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Abortion is a more complicated issue because there is no agreement on when human life begins or whether a mother's rights supercede a fetus's. I personally would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned, but I don't think that issue will EVER be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
Just because things can be put on the same list doesn't mean they are necessarily similar. My attic contains within it thousands of comic books, an inflatable bed, some jigsaw puzzles, some family pictures and a "Frampton Comes Alive!" album. These things are, roughly speaking, in the same location, but they're hardly of equal value, importance or function.
I bring this up for the simple reason that we're hearing a lot about how the GOP must deal with "abortion and gay marriage" as if they are almost the same issue.
Well, in my house, I hear about my dog and...
The fact that certain defective individuals mistakenly feel this attachment to members of their own sex (or animals... or rubber dolls) does not make two men living together a marriage. You can rewrite the dictionary of you want, but it doesn't change the physical fact.
I truly wish I could fly. In fact I would "love" to fly and it's absolutely unfair than birds get to do it. I know! Lets pass a law that says when I run along flapping my arms, that's "flying"! Problem solved!