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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 2007 9:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By FearTheReaper.

TAGS: Colorado, abortions, Christians

Colorado apparently has its share of lunatics because yesterday the state Supreme Court gave an anti-abortion group the go ahead to try to put a measure on the ballot that would define a fertilized egg as a person. All they need to do is collect 76,000 signatures. Anyone want to bet that there are 76,000 Christian lunatics in Colorado?

This is the kind of election shit that liberals and centrists have to throw money at to defeat, which takes funds away from important races and also draws right wing voters to the polls. It won�t matter if the Christian right doesn�t like Rudy or McCain or Mitt, once they are in the booth, they will vote for one of them over which ever baby killer the Democrats pick.

The court approved the language of the proposal, rejecting a challenge from abortion-rights supporters who argued it was misleading and dealt with more than one subject in violation of the state constitution.

If approved by voters, the measure would give fertilized eggs the state constitutional protections of inalienable rights, justice and due process.

Super. Hey, you know that one book you read all the time? I don�t really want to live by it. Although, I�m not sure The Bible ever covered fertilized eggs. This is just another attempt to make abortion illegal. These people are creative little fuckers, aren�t they?

Another effect of the legislation would be to create problems for in-vitro fertilization and stem cell research. And some believe it would lead to a ban on birth control. The Christians, of course, disagree. There is nothing behind this effort!

"It doesn't outlaw abortion, it doesn't regulate birth control," said Kristi Burton, 20, of Colorado for Equal Rights. "It's just a constitutional principle. We're laying a foundation that every life deserves protection.�

Oh, you�re just laying down a little foundation. That�s totally cool. But, I have a question for you: If a little clump of human cells is a person, then is one of my hairs a person? What about one of my turds? Why not? They both have human cells in them.

"It's very clearly a single subject," Burton said. "If it's a human being, it's a person, and hey, they deserve equal rights under our law."

Uh huh. Maybe you guys could move somewhere else and start a theocracy.

The nutters have six months to collect the signatures. And they are not just focusing on Colorado. Christian groups are trying leading similar efforts in Montana, Georgia, Oregon, Michigan and South Carolina. The Republicans always need their crazy religious issue. For the 2004 presidential elections it was gay marriage. Now they will try to save microscopic peeps. Expect a massive turnout in Colorado in 2008.

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Crissis

Ecuador

January 2007

NOV 15, 2007 09:04 AM

all i can say is that after 2 - 4 months it should be illegal to have an abortion.

910dohead

Palm Springs, CA

September 2002

NOV 15, 2007 09:06 AM

There are too many idiots in this world.

coyotemike

Kearney, NE

May 2006

NOV 15, 2007 09:13 AM

I wonder if these folks ever serve scrambled eggs and call it a chicken dinner?

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

NOV 15, 2007 09:26 AM

Crissis said:
all i can say is that after 2 - 4 months it should be illegal to have an abortion.

Perhaps (barring extenuating circumstances like the mother's health and well-being), but still, a 4-month-old fetus is practically a grown ass man compared to a smaller-than-an-amoeba fertilized egg.

boombands

Summerville, SC

May 2007

NOV 15, 2007 09:27 AM

I hate crazy christians. It makes us all look like a bunch of nuts. I won't lie, I don't like the idea of abortion but I get it and I respect other's right. Of course there should be a limit, after 2 or 3 months it's a baby, but a fertilized egg.

I don't get the whole "hey lets force women to have babies they don't want" thing.

wink84

Fulton, MO

October 2007

NOV 15, 2007 09:29 AM

I wouldn't say having a strong belief in something makes you a crazy Christian lunatic.

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY

May 2003

NOV 15, 2007 09:29 AM

Crissis said:
all i can say is that after 2 - 4 months it should be illegal to have an abortion.

My completely arbitrary abortion is okay cut off date can totally beat up your completely arbitrary abortion is okay cut off date.

The winner gets a back alley full of dead pregnant women.

drjones23

Colorado Springs, CO

August 2007

NOV 15, 2007 09:30 AM

Being a Buddhist (born and raised) living in Colorado Springs, Colorado (again, born and raised) this doesn't suprise me, however it does infuriate me. Becuase, as you pointed out, this will be a campaign that will draw liberal and even moderate dollars away from real issues, preventing us from making any actual improvements to ANYTHING in Colorado. Homeless? Who cares? Your kids' schools are overcrowded and falling apart? So what, it builds character. As long as we don't teach them about evolution, homosexuality, or challenge them to think. There's so much political manuevering that happens here just to keep the "other side" off balance that we seem to never make any progress.

I think about moving from this state every DAY. I just keep finding reasons to stay, like my job, my bills...

capncarrot3

Colorado Springs, CO

January 2006

NOV 15, 2007 09:33 AM

Yeeshy. The continual efforts of some people to make their religious agenda into law just makes me . . . tired.

BlastProcessing

Knoxville, TN

OLD SKOOL

NOV 15, 2007 09:40 AM

Crissis said:
all i can say is that after 2 - 4 months it should be illegal to have an abortion.

Sounds great! Work on getting that passed in Ecuador, then.

fountainofdreams

Mokena, IL

January 2005

NOV 15, 2007 09:53 AM

wink84 said:
I wouldn't say having a strong belief in something makes you a crazy Christian lunatic.

I would say that trying to force legislation that is based on your beliefs does.

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA

February 2006

NOV 15, 2007 10:00 AM

wink84 said:
I wouldn't say having a strong belief in something makes you a crazy Christian lunatic.

Depends on what the belief is in. If you are the type of Christian who believes strongly that homosexuals should be persecuted, Jews should be converted, birth control is evil. . .What?

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA

February 2006

NOV 15, 2007 10:03 AM

JunkyardAngel said:

wink84 said:
I wouldn't say having a strong belief in something makes you a crazy Christian lunatic.

Depends on what the belief is in. If you are the type of Christian who believes strongly that homosexuals should be persecuted, Jews should be converted, birth control is evil. . .What?

freshprncebelair

Ellicott City, MD

June 2004

NOV 15, 2007 10:08 AM

Maybe you guys could move somewhere else and start a theocracy.

Thanks to participatory democracy, they can start one right here!

Who would have thought that the same principles that allow states like California to make laws that are tailored to their citizens could be used to make laws tailored to citizens in religious states?

ZOMG Ron Paul 2008! States rights!