A response to Paul Kokoski vis-à-vis Barack Obama's position on the sanctity of human life
A.H. Jaffor Ullah
One Mr. Paul Kokoski from
Mr. Kokoski is judging Mr. Obama by a single criterion, which I think is very unfair. A presidential candidate should be judged instead by many criteria. Lest Mr. Kokoski forgot, a person is not elected to the office of presidency to impose moral authority on the teeming millions. In
Mr. Kokoski is confusing the issue of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" as mandated by the United Nations with that of abortion of unborn child. The UN is concerned about the Human Rights of people who are the citizens of the world. I don't think the framers of the Human Rights were thinking about the rights of the fetus.
When does life start in mother's womb? At the time when the sperm fertilizes the egg? Who has the moral authority to give a verdict on it? We very much live in a Darwinian world. A fetus that has genetic defect would abort naturally. Shall we blame God for the demise of the fetus? We hardly could do that.
My request to Mr. Kokoski is a simple one. Please judge any presidential candidate by his or her overall political, social, and economical agenda and platform. It is a complex world we live in; therefore, the litmus test for the fitness of a candidate should never rest on one single criterion.
If the religious folks of
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New From Bangladesh had posted Paul Kokoski's write-up on June 26, 2008 as follows:
On U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama
Friday June 20 2008 17:27:51 PM BDT
Paul Kokoski, Canada
I have enclosed the following letter for publication. Please let me know if you intend on printing it. Thank you.
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama likes to be, and often is, compared to the late Martin Luther King Jr. He talks much of the struggle for freedom and human dignity. Unlike Martin Luther King Jr., however, Obama fails to recognize and fully appreciate the bedrock principle of human rights - that great "promissory note" of freedom which guarantees the right to life. I refer especially to the principle enshrined in the United Nations'' Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." I believe this is hypocrisy asking to be elected.
Obama, in fact, vigorously opposes the right to life. In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama supported infanticide by vetoing the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which would have protected babies who were accidentally born alive during attempts to abort them." The first thing I''d do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," he told Planned Parenthood last July. This would make the United States the most pro-abortion nation in the world.
At a recent town hall meeting he claimed that if his own daughters made a "mistake" and became pregnant he wouldn't want them "punished with a baby." Can anyone trust a president who views the gift of human life as a punishment?
Obama also fully supports homosexuality which thwarts the natural generation of life and which is the anti-thesis of the family.
Obama is a false prophet who preaches "change" and "hope" while pursuing a culture of death. The 20th century has witnessed many such initially charismatic leaders in Germany, the Soviet Union, and elsewhere, who promised change but who delivered nothing but unimaginable horror. Let us make sure this does not happen in America. Though the slogan "change" is usually invoked to signify something positive, in this case it hides a different agenda - one which is very dangerous for America and the world.
Paul Kokoski.
Hamilton, Ontario. Canada
E Mail : pkokoski@mountaincable.net
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