Lol sorry folks, I did not mean to start an abortion debate of all things and I have no interest in getting into the weeds with it.
Chalk it up to sloppy phrasing on my part and feel free to leave out ‘women’s rights’ and change that sentence so that it reads ‘… taking a field trip to promote their moral high ground on the topic of abortion...’
Of course in their hearts they think it’s good and moral to do this and that their pastor and Mike Pence speak the truth. (Somehow they’ve also hitched their wagon to a populist conman who is one of the least moral people I can think of, but that’s another story).
Sloppy phrasing aside, I see a school-sponsored group of boys attending an anti-abortion rally as less a show of being wrong on the topic of abortion (based on my opinion) and more a sad sort of hubris that says they’ve already learned the good word at 15 and if these liberal women only hear the truth they too can walk the path of righteousness. (As if getting shouted at by teenagers is going to change anyone’s mind on anything). They are indoctrinated missionaries of an outdated moral code in its last throes of relevance.
Even if they ultimately return to the bible and their views on abortion or gay rights or science never align with mine, I want them to at least see and experience a cosmopolitan world, learn about other cultures and ideas, study the sciences or humanities, understand true suffering, and feel empathy. The world would simply be a better place if everyone did this.
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