Yes, today was Barack Obama's commencement address at the supposed Catholic University of Notre Dame. Yes, I watched it and yes, President Obama received his honorary law degree. Yes, I disagree with his invitation, yes, I'm disgusted by his receiving the degree and yes, I have gotten rid of all of my Notre Dame shirts and jerseys. But this isn't about Notre Dame. It is about Barack Obama and the logic of reducing beautiful sunsets.
See, sunsets are beautiful, and all things that are truly beautiful are good. Like sunsets many other things are good. Oxygen is good, having an ample supply of safe drinking water is good, and having a healthy body is good. These are universal goods. And I don't want to see them reduced because they are, by their very nature are good. Since these things are objectively good I want to see them increased. The more beautiful sunsets the better. The more people who have access to clean, safe drinking water the better.
But President Obama said today that, while he and the Catholic Church disagree about abortion, we should work together to see abortions reduced. He received much adulation and applause for this, but I must ask, Mr President, why would you want to reduce anything which is in itself good? I want smoking to be reduced because it's not good. I want to see cancer reduced because it's not good. I want to see famine reduced because it too, like abortion, is not good.
See the logic of Barack Obama is this. Either abortion is bad or it's good. If abortion were neutral, we wouldn't care to see it reduced or increased. If abortion is good, why wouldn't we want it increased Mr. President? We must only want it reduced if it is not good. By admitting that he wants abortions reduced, President Obama admits that abortion is not good and if it is not good, I ask why should we accept it? It is for this reason that I'd like to see Mr Obama's influence reduced, because it, much like abortion, is not good.
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