No, I haven't.Genetic predetermined make up of babies. Have you seen the movie Gattica?
vauge said:Guess I will wiegh in...
1. Would you or would you not support this bill?
I would support it entirely. Absolutely. Wholeheartedly.
2. What would be the reason for or against it?
Anything that would detour killing an innocent child - I am all for. As Batman, I am not convinced it is genetic either.
3. Is this the beginning of a slippery slope?
It would be nice if it were. Then they could come up with all kinds of excuses to keep from killing unborn children.
Sorry, can't kill this one - he has a Leno chin.
Not this one either - Got the obesity gene.
Noppers - looks like she might have high cholestoral in 30 years...
This one might be a smoker - chop its freakin head off! Hurry, before we get cancer!
The poll was an independent poll in Maine. To my knowledge the results were not published or whether the women polled were more Republican or Democrat.I would be curious to know where this poll took place? In the US?
One would imagine a woman saying I want a baby, and I want that child to be happy, hence give my love and support regardless of who they end up going to bed with. Otherwise, one really questions the woman's motives in the first place.
It doesn't sound like a poll was done at all, he just talked to some people."I have heard from women who told me that if they found out that they were carrying a child with the gay gene, then they would abort. I think this is wrong," said Duprey, who got the idea while listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show.
But some lawmakers say Duprey is neither interested in creating new policy to protect gays and lesbians nor seriously discussing the issue of abortion. The bill, they say, is a way of forcing some lawmakers to choose between abortion rights and gay rights.
"It will be seen as some kind of political gamesmanship," said House Majority Leader Glenn Cummings, D-Portland.
Last month, Duprey drew attention to the issue of gay rights when he proposed a bill to legalize same-sex marriages even though opposing it himself.
If you only ask ten people it is still a poll. The Maine liberals don't want to take a stand and vote on this bill, so of course they are trying to discredit Duprey. Can you imagine the result? "The woman has the right to abort gays"? The pro choice groups are avoiding this like the plague. I find it quite interesting that the pro choice people are not standing up and supporting this bill.It doesn't sound like a poll was done at all, he just talked to some people. Moreover, his motives on other items have been less than admirable:
OK, then I asked a couple people and asked if we should have you removed from this messageboard because of another one of your threads. They all agreed so let's make that legislation.Squawker said:If you only ask ten people it is still a poll. The Maine liberals don't want to take a stand and vote on this bill, so of course they are trying to discredit Duprey. Can you imagine the result? "The woman has the right to abort gays"? The pro choice groups are avoiding this like the plague. I find it quite interesting that the pro choice people are not standing up and supporting this bill.
As you see the wording was "random sample", not poll. The liberals are the ones saying his motives are not pure. WVOM of Maine interviewed him and he sounded genuine to me. He said he was shocked at the answers he got and Maine in a very liberal state.There is a theory that homosexuality is genetic, and it may be possible to pre-determine the sexual orientation of the fetus. A Maine Republican legislator took a random sample of women. He asked them if they knew their baby would be gay, would they have an abortion. A large majority said they would. This legislator introduced a bill that would ban women from aborting a fetus for the reason of sexual orientation. This poses an interesting
dilemma for Pro Life and Pro Choice proponents.
Let The Debate Begin !
1. Would you or would you not support this bill?
2. What would be the reason for or against it?
3. Is this the beginning of a slippery slope?
I'm not a liberal and I definitely find his motives not pure. He's produced bills he'd obviously vote against. It's quite disingenuous and definitely unstatesman like.Squawker said:My original post for reference was:
As you see the wording was "random sample", not poll. The liberals are the ones saying his motives are not pure. WVOM of Maine interviewed him and he sounded genuine to me. He said he was shocked at the answers he got and Maine in a very liberal state.
How do you know that?He's produced bills he'd obviously vote against. It's quite disingenuous and definitely unstatesman like.
vauge said:Then they could come up with all kinds of excuses to keep from killing unborn children.
Sorry, can't kill this one - he has a Leno chin.
Not this one either - Got the obesity gene.
Noppers - looks like she might have high cholestoral in 30 years...
This one might be a smoker - chop its freakin head off! Hurry, before we get cancer!
Contrarian said:Vauge, you are correct. Maybe the next class of abortus would be Republicans or Democrats? But then again, if we aborted those who were found to carry criminal genes we could avoid the retro-active abortions (capital punishment) in Texas... save all those costly legal bills!
vauge said:Absolutely. :rofl (not!)
Back on subject - lets say that this a completely hypothetical bill.
Would you support it?
Libs, please don't discount it now that the question is hypothetical. I am truly interested.
Read the link about this from WorldNetDaily.Squawker said:How do you know that?
vauge said:Nothing in the logs indicate removed posts, moved posts, or otherwise in this thread.
Could you be more specific?
This is what that reference is about.shuamort said:I'm not a liberal and I definitely find his motives not pure. He's produced bills he'd obviously vote against. It's quite disingenuous and definitely unstatesman like.
Perhaps Duprey is gay himself and wishes to keep it private."A constituent, who wishes to remain anonymous" That doesn't send up a big red flag for you? Moreover and to my point "which the legislator does not support." So why introduce a bill that you're against for an anonymous constituent? And why is this constituent choosing anonymity? Something smells rotten in Denmark... er, Maine.
I would NOT. Abortion is great the way it is now. No change is necessary. The VAST majority of Americans are PRO-CHOICE. Abortion will forever be legal here. I respect the right to fight to have it changed, but the reality is that Abortion is popular in the USA, meaning that Americans believe the right to choose ie the woman's choice, period.1. Would you or would you not support this bill?
2. What would be the reason for or against it?
Not at all, as it will never be a law. Sometime it seems to me that people read something and take it as fact, when in reality it's never happened. Bush & Republicans are especially good at repeating untruths so many times that people start to believe it.3. Is this the beginning of a slippery slope?
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