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Mississippi Baptists back "Personhood Amendment"

By SharperIron on Thu, 10/27/11
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Abortion
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If approved by voters, the initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the terms “person” or “persons” to “include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.”

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Alex Guggenheim

NewThis, to me, is a very bad

Thu, 10/27/11
This, to me, is a very bad idea. It may be sincere but how it has been thought out seems blind to some staggering implications which they do not seem to anticipate. I doubt it will pass, though.

My blog: http://thepedestrianchristian.blogspot.com/

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farmer Tom N

NewPersonhood

Fri, 10/28/11
Alex,

Would you please explain what you mean by “some staggering implications”??

I’m curious what these implications are?

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