As usual, Waiterrant hit another home run with his most recent post. It’s about Christians reacting poorly to a variety of issues, abortion being one of the highlighted issues. I particularly enjoyed what he said through his godfather’s speech about the purposes and attitudes in people’s hearts when they protest abortion. It’s not about moral superiority but it very frequently becomes so. I thought it was well put and it certainly expresses my sentiments.

The most recent episode of the West Wing discussed abortion quite a bit and I really appreciated the way they treated it. I appreciate what Jimmy Smits’ character, the democratic candidate Matthew Santos, had to
say. He basically said that he believes abortion should be legal and safe and should happen a lot less than it does and I think that is right on. Nobody wants more abortions to happen. That is a totally revolutionary idea, isn’t it? It suggests that pro-lifers and pro-choicers actually have a lot in common. Neither group is out there saying “We need more people to have abortions!”. They disagree over the morality of the issue and this is no small debate, but I find it amazing the turnaround that takes place in people’s hearts when they can find things that they agree on with people who they think are so far from their point of view. Who knew? We actually found something we can agree on!