It is striking in this politically correct world, that any vile opinion may be stated, including the Democrats, approval of partial birth abortion,(effectively at their convention) or that of any non-christian religion, particularly Islam, and it is not to be criticized.
But any statement of what sounds like, even remotely, Christian belief is reviled, and called to be retracted with an apology (which is what McCain does).
It tells you more about what the real place of a Christian is in our society and in the republican party – a useful tool for profit or election – but not to be taken seriously. North America has come along way from the 13 colonies, most of whose founders came to North America for religious freedom, as Christians.
I’m in agreement that Christians have come under politically correct attack, and I am of Christian heritage, though I am not religious. For someone like me, who doesn’t really understand or feel the whole visceral abortion thing, I want to take a reasonable pro-life stand: leave it to the states, and let those most affected, the women, vote on it. I go with the flow, until I am confronted with what inspires a visceral reaction in myself: the seemingly vile position of outlawing abortion even in cases of rape and incest. For me, and for NEAR 80% OF VOTERS, this is a literally sickening position. Don’t do that any more... we’ve already lost several senate seats in 2010 because of it! (Angle NV, Buck CO, Joe Miller* Alaska, O’Donnell DE [abortion extremism just one factor for O’Donnell versus a decisive factor in the other cases], and this time we have Akin and Mourdach. We possibly could have had 60 senate seats come 2013 if it wasn’t for the rape / incest position.)
No one disputes his freedom to say it.
I dispute his intelligence. He has a stupid theology and he’s even stupider in terms of political prudence.