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SCantiGOP

(13,867 posts)
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 06:36 PM Dec 2021

Bob Marley and the abortion debate

Bob Marley injured a toe kicking a soccer ball, and when it didn’t heal, doctors found a melanoma under the nail. He was advised to have the toe amputated immediately, but his Rastafarian faith did not allow him to remove any part of the “temple” that God had created. This decision cost him his life.
What does this have to do with abortion? Opposition to abortion is as much a religious decision as was Marley’s choice not to have his toe removed.
How would anti-abortion activists react if told they would have to die rather than have a toe removed because the Rastafarian majority in the Supreme Court decided to follow their faith?

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Bob Marley and the abortion debate (Original Post) SCantiGOP Dec 2021 OP
Ahem - anti-abortion activists will never have to worry about a Rastafarian majority in the malaise Dec 2021 #1
pity, that stopdiggin Dec 2021 #2
That isn't even happening in malaise Dec 2021 #3
Almost though SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #4

malaise

(268,724 posts)
1. Ahem - anti-abortion activists will never have to worry about a Rastafarian majority in the
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 06:41 PM
Dec 2021

US Supreme Court - but I get your point.

SCantiGOP

(13,867 posts)
4. Almost though
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 11:09 PM
Dec 2021

I remember way back, in the latter part of the 70s, that Marley was a major influencer in Jamaica's presidential politics. He was even the target of an assassination attempt at one point.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20151129/heroic-moves-bob-marley-amid-election-strife

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