My husband I have been perplexed, lately, about the common thread between pro-life conservatives and their affiliation for corporations - even if those corporations are at odds with pro-life sentiments. So, in a particulary rare LilyBaby-free moment we started brainstorming about bumper stickers that would satirize the awkward connection...the strange bedfellows if you will. Here is some we can up with:
Fair Wages...Stops a Corporation's Beating Heart
No matter how small, a coporation is still a corporation
You Can't Be Both Pro-Democracy and Pro-Regulation!
Diapers are Disposable...Corporate-Tax Loopholes are Not
Save the Baby Businesses!!!
Federal Regulation is Like Magic...It Makes Big Business Disappear!!
Okay, so you get the idea. Snarky? Yes. Taking a terrible tragedy/condition and making light of its existence? Probably. But, there's something behind more behind our sick little game. You see, my husband I are pro-life. Our definition of pro-life is just a lot more expansive and includes the freedom of individual choice. In fact, you'll probably find this blog quite eclectic in that subjects will range from Catholicism to politics to motherhood to toddler raising to working mom issues to feminism. I've never fit into many categories which is why I won't expect to garner a strong readership. I can't join any Catholic mom's groups because I'm not conservative enough in my Catholicism. But, I am Catholic. In fact, I teach in a Catholic school!! Go figure.
Back to our little bumper sticker game. It seems that many Christian conservatives, in their efforts to promote one issue, lose focus on how other issues effect the very people - the very babies - they are trying to protect. What are those other issues? Poverty, Health Care (which is a right - not a privelege or a responsiblity - if you're pro-life), Worker Issues, Children's Issues, Womens' Issues, etc. etc. etc.
Now, where is this all coming from? You see, I have this nasty tendency to want to fit in. I always have. It must be some kind of psychologic holdover from high school. Living in one of the most conservative and, yes, Christian regions of this country, I want to fit in. I want to be a conservative. But, you see, my Catholic upbringing just won't let me. It's impossible for me to ignore my dreams of equal opportunity for children's education and health; it's impossible for me to ignore my belief that poor people do deserve a break every now and then - breaks that I, myself, took advantage of when getting my college education; it's impossible for me to ignore the unfair practices of big business as the economy sinks into a quagmire. I have asked family and friends to please convince me that right is right, but to no avail. The logic just doesn't make good sense to me. So I continue to search for good, logical conservative argument...argument that is unbiased, unprejudiced, and Christian in nature. Through this and other venues, my search will continue.
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