Peace! Be Still

Palin the Parent

The other day I overheard some co-eds snickering at McCain's choice for VP as being nothing but an ignorant soccer mom.  Governor Palin.  The sexism here makes me fume.  While she might be an elected public official, that is trumped and tarnished by her status as a loving mother.  How on earth has motherhood become something so looked down on?    People are so quick to stab her back, they simply never take a second to stop and allow themselves to feel anything but hatred for her.  Watch the video below, and think for yourself; it shows the kind of love is nearing extinction in our society, where 90 % of pregnancies of down syndrome babies are aborted.

 

All partisan side-taking aside, our society needs someone like Palin, who practices true acceptance for people by seeing beauty in the human person, at all stages and (arbitrarily assigned) "qualities" of life.  Her courage, in spite of all  the brutal, seething things people say about her (such as tramped-out Madonna, always classy and self-assured) ought to be such an inspiration to girls to truly speak up for ourselves, and those who can't yet speak for themselves. 

"Rescue those being led away to death." --Proverbs 24:11

Fidelis put out a video urging Catholics (and all other Christians, of course) to vote this November, taking into account the most important of political issues: life. In the video's own words, "Human life is paramount." As Christians our faith teaches us to value each individual because of the fact that Christ gave his life for that person (no matter how small, or their stage of development), and would have laid own his life even if that person was the only human in existence. As Americans, it is incumbent upon us to encourage the respect of life through our vote. If the God we worship values us that much, how could we attempt to do otherwise?