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Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina  A friend of mine mentioned Ron Paul is very anti-abortion and would make any abortion illegal, and also that he doesn't like the separation of church and state. Is this true? Can anyone comment on his stance on these issues? |
No. It's not true. Well, part of it.
Ron Paul
is very anti-abortion. However, the key is that Ron Paul is, not his policies, or his votes. You can look at
Ron Paul Library, his website, etc., but everywhere you will find the same thing: he fully supports letting the state decide the abortion issue, and he vehemently denies any federal ban or regulation on abortion--even though, personally, he doesn't like it. He thinks it should be up to the people (that is, let it be a state matter, not a Federal matter--note the latter is controlled by 435 elites known as "Congressman," whom Ron Paul is one of).
P.S. I'm very pro-choice. I do not agree with his anti-abortion stance, but I fully agree with his stance that the federal government should not be involved.
As for separation of church and state...well, I was born Catholic, and am now an atheist, let me say that first. Ron Paul, in this matter, thinks that there should be no federal restrictions or special privileges to churches and church groups compared to other organizations. However, he does not think the Founding Fathers intended for there to be a rigid separation between church and state. I disagree.
Here's more on this.
However, if you look at Ron's voting record, it's very clear his personal convictions do not influence his legislation. He's voted against preference to Christians, against limiting abortion, etc.