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A modest proposal for new state Rep. RamseyTue, 01/22/2008 - 4:58pm
By: Letters to the ...
Now that the Georgia legislature is in session, it is time for our state representative to do the job we voters sent him there to do, which is protecting the lives of preborn children. The late Dan Lakly, our previous representative, was a good man and a pro-life man, but as a grandfather he did not have the same sense of urgency towards pro-life issues that a younger man like Matt Ramsey brings. I hope and pray that Rep. Ramsey does not allow himself to be sucked into the usual false arguments put forward by liberals, such as exceptions for rape, mother’s health, etc. I realize that it has become quite trendy to refer to women that have been raped as if they are somehow “victims,” when of course they are nothing of the sort. A life is a life regardless of the circumstances surrounding its conception. If a woman was in fact raped, she must play the hand that was dealt to her, accept it as God’s will, and raise the interracial baby as her own. I would urge this woman to think of her child as a beautiful rainbow that occurs after a terrible hurricane. Some women, even some poor misguided Christian women, believe they should have a “right” to abort a child conceived of rape. Well, a woman should have thought of that before she walked down that dark alley without a male presence (father, brother, husband, church elder and their family, etc.), not to mention she should have thought before putting on revealing attire. If we “liberate” a woman from the responsibility of her child, I’ll tell you what happens: She is then free to go have relations again, or go down that dark alley again, and get impregnated again. The cycle repeats itself. A woman should realize that she is officially bound to the child once it has been fertilized inside her, and must take care of it. Another justification that liberals typically use is “mother’s health.” Liberals like to use words like “ectopic” to scare people into thinking that a mother is just going to die if she doesn’t get her precious abortion. Well, I don’t know what “ectopic” means or even if it is a real word, nor do I have any need to know. What I do know that in any event it cannot be used as an excuse for an abortion. You’ve seen those bumper stickers that say, “It’s a child, not a choice”? I would add that even more than a child, it’s a consequence. It’s a consequence of people’s behavior, and people should be made to deal with the consequences of their behavior. What many people, even good Christian people, fail to realize is that rape is typically God’s punishment for a specific sin, whether it’s being a woman and being alone without the presence of a male chaperone, immodest or immoral dress, going to bars (alone or in groups), being alone in the company of a man you’re not married to (or related to), disobeying your parents and sneaking off to a friend’s house, missing church service, or attending public school. This is not a comprehensive list, just a small representative sample. I am aware that there is a small but loud group of belligerent atheists and agnostics here in Fayette County who scoff at our good Christian beliefs about abortion. This is typical of the persecution we must face. We Christians should stand strong and support Rep. Ramsey as he does the Lord’s work for us in the legislature. Doris Conner Fayetteville, Ga. [Editor’s note: Before responding, readers should peruse Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” lest they fall prey to the condition cited in Wikipedia: “Even today, readers unacquainted with its reputation as a satirical work often do not immediately realize that Swift was not seriously proposing cannibalism (and of course, infanticide). It is no longer true, as it was in Swift’s time, that any educated reader would be familiar with the satires of Horace and Juvenal, and so recognize that Swift’s essay follows the rules and structure of Latin satires.”] login to post comments
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