Supporting abortion as Christians
Natalie Huddleston
senior
After reading Maribel Morey's column in the Monday, Oct. 11 edition of The Observer I was relieved and thankful to have finally heard a sympathetic, intelligent, reasonable and thus truly Christian position on abortion. I have been disgusted in the past by those "pro-life" factions which claim to be Christian while at the same time promoting their position using the tools of violence, intimidation, false rhetoric and emotional manipulation, as well as supporting fascist government control of women's lives and bodies.
These "Christians" attempt to usurp that exclusive right of God to judge human actions. Every person does have a right to their opinion, and because I respect that right very much I would never stoop to such tactics as bullying others into agreement or silence. I would never believe myself to be so infallible that I was qualified to propose laws that make disagreeing with my morality illegal. What false righteousness! The theatrics and name calling which most "pro-life" groups resort to would be laughably childish if it were not so vicious. If people are confident their position is reasonable and correct, there is no reason or excuse to resort to such tactics.
By assuming themselves to be qualified to harshly judge other people, "pro-life" factions leave themselves open to the judgment of others. And by all sympathetic, intelligent, reasonable people, including all true Christians, such behavior must be found reprehensible.
Natalie Huddleston
senior
off-campus
Oct. 9, 2000
All Viewpoint Stories for Tuesday, October 10, 2000
