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mrstickball said:

To be fair, a lot of the sentiment may lie more with personal convictions rather than public. For example, someone such as myself is vehimently anti-homosexual from a relgious standpoint (I believe its morally wrong), but am pro-gay marriage because I simply don't have the right to force another person into my views.

Abortion is a little bit different of a matter, though, because you can have 2 sides to the same 'which side is restrctive towards personal liberty?' coin:

  • One may believe that its authoritarian to ban a woman from having an abortion
  • Another may believe that its authoritarian to allow a woman to destroy a fetus 

Otherwise, most other issues are pretty cut and dry - either you are for restricting freedom to do something, or not.

 

Can you explain how it could be considered authoritarian to allow a woman to destroy a fetus?

 

@mirgro. They are social issues, thus they have to do with social conservatism. The fact that they are religious is as I said is unimportant.