A Letter to my Christian Friends
Many of you have been “kind” enough to send me emails warning about the many dangers of an Obama presidency. You have implied (or stated) that Obama is Muslim, not ready to lead, Liberal, Socialist, a Terrorist, and quite possibly the anti-Christ. Most frequently though, you like to talk about abortion, as though killing unborn babies is a not-so-secret passion of Barack Obama. I don’t want to get into the more ridiculous assertions, but I would like to talk about the role of the abortion debate in this election.
To set the record straight, Obama is not pro-Abortion, he opposes abortion like we all do. I don’t think anyone believes that an abortion is a good thing. It is a tragedy that women in this country have abortions. But the sad reality is that women have abortions and will continue to have abortions no matter who gets elected. The president doesn’t get to make this decision, it is a function of the laws of this country and how those laws are interpreted by the courts. The “logic” behind the presidency taking center stage in the debate is that he gets to appoint Supreme Court justices. If we can pack the court with enough conservative judges, they’ll overturn Roe vs. Wade, which guarantees women the right to abortions.
Should Roe vs. Wade be overturned, the decision on abortions goes to the states. Presumably, some states would outlaw abortions and others would permit them. If Texas, for example, outlawed abortion, there would be nothing to stop a pregnant woman from taking a 2-hour flight to Los Angeles to get one. Worse yet, she might choose to have an illegal abortion right at home.
Rather than picking a pro-life president, the more direct, and honest, approach would be a constitutional amendment banning abortion. This has never been seriously attempted because: 1) it would likely be defeated, and 2) Republicans LOVE getting your Christian votes every four years on this single, largely irrelevent, issue.
We’ve had an adamently pro-life president for the past eight years as well as a republican congress for six of the last eight years and yet not an iota of progress towards eliminating abortion. What makes you think that John McCain, who was pro-choice before he was against it, would make a difference?
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