Re: Abortion

BlackWater  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lawrence E. McKnight

>>>The "3/5ths" thing was TRUTH ... look it up. 
>>
>>Where?  I know that various loonie anti-abortionist claim that the
>>Constitution makes that statment, but that only proves that they are
>>either lying or ignorant.
>
>http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html#section2
>
>Article I
>
>Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested
>in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a
>Senate and House of Representatives.
>
>Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of
[...]
>Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the
>several states which may be included within this union, according
>to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding
>   * * * *
>to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to
>service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed,
>three fifths of all other Persons.
>   * * * *

So, in fact, the Constitution makes no mention of a 3/5ths person at
all.

>   - - - - - 
>
>   Guess who were the "all other persons" who fell into the
>   "3/5ths" category, sucker ...

Learn to read, moron.

-- 
Ray Fischer         
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