This is an argument my mom raises, and I heartily endorse, about the abortion-health care issue. The catholic church has interpreted the bible to mean at least two things: 1. Churchy people should help the health of others, particularly the poor (to include food and medical care) 2. Churchy people should fight abortions
Now what's funny is the catholic church is fighting the abortion issue by removing support from health care if it provides it, fighting and ostracizing polititians who support it, and cutting services to the poor if they're required to either not-discriminate against gays or not-fight abortions.
So it's ok to throw out feeding and giving healthcare to the poor with the bathwater of abortion? The same source of their obligation to fight against something is the source of their obligation to do something - how they separate the two is beyond my current logic.
I might post this alone later
1. Churchy people should help the health of others, particularly the poor (to include food and medical care)
2. Churchy people should fight abortions
Now what's funny is the catholic church is fighting the abortion issue by removing support from health care if it provides it, fighting and ostracizing polititians who support it, and cutting services to the poor if they're required to either not-discriminate against gays or not-fight abortions.
So it's ok to throw out feeding and giving healthcare to the poor with the bathwater of abortion? The same source of their obligation to fight against something is the source of their obligation to do something - how they separate the two is beyond my current logic.