Scalia suggests women have no right to contraception

[MadMan1978]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/2...contraception/

[mrveggieman]

Scalia's mother is the perfect example of why we need contraception.

[AUTaxMan]

Here is his reasoning. Rights are not given to us by the federal government. They are given to us by God. The Constitution is a document of negative liberties, placing limits on the federal government's power to infringe upon our rights. It does not, in and of itself, create rights. Thus, there is no Constitutional right to contraception, just like there is no right to privacy, right to vote, or right to marriage. Nevertheless, you do have the right to us contraception if your state allows it (states having the power to police pretty much anything). This is how the Constitution was written and intended to have been construed. To say, as the author does, that Scalia suggests women don't have the right to use contraception is either incredibly dumb or misleading.

[MadMan1978]

one statement and i am done discussing this with you

the Separation of Church and State...it is for that very reason....If that is the thought of the GOP right wing Conservatives...the GOP is in big trouble...

[mrveggieman]

Here is his reasoning. Rights are not given to us by the federal government. They are given to us by God. The Constitution is a document of negative liberties, placing limits on the federal government's power to infringe upon our rights. It does not, in and of itself, create rights. Thus, there is no Constitutional right to contraception, just like there is no right to privacy, right to vote, or right to marriage. Nevertheless, you do have the right to us contraception if your state allows it (states having the power to police pretty much anything). This is how the Constitution was written and intended to have been construed. To say, as the author does, that Scalia suggests women don't have the right to use contraception is either incredibly dumb or misleading.

[AUTaxMan]

one statement and i am done discussing this with you

the Separation of Church and State...it is for that very reason....If that is the thought of the GOP right wing Conservatives...the GOP is in big trouble...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

[AUTaxMan]

What of that do you have a problem with veg, and why?

[mrveggieman]

What of that do you have a problem with veg, and why?

Your suggestion that non christians are subject to follow christian beliefs that are irrelevant to a secular society.

[AUTaxMan]

Your suggestion that non christians are subject to follow christian beliefs that are irrelevant to a secular society.

I didn't mean to suggest that. Where are you getting that from?

[mrveggieman]

I didn't mean to suggest that. Where are you getting that from?

See post #6.