Posted on 08/05/2013 2:47:03 PM PDT by Kazan
CLEVELAND, August 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an unprecedented move on July 17th, the National Right to Life Committee (NRTL) chose to support Senator Rob Portman's newly expressed support of gay marriage and to withdraw support from one of the most effective prolife organizations in the country, Cleveland Right to Life (CRTL).
In a letter dated July 17, 2013, the president of National Right to Life, Carol Tobias, informed CRTL President, Molly Smith, that because of their recent addition of support for traditional marriage and the family to its Mission Statement, AND because of CRTL criticism of Senator Portman, that CRTL would no longer be considered an Affiliate of NRTL. "This letter, which was received well after the date on the letter, came without even a phone call or email from the NRTL organization," noted Molly Smith. "In fact, we have become aware that copies of the letter were forwarded to Ohio prolife organizations from Senator Portman's office before I had the opportunity to read it myself," added Smith. CRTL can only surmise from these facts that there was significant coordination between NRTL and Senator Portman's office on this and that the Senator asked for NRTL to take this action against one of the most active and effective local prolife organizations in the country.
"This entire salvo was the result of CRTL adding the marriage/family issue to its Mission Statement recently because the traditional family with a mother and a father is an inherent right of every child," notes Jerry C. Cirino, CRTL Board member. "We know it is not only important to protect the rights of a child to be born...we should also care about the child after they are born," continued Cirino. "This is about supporting the family in America and any politician, including Portman, who supports the break-up of the American family and supports the denial of a mother and father for children has forfeited the right of support and endorsement of the prolife movement, concluded Cirino.
CRTL has noted that since their recent announcement they have received tremendous grassroots support and new financial contributions for their efforts. "We have had expressions of support from politicians around Ohio, many of whom have shown an interest in running against Republicans who do not steadfastly support the family and traditional marriage," noted Smith. She also encouraged other local, state and national groups to contact them for information about the improved prolife mission statement. Other Right to Life, organizations in Ohio are also considering joining CRTL and Lake County Right to Life in modifying their Mission Statements. CRTL has also noted that the organization has never had a direct affiliation with NRTL, only a tiered relationship that is maintained through the state organization, Ohio Right to Life (ORTL) and as CRTL remains an Affiliate in good standing of Ohio Right to Life the national organization's action is puzzling to say the least. CRTL has not changed its focus and will continue the fight for legal protection for all human life especially for the unborn, the family, the elderly and the infirm.
Cleveland Right to Life is an autonomous organization that cooperates with local, state and national organizations to protect and defend all human life from conception till natural death and to work with other Right to Life affiliates around the state to spread the Gospel of Life.
If the NRA announced they were for abortion and gay marriage, they would lose a lot of members
gun control/2nd Amendment
capital punishment
tax issues
budget issues that don’t involve abortion or euthanasia
immigration issues
OR
Drum roll please: GAY MARRIAGE!
NRLC is a single issue group. This local affiliate went off the reservation, after KNOWING the NRLC bylaws.
Vote against Portman, or vote for Portman, but the NRLC issue was to be expected, they are simply enforcing their own rules and bylaws.
according to the article above, in the first line, NRLC did take a stand for gay marriage
NRLT? is that synonymous with the NRLC? I’m confused.
nevermind, i answered my own question.
You are making stuff up.
NRLC has NOT taken a position on the Gay Marriage issue.
See how that works?
Single issue groups are single issue groups. No group in America has done more for the right to life, or more to fight abortion, than NRLC. They are effective BECAUSE they are “SINGLE ISSUE”!
while the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the letter are fuzzy at best, and at worst backstabbing, the NRLC has a point; The issue of marriage, although seemingly connected, is not an issue of the life of the unborn, elderly, or mentally ill. In that sense, NRLC is well founded in dissolving the connection between them and CRLT. Also, i have found nothing explicitly stating that NRLC supports gay marriage, which, if they did, actually would contradict the letter written the CRLT.
That being said, i do not support Sen. Portman any longer (although my support really means nothing, since i’m a PA voter) and i hope a fully social-conservative challenger will defeat him in the primary AND win the general election in Ohio.
If the NRLC did not care about the other issues, then why did they disassociate with Cleveland??
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Acceptance of vile perversion and hatred for those rejecting it is proving to be an incredible divide. Sort of like the continental divide - only instead of "East" and "West" it's "Evil" and "Good". What is still boggling my mind is why people who may seem rational and moral in some ways think that the crime against nature should be "celebrated" and people who practice it should be given other people's children? Or be allowed to have children via unnatural methods? And that those who are not on the "Sodomy is Good" bandwagon must be silenced and punished? I just do not get it. Have they been mesmerized? Drunk poison magic potions? What has come over people?
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brilliant strategy. Because ONE journalist claims
“NRTL chose to support Senator Rob Portman’s newly expressed support of gay marriage “
1. IT MUST be true
2. We need to splinter off everybody from every organization that doesn’t take a position on every issue.
3. We need a new mini-organization that is explicitly pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-2nd amendment and anti-Republican! No exceptions.
After the NRA is extinguished, let’s start on NOM, National Org for Marriage which has been known to support pro-choice candidates.
And anybody who supported Mitt Romney ever is dead to me! Forever!
I just donated to the Cleveland chapter and told them to stay the course and God would bless them.
http://www.clevelandrighttolife.org/Donate.html
Generations of brainwashing in the schools.
I agree. I hope this Cleveland chapter aligns itself to a “pure” pro-life organization. Looks more and more like end times. . . .evil is good and good is made to look evil!
bump
for some of us, lying is not so pure.
Because NRLC CHAPTERS are required to be SINGLE ISSUE PROLIFE ORGANIZATIONS!
If Cleveland RTL had come out in support of a school bond issue, or against a school bond issue, the same thing would have happened.
The National organization endorsed Rob Portman’s stance on GAY MARRIAGE
are you not paying attention?
Let them all burn in hell for all I care.
Cleveland RTL needs to purge from its ranks and donor list anyone who is not an opponent of gay marriage and everyone who opposes 2nd amendment rightS!
And what about all the DEMS who are members of Cleveland RTL?
DEMOCRATS!!! DEMOCRATS!!!
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