Sunday, November 29, 2009

Religion and Health Care Reform

This survey shows the opinions of Americans on the Health Care Reform that is right now circulating Congress. By and large, the main concern for Americans regarding their reservations about health care reform center around a fear of government involvement.

However, there was a minority of people whose main concern was that this health care reform would lead to the government paying for abortions. This was interpreted by the website as showing a religious factor in their opinions about the reform, since an overwhelming majority of people opposed to abortion rights have their opinions based upon religious faith.

It always amuses me how Christians would be so upset by the idea of the government sponsoring abortion, but yet do not bat an eye when the government sponsors murder in the form of a foreign invasion, such as the disaster in Iraq. Why do I get the feeling that mainstream Christianity is more concerned for an unborn child than for a human who has already emerged from the womb?

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