications sustained during pregnancy is to abort the foetus.
The Indianapolis Star reported that after the debate, Donnelly, the Democratic senate candidate, "shook his head over" Mourdock's comments. "I don't know any God who would ever intend something like that," Donnelly reportedly said.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic national committee, said Mourdock's comments were "outrageous and demeaning to women" and called for Romney to pull the Mourdock advert.
I especially love this quote from a reader:
Quote:They should all have a word with each other and come up with an official party line. I'm thinking:
"You can't be raped or get pregnant from rape, but if you are, and if you, do it's your own fault and god wanted it to happen anyway so shut up and just keep having babies and stop questioning everything"
Why is it that Republicans are the ones coming up with this idiotic crap? I never thought being conservative meant being mentally handicapped also, but it seems times have changed. Now when I see a candidate with "conservative" Republican on their card, I immediately stereo type, and I know that's wrong, but I can't help it. WTF is wrong with these people?
Regarding the topic title, it's clear. This issue is not so-much Republican or conservative, but a great divide amongst proven scientific logic, and what the bible says. This isn't just a faulty interpretation of what the bible says, these people aren't all crazy believe it or not. They have "faith" in what the actual literature of the bible says on these topics - which is wrong! No leader who is this retarded should be in office. Religion and state MUST be separated! Given enough time and enough believers, these "leaders" will change our freedoms to a state similar to how the Taliban rule; there is no other way thinking like this can lead - that much is apparent! How far are you willing to go for change?
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin