The problem is (and you absolutely know this Rob) there simply isn't enough charity to address the entire total problem and the need. That's why the government got involved in the first place. So saying some Conservatives give a lot to charity means really very little in the big picture.
Do you really think that's the other side Rob? Because if you do then you are not a man of the law. It's LEGAL... been LEGAL for going on 4 decades for a woman to have control over her reproductive rights and choose or not choose an abortion.
When has it ever been legal to kill doctors because you don't agree with their legal practices or blow up women's healthcare clinics injuring & killing people?
This is not a comparison at all and you know it. If it were than every terrorist in the world is right in line with your thinking. They don't like the law... they kill people.
Well then we have different sympathy scales. I see old people being duped and it pisses me off!
Freedom of religion mean no one sect can hold sway and power over another. There are religious (spiritual) beliefs and interpretations that do not find the same things as wrong... hence the separation of church & state mean none can take precedent.
Add to that it's well established that America was never intended to be set up as a theocracy. One of the main reasons people fled to the new world was problems with the Church of England in effect being an arm of the government.
I grouped all this together because you didn't post my statement so I don't really know the context. On the last paragraph... I never said people can't follow them... I simply said after examining them I don't like them
That is a legal interpretation now holding almost 4 decades of legal precedent. We obey the laws as they are interpreted by our courts not as only one particular side or group would like them interpreted.
Well I'm both a man and a father. And I have daughters. Looking at things from every angle I know the choice has to be the woman's. First and most obvious because we can't stop their decision anyway. But more importantly because there is a lot of circumstances that get women pregnant... rape... incest etc. and I'm not going to be the one judging who's telling the truth and who's not.
It's their bodies. No where else in law is it mandated that a person give up control & private use of their body for something or someone to be able to live. There are many incidences where this could be very life saving and helpful... but ones personal choice of how their body is used is legally their choice.