April 8, 2005
Pro-Life
I'd like to add my "Yea" vote to T.A. Barron's suggestion that no one can be more pro-life than an environmentalist.
On the new NRDC blog, Barron writes:
But the word ?life? is far too big, complex, and wondrous a term to be reduced to political shorthand. Life on our lonely planet is truly a miracle, whose diversity and beauty is simply stunning to behold. Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the universe, all we know now is that here on Earth, life is both utterly amazing--and utterly endangered.
That is why I believe that nobody is really more pro-life than an environmentalist. For ecologically aware people, true citizens of the planet, understand the subtle bonds that unite all living creatures. And are willing to fight hard to protect the air, water, and wilderness that sustains us all ....more
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is leading the fight against one symptom of the Bush insanity -- the bizarre insistence to open up the Arctic Wilderness to oil drilling. Can you help?
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