In a message dated 1/10/01 8:28:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< For example, will Ashcroft, as attorney general, be committed
to upholding the law that keeps people from bombing and hounding abortion
clinics? Whether or not one is pro-choice or anti-choice, it is important
to uphold the law... Just as an example.
>>
hey yael, this made me think of my very italian, very liberal democratic, and
very catholic mother. she hates the look of george bush. she hates his face.
she hated ronald regan. she she still thinks oliver north is the devil
incarnate because he acted alone and lied to congress. ( marcel, don't say a
thing..this is my mother i'm talking about) she despises fundamentalist and
truly hates jerry falwell. i'm sure she is seething about ashcroft, but i
know better than to ask her. i could go on, but you get the image. liberal
democrat to the core.
but very very pro life. mother of 8 children and having lost two in early
years. she just can't see abortion. now, at the same time, she does not see
it as interwoven to womens rights. she had a daughter graduate from the
first class of women at annapolis. her other two daughters have phd's and
work as professionals. she believes in womens rights but does not see
abortion as the fulcrum for leverage for those rights.
my main point is this. she would never condone the bombing of clinics and
would not look the other way of laws that protect the lives of abortion
supporters. to her, that would be ...sick. the root for my mother on the
issue is faith. becuse she believes that life comes from god and we should
not interfere with that no matter how inconvenient it is. and we can guess
ashcroft would agree with that last sentence.
so i would hope that mr. ashcroft is able to separate the issues and work to
protect all humans from injury and if he thinks that's important for unborn
humans i would hope he'll see that important for born humans who work in
clinics.
patrick
np. meshell - bitter
