"I am at a loss for words" a usually articulate friend wrote this week. She was reacting to the vitriol that was all around her in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
" I feel like I'm living on an island", she said of the hateful and hate-filled sentiment.
This post is not an invitation to provoke either a "debate" or "shouting match" with anyone who views these matters differently than I. If your mind is made up, I have no intention of attempting to change your viewpoint. I am aware that there are persons of absolute moral sincerity who concur with the Court's decision. My "sincerity" takes me in the other direction.
'Family values' politics have long been a buzz word for marginalizing persons for either their sexual orientation, race, gender, national origin or any other group not part of the prevailing power structure. Critics have correctly observed that 'family values' rhetoric often neglects the well-being of a child after being born.
Justice Thomas's advocacy of the Court's reconsidering rights that go beyond abortion reflects a sentiment for further government incursions into individual life freedoms. (If interested, see Jennifer Rubin's opinion article "The Supreme Court declares war on modern America" in The Washington Post , June 26,2022.)
Just today a news story relates a Congressional candidate thanking a former President for the Court's ruling that was a "victory for white life". Her campaign insisted she misread her text !
So, while the issue is on "abortion", the ISSUE is far bigger. If 'Might makes Right', then God help the disfranchised, the minorities, those not deemed 'worthy' of inclusion in a free society. It's enough to leave us speechless, but too important for remaining mute.
