For or Against Initiative 1000?

Thoughts anyone?  Will you be voting for or against Initiative 1000, and why?

From Faith and Freedom Network:

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Last week Initiative 1000 was certified for the Washington State ballot.

Now, the citizens will decide if they want to become the second state to legalize physician assisted suicide.

To help you decide, out-of-state money will be paying for ads and flyers to flow toward your media and your mailbox.

A lot of money.

You will not only see and hear ex-Gov. Booth Gardner’s appeals, but those of others in similar circumstances.

Joel Connelly, a columnist for the Seattle PI, has written an excellent column on the subject. His second on this issue.

While we often do not agree with Connelly’s positions, we not only agree but appreciate his thoughtful and thorough reporting on the matter in his July 27 column.

He points out that upwards of a couple of million dollars from out-of-state are already committed to the campaign.

He also quotes the 2007 Death With Dignity National Center report stating that after a considerable amount of research they feel that Washington is a great opportunity for them to have a success. “We,” they say, “have never had such great odds of success as we have in Washington in 2008.”

This, of course, is why they are directing such resources toward the effort.

Connelly points out that there are profound ethical issues at stake in this, and indeed there are.

He says he will vote “no” on I-1000, which is breaking with the position of his own paper and probably most others in the media.

I sincerely hope people of faith and conservatives will do the same.

Gary Randall
President
Faith & Freedom

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