I was listening to John Strand’s Nightside show last evening
on KFGO. High Plains Reader columnist and ne’r-do-well Ed Raymond was the
guest. In discussing Ed’s past columns they began to talk about the Catholic Church’s
attempts to block the
era universal health plan.
The Catholic Church asked its American members and clergy to voice its
opposition to a universal health plan because it would include provisions for
abortion. They both agreed that it was a shame that the Catholic Church would
oppose a system that would benefit millions of Americans simply because of its
opposition to one procedure. Immediately they had a caller.
The caller was not defending the Catholic Church’s view nor was she calling to
discuss universal health care. She was calling to preach the evils of abortion.
I’m constantly amazed at the anti-abortion movement and how they can lose focus
of every other issue in the world when they’re on their pedestal.
I remember reading a letter to the editor in the Forum immediately following
Hurricane Katrina. The writer somehow used that event to spin the anti-abortion
message. He said that although the devastation and loss of life in the south
were terrible, the loss of life from abortion was far greater and we should
think about those deaths instead.
I have several issues which I believe are extremely
important but I also have the ability to focus on reality. There are many
inappropriate times to voice an opinion and I think I have to ability to
understand when my message would be unwelcome or unnecessary. I wish the
anti-abortionists could do the same.
A few years back the
women’s clinic, where they performed abortions, came under attack from the
anti-abortion group ‘The Lambs of Christ’. They began to picket not
only the clinic but also the homes of the clinic staff. When I saw the tactics
this group used I became angry. They would stand on the street corners with
huge grisly posters of supposedly aborted fetuses and would attack those coming
in or near the building with vicious language and fear tactics. Martin Wishnatsky chained himself to the building at one point.
Although my views would be considered pro-life I felt
compelled to uphold the legal rights of those who worked at or visited the
clinic. I volunteered as a guard and stood inside the fence line around the
building. During the weeks that the building was under siege I was spit upon,
grabbed, insulted and called every nasty name I knew and some I didn’t. When I
tried to engage them in some intelligent conversation my attempts were met with
what seemed to be scripted retorts.
the melee – listening to the cursing of the protestors shouting that we’d all
burn in hell – and wondering to myself ‘If Jesus was here right now, where
would he be?’ Would he be in the angry mob on the sidewalk hurling insults and
derision at anyone who came within earshot? Would he be shouting at the passing
traffic and holding up huge photos that would cause children to have nightmares?
For me Christ is compassion, caring and love. I imagined
Jesus would be inside the clinic, holding the hand of a young woman making the
toughest choice in her life and telling her ‘I’m here with you’.
Now, why would you listen to that station? Other than that, your post was very well-written and cogent.
Thanks…I’ll visit often.
Christ is always with us. He will stand beside you, loving even while you slap him in the face. Christ loves us all and while he is holding the hand of the woman getting an abortion he is carrying the soul of her baby back to heaven.
Thanks for the comments – nice to know people are visiting!
I found your message very refreshing. It is so good to hear someone logically talking about the issue of abortion. Keep up the good posts. I will visit again.
Ed Raymond is a religious bigot who has spent almost all his life feeding off the backs of taxpayers.
He thinks Cuba is a great country to live in.
KevindF,
I’ve been all over the blogs on this site and I’ve yet to find one post that you’ve made that had something constructive to say. In fact, every one of them seems to be either a personal attack on either another blogger or someone mentioned in the blog.
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