On Roe v. Wade

I was recently asked by a TV News program for a statement on our position on Roe v. wade. I thought it appropriate to publish it via our blog. Please let me know what you think and add your own thoughts.

Every day that Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land we experience another World Trade center tragedy, as each day 3,500 innocent civilian babies are murdered by terrorists in surgical masks. The only difference between these and the events of 9/11 is that we all saw the horror of the World Trade Center on TV, while abortions are shrouded in the secrecy of surgical suites. Televise abortions and see how long Americans will put up with legal murder. They would be outraged, as well they should be. Roe v. Wade was based on bad law and a political agenda. It must be overturned for the sake of babies yet unborn, and for the sake of the first of all Constitutional rights -the right to life.

Enemies of the State

Not long after President Bush Nominated John Roberts for Supreme Court justice one could hear the typical cacophony of complaints from our resident “enemies of the state” like Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Charles Schumer and Dick Durbin --even Mayor Bloomberg, of New York, made a public proclamation with his pro-aborts standing behind him demanding that John Roberts make a public statement expressing his support of Roe. V. Wade. This is liberalism gone amuck!

Why are they going spastic? Well, perhaps the comments that Kennedy made reveal their true driving motives. He said they can’t afford to have someone who will work against the progress they’ve made in the last 40 years with women’s rights, the environment, etc.

In other words, they are afraid someone will slow the “progress” of their liberal revolution, the march of pagan transnational progressivism which is changing the very nature of our society. They know Roe v. Wade was not based on good law, but rather on liberal politics. They are deathly afraid someone will actually interpret the Constitution for what it really means. They prefer someone who would see it as a liquid document that will flow with their ideas toward godlessness and hedonism.

Kennedy’s concern is that they may not be able to have the new America they want. In this sense, he and others who sing the same mantra have become enemies of the state, the state that proclaims “In God We Trust” The very idea that we are “one nation under God’ is anathema to their cause, yet it is the very underpinning of America’s peace and prosperity. It is who we have always been. President Gerald Ford repeated what President Eisenhower said when he said,

“Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first –the most basic- expression of Americanism.”

Once they eliminate God and the Bible from the public square they will advance their own laws based on the gods of Secular Humanism. Make no mistake; that is the issue.

The truth is that we cannot assume these people are acting in good faith; they are driven by an agenda, and they will do whatever it takes to see that agenda advanced and their revolution succeed.

People of faith must be engaged in this “government of the people.” We must be informed voters; we must communicate with our representatives continually, and we must seek God’s will about running for office ourselves. If we have righteous people in office we won’t have to worry about unrighteous law. It’s up to us. The godless do what is natural for them. The people of God must do what should be natural for us. We must lead, or the enemies of the state will succeed in their godless revolution.

Time for Prayer

I urge Christian leaders throughout the state, and throughout the nation, to lead the Church in prayer for the issue of nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our trust must not be in man, but in the sovereignty and mercies of a God whose Spirit will not always strive with us. At any moment He may leave us to the consequences of our own sin, and our children and succeeding generations will ask, "Why was the Church silent?" I urge Christian leaders to fulfill their responsibilities to lead, to forego their own comfort, convenience and self-centered agendas to lead their people in fervent prayer for revival in our nation, and for wisdom for our leaders.

1 Timothy 2:1-3 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior,

Judge Robert Bork summarized in the Wall Street Journal why there is nothing on the president's domestic agenda more important than nominating a well-anchored conservative who won't grow mushy over time. Here is how Bork described the damage the Court has done to our values:

"The justices have weakened the authority of other institutions, public and private, such as schools, businesses, and churches; assisted in sapping the vitality of religion through a transparently false interpretation of the establishment clause; denigrated marriage and family; destroyed taboos about vile language in public; protected as free speech the basest pornography, including computer-simulated child pornography; weakened political parties and permitted prior restraints on political speech, violating the core of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech; created a right to abortion virtually on demand, invalidating the laws of all 50 states; whittled down capital punishment, on the path, apparently, to abolishing it entirely; mounted a campaign to normalize homosexuality, culminating soon, it seems obvious, in a right to homosexual marriage; permitted racial and gender discrimination at the expense of white males; and made the criminal justice system needlessly slow and complex, tipping the balance in favor of criminals. Justice O'Connor, a warm, down-to-earth, and very likeable person, joined many, though not all, of these bold attempts to remake America. Whatever one may think of these outcomes as matters of policy, not one is authorized by the Constitution and some are directly contrary to it. All of them, however, are consistent with the left-liberal liberationist impulse that advances moral anarchy."

Two Symbols of our Liberty

This is a good time to be reminded of the words of a song

Statue of Liberty

Words and Music by Neil Enloe

In New York Harbor stands a lady, with a torch raised to the sky,

And all who see her knows she stands for liberty for you and me.

I’m so proud to be called an American,

to be named with the brave and the free,

I will honor our flag and our trust in God,

and the Statue of Liberty,

On lonely Golgotha stood a cross, with my lord raised to the sky,

And all who kneel there live forever,

as all the saved can testify.

I’m so glad to be called a Christian,

to be named with the ransomed and whole;

As the statue liberates the citizen,

so the cross liberates the soul.

O the cross is my statue of liberty,

It was there that my soul was set free,

Unashamed I’ll proclaim that a rugged cross

Is my statue of Liberty.