Posted by
Andrews on Monday, May 19, 2008 5:02:43 PM
I wrote about this once before, but since the
Christian Science Monitor has brought it up again, I feel the need to repeat myself.
Yes, it is true that Obama is the son of a moslem and so is considered by some moslems to be an apostate. However, I would argue that that is not a reason to oppose him in his bid for the presidency. Even if it meant that some moslem nations would not conduct diplomacy with us, it is still invalid.
Why do I say this?
Let me give another example. Let us suppose that in the course of the general election, Russia states they will never, under any circumstances, negotiate with John McCain. Does that mean we should not elect McCain for fear of alienating Russia? Clearly not. to do so would be to surrender the election of officials to foreign powers. And, for the same reason, we cannot allow the moslem view of Obama to color our choice either.
Now, there are plenty of reasons to oppose Obama. Just scroll through this blog and you will see dozens. I just argue that we cannot surrender the selection of our government to the choices or prejudices of foreign powers.