The Rules of Engagement - 2

The Rules of Engagement – 2
Two good guys’ politicians
cinops be gone Wednesday, July 9, 2008
One of the reasons President George Bush is hated is because he is a Christian pro-life politician. (I believe that is a badge of honor.) During the National Right to Life Conference in Arlington, Virginia on July 3rd, the audience was honored by the President with a video address.

LifesSiteNews.com July 4/08 reports that the president commended the audience for their “commitment to protecting the unborn.” He exclaimed, “The nations Declaration of Independence exists to give the right to live to the unborn.”

“I have proudly stood with you to make sure this nation stands up for this noble promise,” continued Bush, joining himself with the crowd. “For eight years we have stood together to defend the principle that every human life has value.”
Bush fought to keep taxpayers’ dollars from funding abortions and reminded them that he had signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which “allows prosecutors to charge those who harm a pregnant woman and who harm or kill her unborn child as well.” He described the importance of the Born Alive Protection Act, which forces health care facilities to protect those babies who have survived botched abortions. He also went on to advocate stem-cell research, provided it does not terminate human life.

Presidential candidate John McCain also gave a video address:
“More than 200 years ago our nation’s founder declared that we are endowed with certain inalienable rights and among these is the right to life.” “It was no accident that they cited life as the first and most basic right. Without exception of the right to life, we are not guaranteed any other rights.”

“I have been pro-life my entire public career and I am pro-life because I know what it’s like to live without human rights and where life is accorded no value.” McCain’s votes supported the banning of partial-birth abortions and opposed the Roe v. Wade decision.

“Wisdom suggests we should be willing to give an unborn child the same chance our parents gave us,” McCain added. “We can’t fail to respect the inherent dignity of all human life born and unborn.”

“I will appoint Supreme Court nominees who have a proven record of excellence in the law and a proven commitment to strictly interpreting the Constitution,” McCain said.

McCain widened his focus to encompass all those at risk from the culture of death, saying American needs to “protect the lives of the most vulnerable whether they are unborn, the elderly or disabled.”
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Continue with Coral Ridge Ministries’ 10 Truths about Christians & Politics.

An early Christian Tetramachus, stepped in to the Roman gladiator arena around 400 A.D. in an attempt to end the Roman blood sport. He was cut down as he tried to pull the combatants apart, but this courageous and lonely example prompted Emperor Honorius to abolish the games.

Into the Arena: Christians, today, however, are none to eager to follow Tetramachus into the arena. Billy Graham wrote many years ago that in the face of our culture’s social problems, Christians are too often “afflicted with moral laryngitis.” P. 1

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