Malkin's "Culture of Death"

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Liberal Avenger calls my attention to this op-ed by Sen. John Danforth, former R-Mo.

When, on television, we see a person in a persistent vegetative state, one who will never recover, we believe that allowing the natural and merciful end to her ordeal is more loving than imposing government power to keep her hooked up to a feeding tube.

When we see an opportunity to save our neighbors' lives through stem cell research, we believe that it is our duty to pursue that research, and to oppose legislation that would impede us from doing so...

For us, religion should be inclusive, and it should seek to bridge the differences that separate people. We do not exclude from worship those whose opinions differ from ours. Following a Lord who sat at the table with tax collectors and sinners, we welcome to the Lord's table all who would come. Following a Lord who cited love of God and love of neighbor as encompassing all the commandments, we reject a political agenda that displaces that love.

Those of us on the left and in the middle who believe must take back our faith - or at least public perception of it. As a Christian, James Dobson's brand of Christianity is as foreign and unfamiliar to me - to many of us - as anything Jim Jones could have come up with.