Flawed Thinking

I never justifed it. I said more people would be bad. Which is a fact. Then I stated that it is an economic issue, as well as a political issue. So stop putting words in my mouth by comparing me to Hitlers ideas of killing groups of people based on religion, race, etc. Thats more out of bounds than me saying it is an economic issue, because guess what? It is.

Your second statement is misguided as well. I, once again, never said abortion would be good to control economy and society. I simply meant that large populations caused problems. Abortion is NOT a solution of these problems. It was proving a point that population growth is bad. Restructuring medicare, social security, and other social programs is the solution. I have never stated abortion would be good in anyway. So again, stop putting words in my mouth to make me seem far left. I obviously respect you opinion that abortion is wrong and can see the argument for it.

Abortion is wrong but what adultery is not! I don't see the Catholics nor the Evangelicals crying out against adultery! McCain is an adulterer but yet the Catholics and Evangelicals support McCain so that is not wrong! Of course it is!

You cannot compare the deaths of Roe v Wade to the deaths of the Iraqi war as to be more justified. Roe has been around much longer than the war and if the war lasted as long as Roe, then I am sure the death rate would be higher. Where in the Bible does God justify murder? He does not! Whether one innocent person is murdered or a thousand, it is STILL murder! I don???t care whom a person profess to be, they cannot change the word of God! Murder is murder and if you are not fighting against the war and fighting against Roe, then you are a hypocrite! The sin that is tearing down the foundation of this country is ADULTERY and since McCain and Cindy are adulterers, then electing them is GOING AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD! By electing McCain, a message is being sent that it is morally okay to divorce your ???handicapped??? spouse for a young and rich person and have the so called church to put a stamp of approval on you. That is an admonition against God! If McCain wins, if you think 9-11 was bad, wait until God sends or allows His next catastrophe to this country. Nothing happens without a reason and nothing goes happens unless God sends it or allows it and He either sent or allowed 9-11. Notice that 9-11 happened after Bush, the Republicans, and the Evangelicals tried to pimp Jesus. Since that happened along with this country in a war that God did not ordain, this country has not been the same since all of that happened. We have had more record breaking hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires, draught etc ever in history! Satan does not control weather patterns and he cannot do anything unless God allows or offers someone up to Satan as Satan does not have more power than God.

What a bunch of hipocrites! Jesus said, feed the poor, yet when someone wants to spread some weath to help the poor, they are called Evil Socialists, Jesus said "blessed are the peacemakers", yet when Obama says he would talk to enemies to negotiate peace, he is seen by these right wing christian finatics as weak. Will these same right to lifers also ban capital punishment? That's a life! Isn't ALL life precious? What are these right to lifers doing about helping these babies after they are born? All I see is them electing officials that want to remove all social services to help them survive. What about war? Jesus loved wars? Shouldn't it be aborhent to all chirstians to vote in officials that promote war which kills hundreds of thousands of other human beings? What about torture? I'm sure of all people, Jesus didn't like his torture, Didn't those same bible thumpers vote in an administration that tried to legitimize torture? Then the biggest sin of them all: excluding people from their church because of somethine they considered a sin. I've got news, the church shouldn't be a country club for good people, it should be a hospital for sinners. These practices of the Catholic church (and many other churches) is what turned me away from the church a long time ago. I grew up with strict Catholic parents, was an altar boy, and even the church organist for many years. I saw this hipocracy occurring and never looked back. It's all a sham!

Abortion is not the only moral issue that Catholics must face. Those who believe is tis--such as the Denver Archbishop--are shortsighted and misguided. As Professor Kimiec and others have noted, Senator Obama's views and actions are consistent with the Church's pronouncements on prolife issues such as torture, the death penalty, criminal and social justice, and the Iraq War--not to mention the teachings on "option for the poor." If the question is what candidate is more likely to follow Jesus' admonition to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and console the prisoners, the anwer is undoubtedly Senator Obama.

I am not from America (I'm from South Africa) but have become fascinated with the US Presidential Elections. I would like to know why Christians tend to be Ruplicans. Whilst I acknowledge that Christians would like to elect a leader that displays biblical principles, I cannot understand why they generally opt for Republicans. Put it this way: Whilst John McCain is pro-life (which is in line with the Bible), he has is also a proponent of a war that is TOTALLY unfounded and unjustified and has (and continues to) kill innocent people (this is defnitely not in line with the Bible). (Plus he has been divorced - this is quite clearly condemned in the Bible). So, on the balance of the two candidates, surely the principles of Obama are more "biblically" orientated? I'd appreciate some feedback from Americans reading this column.

I agree with you if you are ONLY voting based on abortion. BUT...there is so much else to consider...

I am pro-life, but will vote for Obama. Why?? Because I believe that he has a better record on all other 'life' issues: human rights, genocide, uselessly fought war, etc. I wish that abortions were limited, but I do not believe that it is in our best interest to vote on that issue alone. I voted on that issue in 2000 and look where it got us...same number of abortions and MILLIONS of innocents killed around the world because of genocide and war.

In addition....McCain is not a baptized Christian, so I do not believe that he deserves a Christian-based vote from me.

First, you say that "Support for Roe was Obama's stated reason for opposing Illinois bills aimed at providing legal protection for children who survived an abortion." You forgot to mention that there was already a law on the books that protected a baby who survived an abortion. You completely misconstrue that vote. Second, why is everything about Roe v Wade? Reversing that decision will only send the debate back to the states where most will still allow abortions to take place. Plus in the last debate, John McCain repeatedly said he would not support a litmus test on picking a Supreme Court Justice. You have no assurances from John McCain on that issue.

I am a Catholic pro-Life white Republican woman. I am voting for Obama.

People forget that BOTH Obama and McCain have been pro-Choice. McCain "flip-flopped" on this issue in 2004 when he started voting 90% with Bush. Prior to 2004 McCain was pro-Choice, and he even called Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell "agents of intolerance" (which in fact they were). Since that time he has stood on a stage with Jerry Falwell, praising him. So it is impossible to know what McCain actually thinks on this issue. Is he pandering to the religious right when he vows to overturn Roe v. Wade? What is really in his heart? How would he act if he were elected? Would you get the conservative McCain you see now, the liberal leftist McCain from 1999-2004? These inconsistencies disturb me. I know there is such a thing as political expedience, but the end result is that I can not trust McCain. Nobody knows his real views on abortion.

Furthermore, I think that Obama's position on abortion and many other issues is considerably more moderate than is generally assumed.

To all of the conservatives out there who think that Obama is a flaming liberal, I would like to remind you of what he did when he was elected President of the Harvard Law Review. The Law Review President gets to name ten individuals to write articles for the Review, and these ten people get to control the content of the publication. All of the minorities and the liberals thought they finally had it made, that Obama would appoint ten left wing editors. Instead, Obama appointed three conservatives, three liberals and four moderates. That year the Law Review was critically acclaimed as the best run and best written Harvard publication in decades.

So when he wins in November, conservatives don't have to freak out. Obama is a centrist and will appoint a balanced cabinet full of active people who will really get things done. This is exactly what our nation needs in this time of economic crisis.

Obama agrees with the Supreme Court that a woman should have the right to choose UP UNTIL 3 MONTHS which coincides per se with the embryo becoming a fetus or the ???likeness??? of man. Then, the embryo has life. For Obama and the 36 states, the right to choose ENDS at 3 months with the exception clause. In the 14 other states, as McCain desires the states to have control, there is a ban on abortion but the court ruling applies!



Week 12: Baby's fingernails and toenails appear

Twelve weeks into your pregnancy, your baby is nearly 3 inches long and weighs about 4/5 of an ounce. Your baby's head is nearly half the size of his or her entire body.

This week marks the arrival of fingernails and toenails. Your baby's chin and nose will become more refined as well

Mr. Weigel, your central assertion that the unborn are "people" is a religious conviction, not a legal fact. (When is "personhood" bestowed upon them? at conception? Is your rationale for this the bible?) Thus the foundation of your entire argument becomes a testimony of faith, and as such, departs the realm of proper Government oversight.....as the founders, intended, and rightly upheld by the SCOTUS..