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Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:00 AM

The American Life League finally tells the truth

The group believes good Christians should rally around the rights of unborn babies -- not the needs of the poor.
Lynn Harris

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  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007 01:05 PM

    it's not that shocking

    You see, poor people had a chance to be godly, aka rich and conservative, and they blew it. Therefore, they are not deserving of God's love or the compassion of humanity. Unborn babies, on the other hand, only become moral (ie economic and political) failures *after* emergence from the womb. While they're in there, they get the benefit of the doubt.

    It's not like Jesus went around hobnobbing with poor people or anything...

    —malcalypse Read malcalypse's other letters

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