EXCORIATION NOT ACKNOWLEDGMENT: William McGurn: Gallup's Pro-Life America - WSJ.com
The "anti-abortion" (let's give up the "pro-life" moniker) are really more like the people who thought "the world was flat".
They believe what they have 'cherry-picked' from their bible (or, more to the point, those who manipulate them have picked from the Bible) and they take it as 'such a complete truth', that their opinion has to 'forced' on society.
In this idea of 'forcing a religious point of view on society', they are totally in sync with today's Islamic radicals. So, we've got our own Christian crazies!
As for the belief that the world could be anything but flat, history teaches us religious authorities had no trouble at all burning people at the stake for such outrageous utterances in the 15th century.
So, as to whether the media should accept and pander to those whose belief systems should in fact be outlawed (i.e. the anti-abortionists) is as evil as allowing any wrong beliefs to be taught. It maybe that the world is flat and abortion is wrong; but, a more scientific view would be allow opposite knowledge and beliefs to have equal weight! And, this the Christian right can't countenance.
They deserve excoriation in the media, not acknowledgment.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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