Posted on 03/03/2009 10:57:31 AM PST by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A group of evangelicals have joined with the Obama apologists at Catholics United to support radical pro-abortion health Secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius. The group have signed a letter borrowing arguments from the fake Catholic group backing Sebelius despite her lengthy pro-abortion record.
As LifeNews.com has reported, President Barack Obama tapped the Kansas governor to become his top health official.
Sebelius has earned strong opposition from pro-life groups because she has vetoed nearly every pro-life bill sent to her from the legislature and has worked hand-in-hand with late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller.
Catholics United, which deceived voters about Obama's pro-abortion record during the presidential election, has endorsed Sebelius and now a group of evangelicals have followed suit.
The list of Christian leaders signing the pro-Sebelius letter includes Sammy Rodriguez, Paul Devries, and Joel Hunter -- who Obama selected to be a member of his faith team and who has supported Obama with prayers at the Democratic convention.
The letter paints a false picture of Sebelius on abortion.
"As Christians dedicated to finding common ground solutions to reduce the number of abortions in America, we welcome [the nomination]," it said. "Under Governor Sebelius' leadership, abortions have decreased in Kansas by 10 percent."
However, the Kansas health department showed a 6.5 percent increase in abortions from 2005 to 2006. Sebelius repeatedly vetoed legislation that has proven in other states to reduce abortions in large numbers.
Kansas abortions declined last year, but Mary Kay Culp, the head of Kansans for Life, tells Lifenews.com that they reason they declined has nothing to do with the governor.
"One, abortions in Kansas went down in spite of, not in any way because of Kathleen Sebelius and any suggestion otherwise is purposely deceptive and insulting given her long and extreme pro-abortion record," she said.
The evangelicals also praise Sebelius saying "legislation protecting the unborn from crime has become law" under her leadership.
That law, which has nothing to do with abortion and is a measure that protects pregnant women and unborn children from violent, was only signed after Sebelius spent years opposing it and only because she knew the legislature would overturn a veto.
"This is not true. She has never, ever worked for such legislation, and only signed it when forced to," Culp said of the letter.
"In 2007, she signed Alexa's Law, an unborn victim's of violence bill, which she had a 20 year history of opposing," Culp said. Sebelius only signed it "after it was attached to another bill she wanted and after favorable news coverage of very vocal support of the bill by the Brooks family of Wichita -- whose daughter, and 8 month gestation granddaughter, Alexa, were murdered."
The letter goes on to say that Sebelius has worked with pro-life advocates, which can't be further from the truth.
"Her record and her relationships with leaders in both parties are proof that pro-choice and pro-life leaders can work together to advance a pro-family agenda," it states.
The evangelicals also call Sebelius a "person of deep faith" but ignores the fact that Catholics leaders in Kansas have repeatedly called on her to recant her pro-abortion position and she has refused.
Her position favoring abortion is so radical and extreme that Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City called on her to stop receiving communion until she disowns her support for the "serious moral evil" of abortion.
Leading pro-life groups have unanimously blasted the potential of Sebelius serving as Health Secretary because of her longstanding pro-abortion record.
"Sebelius is joined at the hip with the abortion industry," Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, tells LifeNews.com. "She owes them her political career and has been more than willing to pay them back with personal favors that have shielded them from legislation and criminal prosecution. Her corrupt abortion politics make her unfit to serve."
As the health secretary, Sebelius could have an impact in crafting a health care plan that could cover abortions with taxpayer funds or require insurance companies to cover abortions in their plans.
Sebelius could also, if confirmed by the Senate, issue new regulations overturning the protections President Bush put in place that protect pro-life doctors and medical centers. The Obama administration announced Friday that it opened a 30-day comment period in preparation to do so.
None of the signers are prominent names within the pro-life community and the list includes Glen Stassen, who has been accused of cooking the books and falsely accusing President Bush of increasing abortions.
However, the Kansas health department showed a 6.5 percent increase in abortions from 2005 to 2006. Sebelius repeatedly vetoed legislation that has proven in other states to reduce abortions in large numbers.
Abortionists lie about everything.
Pro-Life Ping
Freepmail wagglebee or DirtyHarryY2K to subscribe or unsubscribe from the moral absolutes ping list.
FreeRepublic moral absolutes keyword search
Shocking...
I’m Catholic and I’ll tell you something you probably already know. Many self-identified Catholics are very casual about their faith.
If they don’t like a part about Catholic doctrine, they just minimize it, or ignore it. This is very common, really.
Their Catholicism is more of a family tradition, not a religious faith. Kind of like how non-religious Jewish people self-identify as Jewish.
Their self identification doesn’t really denote any kind of religiosity - just an identification of a family tradition, a set of stories, some holidays, and perfunctorily rituals.
“Supposed evangelicals” = lost sinners.
Pro abortion christians is an oxymoron.
“The list of Christian leaders signing the pro-Sebelius letter includes Sammy Rodriguez, Paul Devries, and Joel Hunter...”
Who in the world are these clowns? I’ve been in evangelical circles most of my life, and I’ve NEVER heard of any of them. If they are so-called ‘leaders’, I would think that their names would be recognizable. (In other words, you can call a skunk, a rose, but that doesn’t change the odor!
If there is nothing unethical about abortion, why try to reduce the number?
If there is something tragic about it, why not confront the horror and discuss it openly?
Good question, I’m Catholic, but I’m fairly familiar at least the names of the better-known Evangelicals and I don’t have a clue who they are.
Wolves in sheep clothing, leading the flock astray.
She was also endorsed by the two Kansas Senators. Both Republican...so much for Brownback’s ‘pro life’ credentials.
I agree. If there’s nothing wrong with abortion, there’s no reason to even talk about reducing the number. If abortion is wrong than ELIMINATION rather than reduction is the only acceptable outcome.
Baby Brains is People!
Big name Evangelicals, huh?
Who has ever heard of any of them?
John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
You cannot give an inch to these people. Read my tagline folks.
Maybe we would have been better off with Daschle. At least he voted to ban partial birth abortion, surprisingly. Sebelius is even worse on this issue. How odious.
Frankly I have more respect for pro-abortion athiests than I do for so-called pro-abortion Christians. At least the athiests are consistent and have an excuse.
The others have bastardized their religious conviction to rationaize their politics. A damnable sin if there ever was one.
This is just more of the God Gap. The Left doesn’t have the religious voices on their side so they trot out some pretend persons of faith (even Obama admits to a HEALTHY skepticism of organized religion).
Lie to the masses. Like an antiChrist deceiver.
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2008/11/the_evangelical.html
That's nearly 8,000,000 votes, if my math is correct.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.