I am the most conservatively Christian person you'll ever meet-- let's talk social issues-- and I do not support Miers.
Much has been said about her "pro-life activism," but I have yet to see any evidence of this. If she remains our nominee, I am going to pray and pray that this is true, but I believe we should have someone whose judicial philosophy is a bit more clear. Stealth nominations tend not to work well for conservatives.
I'm not trying to attack Bush or be overly critical, and I am not an elitist- my inclination is always to support our President- but I feel like he has dropped the ball on a number of crucial issues. For this reason, I can't just sit back and relax when he says to trust him on this one.
Well she argued that the ABA not have a pro-choice stance, she's given money to just about every pro-life organization there is, been actively pro-life in her church as stated by many long time conservative members, most notably, TX Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, and even as a democrat she was Pro-Life and never supported abortion. narwal and now are strongly against her and have launched campaigns to defeat her nomination in addition to that. I mean, how much more pro-life in her past does she have to be? Is the only way someone is proven to be pro-life if they've been arrested outside an abortion clinic? Because if that's the case, most people against abortion, aren't pro-life either. She's just as pro-life as anyone rational is.
Not to be coy, but is there anything that you've done in your life that you consider makes you more pro-life than her? I sure can't think of anything in my life that makes me "more pro-life" than her. If this becomes a "not pro life enough" contest, conservative politics is in real trouble. I hate to think the Republican party could become that childish. "I'm redder than you!" is beyond childish. I stood at the Texas State Republican convention as a delegate arguing against watering down ANY of the Patriot Act provisions, because I believe that my Constitutional rights are second to the safety and security of the country, and if the FBI wants to randomly monitor my phone calls to check for key words and find terrorists, then sobeit. I know I'm not doing anything wrong or immoral or illegal, so more power to the FBI if it helps them catch terrorists and stop plots like they have this past week. Does all this make me "more red / more republican" then you? No. And it would be stupid and childish to argue that it did. I will pray and trust that she is as pro-life as her actions demonstrate until she gives me some reason to believe other wise.
Additionally, and I expect to get really flamed for this. I won't even consider the upholding of roe vs. wade as evidence that she's not conservative enough. Frankly, I do not believe that it should be overturned. Even though I do not like or agree with abortion under ANY circumstance. As my father says, "God is pro-choice" and "you can't legislate morality". I believe both of those. God is pro-choice, He gives people the right to make whatever mistakes and stupid decisions they want. They also have the right to pay for those mistakes and stupid decisions, like abortion. You CANNOT legislate morality. CANNOT and SHOULD NOT. Like homosexuality. It's abhorrant, and repulsive, and unnatural, and a sin, but it should not ever be made illegal or a crime. If people want to sin or do something that is bad for them, they will do it with or without a law making the action illegal. I believe more Christians believe that than will actually say it. Overturning roe vs. wade would not really accomplish anything. Because you cannot pass or do away with a law and force people to be more moral. If people want abortions, they have the GOD given right to make that horrible wicked decision, and God will deal with them accordingly. Just wanted to elaborate on that because I know a lot of people are planning on saying that no conservative on the court is a REAL conservative if they upheld roe vs. wade. It's horrible decision, and was moronic to have ever been made into law, but it's reversal doens't remove the problem. I wouldn't be disappointed if it's overturned, but it wouldn't end abortion by a long shot. That needs to be understood, and I think Scalia, and Thomas, and Roberts and now Miers understand that also.