"How Dare You Be Pro-Life"
An impression I think, dear reader, has been allowed to form, and perhaps even to coagulate and to congeal and that is that it is only those of us who oppose the systemic extirpation of unborn children that have any explaining to do. I think that is a precept that needs to be challenged from the very beginning. A great many people stare slack-jawed at me upon the realization that I can be an atheist (antitheist if you desire terminological precision, as I do) as well as a pro-lifer. As if to express moral outrage over unborn infanticide requires the concurrent belief in a supernatural dimension. The silliest argument I have so far come up against has been "as a man, you don't get a say". No sexism there, right? Well, as the bishop said to the barmaid, "let's try it another way". Would these same people allow me my opinion even though I'm a man if I were to say I was pro-choice? Of course I am slave to speculation on this point, but I daresay they w