obamamamablog: no and i'm not going to tell them. i think it's sacrilegious
reynoldswrite: do y'all ever talk about anything other than Obama
obamamamablog: we go through the lesson--at least part of it--but we do get sidetracked on Obama most weeks
reynoldswrite: really worried about him, huh?
obamamamablog: yes. but it's not for the reason you think
reynoldswrite: and what reason do i think?
obamamamablog: you know
reynoldswrite: so why are all the ladies in your class against him
obamamamablog: because we're PRO-LIFE
reynoldswrite: and???
obamamamablog: and we want a president who'll appoint PRO-LIFE judges
reynoldswrite: and??
obamamamablog: and someday the court will overturn ROE V WADE
reynoldswrite: and??
obamamamablog: and there'll be no more abortions
reynoldswrite: sorry - but overturning roe v wade won't stop abortion
obamamamablog: it's a step
reynoldswrite: do you ever wonder why there's been no progress?
obamamamablog: ???
reynoldswrite: in the 28 years since Francis Schaeffer, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and all that bunch morphed into a political force, we've had republican presidents for 20 years, we have a republican supreme court and we've had a republican congress. how come nothing changed
reynoldswrite: how come there are MORE abortions now, instead of less ?? what have the republicans and the evangelical political leaders actually done besides raise money from the gullible?
obamamamablog: they're making this a pro-life country.
reynoldswrite: no they're not. when mccain named those justices he would never appoint if he were president, he forgot to tell you that he voted for them!! he voted for all 3 pro-life justices that have been appointed since he's been in the senate. he doesn't care about the ISSUE. he cares about GETTING ELECTED.
obamamamablog: he'll try to stop abortions.
reynoldswrite: no he won't. because if the issue ever gets solved, what issue will the religious right use to raise money? what issue will republicans use to make you blindly vote against the other guys ??
obamamamablog: i don't blindly vote against the other guys
reynoldswrite: some people do. every election is only pro- and anti-abortion to many well-intentioned voters who are convinced that god wants them to vote against the Democrat
obamamamablog: you spelled God with a small "g" and Democrat with a large "D"
reynoldswrite: this is an IM, mama - you don't have to worry about punctuation
obamamamablog: i still think God is going to strike you dead
reynoldswrite: he's eventually going to strike everybody dead, mama... but back to what we were talking about...
obamamamablog: abortion
reynoldswrite: this is not about abortion. let's call it what it is: it's about automatically voting for the republicans
obamamamablog: the ladies in my Sunday School class say if we can't protect the unborn, what else matters?
reynoldswrite: maybe they should read frank schaeffer's blog.
obamamamablog: who's Frank Schaeffer ??
reynoldswrite: strong pro-life advocate. always was. still is. son of Francis Schaeffer, who was a big dog among evangelical republicans
obamamamablog: you don't have to tell me who Francis Schaeffer is. or was. rest his soul.
reynoldswrite: Here's something Frank wrote. maybe you could take it to the adult ladies sunday school class and obama watchdog committee , lol
Dear Republican and Pro-Life Friends,
I am aware that Senator Obama is pro-choice. I think his pro-choice views are out of character with his otherwise generous and enlightened world view. But I think there would be less abortions in an Obama era than we have now.
As a born-again Christ-centered believer, Senator Obama offers a spiritual vision of life founded on the Sermon On the Mount. It is the freedom of "we." It is the same view of freedom that my Marine son John learned in boot camp: that the person standing next to you is more important than you are. That concept of freedom is more in keeping with valuing all human life. It will create a climate more friendly to mothers and children.
The poor account for four times the national average of people having abortions, mostly because of economic needs that Republicans don't lift a finger to address.The effort to reduce abortions will be more possible in the Obama era than in a continuation of the hardhearted Bush presidency with McCain. This is all about tone and moral leadership, not law.
The Republican leadership is not pro-life. They are simply against abortion for reasons of political expediency. They have milked the abortion issue, as have the Evangelical and Roman Catholic leadership, for every dime it's worth for fundraising, votes, power and empire-building, but not much has changed.
The Republican right wants us to draw back in horror from Senator Obama because he is pro-choice, but this is the same group working to elect a philanderer who abandoned his wife because she had a disfiguring accident.I’ll be voting for the man who will help us to become a nation that values life. I will be voting for Senator Obama. I am fighting for his election because I am pro-life.
reynoldswrite: this is part of a much longer post... i just pulled out some of the quotes that are relevant to what we are talking about.
reynoldswrite: you there?
reynoldswrite: mama?
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