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To: Jrabbit; All
For days I've been asking how standing up for Terri, for life, is hurting the pro life movement. I've yet to get an answer except the usual snipes about Randall Terry.

I wouldn't mind an answer to that myself. Terry may be grandstanding, but well intentioned in this particular case. Driven by his emotions. That is a far cry from saying a starving woman has never looked more peaceful. More beautiful. Anyone really want to go down that road? Cause I guarentee Felos will trump Terry in measure of disgust any day of the week.

If folks are going to state the pro-Life movement is irreparably harmed for a generation, put up concrete fact or clarify it is opinion. Presenting it as fact doesn't make it so.

I've also come to conclusion too many people have decided polls are the final authority. I have a question for everyone. If Congress used their constitutional authority to overturn R v W, what does everyone think the opinion of the public would be? Favorable? After all, supposedly the majority is more against abortion than for.

I think everyone that is honest knows the answer. The public polls would be similiar to the polls about Terri. Why? Because people have ceded their rights to the Courts AND because rather than winning the pro-Life war, in reality we've salved our conscience with meaningless polls stating we are near to winning the war.

Well I, for one, prefer to trade polling opinion for actual progress. If this means some heartbreaking setbacks, so be it. This is a culteral war and you don't win every battle. You certainly don't win it by pretending victory has been gained while the enemy sneaks up behind you.

265 posted on 03/29/2005 8:40:07 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: Soul Seeker
Read my post #251, and I didn't say that R Terry has harmed the current pro-life movement... he is overbearing, and there are many more compassionate people without an extreme past. I can't change anything but I would prefer to see another pro-life advocate in his place.
275 posted on 03/29/2005 8:51:37 PM PST by God'sgrrl (Compassionate Prolife Anti-Hollywood Activist)
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