Obama's totally illogical theology

"God trusted us to care for environment, Obama says," according to the Oct. 15 Chicago Sun-Times

Sen. Obama is also quoted as saying that… "Men and women of faith have always waded through issues that impact society in profound ways: prison reform, temperance, abolition and women's rights."

Note the senator took pains to emphasize "women's rights," avoiding addressing the profoundly present- and politically sensitive- issue of abortion and the right to life -- the most profound of constitutional issues facing society today, and one that is identical to the issue of abolition -- but not nearly as politically useful or politically correct for the junior senator in his race for the presidency.

Does this senator really believe God trusted us to care for the lillies of the field, but not for the protection of human life? Does this senator really believe that men and women of faith have ever been more concerned with temperance than protection of life in all its stages?

If so, the senator had better spend more time with men and women of faith before shooting off his mouth regarding such theological or moral issues in the public forum. He certainly doesn't speak for, or in any way represent, the men and women of faith who are actively engaged in defending the right to life and working within the law to guarantee and restore, every unborn infant's rightful, God-given status of personhood.

It might serve the senator, to study up on the moral, ethical and legal "footprint" that intersects the long-ago abomination known as legalized slavery and the present-day murderous act of legalized abortion, which, ironically, the senator has recently gone on record as fully supporting in the controversial matter of the city of Aurora.

The senator chose to do so despite the fact that Aurora's citizens had no voice in the matter, resulting from Planned Parenthood's use of a subsidiary name on the initial building permit, which led to avoidance of the legal requirement of a special -use permit, which finally resulted in denial of every Aurora citizen's right to a public hearing.

Perhaps the senator, or his handlers, should have checked that matter out more carefully--before that endorsement, and perhaps as a lawyer he might also want to address that matter of personhood and "private property" at the very heart of the immoral act of slavery -- just as they are today with respect to the denial of human rights for millions of living infants yet to be born -- 144 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves forever.

Want to have something meaningful to fight for, Mr. Senator? Fight for life -- just as men and women of faith fought against the immoral act of slavery.

Patrick J. Dalton

Northbrook