Show Pro-life Pro not just a religious issue II T wu Dear Editor Your article Let fr freedom edom prevail made a number of important important important im im- points Utah's pregnancy pregnancy pregnancy preg preg- nancy rate is high and more money could be spent on this problem so that fewer people have to make the abortion choice You also asserted that separation of church and state is essential to religious and ideological freedom I find it therefore ever so more ironic that you failed to do so yourself yourself yourself your your- self in your article As you know the abortion issue is raging in every state of the na na- tion The pro-life pro campaign represents ts a diversity of religions For exam example pIe the Catholics and many other traditional religions oppose abortion as an organization Also the older generation who have a large voice in politics perhaps larger than wed we'd like were raised on an earlier set of val values ues Old- Old fashioned or not they exert a strong silent vote for pro The pro-choice pro banner is carried carried carried car car- ried by an equally diverse group of people As you stated in your article many Mormons Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- mons are free thinkers Catholics Christian Science Jehovah's Witness and other religions that traditionally oppose oppose oppose op op- pose abortion contribute their tree free thinkers to ro me the pro-choice pro movement thus while membership in a achurch achurch achurch church may suggest a moral bias it cannot be taken for granted Indeed even dyed wool the feminists can be found fighting pro As for Utah's track record for women's rights women were given the right to vote here before 1920 By 1921 Utah's population had already reached 50 non Mormon By that time polygamy had since long-since left the Mormon religion Utah had fought in a world war Utah had immigration tion cartels the drugs alcohol prostitution prostitution and and the legislature protected the right of businessmen involved despite strong Mormon opposition opposition opposition op op- position to all these practices Albeit when a region has a dominant ethnic or religious group that group deserves a proportionate vote as to what goes on in the community Isn't that what freedom and democracy represents Isn't democracy the mean average of everyone's ideological and moral positions Arent Aren't laws supposed to be based on ideological foundations Isn't this the process of democracy that you wish to end in Utah Im I'm sure you d don t. t i. i You want freedom to LU prevail which means a state can decide dedde for itself what is crime and what Pro- Pro choice or pro-life pro Mormon or not one cannot deny that the process of democracy is working working working work work- ing in Utah where the scales for whatever reason have been tipped in the direction of pro Now it is our responsibility to deal with the consequences of our new law weigh the cost and react accordingly accordingly accordingly ac ac- ac- ac cordingly based on the resulting resulting resulting result result- ing problems or benefits Thank goodness were we're free to todo todo todo do so Jay lay R. R Williams |