On this, the anniversary of one of the most heinous Supreme Court decisions in our history (it's right up there with if not more awful than Dred Scott) we must take a moment and consider what our nation has become since then. Do we really support life when we give of our money and time to soup kitchens and homeless shelters yet will not protect people at their most defenseless?
We do not. What the liberals who have approached me over the abortion question always seem to fall back on is that I need to put all 'life' issues on the same plain. I need to find a balance, of which, they assert, abortion is only one issue.
It may well be only one issue, yet if it is it is the issue. It is based on the dignity of human life, which is what drives any respect for humanity in general. Why should the poor be helped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Why should people not be murdered or stolen from or raped or kidnapped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Where does this dignity begin?
It begins in the womb. Simple Reason tell us as much: human beings have human children.
If you won't support life at its beginning, when it can do nothing for itself, how can I trust that you really will support human dignity later? How can I even trust what you call human dignity? If I can't trust you on that, then, quite frankly, your opinion on education and the environment and our role is world affairs must be held suspect as well. If the dignity of the human person isn't first in your thoughts, then I have difficulty believing in your sincerity on lesser causes.
End abortion now. Work for and vote for the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Then we might discuss, with some promise, what to do about ancillary questions.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Keep Pushing
The Republican controlled House of Representatives has recently proposed attacks on the abortion issue in two ways: by eliminating certain tax breaks, and by restricting the use of government funding of abortions. Neither move is expected to pass, as the liberals control the Senate.
But the symbolism cannot be more important at this time. The GOP must show to the American people that they are different than their Democratic counterparts. This is surely an issue which would demonstrate that, along with the health care questions which got the Republicans in control of the House in the first place.
We are in a less than two year window which should give conservatives the opportunity to show the citizens where we stand and what we intend to do. Once the American voting public sees that we really mean what we say and begin to understand how positive of a change it would make in their lives, then the Presidency and the Senate shall easily become ours in November 2012. From there, the right wing could set itself up as the dominate wing of American politics for generations.
If they remember their roots. They did not between 200-2008 and paid dearly. The GOP renaissance of 2010 essentially still agrees with them. This is not the time to test their patience but to reward it by showing we mean business. Particularly on the life issue.
But the symbolism cannot be more important at this time. The GOP must show to the American people that they are different than their Democratic counterparts. This is surely an issue which would demonstrate that, along with the health care questions which got the Republicans in control of the House in the first place.
We are in a less than two year window which should give conservatives the opportunity to show the citizens where we stand and what we intend to do. Once the American voting public sees that we really mean what we say and begin to understand how positive of a change it would make in their lives, then the Presidency and the Senate shall easily become ours in November 2012. From there, the right wing could set itself up as the dominate wing of American politics for generations.
If they remember their roots. They did not between 200-2008 and paid dearly. The GOP renaissance of 2010 essentially still agrees with them. This is not the time to test their patience but to reward it by showing we mean business. Particularly on the life issue.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Pro-Choice means Pro-Abortion
It is high time that we took control of the debate about abortion by defining our terms in a way which better illustrates the matter. We must start by asserting the very obvious yet oft denied truth that Pro-Choice means Pro-Abortion.
There is a simple test to prove this point. I am not a fan of basketball. I am not impressed by the athleticism of the game nor do I find it particularly entertaining. Yet I am in favor of those wanting to play it being allowed to do so. I am, with no embarrassment, willing to proclaim that I am pro-basketball. I am not merely in favor of individual choice on the question. I wholly support that those who want to play it must be allowed to play it.
Yet abortion supporters will not make a similar allowance. Indeed they are nearly rabid in their denuciations: pro-choice, they claim, does not mean pro-abortion.
Why do they want to hide the true nature of their views? That they most certainly wish as much is found not merely through the above example but in the fact that so many of them, when discussing the question, are quick to add that they themselves would never have one.
I do not go around proclaiming that, while I support those playing basketball in their right to play, I personally would never play it. I never say, "You'll never see me shooting hoops." I don't have to; as playing it is not wrong, I see no reason to assert that I wouldn't do it. Unless they know in their own hearts that abortion is wrong, the pro-abortion activists have no need of trying to imply a difference of viewpoint which does not exist.
It all boils down to one simple point: a guilty conscience needs no accuser. They convict themselves by their actions.
There is a simple test to prove this point. I am not a fan of basketball. I am not impressed by the athleticism of the game nor do I find it particularly entertaining. Yet I am in favor of those wanting to play it being allowed to do so. I am, with no embarrassment, willing to proclaim that I am pro-basketball. I am not merely in favor of individual choice on the question. I wholly support that those who want to play it must be allowed to play it.
Yet abortion supporters will not make a similar allowance. Indeed they are nearly rabid in their denuciations: pro-choice, they claim, does not mean pro-abortion.
Why do they want to hide the true nature of their views? That they most certainly wish as much is found not merely through the above example but in the fact that so many of them, when discussing the question, are quick to add that they themselves would never have one.
I do not go around proclaiming that, while I support those playing basketball in their right to play, I personally would never play it. I never say, "You'll never see me shooting hoops." I don't have to; as playing it is not wrong, I see no reason to assert that I wouldn't do it. Unless they know in their own hearts that abortion is wrong, the pro-abortion activists have no need of trying to imply a difference of viewpoint which does not exist.
It all boils down to one simple point: a guilty conscience needs no accuser. They convict themselves by their actions.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Roe v. Wade
On this, the anniversary of one of the most heinous Supreme Court decisions in our history (it's right up there with if not more awful than Dred Scott) we must take a moment and consider what our nation has become since then. Do we really support life when we give of our money and time to soup kitchens and homeless shelters yet will not protect people at their most defenseless?
We do not. What the liberals who have approached me over the abortion question always seem to fall back on is that I need to put all 'life' issues on the same plain. I need to find a balance, of which, they assert, abortion is only one issue.
It may well be only one issue, yet if it is it is the issue. It is based on the dignity of human life, which is what drives any respect for humanity in general. Why should the poor be helped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Why should people not be murdered or stolen from or raped or kidnapped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Where does this dignity begin?
It begins in the womb. Simple Reason tell us as much: human beings have human children.
If you won't support life at its beginning, when it can do nothing for itself, how can I trust that you really will support human dignity later? How can I even trust what you call human dignity? If I can't trust you on that, then, quite frankly, your opinion on education and the environment and our role is world affairs must be held suspect as well. If the dignity of the human person isn't first in your thoughts, then I have difficulty believing in your sincerity on lesser causes.
End abortion now. Work for and vote for the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Then we might discuss, with some promise, what to do about ancillary questions.
We do not. What the liberals who have approached me over the abortion question always seem to fall back on is that I need to put all 'life' issues on the same plain. I need to find a balance, of which, they assert, abortion is only one issue.
It may well be only one issue, yet if it is it is the issue. It is based on the dignity of human life, which is what drives any respect for humanity in general. Why should the poor be helped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Why should people not be murdered or stolen from or raped or kidnapped? Because of their dignity as human beings. Where does this dignity begin?
It begins in the womb. Simple Reason tell us as much: human beings have human children.
If you won't support life at its beginning, when it can do nothing for itself, how can I trust that you really will support human dignity later? How can I even trust what you call human dignity? If I can't trust you on that, then, quite frankly, your opinion on education and the environment and our role is world affairs must be held suspect as well. If the dignity of the human person isn't first in your thoughts, then I have difficulty believing in your sincerity on lesser causes.
End abortion now. Work for and vote for the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Then we might discuss, with some promise, what to do about ancillary questions.
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