Slaves and Fetuses........?

Former PA Senator, Rick Santorum compared abortion to slavery. Pause. Hold up. What? Yeah. That's what I said. In an interview with CNS News, Santorum discussed his opinions on topics ranging from gay marriage, gay couples adopting, and abortion, the former senator said, in reference to President Obama, that he found it, and I quote, "almost remarkable for a black man to say 'we are gonna decide who are people and who are not people.'" If I know anything about American history, I know about slavery and how slaves were handled. Santorum blatantly mentioned the value of human life in an attempt to make a connection to slavery, making it seem like Obama should relate to people that are "oppressed" and that deserve an equal chance at life. Obama apparently doesn't feel as if an unborn child counts as a human life [to my understanding, at least], which I somewhat agree with. And, at the same time, there's a difference between pro-abortion and pro-choice. Supporting women in making their own decisions with what they want to do with their body is not murder; no one is going around telling women to cut themselves up because they have some sick twisted desire to kill unborn children. But opinions on abortion aren't important right now. What bothers me is how this guy compared it to slavery and the value of human life, and implied that black people should be against abortion because of the similarities that he came up with. Is he saying that all African Americans should be against abortion? Is he saying that a slave's life, which was snatched away from him when he was taken from his home and was sold or even born into slavery, was worth the same as an unborn child, that hasn't even been given life yet? Does a fetus have the same opportunity as a grown, living human being? And why is it so remarkable that a black person has an opinion other than what you believe he should have? Black people have differences in opinions just like everyone else, for their own valid reasons.

I don't think it was a fair comparison that Santorum made and I don't think it was fair for him to say that that was the reason why he felt our African American President shouldn't feel the way he feels about this particular issue.

I guess that's all for now. I've been slacking on the posting, my apologies everyone. Hope everyone had a nice break is ready to get second semester on and poppin'. ;D

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[Info and a clip from the interview can be found here. http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/01/santorum-plays.php]

Btdubbs, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wonderful grandma!