Mississippi vote defines "Personhood"

aiseiri47 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:25 pm **Posts:** 177

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/08/us/mi ... index.html

Quote:

Mississippi voters are casting ballots Tuesday on an amendment to the state constitution that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception.

Initiative 26 would define personhood as "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof."

This kind of thing really frustrates me - if life begins at conception, why is baptism performed after birth? Is it not cruel of the church to neglect the unborn in this way? Bunch of ignorant hypocrites.

funkyderek · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:29 pm

Thankfully it's been rejected: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... rtion.html

This bill was never going to be constitutional. It seems that the reason behind it was to force the Supreme Court to revisit the issue.

aiseiri47 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:25 pm **Posts:** 177

Thankfully, indeed.

Though, the fact that there are people backing it (and the fact that it is a good example of how many people think in regards to the abortion argument) is enough to frustrate me.

nozzferrahhtoo · **Joined:** Thu May 29, 2008 8:17 am **Posts:** 1140

Honestly I am shocked. I read this bill and thought instantly it was just the kind of thing people would vote in. It was worded in such a way that the average joe... or so I thought... would be much more likely to understand the pro arguments than the no side arguments..... and that the pro arguments would be emotionally more appealing than the anti side for those voting with their emotions and not their hearts.

Seems I underestimated the public there. I will apologise to them in my mind and thank them for making a good decision this time.

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