{"id":355,"date":"2009-08-31T13:27:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2009\/08\/innocent-man-executed-a-test-for-abortion-opponents.html"},"modified":"2009-08-31T13:27:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T13:27:21","slug":"innocent-man-executed-a-test-for-abortion-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2009\/08\/innocent-man-executed-a-test-for-abortion-opponents.html","title":{"rendered":"Innocent Man Executed – a Test for Abortion Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conservative “pro-life” Christians, especially Texans, now have an interesting
\nmoral challenge.  <\/span>Cameron Todd, an
\ninnocent man, was executed in Texas. 
\n<\/span>The facts of his innocence are overwhelming in this case.  <\/span>For a start, see Huffingtonpost<\/a> 
\nas well as Barry Scheck’s report<\/a>, also in Huffingtonpost. <\/span>The full story is in the New Yorker<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Many hard core “pro-life” people oppose abortions even when the health of the
\nmother is involved, or even if she has been raped.  <\/span>Will they now oppose the death penalty because sometimes
\ninnocent people are executed?  IF the zygote is a human being, the logic of the issues seems identical.<\/p>\n

Might I venture a guess?<\/p>\n

In almost every case the answer will be “no” because they are not really pro-life, they are anti-choice.  They do not really care about life.  I am limiting my remarks to the hard core, the bitter enders, the no-compromise self-righteous holier-than-thou loud mouths who have done so much to poison our society.  RandalI Terry<\/a>, head of Operation Rescue, is a fitting symbol for them all.   <\/p>\n

I would genuinely love to be proven wrong. 

UPDATE<\/b>
I have been corrected – Thank you Tom – Terry is no longer the head of Operation Rescue – he is its founder.<\/p>\n

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