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Shock: Dozens of ‘Christian’ Faith Leaders Sign Letter Supporting ‘Right to…Abortion’
LifeSite News ^ | 3/10/18 | Fr. Mark Hodges

Posted on 03/21/2018 4:42:00 PM PDT by marshmallow

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 20, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Sixty-eight faith leaders who say they are Christian signed a letter of protest against a proposed Iowa law that would protect preborn children from abortion once their heartbeat is detectable.

"As faith leaders, we want to use our collective voices to stand with Iowa women in support of their constitutional right ... to an abortion," the letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register begins. Speaking against the Iowa Heartbeat Bill, the faith leaders write supportively of a pregnant mother's "private medical decisions,” referring to her choosing abortion.

“Most Iowans, people of faith and no faith, believe in and are standing with every woman’s right to be in control of their bodies and the healthcare decisions that impact their lives. We stand with Iowa women, too,” they state in the March 15 letter.

Mainline Protestant denominations led the letter in both numbers and prestige, with a female United Methodist bishop and priestesses from the Presbyterian Churches USA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, American Baptist Churches USA, Reformed Church in America, Unity Church, Episcopal Church, and United Methodist Church signing the document.

A fundamental point of disagreement between Heartbeat Bill supporters and opponents is on the reasons for the legislation. Opponents of the Heartbeat Bill, including signers of the Des Moines Register op-ed, claim that its framers have "arguments based only in religious beliefs," meaning the sanctity of innocent human life.

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KEYWORDS: abortion; proaborts; prolife; religiousleft
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To: marshmallow
Opponents of the Heartbeat Bill, including signers of the Des Moines Register op-ed, claim that its framers have "arguments based only in religious beliefs,"

Just what do these idiots think laws against murder and theft are based on?

21 posted on 03/21/2018 5:09:47 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vegam Yehudah tillachem biYrushalayim . . . .)
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To: marshmallow

I guess they can show me where in the Constitution it states that an abortion is a right, because I must have missed it.


22 posted on 03/21/2018 5:11:13 PM PDT by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: marshmallow

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Some day, these “Chrisian” leaders & those who are proponents of/engage in killing babies will find out exactly what “woe to those who ...” means.


23 posted on 03/21/2018 5:11:52 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMPIt)
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To: marshmallow

The usual suspects.


24 posted on 03/21/2018 5:16:43 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: marshmallow

Looks like most of those who are on the list are mainline Protestant denominations which abandoned Scripture a long time ago.

I did not see any Evangelical names that I recognized.

I am almost surprised at that.


25 posted on 03/21/2018 5:19:41 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: marshmallow

Obama: “Mission accomplished”. America will do the rest.


26 posted on 03/21/2018 5:22:18 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: marshmallow

Jesus will say to them, “I never knew you...depart from me”.


27 posted on 03/21/2018 5:27:25 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: marshmallow

When is the fitting for their millstones?


28 posted on 03/21/2018 5:30:55 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: ASOC

Tagline.


29 posted on 03/21/2018 5:35:29 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help them, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: neverevergiveup
Hate that word "unprotected." It is a euphemism for spayed - impaired -sabotaged - "fixed." First, that's not honest sex. Second, in the big picture, it doesn't even work. Contraceptives typically reduce the probability of conception per act, while increasing the frequency of the acts, because people feel they can fork with impunity. Hence (this is true, ya could look it up) whenever a new group of people starts using contraceptives, the contraceptive-rate, the non-marital birthrate, AND the abortion-rate go up in tandem.

Counter-intuitive, I know, but it's true. It's just another example of the intended results being way outpaced by the unintended consequences.

30 posted on 03/21/2018 5:42:22 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help them, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: marshmallow

Who are they? A list of names would be nice.


31 posted on 03/21/2018 5:47:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Bryanw92
They don't know "when life begins"? Yeah, but they know how it ends. If "it's" not alive, why would they have to kill it?

Anyone who can't tell the difference between a live Homo sapiens and a dead one, isn't qualified to practice medicine.

They can't tell alive from dead, they care less for a human than for a harp seal pup, they don't know how to tell a boy from a girl...

And they say we're science-deniers?

32 posted on 03/21/2018 5:48:38 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help them, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

Not the Women, not the men, not the military, not the medicoes, not the Church, not the State -— NOBODY has the right to kill babies.


33 posted on 03/21/2018 5:50:26 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help them, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: marshmallow

God always has a remnant of true followers. Looks like we’re getting down to those serious numbers.


34 posted on 03/21/2018 5:50:38 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: marshmallow

Not a Christian faith leader in the lot. Those are heretics.


35 posted on 03/21/2018 5:50:53 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and his family)
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To: SkyDancer

Local yokels. Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.

At the end of the story at this link-only link:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/03/15/66-iowa-faith-leaders-we-support-womans-right-abortion/428543002/


36 posted on 03/21/2018 5:56:44 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: marshmallow

And on Judgment Day, they will say, “Lord! Lord!” But Jesus will say, “I never knew you….Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”(Matthew 7:21,23)


37 posted on 03/21/2018 5:59:29 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: marshmallow

I wouldn’t want to be one of those “faith leaders” when they exit this mortal coil.

5.56mm


38 posted on 03/21/2018 6:01:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: SkyDancer

https://juicyecumenism.com/2018/03/20/iowa-united-methodist-presbyterian-lutheran-clergy-sign-letter-supporting-abortion/

...The letter’s 68 co-signers are:

Connie Ryan, executive director, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa

Laurie Haller, Resident Bishop, Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church

Rev. Brigit F. Stevens, Executive Conference Minister Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences of the UCC

Rev. Mary Newbern-Williams, Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of Missouri River Valley

Rev. Dr. Richard Guentert, Former Regional Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Upper Midwest Region

The Rev. Wendy K Abrahamson, Episcopal Church, Grinnell...


39 posted on 03/21/2018 6:02:12 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: marshmallow

These are not Christian leaders They are leaders of a Sunday social club that has nothing to do with Christ


40 posted on 03/21/2018 6:02:49 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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