Pro-life campaigner: Term ‘fertilized egg’ is like using ‘N-word’

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Using the term "fertilized egg" is "the same thing as using the N-word," says the pro-life minister behind a Colorado campaign to have fertilized eggs declared legal persons.

Colorado's Amendment 62, which will appear on the ballot this November, is the second attempt by pro-life groups in the state to have fertilized eggs declared legal persons.

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At a rally in Colorado Springs last week, Keith Mason, the head of Personhood USA, compared the struggle for a "personhood amendment" to the struggles for equal rights for women and African Americans.

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Mason continued: “I think it's important to note with the term fertilized egg, that's the same thing as using the N-word for an African American. Because it's a dehumanizing term and it's not based in science. The term would be a zygote, or an embryo, speaking of a unique individual."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/fertilized-egg-like-using-nword/

[twowls 217]

It's kind of arrogant for this guy to be speaking for the eggs. Do they find it offensive?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

It's kind of arrogant for this guy to be speaking for the eggs. Do they find it offensive?

plenty of black people don't find the N-word offensive yet there's plenty of non-blacks who speak for them.......

[twowls 217]

plenty of black people don't find the N-word offensive yet there's plenty of non-blacks who speak for them.......

Omigod, EXACTLY. Equivalence Established. Next!

[_Simpson_ 250]

First time I've heard this from a pro-lifer so I'm thinking he is the exception to the rule.