Those who support it do it in the name of American constitutional freedoms. Our high court sanctions it as a sacred right. Our government pays for some abortions. It also gives legal protection to clinics.
They
might say they do so under their rights, but is this actually what Americans believe in? It doesn’t seem so, though one might be tempted to think it is. Note that one’s right doesn’t necessarily mean it’s for the good of the nation, nor indeed it is what the nation as a whole believes in. Nor, as I’ve pointed out, do these people
explicitly say they’re doing it for their love of America, or of Christianity for that matter. Again, different from what terrorists say; they say it in the name of Islam. It is specific, it is indicated.
But if you do something in the name of religion, then it’s evil?
Do those who commit abortion do it in the name of God? No. We know it’s evil, that’s why they do not do so. However, what makes terrorism–at least the ones we see these days–just as reprehensible, if not more so, is the fact that it’s done in the name of religion. It is more frightening, because such people have ingrained convictions that what they do is right. Those who commit abortion do
not necessarily have such ingrained convictions; many, if not most, do so out of necessity. If not, out of lack of moral fortitude. Such things can be corrected more easily, once they’ve been properly informed and educated. Terrorists have been
indoctrinated to believe that what they’re doing is right, and therefore such beliefs are imbedded in them so much that it will take a long time, if at all, before they can be convinced that what they’re doing is wrong. Islam must make that move to repudate, re-educate, and tell them in no uncertain terms that their acts do not represent Islam. Once Islam can do that, then many people will see Islam in a better light.