Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Conflict Of Interest
A Weekly Column By Walter B. Hoye II
In the abortion debate, is there a "Conflict of Interest" within the Black community and among her leaders?
Subscribe
Unsubscribe
Forward
Archives
disappearances, disabilities, and the rights of women, children, migrants, minorities, and indigenous peoples.
hear the latest on Proposition 8 (Traditional Marriage) from the lawyers themselves. The cave was awesome, the meeting was attended by both National and Statewide leaders and very, very informative. Still, my heart was broken in that meeting. One panel discussion opened this way: "We do not want to make the same mistake the ProLife movement is making. Millions of lives have been lost since 1973. RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW is our 1973 and we will not settle for 'Domestic Partnerships' or 'Civil Unions!' We will stand together and stand without compromise for traditional marriage. One Man. One Wesley J. Smith, J.D. Woman. For Life." I cried. Not because I did not agree with the statement. I cried because the statement was true. Millions of lives have been lost since 1973 and the Pro-Life movement is fighting over strategy and tactics. It's Personhood versus Overturning Roe v. Wade. Why? We need both. Furthermore, we can have both because our God shall supply all our needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus 4 (Philippians 4:19). If the morality of the 21st century depends on how we respond to this question: "Does every human life have equal moral value simply and merely because it is human?" If we believe that every human life has equal moral value. If we believe that being human is enough. If we want to avoid thirty-name (39) more years of legalized abortion on demand. Then perhaps ending abortion in 2012 will depend upon us seeing the value of meeting the physical and heartfelt needs of men, women and children 5 (James 2:15,16), preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality 6 (1st Timothy 5:21) and working together as brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ "simply and merely because" we are human. Brothers, we really need to talk.
Note(s): The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War (http://bit.ly/SqjvG). Declaration of the Rights of the Child, G.A. res. 1386 (XIV), 14 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 19, U.N. Doc. A/4354 (1959), (http://bit.ly/vQVCL2). Wesley J. Smith, Featured on Starbuck's take-away coffee cups as part of its "The Way I See It" 2006 Campaign (http://bit.ly/b83dKq). Reference(s): 01. Women for Faith & Family, Voices Editorial Board, Rita Joseph (http://bit.ly/s1jVJ4). 02. "International Human-Rights Law and the Unborn Child", by John Keown, September 24, 2010, (http://bit.ly/cK8JjV). 03. Ibid. 04. Philippians 4:19: "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (http://bit.ly/rFcJsR). 05. James 2:15,16: "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" (http://bit.ly/tShYqU). 06. 1st Timothy 5:21: "I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality." (http://bit.ly/vuYCim).
Click Here To Support Our Work. The Issues4Life Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible. To send a donation via U.S. Mail, please make the check or money order payable to the "Issues4Life Foundation" and send it to the address below.
Copyright 2012 Issues4Life Foundation | California Civil Rights Foundation. All rights reserved. To ensure our newsletter always reaches your inbox, please add the above "FROM" email address to your address book. If you prefer not to receive news from us in the future, you can unsubscribe here.