Mike’s Blog
What Roe v Wade and Dred Scott have in common.
One hundred and fifty two years ago the Federal Supreme Court claimed the right to declare who among us are fully human and who are not. As a result, a slave by the name of Dred Scott was determined to have no Constitutional rights because the Court said he was not a person, but property. On January 22nd, thirty-seven years ago, the Federal Supreme Court, in the case of Roe v Wade, again claimed the authority to determine who among us are fully human and who are not. Again the Court’s edict determined that the ‘nots” weren’t protected by the Constitution. In that case, the Federal Court went further and actually ordered the States to cease offering full protection to the “nots”. It leaves one to wonder who the next “nots” might be.
This Sunday many Lee County churches will observe national Sanctity of Human Life day. Those of us who made it this far in life should be thankful- thankful for the lives we love, and thankful that so far we are not a “not”.
A thought-provoking look at the similarities here. As I told my cousin: what strength do laws have without an absolute truth and authority behind them?
Humanity cannot be the authority for itself. It follows that humanity also cannot determine who is and who is not a “person.”