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We Can Make Room

by Marvin Olasky

The conservatocracy is up in arms over whether John McCain, purportedly a "liberal," will be able to hold onto conservative voters concerned about immigration. A less-asked question is how he will fare with those evangelical voters also concerned about immigration, but in a very different way.

Evangelicals tend to recognize the need for compassion for the poor, to the unborn, to immigrants. Expansive, non-defensive Christianity has been the outstanding vehicle in human histor ...

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Posted by: Scot Penslar
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Sat Feb 9, 2008 12:36 AM

"Rather than running from debates about abortion," you write, "we should take on those . . . who say that unborn children can be killed because they lack higher mental capacities. We need to add a bit of vision to the debate. Why not destroy acorns because they are utterly lacking in material for chairs or houses?" That's a spurious comparison. An entity without a conscious brain is not a person, ipso facto. The brain IS the person. We need material for chairs and houses. The one thing this planet DOESN'T need is more people.

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