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Pro-Choice Actress: Christianity and Abortion Go Together
NewsBusters ^ | June 16, 2017 | Corinne Weaver

Posted on 06/16/2017 6:23:39 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon

Actress Amy Brenneman thinks the right has committed an injustice. They’ve paired pro-life with the term Christian.

In a video done for the Lives of Women series, the star of “The Leftovers”, while being filmed in a church, started her PSA by saying, “I absolutely think the term ‘Christian’ has been stolen in 2017 in America by the ‘Christian Right.’”

She then proceeded to say that while she has been extremely open about having an abortion when she was 21, it was time to re-state that, because of the rise of social media. Brenneman also expressed her anger with the pro-life community. “In the age of Twitter and Facebook, I was trolled pretty viciously.”

The actress talked about how her church was “prayerfully pro-choice,” and accepted and encouraged women who had had abortions. “I don’t feel like I’m in conflict with where I go every Sunday.” While she spoke about how her religion viewed women as moral agents, she neglected to speak about the idea that abortion is murder, or that the fetus that she had moral autonomy over was human.

While Brenneman is known for her stance on Planned Parenthood and abortion, and has in the past encouraged women to ensure that unwanted babies are not born, her position is not unique. It mirrors the views of abortionist Willie Parker, who earlier this year released a memoir that told of his ambition to reconcile Christianity to abortion.

Unlike Parker, Brenneman is pretty sure she will not be able to achieve this goal. Why is that? In her video, she claimed that she was a victim of the hatred of the right. “I’m never gonna win those pro-life people over,” she told the camera. “They hate me, and they say horrible things about me, and I am in acceptance of that.”

The Lives of Women is a project from Indigenous Media, who shares their videos on Facebook. Brenneman is just one of their many subjects.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2evil4words; abortion; christian; christianity; prolife; religiousleft
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To: Architect of Paradise

**Pro-Choice Actress: Christianity and Abortion Go Together**

NOT!


41 posted on 06/16/2017 8:54:44 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Architect of Paradise

She about as misguided and overrated as the leftovers was.

Not surprised at all.


42 posted on 06/16/2017 11:36:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Architect of Paradise

‘Cause if there’s one thing Jesus loved it was killing babies!

Another idiot who thinks forgiveness equals cheerful support.


43 posted on 06/17/2017 1:22:33 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

“Thou shalt not slay the child by procuring abortion; nor, again, shalt thou destroy it after it is born” (Letter of Barnabas 19 from 74 AD).

“…And these were the accursed who conceived and caused abortion” (The Apocalypse of Peter 25, 137 AD).

“You shall not procure abortion, nor destroy a newborn child” (Didache 2:1 from 150 AD).


44 posted on 06/17/2017 4:46:53 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Architect of Paradise

Amy, sorry but the Bible says ‘The shall not kill’ and Abortion is murder, so you are wrong. HE will judge you, but I’ll never watch anything you are in. You were great in ‘Judging Amy’, but never will you be on my TV again.


45 posted on 06/17/2017 6:14:59 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
Abortion is the Choice of Satan, the father of lies and a MURDERER from the beginning.

Please FreepMail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

46 posted on 06/17/2017 6:29:26 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (President Trump, Make Government Constitutional Again! MGCA 2 MAGA!)
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