Lately I’ve seen “Catholics” who say they can vote for Obama even with his stance on abortion because he opposes the war. On its face the argument sounds good, but does it hold water, or is it just lipstick on a pig?
Fact 1: The Catholic Church has an official opinion condemning abortion in all cases. The Catholic Church has no official opinion on the Iraq war.
Fact 2: Those who are killed by abortion have no say in the matter and are unable to protect themselves. Those killed in the Iraq war volunteered for their service and in most cases are well prepared and have the ability to protect themselves
Fact 3: As of today there have been 4472 allied forces (4158 US) killed in the Iraq war and 87,000 to 96,000 unconfirmed Iraqi civilian deaths. So let’s estimate 100,000 deaths thus far since March of 2003 in the Iraq war. According to the Centers for Disease Control there were 854,122 “legal” induced abortions in the United States in 2003 alone. So abortion kills at a rate of 8 to 1 in one year what the Iraq ware has done in 6 years. Need I remind you that abortion has been legal since 1973 and as of today the National Right to Life organization estimates the number at 48,589,993. That’s 48.5 MILLION.
Yes war is ugly, yes war should be avoided, yes war ruins young vibrant lives. But, abortion is so much worse, and it kills defenseless human beings. If you want to get statistical about it, abortion just in the United States, not including deaths by contraception, and deaths of mothers who died during their abortion (yes it does happen), abortions kills at the rate of 485 to 1 as compared to the Iraq war.
This argument does not hold water, it is nothing but a farce. People vote for candidates for all kinds of reasons but I do not see how anyone who calls themselves a Catholic, can vote for Barak Obama, or any Pro-Abortion candidate. If you can’t bring yourself to vote for another candidate then I would suggest abstaining.
May God Bless You, and may God Bless our political process.
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