More political crap from right-wing propagandist Sherry Tyree. Does anyone actually monitor this blog or can we just post anything?

Yeah. I thought this was a religion blog.

Just to put it out there, I have never voted Republican and don’t plan on it. I am not a “right-wing propagandist”, more of a conservative democrat.

That being said, if anyone dislikes what Sherry writes, either don’t comment, or submit your own material to the editor. Religion and politics are inextricably mixed. Many Christians, politically left or right, practice compassion for their fellow man and help the least of their brothers, not only because it is right, but because it is taught in the bible.

Sherry feels very strongly about what she writes. Her stance on abortion is is based upon her faith and apparently is an issue that she places above most other issues. I am not a single-issue voter, nor do I advocate voting based upon one issue. However, she is entitled to her opinions and I support her role here.

A: I find it offensive that some have made much noise over Ms. Palin’s Down’s syndrome child from a Pro-Life standpoint, as if all pro-choice people faced with a Down’s (or other special needs child) would automatically choose to abort.

B: I find it offensive (and it appears Obama does too) that some would attempt to make political hay over Ms. Palin’s pregnant daughter. There should be SOME limits: a candidate’s children should be off-limits. Period.

I’m a conservative democrat as well, and if you haven’t noticed, blog comments are 100% 1st amendment. If someone disagrees with Sherry, then they have a right to post it otherwise they wouldn’t allow us to post comments at all. I don’t agree with her either, but I think Sherry accepts that her views are opinionated and will receive all kinds of feedback - and so should you.

hs- You and I don’t normally see eye to eye, but I completely agree with your post.

The unfortunate situation with her daughter is a personal matter, one that Americans of all socioeconomic backgrounds and political persuasions face.

Is it really necessary to suggest that all men who are Democrats are sexist and, by inference, Republican men aren’t? That seems a bit beyond the pale to me, and would be offensive if it weren’t so obviously silly. Besides, where does that leave Arnold Schwarzenegger?

So, with Sarah Palin in the spotlight, will abortion-supporting Democrats sigh with relief as they fade into the shadows?
Not at all. If anything they should be quite worried as the public uproar that Nancy Pelosi brought onherself came within a week of Joe Biden’s nomination putting his similar nonCatholic stance in the spotlight and then follwed Sarah Palin’s VP announcement. Her STRONG and compelling pro-life feminist message makes for a stark contrast on the subject and re-ignites discussion and serious consideration of this most important issue. The Church has fallen into a dark apostasy over the past 40-50 years and we are slowly and painfully starting to awake from it. As a Catholic I wish we had more women speaking out but women like Sarah Palin will be able to witness without words to this case of human rights and the need for responsibility and accountability by women AND men in the matter of procreation vs recreation. As a society we are abysmally unChurched and lacking in basic philosophical/theological and social foundations of thought. We have been regressing and hope thrives that we will turn around and start progressing in our development as human Persons made in the Image of God.

Regarding sexist men. You will not find Republican men making the types of comments we have seen directed at Sarah Palin and her children this week. Alan Colmes suggested her handicapped son suffered because Palin did not exercise proper prenatal care.

Any Republican who said anything like that about a woman would be denounced by other Republicans and off the air.

You won’t find Republican men defending what Clinton did to women either. But there sure were a lot of Democratic men who though nothing of it.

We can speak of Ted Kennedy too if you like..

I find it hypocrisy to think that Democrats would abort their special needs children also.

There are many, many special needs children and adults in Democrat households, Conservatives have no ups on that. The insinuation is irrational.

But what is even more irrational and hypocritical is the fact that Palin and her family are being placed on a pedestal because her teenage daughter is having a baby and has decided to keep and raise the child. The even love their family members and can’t imagine not being with them or allowing anyone else to care for them.

Haven’t an extreme number of Democrat families made this same decision regarding their teenage children, but where this same ilk finds it an abomination when these particular teenagers have baby and keep them. It is seen as an awful burden on our society and the teenagers are immoral and from heathen families.

Can no one put a spin on things of the same nature as the Conservative Right, when teenagers from Democrats decide to have and keep and raise their children, it is thought to be a disgrace and that these teenage mothers should have placed their children up for adoption, but when someone from the Conservative Right teenage child have a baby and decide to keep and raise the child, it is praised and thought that everyone should give this teenager all the support she needs. Now this is typical of the Conservative Right. How expert they are at spinning like situations making one an abomination and the other same like situation a great moral victory over evil in our society.

How can there ever be serious discussion about sex education, teenage pregnancy with such disingenuous?

I am a product of a teenage mother and I was also a teenage parent. Abortions were not an accepted thing within my family. They were a Democrat family. Neiither my mother nor I came to Christ until much later in our lives as adults.