For the record in this time of condemnation, my father was a Christian minister in Missouri who believed that Jesus would not have prevented women from seeking abortions. He was not a feminist, but he based this interpretation of Jesus on the premise that Jesus would have understood a woman's pain, and would forgive her any sin. He also firmly believed that Jesus would treat gay people as equal to anyone, deserving the same dignity and respect that those who persecute them expect. My father often spoke on these issues to other clergy, and was seen as the conscience of his conference until his death.
To me, anyone who sees pregnant women who seek abortions, and gay people who seek to sanctify their love in marriage, as evil, or corrupt, or as moral failures, fails to understand the basic aspect of compassion that Jesus preached his whole life. In my opinion, if we lack compassion for others, we fail to find G_d on earth.
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