Agree with all that, but I don’t expect anyone who believes that abortion is murder would change their mind on that basis. That is their conscience vote, and if there are enough who feel like that then it will be, and should be, the law. If it is not the law, they can be, and should be, ignored. What they say in a poll is irrelevant, unless it is an election.

Muslims do not have a right to not be offended by images of their prophet. If they break the law in protest at such an offense, then they should be charged and prosecuted in the normal way. On second thoughts, the justice system should pursue angry Muslim mobs more vigorously than other similar offenders to send a strong message that religious beliefs are not sacred under the law, and provide no exemptions.