Right off the bat I'm going to admit that I'm about as conservative as they come. So my first, but minor, political gripe is that for me and all my other fellow conservatives there really is no good choice in this election. Maybe we should break off and start our own party, who knows? But until that happens we are sitting here with two very dismal candidates in front of us, wondering if it would just be better not to vote, even though the American (not to mention the woman) in me is yelling that it is my patriotic duty to do so.
Maybe after reading this you'll call me a "single issue" person and therefore disregard what I have to say. However, I don't think I am a single issue person, it's just that there is one issue that has a lot more weight (in my mind) than a lot of the rest of the issues. Can you guess what I'm driving at? That's right, my issue is abortion. I think abortion is evil. Period.
So my big gripe for today has to to with Senator Obama. He is pro-choice. But that in itself is not enough to draw me out of my shell to type up this little post. A little while ago I heard a clip from a speech the Senator gave, he was discussing abortion and he said something very close to this (I may not have it exactly word for word, sorry about that I wish I did), "The first thing I'll do is to teach my girls morals. But if one of them ends up pregnant, I don't want them punished with a baby." This little comment really disturbed me. At first I thought it was just because he is for abortion, and as I have already stated how I feel about abortion, you can see why it would. But as I keep pondering this over and over in my mind, I've come to a decision about what I think, and why I don't like what Obama had to say. I'm going to try and relate it here as best I can and I hope it makes sense.
First of all, I want to make it very clear that I am not talking about people who have been raped or molested. That is a very different situation than what I am going to be talking about.
Second of all, babies are not a punishment. God doesn't say "Oh, you were bad, here's a baby, take that!" No. Rather babies are the consequence of an action. That action is sex. Sex is a big deal. The reason it is a big deal is because sex makes babies, in other words it creates human lives. You can't change it, it's a fact of life. It's kind of like lung cancer. If you smoke you get lung cancer. Does every single person who smokes get lung cancer? No. Does every single person who has sex get a baby? No. But these are the "risks" of these actions. When you say to yourself, I choose to have sex, you are accepting the possibility that you could get pregnant. Why? Because actions have consequences. If you don't want a baby, don't have sex. It's pretty simple: self control. So when Senator Obama says, "...but if they get pregnant, I don't want them punished with a baby." What I infer is that he doesn't want his daughters to be responsible for their actions. Instead they can remove the consequence by having an abortion. (Don't even get me started on the poor logic in that!) Um, that's pretty scary don't you think? What will our country be like if we have a president who doesn't believe his daughters/himself/people in general should be responsible for their actions? I can only imagine. That thought process is rampant enough in this country as it is. And Obama claims to be teaching his daughters morals! What a joke. Since when was murdering an innocent baby morally acceptable?
Maybe I've jumped off the deep end here, but I really don't think so. And so I'm left wondering, do I vote for McCain? I certainly can't vote for Obama. These are my political gripes for the day. We'll get back to the light-hearted, more-fun-to-read, normal stuff tomorrow, but today I had to get that off my chest.
Maybe after reading this you'll call me a "single issue" person and therefore disregard what I have to say. However, I don't think I am a single issue person, it's just that there is one issue that has a lot more weight (in my mind) than a lot of the rest of the issues. Can you guess what I'm driving at? That's right, my issue is abortion. I think abortion is evil. Period.
So my big gripe for today has to to with Senator Obama. He is pro-choice. But that in itself is not enough to draw me out of my shell to type up this little post. A little while ago I heard a clip from a speech the Senator gave, he was discussing abortion and he said something very close to this (I may not have it exactly word for word, sorry about that I wish I did), "The first thing I'll do is to teach my girls morals. But if one of them ends up pregnant, I don't want them punished with a baby." This little comment really disturbed me. At first I thought it was just because he is for abortion, and as I have already stated how I feel about abortion, you can see why it would. But as I keep pondering this over and over in my mind, I've come to a decision about what I think, and why I don't like what Obama had to say. I'm going to try and relate it here as best I can and I hope it makes sense.
First of all, I want to make it very clear that I am not talking about people who have been raped or molested. That is a very different situation than what I am going to be talking about.
Second of all, babies are not a punishment. God doesn't say "Oh, you were bad, here's a baby, take that!" No. Rather babies are the consequence of an action. That action is sex. Sex is a big deal. The reason it is a big deal is because sex makes babies, in other words it creates human lives. You can't change it, it's a fact of life. It's kind of like lung cancer. If you smoke you get lung cancer. Does every single person who smokes get lung cancer? No. Does every single person who has sex get a baby? No. But these are the "risks" of these actions. When you say to yourself, I choose to have sex, you are accepting the possibility that you could get pregnant. Why? Because actions have consequences. If you don't want a baby, don't have sex. It's pretty simple: self control. So when Senator Obama says, "...but if they get pregnant, I don't want them punished with a baby." What I infer is that he doesn't want his daughters to be responsible for their actions. Instead they can remove the consequence by having an abortion. (Don't even get me started on the poor logic in that!) Um, that's pretty scary don't you think? What will our country be like if we have a president who doesn't believe his daughters/himself/people in general should be responsible for their actions? I can only imagine. That thought process is rampant enough in this country as it is. And Obama claims to be teaching his daughters morals! What a joke. Since when was murdering an innocent baby morally acceptable?
Maybe I've jumped off the deep end here, but I really don't think so. And so I'm left wondering, do I vote for McCain? I certainly can't vote for Obama. These are my political gripes for the day. We'll get back to the light-hearted, more-fun-to-read, normal stuff tomorrow, but today I had to get that off my chest.
6 comments:
Not only that, but Obama is so radically pro-choice. Read some of my posts at brettbubbles.blogspot.com
(the first three posts on the page)
If you haven't heard his stance on infanticide, you gotta read it.
I think Obama is so scary. I don't think a lot of people really know what he is about. My husband will ask people who are voting for him why they like him and they have no answer. Maybe they should figure it out first.
If you create your own party, I'd totally join. I don't like either canidate. Someone said the other day that these people running always say what they want people to hear yet when have they ever done what they say when they actually get to office. To be perfectly honest, I'm scared.
Obama has no morals... he will turn his head whichever way there are the most voters.
If he thinks his children should not be responsible for their actions, what does he expect of this country? That's a scary thought...
And I agree... there is no good choice but McCain seems the lesser of two evils
Good for you Krystal in standing up for taking on one's responsibilities. I agree with you that abortion is wrong. I myself would never have one, even in the most horrible of situations. Our religious beliefs teach us so much about the nature of children and souls, where they come from and where they are going. It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to kill a fetus.
However, we live in a country with hundreds of belief systems and cultural backgrounds. As much as I would love to have everyone understand the nature of human life, it isn't plausible at this point in time. That is why I am grateful for the missionaries and church members working hard to let everyone know the fullness of the gospel. Someday in the near future we will live in a world where our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have reached everyone. I pray for that daily.
Even is McCain is elected there is no way that Roe v. Wade is going to be overturned for a very long time. Its just not plausible in the year 2008, nor is it in accordance of the Constitution or a woman's right to choose for her own body.
I obviously am a Obama supporter for many reasons other than abortion. The point is I think he is the best man for the job. He understands that we have to keep church and state separate, like the Doctrine in Covenants tells us to do. He also understands the plight of the lower and middle classes, knowing the need for universal health care and directing money to our suffering educational system rather than a war that has caused us to double our national debt.
No candidate is perfect, in fact far from it. I like McCain and think he is an American Hero, but I think the Democrats deserve a shot for the next four years after what we have been through.
Gone off the deep end? I think not. I think you hit it right on the nose with this one. It is really sad that our society can't see that it is pretty black and white here. I agree with you whole heartedly.
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