So they must not believe it is murdering babies like you believe. Aren't they all Christians? You would think this is a slam dunk.
I think they are scared of women who don't think it is murder. Or they don't believe it themselves. Many Republicans are pro choice.
My disconnect with the āpro-lifeā message, aside from the obvious autonomy issue, is that very rarely have I seen my pro-life friends argue as passionately for childrenās healthcare or universal
healthcare or refugees or against the death penalty or poverty or for
mental health advocacy or homeless advocacy or for VA reform, etc.
I know. I have some intelligent friends who claim to respect women, and in their minds, they probably think this is all about āthe unborn,ā but there is an undeniable theme of so-called irresponsibility and selfishness and āpromiscuityā on the part of women that is framed, packaged and touted by the pro-life movement.
It isnāt just inaccurate. It isnāt just insulting and degrading. It is absolutely deadly to women. It is an attack on them and their families, folks who have to make hard choices and should never be shamed for doing so.
You claim Christ is a champion of āthe unborn.ā You claim Godās law supersedes that of humankind.
Putting aside for a second that 1) your religious preference shouldnāt dictate othersā choices and 2) that Christ trusted women, there is a glaring hypocrisy in this line of thinking.
Show me in your Bible where it talks about poverty when you say government shouldnāt create social safety nets.
Show me in your Bible where it talks about the Good Samaritan when you make a decision to walk past the homeless or say that
your tax dollars shouldnāt go to pay for someone elseās healthcare or claim that āillegal immigrantsā should go back to their own country.
Show me in your Bible where it talks about judgement while you claim to fully understand and dictate the very personal decisions of women and families.
Show me in your Bible where it talks about turning the other cheek while you claim that ācivilian collateral damageā is necessary to the security of a free state, whether it be
drone warfare or unfettered
access to firearms?
You say your heart is full of Christās love, but why does that only manifest itself on this particular issue and no others?
f you are willing to die on this hill top over the āunborn,ā you will not convince me until you adequately address these underlying issues, until you establish a firm, consistent philosophy on the sanctity of life that addresses the above, until you can tell me, on every issue, whether the Bible or the Constitution has greater authority.
When you can do that, you will have my support, but I donāt believe itās possible. The bounds of logic are too great a burden to bear on this matter.
Exercise empathy, live out the whole Bible, and thenāāāand only thenāāācan we talk about what women do with their bodies.
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