Obama told a crowd this past week that he would teach his girls morals and ethics (referring to teaching them to abstain from sex before marriage) but if they were to make a mistake (meaning, had pre-marital sex anyway), that he didn't want them to "be punished with a baby."
Punished with a baby? A baby as punishment?
There are two reasons why this statement should be opposed by right-thinking people.
1. Children are a "gift from the Lord." No one deserves to have a baby. Babies always come by an act of God's kindness to undeserving people.
2. Obama's view of personal responsibility is deficient. Pregnancy is not "punishment" for sex, it is the consequence. So, what Obama is saying is that his daughters are not automatically responsible for their actions.
Obama is not unique. His words only reflect the state of thought in our country. Babies that come unplanned are thought of as punishments and burdens, and the idea that one should have to be responsible for one's actions is foreign to us.
May we who are followers of Jesus treat all babies as gifts, and be willing to pay whatever cost we must to take responsibility for our own actions.
6 comments:
Hello, you don't know me, but I go to Harvest Baptist in Salisbury, MD, and Keith connected me to your blog.
I've been lurking, but now I just have to ask: How big (or small) is that newborn in the picture? Having had 9-pounders, that little one looks awfully tiny.
Oh, and as a side note, I agreed strongly with your post. Keith told me I should comment sometime on one I don't agree with! Maybe one of these days...
Hi Lori, I hate to say it, but I don't know! very small!
Anyone who goes to Harvest is a friend of mine. I hope many good things are happening for you guys down there.
comment anytime.
mike
This just happens to be one of the areas in which I am an expert. That baby (saying this misses the whole point of the post... sorry mike) looks small because the lens or a camera has been used to provide an effect. I think that is your average always a gift baby... maybe 6 or 7 pounds. girls are always smaller, it seems.
BTW - Obama? Punished with a Baby? they guy obviously has more bugs in his software than the average messed up human. Nothing this guy says surprises me. All I can say is if this guy becomes president, we need to find a crop of guys to run against him four years later.
Prediction: Worst. President. Ever.
That is so outrageous.
I don't even know what to say to that. If someone doesn't immediately know what's wrong with that statement, there's no use reasoning with them.
Someone needs to get SMACKED.
how in the world could anyone ever think that a baby is a punishment? i for one as being a new father am ecstatic to my daughter in my life. does his comments mean that he condones (sp) abortions?
These comments from Obama infuriate me (as does most everything he says!). I am a product of a pre-marital pregnancy, and have never in my life been made to feel as if I was punishment or a mistake! My parents were only 17 & 18 when I was born, and now 35+ years later are still married! I only now understand the sacrifice and struggles they had to make, and I know it was not easy! They chose to raise me and love me, and for that I will forever be grateful!
I have 3 children of my own, and while I will obviously teach them to the best of my ability to love themselves as well as Jesus Christ,and therefore hopefully not make a decision that can impact their lives like that, I cannot always control or "fix" what they do. I love my children unconditionally as God loves us, and would never treat an un-planned pregnancy as a mistake or punishment. If I hadn't been born, then my beautiful children wouldn't be born, and I wouldn't have the pleasure and joy of teaching them and watching them grow in Christ!
Oh and by the way, is Obama not a product of an unplanned pregnancy!?!?! Maybe we are all being punished for his mother's "mistake", by having to listen to him now!!!
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