  tis the season for campaigns and elections so i thought i'd throw in my two cents. now i've read a lot of people and star and other mindless gossip magazines at work&nbsp;out of boredom. i'm slightly amused by entertainers political involvement. it's very trendy right now to be anti-war and anti-bush. it's cool to say you want peace not war in concert (i.e. coldplay). i am not here to talk about the war and whether it is good or bad, i'm still up in the air about that. i am interested in the reason most people are against it. concensus seems to be that the war is wrong because it's needless loss of life.
however, this is again directed at the entertainers, these same people who are upset over the death of a soldier willingly support abortion rights.&nbsp; for me personally, abortion is probably the one political issue i feel strongest about. i believe in all abortion being illegal, no exceptions. it is the taking of an innocent life and the majority of the time it is for convenience not because of tragedy. abortion ends life, an innocent life without question, so that equals murder. in war, lives are ended justly, which is no less tragic but not murder. can there be a more calculated, pre-meditated taking of life, a life that has no defense whatsoever, &nbsp;than abortion? it's simply not possible. i know that the three biggest arguments&nbsp;supporting legalized&nbsp;abortion are cases of rape, incest, or the life of the mother being in jeopardy. my answer is that those are awful acts, but is the wrong and suffering of rape and incest righted by extinguishing the young life of a yet-to-be born child?
it is not&nbsp;a positive situation for sure,&nbsp;but the baby should not suffer.&nbsp;as for the case of the mother's life being in danger i go to the bible, specifically job who said that the lord gives life and the lord takes away life blessed be the name of the lord. also in hebrews we are told that it is appointed unto man once to die.... as a christian i take these for fact and must place my faith in them.
who are we to decide that a mother's life is more valuable than a child's? or to place the same ethical question in a different scenario, would we laud a soldier who left a wounded, defenseless comrade on the battle ground because there was potential for him to be hurt as well? or should a parent leave their six year old child in a burning building for fear of suffering also? why are we willing to die for our children once they are born but are all too willing to forfeit that same right for a child who hasn't had the opportunity to see the sunlight and breathe clean air?
these are just some thoughts of mine on a subject that matters to me and is the main reason i will be voting for george w. bush again in nov. i cannot and will not support a candidate who is not a strong pro-life candidate. 
