Suddenly, Faith is Not a Factor When Pete Buttigieg is Asked about Abortion

Tré Goins-Phillips-Opinion : Apr 30, 2019
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Buttigieg has made much of his Christian faith and the need to legislate morality. It's certainly disappointing to see him turn into a shrinking violet when he's asked to apply those same convictions to one of the most pressing issues in American culture.

(Washington, DC) — [Faithwire.com] For anyone paying any amount of attention to the already large roster of Democrats running for president in 2020, you'll know the most outwardly religious candidate has been South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. He's linked nearly every platform issue to his Christianity, but when it comes to abortion, faith is apparently not a factor. (Screengrab image)

Last week, Buttigieg, who is Episcopalian, appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where (surprisingly) host Willie Geist tried repeatedly to get a straight answer from the mayor on late-term abortion and how he squares the issue with his faith.

Buttigieg wiggled his way out of ever giving an explanation, instead spouting out some sort of progressive buzzword salad.

Geist noted that Buttigieg's religion has piqued the interest of some Christian conservatives who, even if they don't plan to vote for him, are somewhat intrigued by his willingness to engage his faith — something that, prior to President Donald Trump's election in 2016, not many Democrats were interested in doing.

"They like you," the MSNBC host said. "But they get to the point where they look down your résumé and they say life is precious. They talk about the sanctity of life and they can't get past your support of late-term abortion. What do you say to them?"

Rather than give any sort of faith-based answer, which has been Buttigieg's main calling card in recent weeks, the 37-year-old politician (he'd be the country's youngest president) never once invoked his Christianity, perhaps because to do so would most certainly disallow him from maintaining his very pro-abortion views.

He went on to claim, over the course of nearly five minutes, that abortion is a "personal decision" for women to make, arguing those in the pro-life camp are asking "misleading questions" because, in his mind, the morality of abortion — despite plenty of scientific evidence pointing to fetal viability and numerous Bible passages speaking to the innate value of a person — is "unknowable."

Geist, thankfully, didn't let Buttigieg off that easily. The 2020 candidate tried to make what is a very black-and-white issue some shade of gray. So, the MSNBC host pressed more:

But to people who would criticize that, they would say actually it's a pretty easy — that is a fundamental child in the third term of pregnancy, that is a human being who could be born alive and have a great and full life. So, it is a pretty easy question... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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