Right Wing Watch:
Media Research Center ’s Robert Knight called it “tragic.” Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth called it “immoral.” Concerned Women for America ’s Janice Crouse called it “unconscionable.” What are they talking about? A couple deciding to have a kid. If Vice-President Cheney thought that some of his biggest supporters would congratulate him on a new grandchild – or at least restrain themselves from sending out press releases – he had to be disappointed at the right-wing reaction to his daughter’s pregnancy and her plans to raise the child with her lesbian partner.According to the Right, gays just aren’t fit to be parents – and raising a child is akin to a malicious act. CWA’s Crouse told ABC that Cheney and her partner are “deliberately bringing a child into the world without a father, leaving a great gaping hole” and that leads to “all sorts of negative outcomes — drug use, juvenile delinquency. You name it.” Crouse’s former fellow Concerned Woman Bob Knight went further, claiming that the “child has been conceived with the express purpose of denying it a father,” and “they're shortchanging this child from the start." LaBarbera described the situation as “fatherless by design,” and decry the couple’s plans to “model immoral homosexual behavior before innocent children.”
It'd be helpful if they'd get their stories straight. When talking about abortion, we're told that only God can create life and, therefore, only God should be allowed to take it. Following this logic, the child that Mary and partner are expecting would've been God's choice, not theirs. They may have chosen to have a baby, but God decides which baby, right?
So, there ya go -- the religious right opposes God's will here. Don't tell them, though. Logic and consistency aren't their strong points -- they won't get it.
In related news, is it OK for John Kerry to mention that Mary's a lesbian now?
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