Posted by
Hoosier Conservative on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:01:16 PM
Would Jesus vote for Obama?
For those of you who have never heard of the Born
Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA), it is a law that protects children who are born alive during a botched abortion. Senator Barack Obama, while an Illinois Senator voted against this measure on the state level. I think this gives us all an idea of just how liberal this man is and what a tragedy it will be if he is elected president.
Nurse says Obama supports infanticide
2/16/2008
Catholic News Agency (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
Jill Stanek is a nurse who discovered babies were being aborted alive and shelved to die in soiled utility rooms in Illinois
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Jill Stanek is a nurse who discovered babies were being aborted
alive and shelved to die in soiled utility rooms while working at a
hospital in Illinois and since has been a strong advocate against
partial-birth and live-birth abortions.
According to her commentary on WorldNetDaily.com, Stanek explains why Keyes made his statement.
At the federal level, legislation was presented called the Born
Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA) which stated all live-born babies
were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection,
whether or not they were wanted.
BAIPA sailed through the U.S. Senate by unanimous vote and by an
overwhelming majority in the House. President Bush signed the bill into
law in 2002.
Stanek wrote that, “in Illinois, the state version of BAIPA
repeatedly failed, thanks in large part to then-state Sen. Barack
Obama. It only passed in 2005, after Obama left.”
“Obama articulately worried that legislation protecting live
aborted babies might infringe on women's rights or abortionists'
rights. Obama's clinical discourse, his lack of mercy, shocked me. I
was naive back then. Obama voted against the measure, twice. It
ultimately failed.”
“So, the reason Keyes said Jesus Christ wouldn't vote for Barack
Obama was because of Obama's fanatical support of abortion to the point
of condoning infanticide.”
In a recent USA Today opinion piece, Obama admitted being "nagged"
by the Jesus-wouldn't-vote-for-him statement, but only because he
wished he'd given a different comeback.
Obama’s initial response, as stated in USA Today was “that we live
in a pluralistic society, and that I can't impose my religious views on
another.” He added that he was running to be the U.S. senator of
Illinois, and not a minister.
Stanek summarized Obama’s second response saying that “Obama
insinuated opposition to abortion is based only on religion, lecturing
pro-lifers like me to ‘explain why abortion violates some principle
that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no
faith at all.’”
“I don't recall mentioning religion when I testified against
live-birth abortion. I only recall describing a live aborted baby I
held in a hospital soiled utility room until he died, and a live
aborted baby who was accidentally thrown into the trash,” she told
WorldNetDaily.
Yet, Stanek pointed out that religion was never part of the
abortion ban debate. “I recall comparisons made to U.S. laws ensuring
animals being killed are treated humanely. I recall testimony that
late-term babies feel excruciating pain while being aborted.”
Stanek concluded by asking Obama, why do “you think Jesus should vote for you?”