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In reply to the discussion: Jesus... 'Paul Ryan: Repeal Health Law Because Rights Come From God' - Rawstory [View all]Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)45. OK, so how many times have we seen charges filed...
against parents who let "God handle" their child's illness? How many times has the court taken over and given the state the right to treat that child?
How many times has the child died waiting for God to handle it?
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WillyT
Jul 2012
OP
Maybe ryan should forgo any healthcare when he and his family gets sick and let god handle it!
madmom
Jul 2012
#5
Yup. Seems to me that for the "son of God" healing the sick was on the top of his agenda...
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#17
Republicans are the ones that want to us to RETAIN corporate health insurance death panels!
cascadiance
Jul 2012
#68
But if you continue to use the Declaration as a citation rather than the Constitution
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2012
#46
I'd like to see those "patient-centered reforms". Why not advance them NOW?
TwilightGardener
Jul 2012
#19
As usual, often what they say is a WTF, because they are unbalanced people and are
RKP5637
Jul 2012
#33
Which one? "Man is the only animal to have discovered the One True God...several of them" Twain
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#34
I'm convinced that most of these assholes must have failed high school civics.
AngryOldDem
Jul 2012
#51
Government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, it follows that rights
HereSince1628
Jul 2012
#53
Disease and death also come from god. By fighting against them we are defying god's will.
Jim__
Jul 2012
#55
So then, why, as a nation, do we not do those things God wants us to do?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2012
#58
.......including the right to die without ever once being able to pay to see a doctor.......
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#69