Let me start with the conclusion to one of my archived diary entries: the Reagan coalition is NOT dead — but it depends on each element accepting the other.

Abortion is quite understandably a lightning-rod issue. Many on RedState subscribe to the view expressed in a recent diary entry: There Is No Middle Ground.

Anyone with a conscience who looked around and saw millions of murders taking place in their country couldn’t help but be outraged. And utterly shocked and dismayed that others could be so complacent. How is it possible for so many to be pro-abortion, i.e. in favor of murder?

When phrased like that, the question answers itself. Like it or not, tens of millions of people in this country simply do not believe that any and all abortion is murder. That’s obvious, but here’s the part that passionate pro-life advocates seem to have trouble understanding or at least acknowledging: millions of these are people who in most respects you would agree are people of good will. And, millions are practicing Christians and Jews.

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