Reply #72: Here's some interesting reading... [View All]

[jeepnstein]

http://dailymail.com/Opinion/LetterstotheEditor/200810020149

This is a letter to the editor a good friend of mine wrote a while back.

"Letters to the Editor: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
Republicans don't give evangelicals much

For more than 50 years of my adult life I have been an evangelical Christian. My relationship with the Lord has guided my life.

Despite my heartfelt and often-stated objections to abortion and homosexuality, my Christian beliefs were challenged because I was a Democrat.

I have never questioned anyone's personal Christian relationship because of where they worship or their political leanings. Now for Democrats like myself who are also evangelicals, it is time to set the record straight.

A 1973 Supreme Court decision, Rowe v. Wade, legalized abortion by a 7-2 vote. Six of the seven justices in the majority were Republican appointees. The only Democratic appointee, Byron White, voted against Rowe v. Wade.

In fact, in every year since 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court has been controlled by a majority of Republican-appointed judges. There has not been a Democrat-appointed chief justice since 1953.

Currently, there are seven Republican appointees and two nominated by Democrats.

Obviously, if the Republican majority had wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade at any time since 1973, they had the votes to do so. Why haven't they?

In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas overturned a Texas law against sodomy. Once again, in the 6-3 decision, four Republicans voted to overturn the law.

Recently, the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Six of the seven California judges were elected Republicans.

From 2003-2006, Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency. In 2006, the FDA approved an "over the counter" abortion drug known as "Plan B."

The head of the FDA serves at the pleasure of President Bush.

My point is clear: For religious leaders to continue to blame Democrats for Republican actions is wrong.

Thomas King

Kodak, Tenn.

King is formerly of Mingo County."