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Wise Words On Wednesday: The benefits of the law

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Last week on Facebook I was on a thread which was discussing abortion. One person said that they believed abortion killed a human life, but she also thought it should be legal. This seemed like a very strange opinion to hold, so I asked why she thought this way. The response I received was as follows:

“Ethical behaviour is not brought about law, all that brings is the fear of being caught.”

Person on Facebook, explaining why abortion should remain legal

I responded to this using my favourite Martin Luther quotation…

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Music Monday: Shed a Little Light

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To mark Martin Luther King Day, here’s a James Taylor Classic, “Shed a little light”, performed by “Naturally 7” and Restless Pilgrim favourites, “The Maccabeats”:

Let us turn our thoughts today
To Martin Luther King
And recognize that there are ties between us,
All men and women living on the Earth.
Ties of hope and love,
Sister and brotherhood,
That we are bound together
In our desire to see the world
Become a place in which our children
Can grow free and strong.
We are bound together by the task
That stands before us
And the road that lies ahead.
We are bound and we are bound.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist
There is a hunger in the center of the chest
There is a passage through the darkness
And the mist
And though the body sleeps
The heart will never rest

Shed a little light, oh Lord,
So that we can see,
Just a little light, oh Lord.
Want to stand it on up,
Stand it on up, oh Lord,
Want to walk it on down,
Shed a little light, oh Lord.

Can’t get no light from the dollar bill,
Don’t give me no light from a TV screen.
When I open my eyes I want to drink my fill
From the well on the hill,
Do you know what I mean?

Quick Apology: Abortion, a matter of law?

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Last year I posted on Facebook that I was at the March For Life in Washington DC and a lively Facebook thread ensued among my friends concerning my pro-life position. Last year I wrote a couple of posts in response, but got distracted and cut short the series (Seriously, I have ADD when it comes to blog series!).

This year I’ve been writing a new series of posts on the subject of abortion and today I would like to address one of the comments written by a friend of mine in the format of a “Quick Apology“.

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Objection

Last year, one of the objections raised was as follows:

“If something is not illegal it is not democratic to try to prevent people from going about legal (if unpleasant) activities”.

Below I’d like to give a rough outline of my reply.

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