THE "PROGRESSIVES" WON ONE | 2004-11-05
Gay marriage and all the other liberal initiatives got tromped around the country.
Only one so-called "progressive" initiative passed overwhelmingly in California. Embryonic stem cell research.
California is not typical. But this was lopsided. This was out of sight. Governor Schwarzenegger backed it big time because he had to, though I have no doubt he is for it.
When embryonic stem cell research is brought up, people are told to believe that a fertilized egg is the same thing as a someone's child. If you asked most of those people, "Does life begin at conception?" they would say "Yes."
If all men are truly created equal then that fertilized egg you can see only under a microscope is exactly the same as a child you see playing in the grass. If you had a choice between letting a child die or letting two ferilized ova be destroyed, you would save the fetuses.
Nobody believes that. Well, almost nobody. But anybody who REALLY believes that is regarded by others as a nut. It's a fine theory but it doesn't really mean a thing.
It's like evolution. A lot of people see evolution has holes in it. If you say the earth and all the life on it came into being at once, everybody will say how much they respect your point of view.
They don't.
They're humoring you.
No one who would actually save two fertilized eggs over a child will ever be elected to national office. Bush says he takes that proposition seriously, but everybody knows he doesn't.
Anti-evolutionists and pro-lifers will have to define themselves out of the nutcase category and distance themselves from the crazies before they can win any serious political battle.