I am very pro-life. I am also very much in favor of gay marriage. I get a
lot of crap
from people because of that. It seems like most people I know of who are
pro-life
are also against homosexuality, and those who are for gay rights are
also pro-choice. I will find pro-life groups speaking out against
homosexuality and gay marriage (even though the group doesn't advertise
themselves as being against gay marriage), and groups that support
marriage equality will speak out against restrictions on abortion (even
though the group doesn't advertise themselves as being pro-choice). If
they advertised themselves as a group that either fought for/against
abortion and gay marriage, I'd be fine with it, but otherwise, it's
annoying that they would assume that we all have the same views on other
issues. Besides, if we want to end elective abortion, we should work
together rather than fight about our differences. It's okay to
acknowledge our differences or even to debate, as long as we're not
excluding pro-lifers who have different views on other issues (except
for anti-abortion terrorists. We can definitely exclude them).
I also think that people on both sides have some rather interesting
priorities. I've noticed that conservative politicians will often
support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage while believing
that abortion laws should be left up to the states. I've also noticed
that my church (which I only go to because my parents make me) tends to
focus more on ending gay marriage than ending abortion! Why is that? Is
it more important to stop two people of the same gender from getting
married than it is to stop the murder of unborn children?
Many liberals tend to believe that both abortion and gay marriage are
essential to equality, but sometimes I wonder if they would support
legalizing the abortion of gay fetuses if there were a way to test
homosexuality in the womb. I mean, there are plenty of liberals who say
they support women's rights, yet they still support sex-linked
abortions. What's more important, marriage equality, or control over
what's inside one's uterus?
What I'm trying to say is that we shouldn't exclude people from the
pro-life movement, and we should make ending elective abortion our main
priority. Again, it's okay to discuss our differences or even to
respectfully debate, but it's not okay if it's getting in the way of
what our main priority should be.
(Note: This was originally written for another blog I write for...)
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