I love babies.  I love animals.  What I don’t love is anti-abortionists accusing me of hating people because I love animals.

I hate abortion and abuse of children, the elderly, and the handicapped.  I’ve seen the pictures and listened to both sides of the abortion

issue.  As a young person, I thoroughly banged my head against that brick wall.  In outrage over the thought of murdering babies, I

wrote letters and did whatever I was able to prevent the carnage from becoming legal.  For sixteen years after graduating high school,

instead of going to work outside the home, I held and nurtured nearly twenty babies in the course of helping my parents with their foster

children.  I loved and adopted one of their multiply handicapped foster kids.  Don’t tell me I hate babies or people.

I hate abuse of animals.  Throughout my life, I’ve had pets too numerous to count – cats, dogs, newts, turtles, guinea pigs, rats, a rabbit,

hamsters, mice, goldfish, tropical fish, cockatiels, finches, parakeets, and a squirrel monkey.  I fed, watered, and cleaned cages before

and after school every day.  My pets don’t care if my body works perfectly.  They don’t care how much I weigh.  They don’t care if I’m

having a bad day and say the wrong thing.  They don’t care if I’m a little under the weather and don’t want to talk.  They accept me and

seek out my attention regardless of my flaws.  Do I love my pets?  Yes, absolutely.  Do I feel contempt for a man who took forty hours

to finish off the lion he shot?  Yes.

What a good thing it is for people to have the passion and commitment to fight for what they believe.  But why do people whose passion

is children always have to attack those who love animals?  There is enough room in our hearts for the babies and for the animals; don’t

think we can’t love both.

Evil exists and moves among us.  For now, we’re stuck with the baby killers and the Cecil killers.  And here’s a tidbit from the voice of

experience:  You’re not going to restrict either group.  The NRA and Planned Parenthood both have deep pockets, and our politicians are

greedy.  These battles have been ongoing for decades.  So write your letters, make your phone calls, post your cause on your Facebook

page, but don’t you dare accuse me of hating babies because I love animals.