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On the drive home from school last week, my daughter (age 8) announced, "Kerry is going to kill babies if he becomes president". ARRRRGH! Some scumbag at her Catholic school, possibly a teacher, or a child of a scumbag, has the kids traumatized with the simple logic that "Bush is good, he's pro-life", and "Kerry is bad, he kills babies."
Sadly, the image really took root in her little heart, she runs from the room or covers her ears if I try to explain that abortion is killing fetuses, not babies, and that thousands of abortions have been going on for years, Bush has done very little to limit or provide options to abortion (and that they have actually increased during his failed presidency) and he cannot somehow just outlaw abortion, and that nothing about abortion is going to change the day Kerry becomes president.
I might add, we are devout Catholics, and do truly believe life begins at conception and that abortion is contrary to God's creation, but DON'T believe that "being pro-life" is a good litmus test for choosing government leaders. It is a matter of faith, which nobody can enforce on the diverse population of the US.
Sorry for the rant, it just really pisses me off how the repugs can successfully drive a wedge (hopefully temporary) between me and my own little daughter.
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