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I personally feel that the issue of God given right to life is so much more important than any other issue currently tossed about in the nation, no other issue ought be raised along with it. To address something else while touting prolife agenda is to use the issue of LIFE as a means to raise a separate agenda. I would site for you the inclusion of many atheists in the Prolife movement ... but not many even know these folks are atheists because they stick to the important issue, LIFE, and do not use that issue to address a separate agenda.

I agree that the right to life is far more important than anything else being bandied about in the nation right now. It is, I think, a sign of our society's decadence that our media has paid so much attention recently to the issue of gay marriage and generally pays so little to the issue of human rights for the unborn.

I also strongly agree that pro-lifers ought not to use the pro-life movement as a way of advancing a seperate agenda. However, I do think that pro-lifers can bring up other agendas IF doing so advances the pro-life cause. For example, if I were debating another Catholic on the abortion issue, I might tie my Catholocism to my stance on abortion as a way of persuading that other person to come around to my way of thinking. I would not, however, use the pro-life movement as a platform for evangelizing. Likewise, I think pro-life gays should be given a chance to say to other gays and their supporters on the left, "Look, we appreciate your activism on our behalf. But by being pro-choice, you dehumanize the unborn, and that is unacceptable. We do not want your sympathy if you aren't willing to extend it to everyone." From my interactions with the folks at PLAGAL, it seems to me that this is basically what they do. If they (or any other pro-life group) loses sight of what's truly important, you have my assurances that I will right another "featured essay" condemning them.