It ought to be and, thankfully, there's some evidence that it's becoming one. Take a look at this, which suggests that there are some encouraging signs of movement in that direction.
On the other hand, it also reaffirms that, by and large, the evangelical community is also a gun-loving community. What makes me particularly angry is the idea, as expressed in one quote, that expanding the use of the term "pro-life" to the discussion of issues other than abortion somehow drains the term of meaning. That idea only makes sense if you understand that mindset of most anti-abortion activists (in the words of Barney Frank): life begins at conception, and ends at birth. To be truly "pro-life" is to worry about what can happen to a fetus when it becomes a baby; this is what drives many women to have abortions in the first place.
Here's what I think the members of the current so-called "pro-life" movement are really after. As in Orwell's "1984," they want to harness the sex drive and access to firearms to fulfill their lust not for life, but for power. And, as in "1984," they're willing to twist words to do it.
Will you let them?
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