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tapiocapudding
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I already knew this as I’m married to one 
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rpp
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An even atheists can be pro-life.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07100503.html
When I am standing near a clinic with a sign in my hand, I will not exclude anyone from joining me to help charitably convince people not to have an abortion, Catholic, muslim, Pagan, Baptist, Atheist, I do not care. If they want to stop abortion, then on that issue, I welcome them. They may not join with me in praying a rosary, but they are welcome to stand with me.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07100503.html
When I am standing near a clinic with a sign in my hand, I will not exclude anyone from joining me to help charitably convince people not to have an abortion, Catholic, muslim, Pagan, Baptist, Atheist, I do not care. If they want to stop abortion, then on that issue, I welcome them. They may not join with me in praying a rosary, but they are welcome to stand with me.
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puzzleannie
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a close relative, raised Catholic, long since abandoned the faith for a series of new age feminist endeavors, an early and outspoken abortion advocate since the 60s, is in the process of changing her views completely. the daughter of a coworker recently gave birth to a premature child 28 weeks, and they post on a blog progress pictures of the little girl, which have moved my relative very deeply, as had the faith (Christian, not Catholic) of the family itself. She is amazed by the ultrasound pictures that were posted before birth, as they tracked the problem (they new the child would have to be born early but delayed as long as possible). and even more amazed by the photos of her post-birth development. I honestly don’t think, even though she spent years in a medical profession, she ever saw or recognized pictures and info on preborn children or neonates, with an eye that recognized them as fully human.
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Contarini
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This is great! Thanks!
Given the way neopagans generally describe themselves–gentle, peaceful, nature-loving, open to all life, etc.–it would make sense for them to be prolife. It’s good that some of them can get beyond the silly political polarization of our society to see the real moral issues at stake.
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puzzleannie
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actually my first contact with feminists was in the Sisterhood is Powerful Earth Mother days of the early 60s, long before the “movement” became equated with radical feminism, abortion “rights”, the ERA and the gay-les-lib crowd. The earlier, kinder gentler feminism was about equal pay for equal work, removing anachronistic legal prohibitions affecting inheritance, employment etc. and most of all about helping each other as sisters, natural childbirth, ecological breastfeeding, organic foods, make your own baby food etc. playgroups, self-help etc.
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Contarini
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Yes, and it’s interesting that a lot of this has passed into the conservative homeschooling Christian movement (both Protestant and Catholic) of the past few decades.
A few secular journalists have picked up on this–I remember an article in the late 90s about the “Christian counter-culture.” But it doesn’t fit their general set of stereotypes very well, does it?
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Cari
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You just described the women in my Catholic homeschool group to a T. Who would have known that, 40 years ago, we would have been labeled “feminists”? I’m not sure what the world calls us now (actually, I do know
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Holly3278
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So what? NeoPaganism is still wrong.
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Contarini
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The second part of your sentence is obviously true (well, obviously in the context of Christian faith!). The first part leaves me stunned. What is the connection between the two? Are you suggesting that if people are theologically wrong, then whether they condone murder or not is irrelevant?
Edwin
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