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In reply to the discussion: “Atheist pro-lifer”? Not an oxymoron [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Her entire "effort" (and it smells like a great deal of effort, too) seems designed to sell an anti-Roe v. Wade attitude to the "kids." See, she's cute, and cool, and an ATHEIST--surely the young hipsters will be swayed, n'est pas?
Reminds me of how Peter Griffin on the Family Guy dressed up as Lando Griffin, cool teenager, and went to high school with his own kids to convince the youth of Quahog to not "do toad," the new and hip drug that was going around.
If "science" tells little Kelsey that the unborn are "human beings" then surely they don't need to be grown for nine months, do they?
See here: http://m.npr.org/news/Health/145642200
Annnnnnnnnd...here she is, authoring a contribution to the "Anti-Obama Blog:"
http://antiobamablog.com/author/bill-saunders-and-kelsey-hazzard/
No agenda there, eh? That is a pretty ugly place on the web, IMO....
I'd love to find out who funds that "Secular Pro-Life" outfit. They have a very sophisticated web site and their focus IS women under 24--and they repeat the "science says" argument, when science says no such thing. They also have a "Hey guys" Facebook page, that's all cool and hip and current.
This isn't one girl with an opinion. This is a highly coordinated effort.
This smells to me like the flip side of the Doctor Shooting Crew.
The "Friendly Atheists" have noticed and have called them on their Faux Science claims: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/08/25/secular-pro-life-group-responds-to-criticism/
I have pretty good Bullshit Radar. Mine is pinging a mile a minute with this crew.