But they do not speak for the average American. Only for a small and vocal (and rather shrill) constituency of theirs.
The point I was trying to make: Many people who self-identify as "pro-choice" have either given the subject very little thought or do not like abortion. They are there for the taking.
If we drive them off, though, because we have given the subject thought and do feel (rightfully) strongly about it, it is our loss. Think of it as jumping onto a fast moving train. Gotta start slow and have patience. DO NOT, however, give up your underlying passion or convictions, and do not compromise one inch!
Well we need to stop pulling out punches. We need to express to these people in no uncertain terms that their support of abortion is a sin, it is evil, it is support for the murder of innocent children. We need to stop trying to mollify their feelings, and we need to speak the truth boldly.
We certainly don't need to "reach out" to these people and tell them that it is OK that they support the murder of unborn children and that they are all welcome under the "Big Tent".
ABORTION IS MURDER!
When are we going to start acting like it is?
If we try to mollify the pro-aborts by making it seem as if there really isn't that much difference between our positions and that even though they support the greatest evil in the last 100 years that they are still welcome, then we have completely diluted the pro-life message and we will have shown them that we are not as committed to life as they are committed to death.
We need to send a message that ABORTION IS EVIL and that those who support it will not get our support. Period. End of discussion.
Anything less than that is lending tacit approval to the abortion holocaust.