The Most Important Issue?

My mom today, just sort of randomly while we were watching the news, said something along the lines of, "There's this article in [something] that I want you to read. You know dad and I debate politics quite a lot, and I don't really know what your politics are, but I know you support the current administration's pro-life stand. But, there are much more important issues in the world."

I kept my silence for the sake of domestic tranquility; I'm still just happy that she let me go to the March for Life with my church last January -- she very nearly didn't. She's not Catholic or really anything, and we don't see eye to eye on some things, but in order to "honor thy mother and father" I decided it's best if it's something we don't discuss much. Maybe that's wrong. I don't know.

But I was thinking about it, and I don't think she's right. I think abortion may very well be the most pressing moral issue of our day. Okay, there are other terrible, terrible, terrible awful things in the world and understand me that I'm not trying in any way to discountenance a single one of those issues. There's still slavery and all sorts of murder and prostitution and I don't even know what else but the world, in short, has a lot of issues. But here in our own country we kill millions of babies. Babies, who can't defend themselves. We are a society that allows the murder of children. And that isn't "the most important issue?" Let's say these babies weren't even unborn... they were all, say, somewhere up to 12 months of age. There are two presidential candidates. One says that we should be able to kill the babies, one says that's wrong. I don't care if the first candidate has better policy on every other issue, from foreign relations to economics to the environment. If they support baby-genocide, THEY DON'T GET MY FREAKIN' VOTE! DO YOU HEAR THAT, ALL YE POLITICIANS? IF YOU KILL OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN, YOU DON'T GET MY VOTE! Technically, I'm not 18 yet, so no one gets my vote, but sometime soon.

I think maybe non-pro-lifers don't understand our position. Don't they realize that we honestly believe that actual living babies, precious wonderful beautiful little defenseless children, are being cruelly murdered? That mothers are killing their own children? Then, don't you think they'd understand where we're coming from? Don't think that, at least, they'd stop trying to convince us that other things are more important? I just don't know. It depresses me -- it makes me want to cry. A lot of things in the world do. Pray and pray and pray and pray and pray for those babies and their mothers and the cause and everyone supporting murder.

At the same time, I think my mom was a little off base saying that I "support the current administration," because in my mind, Bush has failed miserably. He says he's pro-life, but he hasn't done nearly enough about it. Current Supreme Court nomination, case in point. Plus, although abortion is my #1 issue, I don't like most everything else he's done, either.

Just remember... pray like there ain't no tomorrow!