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Aborti< person Below is a letter to the ( damentalist damning to he abortion last weekend. Gamecock). The best we can say for tl touch with reality. The girl went through w experience and it took a lot c the newspaper. She came to of her experience might ez anyone else who might have No doubt a lot of thought wen between her and whatever believe in. She should not b Abortion is a personal thini making it almost impossibl state are residue from the They do not take into accou population and the real pos God, the supreme being, 1 force that exists at least in ti control over our bodies. If abortion, she should be a trouble. Not everyone believ of God," and in a country religious toleration, religiou: have no place. I must answer TO THE EDITOR: As a Christian and a believer in God Almighty who created the Universe and had a purpose for everything he created, I must answer the article "Abortion: "I'm Glad I had it done." and let you all know that God will require an answer from those who are responsible for shedding innocent blood. First of all if this girl is not ashamed of what she did, why use a ficticious name. Secondly by admission from her own mouth she feels it is better to murder to please her parents than to reap what she sowed to please God. When I read this article which you so brazenly put on the front page of your paper, it made me sick to think how foolish people can monday bloody rr 'More ho BY MIKE HEMBREE Stark evidence of what a miserable political year 1972 has been was readily available at last week's state fair. Along with the hog and cattle exhibits were the inevitable political campaign booths, and Richard Nixon's commanding lead over George McGovern was paralleled by the contrasting sizes and appearances of their lair displays. Nixon was represented along with Floyd Spence, Strom Thur mond, Sherry Shealy, et al., in a Republican booth in the Hamptor: Building. The smiling Nixon and the leading Nixon easily dominated the display. Red, white, blue and Thurmont were somewhat secondary although noticeable. You could gel buttons and campaign propagande free, unless you wanted a large "Now More Than Ever" button which carried a 25-cent tariff. Ah living costs are up. Meanwhile, on the other side 01 the midway, McGovern's humble little booth stood out like the Lont )n is a al thing ditor from a religious fun 11 a USC coed who had an (See Thursday, Oct. 19 e writer is -that he is out of hat was obviously a trying f courage to tell her story to us in hopes that the account se the doubt and pain for to make a similar decision. t into her decision and it was God she may or may not e criticized. , and our present strict laws e to get an abortion in this past when life was simple. nt an ever-increasing world sibility of mass starvation. :he creator, the all-powerful ie minds of believers gave us a woman wants to have an ble to with a minimum of es in God, or the "Bible kind constitutionally dedicated to arguments against abortion be to in any way think that they can get away with such stuff as murder and justify it. She states she still feels guilty at times but I want her to know that she will have this action on her conscience for ALL eternity. God has a way of making our conscious remember our past sins and except we thoroughly repent of them, there is NOTHING whether it be drugs, alcohol or any other crutch that can give us a clear conscience, other than God and then it only comes when HE is willing tc forgive us, for as it is stated in 2 Timothy 2:25 a person cannot ever repent without God allowing it and also in John 6:44 & 65 it clearly states that no man can even come to God unless HE draws him tc himself. The real sin of this whole thing is that God created sex as a pleasure onday t air than Ranger near a hot dog stanc McGovern's was the only displa outside the exhibit buildings. Nixon had coat-and-tie carr paigners and scrubbed clea kiddies sporting Nixonish smile: McGovern had teenagers and college students, mostly those < long hair and not overl "American" appearance. The Nixonites were greatl concerned with disseminatin their material, while th McGovern workers seemed 04 cupied mainly with gettin signatures on a petition urgin Nixon to debate the Sout Dakotan-a task similar to puttin bell bottoms on Spiro Agnew. Fairgoers flocked to the Nixo booth, but stayed away froi McGovern's representativesi droves. But looking beyond the "maj< candidates,"~ the booth American Independent Part candidates John Schmitz an Thom Anderson had by far tU most interesting inhabitants. The Independent campaignel seemed more cnerned witi < :e of the pe for married people and for reproduction of the species and yet man is doing the very thing prophecised in the Bible in Romans 1:26-For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections:for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. Read the whole first chapter of Romans. But like Isiah said in Isiah 1:5 & 6 "Why should ye be stricken anymore? Ye will revolt more and more: The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot, even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither mollified with ointment. Also Jesus said one of the signs of the end times would be that things would be as they were in the days of Noah before the flood and let's balloons' -blaspheming Nixon, McGovern and other national figures than they wvere with promoting Schmitz -and Anderson. "Books blasting Nixon and Ted .Kennedy were available, along with a phamphlet which showed f how the attempted assassination of Y George Wallace was a Communist conspiracy. Y "You should read this book," one g said, pointing to a large paperback e titled Teddy Bare. "It tells you th( truth about Ted Kennedy and g Chadderquik." Wonder if that's g near Chappaquiddick? h Those few souls who wandered g by the Independent booth didn't seem overly interested in Schmitz n and Anderson. Wallace was their n hero. The material with George's n picture was most popular. "Hie could have beat Nixon," one( >r of the faithful said. "It's a shame.' f"I know," a worker offered. y "That's why they had him shot. d They were afraid." Ce Then there was the balloori salesman who said he didn't care "if none of them win. They're more full of hot air than my ballonn.' ..M REa p look at Genesis 6:5 and see how things were shaping up then. "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his hearts only evil continually. God is not willing that any should perish But if we spurn his plan of salvation and continue in our wicked ways, God has no choice but to judge the wicked. He that hath ears, let him hear. ROBERT ECKHARDT Nasty litter TO THE EDITOR: This letter is in regard to the unexcusable littering by those who attended the USC-Miami of Ohio game last Saturday night. At the game, McGovern supporters like ourselves and others volunteered to hand out leaflets announcing the coming of Sargent Shriver to Columbia. We were very disappointed at the deliberate throwing down of these leaflets on the ground by many outside the stadium. We do un The Gamecock Is published ti during the fall and spring semet holidays and exam periods. Change of address forms, subs should be sent to The Gameco4 29208. Subscription rate Is $3 p4 received $38,000 from the studei dents to a subscription. Offices of 319 in Russell House on the unive and 777-4249, news, and 777-381 paid at Columbia, S.C. Although The Gamecock is a pi sity of South Carolina, It is not au The opinions expressed herein the universit y, the student body, Editor ... .. ...... ....... ... .. Managing Editor .................. Assistant to the Editor ......... News Editor .............. Sports Editor.............. Asst. Sports Editor......... Advertsingn Manag...... derstand that many people are not McGovern supporters in this area, but we feel that mature college students and adults should have enough pride in their own university to restrain from deliberate littering of the campus. It would have taken no more time for those not wishing the leaflets to hand them back or wait until inside the stadium where they could have thrown them away properly in trash containers. Many of us made a point of asking people not to throw the leaflets on the ground, however many went all out to , throw them down right in front of us. There were some McGovern and Nixon supporters alike, who evidently had enough pride in our school not to litter the grounds. Those we thank fully. It was inexcusbile and disgusting for those who allowed their political beliefs to overrule their concern and respect for their own University. 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