Abortion
ABORTION
Authored by David A. Kiddu
Abortion is such a controversial subject, no matter where you are coming from. No matter what your political allegiances might be. And especially if you're a Christian, of whatever denomination. The fact is, how can you ever advocate for it? But then again, whatever happened to free will?
The stated fact is that America is not looking to vote the best Pastor into office. If so, I could think of some from my list of preferences. And even if they did get voted into power, the 'machine' essentially is much bigger than them. Why? Cuz you have to reach across the proverbial political lines and then try to pick judges to the Supreme court that have to be vetted first and there's every likelihood that you wouldn't get your way.
You couldn't make overturning 'Roe V Wade' your sole goal while in Office, while the common man continues to deal with day to day issues that are crippling families. A President/Leader is supposed to work hard for everybody. Those that agree with his ideology and those that don't must all be treated the same and both should be fought hard for.
The notion that cuz someone hasn't categorically stated that they are against 'Roe V Wade' makes them unelectable, is quite laughable, to me anyway. I believe that any potential President/Leader, at the risk of sounding redundant, must fight for everyone and try to understand where everyone's coming from. You have to agree to disagree, to coin a popular phrase, and then knuckle down and do the job at hand, which is to serve.
I've anyway always been of the opinion that no one ever truly agrees with everyone. Like many Republicans who don't agree with the political posturing that resulted in the selection of Sarah Palin - again, a personal opinion - for potential VP or the comical suspension of the campaign at the outbreak of the financial crisis.
There's things that one can be conservative about but there's things that...
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