Now things are getting interesting — good timing considering Saturday's vote.
From FOX News:
Bishops Press Obama to Strike Senate Provision Allowing Federal Abortion Funding
A coalition of Christian leaders — including the country's Catholic bishops — put President Obama on notice Friday that it would vigorously fight any health care reform legislation that allows federal funding for abortions.
A coalition of Christian leaders — including the country's Catholic bishops — put President Obama on notice Friday that it would vigorously fight any health care reform legislation that allows federal funding for abortions.
“A health care bill can be a great, great blessing to our country,” Philadelphia Archbishop Justin Rigali said during a press conference Friday on Capitol Hill. “But we make a distinction between health care and killing.”
More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.
The full text of the Declaration can be found here: Manhattan Declaration
And it is not just Abortion and Gay Marriage, there is a full third on Religious Freedom as well. Some interesting people among the 150+ signers…
Posted by DaveH at November 20, 2009 10:03 PM | TrackBack