Posted on 11/05/2006 3:39:22 PM PST by carolgr
On November 7th, the people of South Dakota will vote whether to adopt a sweeping state law that would make abortion illegal and therefore a crime. This is a state vote with nationwide significance and impact. If the good citizens of South Dakota do vote in favor of outlawing abortion, there are as many as 30 other states that could soon move to impose their own abortion bans. One day later, The Supreme Court in Washington D.C. will hear arguments in Gonzalez v. Carhart and Gonzalez v. Planned Parenthood. These two cases will determine whether the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that President Bush signed into law in 2003 is constitutional. "A Distant Thunder" has been screened across the nation and around the world, including the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. And, soon after South Dakota Governor Rounds signed the Abortion Ban into law earlier this year, we were notified that "A Distant Thunder" was referred to on the Senate floor by a state legislator during the debates and it was instrumental in garnering critical votes in favor of the bill. I say this not to praise us, or the movie, but to demonstrate the power of truth if we can get people to open their hearts to it and to show that we all can play a role.
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May the Lord Jesus make it so.
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