As Kansans know quite well, there occurred a mini-civil war in their state in the 1850s that is today referred to as “Bleeding Kansas.” It concerned the issue of whether Kansas would enter the Union as a slave or free state. Upsetting the issue were people coming from slave-state Missouri to vote in Kansas elections. These were called “Border Ruffians” who desperately wanted Kansas to be slave. Violence ensued between these “Ruffians” and “Free-staters.” Eventually, the Free-staters won.
But I read something interesting this morning after Kansans voted down the “Value Them Both” amendment to the Kansas Constitution. It seems that those who value “reproductive freedom” garnered 71% of their contributions towards defeating the amendment from outside the state while only a miniscule of the contributions of those who “value them both” came from such sources. It appears that the “Border Ruffians” won round two.
But what is so different this time is that while the Border Ruffians of long ago aided and abetted Kansas slave-holders rather than the slaves (obviously), this time the Ruffians were able to convince the slaves to enslave themselves. Now that’s quite a feat!
What I mean is this: Kansas women had the opportunity through their vote to say, “From now on, we will hold men accountable. We will not give you that which you so dearly desire until you commit to us in the lifelong bond of marriage, promise to provide and protect us, and be loving fathers to our children. Until then, there are plenty of sodomites who will have you. And a (monkey) pox on your house as well!”
Abortion, sodomy, divorce, pre-marital sex, adultery, and pornography are SO FAR removed from Genesis 2:18-25 and Ephesians 5:22-33, and define the “culture of death.” And unfortunately, I’m sure there were plenty of Christians who voted in defeat of the amendment whose thinking is far more in line with that pagan culture than Christian teaching.
I understand why men would vote down the amendment—but women? Even Susan B. Anthony and the early feminists saw abortion as a horrible crime perpetrated upon women—not a source of “empowerment” as feminists view it today, just like they now view pornography and prostitution (check the Progressive, Huffington Post, for the latest feminist wave). But women today have been convinced by feminists that they should be as promiscuous as men. So they must have abortion; it’s only fair! What Kansas needs is another Carrie A. Nation who will demand that women indeed take control of their own bodies, not by the slavery of lechery and abortion, but through a new “temperance” movement!
And so Kansas women voted with the Border Ruffians who swept into Kansas to see that they remained enslaved. And the blood will flow as dismembered babies are harvested from the wombs which were supposed to nurture and protect them. And thousands more women will learn to regret and weep bitter tears.
Yep! It’s Bleeding Kansas all over again.
