The ridiculousness of prejudice is perfectly illustrated by
the human fetus - so fiercely protected by the religious right political
movement. That fetus – that potential person - already has the genetic make-up
that will determine it’s skin color, it’s gender, it’s sexual orientation; and
the body in which it grows has determined which country the child will be born
into, which religion it will be expected to follow, and which prejudices it
will be expected to embrace. None of these is the choice of a child. At what
point in its development is it no longer precious?
Why would you decide that it should not share the rights of the
fetus born with a different arrangement of chromosomes? If you believe that God
made your child, what gives you the right to decide which of his children are
not worthy of your protection?
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