Wow, them's fightin' words. The conservative activist, on the moderate-conservative Republican: "Romney's stand on abortion is very like the stand on slavery taken by
Abraham Lincoln's nemesis, Stephen Douglas. Throughout his career,
Douglas took care to reassure the proponents of slavery that he was no
abolitionist. He supported the rights of slave owners, and the
prerogatives of the slave states. Douglas worshiped at the altar of 'popular sovereignty.' So he held to the view that justice is whatever
the will of the majority says it is, even when the majority's will
contradicts the premise of God-endowed right that is the basis for the
majority's right to make such decisions (i.e., its right to government
based upon consent).
He continues: "People like Mitt Romney
assert that in this case or that the will of the majority of the people;
or the majority of the judges and justices; or even the majority of one
mother and one doctor ready to accept her rule, can strip away every
human offspring's title of humanity. Yet the original claim to the title
of humanity has the same basis for their offspring as it does for those
who claim the right to murder them. If, on this basis, Romney and
others hold that people may be treated as non-human for purposes of
coldblooded murder, why do they pretend to deny that, on the same 'majority rule' basis, people may be treated as non-human for the
purposes of slavery, racial perfection, or religious purity? Of course
they will indignantly exclaim that 'Racism and religious fanaticism are
unacceptable grounds for inhumanity.' But it's patently absurd to
suggest that lust, ambition, and personal convenience are acceptable
motives for inhumanity, but not the desire to perfect the species or
assure its path to eternal salvation."
Alan Keyes: "Romney's Wavering Stance On Abortion Reminds Me Of Stephen Douglas's Wavering Stance On Slavery"
