An Idaho Republican literally let the hypocrisy fly when she defended parents who let their kids die as an exercise of religious belief and liberty instead of seeking medical care to save them.
On her own website, Idaho GOP state Rep. Christy Perry claims she is a pro-life mother and grandmother and emphasizes her honor and value of all human life, born and unborn.
Christy Perry is an ardent supporter of defending each childs right to life, according to the site.
But now Perry has done a complete 180 degree flip-flop when it comes to fundamentalist Christians who would rather rely on God as their doctor instead of a real flesh and blood medical professional.
Idaho is one of six states with insane religious exemption laws that allow people to get away with committing negligent homicide, manslaughter or capital murder.
Currently, the biggest controversy is whether the state should ban faith-healing and punish those who allow their kids to die because they believe God will heal them if they pray enough.
Democratic Senator John Gannon seeks the closure of a loophole that will give authorities the power to prosecute parents whenever a childs medical condition may cause death or permanent disability.
The self-proclaimed pro-life Perry, however, insists that religious parents of the Followers of Christ should have the right to choose whether or not their child dies or lives.
In an interview with Al Jazeera America, Perry claimed They have a clear understanding of what the role of government should be. [It] isnt how to tell me how to live my life.
Children do die. And Im not trying to sound callous, but [people calling for reform] want to act as if death is an anomaly. But its not. Its a way of life.
Yeah, she really said that. And then she went on to further destroy the notion that conservatives are pro-life.
They are comforted by the fact that they know their child is in heaven, Perry said of these religious parents. If I want to let my child be with God, why is that wrong?
And there you have it. A pro-life conservative Christian Republican lawmaker just demonstrated that her party cares more about fetuses than they do about children. According to this philosophy, women should be forced to carry pregnancies to term, but religious nutjobs should be allowed to let their already born children die by denying them professional medical care. This is about as monstrous and hypocritical as it gets.
