Kerryism of the Day
The senator's caveats and curlicues.
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"I oppose abortion 1. I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception. 2 3"
—Dubuque, Iowa, Telegraph Herald, July 4, 2004
[2] But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist …
[3] who doesn' t share it.
Verbatim:
"I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception. But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist ... who doesn't share it." [Ellipses in original transcript]
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