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Originally Posted by tecoyah
Actually, No......the hypocracy comes from a lack of action to deal with the molestation crisis, while taking action against an very helpful organization simply because they wont tow the church line on abortion. They aren't even in opposition to the church on this, they simply remain neutral. The church has no right to cast the first stone.
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"We are saying broadly that to criminalise women's management of their sexual reproductive right is the wrong answer" is not a neutral position.
Your position on hypocrisy, taken reductio ad absurdum, would mean that only saints can act to counter anything negative. Here's a concrete and familiar comparison: "How can the democrats be against the Patriot Act when FDR rounded up the Japanese Americans during World War II? Total hypocrites!"
If the church is right to speak out against Amnesty International, then it's right to speak out against Amnesty International. Even if they protected child molestors. If the church is wrong here, then it's wrong either way.
The alleged hypocrisy is irrelevant. Even if it really exists and isn't merely a snide attempt to guilt an organization into inaction.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Amnesty international does not support abortion, they are just not against it. There is a marked difference between the two stances.
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The two stances have something in common, though: influence. And AI has a hell of a lot of it. It's a big organization. When they make a statement like the above, it has an effect.
And the article reads a little bit differently than your interpretation. Seems there
is some level of support for abortion.
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And for cutting funding, I'm trying to make clear how hypocritical their actions are by doing something similar.
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Good idea. As that old saying goes, "Two wrongs make a right".