This is not a source I generally resort to, but let me quote John Cornyn:
Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/10/2012 11:11:04 PM
Senate candidate Richard Mourdock (R-IN:) Declares pregnancy from rape "Gods will" and thus sacrosanct, as if all human acts (e.g. 911) are Gods will.
From Wikipedia:
Senator John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said "Richard and I, along with millions of Americans -- including even Joe Donnelly -- believe that life is a gift from God. To try and construe his words as anything other than a restatement of that belief is irresponsible and ridiculous."
Quite. It says a lot about the crazy atmosphere in American politics that so many Republicans are running to denounce Mourdock's comments and saying they "disagree" with them, instead of being sensible and taking a good look at what the man actually said.
If you believe that God is involved in the conception of a very much wanted child in a loving family, I don't see how you can claim he is not involved in the conception of an unwanted child conceived through rape - a fetus is a fetus. "As if all human acts are God's will", you say - how exactly is conception a "human act"? The rape is a human act, and obviously most believers don't think that God intends for such horrible things to happen - but then Mourdock never said so. He was talking about the conception.
Do I have a huge problem with Mourdock's stances on reproductive rights and abortion - you bet I do. But I do not see how his statement is offensive, and I find the hysteria about it rather bizarre - and sad.
every time a republican candidate mentions rape, i think of the following video
- 25/10/2012 05:58:16 PM
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that's hilarious and evokes a "what the shit?" much like all those gop jackasses.
- 25/10/2012 08:03:24 PM
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The sole difference between Western and Mideast fundamentalists is the god blamed for intolerance
- 26/10/2012 01:29:54 AM
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I am SO GOING to get flamed for asking this 
- 25/10/2012 08:45:21 PM
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- 25/10/2012 08:45:21 PM
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No, because God did not have sex with Mary.
- 25/10/2012 09:23:12 PM
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Closer than Roland, but still off.
- 25/10/2012 09:51:12 PM
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However parsed, since Marys supposed sinlessness is through Christs conception, it is retroactive
- 25/10/2012 10:10:48 PM
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The point I am horrible job making is this
- 25/10/2012 10:12:53 PM
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The biblical narrative states an act of CONCEPTION without an act of SEX.
- 25/10/2012 10:37:48 PM
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New GOP Congressmen daily refute the GOPs pretended support of rape exceptions to abortion bans.
- 25/10/2012 10:07:21 PM
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This is not a source I generally resort to, but let me quote John Cornyn:
- 25/10/2012 11:11:04 PM
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I think he is an idiot for saying it
- 25/10/2012 11:53:01 PM
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Calling y Gods will calls x Gods will, because y depends on x.
- 26/10/2012 12:14:27 AM
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I'm really not going to debate theodicy with you, especially since I'm not even a believer.
- 26/10/2012 12:24:57 AM
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Choice forms a critical distinction there; small wonder Cornyn and Mourdock missed it.
- 26/10/2012 12:48:18 AM
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