In an incredible display of stupidity and insensitivity, last week President Barack Obama likened his poor bowling prowess to the Special Olympics. While he quickly apologized after discovering how offensive his little joke was, people like me-people with disabilities-are left to wonder how much the remark reveals of our pro-choicce president’s real attitude toward human life.
Apparently some of us are worth so little that we are fair game for snide comments on national television. Here’s a wonderful response from my colleague, Tim Morgan.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
