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| Abortion = Population Control9 Jul 2009
Justice Ginsburg: Abortion = Population Control
Abortion talk with Justice Ginsburg. This proved to be a sufficiently chilling conversation. From the NY Times:
Q: The case ties together themes of women’s equality and reproductive freedom. The court split those themes apart in Roe v. Wade. Do you see, as part of a future feminist legal wish list, repositioning Roe so that the right to abortion is rooted in the constitutional promise of sex equality?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Oh, yes. I think it will be.
First of all, huh? Being equipped to have children makes us less equal? Don’t think so. This drives me absolutely batty. The fact that we are designed to have children is not a handicap. It is not a burden. The idea that women need to have on demand access to abortions is part of a Constitutional promise is absurd. By that logic, the government should find ways to enable men to bear children. After all, are we living in a truly equal society if men cannot carry and birth children? Shouldn’t that fall under the “Constitutional promise of equality”?
The self-loathing in this thought process is evident. This is about finding ways to fight the very essence of who you are. As a woman, you are created with the anatomy that makes it possible for you to bear children. By reviling that possibility and claiming that they are not being treated as an equal citizen unless they have the right to rid yourself of it, they are actually claiming that women need assistance to be equal. Girls: You were made a certain way. I’m sorry you hate it.
Q: If you were a lawyer again, what would you want to accomplish as a future feminist legal agenda?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that had changed their abortion laws before Roe [to make abortion legal] are not going to change back. So we have a policy that affects only poor women, and it can never be otherwise, and I don’t know why this hasn’t been said more often.
Q: Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae — in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn’t really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong.
Seriously? Abortion was legalized as a form of population control, to get rid of unwanted populations? I suppose that’s similar to Nancy Pelosi’s view on abortion. Fund Planned Parenthood! Less people will help the economy! Remember that? I’ll refresh you:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services. How is that stimulus?
PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children’s health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those – one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that?
PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.
Right. So we should work really hard to get the government involved in making sure that everyone has the ability to terminate any life they find inconvenient. Because THAT is the key to our economic recovery.
The tone of these women regarding this topic is, well, creepy. We are not less equal because we can bear children. Abortion is NOT a form of birth control, and it should NOT be used to control population or weed out undesirables, as Ginsburg alluded to. | | |
| Joe Legal vs. Jose IllegalHere is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California...
You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California.
"Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted.
"Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Joe Legal...$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1 000.00 per week, $52,000 per year. Now take 30% away for state federal tax. Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal...$15.00 per hour x 40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage, $1,000.00 per month, $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $19,231.00.
Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays for food, $1,000.00 per month, $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,000.00 per month, $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal is now in the hole. Minus (-) $4,769.00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month Federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays rent $500.00 per month, $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch.
Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
THIS IS NOT A PARTY ISSUE: IT'S A COMMON SENSE ISSUE...Don't vote OR support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
Make it a point to know how your representative votes, State and Federal.....
It’s PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans! | | |
| Got Freedom?You're a slave. Did you know that? No, not in a physical sense - although you may feel like that at work or even at home sometimes. Your slavery is of a spiritual/emotional/mental nature. The chains that bind you are not made of iron, but they are stronger than anything ever forged by human hands.
Don't believe me? OK - let me ask you a few questions:
How many times a week do you say something, think something, or do something that makes you ask, "Why am I such an IDIOT???"
How many bad habits do you have lurking in the cellar of your soul that leap out and ambush your life at just the wrong times?
How many of you have a deep and abiding longing to be set free so you can live the liberated life you always dreamed of?
Yep - me too. And not only me, but probably everyone who has, is, or will walk on planet Earth.
You know who else was a slave? The Apostle Paul. That's right - the guy who wrote a huge chunk of the Bible and is one of the primary reasons you have heard the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. How do I know he was a slave? He told us! Check this out:
The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can't. I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. I have discovered this principle of life - that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God's law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? (Romans 7:14; 16; 21-24, NLT).
Last question: how many of you can totally relate to what Paul is saying? I know I can. But I can also tell you that freedom is possible - the choice is completely yours...but you have to know that freedom doesn't come without a fight.
Just like the amazing freedom we have in America, right? To refresh our memories, King George and the Brits didn't just read the Declaration of Independence and say 'cool beans mates, have fun with the whole new nation thing. Keep in touch - cheerio!"
Ah, no. Thousands of volunteer American patriots spilled their blood and sacrificed their lives at places like Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord, Saratoga and Yorktown so their children, grand children, great grandchildren, and all future generations (i.e. you and me) would experience freedom from the tyrannical rule of the English.
That's why we celebrate the 4th of July - remember?
Listen, I know you want to be free. Truth be told, you despise your slavery to sin, and God despises it as well. That's why 2,000 years ago, at another battlefield called Calvary, Jesus Christ spilled His blood and defeated the power of sin.
That's why He offers freedom to anyone willing to trust in Him for salvation. The moment you trust Christ, you are set free from your slavery to sin. But you must choose to let Jesus defeat your sinful nature every minute of every day.
That's why the Apostle Paul wraps up his slavery lament with this glorious answer:
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death (Romans 7:25; 8:1-2, NLT).
Thank God indeed! The words are my declaration of independence every single day. I'm a slave, but I am also free when I choose to let the Holy Spirit unlock the chains of my old self and enable me to live a life of freedom I never thought possible.
I've come to realize that I'm always a slave to something, but through Christ I am free to be a slave to Him - which is the only place true freedom is found. Weird, huh?
So how about you?
Let the 4th of July holiday be your independence day as well. Ask Jesus to set you free from your slavery and your life will light up this dark world like a major league fireworks display against the dead of night.
And...let these words be your battle cry:
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1).
Happy Independence Day!
Dare 2 Share Ministries | | |
| Statement from South Carolina First Lady Jenny SanfordThe following is the text of the statement released by South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford, after her husband Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to an affair.
FOXNews.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I would like to start by saying I love my husband and I believe I have put forth every effort possible to be the best wife I can be during our almost twenty years of marriage. As well, for the last fifteen years my husband has been fully engaged in public service to the citizens and taxpayers of this state and I have faithfully supported him in those efforts to the best of my ability. I have been and remain proud of his accomplishments and his service to this state.
I personally believe that the greatest legacy I will leave behind in this world is not the job I held on Wall Street, or the campaigns I managed for Mark, or the work I have done as First Lady or even the philanthropic activities in which I have been routinely engaged. Instead, the greatest legacy I will leave in this world is the character of the children I, or we, leave behind. It is for that reason that I deeply regret the recent actions of my husband Mark, and their potential damage to our children.
I believe wholeheartedly in the sanctity, dignity and importance of the institution of marriage. I believe that has been consistently reflected in my actions. When I found out about my husband's infidelity I worked immediately to first seek reconciliation through forgiveness, and then to work diligently to repair our marriage. We reached a point where I felt it was important to look my sons in the eyes and maintain my dignity, self-respect, and my basic sense of right and wrong. I therefore asked my husband to leave two weeks ago.
This trial separation was agreed to with the goal of ultimately strengthening our marriage. During this short separation it was agreed that Mark would not contact us. I kept this separation quiet out of respect of his public office and reputation, and in hopes of keeping our children from just this type of public exposure. Because of this separation, I did not know where he was in the past week.
I believe enduring love is primarily a commitment and an act of will, and for a marriage to be successful, that commitment must be reciprocal. I believe Mark has earned a chance to resurrect our marriage.
Psalm 127 states that sons are a gift from the Lord and children a reward from Him. I will continue to pour my energy into raising our sons to be honorable young men. I remain willing to forgive Mark completely for his indiscretions and to welcome him back, in time, if he continues to work toward reconciliation with a true spirit of humility and repentance.
This is a very painful time for us and I would humbly request now that members of the media respect the privacy of my boys and me as we struggle together to continue on with our lives and as I seek the wisdom of Solomon, the strength and patience of Job and the grace of God in helping to heal my family. | | |
| A Tale of Two George’s and Two ChurchesFlip Benham, June 15, 2009
George Tiller was an easy mark for the devil. He was religious, sincere, loved money and fame, desired to do important things, and was more than willing to lay his life down for his cause. His cause, unfortunately, was to murder little baby boys and girls in their mother’s wombs. He thought he could have the best of both worlds. He honestly believed he could serve two masters.
Yes, he could have the adulation of the “world,” and large financial remunerations for killing babies, while maintaining the affirmation from his “church” that he was a “Christian.” It was a wedding birthed in hell.
Tiller, a Christian? This man was a poster child for the abortion industry. Mr. Tiller wanted it this way. His was a self chosen path. Unbeknownst to him, he was simply a pawn in the hands of the devil, his cause, and his apostate church. He was used to suppress the true Gospel of Christ by presenting, “…a different gospel which is really no gospel at all…” Galatians 1:6-7. By his own admission he killed over 60,000 children. He was no more a Christian than he was a poached egg.
He relished the limelight laid before him for being a third trimester abortionist, who baptized many of the babies he killed. He then burned them to ashes in his “on premises” crematorium. He was given a national platform and provided a notoriety that he did not want to relinquish. He did all this while staunchly believing and maintaining that he was a “Christian.”
His home church for more than twenty years, the Reformation Lutheran Church , provided him cover for his monstrous and insidious ways and also provided him a false hope. He was shot to death in the Fourier of this church on May 31, 2009. Yes, the devil, his cause, and his church, enabled Mr. Tiller to go on in his murderous ways all the while believing he was a “Christian.” George Tiller was not only killed in his own church – his eternal soul was murdered by it.
He was very good friends with another George. George Gardner, the one time Senior Pastor of the College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita , was used by Mr. Tiller as a spiritual counselor for women seeking abortion. This George performed many of the baptisms of freshly murdered infants, killed by Mr. Tiller. It is more than ironic that Mr. Tiller’s funeral was held at College Hill United Methodist Church. Like the Reformation Lutheran Church, the College Hill United Methodist Church is an apostate church that loved neither man enough to tell him the truth.
Both churches have been and are false witnesses to Christ, and allies of the devil.
Mr. Gardner preceded Mr. Tiller in death by five and a half years. Both are now realizing, to their utter horror, what fools they had been while on this earth. The devil, their precious cause (abortion), and their apostate churches used them as willing dupes to rob, kill, and destroy. There is nothing they can do now to change their eternal estate.
They were convinced in life of the righteousness of their cause. Now, in death, they are both convicted of the multiple murders of innocent children. Unless there was repentance before they died, their estate is eternal damnation. Their churches “loved” them right into hell. Shouldn’t this kind of “love” be called hate? Oh, wait a minute; I believe it is – Leviticus 19:17.
Now that both George’s are dead, they are still being exploited by the same devil, the same abortion industry, and the same apostate church. These three diabolical enemies feigned love for them in their lives, and are now using them in their death to promote their infernal cause. Not even a day after Mr. Tiller’s death, abortionist Leroy Carhart, developer of the partial birth abortion, boasted that he would pick up the torch of baby killing in the city of Wichita . The abortion industry wouldn’t allow a day to pass for Jeannie Tiller to mourn her husband before it was ready to get back to slaughtering children. All for the cause, right? Who cares about the Tiller family?
Those who spoke from the pulpit during Mr. Tiller’s funeral at the College Hill United Methodist Church placed him in heaven. Of course this was a lie from the pit of hell, but it brought much aid and comfort to the enemies of Christ (friends of abortion) who had come from all over the country. They all felt so comfortable in this apostate church believing that, like the two Georges, they too would all be going to heaven one day. It brought much consternation, however, to the friends of the true Gospel of Christ. Like the fig leaves used by Adam and Eve to cover their sin, these two churches attempted to cover-up the ultimate destination of the two Georges and the abominable sin of the abortion industry. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness…” Isaiah 5:20.
The devil, the cause, and the apostate church are not yet finished exploiting the two Georges. As it was in their lives, so it will be in their deaths. Both will be used mercilessly as martyrs for the cause. They will be used to brand true Christianity as bigoted, judgmental, and violent. They will be used to raise millions of dollars for the cause. They will be used to rush “Hate Crimes” legislation through the Senate for the President’s signature. They will be used to remove gentle Christians from bringing the Gospel of Christ to abortion mills.
Once this is done, the devil will be free to continue his murderous rampage. He doesn’t care who he kills – he hates us all. Remove the Church of Jesus Christ from the gates of hell and the devil will prevail.
If the two Georges were allowed to return from the dead and preach to their respective churches, the message would be entirely different. They would expose the sin of their cause (abortion), and the devil that is behind it all. They would confront both churches with their malicious cover-up of sin, and cry out for all to repent and return to the God of the Bible. They would be at the abortion mills with us, crying out for the lives of precious children. Only problem is, there is no way back for them. But we are alive, and it is our turn now!
Mr. Tiller’s mill in Wichita is now permanently closed, not because a murderer shot a murderer, but because of the faithful witness of gentle Christians who stood daily to proclaim the Gospel of Christ at the gates of hell. The mill’s finances were in tatters as fewer and fewer women chose to let Mr. Tiller kill their children. It was collapsing from its own internal rot and from the powerful witness of the true Church of Jesus Christ.
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