One of Many People of Faith
Rev. Erin Wathen is the Sr. Minister at Foothills Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She writes a blog that demonstrates the “trust” relationship between a congregation and its minister. She writes on a variety of topics and is worth following. Her latest post is a few words about Rep Akin, abortion, and single issue voting. Here are a couple of paragraphs. Click the title to read more.
All this makes me one of many, many people of faith in this country: who feel we have nowhere to stand in the ‘pro-life/ pro-choice’ debate. It has become such a polarized, black/white, wrong/right sort of thing that there is no middle ground. There is no whole-person, big-picture approach. You are either sending women back to the dark ages, or you are killing babies. No other options.
Well, until now. Did Todd Akin–in his bone-chilling moment of ignorance–just do something productive? I think so. What he managed to do, in one short statement, was to shine light on what comes of extreme ideologies and rigid party lines (in either direction). If I were going to look for something nice to say about the man, that would probably be it: that he has shown us the grim national future awaiting us, if we don’t change our ways. He’s like the Ghost of Christmas future–a fearsome orb, cloaked in death and darkness; a skeletal hand pointing to a day when THIS man—the Todd Akins of the world– is the face and voice of our country. (I fear you more than any spectre I have seen!)