Word: moralizations
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...embryo does in fact have standing as a living being, then the natural conclusion is that the wanton destruction of life caused by procreation must be ceased immediately. After all, one cannot make exceptions to murder just because they are “necessary.” On what moral grounds can we destroy three inarguably unique human beings, on average, in order to make one? This “take life to make life” ethic is tenuous at best, but more importantly, it is precisely what the right to life movement openly decries in its opposition...
...result, we are left with two options. If we wish to maintain a moral society, we must in effect drive ourselves extinct to avoid the death of innocent embryos, or we must dismiss the idea that conception is the point at which a life legally begins. One imagines that the second course of action is easier to accept, or at least to pass through Congress...
While popular opinion certainly does influence conceptions of legitimacy in the democratic process, it does not grant moral force to gay marriage. Rather, gay marriage ought to be recognized as its own substantive fundamental right, a right grounded in our nation’s conception of equality—and it’s the duty of the courts to uphold those rights when a legislature fails to. While we are unequivocally glad that the New Jersey Court unanimously agreed on the equality of rights, we cannot help but lament its refusal to make same-sex marriage equal in both...
They place their hands on a “moral purifier” machine that uses a “plasma process,” to cleanse them morally for 90 days, according to Gordon. They also each receive a set of surgical gloves, mask...
...undecided. Thirty-eight percent of white evangelicals polled say they'll support Democrats. In 2004, exit polls indicated that 78% of this constituency voted for Bush. While the G.O.P. won out in the poll by seven points (42-35) as the party perceived as best equipped to protect moral values, a matter especially important to this group, the party's standing among evangelicals may have been hurt by recent Congressional scandals, which have tarnished the G.O.P. especially. Forty-one percent of registered voters said Congressional scandals were extremely or very important as voting issues this campaign...