DEFINITION OF FORCED RAPE

If there ever was a social hot potato of the moment, this is it. Everyone knows what forcible rape is so why is the subject grabbing headlines. Force intercourse without out consent. The usual scenario is a man physically and violently forces a woman to have sex. When, drugs and alcohol become involved, the scene becomes less clear. “I did it but did not know what I was doing.” I remember a court case in St. Paul when the Judge asked the victim, who claimed to be drunk at the time, who took off her underwear, she relied “I did” but . . . I love but as a conjunction. It really means, everything I said up to this point was a lie. This segues into “candy is candy but liquor is quicker.”

Why are we even reading about this on the front page? It is not because of women's rights, it is because of abortion. Akin and a number of radical conservative followers, including Paul Ryan, believe force rape cannot result in pregnancy. They say a woman is not physiological capable of becoming pregnant if the sex is forced; which everyone, including them, knows is not even close to being true. Why would they say this if they know it is not true? Politicians call it “vote getting.” It is like saying “Obama is not born in the United States”. They say these things because man inherently needs some shred of reason for positions he or she takes even if outlandish. Once their position is on the front page, they can put forward what they truly believe. An abortion for a rape victim is murder, because such things as physical force, alcohol, drugs, or candy is not an excuse sex. Accordingly, “pregnant women wanted to have the sex that resulted in her pregnancy.” Why punish a poor unborn "baby" for the woman's crime. They do want a progressive president and they do not want women to have abortions—zero tolerance.

I intentionally used the word ‘murder’ in the above paragraph. Murder is a universally accepted sin. There is only one reason for murder that is not a sin, which is “self defense.” Conservative backed “stand your ground laws” are based on it. NRA influence depends on it. Nevertheless, when it comes to a woman, she has not right to save her own life if the fetus is killing her. Life is important do matter where you find it but so is quality of life. Priests, preachers, and politician who put the fetal life above all other forms of life without reason are wrong—dead wrong. The message should be clear; keep churches out of government and keep the government out of churches. The decision to have or not have an abortion is not your business it is between the woman and her God, if she has one.