Get it right, Mike. Context, context, context. You've isolated one sentence from an interview about HIV/AIDS - which is where his mind was when he made that statement, if you look at the interview. He also states his children are a "miracle" in that same interview; perhaps he didn't get every word right. Not like you do, right? Here's the larger context for you, yes, stated by a national spokesperson.
"What Senator Obama said and what he believes is clear -- children are "miracles," but we have a problem when so many children are having children. As Senator Obama said on Saturday -- and on many other occasions -- parents have a responsibility to teach their children about values and morals to help make sure they are not treating sex casually. And while he understands the passions on both sides of this difficult issue, Senator Obama believes we can all agree that we should be taking steps to reduce the number of teen pregnancies and abortions in this country." There is another issue I'd like to comment on about ignorant men thinking they know all about pregnancy and childbirth and raising children on their own with no support—particularly the ones that think they should judge, condemn, and legislate women's rights. Yes, Mike, it's the girl "who missed her period" that's at fault, right? Not the boy or man with the raging hormones who pressured her and pressured her and pressured her to give in to his desires and then left the scene.....give me a break. I'm not saying you shouldn't stand by your religious convictions, but maybe you ought to dig a little deeper into your "blasé" attitudes. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are *Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness*- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Your right to *privacy* will not stand against another person's right to Life.... much longer, religion or no religion. You will need to abolish the first amendment that grants freedom of political speech and freedom of religion first. Everyone knows that the overwhelming majority of abortions in this country are simply birth control, "Oh shit! I missed my period! I'm really *f"ed* now!" It's rarely about health or life of the mother. Fifty-three million abortions can not account for that. " "Why would I want my daughter to be *punished* with a child?" Obama's words, not mine. This is the mind set of *Me first* and to hell with what's right. It is the purest of evil and it will not stand. From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell' Whether you like it or not, abortion is legal in this country. To jeopardize the health of poor women because of your religious convictions is untenable.
