A Point of Order

I watched as the Democrats voted to secure more power for the Federal Government last night. I was not surprised because politicians love power and they love to shove it down your throat. My gripe is with the speech Bart Stupak gave when defending his vote to nationalize abortion funding. Remember, this is the 'pro-life' Democrat. He trotted out the canard that being pro-life means you stand for life outside the womb. This is the same argument that Jim Wallis, Tony Campollo, Ron Sider and some other Christians use to justify government programs that pay for health insurance or whatever other benefit government can give in the name of helping 'the poor'.

My gripe is this: first, the argument assumes that the opponents want what is bad for people. Not only is this slanderous, but it is also very unchristian. Second, equating the active and planned killing a defenseless child with policy decisions is beyond intellectual dishonesty. It is bearing false witness. Last night, someone on the floor of the House called Stupak a baby-killer. CNN sniffed and harrumphed as the lack of decorum. However, I do not remember such tut-tutting by the newscasters when the Democrats were accusing the Newt Gingrich led congress of wanting to kill old people and starve children with their budget allocations during the 1990's.

Perhaps the abortion opponents have had too much decorum by claiming to be 'pro-life'. Now that the language has been lost to muddled political-speak, the abortions foes should re-brand themselves as 'anti-murder'.