1. Fair enough. Now, I'm not defending Trump at all, and he has a laundry list of character defects, but I'm still holding out some level of hope that he can at least not be terrible. What can I say, I guess I'm an optimist.
Or you have been rich your entire life
Good luck with nationwide abstinence as the primary source of birth control among teens and young adults. People are going to have sex, it's something we've been doing throughout history. I'm not saying we should encourage teens to go around screwing eachother, but surely we should teach them how to do it safely if and when they do decide to do it, and have contraceptives easily available to them if they do decide to have sex. I don't think you're going to have many kids going "well, I wanted to **** you, but I guess I won't because I can't get any contraceptives." I'm not suggesting going into a high school and handing out bags of condoms to everyone, but a sex education system shouldn't consist exclusively, or even primarily, on saying "don't do it." I'm not saying encourage sex among teens, but surely you want to promote safe sex relative to unsafe sex among people that are going to have sex anyway, as those people undoubtedly exist, no?
Or you have been rich your entire life
Partial both abortions are extremely rare, no matter what you've read.
Exactly. I'm in agreement with you here. I'm a few minutes from Delray Beach, which is pretty much the Recovery Capital of America, and people die every day from adulterated/spiked/etc drugs. I don't understand the need for late term abortions anyway, barring perhaps very rare and extreme medical circumstances which are not the topic of the debate, as shouldn't someone who wants an abortion have time to do it earlier?
That's my point exactly. They're rare for a reason.
back to the topic of legislating behavior...since the crack down on prescription pain killers people are turning to heroin which they find is stronger and cheaper...another move by the government to legislate behavior which has undesired effects. emphasis has to be on alternate pain relief other than opiates, they could do this if they were motivated, but existing opiates work and are cheap.
You like name calling, and regurgitating what they tell you to think. "Fake News".
It could be someone else also said that. The Trumps do love to plagiarize.
Grow up.
Based on his actions, not whatever he claims to believe, Christianity isn't a big influence on his life.
Does it really matter though? Atrocities have been committed by "members/followers" of every religion, often times using the religion as an excuse or justification to gain support for their actions, which are often not driven by religion at all. Trump, Hitler, etc, could claim to be Christians, but their actions prove otherwise. Many "Christians" are not Christ-like at all, which is a shame. Organized Christianity has often gone awry, but being Christ-like is something that many people who aren't "Christians" do.
I'll read it for sure. My dad is big into Hindu-Christian stuff. He has a bunch of good books I haven't read yet. I could probably take dozens of passages from non-Christian books (I hesitate to say scriptures or religious texts because I find Tao Te Ching and Meditations to be more philosophical than religious), and say that they're from the Bible and it'd be very believable.
Maybe getting the message is more important than who you hear it from. Applying the lessons and living in a "Christ-like" manner is a good thing. I'm not talking following archaic rules from biblical societies, but things like loving your neighbor, being content with what you have, etc.
I've never liked the idea of the Pope; it almost seems like people worship him, which I'm pretty sure is a big no-no.
Yep, that was the speech I watched. It wasn't a rumour that he said those things, I watched the bloody thing, LOL.
I say legalize them. It'll take nonviolent offenders out of prison, reduce the "need" and power of cartels (think Prohibition), and make things safer for users, not having to risk buying stuff from an armed criminal cartel/gang member or their friendly neighborhood drug dealer, and also by allowing them to buy from reputable sellers with quality control, not some impure, spiked nonsense from the previously mentioned scumbags. Often times it's not the drug itself being bad that kills addicts, but things added to the drugs to make them stronger/cheaper/etc.
