Quote:Couple things:

First, isn't it fascinating that in both abortion and slavery, religion was used to restrict the freedom of the group? Pretty interesting.


Secondly, the slavery argument doesn't hold water to me. Personhood of a slave wasn't at question, it was whether that lesser man/woman/child can be property of another.


Abortion, legally speaking, is not about property rights, but personhood---among other things, of course.


I'm sorry, but your morality views of an abortion does not give you the right to force the government to push your views onto the freedoms I'm granted.


Any libertarian that doesn't see that is not a real libertarian, but an agenda pusher just like the rest of the establishment politicians on both sides.

 

Regarding the part in bold, you are wrong.

 

Slavery wasn't about a religious issue, it was more about morals.  It had more to do with production and commerce.  At the time, slaves were considered a "commodity" or "property" much like a John Deere Tractor would be considered today.

 

Abortion could possibly be considered a religious issue, but it's more of a morality issue.  Is it right to kill a viable human life?  The question seems to be, what is considered to be "viable human life"?

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