Yes, he was wrong then. He is right now, at least so far as can be told. I do take that on faith, but it is a reasoned faith, not a blind one, based on my experience with people of his faith, people I trust who have counseled with him, and my own prayerful consideration. All of which COULD be wrong, which is why I would prefer to be talking about Fred Thompson, or a Mike Huckabee with Fred Thompson’s views.
Mitt Romney will stand before God one day, and answer for his sins. But that is a moral and theological reckoning, not a political one. I see no value in imposing a moral restitution as a precondition for supporting a candidate for office that is running on MY platform.
As I said, I would LOVE it if he would do so. And it obviously would help him with some of the pro-life movement, and probably wouldn’t hurt him with the non-pro-lifers who he’s already lost because he’s pro-life.
But unless we are talking about Tancredo, Hunter, and I believe Huckabee, NONE of our candidates were pure on abortion, and all would bear that “culpability” you speak of — some maybe slightly less, some maybe more. A doctor who performed abortions? I would require something more from such a person. A man who was NOT in public office making blanket claims of supporting “women’s rights?” That’s not some exceptional sin, it’s actually what you will hear from quite a large segment of the male population.
I make no excuses for Romney’s pro-abortion past. I simply don’t look to replace God as his judge.
You of course have the freedom to reject him for whatever reason, and to express that reason. I simply do not find your argument in this case compelling or helpful to the cause. I do not doubt that you want to be helpful to the cause, or that you don’t firmly believe your position IS helpful — we simply disagree on that point.
If I thought Romney was still anti-life, I wouldn’t be supporting him, much less arguing for him. I could have brought myself to vote for Rudy, but I never would have supported his views on abortion.
I just hope Romney gives McCain hector in the north and far west, in a week...
...and lays off Huckabee’s south.
Yada yada yada. He’s a liar. A sick abortionist liar.
The “permission” he’s bragging about not changing in this video is a judge’s permission for underage teenage girls to murder their unborn children. He’s bragging about “preserving and protecting” a woman’s “right” to slaughter the helpless unborn child in her womb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
He’s one sick puppy.