So how does Barack Obama engage in moral reasoning?
Rich Lowry helps us see how not only is Barack Obama no centrist – but when challenged can release a cloud of “crashing banalities”.
Asked by Pastor Rick Warren when a baby gets rights, Obama said, “I’m absolutely convinced that there is a moral and ethical element to this issue.” This is a crashing banality couched as thoughtfulness. If Obama is so sensitive to the moral element of the issue, why does he want to eliminate any existing restrictions on the procedure?
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Readers of this blog can like and vote for Senator Obama. And can support abortion rights. I can live with both of those.
But let us be clear about not only where Senator Obama stands on this issue – but also how he addresses a highly divisive issue such as elective abortion. “I am convinced there is a moral and ethical dimension to this issue”. Really. Would never have guessed that. (“Genocide? Thanks for asking. I am convinced there is a moral and ethical dimension…”) Surely intelligent supporters of abortion rights can do better than that.
