That's the title of the blog that our pastor found that has made my non-political self brave enough to write a post concerning a political issue. I just can't not share this with as many people as possible. This article is written by a Christian, which I am, from the perspective that human life starts at conception, which I believe. Reading this has pushed me from the "I feel like I should vote for McCain, but I'm not really excited about it" party to the "I'm terrified of what will happen to millions of unborn children if Obama gets in" party.
So that makes me a single-issue voter, and some people may scoff at that. Which is another reason that, while I've always been prolife, during this campaign I've been trying hard (and often coming up short) to fully grasp the plans and platforms each candidate supports for healthcare, the economy, oil drilling, etc. so that I can make a nice Pros vs. Cons list to help me choose a candidate. But this article showed me that the results of the decisions made by the incoming president on those issues, while important, pale in comparison to the results of appointing prolife or prochoice Supreme Court judges and in signing the Freedom of Choice Act that Obama has promised to support.
A couple of the author's points that hit home to me (but the whole article is well worth the read):
Is the candidate’s stand on the issue of shedding innocent blood important enough to disqualify him as a candidate? Yes. While a single issue can’t qualify a candidate, it can disqualify him.
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I don’t think someone is a good candidate just because he is prolife. But he cannot be a good candidate unless he is prolife. Personally, if he is committed to legalized child-killing, as a matter of conscience I must vote against him.
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I say OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES. I don't minimize them. All I can say is the differences between the candidates on those issues don't stack up, even cumulatively, to the legalized killing of human beings.
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It's a matter of relative importance, not just a number of issues. A man who is a good husband in most respects, but who beats his wife, is not a good husband. That issue outweighs all the others.
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I've heard other prolife people say "I don't like either candidate, so I'm not voting at all." Well, ask yourself who you're willing to punish by not voting. If it's political parties who will pay, fine, I really don't care about them. Sure, it would be better not to vote than to vote against God's children's right to live. But if instead of abstaining you have a chance to vote for God's children's right to live, why would you not do that?
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Don't vote for the man, vote for generations of children who will have a chance to live if he's elected, even if he's just a mediocre president in other areas.
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Today is Ben's 9-month birthday (fun post to come, promise!). Nine months. That's how long he lived inside of me as he was "knitted together" by our Creator. He has developed, has grown, but he is the same person today as he was nine months ago and as he was becoming nine months before that.
a beating heart
with DNA all his own
a child of God
with DNA all his owna child of God 
To me, that's one issue worth voting to protect.
2 comments:
This topic has been on my mind a lot too lately and the topic of many a late night discussion. While some of the other issues surrounding the election may still be a little fuzzy to me-this one is crystal clear. Life is precious and something worth protecting. Come Nov. 4, I will be supporting a man, who may have his shortcomings as a presidential candidate, but who is prolife.
Very powerful post! You should send it to NBC Nightly News, etc because sadly this issue is not receiving the attention it deserves in the media. There's a reason they are not covering this point of view with the same fervor they give to other topics such as Sarah Palin's wardobe expenses!
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