Today on the news I watched the culmination of a great and heart wrenching tragedy. It was the end of a trial of a young woman in Nashville. She got pregnant and in shame hid it from her Christian parents. Then, at home, she secretly gave birth to twin boys, smothered them and threw them away.
Today the verdict was handed down - guilty on two counts of premeditated murder and child abuse in the first degree. She received a mandatory sentence of two life terms. Watching her family in pain and tears was heart wrenching. She, however, remained composed, clutching a Bible to her heart and mouthing to her family, "I'm ok", and pointing towards heaven with her index finger.
I couldn't help but wonder where the father is and why he doesn't have any culpability in this tragedy.
Then I was filled with a feeling of anger and disgust towards this great God-fearing nation with liberty and justice for all. As great as this tragedy was/is there is another tragedy even greater. A few weeks before she killed her babies, a doctor could have done it legally, been paid handsomely for it and praised and glorified by the great liberal and compassionate intelligentsia and ignorant and blind masses of society. And all those politicians and the liberal public, some of whom dare to blaspheme God by calling themselves Christians, fight to defend the doctors right to kill babies and promote it as a great American liberty and justice for all while sending this poor dear woman to life in prison.
I find it next to impossible to love or respect such an America and have no desire to salute her flag.
