Quite surprisingly, sexual revolutionary Andrew Sullivan applauds George W. Bush for vetoing the bill funding embryonic stem cell research. Sullivan writes:
“I respect the case of those who favor it; but, when push comes to shove, I’m with Bush on this. It took political courage to take this stand. And the morality it reflects – a refusal to treat human life as a means rather than as an end – deserves respect even from its opponents.”
If only the same kind of moral clarity had been seen by the “pro-life” senators and House members who decided degrading the dignity of unborn human life is fine, as long as we can benefit from parts of their corpses.
Ultimately, however, this has little to do with legislation in the United States Congress, or with the President’s veto. It has to do with an American culture in which human beings are, as Sullivan points out, a means to an end: economically, sexually, or politically. The first defense against a culture of death isn’t legal protection for the defenseless (although we need that). The first step is to create churches that dignify human life because they sanctify Christ who shares a common human nature with us, even with those among us we like to call “blastocysts.”
HT: Rod Dreher.
