Brian Melton Archives
Dr. Brian Melton is an assistant professor of history at Liberty University.
Dr. Melton has recently finished a biography of Civil War general
Henry Slocum, which is under consideration at the University of Missouri
Press. He can be reached at bmelton@liberty.edu.
As a student of America’s Civil War, a number of historical similarities present themselves between the arguments over abortion and slavery that could possibly point to another, disturbing conclusion.
If the Supreme Court continues to use international treaties and declarations as its guide, the US will have foreign authority foisted upon it through the back door.
We had every opportunity to intervene or to disobey illegal, immoral judgments, and we have failed.
Terri Schiavo herself completely aside, there is something tellingly disturbing in America’s reaction to her plight.
For many years now, commentators and historians observing the culture wars have stuck to the terms “conservative” and “liberal” consistently.
Unless a certain, often ignored loophole is dealt with, it will invariably end in a practical victory for the Abortion movement, even if the Supreme Court upholds the law.
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