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...also reflected the fact that in his early days of ministry it was the clerics of the left who were flooding the streets and lobbying the Senate and speaking passionately from their pulpits in defense of civil rights.) But with the coming of the culture wars and especially the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, Falwell had another conversion experience, and entered the political arena with a vengeance...
...that he is in a Presidential primary battle in which Evangelicals account for a quarter of the electorate, however, Romney says the landmark Supreme Court decision on abortion, Roe v. Wade, has "cheapened the value of human life." And that's not the only place where he seems to have retrofitted his views to the tastes of the voters he is trying to win. Whereas Romney dedicated himself in Massachusetts to "full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens," he now describes himself as "a champion of traditional marriage." As a candidate for Governor in a state known...
...during a Nov. 9, 2004, meeting with an embryonic-stem-cell researcher who said he didn't believe therapeutic cloning presented a moral issue because the embryos were destroyed at 14 days. "It hit me very hard that we had so cheapened the value of human life in a Roe v. Wade environment that it was important to stand for the dignity of human life," Romney says. "We learn with experience. We gain perspective over time, but the principles remain the same. I have a number of principles, and the principles remain the same...
...this context, moderate Democrats who had been initially inclined to soft-pedal their support for gun control might find it in their interest to defend the principle more forcefully. "Conceivably, the Supreme Court in Parker could do for gun-control advocates what Roe v. Wade did for pro-life advocates," says Robert J. Spitzer, political scientist at SUNY Cortland and author of The Politics of Gun Control. "It could be a catalyzing event." Both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates would have to reassure the political center that they supported modest forms of gun control, but Democrats would be freer...
Senator Hillary Clinton, a politician who stands to benefit greatly from both Emily’s List and this latest Supreme Court ruling, wasted no time in updating her website, writing, “As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account.” And of course Senator Clinton makes sure to give herself props, “It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief...