Parental Consent: Absurdity Unlimited

Secular Humanism has slowly taken accountability away from minors. Some states have wised up and do hold parent responsible for their precious juvenile delinquents. However when it comes to teaching and enforcing morality Secular Humanism and liberal thought has deactivated the ability of Parents to train or make decisions that the voice of experience may be better suited for their minor children.
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Parental Consent: Absurdity Unlimited
by Dennis Peacocke
Visionary Advancement Strategies
www.gostrategic.org

In the last Bottom Line, we discussed some of the hypocrisies and mental breakdowns surrounding the so-called "debate" between the theory of evolution and "intelligent design." The notion of evolution forms one of the main, non-negotiable foundations of the secular humanist's house of cards. Another one is the notion of "abortion rights" as morally non-negotiable protecting the rights of women, except of course female fetuses. One of the major tenets of this "protection" of women says that underage females have the moral right to have an abortion without the notification or the consent of their parental guardians, and of course without either of these things from the father who never even shows up in the discussion at all.

Coming from Berkeley in the sixties, I often measure illogical or generally "from-another-planet" ideas by the likely reality that the proponents of the outer space assertion simply overloaded on some really "good stuff." Setting aside severe head injuries or simple schizophrenia, prolonged drug exposure is the only other reasonable assumption when dealing with advocacies denying consistency, logic, or functioning above the level of a 60 I.Q. Obviously, the proponents of non-adults consent for minors receiving abortions have stumbled onto some super-potent Acapulco Ka-Zowie Wowie! Even more disconcerting is the significant number of the American citizenry following these apparently drug-stuped leaders. Perhaps the early opponents of putting fluoride in our nation's drinking water were correct.

So in an attempt to gain a rational perspective on this issue, let's briefly look at some of the things that are generally mandated nationally as unlawful for minors to do other than terminate a child's life. All of these prohibitions assume a degree of so-called "diminished capacity" on the part of adolescents requiring additional parental consent because they are not fully responsible adults:

1. Buy liquor.
2. Buy tobacco products.
3. Vote.
4. Get married without parental consent.
5. Have intercourse with a minor, i.e., the old saying, "Under 18 can get you 20!"
6. Skip school without an excuse.
7. Purchase a firearm.
8. Get a driver's license before 16 (but you can get an abortion).
9. Get prescription drugs of any kind without the parents' knowledge.
10. Join the military.
11. Have any medical procedure without parental consent (except an abortion).
12. Get a credit card or co-sign for financial institutional loans.
13. Be charged for adult crimes, even murder.
14. Who else can add to my off-the-top-of-my-head list?
15. Smoke the same stuff the proponents of non-parental consent are obviously doing .

I am sure such a litany of legal restrictions will not phase or even dent the diminished moral-intellectual capacity of our "minors' abortion rights" friends. Why? Because this isn't really about logic, reason, I.Q., legal consistency, the Constitution, or even prodigious amounts of drugs imbibed or inhaled. It's about the rejection of responsibility for personal choices. It's about a vicious concealing of facts and options from minors and their parents. It's about the hate that pours out from these advocates when you unflinchingly confront them concerning the illogic of all this, even in a gentle and non-hostile way. Yes, it's about a spiritual disease, and that is...

... the bottom line.