A great irony in the debate about the sanctity of life is that pro-choice proponents and liberal Democrats are the greatest defenders of life, even though Republicans have incorrectly assumed the mantle of "pro-life." Nothing could be further from the truth of that moniker stolen by the far right. When a conservative Republican spouts piously about the sanctity of life, he does not really mean that all life is sacred. He means human life, and only some human life. He certainly excludes from the sacred category any criminals awaiting capital punishment. Anti-abortionists typically are the most ardent supporters of the death penalty. He certainly does not view cows as sacred, yet cattle are alive. Whales don't count according to the Bush-appointed majority in the Supreme Court, who ruled yesterday that the military could go...
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