Comments on: Two Letters http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/30/two-letters/ A First Things Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christopher Blosser http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/30/two-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 Christopher Blosser Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:04:25 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=7224#comment-2411 As to whether Senator Kennedy changed his mind on defending the unborn with sincerity, count me skeptical. Especially after reading How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma (Wall Street Journal January 2, 2009).

]]> By: TomG http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/30/two-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 TomG Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:11:58 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=7224#comment-2391 I pray that he repented, but it needs to be remembered that he even voted against any partial-birth abortion ban. This is monstrous. Any musings about “approaches”, “sincerity”, etc., absent any proof of final repentance (and his letter to the Pope made no mention of abortion), should probably just be emailed to Keith Olberman or Rachel Maddow. They’ll get no sympathy here.

]]> By: Gary Keith Chesterton http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/08/30/two-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Gary Keith Chesterton Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:35:44 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=7224#comment-2388 People change. Our opinions develop over time. He changed his mind about abortion. If he didn’t change his mind with respect to the ontological sinfulness of the act, he certainly changed with respect to the best way to approach it from a public policy standpoint.

I could be wrong, but the man struck me as sincere. Wrong, but sincere. I can’t damn him for that. I’ve got to think the best of him and give him every benfit of the doubt. God rest him and give him peace, the same peace I pray for myself.

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