Soap Box

A lot is said about children's rights these days, but do we really take the time to consider the gravity and the scope at what stage of their lives these rights begin and if our laws and policies are adequate to deal with the problem?

For instance, I believe that a child's rights begin at conception and should be terminated only to save the life of the mother.

I realize that a lot of people would argue that my convictions are wrong and that abortion is a viable option up until anytime before the baby exits the womb, which in my book is tantamount to homicide.

We hear about a woman's right to choose what she does with her own body, but in my belief the embryo she carries is not her body, it was given the spark of life by Almighty God and only He has the right to take it back.

Where do my beliefs come from?

My guidebook through life, is the Holy Bible and it says; "For You formed my inward parts, You knitted me together in my mother's womb". - Psalm 139:13 The "You" in this scripture being the Creator who breathed the breath of life into the first man, Adam, and has created every living being since, and if He knitted us together in our mother's womb it means what goes on after conception is God's work and man defies it by destroying it.

I know that many will disagree with me but I believe this with all my heart and I am more concerned with pleasing God than pleasing man so I will not be dissuaded from it.

Do Americans have the right to walk the streets and go about their business without fear of persecution or bodily harm, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Our federal papers say we do.

And if we do our children have the same rights, to walk the streets without fear of stray bullets and being bullied and intimidated.

The very idea that we have let our city streets become gang turf and drug war zones should be repulsive to every American. To think that even one child was in danger 24 hours a day because their elected officials are too afraid of critical media to direct and allow law enforcement
to do their jobs.

Does a child not have the right to at least know who their parents are and to be supported by the man who is responsible for bringing them into the world?

Doesn't a child have a right to be more than a voucher for a welfare check every month?

In my belief, any man who fathers a child should be forced to support that child until they reach the age of majority and any mother who applies for assistance should have to identify the father which, with DNA technology, is a simple thing these days.

The father should be given two choices, support your child or children until they turn 18 or stay in prison the same amount of time.

Drastic measures?

Damn straight, I have a hard time having empathy for some street punk who can�t find the tab on his zipper and leaves the results of his lust for society to deal with. Make him pay for each and every one, no matter how many.

My sympathies are with the child who grows up never knowing who their father even is and is born with two strikes already against him or her, with the likelihood of ending their lives face down in some ally from overdose or gunshot.

It�s time for somebody to champion children's rights, to champion the truth about abortion and
runaway fathers and the fallacy of our child welfare system.

Children are the most helpless part of our society, they can't vote, they can't support themselves and its way past time that they start being considered people.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels