Posted on 10/02/2022 6:38:40 PM PDT by lightman
After Gov. Gavin Newsom placed pro-abortion billboards as part of his re-election campaign advertisements in states restricting abortions, Christians in California are responding.
On Sept. 15, Newsom, a Democrat, announced several versions of billboard advertisements that would be going up across seven states.
“Just launched billboards in 7 of the most restrictive anti-abortion states that explain how women can access care–no matter where they live. To any woman seeking an abortion in these anti-freedom states: CA will defend your right to make decisions about your own health,” Newsom wrote on Twitter.
One of the billboards placed in Oklahoma and Indiana, which reads “Need an abortion? California is ready to help” also included a verse from the Bible, “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these,” quoted from Mark 12:31. However, in the existing English versions of the Bible, the verse has the word “greater” following “commandment,” with the New International Version reading “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”
Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles responded in an open letter to Newsom on Sept. 28, calling the governor’s actions “thoroughly rebellious against God” and that the billboards promote “the slaughter of children, whom He creates in the womb.”
“You further compounded the wickedness of that murderous campaign with a reprehensible act of gross blasphemy, quoting the very words of Jesus from Mark 12:31 as if you could somehow twist His meaning and arrogate His name in favor of butchering unborn infants,” MacArthur wrote.
MacArthur, 83, added the inclusion of scripture made it hard to “imagine a greater sacrilege.”
Kathleen Domingo, executive director of the California Catholic Conference—a public policy advocacy group for the Catholic Church in California—told The Epoch Times that the billboards are “unconscionable” and “co-opt” the meaning of Jesus’s words in the verse.
“He’s twisting the meaning of what Jesus and the Christian community meant for the last 2,000 years by this particular passage and using it to describe something that the Christian community traditionally has seen as absolutely adverse to their teachings,” Domingo said.
The advertisements placed in conservative states are nothing more than “political theater,” she added.
“The reaction even of the Christian community is probably what he was hoping for,” she said.
In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned on June 24, California’s Democratic lawmakers drafted bills to codify its abortion procedures into the state’s constitution. Newsom signed 13 bills that make abortion more accessible on Sept. 27, deeming California a “sanctuary state” for women seeking abortion.
This month, California also launched a taxpayer-funded website connecting women with abortion resources and services, including how to seek financial assistance.
Newsom promotes that website on 18 billboards placed in seven states: Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Indiana, and Texas. Each of those states has enacted some restrictions on abortion.
“An alarming number of states continue to outlaw abortion and criminalize women, and it’s more important than ever to fight like hell for those who need these essential services,” Newsom said in a Sept. 27 statement. “We’re doing everything we can to protect people from any retaliation for accessing abortion care while also making it more affordable to get contraceptives.”
Some of the state legislation signed include Senate Bill 1245, by Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), Senate Bill 1375 by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), and Assembly Bill 2223 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland).
SB 1245 allocates $20 million to a Los Angeles County abortion pilot program, and SB 1375 will permit trained nurses to perform abortion in the first trimester without the supervision of a physician.
Decried by opponents as an “infanticide” bill, AB 2223 will shield mothers and certified medical providers from criminal prosecution in infant deaths resulting from “causes that occurred in utero” up to days after birth.
The California Family Council—a pro-life, “biblically faithful” nonprofit—also condemned the governor for signing the abortion bills in a Sept. 27 statement, saying the move was “meant to transform the state into a destination location for the country’s abortions.”
“With today’s abortion expansion, Gavin Newsom continues his shadow campaign for [the U.S.] president. By signing these 13 bills from the Future of Abortion Council, Newsom hopes to secure his spot in the White House at the expense of women and their unborn children,” the nonprofit’s President Jonathan Keller said in the statement. “Governor Newsom tells pregnant women California has their back, but only if they choose to end their pregnancies. This package provides NO care for women who choose to keep their children. Gavin’s not pro-choice; he’s no choice.”
You’ll have an abortion and a new penis sewn on at the same time! A two for one!
This boy is on a greased skid straight to hell.
Most abortions are killing future Democrat voters.
Thanks for your help, California.
How about gathering in large crowds and destroy them. When are we going to stop obeying the stacked deck rules?
All conservatives should leave California. You are vastly outnumbered and your votes have no chance of influencing elections. By moving to red and purple states you can strengthen or create a Conservative majority and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Are these the same Christians that voted for the california governor in question?
Like criminals having everything their way in court? Evidence of same crimes "cannot be admitted" the jurors cannot be allowed to hear the guilty perps' admissions because they weren't properly Mirandized as the lawyer didn't hold their hand while walking down the hall to the interrogation room, so the whole confession is out.
Lucky for the Chinese Commies, their Dem pals and the criminal thugs we are all good little boys and girls.
Excellent segue into states taking control of rights, away from the fed guv. Remove fed agencies from states that wish them gone. Let Utah pay for billboards in Cali saying:
$7 gas? No combustion engines? Disfiguration of children & abortion without parental consent? Million dollar crackerboxes?
GET REAL! GET OUT! GET TO UTAH!
Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles responded in an open letter to Newsom on Sept. 28, calling the governor’s actions “thoroughly rebellious against God” and that the billboards promote “the slaughter of children, whom He creates in the womb.”>>> I’m surprised by his statements. I think he got tuned up from the covid fascists. I think the church in the US has failed in it’s response to the fascists. and might end up like the church of germany for failing to stand up to those fascists.
Excellent segue into states taking control of rights, away from the fed guv. >>> Yes this will be how the civil war goes down. States will fight the feds.
God doesn’t look kindly on someone using His words to justify their evil acts. There will be a reckoning.
Bkmk.
Getting California taxpayers to pay for his presidential campaign and getting away with it.
Rubes!
Gruesome newsom should enjoy power while he can, because his eternity won’t be so pleasurable.
It figures that he’d choose the NIV.
More importantly, the unborn child is as much a “neighbor” as the mother.
Conservatives attempted to resolve the conflict with the left peaceably, with such acts as passing Prop. 8 and Prop. 140.
The regime decided to ignore the valid will of voters.
More of a neighbor...because according to the parable of the Good Samaritan the neighbor in greatest need of protection is the one who is most vulnerable.
OR-—The Anti-Christ
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