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    Progressive or flat tax?

    I myself support the Basic Income Guarantee plan, which is an innovation on the flat tax that is also progressive in the sense that the average tax rate goes up as one income rises. Google search usbig to find the organization that propagates this. dlw
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    I summarized the idea in the OP with more concise, readable language. You can find it here. dlw
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    Stand Up Democrats

    A group of Democrats is asking for people to submit their ideas for how the Democratic party should change. They are going to post 300 of them and let people vote and decide which 100 get passed along. I posted my idea(s) that I passed along to them. I would encourage posters to do the same...
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    Michael Newdon at it again

    I think this needs to be approached more carefully this time. Removal of "under God" must reflect how the pledge was meant to be a statement of political, not monotheistic, solidarity and not part of a "separation of Church/State" purge of all aspects of the US's religious heritage. dlw
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    I'm a little disappointed in the lack of critical interaction on this issue from the board. I'm sure people are burned out on it, but there is novelty in identifying the issue as being primarily about the potential legal redefinition of when human personhood begins. That is a definition that...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    I agree that the decision to elect an abortion, if legal, is the woman's. But initially the way the statement was framed, it had to do with the use of a referendum vote of all citizens to determine when legally human personhood begins. dlw
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    Monogodo, The issue I'm raising though is how we may collectively determine the defined circumstances wherein a woman may elect an abortion. Clearly, the right to elect an abortion at all stages of pregnancy is not as important for women's rights as their right to elect it at the initial...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    If a woman only has the right to elect an abortion in "defined" circumstances that implies that there are other defined circumstances where she does not have the right to elect an abortion and thereby would have the duty to carry a fetus to term under normal circumstances. Rights and duties are...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    You need to read more carefully. A proposed legal change would have to get a 75% majority in favor of the change. I.e., there may be some who believe in their heart of hearts that we become human beings at conception, but who may likely vote to have legal personhood changed to 16 weeks, since...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    Pah, everytime you assign rights to someone, you impose burdens on others. As such, the act of burdening a female with carrying a fetus to term under normal circumstances after it has passed a certain stage is the equivalent to giving rights, legal personhood, to the fetus. You can call it...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    [/color] [color=teal]I didn't really get your last sentence. I agree it would require another constitutional amendment for what I am advocating. However, the supreme court has left open our ability to determine somewhat the defined circumstances when a woman can elect an abortion...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    Bob, one more thought. You said that there would be politics in the ratification process, but think how changed the dialogue would be if most pro-choicers supported my idea. The difference would be between letting a minority capture and impose their views on the gov't over the rest of the...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    As stated before, what is at issue is when we legally define the beginning of human personhood. One does not need to be an individual facing, or potentially facing, an abortion to be able to deliberate on the facts. And I don't think it's fair to suggest that women who are past the menopausal...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    Those still are the only two options. At issue is how all of us citizens agree that we will determine under what defined circumstances a woman has the right to elect an abortion. Check your constitution, that is what is guaranteed by Roe-V-Wade. dlw
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    Lintu, I'm sorry you're angry. I agree that it is a sensitive issue and that the right to elect an abortion under defined circumstances is a constitutional right of females and one that they should protect. My post is about how we go about collectively defining the circumstances when...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    I agree that there would be some politics involved in the ratification process, but it is important to bear in mind that my proposal only sets out the manner in which we define the circumstances within which a woman may elect an abortion. Yes, but a vote in the legislature isn't proper...
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    My idea to depoliticize and prevent abortions.

    The below is something I posted at my blog. I also recommend a recent post of a letter my grandfather wrote within three months of when he died from liver cancer eleven years ago. I've encapsulated three steps for depoliticizing and preventing abortion. I was hoping to get some feedback...
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    Hi, another friend of Pah's.

    thankyou, I wish I could post some more, but I am in finals week and procrastinating on studying for my tests and papers. dlw
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    The case for the Nativity

    Not really. Lawsuits are expensive and I'm sure they could find organizations to defend them if they were sued. Also, traditionally the meaning of separation of Church and State has been their "autonomy" not their "segregation" and having a small Nativity scene on public land would not be...
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    Same-Sex Marriage — Post-Election Update

    50% of all marriages end in divorce was the statistic. Now some people like Liz Taylor tend to get married and then divorced quite often. I have three uncles who have been divorced, two of them remarried and have families with their second wife. Divorce scares the h-ll out of me, but I...
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