Posted on 08/20/2009 11:03:30 AM PDT by mdittmar
Rev. Jim Wallis, a progressive evangelical leader who sits on President Obama's advisory council on faith-based partnerships, and Tony Perkins, the president of conservative group the Family Research Council, expressed rare agreement Thursday about the role of abortion in the health care reform debate while appearing together on CNN's American Morning.
Perkins pointed out that Republicans had submitted a number of amendments to health care reform legislation that would prohibit federal funding of abortion.
"Tony, I will support your effort to make sure that abortion is taken off the table in this debate," Wallis told his conservative counterpart, "I'm for that. I'll work hard for that. Let's work together on that. And then you support our moral principle that all Americans should be covered by health care – secure, affordable, accessible health care. Let's work together and make sure that both of those things, in fact, are a part of comprehensive health care reform because the system is broken and we have to fix it. And, don't let abortion derail that effort, please."
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If you mean those phony religious leaders who have bats in the belfry; you are correct.
“Rev” Jim Wallis with a great Judas impersenation.
“Rev. Jim Wallis, a progressive evangelical...”
I need read no further than that contradiction in terms or deliberate lie or Orwellian Newspeak. Call it what you want.
I never trust anything with “ comprehensive “ in it.
A real man of principle. "I'll do the right thing only if you pay me".
Looks like Zer0 lied again doesn’t it?
They WILL answer to the Final JUDGE.
I was really disgusted with Obama’s statement that “God and man are partners in life decisions.” Who the heck does Obama make himself equal with that statement? Has he ever read the Bible with any understanding or is the Bible all about him too?
It isn’t some right-wing smear to say that he’s a narcissist. He fits the description to a T. That is very dangerous when accompanied by a cultish following.
just reading the quotes is nauseating. in the context of a CNN delivery, it's positively...some combination of hilarious and sickening. Grotesque, I guess.
. "Tony, I will support your effort to make sure that abortion is taken off the table in this debate,"
. He DIDNT say that they would pull abortion out of the BILL, just OUT OF THE DEBATE! ....... Gee, thanks for the offer there bud.....
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