I agree with your comment. However, why are you commenting on an EMOTICON? People give emoticons based on many things, some of which make sense at the time and some of which might not to the same person at a later time. Really, don't obsess over each emoticon! 


So let me try now to distract you from that and agree with what you said, to whit: 

"It is not mutually exclusive to be pro-life and anti-poverty..."