LINK: Joe Carter makes a very interesting argument I'd never heard phrased in quite these terms before, and I think I can say I'm decisively won over by it:
"Kerry says that he is personally opposed to abortion, an admirable sentiment that is in keeping with his convictions as a Catholic. But the senator’s willingness to act against his conscience on an issue of such importance makes him unsuitable candidate for the office of the Presidency."
If you think that it's wrong--it can be abortion, genocide, authoritarian government, whatever you like--then it's never okay, even on narrow utilitarian grounds, right?
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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