Baby Killer

It was an interesting weekend. Weird, but interesting.

I live in a mid-size town in the South. It's a nice community overall and although it's a fairly religious community, people usually don't try to push their religion in my face. For some reason, this political season people have been a little more heated and a lot more verbal about their beliefs. Gay marriage and abortion are extremely hot button issues in general but the attention these issues are receiving in just average "chit chat" discussions is far greater than I've seen in a long time. That said, while people are passionate about these issues, I've never had anyone attack me personally for my beliefs.

Until yesterday.

I had to run out to the market to pick up a couple of things and when I got out of my car and closed the door, I heard a woman behind me say, "Baby killer!" Now... never in a million years did I think she was referring to me, but being the curious sort, I turned to see who she was addressing. To my surprise, I was the only one there.

When I rather eloquently said, "Huh??" she repeated herself, this time with much more venom. In response to my startled, "What are you talking about?", she replied, "You and that Obama (spoken to rhyme with Alabama) are baby killers. You should be ashamed of yourselves!" Apparently she had spied my "Obama 08" bumper sticker and decided I was doomed to hell.

For a moment I lost my common sense (which said don't argue with someone crazy enough to attack me in this manner) and explained that she didn't have a clue what she was talking about. I don't believe in abortion, however that's based on my religious beliefs. That said, I don't expect others to believe the same way and I certainly do not believe the government has the right to dictate people's morals based on the beliefs of some.

Well.. I can't even print what followed after that (I could, but I won't), but I finally regained my senses and walked away. She actually followed me, continuing with her tirade until I turned and told her to either leave me alone or I would call the police.

It's going to be a long time til November 4th.