Posted on 06/18/2010 4:45:24 PM PDT by NYer
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travelled to Kenya to personally urge the country to pass a new constitution that would legalize abortion - and to assure Kenyans that such a change would "allow money to flow" from foreign aid treasuries.
At the same time, a federal probe is attempting to determine whether the Obama Administration is violating federal law by using taxpayer money to lobby for the constitution, deeply controversial in Kenya in large part because of its abortion provisions.
"We are hopeful, Barack Obama is hopeful, I am hopeful that you will carry out these reforms to allow money to flow," Biden told a crowd of Kenyans, among whom President Obama is extremely popular and touted as a native son of their country.
A clause in the proposed constitution has received heavy criticism from religious leaders in Kenya for allowing abortion when a mother's "health" is endangered - a term that, as abortion advocates admitted at the Women Deliver conference in Washington, D.C. last week, "can be broadly interpreted when need be."
Asked about the abortion issue, Biden told Rev. Timothy Njoya not to “confuse that with the position of the US President, US Vice President and US Government," according to Kenya's Daily Nation.
Yet some are not so sure that such a line can be drawn. Last month, 3 U.S. congressmen with legal oversight jurisdiction over federal international funds launched a probe into whether the Obama administration is violating federal law by promoting the controversial constitution.
“The Obama Administration’s advocacy in support of Kenya’s proposed constitution may constitute a serious violation of the Siljander Amendment and, as such, may be subject to civil and criminal penalties under the Antideficiency Act," wrote Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in a May 6 letter to Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Siljander Amendment of the State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, reads: “None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion."
The lawmakers pointed out that the abortion issue is prominent in the public debate over the proposed document, and that the chairman of Kenya’s Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review identified abortion as "one of the four most contentious issues in the proposed constitution.”
Rep. Smith said that as much as $10 million in taxpayer funds may have been spent in support of the pro-abortion constitution as of May.
That is no consolation. God requires His people to oppose the civil magistrates who serve other gods. He always judges nations that refuse to do so. We have a responsibility here to vocally and aggressively withdraw our consent. It is not enough to shake our heard at these evil men and women.
I was pondering all the questions you put forth. I can not imagine this person being a parent........well, come to think of it, I don’t know that he is. Everything else about him is a sham and a lie.
It is the picture of evil residing in our whitehouse while we do nothing but complain.
Another good Democrat making sure blacks don’t breed too fast. How, why and wtf is wrong with the black leaders in our country and elsewhere on the planet that they don’t realize the “historical hate” this party has for minorities. With the minor exception of how they love to exploit them for votes.
Why is 0bama so involved in Kenyan politics?
You're right. Lots of trips back and forth.
So Biden really wants a newborn genocide. He wants to kill off as many “unwanted blacks” through this. It appears that Biden is a racist
He should be excommunicated immediately.
If his bishop fails to do so it is a serious scandal.
He should be excommunicated by the Vatican given the international nature of this promotion of abortion.
And who says that one part of the Abortion industry is not about the $$$$ Money ?
What is it with Dems and abortion? It truly is like they need child sacrifice to appease Satan?
Just sick.
Any deathnocrat that remains in that party and still calls themselves Christian has absolutely no understanding of what it means to follow Christ.
To bad Kenya didn’t have abortion on the books when Barrack Obama (Barry Sotero) was about to be born
It seems more than just liberal ideology, although they are fanatically committed to depopulation. But there seems to be something demonic and diabolical in the way they are so dedicated to and obsessive about it. And Biden has already been warned that he should be excommunicated so there is no excuse here. He's a disgrace as a Catholic. Here you have a liberal American "Catholic" putting pressure on a country in Africa to bow down to abortion and population control. He has to be excommunicated publicly.
I agree with you my friend... I was just talking about the only consoling thought that I had after reading it and considering the day that I just went through.
LLS
It’s part of the Bilderbergers’ plan to eliminate some folks. And what better place to start than Kenya. Maybe even start with that old woman claiming to be the muslim’s grandmother who says he was born in Kenya.
Why is BO so very very interested in Kenya’s Constitution?
Why is he allowed to take Holy Communion?
"Who would do something like that?
Who could that be?
Could it be...."
One reason, his muslim cousin Odinga is prime minister—got that position after a murdering rampage of thousands.
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