Another thing that is mentioned in that Reason article linked from the previous post:
"In a Pew Research Center poll released this month, nearly six out of 10 Americans said that religion seldom or never influences their voting decisions. In a Gallup poll last year, 60 percent of Americans said that religious leaders should not try to influence public policy on abortion."
Why shouldn't religious leaders try to influence public policy on abortion? Were we wrong when we spoke out against Amercan slavery before our Civil War? Are we wrong to speak out against slavery today? Are we wrong when we speak out against human sex trafficking? These are fundamental human rights we're talking about! We try to influence public policy on abortion because we believe the unborn are humans too, who have unalienable rights to life and liberty, just as those of us lucky enough to be born have.
My opposition to abortion is not based on making life difficult for those who wish to use abortion as a means of birth control, even if that is a side effect of my belief. My opposition to abortion is based on my belief that it is wrong to use force against others (a fundamental libertarian belief by the way - which is why I say that libertarians should be pro-life), especially against those who are too weak to speak out in their own defense.
I enjoyed the Super Bowl football game. It was a match between two teams who played like teams, involving all players hanging in there trying to win. During the halftime I played a video game with my niece. I never suspected for a moment that the billed entertainers would make me feel uplifted.
Posted by: wanda penner at February 3, 2004 09:14 PM