And when Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem and his wife, Faith Rein, were married recently (after living together for 14 years) , no one -- well, hardly anyone -- batted an eye that their wedding announcement included ... well, here, just read it for yourself.
I’m hoping you are shocked, but perhaps you won’t be.
The thing that shocks me most is not the fact that the couple included information about an abortion in their wedding announcement. It’s that one pro-choice blogger reportedly was appreciative that the couple “discussed their decision like it’s not some life-ending tragedy.”
If abortion is not a life-ending tragedy, then what is it exactly?
There may be an ongoing debate about whether a fetus qualifies as a human being (what is it, reptilian?) or exactly when it becomes a human being (the CCNCW -- current conventional non-Christian wisdom -- seems to be when it is “viable,” capable of surviving outside the womb) , but -- and correct me if I’m wrong -- has there ever been any doubt as to whether it is life? Any at all?
Maybe in the hallowed halls of The New York Times or the locker room of the Miami Heat or the bridal parties of the rich and famous, but not where I live.
There’s no question whatsoever.
An abortion is a life-ending tragedy, period.
Case closed.
Now if we could just get journalism schools to teach people where commas are not needed, life on this planet would be almost perfect.
I hope you caught the lack of sincerity in that last sentence. When everything is said and done, today is still September 11th.
(Photographs above from “Days of Terror” at nymag.com)
(Photographs above from www.theblackday.org by navexpress)
