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Originally Posted by Iriemon  I think the assumption that McCain would change back to his pro-choice stance is naive, 1069, and dangerous to presume if you believe in the right to an abortion.
See this thread where I've started a topic on the issue if you want to discuss it further: http://www.debatepolitics.com/us-ele...on-rights.html |
A republican president would pretty much have his hands tied by the democratic house and senate at this point. Just like Bush.
I'm not worried. The pendulum is swinging left again.
Society is not going to put up with too much more invasive social conservative bull****.
Fundies, as a demographic, are shrinking. It is becoming less and less necessary to pander to them.
I think this whole "fundamentalist Christian" movement was the result of some sort of millenial hysteria- around here (in Texas) many people thought- consciously or subconsciously- that the world was going to end, or to change in some irrevocable way, as the year 2000 approached.
I think now everybody's chilled out a little bit, upon seeing that the world has not ended after all, and the
real changes that need to be made are the ones the Left has been pushing all along- clean up the environment, reduce fossil fuel dependence, universal health care, stop warmongering.
I think, as rallying cries, both "Stop Abortion!" and "Gay Marriage is A Sin!" have lost some of their efficacy.
Those ideas don't
help the situation in any practical way; if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
I seriously believe we're moving
away from social conservatism and into the realm of much more practical activism.
I have seen it.
I don't believe abortion rights are in danger at this time (or, honestly, in the near future, or in the distant future).
That's my opinion, and I'm not uninformed in the matter. I keep pretty well abreast of things.
I see- and I'm disappointed to admit this- groups like NARAL fearmongering in an attempt to solicit donations.
But I do not perceive that the threat is as real or as immediate as it has been in the past, when Republicans briefly held almost total power over this country. And even then, abortion rights remained secure.