the disturbing link between obama, communism and abortion -paul kengor

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The Disturbing Link Between Obama,

Communism and Abortionby Paul Kengor | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 5/16/12 10:40 AM

Conservatives are not shy about highlighting what they perceive as Marxist/communist roots in various

aspects of Barack Obamas policies, vision, and rhetoric. Some of these alleged parallels are a stretch;

others are not. Many are merely the common overlap we often see among factions within the broader

left of the political spectrum. We could debate and dissect them one by one; either way, they ultimately

add up to a man our president who is on the far left.

Yet while conservatives tend to focus on matters of economics and excessive government growth and

intervention, theyre missing crucial aspects of Obamas socialpolicy, vision, and rhetoric which, in fact,

are arguably even closer to the Marxist/communist tradition. Here Ill give two salient examples: marriage

and abortion.

On marriage, Obama last week finally came out of the closet in favor of gay

marriage. This means that the current president of the United States possesses the most radical/non-

traditional view of marriage and the family of any president in the 200-plus-year history of this republic.

(Yes, think about that.) That radical/non-traditionalism is fully consistent with the Marxist/communist

worldview.

In theCommunist Manifesto, Marx several times wrote openly of the abolition of the family and of

communism abolishing eternal truths and all religion, and all morality. The communist revolution is

the most radical rupture with traditional relations, Marx affirmed. [I]ts development involves the most

radical rupture with traditional ideas. Marx knew how shockingly revolutionary this was. He wrote:

Abolition of the family! Even the most radical flare up at this infamous proposal of the Communists.

Marx practiced what he preached. He was aterrible fatherwho caused tremendous discord in his family.

As the family nearly starved, and as Marxs long-suffering wife neared the breaking point, Marx began an

affair with the familys young nursemaid, whom he impregnated. When the child was born, Marx refused

to acknowledge its existence and his paternity.

Marxs disciples, of course, happily followed in his footsteps.
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The Bolsheviks, when they took over, immediately lifted the Russian Orthodox Churchs longstanding

prohibition against divorce. They also expunged God from wedding ceremonies, establishing so-called

Red weddings that is, purely secular wedding ceremonies. In short order, divorce skyrocketed to

proportions never before seen in Russias long history or anywhere in the world. Within just decades,

Russians had divorce rates worse than the worst rates in recent American history. I recall the female

character in John le Carrs book, The Russia House, who remarked to her foreign love interest, But

everyone in Moscow is divorced!

It was the perfect the communist plot, literally. They had sought to undo traditional notions of marriage

and morality, and they succeeded wildly.

And it wasnt just in Russia. This thinking was endemic to the communist movement worldwide. In

America, Communist Party USA (CPUSA) members swapped wives and divorced easily and merrily.

They lived very loosely in their sexual morality and marital relations, pursuing practices that would make

even todays culture blush. They boasted about it; it was a source of pride. Anyone who has studied

American communism or been involved in the communist movement knows this.

To be sure, a 1930s CPUSA member wasnt thinking about gay marriage, and the Russians certainly

werent. Nonetheless, all of them consistently, consciously undermined the traditional understanding of

marriage. It was one of their targets.

That brings me to abortion. The Bolsheviks advocated abortion. It was one of the first things they

legalized. By the early 1920s, Bolshevik Russia had the most liberal abortion policies in the world. And

what happened? Just like divorce, abortion exploded. In fact, the proliferation in abortions was so bad

that itshocked even Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sangerduring a trip to Russia in 1934. By

the 1970s, when America was just getting around to legalizing abortion, the Soviet Union was averaging

over 7 million abortions per year dwarfing the very worst rates in America post-Roe v. Wade. The

direct effect of this on the Russian population has been staggering.

For the record, Russias horrific abortion rates are common in communist countries, which to this day

lead the world in abortions.

Marx, to my knowledge, did not deal with abortion to think he would in the mid-19 th century is

unrealistic. However, his disciples in the international communist movement a century later certainly did

including here in America. To cite just one example, Whittaker Chambers noted how abortion was a

commonplace of Party life. He honestly and painfully wrote about his wifes first pregnancy, when she

had to plead for the life of their unborn child. The blessed birth of that child changed Chambers

completely, particularly regarding his views on God. Interestingly, the termination of an unborn life was

no mystery to Chambers nemesis, Alger Hiss. Hisss wife, Priscilla, who aided him in his treason, had

an abortion before she met him (for the record, it devastated her).
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As to President Obama, he is far and away the most radical supporter of abortion ever to step in the

White House. This audience needs no proof of that, from Obama forcing all taxpayers to fundabortion

drugs (with no religious exemption), to fund Planned Parenthood, to fund embryonic research, and on

and on. Even before all of that, this was a man who as U.S. senator had co-sponsored the Freedom of

Choice Act, the most extreme piece of pro-abortion legislation ever in America; who in a 2007 speech toPlanned Parenthood hailed Americas largest abortion provider as a safety net; and who as a state

senator in Illinois repeatedly refused to provide mandatory health care for babies who somehow survived

abortion procedures. (These babies apparently were not part ofObamas vision for mandatory/universal

health care.) This is a mere short list.Click herefor a truly breathtaking ongoing list compiled by

LifeNews.com.

Overall, Barack Obamas support of gay marriage and abortion constitute an undermining of the

historical, fundamental understanding of the human family. And that, too, is quintessentially

Marxist/communist. Among presidents, his position is unprecedented just as the Marxist/communist

position was unprecedented.

This is not to say that Obama is sitting in the Oval Office with a copy of the Communist Manifesto on his

lap and a list of check items. Nonetheless, his decidedly radical/non-traditional far-left social positions

contain some unusually surprising parallels to the farthest extreme of the left. In yet another disturbing

similarity, our current presidents position just happens to coincide with the Marxist/communist position.

LifeNews.com Note: Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College, executive

director ofThe Center for Vision & Values, and author of the forthcoming book, The Communist: Frank

Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obamas Mentor.His other books include The Crusader:

Ronald Reagan and the Fall of CommunismandDupes: How Americas Adversaries Have

Manipulated Progressives for a Century.
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