Common Ground With Pro-Abortion Supporters Is A Deadly Myth

I wrote several times in the past about the futility of seeking "common ground" with pro-abortion people and/or those who vote for pro-abortion politicians.  After a rather startling and distasteful exchange I had with someone (a former pro-life leader) on facebook a few days ago, I must now conclude that any attempt to seek such "common ground" will be fraught with great spiritual and intellectual peril.

The background is this.  A friend who is caring for a disabled relative complained of treatment that she received when she went about in public without a mask.  I will call her "Mary".  The former pro-life leader, whom I will call "Bill", lashed out at her with over-the-top venom and vitriol.  He accused Mary of "attacking her relative", about to "have his blood on her hands", etc.  I and a number of others took him to task.  Mary pulled down his remarks; I don't blame her a bit.  I remain flummoxed at the vehemence with which he addressed Mary simply because she didn't go along with being treated like a sheep.

As mentioned earlier, Bill was a pro-life leader several years ago.  He's since embraced some liberal causes and has voiced disappointment that other pro-life people, particularly those of us who remained on the front lines of activism, didn't follow his lead.  He made mention of trying to seek "common ground" with pro-abortion proponents.  A key problem with that ill-advised attempt is that it lends moral legitimacy to the pro-abortion position, a legitimacy that is completely erroneous in every way, rendering that attempt immoral on its face.  Moreover, I have seen other pro-life people, similarly deluded, befuddled in their thinking to such great extents that they now embrace inherently immoral positions.

Here is a perfect "case-in-point" to illustrate that danger.  There is an outfit called "Catholic Common Ground Initiative".  That link is to its website.  When I visit sites like this, I always examine its leadership and the people with whom they collaborate and/or honor.  Right away you'll notice that this cabal is the brainchild of Cardinal Bernardin.  Other notables who pollute(d) its leadership include Cardinals Gregory, Mahoney and Tobin, and honorees such as John Carr, Carolyn Woo, etc.  You get the picture.  You take up with dogs, you take up their manners.

The meme in this post is absolutely true.  That can be hard to acknowledge when the pro-abortion mentality is found amongst one's relatives and friends, but the truth must be faced.  We must treat them with respect and dignity, of course, but realize that they have embraced objective evil.  The Spiritual Works of Mercy include "instruct the ignorant" and "rebuke the sinner".  We want to see them attain heaven, and they can do so only by repentance and conversion.  Charity of the "tough love" variety may be in order.

NARAL Editorial In The Gazette - A Call For Letters To The Editor

Several months ago the Gazette ceased home deliveries in my neighborhood, so this escaped my notice until today, when a friend advised me of its existence.  Here it is.  It seems that two NARAL officials are taking umbrage at the truth being told on the pages of the Gazette.  Between then and now, responding letters have been published that shed much-need light through the smoke and mirrors that the NARAL folks attempted to throw in our faces.

Since letters did appear in last week's edition of the Gazette (see here and here for example), I think it quite possible that the Gazette is still accepting them.  So please write to the Gazette!  Send emails to letters@gazette.net, and include your name, address and phone number(s).  Your letters can and will make a difference.

Focus On The Family - RIP

That's exactly the direction that this once-respectable pro-life organization is headed, if it continues to swill down the "common-ground" koolaid.   Yes, yes, I'm afraid it's true.  Current FotF president Jim Daly says that he has been meeting with pro-abortion groups to "reduce the number of abortions".

At best, it's a collassal waste of time.  Inherent in the purpose of "reducing the number of abortions" is the premise that we must settle for some number of abortions.  Think of the analogous scenario from our nation's past, when slavery was legal.  Can we take seriously the notion that abolitionists should have sat down with slave-holders and discussed "reducing the number of slaves"?  It's ridiculous, for some things are never tolerable.  We seek to eliminate evil, not reduce it.

I strongly suspect that the pro-aborts with whom Daly is "dialoging" are doing so just to waste the time and resources of Focus on the Family.  Should they succeed in so doing, the blame will lie on the shoulders of Jim Daly.  The fact is that there is no "common ground" between good and evil, between murder and life, between Satan and God.

Reducing The "Need" For Abortion??

How often have you heard so-called "moderates" scold pro-life activists, saying that we must "first reduce the need for abortion"?  Usually we hear that pap from the so-called "common ground" bunch.

Right now I can just imagine my progressive fan-club getting all a-twitter about me being such a "right-wing fanatic" (or other euphamism of their choice) and perhaps some of the pro-life "kinder and gentler" crowd getting all nervous.  They might even think that "reducing the need for abortion" is a pretty darned-good idea!  If they've swallowed that bait, then they've just shot their credibility down the crapper.

Morally speaking, the object of a legitimate need must be a moral good in and of itself - or at least morally neutral.  One would never dream of trying to "reduce the need for bank robbery", would they?  No one in their right mind would consider bank robbery to be a true "need".  One would reduce bank robbery by incarcerating the perpetrators.  Similarly there is no way that sane people can equate baby-murder with a legitimate need.

We need to be very clear about this.  We also need to be equally clear that we cannot seek "common ground" with those who support such a heinous, barbaric evil such as abortion.

Exposing The "Common Ground" Poppycock

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