Monday, January 22, 2007: Read about March for Life 2007.
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Update II (1/24): It was amazing to be surrounded by so many pro-life people! As expected, I didn’t see many black people in the crowd. But no matter. I care more about their pro-life stance than whether they were represented at a rally.
I’ve never felt more like a “minority” than I did yesterday walking through the crowd. Some people did double-takes when they saw me, and as far as I know I didn’t have anything hanging out of my nose. I pulled their focus because, as I said, there weren’t many blacks there. I’m sure they wanted to ask me why, as if I’d know. 
Catholics turned out in great numbers, though it may only have seemed so because they came in large groups and carried large signs indicating who they were and which church they were from. Very good-looking and well-mannered young men from Catholic seminaries were all over the place with banners from their schools (And you mention that because…?). There were also lots of young people. No protesters, though. They have their own rally. Besides, they would’ve been overwhelmed by the pro-life crowd.
I’ve been invited to speak at a local pro-life conference, and I may accept. I need to become more involved with the pro-life movement, especially since it looks like we’ll finally have the right balance on the Supreme Court.
Also see posts at Blogs for Life, The Stem Cell Extremist, Mommy Life here (Oh, no!) and here, Life at the Frontier, March Together for Life…
Stacy Harp has audio. Whenever possible I avoid listening to recordings of myself speaking (as opposed to singing? chirping?); I’d rather read your critiques. 
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Townhall.com has posted an op-ed I wrote about child killing, Planned Parenthood, etc. Check it out.
There was a discussion in this thread about a woman’s “right to choose” in cases of rape and incest. Killing babies conceived during rape or incest is supposedly a “tough” issue for Christians, the commenter says. Since the day I realized I was a Christian, I was never torn about this issue. The life of the unborn is precious and worthy of protection no matter how that life is conceived. It really isn’t more clear than that. What’s unclear is whether Christians are willing to live as the world does or as God requires.
Think about it. Do you believe God says this is OK if the woman was raped? Is the prohibition against murder lifted in this case? The focus should always be on the unborn life, not the circumstances of conception and definitely not our feelings about it. Of course it would be hard to deal with, but believers have something unbelievers don’t: faith that moves mountains. The trials Christians face deepen our faith. Dealing with the consequences of sin (our own and everyone else’s) and emerging with even stronger faith in the One who saved us is what makes us different from the world. The Christian is supposed to deal with hardship in a way that distinguishes him from the non-Christian.
Sometimes what men intend as evil, God intends as good for his purposes, and Christians have to trust that God knows what he’s doing.
I’d planned to go to the Family Research Council this morning, sit near the back, and listen to Kathryn Lopez, Charmaine Yoest, Peter Shinn, and Tim at ProLifeBlogs. Last night I was asked to be part of the panel. I said OK.
This will be my first “march,” and I know we’ll be surrounded by “pro-choice” protesters, the “March Against Life” crowd. I’ve heard some hair-raising tales about these people; I only hope half of them aren’t true. Regardless, I’m responsible for my own behavior, including my reactions. Keep us in your prayers today. I’ll update this post with a report and photos.
See first Blogs4Life/March for Life post.
Listen to Part I and Part II (RealAudio) of Christian apologist and debater James White’s sermon on abortion.
Allison Bottke, author of the God Allows U-Turns book series, has joined the blogosphere.
Sources:
- Life march to shut roads
- Abortion Causing ‘Black Genocide,’ Activists Say
- The Abortion Wars
- Margaret Sanger: Intellectual moron
- Black Genocide
- Klan Parenthood
- In Her Own Words
- After Abortion
- Margaret Sanger’s eugenics
- Margaret Sanger, Birth Control, Eugenics and Hitler
- National Right to Life’s Margaret Sanger page
- Top Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties
Update (2:08 p.m.): These two images really warm my heart. I’ll add more details and photos either late today or early tomorrow. I have to go earn the palace now. By the way, the signs in the photo on the left read “Defend Life” and “Roe v. Wade is indefensible.”
Did the German Nazi’s sterilize black Africans? The Independent Conservative has a link.
Mark La Roi posted the famous picture of the baby reaching out of the womb during surgery. James White, whose sermon audio files I linked to in this post, talked briefly about it.
Also see Mike S. Adams’s Why I don’t take feminists seriously.
More news coverage: Demonstrators Mark Roe V. Wade Anniversary
SD Legislature To Consider Abortion Ban – Although pro-aborts panic at this news, it’s doubtful such a measure would pass even if Roe were overturned, but the states are supposed to decide this issue. Roe is nothing more than judiciary-made law, a violation of the Constitution.
