tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post1425040962500268543..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: The Smart Phone ChallengeTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-55040839974149775792014-02-03T19:11:43.278-05:002014-02-03T19:11:43.278-05:00If men were the ones who carried babies, abortion&...If men were the ones who carried babies, abortion's legality would not be an issue at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-74761600602907191832014-01-31T14:27:33.187-05:002014-01-31T14:27:33.187-05:00This isn't about contraception. It's about...This isn't about contraception. It's about using abortion as a failsafe for contraception. That's what Progressives insist upon, and it's the most important issue for the Democrat Party. It's the deal breaker when appointments are made to the Supreme Court.<br /><br />I fathered four children. I was present at every birth and did my best to parent them. Been doing it for 39 years and I'm still at it, helping my children raise their children, but I have no plans to go into the ministry.<br /><br />I do study divinity, however. Every day.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-2870824207597544532014-01-31T14:09:26.819-05:002014-01-31T14:09:26.819-05:00Tom, I challenge you to Google images of "sta...Tom, I challenge you to Google images of "starvation in Africa," and ask yourself how it is a sacred choice to not do everything in your power to stop it. Ask yourself how it is a sacred choice to try to prevent women from having access to contraception. Google studies of children raised with mothers who cannot support them, and ask yourself how it is a "sacred choice" to allow these children to be abused. Google "products of incest," and ask yourself how it is a sacred choice to force women to face the faces of their rapists. <br /><br />You would have a little more credibility if you had ever, you know, carried a child yourself. Or you could spend some time studying divinity and becoming a minister. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-1957391567358688232014-01-31T13:40:31.929-05:002014-01-31T13:40:31.929-05:00Huh? I don't get it.Huh? I don't get it.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-31281574181324274152014-01-31T12:50:05.120-05:002014-01-31T12:50:05.120-05:00Well, your god must have a reason for allowing wom...Well, your god must have a reason for allowing women to make these choices....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-91664578246948185442014-01-31T08:11:57.973-05:002014-01-31T08:11:57.973-05:00Euphemism by Reverend Veazey:
". . . to not ...Euphemism by Reverend Veazey:<br /><br />". . . to not have a child can also be a sacred choice."<br /><br />I'd challenge him to look at an image of a dismembered baby and ask: "How can this ever be a 'sacred choice'?"Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-81866841686638191542014-01-31T06:32:27.215-05:002014-01-31T06:32:27.215-05:00Yes, Tom, disgusting like we previously agreed. B...Yes, Tom, disgusting like we previously agreed. But the points of Reverend Veazey and the billions who think as he does are still valid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-89306364460987997712014-01-30T14:25:52.199-05:002014-01-30T14:25:52.199-05:00I have to challenge JM and the anonymous posters: ...I have to challenge JM and the anonymous posters: <br /><br />Take out your smart phone or your computer and go to Google images. Type in "Vacuum aspiration." That's how the vast majority of early abortions are done in the United States.<br /><br />Look at the dismembered human beings.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-36856414450683075622014-01-30T13:27:51.154-05:002014-01-30T13:27:51.154-05:00As a pro-choice, flaming liberal, I agree with 95%...As a pro-choice, flaming liberal, I agree with 95% of Tom's column. The part I take issues with is his pretending that illegal abortions represent ALL abortions. That is like condemning all firearms because some people use them illegally. Also, as usual, Tom is way off base when he tries to think for, or put words in the mouths of liberals. Abortion IS revolting. As are the deaths of women forced to carry through dangerous births because of medical conditions, and young girls forced to give birth to their rapists child...<br /><br />Abortions should be done only in extreme circumstances in a safe, legal, well-regulated place. JMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-5960794771508689102014-01-30T13:01:40.473-05:002014-01-30T13:01:40.473-05:00The following is from The Rev. Carlton W. Veazey, ...The following is from The Rev. Carlton W. Veazey, President, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice<br />To have a child can be a sacred choice, but to not have a child can also be a sacred choice.<br />And these choices revolve around circumstances and issues –Also, remember that medical circumstances are the reason many women have an abortion – for example, if they are having chemotherapy for cancer or have a life-threatening chronic illness – and most later-term abortions occur because of fetal abnormalities that will result in stillbirth or the death of the child. These are difficult decisions; they’re moral decisions.<br />Abortion is a very serious decision and each decision depends on circumstances. That’s why I tell people: I am not pro-abortion, I am pro-choice. And that’s an important distinction.<br />The religious, pro-choice position is based on respect for human life, including potential life and existing life.<br />But I do not believe that life as we know it starts at conception. I am troubled by the implications of a fetus having legal rights because that could pit the fetus against the woman carrying the fetus; for example, if the woman needed a medical procedure, the law could require the fetus to be considered separately and equally.<br />I was raised to respect differing views so the rigid views against abortion are hard for me to understand. I will often tell someone on the other side, “I respect you. I may disagree with your theological perspective, but I respect your views. But I think it’s totally arrogant for you to tell me that I need to believe what you believe.” <br />Although abortion is a very difficult decision, it can be the most responsible decision a person can make when faced with an unintended pregnancy or a pregnancy that will have serious health consequences.<br />Depending on the circumstances, it might be selfish to bring a child into the world. You know, a lot of people say, “You must bring this child into the world.” They are 100 percent supportive while the child is in the womb. As soon as the child is born, they abort the child in other ways. They abort a child through lack of health care, lack of education, lack of housing, and through poverty, which can drive a child into drugs or the criminal justice system.<br />So is it selfish to bring children into the world and not care for them? I think the other side can be very selfish by neglecting the children we have already. For all practical purposes, children whom we are neglecting are being aborted.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-27137708980231039642014-01-30T08:21:17.620-05:002014-01-30T08:21:17.620-05:00I agree with Nancy. If I do not want to carry the...I agree with Nancy. If I do not want to carry the fetus of my rapist, or if a 14 year old girl does not want to carry the fetus of her uncle, then there should be a safe, legal place for an abortion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-55382048747419513602014-01-30T07:45:02.045-05:002014-01-30T07:45:02.045-05:00The point? You continue to perpetuate the exaggera...The point? You continue to perpetuate the exaggerations and lies regarding what happened to the Jewish people during WWII while turning a blind eye to the exact same behavior by the authors of this absurd propaganda. <br /><br />The point? How much of what you "think" you know about supposed nazi atrocities are real and which are exaggerated or out right lies? <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-48346636831203478882014-01-30T00:45:34.365-05:002014-01-30T00:45:34.365-05:00There are differences between a person, a baby, an...There are differences between a person, a baby, an embryo, and a fetus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-62264495830810507152014-01-29T17:18:17.880-05:002014-01-29T17:18:17.880-05:00I'm thinking that this post will not carry the...I'm thinking that this post will not carry the weight it ought to<br />in "the paper" without the graphics.<br /><br />CaptDMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-68906103486786882362014-01-29T09:33:41.784-05:002014-01-29T09:33:41.784-05:00And the point of the above post is?And the point of the above post is?Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-19707815788283848152014-01-28T14:06:34.879-05:002014-01-28T14:06:34.879-05:00How 'bout... LET'S STOP KILLING BABIES, 56...How 'bout... LET'S STOP KILLING BABIES, 56 million and counting! UNCONSCIONABLE! The photos shown were only the ones entered in the court record, there were hundreds more, probably thousands. Safe murder...now that's quite a concept.Jean D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-36070769325806241992014-01-28T13:01:20.964-05:002014-01-28T13:01:20.964-05:00Those illegal abortions you mention here are horri...Those illegal abortions you mention here are horrific - just imagine how much more frequently these type of unregulated abortions would occur were all abortions made illegal. Back to the days of coat hangers in back alleys?<br /><br />Let's punish these lawbreakers to the fullest extent and keep abortion safe and regulated.Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-69044188727253012642014-01-28T07:13:24.664-05:002014-01-28T07:13:24.664-05:00Abortion should not be compared to the myth of naz...Abortion should not be compared to the myth of nazi Germany. Your lack of understanding of what is and isn't true and/or exaggerated regarding nazi Germany and the "holocaust" is actually quite stunning for a supposed "educator". History is written by the victors. You should at least know that. Please stop spreading lies and disinformation regarding WWII. Enough!<br /><br />As far as abortion goes. I agree. But ther is no reason to compare it to some revisionist mass murder fantasy. Why do you feel compelled to continue this myth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-33544502131191436272014-01-27T19:22:58.859-05:002014-01-27T19:22:58.859-05:00If those 55 million were alive and contributing to...If those 55 million were alive and contributing to our economy we would not have 35 million alien criminals in our country. The petty corruption we see daily in our system does not compare to the incredible corruption of our society by such as Gosnell, Snowe and Collins. <br /><br />Roger EkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-90647326630886456952014-01-27T18:18:44.936-05:002014-01-27T18:18:44.936-05:00A sobering, serious article that I wish was requir...A sobering, serious article that I wish was required reading by every thinking adult American. <br /><br />Show Low Yaqui Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-23096717403564215892014-01-27T17:47:13.537-05:002014-01-27T17:47:13.537-05:00Again and again, the media report only what will m...Again and again, the media report only what will mold the public into a politically correct mass voting bloc of lemmings headed directly for the cliff edge and socialism...History will show that the media and the money which drives it are in control of our country. Our elected representatives seem powerless, or perhaps their self-interest has warped their collective consciences.Texas Transplantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-40680437741694049852014-01-27T16:52:20.321-05:002014-01-27T16:52:20.321-05:00I can't help but believe that the mess our cou...I can't help but believe that the mess our country is now in is because we have forgotten God. The very fact the 55 million babies have been aborted is not something God is happy with. How can HE have mercy on a nation that allows this to go on?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768764493813525696noreply@blogger.com