I would like to thank Max Greene and Henry White for replying to my article “Out of the Closet” that was published a week ago. Your responses have inspired me to address several things that I did not bring up, and I now feel the need to discuss them.
The point of my previous article was not to cite reasons why I voted for Bush, but rather to expose the fact that there are intelligent people here at Wesleyan who voted for Bush, and we have the right to express our opinions as well. While I personally would have preferred a candidate like John McCain, I take full responsibility for my vote for George W. Bush, and I am proud of it. Many of his policies are not perfect, but I agree with him and trust him more than John Kerry, and I am confident that a good percentage of the 60 million Americans who voted for Bush will agree with what I have to say in this article.
First of all, Bush is not a sexist who is against women’s rights. He is simply against abortion, something that he believes to be murder. I am pro-life, and I do believe that this is a key issue. I believe that from the moment of conception, there is potential for life, though the time that the fetus actually becomes a human being is much more ambiguous. I don’t have a problem allowing necessary abortions before the second trimester, and there are even a few exceptions after that, such as if the pregnant woman’s health is in jeopardy. But, as Peter Singer noted when he came here to talk last year, there are not that many differences between a baby in the second trimester and a baby at birth. Of course, he used this to support murdering babies after they were born, but I use the information to say that a baby from the second trimester on should have the same rights as other human beings living in this country. In fact, if you are reading this article right now, stop to call your mom and thank her for not aborting you.
As for the topic of gay marriages, people who don’t support gay marriage aren’t necessarily homophobic. Just ask Kerry. He doesn’t support gay marriages- at least that was his stance last time I checked. Many of us simply believe that marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman, but we should never hate or shun homosexuals. And as for racism, people who judge others based on their race or the color of their skin have something seriously wrong with them. In fact, I think that college and job applications shouldn’t leave the section for race as optional. The section should be completely eliminated. Just because some people are against affirmative action, it doesn’t mean that we are racists.
As for the economy, which was on its way down before Bush took office (and further plummeted after 9/11), it has been recovering, continuing its natural boom-bust cycle. And as for the war, it is unfortunate that men and women are dying in Iraq, and I hope we get out of there as soon as possible, but at least the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein has been toppled, saving countless innocent lives, and that’s not counting people in other countries who have been liberated by the war on terror. I commend Bush on standing up to the countries that didn’t support us in the flawed United Nations system, and I am sure that he hopes and prays every day for peace in the middle east. I am proud to have a true leader as the president of this great country, and may God continue to bless America.
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