In article <1eg9ngINNsuq@uwm.edu>, simon@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David Joseph Simon) writes:
> Hi there all
> someone named Brian I think from Arizona asked the question of pro-choice people:|> "You say you have the "right to choose". Who is the authority that grants you this right?
> I have a simple answer for this.|> 1. Its called the constitution. You know, the paper that grants us freedom of religion and freedom of expression. Be sure and grab a copy of this next time you are at the library.
>
> Dont shovel this "authority" stuff on me!! Who is the authority that grants you the right to harass pro-choice people at the homes, for expressing their opinions, something else also guaranteed in the constitution.
> And, who is the" authority" that give the anti-choice side the right to trash and judge everyone else's belief systems based on their own view of everything.
>
> So spare me your whining about "authority". I don't want to hear it.
>
I wouldn't go off claiming that the constitution says things it doesn't.
The constitution and its 27 amendments never mention the word
abortion or make any references to it. Then again, this hasn't stopped
the supreme court from making a fool of itself in the 60's, when the
supreme court ruled that the consitution allowed 18 year olds the right
to vote. The amendment to do that came _after_ that decision. If
you read the constitution, it never mentions the age 18 at all. :)
People use the constitution for too much. It is a foundation, not
the end all. If people want abortion legal or outlawed, pass a law.
Don't try to read it into the constitution. Of course I would never
last as a judge, if the constitution doesn't make a reference to it,
it isn't in the constitution. A horrible attitude I know, but it is
