Lazy Liberalism

In 1985 a missionary couple moved to the Philippines to conduct a Christian missionary outreach. The wife became pregnant with her 5th child. While pregnant, she contracted amoebic dysentery through contaminated drinking water. Her doctor told her that the medications she needed to recover would result in irreversible damage to the child she was carrying. She was advised to have an abortion.

She refused. She ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and, eventually, gave birth to a health baby boy in August 1987. His mother described him as "skinny, but rather long." Today he stands six-foot-three, weighs 235 pounds, and has been described as a physical and athletic phenomenon. Many of you know this is the Tim Tebow story. Tim won the Heisman Trophy as an underclassman, and is described as the best college quarterback ever to play the game.

Focus on the Family has purchased a 30 second spot during this year's Super Bowl to tell the Tim Tebow story. The message will obviously be pro-life. No one is denying that. But many pro-choice groups are challenging the ad.

A national coalition of women's groups is calling on CBS not to air the ad. "This campaign is about holding CBS and the NFL and the other Super Bowl advertisers accountable," said the president of the Women's Media Center, "for inserting an exceedingly controversial issue into a place where we all hope Americans will be united, not divided, in terms of watching America's most-watched sporting event."

"This ad is frankly offensive, " said the Action Vice President of the National Organization for Women, speaking of the Tebow commercial. "It is hate masquerading as love. It sends a message that abortion is always a mistake." I think Michael Savage has it right - Liberalism is a mental disorder. Only the certifiably insane can claim that a mother willing to sacrifice her life for that of her unborn child is hate masquerading as love.

A few days ago, my blogger niece provided the following as a comment to a blog post. If it had a title, it would be called Lazy Liberalism. It is so true, and relevant in light of the furor over the Tebow Super Bowl ad.

If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he's "offended".

Any pro-choice group has the right to buy a Super Bowl ad and show how aborting a baby is the right thing to do. But in their liberalism, they don't. Instead they want the pro-Life voice silenced.