I'm sure it won't surprise anyone to know that I did not vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. But let me tell you why I am heartsick that so many did.
Unless you've had your head stuck in the sand, you have to know that Obama has the most pro-abortion record of anyone in the Senate. As a state senator, he even opposed legislation to save babies who survived their abortions and were born alive. That is repulsive. The Freedom of Choice Act, which Obama has promised to sign, relaxes even the limited restraints on abortion many states have enacted. America already has the most permissive abortion laws in the world.
Yes, I disagree with some other Obama policies, policies that may disappoint, frustrate, or scare me. That is part of our political system, and it's a good part--different people with different ideas on governing make us stronger. Many of those issues have large gray areas. Abortion is black and white. And you cannot, absolutely cannot, be a good leader while considering any class of people sub-human, be it for race, age, culture, or faith. If the only ill in Hitler's philosophy was the perceived right of others to exterminate anyone of Jewish descent, could he have been a great leader? There is no "he's a good man, with the exception of thinking murder is okay." Thinking murder is okay eliminates the possibility of being a good man. That so many people, even people of faith who claim to value life, can turn a blind eye to the issue of the legalized killing of any class of people. . . .
Please don't quibble over whether unborn children are people. Babies show their personality even in the womb. Can you look at current ultrasound pictures, pictures that show babies moving and sucking their thumbs, and deny that they are human? Can you look at the pictures of Carolyn and tell me that, had we chosen abortion--as our first doctor repeatedly advised us to do in the 2 visits I had with her--we would not have been claiming the life of a person? The person that is Carolyn would have been lost--no identical replacement next time around. Every baby--every fetus--is unique and different.
It is ironic that, as we celebrate the progress America has made from the days when men of Obama's skin tone were denied basic human rights, we do so for one who would deny children even the right to life in favor of their mother's convenience and freedom from responsibility.
Life is lovely.
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Just tell any mother who has lost a baby before it was viable that it was "only a piece of tissue." Does anyone actually say that? And yet, when it comes to killing that baby, it doesn't matter? It's no longer a unique life? Hmph. Jesus said, "Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven." Jesus always stood for the children...I do not think He is neutral on the subject.
Amen!
And why in the world did a doctor tell you to abort Carolyn?? I must have missed something here.
I can not, can not believe that stupid doctor told you to abort Carolyn. That makes me so angry. These doctors have no right going around saying there are things wrong with our children before they have even had a chance to develop. They told us there was something wrong with Sophie's stomach and got us all worked up. They told Anna that Kellen had brain tummors and didn't even encourage her that they might disapear on their own. And look both girls are perfectly healthy. I don't even want to know what that dunb doctor told you to do kill Carolyn. I'd like to see someone tell him or her to do that to one of their children. Grrrrrrr....
Kristen, you didn't miss anything. We opted not to tell everyone, as the doctor's reasons were specious (Aren't they all?) and we didn't want everyone worried. I think this is the first time I've mentioned it here. Carolyn is obviously healthy in every way, and it goes to my point about Obama. Had we been open to the idea of abortion, the Freedom of Choice Act could jeopardize even the legal requirements of fully informing parents of the dangers and effects of abortion--making the survival of thousands of Carolyns that much more unlikely.
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