Came across this article Why I'm pro-life and Pro-Obama by Frank Schaeffer (2/7/08) which ends:
Similarly the Republicans have also been hypocrites while talking big, for instance about their pro-life ethic. But what have they achieved? First, through their puritanical war on sex education they've hindered our country from actually preventing unwanted pregnancy. Second, through the Republican Party's marriage to the greediest and most polluting earth-destroying corporations they've created a climate (both moral and physical) that has scorched the earth for-profit, with no regard to future generations whatsoever. The Republicans are to the pro-life movement what the Clintons are to selfless public service.
The real solution to abortion is to change the heart of America, not the law. We need to stop seeing ourselves as consumers. We need to stop seeing ourselves as me and begin to think of we. Our country needs someone to show us a better way, a president who is what he seems, someone with actual moral authority that our diverse population can believe in who has the qualities that make us want to follow him. Obama is that person.
Now, I like (okay love, I do have his poster on my wall) Obama and I struggle (at least internally) with my whole pro-life belief. This guy explains it well...and says exactly what I'm thinking eg: The real solution to abortion is to change the heart of America, not the law
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