Tomorrow,
Rick Warren will host John McCain and Barack Obama for a candidate
forum at his megachurch in California. Warren is famous for
authoring the towering bestseller The
Purpose-Driven Life and for his activism in Africa in favor
of AIDS victims.
For reasons
I spelled out in a post at Redstate, I've always admired him,
but I'm worried he'll let Obama go without challenging his support
for a broad abortion license and for infanticide.
Here's a short excerpt:
There is much to be said for rising above partisan
politics. After all, the church is on a mission from God to all the
earth. It is emphatically not intended to be a tool for either one
of the political parties. We are after bigger game than a balanced
budget, the right kind of welfare state, or term limits. We seek
redemption for a world we believe has lost its way.
However, there are certain issues that demand the
church's involvement, issues of basic justice, issues of life and
death. Perhaps the least ambiguous of those issues is the
protection of babies throughout pregnancy and immediately after
birth. We live in a culture that, strangely, acts as though unborn
children are like genies that can be stuffed back into the bottle.
We know that isn't true. We know that abortions end with little
piles of bloody flesh and bone. Fetuses don't merely cease to
exist. They experience violent physical death.
topics:
John McCain, Barack Obama, Abortion, Africa
