Gay Conservative

In debating the death penalty with some people, I’ve noticed something.  The majority of those who are against the death penalty support abortion rights.  It’s something I don’t understand in the least.  I’m not sure I want to.

This is where a gaggle of people go, “waitaminit–you’re a lesbian!  You’re supposed to be pro-choice!”  Well, I’m ‘posed to be a lot of things according to society.  The only thing I’m supposed to do is pay taxes and die.  It is possible, believe it or not, to believe in women’s rights and yet still believe that the unborn have rights, too.

There is a massive difference between the death penalty and abortion.  I love it when pro-abortion activists point out that I believe in the right to life and yet still believe in the death penalty, because the instant they turn around and protest an execution, I’m right there, nipping at their heels. 

I believe that life begins shortly after conception; when the heart is formed and begins to sustain that little life, that is when I believe an embryo becomes a life that should not be terminated.  This occurs at four weeks.  Past that, I believe abortion to be murder, taking a life that has no voice.  And the only purpose for it is convenience. 

Shouldn’t a woman have the right to choose when she will reproduce?  Shouldn’t a woman have the right to decide what to do with her body?  Absolutely!  That choice can be made before you hop in the sack with some guy, whether you know him or not, and create the condition you say you don’t want to be in.  Everything comes with consequences; if you drink too much, you get drunk and likely sick.  You can avoid getting sick by stopping before you get drunk.  If you then drive, you stand a good chance of getting into a wreck and hurting yourself or someone else.  If you break the law, you’re likely to get arrested; in that case, you no longer have the right to choose what to do with anything.

I run the risk of pissing a few off with this one, but it’s true.  Gay couples obviously can’t get pregnant.  But anyone who sleeps around–gay or straight–runs the risk of contracting who knows how many different STD’s, not the least of which are Hepatitis B and AIDS, both of which are equally deadly.  If you do not control yourself and your reactions you are begging for trouble, and pregnancy for straight couples is one of the big ones that causes issues.

What if you get pregnant after a rape?  Honey, if you’ve been raped, you need to go to the hospital, have a rape kit done, file a report and the doctor will offer you a morning-after pill that’ll take care of that.  You should have more respect for yourself in that instance than to let the piece of $@#^ who did it get away with it. 

A child cannot decide whether it wants to live.  It has no voice.  It does, however, have a beating heart, fingers, toes, eyes, a brain, and a soul.  It is incapable of doing wrong and has no ability to choose.  A criminal, on the other hand, has moved past that stage; he knows the difference between right and wrong, has the ability to choose, and has chosen to do wrong.  When that criminal takes a life for no purpose other than convenience, he is making a choice that will have a consequence–and it may very well be giving up his own life in return for the one he stole.

We have laws against animal cruelty.  Why?  Because animals do not have free will and thus are completely innocent.  Should we show more concern for other species simply because they’re cute?  The same rules apply to all who are pure, regardless of their appearance.  The right to choose begins before you do something that comes with a hefty consequence, not after.