Many Christians (even some “leaders”) have taken up the mantra that Christians can (and even should) be voting for Barack Obama in this election. After all, they say, Republicans simply throw out pro-life statements, but never actually do anything about the issue. Since that’s the case, we should vote for Obama whose other policies are better anyway, and he’s said he wants to reduce the number of abortions.
Robert George wrote a great article yesterday exposing the truth about Barack Obama’s extreme pro-abortion views. Despite what he has tried to spin whenever confronted on abortion (like saying he wants to reduce them), he is, by far, the most extremely pro-abortion candidate for president (or pretty much any office) our country has ever seen. As George points out, this is not simply pro-life fear rhetoric; Obama’s record speaks for itself:
“[D]espite Obama’s injustices against the most vulnerable human beings, and despite the extraordinary support he receives from the industry that profits from killing the unborn (which should be a good indicator of where he stands), some Obama supporters insist that he is the better candidate from the pro-life point of view.
They say that his economic and social policies would so diminish the demand for abortion that the overall number would actually go down-despite the federal subsidizing of abortion and the elimination of hundreds of pro-life laws. The way to save lots of unborn babies, they say, is to vote for the pro-abortion-oops! ”pro-choice”-candidate. They tell us not to worry that Obama opposes the Hyde Amendment, the Mexico City Policy (against funding abortion abroad), parental consent and notification laws, conscience protections, and the funding of alternatives to embryo-destructive research. They ask us to look past his support for Roe v. Wade, the Freedom of Choice Act, partial-birth abortion, and human cloning and embryo-killing. An Obama presidency, they insist, means less killing of the unborn.
This is delusional.”
Al Mohler commented on this article and the issue today as well. Despite what Donald Miller might say, Christians need not vote for Obama out of frustration with a lack of progress. The consequences of that kind of thinking could be dire.
“Some now argue that pro-life voters can nevertheless vote for Sen. Obama. As Professor George argues, this is delusional.
There are signs of fatigue among Christians on this issue. Some argue that the sanctity of life issue is simply one among many important issues. Without doubt, we are faced with many urgent and important issues. Nevertheless, every voter must come to terms with what issues matter most in the electoral decision. At some point, every voter is a potential “single issue” voter. Some issues simply eclipse others.
This is the case with the sanctity of human life. I can understand the fatigue. So little progress seems to have been made. So much ground has been lost. So many unborn babies have been aborted. The culture has turned increasingly hostile to this commitment, especially among the young. There is a sense that many want to get on with other issues.
There is fatigue and frustration with the Republican Party and with limited progress. There is frustration with mixed signals and missed opportunities. There is the acknowledgment that we have too often been told what we want to hear and then ignored.
There is the sense that the battle has grown old — along with those who are fighting it. There are signs that the culture is closing its ears. We all have other concerns as well. Can we make any progress on those if we remain tenaciously committed to opposing abortion?
Yet, there is the reality that we face a choice. This is a limited choice. And we cannot evade responsibility for the question of abortion. Our vote will determine whether millions of unborn babies live or die. The Freedom of Choice Act, if passed, would lead directly to a radical increase in the numbers of abortions. The abortion industry has told us that themselves.
The question comes down to this: How many lives are we willing to forfeit — to write off as expendable — in order to “move on” to other issues of concern? There is no way to avoid that question and remain morally serious. The voting booth is no place to hide.”
My child is about 7 months old. He will be born in about 2 months. My wife and I talk to him, sing to him, even play with him (he responds to touch and sound all the time). He’s my son…already. The thought that Obama supports my wife’s right to kill my son at any point in the next 2 months is repugnant. It almost brings me to tears just thinking about it (it did for Leah).
This issue is not just one of many in this election. Some issues are just more important. This is obvious. We cannot afford a president like this. My son cannot afford it.
Wow. Very sad.
