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There's No Such Thing as a "Pro-Life" Vote for Biden
Earlier this month, a group of Evangelicals took to the internet with the statement that they were “pro-life Evangelicals for Biden.” Their website states,
As pro-life Evangelicals, we disagree with Vice President Biden and the Democratic platform on the issue of abortion. But we believe a biblically shaped commitment to the sanctity of life compels us to a consistent ethic of life that affirms the sanctity of human life from beginning to end… Even as we continue to urge different policies on abortion, we urge evangelicals to elect Joe Biden as president.
In other words, this group argues that because they are pro-life, they will be voting for a candidate who is pro-abortion. This idea is woefully misguided. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are not simply not pro-life, they are both radically pro-abortion and committed to reversing the progress made by the pro-life movement in recent decades.
This group, and others who have made similar appeals heavily rely on the argument that state and local policies have a more of an effect on annual abortion rates than whether or not the president is pro-life, and thus whether or not a president opposes abortion should not be the main consideration a pro-life voter takes into account, or in the case of so-called “pro-life” voters supporting Biden, not a consideration that should be taken into account at all.
While it is true that whether or not the president is pro-life does not necessarily affect the annual abortion rate, and that state efforts play a significant role in the pro-life movement, this does not mean that the president does not matter when it comes to the fight against abortion. The president plays an important role in either advancing or reversing the gains of the pro-life movement. Let’s not forget that President Clinton vetoed the partial birth abortion ban. As a result, it took eight years from the first time that Congress passed the ban before it was finally passed and signed into law under a pro-life president.
During those eight years, approximately 1,280 late-term (>28 week) babies were legally murdered in a most gruesome fashion via partial birth abortions.
Read the whole thing at The Family Beacon
Pope Francis Gets it Wrong on Civil Unions
According to a recently released documentary, Pope Francis has expressed approval of civil unions for same-sex couples, saying, “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” and “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.” Some have argued that the Pope’s comments are taken out of context and that the film misrepresent his position, but the Vatican has not yet issued clarification on this matter.
Pope Francis would not be the first person to call for civil unions as an alternative to same-sex marriage. While this may seem like a compassionate approach, affirming and encouraging people in a lifestyle that is at odds with God’s design is not a loving thing to do. In 2003, the Catholic church affirmed this by saying,
The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions. The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society. Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behaviour, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity. The Church cannot fail to defend these values, for the good of men and women and for the good of society itself.
It is impossible to build a healthy society while rejecting God’s design for humanity.
Civil union law, like the legalization of same-sex marriage, does just that. The church cannot give tacit consent to sin by encouraging people to persist in a lifestyle that Scripture condemns, that goes against God’s created order, and that is harmful for those who practice it. To do so is neither faithful nor truly loving.
Read the whole piece at The Family Beacon
32 nations, including US, declare ‘no international right to abortion’ at UN
Via LifeSiteNews
The United States, in a coalition of 32 countries representing more than 1.6 billion people, today issued a declaration at the United Nations that there is “no international right to abortion.”
“On Thursday, October 22, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and HHS Secretary Alex Azar participated in the virtual signing of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a historic document that further strengthens an ongoing coalition to achieve better health for women, the preservation of human life, support for the family as foundational to a healthy society, and the protection of national sovereignty in global politics,” a press release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reads.
Along with the United States the document was co-sponsored and signed by 32 countries including Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda.
The opening words of the declaration explain its purpose as including expressing “the essential priority of protecting the right to life” and promoting “strength of the family and of a successful and flourishing society.”
Point 3 of the declaration states that the ministers and high representatives of Governments “[r]eaffirm the inherent ‘dignity and worth of the human person,’ that ‘every human being has the inherent right to life,’ and the commitment ‘to enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.’”
Continue reading at LifeSiteNews
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