In Oklahoma, state legislators are debating a bill that would make it illegal for women to have abortions if they are seeking the procedure solely because the fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome or other genetic abnormalities. In defense of the bill he authored, state Rep. George Faught said that even in instances of pregnancy by rape or incest, “God can bring beauty out of ashes.” In an opinion article for the Oklahoma Daily, Taitum Wilson rightfully condemns Rep. Faught’s heartless religious rationalization: “When politicians use ideas of religion as an argument for or against legislation, it is ignoring the concept of separation between church and state. Religious freedom is one of the most basic principles the United States was founded upon, but religious freedom is not simply…