"Human Rights"

I'm going to make a very serious accusation.

It's not a joke. I do not make it lightly. I'm not trying to be snide or funny or petty or even clever. I do not mean to be partisan (as far as politics go), but I guess it could possibly look like that. It is indeed a serious accusation.

I think Barack Obama has one of the worst human rights records on the record.

My equation is simple. Abortion is a crime against humans. It is stealing human life from those who cannot defend themselves-- the ultimate crime of the haves against the have-nots. The quintessential victory of a powerful elite over a marginalized, underprivileged class. The greatest oppression of the greatest right we have: life itself.

So when I say that Obama has one of the "worst human rights records," that's pretty serious. Because, I mean, I'm throwing him up there with some BAD guys, like Pol Pot and Joseph Stalin. I'm really not pulling any punches here.

But I feel justified in this. All we need is a direct comparison between our likely next president and the aforementioned terrorists. Pol Pot took great pains to end the lives of millions of human beings. Joseph Stalin took great pains to end the lives of millions of human beings. Barack Obama, his voting record proves, has taken great pain to end the lives of millions of human beings.

I really don't even feel a need to provide any kind of reference to what he actually voted on. It's no secret. He's made no secret of it himself. How has he "taken great pain?" you ask? There are numerous bills which even his fellow Democrats have felt were too barbaric to vote for that he supported. He has one of the most consistent pro-abortion voting records that exist, and consistency like that in a system like ours takes pain.

There are, of course, those who will snivel at my lack of sophistication, and tell me that Christians need more rounded voting criteria. That Christians need to get off the two-issue platform and stick up for the rights of the poor. Aside from the fact that this is exactly what I feel like I'm doing, and the fact that the Bible doesn't support socialism just as much as it doesn't support capitalism, I turn also to John Piper.

This article that my lovely wife sent me says it better than I ever can, but I'll summarize anyway (because I realize I've gone on a little too long myself). Basically, his argument is that while a pro-life stance does not qualify someone for public office, a pro-abortion stance disqualifies them from public office.

Ergo, Obama is disqualified from office. Has he community-organized on behalf of the poor of Chicago? Wonderful. Has he developed a deep sense of the inequity of our current market system? Beautiful. Has he wrought on the anvil of civil society a magnificent socialist government that will rise from the ashes of a W administration? Marvelous. But has he also thoughtlessly bereft millions of their lives with a stroke of his pen?

Disqualified.