Posted on 08/26/2007 2:54:35 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, on Tuesday in an interview with Nevada television station KLAS said that if elected president he would allow individual states to keep abortion legal, the Washington Post reports.
Romney earlier this month in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos said he supports a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion nationwide. According to the Post, the "two very different statements" reflect a "challenge" for Romney as he attempts to be a "champion of the antiabortion movement".
In an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday, Romney said that giving states control to "fashion their own laws with regard to abortion" should be the "next step" in the abortion debate. Top Romney advisers on Tuesday said the governor supports a two-tiered process in which states first would obtain authority to regulate abortion after Roe v. Wade -- the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively barred state abortion bans -- is overturned. The second step would be a constitutional amendment that bans most abortions nationwide.
James Bopp -- an attorney who has represented antiabortion groups and a top Romney adviser on abortion -- said, "There's no flip-flopping. There's no contradiction. There's simply step one and step two." Jon Ralston, a columnist for the Las Vegas Sun who interviewed Romney for KLAS, said he believes Romney's "moral positions conflict" with his "states'-rights opinions," adding, "I don't see how you can be antiabortion, be in favor of a constitutional amendment and be in favor of states' rights". [click to read whole article]
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Of course they are. But "letting the states decide" is 180 degrees counter to the former.
As usual, Romney is trying to play both sides of the fence.
How many ‘wives’ did your great-great-grandfather have at the time he married ytour great-great-grandmother? If you’re mormonism follower that doesn’t matter to you.
You Momrons can’t seem to get it through your cult-blinded heads that it isn’t the institutional church which matters. It is the Savior who matters. I’m washed in the Crimson flood that seals me to Jesus Christ and God’s Spirit is working on me daily to kill off the old man and make of me a new creation In Christ Jesus. You ought to give That a whirl instead of the dervish dance of liar, adulterer, translation fabricator, false prophet, Joe Smith.
There is no proof of that you are assuming, but all points to for eternity only NO time!
The video I posted above makes me want to throw up.
Who baptized you a Christian and by what authority was that done?
Jesus for example was baptized by John the Baptist who was ordiained with priesthood authority. Baptism, for starters, is required to enter the kingdom of God.
He is Mormon anyway; they aren’t Christian.
Wow, you are ignorant.
here is the complete video that EV did not post!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3511448&page=2
The interview with Geo. Stephanopoulos
Romney earlier this month in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos said he supports a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion nationwide. According to the Post, the “two very different statements” reflect a “challenge” for Romney as he attempts to be a “champion of the antiabortion movement”.
click on the Video Titled “Romney’s view Abortion” for the week of Aug 19th
on this link now is today Aug 26 inerview but when you look you see last weeks interview
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3511448&page=2
Romney has made so many conflicting statements about Roe v Wade, abortion on demand and a womans right to choose, I can’t keep up. ;^)
Wait around I’m sure old Mitt will change his tune again.
Where did John’s priestly authority come from by which this supposed baptism of jesus occurred under authority? You are a joke, a parody of factual debate. You don’t understand the Jewish Mikveh so you cannot possibly know what the heck you’re spouting regarding the Baptism of Jesus into His Rabbinical authority. Was John in Jewish rabbinical authority to baptise others into rabbinical authority or baptise Jews for the remission of sin?
“Whichever way the wind blows...”
now, YOU need to find first hand proof that he, as you groodley said, “bedded” all these woman. If you cared for the truth, you would find that there are ways to being Sealed to a person without “bedding” them.
Would you like to learn the whole truth, not just the half truths and outright lies that are floating around?
As Ive posted on this thread, I don't think Mitt and the other "States Rights above the Right to Life" folks are going to get their wish from SCOTUS.
It would be anachronistic for States to have a Right to Life protected in their State Constitution that was not recognized by the Federal Constitution.
I agree.
What flavor is that koolaid again?... Bwahahaha, you people will believe ANYTHING to not face the truth regarding your false prophet, adulterous, lying founder. Smith’s own contemporary Mormons make your foolish defense of this adulterer absolutely silly!
Yep, Mitt’s a good centrist.
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