Elevating the Fetus
Goes Against Religion
Janet Kuypers
9/6/22
Waxing poetic about the clash between
Government with religion is in my dossier*
But whenever I make my arguments, I
Fight with evidence as my ammunition;
Wouldn’t want to step on religion’s toes...
But if it’s a religious argument you want,
We can deliver that unto you as well —
The Holy Bible disagrees with policymakers
On when life begins, these restrictive laws
Even go against basic Jewish beliefs too.
But why don’t I pitch religious “evidence”
Out of the way (the way many also often
Pick and choose which parts of the Bible
To believe in and follow in the first place):
People from one clergy are suing the state
Of Florida because of its new Abortion law.**
The lawsuit charges that this new law
Violates their freedom of speech,
Religious liberty and the Constitution’s
Establishment clause, “because it codifies
A singular and exclusive religious belief
With no plausible secular justification”
So, even the religions agree with me,
Stating there’s no plausible secular
Justification for this in the first place...
This religious lawsuit isn’t the first one***
Either, when two Christians, three Jews,
One Unitarian Universalist and a Buddhist
Argue in separate lawsuits that their ability
To live and practice their religious faith is
Violated by the state’s post-Roe abortion law.
If my logic and reason arguments
Couldn’t sway you, maybe listening to
Those from multiple religions would...
When I see the immoral acts from religious
People, and also see how this united Nation
Will only consider leaders for their country
If they can prove how religious they are,
Well,
maybe here you need a religious argument too.
Whatever argument it takes, maybe we need
Five different lawsuits from different religions
against one law in one state. The lawsuits
even argue that this new law sets “a
Pernicious elevation of the legal rights of fetuses
While at the same time it devalues the quality of life
and the health of the woman or girl who is pregnant”.
(Didn’t I make this argument before?)
So maybe, if we want rights to turn back
To the “right” direction again,
Maybe lawsuits from religions is a necessary step
To show that everyone, no matter what your beliefs,
Is affected by a select few changing a law
For too many. This may only be the start,
But... the more ammunition, the better.
* http://scars.tv/kuypers/poems/2022/just-checking-my-religions.htm
** https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/09/01/
florida-pastor-rabbi-abortion-lawsuit/#main-content
*** https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/01/
florida-abortion-law-religion-desantis/
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