July 23, 2004
John Kerry and Abortion
In keeping with our theme of the last few days, I thought I would point this out. John Kerry, the man who claims to be smart enough to be our next president, had this to say in an interview with Peter Jennings:
JENNINGS: The senator has always supported a woman's right to have an abortion but also agrees with the central premise of the anti-abortion movement: that life begins at conception.KERRY: My personal belief about what happens in the fertilization process as a human being is first formed and created, that's when life begins. Something begins to happen, a transformation, an evolution and within weeks you look and see the development of it, but that's not a person yet, and it's certainly not what somebody, in my judgment, ought to have the government of the United States intervening in.
JENNINGS: If you believe that life begins at conception, is even a first trimester not murder?
KERRY: No, because it's not a form of life that takes personhood in the terms that we have judged it to be in the past. Do I believe we should talk about alternatives to abortion? I think we should talk about adoption, we should talk about, I think it is responsible to talk about abstinence, but I also believe you should talk about proper education of people, sex education.
What an idiot. This is the perfect example of a man without any real core beliefs or values; he's a talking doll that attempts to say whatever people want him to say. And he's trying to stay on both sides of the abortion issue, which only means bad news for pro-lifers. Two weeks ago he said he believed life begins at conception, here he saying it doesn't. I really fell sorry for him - this is pathetic. How can you (or anyone) respect a man like this? Absolute power corrupts absolutely, but what if you're already corrupted?
Hat tip to National Review Online.
God bless,
Jay
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Jay,
Great post. I sure wish more bishops would stand up and rail against this kind of nonsense. Our bishop recently issued an unfortunate letter stating that he would not deny pro-abortion politicians communion because we should not "politicize" the Eucharist. When will America's bishops recognize that public figures who profess to be Catholic and then drag everything the Church holds sacred through the mud offer scandal to the whole Church. That is not a political issue, it is a salvation issue.
In Christ,
Dave
Tragic as this is, it is nothing new or unexpected. This is the logic of the Nazis and the slave traders: Of course the fetuses/Jews/slaves are alive, of course they are human, but they have no rights to personhood because they are defenseless and they further the common good of our society and my personal assets. Furthermore, such people are better of dead or without rights because they are too stupid/irresponsible/uneducated to cope with the realities of life.
Thank God for the Pope and the Church reminding us of the inalienable dignity of all human life. Without the prophetic voice of the Church, we'd all be sucked into the culture of death.
Posted by: Richard Wan at July 23, 2004 01:04 PMJay,
I second your proclamation . John Kerry is
not an idiot.. He is something more dangerous.
An opportunist !!! He uses organiztions and
people like Move On.org and Michael Moore to
attack President Bush and then cries foul when
the Swift boate ads come out.. What a winer ...
He plays up his Vietnam service but yet came
back and Trashed the US Miitary in front of a senate panel no less....
HE must have been John Rambo and not John Kerry to get 3 purple hearts and One Silver star in
only four months.. None of his wounds required
hospitalization .... Smells awful fishy to me.
I pray that the public is not fooled by this
Wolf in sheeps clothing ....
Clem
I got this in an email today and thought it was kinda of an interesting little coincidence (or was it?).
Kerry gave a big speech last week about how his faith is so "important" to him. In this attempt to convince the American people that we should consider him for president, he announced that his favorite Bible verse is John 16:3. Of course the speech writer meant John 3:16, but nobody in the Kerry camp was familiar enough with scripture to catch the error. And do you know what John 16:3 says? John 16:3 says; "They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me." The Spirit works in strange ways.
I don't know when or where this speech was but if that happened its a pretty funny (maybe revealing) little goof up.
Posted by: Tom Ace at September 9, 2004 04:24 PMTo Kerry Supporter's,(Rigan, Samantha Et Al,
It has been posted by some that Kerry's position
on abortion is consistant. It has also been suggested that Kerry was somehow constitutionally
bound to vote against any laws that in essence
would over turn Roe V, Wade.
This is because supposedly Roe V. Wade is based on the principal that a fetus is NOT A HUMAN LIFE according to the LAW. That the Justices interpreted the Life,liberty and persuit of happiness clause ONLY applying to those who have been born and that it does not apply to those still in the womb...
Didn't the Supreme Court and our laws at one time
consider African Americans not to be People and Women somehow not eligable to vote based on their Gender. These definitions of our civil law however were redefined..And now African Americans LEGALLY have the same rights as others. And women have the right to vote...
As I posted in another forum on this BLOG, The development of the Fetus (baby) according to the New England Journal of medicine shows Scientific evidence that the heart beat can be detected at
18 days and brainwaves are present at 42 days.
I believe the legal criteria to pronounce someone dead is the absence of a Heart beat and brain waves. If this is the criteria used to prove death. Shouldn't the converse be true and the presence of both constitute the LEGAL definition of Life ??
I disagree with those who propose that John Kerry was legally bound to vote against any laws that would over turn Roe V Wade.
On the contrary if he FEELS that ABORTION is WRONG, then why doesn't he stand up for life and for his convictions? Shouldn't he stand up to over turn UNJUST LAWS?
Just as people stood up to over turn the laws that discriminated against African Americans and Women. Shouldn't someone running for president have the character to stand up for life and over turn a Law that discriminates against the rights and the existance of the devoloping Human life in the womb? To Quote John Kerry Faith (Words)
without Works (Action) is DEAD..
It is a COP OUT to suggest that John Kerry was only following the law when he voted against the
Ban on Partial Birth abortions.
John Kerry says he is Personally against abortion. (HIS Words)
(1)But votes against the Ban on Partial Birth Abortions
(2) Says he thinks Roe V Wade should not be over turned.
(3)Speaks at a Pro Choice event
(4) Says he will protect a women's right to choose.
(5) Would not appoint any Pro life Judges
(HIS ACTIONS)
His WORDS, proclaim he is Against Abortion, but
His ACTIONS contadict his Words. His actions
support Pro Choice (Abortion)
I think I have made a very clear case. Based NOT on religion but on Civil Law. We have the ability in our system to change UNJUST laws...
Yet Mr. Kerry refuses to work within our system to RIGHT this INJUSTICE to those developing in the Womb...
George Bush has worked within the system to protect innocent life...
If you CLAIM to be Pro-Life and want a candidate that will help and support that fight, I think the choice is Crystal clear on which candidate
will advance the Pro-Life cause...
In Christ,
Clem
Posted by: Clem at October 21, 2004 10:35 AMwell i think that abortion is a very bad thing b/c its just like killing a person.
Posted by: Tameeka at October 25, 2004 12:07 PMwell i think that abortion is a very bad thing b/c its just like killing a person.
Posted by: Tameeka at October 25, 2004 12:08 PMwell i think that abortion is a very bad thing b/c its just like killing a person.
Posted by: Tameeka at October 25, 2004 12:08 PMwell i think that abortion is a very bad thing b/c its just like killing a person.
Posted by: Tameeka at October 25, 2004 12:08 PMWatch Faren. 911 and then you'll realize what a stupid idiot George Bush is. You think John Kerry is an idiot? Go cry about it you dumb person because you obviously don't know what your talking about
Posted by: someone at October 25, 2004 12:59 PMSomeone,
First, even Michael Moore, admits that Faren. 911 is fictional, so who is the idiot now? If this is the basis of your "informed voting decision" you are only revealing your own inability to think for yourself and that is sad...
Joe
Posted by: Joe at October 25, 2004 02:01 PMSomeone,
Your are not even brave enough to post a name.
Someone,your posts use name calling and inflamatory statements, for what purpose I am not sure. Maybe you want attention ? How sad .!
If you have something intelligent to say then I am sure the rest of us would be happy to engage you in a dialogue. If not I am sure the System Administrator of this BLOG would be happy to report you to your ISP (That's internet Servide
Provider) Why do you think they ask for an email
address???? No One is really annonomous on the internet...
If you claim to be a Catholic or a Protestant you are not acting very Christ like...
I will pray for you ..
Clem
Posted by: Clem at October 26, 2004 11:53 AMIF JOHN KERRY WINS THE ELECTION IM GOING TO GO CRAZY!! :o)
Posted by: stefanie at November 1, 2004 10:09 AM
