Many of you who are against the war in Iraq, are at the same time cooperating, if only in the voting booth, in a war that is killing millions of babies while still in their mothers’ wombs. You are voting for politicians who are willing to allow babies to die by their support of pro-abortion legislation.

Is the Iraq war an unjust war? There can be reasonable arguments on both sides of that question. However, in the war against the unborn in the womb there are no reasonable arguments on the side of killing babies, only false information, peer and/or parental pressures, selfish desires, a lack of responsibliity, greed, and fear mongering. 

Do not quote me the law. Do not tell me about the so-called constitutional right to choose. If a government refuses to protect its weakest citizens by failing to give them the most basic of human rights, the right to life, is it any wonder that so many within our society seem to care little for their neighbor? Even common courtesies in speech and behavior are disappearing at an alarming rate.

Eighty years ago every Christian denomination was pro-life. Today, only the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, and a remnant within the Protestant denominations still abide by the words of Jesus where He says, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these (Matthew 19:14).” I would say abortion is the ultimate hindrance.

Even though the Catholic Church is and always has been absolutely 100% unequivocally pro-life, far too many of its members try to justify, through some kind of mind-twisting illusion, that life issues are no more important than any other social issue; and therefore, they do not have to vote to protect life. They could not be farther from the truth. 

The facts are these, as stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: #2271- Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:

You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.

God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.

The bishops in the United States have, in essence, said that concerns for poverty, immigration, or other social issues cannot take precedence over life issues. The right-to-life is fundamental with all other social issues being secondary to life.

You do not have to believe me. Read some of what the bishops have said here and in a previous post here.

By the way, a pro-choice Christian (Catholic or Protestant) is an oxymoron (contradictory terms). You cannot be both. You decide: stand with Jesus or stand with Planned “Ending” Parenthood and other abortion providers and supporters.

If you vote for a pro-abortion candidate when there is an alternative as there almost always is, especially in this presidential election, you are pro-choice. Don’t try to spin it any other way. If you consider yourself a Christian and gleefully vote pro-choice, you should be ashamed to cross (pun intended) the threshold of your church’s front door.

For America to reclaim the moral high ground she must start with protecting life and start with this election, she must.

If only we had had the U.S. military protecting the rights of the unborn in 1973 instead of the U.S. Supreme Court eliminating those rights.

Take courage, my friend.