Gavan O’Farrell (Letters, December 15) says the religious “argument against
euthanasia has no cogency in secular space”. Too true!
But you can oppose
euthanasia, as many opposed and still oppose abortion, purely on grounds of
common sense.
And common sense having been proved right by the deaths of 500,000 unborn (not to mention flow-on effects) since that pernicious legislation in 1977, wouldn’t you think it might prevail with our politicians against euthanasia? Absolutely not, going by the grounds given in the Bill they cunningly and cowardly kicked into touch.
I simply couldn’t understand how the majority of the House could promote
euthanasia and assisted dying for just about any New Zealander aged 18 or over.
But then I remembered how Speaker Mallard in his wisdom removed Jesus from
the Parliamentary Prayer. Secular argument and religious argument may indeed be
separate, but in truth it’s impossible to divorce them - Parliament abandoned
Jesus Christ, and Christ abandoned Parliament.
If we want to avoid the awful outcomes of euthanasia in other countries
like the Netherlands, where it’s normal now for the elderly to opt for the
lethal needle, ordinary New Zealanders will resort to the common sense we’re famous for.
God defend New Zealand!
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