The Consequences of “Personhood” Being Bestowed Onto A Zygote
THIS IS FROM BILL SIMON AT THE PV
PV-I really don’t have the desire to debate the issue contained within the text of Georgia HR 536, The Paramount Right To Life Amendment. Most of you know where I stand, and I know where most of you stand. To debate what you believe and what I believe about when human life begins will end-up exactly where we both started: a lot of disagreement and exasperation. Let’s skip that feeling all together, okay?
However, a rather interesting post I read on PeachPundit.com tonight sparked my mind to start thinking about this legislation in a completely different light. AND…it is a light that actually may cause a lot of the pro-life legislators to become quite against HR 536, and for the pro-choice legislators to actually turn in favor of it.
You think you might be able to link to the actual article, instead of somebody’s inbox?
This is where some people’s understanding of Constitutional government begins and ends. Amendments about zygotes and marriage.
Chris
Sorry wrong link!
Bills latest point!
The Consequences of “Personhood” Being Bestowed Onto A Zygote-Addendum
Hey, sorry, but I gotta add a #6 to my previous list of what happens if the Human Life Amendment were to get on the ballot and pass by a majority.
Bob Mayzes responded to my comments I sent out last night with several comments, one of which I thought was very thought-provoking. AND, one that the Liberals might actually consider very carefully. This is what Bob wrote me:
“The Human Life Amendment purpose is to protect all human life from conception until natural death. It is not just about protecting unborn babies, but about protecting lives of the sick and aged from being purged by a society concerned about cost and convenience. The Human Life Amendment says that our State considers human life unique and worthy of legal protections.”
Based on this comment from Bob, I hereby amend and add a #6 to the “What Happens if This Ill-Conceived Amendment Were To Pass a Ballot Vote” as follows:
6) Since a state constitutional amendment is the paramount source of law for the state, all laws in conflict with the amendment will, eventually, be repealed. One only needs to take the ruling last week from the Georgia Supreme Court who found that yes, taking money previously collected under the auspice of educational purposes and using it for TAD redevelopment was, in fact, a violation of the state constitution. This, despite the fact that the practice had been going on for more than 10 years.
So if the intention of the life amendment is to be interpreted as Bob Mayzes claims it is, then the death penalty for crimes in this state will cease as an available punishment. No more putting to death violators of any act, no matter how heinous. Why? Because all of the laws must abide by the constitution..and, if you put into the constitution that all life must be protected, then all life must be protected, even the lives of the 4 men who might rape someone’s 12-year-old daughter for 10 hours, and then slice her throat and leave her to bleed.
Now, to you Democrats who hate the death penalty, you should consider getting onboard and pumping-up support of this ballot initiative. You can abolish the death penalty in this state if this ballot gets passed.
To sum-up, laws have consequences…and, laws written by complete morons (e.g., Rep. Martin Scott who is carrying this bill for the large group of PETA-wannabes that call themselves “GRTL”)…and passed by a larger group of morons (e.g., Martin Scott’s fellow representatives and senators who want to vote in favor of this resolution) tends to produce pretty asinine results.
Oh…one other thing: A zygote IS “human”, but is it a human being? You see, in much the same way as if you were to find a human arm lying by the side of the road (and that arm contains all of the genes of a human being), do we consider that arm to BE a “human being” merely because it has the aspects of a human?
Carry on…
On one hand, GA Republicans wish to allow GA voters the opportunity to express themselves via constitutional amendments for this issue and major tax reform.
Yet on the other hand, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle decided GA voters are not able to decide for themselves whether we should join with 47 other states in allowing alcohol sales on Sunday.
So GA voters are smart enough to decide when life begins and how taxes should be collected, but not smart enough to determine whether Budweiser should be sold on the sabbath….only in government could something so ridiculous take place!