Punctum Saliens

An excellent post over at the Jesus Creed on the “Sanctity of Life” and I agree with the author of the letter. It seems that the Sanctity of Life only refers to unborn, American babies. Once those babies are born and have life and the danger of abortion is over, there’s no time to worry about the sanctity of that infant’s life — do they have enough to eat, or will they be abused, or will they live in poverty? Likewise, Sanctity certainly does not extend to life in other countries, especially if that country is Muslim or African or has something we want. War is, somehow, not a violation of the Sanctity of Life — someone please explain that one to me. Denying health care or education is not a violation of the Sanctity of Life — uh, what??