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Originally Posted by Phang
He is pro-life
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So are most Americans, with a majority favouring a ban on partial birth abortion. This is in line with Thompson's stance
that late-stage abortions should be illegal while early-stage abortions should not be legislated against which is hardly a fringe standpoint.
Just under half of American households contain a firearm, and about the same proportion think that gun ownership makes them safer, outweighing those who think gun ownership makes like more dangerous by a few percent.
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An outspoken federalist, he naturally voted yes to DOMA (and the Fourteenth Amendment could, of course, go **** itself.
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Most states which have voted on DOMAs have passed them without obstruction, including his home state of Virginia so it's not really a huge surprise there. It flew through the House with an overwhelming majority, so again I'm not really heading towards 'conservative nutcase' yet. Also, hate-crime laws are fairly retarded anyway.
He seems to share the values of a large number of the electorate. If he does get elected, isn't that exactly what democracy's meant to be about?