More On That Candidate Forum

I noticed something yesterday as I listened to twenty-odd political candidates addressing a pro-life audience yesterday.

Almost every candidate began by talking about his religious upbringing.

This one was the son of a pastor, that one was one of nine children of a Catholic family, one was a conservative Jew, another an Indian Hindu, but almost every one, if not in fact every one, started discussing the life issue from a religious perspective.

And, what makes me crazy, some of them use that religious foundation as an excuse to avoid facing the abortion issue in law.

The argument goes something like this:

1. The Catholic Church teaches me that abortion is an intrinsic evil.
2. This is part of my faith.
3. I cannot use the force of law to impose my faith on others.
4. Ergo, I cannot support restricting abortion in law.

This is why, as you saw in the video I posted earlier, I eschewed all discussion of religion to assert the importance of protecting human life in terms that should be equally accessible to anyone.

And they say I'm a religious fanatic.