My letter to the Editor.
Mourdock is Misunderstood.
At first I was completely disgusted with the comment Richard Mourdock made about pregnancies resulting from rape being what God intended. As the father of two daughters, I was furious at the callousness of that statement and even more angry that he continued to have support in his run for the US Senate from many of my fellow Hoosiers.
I realize now that if he is indeed a Christian then his statement is logical as well as heartfelt. Moreover, his continued support among many Hoosiers is equally logical as the majority of them also claim to be Christian. Christians are naturally somewhat ambivalent about rape. After all, the Christian God Himself raped a married woman in order to give us Jesus.
Viewed in this light, pro-rape Republicans are, at the very least, good, consistent Christians.
