Recently I was driving through Leonardtown and I noticed that there were crosses in front of St. Alyosius Church to protest the practice of abortion. A sign there said that each hour 721 babies die because of "choice." This is the exact wording of the sign.
I am a devote Roman Catholic. I have been my whole life but I am immensely sick of my church's attempts to dictate morals to other people. This is a awful tactic that's only purpose is to guilt people into thinking the same way as a restrictive hierachy.
I have this to say to my fellow Christians and especially Catholics...the militant opposition that you offer to abortion is contrary to the grace of God and contrary to the beliefs of this nation. Abortion IS wrong in my moral opinion. It is the wrong choice and it has much more detrimental effects than positive ones. It kills a child that was conceived at the action of God. This is the moral opinion that I hold and the opinion of many Christians as me.
Yet the tactics of the Christian pro-lifers are ones that are not of love or compassion. We need to ask ourselves, would Christ go in front of a church and nail crosses in the ground? No, he would not. Would he go to DC and throw blood on the ground during the pro-life march? No, he would not. Would he turn away those that have abortions because they are immoral corrupt souls? No, he would not. Would Christ attempt to force the government to remove choice? No, he would not. Instead, my friends, he would go to people and tell them that abortion offers two choices - one that is indicative of love and one that is wrong and murder. God gave us free will, which includes the right to treat ourselves poorly and the right to abort a child. Yet he wants us to make the right choice, not the wrong one.
Under the tenure of the past two pro-life presidents, the abortion rate in America increased. Under the tenure of the last pro-choice executive, the abortion rate declined. The 14th Amendment states that those who have the rights of the Constitution are "those born and naturalized." Despite our moral belief that one is alive from the moment of conception, that belief cannot apply here. Partial-birth abortion is against this concept and thus could be banned, yet taking away the choice completely is reckless and contrary to American belief in free will and freedom. To make abortion a thing of the past, tell your children about its detrimental effects, it will do much more than nailing crosses in the earth or going to DC to rave like maniacs.
I am a devote Roman Catholic. I have been my whole life but I am immensely sick of my church's attempts to dictate morals to other people. This is a awful tactic that's only purpose is to guilt people into thinking the same way as a restrictive hierachy.
I have this to say to my fellow Christians and especially Catholics...the militant opposition that you offer to abortion is contrary to the grace of God and contrary to the beliefs of this nation. Abortion IS wrong in my moral opinion. It is the wrong choice and it has much more detrimental effects than positive ones. It kills a child that was conceived at the action of God. This is the moral opinion that I hold and the opinion of many Christians as me.
Yet the tactics of the Christian pro-lifers are ones that are not of love or compassion. We need to ask ourselves, would Christ go in front of a church and nail crosses in the ground? No, he would not. Would he go to DC and throw blood on the ground during the pro-life march? No, he would not. Would he turn away those that have abortions because they are immoral corrupt souls? No, he would not. Would Christ attempt to force the government to remove choice? No, he would not. Instead, my friends, he would go to people and tell them that abortion offers two choices - one that is indicative of love and one that is wrong and murder. God gave us free will, which includes the right to treat ourselves poorly and the right to abort a child. Yet he wants us to make the right choice, not the wrong one.
Under the tenure of the past two pro-life presidents, the abortion rate in America increased. Under the tenure of the last pro-choice executive, the abortion rate declined. The 14th Amendment states that those who have the rights of the Constitution are "those born and naturalized." Despite our moral belief that one is alive from the moment of conception, that belief cannot apply here. Partial-birth abortion is against this concept and thus could be banned, yet taking away the choice completely is reckless and contrary to American belief in free will and freedom. To make abortion a thing of the past, tell your children about its detrimental effects, it will do much more than nailing crosses in the earth or going to DC to rave like maniacs.
