{"id":46122,"date":"2013-07-31T00:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T07:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=46122"},"modified":"2014-12-29T22:40:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T05:40:04","slug":"spite-filled-ungrateful-massively-displaced-iraqis-dramatically-raise-their-cancer-and-birth-defect-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/07\/spite-filled-ungrateful-massively-displaced-iraqis-dramatically-raise-their-cancer-and-birth-defect-rates.html","title":{"rendered":"Spite-Filled, Ungrateful, Massively Displaced Iraqis Dramatically Raise Their Cancer and Birth Defect Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

just to make America look bad.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nThere are, of course, rebuttals to the facts presented. One popular one is \u201cThis comes from a ritually impure site, therefore the facts it presents about the massive uptick in cancer and birth defects can be ignored.\u201d<\/p>\nAnother one is, \u201cWar is a prudential judgment, but abortion is always wrong. So any politician or pundit who cheerled for that war is exonerated by wearing a Precious Feet pin. Being prolife means not having to take responsibility for Iraqi birth defects since who could possibly have foreseen that showering a civilian population with depleted uranium for the better part of decade could possibly lead to cancer and birth defects?\u201d<\/p>\nAnother one is, \u201cWhat? Are you still talking about that? It\u2019s been what? a couple of years? Let it go! Besides, children are resilient.\u201d<\/p>\nAnother beloved response is \u201cOh well, fortunes of war. Whaddaya gonna do?\u201d<\/p>\nUntil conservative Christians get past the notion that opposition to abortion does not take away the sins of the world and cease talking as if \u201cprudential judgment\u201d means \u201cScrew the guidance of the Church on any question where she conflicts with the GOP and FOX\u201d, we will continue to see Catholics stampeded into supporting things like this. Being prolife is far more than simply being Anti-Abortion Except When it Harms the GOP Candidate\u2019s Chance of Being Elected.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"just to make America look bad. There are, of course, rebuttals to the facts presented. 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