Why the Guadagno choice doesn't change anything for pro-life Republicans

By Dan Gallic

It's been with some trepidation that I weigh in on Chris Christie choice of Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno's nomination as Lt. Governor.

The reason for my hesitancy is that Guadagno represents the exact type of candidate that makes me uneasy yet the idea of having a pro-life Catholic Republican Governor is far too important to be side- tracked by failed logic of his LG choice's abortion position.

Guadango appears to be a middle-of-the-road Republican, balancing the need for the rule of law and the need for compassion, in dealing with the systemic problem of illegal immigration. She draws a wonderful comparison between Christie's position on illegal immigration and the laissez faire position of the Corzine administration which has lead to unabated illegal immigration.

Most concerning is the fact that Guadagno is Catholic and pro-choice. This is concerning, not only because supporting abortion is tantamount to disrespect and abuse of women, but also because her willingness to buck the religious institution that she aligns herself creates an impression that she knows more than the collective wisdom of the ages housed within the Roman Catholic doctrine.

Such incongruity in thought is usually found among Democrats, who are more oft ruled by their emotions than fact, which broadly explains why they spend too much, bend rules too much and are dictated by polls too much. Each of these actions are right and correct, within logical boundaries, but become vices when exaggerated.

I've come to the conclusion that Catholics, such as Guadagno, who support the murder of the unborn, is more often a product of poor primary catechism teaching, or parents who did not instruct their children properly, than it is a well thought out position. The only way a Catholic can logically argue that abortion is right and justified is to argue that life does not begin at conception, but the same Catholics that believe that life doesn't start at conception are loathe to define when life begins, leaving their “well thought out” position in quixotic logic swamp of relativism. The lack of a defined notion of when life begins reveals the fatally flawed logic of their argument and shadows a person's true intent of holding such a position.

It is in my experience that pro-choice Catholics, who are logically brought to the conclusion that their position cannot hold muster, continue to hold this position in order to justifying their previous actions, or that of a close loved one. Maybe it was a old boyfriend that demanded an abortion or maybe it was a choice she made because she was not ready to be a mother and took a path society approved of. Or maybe it was a daughter, sister, mother, aunt or close friend who had an abortion and the pro-choice Catholic cannot bear to think of this person as participating in murder, as dictated by the Catholic Church.

Ultimately being a pro-choice Catholic makes no sense. Why be part of an religion that demands your damnation for a belief that you publicly profess support for? You might as well join a wishy-washy Protestant church that allows such malignant beliefs.

This is the reason why Guadango concerns me although in the last year I have seen politician after politician, friend after friend and citizen after citizen realize that being pro-choice is not correct and changed their position. This is evidenced by recent poll results by Gallup where 42% of Americans defined themselves as pro-choice and 51% as pro-life. This brings me to the conclusion that we should be praying for Guadagno to change her position rather than fighting her nomination. The success of one is far more likely than the other.

The gubernatorial race in New Jersey is not about the right to murder your unborn child. This years election is about the Democrats, who have turned into a cesspool of moral relativism and have destroyed our economy by passing ludicrous economic policies, and Republicans, who are finally getting their act together and creating a chance for New Jersey to regain it's footing, both morally and economically.

Those who would use Guadagno's poor logic as a case against supporting a pro-life Republican governor are clearly bent on creating more power for the pro-choice Democrats, the same Democrats who seek to force Catholic hospitals to participate in the murder of the unborn through all nine months and Catholic churches to recognize and participate in same-sex marriage.