Not exact matches
I think your position is the position
of most pro-choice supporters, my
issue with the
religious pro-life side is they do not want to support the very things that have been shown to have to largest impact on reducing
abortion, s.e.x education and contraception.
The main problems with the
religious right, Harris says, include disregard for poverty and international justice (particularly for women), obsession over the
issues of abortion and gay marriage, and a mindset that generally embraces greed - centered capitalism.
In this important work, Duddington takes consideration
of a number
of key ethical
issues that face our contemporary policy and law - makers, including marriage,
abortion, euthanasia, reproductive science, and
religious conscience and freedoms.
Second, evangelical Protestants will benefit immensely from listening to Roman Catholic thinkers engaging with the pressing public square
issues of abortion, sexuality, and
religious freedom.
Though the Supreme Court is far from a consistent proxy
issue for social conservatives or
religious voters, it does provide a flashpoint for
issues of religious liberty, traditional moral values, and
abortion - on - demand.
Especially in a country in which folk wisdom and popular religion have diverse cultural sources, the appeal to these is often highly divisive, as today over
issues of abortion and homosexuality and
religious practices in the schools.
Huckabee's 2008 Iowa victory and Santorum's surge suggest that, in spite
of the dominant stereotypes about evangelicals, they value
religious authenticity more than rhetoric and care about more
issues than gay - marriage and
abortion.
Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the
Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the
Religious Right, except on the
abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 %
of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.
abortion issue, gay rights: are not «
religious»
issues, the proof
of that is that within the Christian community there is support for both sides, AND there is support for both sides in the atheistic community.
Unfortunately, contemporary culture presents us — all too insistently — with
issues which require a determined biblical and theological response: the continuation
of the
abortion regime; the intensifying pressure to acknowledge the legitimacy
of same - sex «marriage»; the attacks on the
religious liberty
of Christians, forcing them to support practices offensive to their faith; and, most recently, «assisted suicide» now masquerading under the name «the right to die with dignity.»
Leading up to the
issues of birth control and
abortion he declares that marriage is a natural right
of man rather than a
religious or civil institution.
(i) a woman's right to an
abortion; (iii) medical immunization
of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical
issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use
of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts
of America, regardless
of the
religious views
of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.
It will consider natural law moral reasoning and its application to a variety
of moral and political
issues, including
religious liberty, economic justice, just war and capital punishment,
abortion, euthanasia, and marriage and sexuality.
One
of our major
issues in
abortion and decisions on its use are not made rationally they are made by some because
of religious beliefs (remember about the wars).
Obviously
abortion is a lynch pin
issue in any election because it is really one
of the few
issues that hits upon both the
religious and secular implications
of politics, and I don't usually support or vote for pro-choice candidates.
Furthermore, I tried to ask different questions using similar themes that are
of specific interest to pastors — for example, the role
of faith,
issues like creation care and
abortion,
religious liberty, etc..
The battle between Driehaus and a group
of progressive Catholic supporters on the one hand and
religious conservatives on the other is a reminder that
abortion has become a key
issue in the midterm elections in parts
of the country, even as the economy and jobs remain voters» top concern.
Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic
issues — for example, raising their interest in questions
of peace and social justice or, in the case
of conservative
religious groups, generating ire about
abortion and gay rights.
Appointed in 1986, Scalia has been on the Court long enough to have tackled virtually every important legal
issue of our day:
abortion,
religious liberty, race and gender equality, gay rights, and separation
of powers, among others.
In it, Bush - one
of the most openly
religious presidents in recent history - speaks freely about such faith - related
issues as how his mother's miscarriage shaped his opposition to
abortion and how the Rev. Billy Graham helped him to quit drinking and led him to Jesus.
As with any election year, the topic
of abortion has been a key
issue for
religious voters.
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Romney has a mixed record on certain moral
issues» such as
abortion and gay marriage» that are
of deep importance to
religious believers and secular liberals.
Other areas
of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded
religious schools,
religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical
issues such as
abortion and assisted dying.
Hi colleagues this for the GCSE
Religious Studies AQA SPEC B Religion and Life
Issues Unit 2 and focusses on the topic
of Religion Early life and
Abortion.
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