Posted on 08/14/2005 4:01:38 PM PDT by rhema
My longtime friend Judie Brown is like a junkyard dog. She is one of the most tenacious and innovative pro-life warriors on the face of the earth today – a genuine hero of our movement.
And so it is that, once again, Judy and her teams at American Life League, or ALL, and Rock for Life have conceived an excellent plan to call attention to our national abortion holocaust. It is called the Pro-life Memorial Day, and it is designed to make known to Americans the fact that abortion has terminated the lives of 46 million preborn babies.
You know, no matter how many times I hear that number – 46 million dead – I still get a chill running down my spine. Since Jan. 22, 1973, the date of the U.S. Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade ruling, that is how many unborn babies have been butchered in our nation.
To put that striking number in further perspective, ALL points out that one baby has been killed ever 24 seconds over the course of 32 years. In fact, for every two babies born, one is surgically aborted.
Because of this mass slaughter, the first ever Pro-life Memorial Day will be observed on Monday, Oct. 3 of this year and subsequently on the first Monday of every October. ALL and Rock for Life leaders are encouraging pro-life Americans nationwide to participate in this important campaign to honor the 46 million innocent lives lost to surgical abortion.
I believe this campaign can be extraordinarily effective in educating our fellow Americans to the fact that abortion is responsible for such an enormous number of deaths. I seriously doubt if many Americans – particularly young people – have any idea that 46 million babies have been aborted over the past three-plus decades.
How to participate
Readers are encouraged to get the word out on the first annual Pro-life Memorial Day. I am asking all pastors reading this communiqué to vigorously promote this event in your churches. ALL and Rock for Life are encouraging folks to plaster schools and churches and businesses with flyers and posters promoting the day.
In addition, a petition to President Bush to officially recognize the first Monday of October as National Pro-life Memorial Day has been established. The petition can be found at this link.
Readers are encouraged to print off the petition, sign it and return it to ALL, which will present them to the White House. In addition, you can urge pro-life friends and family members to sign and return petitions to achieve a greater impact.
Here at Liberty University, we'll be participating in the project with more than 9,600 Christian young people, plus our faculty and staff, standing up for the most innocent of our fellow citizens.
Finally, ALL has also created an official Pro-life Memorial Day T-shirt that beautifully expresses the sentiment for the day. The front of the shirt reads: "The cross we all bear – abortion kills a baby every 24 seconds." The back reads: "46,000,000 babies killed, 1973-2005"
The T-shirts can be purchased at the ALL website or the Rock for Life website. I hope to see millions of courageous people wearing these shirts on Oct. 3!
I am wholeheartedly supporting this effort to honor the 46 million guiltless Americans who never had the opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This national disgrace must be publicized as we continue to work for the cause of life in America.
Keep me posted ping.
I will promote this in Johnstown, PA. Keep me posted with any news.
Memorial Day belongs to the valiant who have fallen in defense of freedom.
No matter the importance of Jodie's cause, she may not pre-empt this hallowed remembrance with her agenda.
Don't go away Jodie. Just get lost on Memorial Day Baby.
The freedom to slaughter 46 million Americans?
So you are also opposed to National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Day on May 15?
I don't think anyone will be confused, since this observance is being held in October.
You are too kind, I am a jerk for not noticing the date.
This right to life lunkhead will be right behind Jodie. All the way.
Please accept my apology.
That's generous of you! I agree that our war dead should have their Memorial Day "uncluttered," so to speak.
I would tend to agree. Don't borrow the name of an unrelated holiday - let's honor our war dead on their sacred day and let Miss Brown come up with a new name for her event.
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Good idea. And this would be a better time to have the march.
me·mo·ri·al Audio pronunciation of "memorial" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-môr-l, -mr-)
noun
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.
2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.
adj.
1. Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.
2. Of, relating to, or being in memory.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin memorile, from neuter of Latin memorilis, belonging to memory, from memoria, memory. See memory.]me·mori·al·ly adv.
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memorial
n 1: a recognition of meritorious service [syn: commemoration, remembrance] 2: a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority 3: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: monument]
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