Posted on 04/27/2015 9:47:03 AM PDT by wagglebee
In a speech last week, Hillary Clinton lamented that too many women are supposedly denied abortions. The Democratic presidential candidate came under fire for that pro-abortion comment, but she also is drawing widespread condemnation for another remark in the speech.
The comment has Hillary Clinton essentially saying that Christians must be forced to change their religious views to accommodate abortions.
“Far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth. All the laws we’ve passed don’t count for much if they’re not enforced,” Clinton said, using the euphemism for abortion.
“Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper,” Clinton argued. “Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed,:
That is not going over well with pro-life advocates.
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League let Hillary have it in his remarks to LifeNews.
“It was not surprising that Hillary Clinton, who strongly opposes a ban on partial-birth abortion, would tell her feminist audience that she supports Planned Parenthood. What was surprising was her comment on the need to change religious beliefs on abortion,” he said. “In others words, Hillary has a problem with the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion—they must be changed.”
“Never before have we seen a presidential candidate be this bold about directly confronting the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion. It’s time for Hillary to take the next step and tell us exactly what she plans to do about delivering on her pledge. Not only would practicing Catholics like to know, so would Evangelicals, Orthodox Jews, Muslims, and all those who value life from conception to natural death,” Donohue added.
David Ripley of Idaho Chooses Life also condemned her remarks.
“We have known for some time that abortion would be Hillary’s primary campaign message,” he said. “What made this particular speech unique was Hillary’s bold declaration that God needed to get His act together on this whole abortion thing. It was past time to update the Ten Commandments.”
“Now, of course, most of those “religious beliefs” are based upon clear teachings within Scripture that teach us to hold children precious, to sacrifice ourselves for others – and, above all, not to kill the innocent. What Clinton and her comrades on the Left do not seem to understand is that our religious beliefs are not a matter of personal opinion, but, rather, one of submission to our Creator,” Ripley continued. “Clinton is not the first self-proclaimed leader to shake a fist at the Almighty. One can presume that He is not particularly impressed; though His heart is undoubtedly grieved.”
“And we can all be grieved that a person of such arrogance stands a chance of becoming president over this great nation,” he concluded.
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“The comment has Hillary Clinton essentially saying that Christians must be forced to change their religious views....”
Why would a life long lesbian care about reproductive rights ?
Obama : Lenin
Hillary : Stalin
She is such an incompetent politician, all she can do is live in the liberal leftist playbook. But that is saying the same thing, two different ways.
Hard to believe that someone like this thinks they have the authority to bypass what God has put in place. She thinks the Ten Commandments are past due to be updated???? Did she institute them in the first place?
Either she doesn't believe in God, or she thinks she is God.
I can't think of a third possibility.
Well, actually, I can. But I won't say it here.
Women aren’t denied an abortion. If they were they would outlaw coat hangers.../S
Put that in their liberal pipe and let 'em smoke it.
/johnny
Sure, why not? While we’re at it, we could change our Biblical stance opposing sodomy. And stealing (that would certainly be a relief to Hillary, if she had a shred of integrity regarding being ethical), and murder. Why stop with murder of the unborn? Who else could be on the “has no value as a human” list? (Not criminals, though. They have rights, you know).
This is what we all looked like at 12 weeks in the womb.
Legal to kill in 50 states.
Anyone think it's not a baby?
Hey, Hillary, aren't you glad your mother didn't have an abortion?
No law was EVER passed making abortion legal - that was the twisted reasoning of a few nitwits on the Supreme Court.
Secondly, and I say this as a Christian, we have to get off the Bible and religion on the subject of abortion. Follow this simple logic:
- Tomorrow one of the supposedly two missing books of the bible is found. In vague, somewhat nebulous language it seems to say that abortion might be OK.
Is it OK?
Heck no it's not. It is against the natural order of life on this planet. It is against basic human nature. The fact that the Bible and most religions condemn it gives comfort to the soul. But abortion would be a completely unnatural act no matter what.
Abortion is a disgusting, immoral act. That fact remains even without bringing God or religion into the conversation at all. No twisted reasoning or flowery language can change that fact.
Someday... sometime.. the Christians in this country will say, “You have pushed us far enough. We’re giving not an inch more.”
Now the left opposes the 1st amendment as they attempt to establish their religion.
She’s evil.
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