Oh What A Choice

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska's daughters pregnancy offers some perplexing questions about choice as well as for the Christian Coalition stand on the pregnancy.

In a NY Times Article by Katharine Q. Seelye, Seelye quotes Laura Ingraham, the conservative radio talk-show host who says, " if Ms. Palin’s daughter, Bristol, who is 17 and pregnant, had been the daughter of a Democratic candidate and had chosen to have an abortion, that family would be “hailed by the same elites who are launching a blistering assault on this woman and her family.” What Ms. Ingraham fails to realize is that Palin's Daughter Bristol has no choice.

"We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents," Sarah and Todd Palin said in an AP article

Palin is a staunch Pro-Lifer. Would she really let her daughter have an abortion if that was what her daughter decided? If you're pro-life there is no choice, except for adoption, but that is not even a factor in this young woman's pregnancy.

Prominent religious conservatives, many of whom have been lukewarm toward McCain's candidacy, predicted that Palin's daughter's pregnancy would not diminish conservative Christian enthusiasm over the vice presidential hopeful, writes Liz Sidoti of the AP.

"I think it's a very private matter," said Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America. "It's a matter that should stay in the family and they have to work through it together. My prayers go out to them," quotes Sidoti in the same article.

I wonder why the Christian Coalition is not upset that Bristol had sex out of wed lock. I am sure that they are happy to see that she did not use a condom or other form of birth control. If the Christian Coalition is so adamant about the pregnancy being a private matter then why do they have such a problem with sexual identity and preference or gay marriage? Aren't all of these private matters?