Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Morality of Biden

On Meet the Press, Obama's VP pick Sen. Biden explained his views on abortion. As a Catholic, he confirmed he believes that life begins at conception, yet he supports abortion because he doesn't want to impose his moral views on others. Of course, society often imposes the moral views of the majority on all it's citizens. Slavery was a moral issue that was finally decided by force of arms.  Would Biden  want individuals to decide for themselves if slavery was right or wrong? Prostitution and Drug use are also moral issues that we do not let individuals decide for themselves, and they affect only the person making the choice, unlike slavery or abortion. For people that support abortion and believe that life does not begin at conception, there is no moral conflict. But Biden's position is that abortion is killing a human child, and he supports it. Now this position is not just logically inconsistent, but is simply immoral. He openly supports what he believes to be infanticide because it helps him get elected. That's not a courageous position, just a coldly calculated evil one.

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