Apparently you are not allowed to mention the undisputed FACT that Betty Ford was a BIG abortion supporter."
There's a time and a place to post negative opinions and comments. Obituary threads are neither the time nor the place.
The MSM is praising and honoring her because she was an outspoken advocate for abortion. Are we supposed to pretend that she was on the level with Mother Theresa?
Planned Parenthood and NARAL lost one of their most prominent supporters today.
May God have mercy on her soul.
“Throughout her husband’s term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy and was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the Equal Rights Amendment. Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Women’s Movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, equal pay, ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control. She also raised awareness of addiction when she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism in the 1970s.”
This thread is posted in NEWS. It references CNN where they are praising her for her courageous stand in support of abortion rights and gun control. If this is an "obituary" thread, then move it to religion or chat. I have only quoted news sources that are singing her praises. If I were to advocate the same political positions that Betty Ford advocated, I'd have been zotted years ago.
“There’s a time and a place to post negative opinions and comments. Obituary threads are neither the time nor the place. “
True, and, in fact, I agree with you. On the other hand, such intense censorship of people’s expressed opinions reminds me uncomfortably of the politically correct crowd that we’re trying to defeat.
Former first lady Betty Ford received a lifetime achievement award from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League at an abortion rights fund-raiser at the St. Francis Hotel.
More than 700 people showed up Thursday for the $150-a-head "Power of Choice" luncheon. Organizers said the third annual luncheon had raised more than $200,000 for NARAL and the NARAL Foundation, the group's nonprofit arm.....
She's like any of us: Deeply flawed and sinful, yet not entirely without merit.