Is This A Discussion We Need To Have ?

I understand that politics as currently engaged in is a blood sport. Anyone who runs for office is fair game on any level. I don’t like that, but it is a fact of life. It also may explain why many good people choose not to run for office–they don’t want to put their families through the wringer that seems to come with a political campaign. The most recent example of this is Rick Santorum and his wife and their handling of the death of one of their children shortly after the child was born.

Senator Santorum has stated that his wife was a neo-natal nurse who was familiar with the grieving process when a family loses a child. One of the steps to healing after the death of a child is to have the other children see the child and participate in theĀ grieving process. Frankly I don’t see this as significantly different from the old Irish Wake or some other customs practiced in other religions in the past.

I really don’t think it was proper to attack Senator Santorum on his handling of the death of his child, but I do think the discussion might cause us to take a look at how much we value a life, regardless of the circumstances of that life.

The article that is the source of my information on this subject is at Fox News Chicago.

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