I voted... I actually voted last week, but I saved my sticker to wear on Tuesday. Did you remember to vote? If you didn't, than don't bother doing it now just because I told you to. If you need ME to tell you to vote, then I probably don't want YOU making decisions for America. Likewise, if you need P Diddy, or Paris Hilton, or MTV to tell you to go vote, then I probably don't want YOU "rocking the vote"- leave that to the smart ones, please.However, if you were planning on voting, and haven't done so yet, please remember those living in America right now, that don't have the right to vote and can't even make their voice heard. And those are the ones whose life are on the line with this election. No, it's not their bank account on the line, it's not their taxes on the line, it's not their education- it's their life. I don't know what policy or issue is more important than that.
And you may be saying that the president doesn't or won't make a difference in this issue, or that the Roe v Wade will never be overturned. People once thought the same about slavery, which was legal for much longer than abortion has been, and look where we are today. Additionally, even if the entire practice isn't abolished, the policies of one of the candidates is certain to greatly increase the number of abortions performed each year- and I don't want to be responsible for the lives of those children that could have been saved with a different vote.
I Voted
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I can't vote...I wish I could...I pay taxes...pay fines...but can't vote. I am a legal alien but can't vote. BUT...if I COULD vote...I would vote for McCain. I am the same way - I wouldn't want the death of 1000's of infants on my conscience thank you very much! Other than being a baby killer, there is something evil about Binladen...whoops...I mean Obama/Biden. As the saying goes...be careful what you wish for...the same can be said...be careful who you vote for!!
I am so jealous you got to vote early! I think I might steal your post from today for my blog, since your words flow much better than mine. Hey check this website out I thought you would enjoy it.....http://believersforbarackobama.com/ it was posted in response to a mcCain picture at another photographers blog. Well I better go rock my vote. Whoot Whoot McCain/Palin :)
Well said! We voted over a month ago. The right to vote is a precious thing. We can't take it lightly. And your point about the lives of those precious babies - the #1 issue that was hardly talked about. That's sad & disturbing.
Wow, Nomi. I guess we should never talk about politics together. I'm glad I voted, too, and being here reminds me even more of the fortune I have to be an American and vote. However, I must throw my personal political opinion in there...overall, for me, Obama idealizes so much of American Christian values than the Republican party, so I have to go that way... people here were rejoicing over the Obama victory. And I was too. Okay, that's enough of our political banter for 4 more years.
Emily- Obama seems like a pretty good guy. I am not completely disappointed that he won- especially because I didn't have too much faith in McCain. I am also proud of the victory that his election represents as far as racial equality. But abortion is a big issue, and he seems to take a very uncompassionate stance on it. I couldn't overlook that.
Oh yeah... Matt will tell you this too... on my blog, I always get the last word.
Another point of view from Uncle Joe
Naomi, consider that God intertwined the process of prenatal development with the health and well-being of the Mother. The fetus and Mother share blood-supply and hormonal constituents that make them one until birth. Despite the unique characteristic of the fetus at conception there are many genetic variables that are expressed specifically based on the hormonal and emotional state of the Mother. The fetus does not develop based on its genetic make-up only. This unique life is a combination of both genes and the environment it and the Mother experience during its development. Should the Mother not wish its survival nor care for herself appropriately, it is not the same human being it would have been otherwise. Can you tell me for sure, that God did not intend for a life to come about only as a combination of conception and the Mother’s will and emotional support? He certainly designed both factors into the unique outcome and so minus both perhaps it is not meant to be. Jesus himself was a product of his Mother’s cooperation that was attained early on as you recall. I’m not at all sure that “choice” wasn’t God design. Minus my own surety of this, or the surety that God intended for every single conception, including rape, to result in a birth, I’m certainly unwilling to give the government the decision. I must ask if you are sure enough of these things, that you are?
I’m not trying to change your mind but am just presenting the possibility that other moral, ethical and Christian people might come to a different conclusion and whether they have the right to do so, is the issue. While we may have the right to try to influence the decision, by gaining the Mother’s support, I do not feel we have the right to impose our opinion by law, nor am I as sure as you, that doing so, is God’s will.
We should do something about the United States being number 17 in the world in infant mortality rate.
Joe
Joe (I know of a few Joes BTW...),
1. Your statement claiming that mother and child are "one until birth" is clearly refuted by scientific facts. The idea that sharing blood and hormonal supply makes you one being, would probably greatly offend people like Abby and Brittany Hensel, as well as other inteligent conjoined twins out there.
2. You must be unfamiliar with my views on God and his will, which I consider to be a topic undecipherable by man. His will is not dependant on our cooperation, but clearly, accoriding to the Bible, "choice" WAS God's design, as you said, but that's not to say there are not right and wrong choices. Regardless, I chose NOT to mention God in my post because I wouldn't expect the government to make laws based on God's will. That would cause a lot of problems.
3. You ask, "Can you tell me for sure, that God did not intend for a life to come about only as a combination of conception and the Mother’s will and emotional support?"... Whether God intended it or not, life DOES often come about as a result of conception despite not having the mother's support and science supports that fact. Perhaps you meant to ask "Can you tell me for sure, that God did not intend for life to REMAIN as a result of this combination..." And to that I would say, again, I don't know God's intentions. But I do know that the government imposes its opinion on me allowing my husbands life to remain, and my childrens lives remain, and just about every other life. It is hypocritical of them to exclude the unborn from protection from murder. If you are unwilling to give the government the decision on THIS matter, are you also against them punishing the lady who drowns her own children? Or the man who kills his wife... etc. etc. In those instances, the government is certainly imposing their opinion by law.
Thanks for your thoughts. And as I said, on my blog, I always get the last word.
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