Sunday, August 3, 2008

Sexual Revolution Fallout

"All my life, the message I had heard loud and clear was that sex was for pleasure and bonding, that its potential for creating life was purely tangential, almost to the point of being forgotten. This mind-set became the foundation of my views on abortion. Because I saw sex as being by default closed to the possibility of life, I thought of unplanned pregnancies as akin to being struck by lightning while walking down the street—something totally unpredictable and undeserved that happened to people living normal lives.

"My pro-choice views (and I imagine those of many others) were motivated by loving concern: I just did not want women to have to suffer, to have to devalue themselves by dealing with unwanted pregnancies. Since it was an inherent part of my worldview that everyone except people with 'hang-ups' eventually has sex, and that sex is, under normal circumstances, only about the relationship between the two people involved, I was lured into one of the oldest, biggest, most tempting lies in human history: the enemy is not human. Babies had become the enemy because of their tendency to pop up and ruin everything; and just as societies are tempted to dehumanize their fellow human beings on the other side of the line in wartime, so had I, and we as a society, dehumanized what we saw as the enemy of sex."

— Jennifer Fulwiler, "A Sexual Revolution," from the current issue of America magazine. A beautifully and powerfully written article, highly recommended for sending to friends who believe abortion is a moral "choice."

H/T to The Dawn Patrol. I am taking her advice and sending it to friends via this blog.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey there, Soutenus!
Jen blogs at Et-tu, Jen. I link to her on my blog. She lives in Austin and would love to meet fellow bloggers. Her piece is outstanding!

Btw, read the forums over at VN assuming you still want to blog there!

I have been wanting to email you personally to let you know I REALLY enjoyed meeting you and your family. I wish we lived closer! :(

Maria (also Bia) said...

I think that, not only does pro-choice close the door on being open to children, but it also closes the door to God. That same openness that welcomes children (gifts, really, from God) is also the openness to fully welcoming our Creator.

I once even heard someone say that there are three people in that bedroom...you, your spouse, and a loving God.

Soutenus said...

RCM, I would love to have coffee with Jen! I might be going to Austin sometime before Christmas . . . .

btw -- I washed and dried (aka: destroyed) all the contact info for M&L. Can you help? Maybe send it to my email? soutenus@yahoo.com

Bia,
Yes, they are closing the door to God!

I like the 3 in the bedroom quote.
People might not get so wrapped up in lust and focus on God's plan for us if they kept that in the forefront of their minds!

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