What Can I say She brings out the best in us.
Posted on 01/22/2013 4:24:46 PM PST by KC_Lion
Forty years ago today the Supreme Court rendered its Roe v. Wade decision. Those who believe in the sanctity of human life and long to see America embrace a culture in which innocent life is honored and protected continue to look for a day when humanity is again deemed valuable, where we cherish even those who would be born in “less than ideal circumstances.” Children are our most precious resource and remain the greatest symbol of hope God has given us. This is just one reason why the annual March for Life has been such a powerful aspect of the pro-life movement. This year’s event is Friday, January 25th, and once again a multitude of Americans will gather in Washington, D.C. to show their support for precious little ones.
Our Founding Fathers declared: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” However, since 1973, millions of children have been denied the basic right upon which all the others hinge: the right to life.
Lately, President Obama has taken to boldly highlighting children in his speeches. Using kids as the backdrop for his gun control speech, the President claimed his commitment to young ones. “If there’s even one life that can be saved, then we’ve got an obligation to try,” he said. He then outlined why gutting our Second Amendment is the means by which he believes we accomplish this. Every law-abiding citizen’s heart is broken when children are the target of men hell-bent on committing acts of evil, and we agree that the safety and protection of innocent life is paramount.
The hypocrisy of it all, however, is that while the President publicly acknowledges the value of “even one life” when it advances his own political agenda, he fails to acknowledge as much when it comes to protecting the lives of children soon to be born. In that same speech, he proclaimed that “when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now.” Well, who is more vulnerable than those who find themselves at the mercy of others to honor their existence and receive them into our world? Are these—the truly vulnerable—not worthy of the protection of which the President speaks? Why is it that their cause is never the subject of one of his lofty addresses to the nation? Has he ever even mentioned the March for Life that takes place in his own back yard and ought to be worthy of at least a scant mention? If indeed we have an obligation to save “even one life,” when will we hear our President rally Americans to stand alongside women who find themselves in these less than ideal circumstances to offer the support they need, to encourage parents to choose life, and to promote the option of adoption? Instead, he has committed himself to the most liberal of abortion agendas—so much so that as a Senator he couldn’t even bring himself to support the Born Alive Act that would save the lives of babies ALREADY BORN and needing medical aid. Further, he believes taxpayers should betray their consciences by paying for his abortion agenda. This same President has stated he didn’t want his daughters “punished with a baby,” and remarked that it was “above my pay grade” to answer a pastor’s question: “At what point does a baby get human rights?” Yet now we are to somehow believe that children are the priority in his current aggressive campaign against the Second Amendment?
The President continued to herald his support of children in yesterday’s inaugural speech. “Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit, to the hills of Appalachia, to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm,” he said—and I agree. Nor is our journey complete, I would add, until all our children soon to be born are also “cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.” The President, of course, did not include this, as it does not line up with his worldview or his party’s platform. See, his commitment to our children is selective. When children in the womb are on the chopping block, the President is silent. When he places the Second Amendment, however, on the chopping block, children are his focus. Never mind the fact that his latest proposals would not protect them from evildoers and would, in fact, leave responsible, law-abiding citizens less able to protect them as well.
Clearly, there is no shortage of hypocrisy coming out of Washington, and this is just one example. Americans can expect to be inundated with rhetoric and doublespeak for the duration of this administration. It is truly Orwellian. So it is absolutely imperative that we keep our eyes and ears open; don’t allow yourselves to be sucked in or lulled to sleep. Our freedoms are being compromised, our common sense insulted, and our children exploited. We must be vigilant and engaged, and we must remain hopeful that a better day is coming.
What Can I say She brings out the best in us.
If we can't defend our unborn children, what is the point to this whole American experiment anyway?
Sarah trusts in him and he will not forget her for standing up for the unborn.
My pleasure!
Thanks for the ping, this country needs a moral and ethical leader, don’t see any better than her on the horizon.
Sarah nails it as usual!
I met and spoke with her a few minutes at one of her book signings. It was a wonderful experience. Sarah took time to shake everyone's hand, ask their name, and take a genuine interest in them.
I told my relatives I got to see Sarah in 3D -- lol. Sarah is quite petite. I was surprised that she looked prettier in person than what I saw in pictures. She is quite beautiful.
Sarah definitely exudes charisma. There is nothing fake about her. She genuinely enjoyed meeting everyone.
Poor kids...
Abortion in the US is the equivalent of one Sandy Hook every 10 minutes. Where are the outcries of “We must do something!”? Where are the teddy bears and the candlelight vigils? Where are the sobbing celebrities? Where are the government officials rushing to demonize Planned Parenthood? Where are the calls to re-interpret and rethink Roe v Wade?
The hypocrisy of liberals is limitless.
I stand with Sarah Palin. I didn’t have an opportunity to post to the thread about Governor Palin’s FB post.
I am pro-life. Pro-choice is a term that leftists hide behind. Being pro-choice means you think a woman has the right to make a choice between allowing her baby to survive full-term or to commit government-sanctioned murder. For me, you’re either pro-life or pro-abortion.
Why am I pro-life? First, give me an example of anything that has a heartbeat and yet isn’t a living organism. Second, if you think the embryo/fetus is part of the woman’s body, why does it have DNA different than the mother’s DNA? I’m open-minded. If you can answer either of those questions in support of a pro-choice position, I will gladly listen.
Pro-choice should mean that a pregnant woman has a choice of keeping and raising her baby or giving her baby up for adoption if she doesn’t want it, for whatever reason. That is a choice that relishes life. That is a choice I can support. There are many choices a woman can make pre-pregnancy, but that’s for another day and time.
I told my relatives I got to see Sarah in 3D -- lol. Sarah is quite petite. I was surprised that she looked prettier in person than what I saw in pictures. She is quite beautiful.
Sarah definitely exudes charisma. There is nothing fake about her. She genuinely enjoyed meeting everyone
Thank You So Much for Sharing Sand88, you have made my day!
I always knew Sarah was the real deal.
You can tell what kind of person they are by the way they act in public or not in a staged setting.
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