How does one respond to this abortion tax argument?

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“[You may object to paying for abortion with your tax dollars, but] you are also paying for every war the US wages on other countries, Guantanamo bay and many other things a religious person might not want to participate in. Just imagine that your specific dollars go to the poor old lady with Alzheimers. That is the rule of society: everyone chips in so we can solve our problems. Mine might be abortion and yours might be something else.”
 
Don’t worry about it. We are commanded by Jesus to pay our taxes. We also pay for abortions through our health insurance policies and purchasing goods and services at companies that provide abortion with the health insurance coverage and the salaries of their employees. You can’t avoid evil when it comes to paying taxes or buying goods and services.
 
Don’t worry about it. We are commanded by Jesus to pay our taxes. We also pay for abortions through our health insurance policies and purchasing goods and services at companies that provide abortion with the health insurance coverage and the salaries of their employees. You can’t avoid evil when it comes to paying taxes or buying goods and services.
Well said.
Mary.
 
Jesus did pay taxes to the Romans and to the Temple. I would note the incendiary anti-Christian nature of this dedicated tax that has a direct correlation with abortion and abortifacients; promises to pay for genital mutilation for gender swapping; and in 2015 outlaws private pay for tests and procedures deemed unnecessary by Big Brother. Free health care or control freak healthcare?😊 This is as belligerent as Putin’s take-over of Ukraine. :eek:
 
Don’t worry about it. We are commanded by Jesus to pay our taxes. We also pay for abortions through our health insurance policies and purchasing goods and services at companies that provide abortion with the health insurance coverage and the salaries of their employees. You can’t avoid evil when it comes to paying taxes or buying goods and services.
To avoid paying taxes and to attempt to get your elected leaders to change how that money is used are two different things. As far as paying for other things that should be considered morally questionable, I would say there is always room to examine how our tax dollars are being spent and to voice our concerns to our leaders. And finally, two wrongs don’t make a right. Under the logic from the op, if you sin in one way you’d might as well go all out. Lied about being sick to get off work? Well, you had better support your friend when he tells you he cheated on his wife. And you and your friend had better not say anything when you see someone getting mugged on your daily jog.
 
“[You may object to paying for abortion with your tax dollars, but] you are also paying for every war the US wages on other countries, Guantanamo bay and many other things a religious person might not want to participate in. Just imagine that your specific dollars go to the poor old lady with Alzheimers. That is the rule of society: everyone chips in so we can solve our problems. Mine might be abortion and yours might be something else.”
We elect people to determine what taxes should pay for. In our country there is not majority support for having the government pay for abortions. Of course given the propensity of Catholics to support abortion with their votes this could change
 
“[You may object to paying for abortion with your tax dollars, but] you are also paying for every war the US wages on other countries, Guantanamo bay and many other things a religious person might not want to participate in. Just imagine that your specific dollars go to the poor old lady with Alzheimers. That is the rule of society: everyone chips in so we can solve our problems. Mine might be abortion and yours might be something else.”
It’s unavoidable. From being a contributing member of society the output of some of your efforts or flowing into supporting the others in the same society. Resources and services typically are not segregated by the moral and political stances of the people that consume them. Even a person that does nothing more than bake bread could find that his food is consumed by those that make policies he disagrees with. And he is in some way also supported by those people when they money they make is used to purchase his bread.
 
That’s an appallingly secular argument. When I talk about something being immoral, I don’t even touch on finances. Certainly, money can be used for great evil, but that, I feel, is not even close to being the reason why abortion is wrong. It’s wrong because God says so.

The secularist will scoff or accuse you of judging, but that changes nothing. In my opinion, you don’t need to argue over abortion as much as you need to proclaim it. If your adversaries scoff, that is their own fault.
 
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