Dr. Dobson's Threat

After two hours of deliberation, we voted on a resolution that can be summarized as follows: If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting for a minor-party candidate. Those agreeing with the proposition were invited to stand. The result was almost unanimous.

Speaking personally, and not for the organization I represent or the other leaders gathered in Salt Lake City, I firmly believe that the selection of a president should begin with a recommitment to traditional moral values and beliefs. Those include the sanctity of human life, the institution of marriage, and other inviolable pro-family principles. Only after that determination is made can the acceptability of a nominee be assessed.

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So do I. Alas, among the major presidential candidates, the one Republican has demonstrated fidelity to his spouse is the man whose ancestors had multiple wives. Sanctity of human life? Apparently this doesn't include torture and the tactics of shock and awe that have killed more than 3,800 Americans and untold tens of thousands of Iraqis. It also doesn't include unanamity on the use of capital punishment in America. The institution of marriage? Even apart from the GOP closet queens, Republican maurauders of small boys and large interns, amd conservative trollers for man on man sex in public bathrooms, I cannot fathom why anyone thinks the Republicans support pro-family values in light policies such as the extended tours of the National Guard and the president's vetoing of health care of children.

Of course, what Dobson means by the sanctity of human life is the eradication of abortion. That's like wishing that love and peace will prevail in Iraq. It's idealistic folly given what life really is. And why are there abortions? Could it not be that many of those abortions can be traced to the very same policies that conservative promote, such as an unfettered market place that markets filth from the most political conservative media outlets? And who are these people who are having the abortions? It's not the liberals, the atheists, the terrorists, the illegal immigrants. It's conservative Christians from Main Street USA who go to other conservative Christians on Main Street USA to have the abortions. Conservative are blind to the real issue, which has never been abortion but self-restraint versus promiscuity.