As the Colorado Times Recorder’s Madeleine Schmidt reports:
A multi-denominational coalition of faith leaders in Colorado is taking a stand against Proposition 115, a ballot measure that would ban later abortion care in Colorado.
Spearheaded by the faith-based advocacy organization the Interfaith Alliance, over 130 faith leaders penned an opposition letter this week calling the measure a “one-size-fits-all mandate” that “does not account for the medical advice of doctors nor for the autonomy of the woman to make a deeply personal decision regarding her body and her health.”
…The group also acknowledged that religious leaders have been some of the most vocal supporters of anti-abortion laws in the United States, and criticized their use of religion to take away the rights of others.
“The religious right does not have a monopoly on religious views on this issue,” [Rabbi Joseph] Black said. [Pols emphasis]
That a large coalition of religious leaders and organizations has come out in opposition to Proposition 115, a measure to ban abortions later in pregnancy in Colorado, has thoroughly hacked off Jeff Hunt, director of Colorado Christian University’s political arm the Centennial Institute and one of the state’s leading religious right figures. And you wouldn’t like Jeff Hunt when he’s angry:
These are the same people who come down and testify that God created abortion.
Evil. https://t.co/a9oifAOklK
— Jeff Hunt (@jeffhunt) September 10, 2020
Mostly because he calls you nasty names like “evil” if you disagree with him on a policy issue. With respect to Proposition 115, which abortion opponents like Hunt readily acknowledge is meant only to be a stepping stone toward the goal of a total ban on abortion, there’s no middle ground for guys like Hunt. And like any hard-line extremist, anything less than total compliance with Hunt’s moral agenda means you are in the service of, well, evil.
Proposition 115 supporters like to say that even abortion proponents should be “okay” with limiting the procedure at some arbitrary but late-sounding point in pregnancy. But the reality is that abortions later in pregnancy are almost always the result of serious medical complications, not some flippant choice. These are in fact some of the most agonizing medical choices anyone might be forced to make, and the only person qualified to be part of that decision other than the patient is their doctor.
If you believe that abortion is “evil” no matter what, like Jeff Hunt, and believe further that your view on the issue should be imposed on every woman in Colorado, then Hunt’s vitriol against fellow people of faith over Proposition 115 makes some sense. But we don’t think a majority of Colorado voters will agree either that these people are “evil,” or that Jeff Hunt speaks for a majority of faith-based voters.
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“God created abortion…..” Wouldn’t these evangelicals consider a miscarriage as an act of their God?
Otherwise, tell Jeff and his followers to stay out of other persons’ bedroom decisions.
I always wonder about this stuff. Especially when they say things like the nearly 200k people that died from COVID died as part of “God’s plan”. So, I guess those abortions you’re protesting are part of God’s plan too?
If we are talking "God's plan," I'd assume God doesn't have a special plan for the United States different than the other nations. In which case, COVID-19 now has 910,891 confirmed (in some fashion) deaths. "Only" 21% of those are here in the United States.
…and we still have only 4% of the earths' people.
We can do better…but first we must eradicate the Trumpvirus…before we can have a hope of controlling the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden for President! Trump for San Quentin!
Biden for President! Trump for Attica.
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This is, indeed, “the camel’s nose…” They love to opine that women who terminate late are callous, unfeeling demon-spawn. These late terminations (and define late) are almost always because something has gone terribly wrong with either the woman or the fetus. My sister-in-law had, what was technically an abortion at seven months because the fetus died and wouldn’t have come out without medical intervention.
Funny how these Talibangelicals (love that) use that old arab, probably Muslim, axiom to support their phony Christian imperative.
The question is…how do you get a camel out of your tent?😕