Right now this series will show you why presidential candidate Sen. John
Sydney McCain meets Messiah's message compared to Sen. Barack Hussein Obama
when it comes to upholding the rights of the unborn and fighting on
issues that matter to you.
God
is the Author of Life and no one has the right to take the life of the
unborn and McCain understands that as will be shown after God's Word
shows how important it is to protect the life of the unborn.
"The
Lord hates hands that shed innocent blood." (Proverbs 6:16-17, NIV)
The
life of a child inside the women’s womb is so precious to the Lord that
it was addressed in the Torah by Moses.
"If
men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth
prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined
whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there
is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for
tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound,
bruise for bruise.” (Exodus 21:22-25, NIV)
These verses also imply about the importance of the unborn baby’s life.
The unborn baby’s life is so valued too that a life is to be given for a
life that is taken.
Followers of Christ and those who love and care for the rights of the
unborn even if they are not a follower of Christ, should give their vote to those who will try to make
a difference for the unborn in government.
McCain is the only candidate of a major party that shows that he
wants to protect the life of the unborn because they have rights too
while Obama is intent on taking those rights away if he becomes
president and has been branded as the 'the most pro-abortion
presidential candidate in American history.'
According to the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation quarterly
newspaper, (http://www.paprolife.org),
Obama promised Planned Parenthood (PP), the nation's largest abortion
provider, "The first thing I'd do as President is sign the
Freedom of Choice Act" (PPLF, p.4), while McCain promised the
members of the National Right to Life Convention 2008, "I AM
PRO-LIFE, because I know what it is like, to live without human rights,
where human life is accorded no inherent value. And I know I have a
personal obligation to advocate human rights wherever they are
denied..., and in our own country, when we fail to respect the inherent
dignity of all human life, born or unborn. That is a personal testament,
which you need not take on faith. You need only to examine my public
record, to know that I won't change my position" (PPLF, p. 3).
Of all the things a president should be focused on, Obama will be
focused on the death of the unborn while McCain is focused on the human
rights of others including the unborn.
Obama said his first and main priority is to sign the 'Freedom
of Choice Act (FOCA)' which he co-sponsored as a Senator that
ensures insurmountable deaths for the unborn and yet he wants you and I
to believe he is for the reducing of abortions in America. If anything
FOCA'S intent will be the opposite.
National Right to Life's Political Director Karen Cross
indicates the stakes are particularly high in this election and states,
"If Senator Barack Obama becomes President of the United States,
hundreds of thousands more unborn children will likely die each year" (PPLF,
p.4).
Is that what Obama wants to call reducing
abortions?
The Main Stream Media (MSM), will not reveal how radical Obama's
views are when it comes to abortion but I intend to show you with the
help of PPLF.
According to Denise M. Burke, Vice President and Legal Director
of Americans United For Life, FOCA would have a devastating practical
impact in that it would wipe out:
'Waiting periods for abortion'
'Parental consent and notification laws'
'Health and safety regulations for abortion facilities'
'Bans on the practice of partial-birth abortion'
'Limits on taxpayer funding of abortion'
'Ending requirements that licensed doctors perform abortions'
'Bans on abortion after viability (the point when a child can live
outside the mother's womb)'
'Ending limits on the use of public hospitals for abortions.'
'Legal protection for individual health care providers who decline to
take part in abortions.'
'Legal protection for religious-affiliated hospitals, such as Catholic
hospitals that refuse to allow abortions at their facilities.'
'Ending years of progress made in protecting women and their children' (PPLF,
p.4)
This is what an Obama presidency will give for the unborn because he
has promised Planned Parenthood, 'FOCA' which they will be extremely
proud of when signed.
Planned Parenthood, has stated, "FOCA will supersede
anti-choice (sic) laws that restrict the right to choose (abortion),
including laws that prohibit the public funding of abortions for poor
women or counseling and referrals for abortion. Additionally, FOCA will
protect (against) onerous (sic) restrictions on a women's right to
choose (abortion), such as mandated delays and medically unnecessary
regulations" (PPLF, p. 4).
Obama's desire to see abortion continue and continue are reflected in
his record which is so sad.
Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act,
an Illinois state bill addressing the medical treatment to be given to
infants who miraculously survive late-term abortions. (PPLF, p. 3)
Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act
which even many of the most liberal and staunch Pro-Choice senators
voted for.
The reason Obama voted against these Acts was his reasoning as a
lawyer that if he did vote to preserve the infants life outside the womb
then he will basically be voting for a bill that would eventually
overturn Roe. v. Wade. His comments regarding this issue
are archived on the internet.
Obama voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Act
which outlaws late term abortions.
According to PPLF, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this law in
Gonzales v. Carhart in 2007, Obama described this case by
saying, "I am extremely concerned that [Gonzales v. Carhart] will
embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a
woman's right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court
justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade" (PPLF,
p.3)
It is not surprising that Obama did not want the Induced
Infant Liability Act and Born Alive Infant Protection Act to
pass.
Obama will force the taxpayers to fund abortion. His campaign has
stated that he "does not support" the Hyde Amendment,
which prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion through the Medicaid
program, etc.
Obama does not care for parents to be notified if a child wants to
have an abortion and voted to block a bill that would have required
doctors who perform abortions to notify at least one parent before
performing an abortion on a minor girl from another state.
Yet, he wants you and me to believe that he wants to reduce abortions
as president.
If anything according to David O'Steen, executive director of
National Right to Life, "Based on his [Obama's] record he appears
to be the most pro-abortion candidate to ever seek the Presidency. It's
hard to be more pro-abortion than Hillary Clinton. but he seems to have
managed to do that" (PPLF, p.4)
In the Bible verse above we read, ‘and the
court allows’ which gives power to the courts.
Whoever wins this election, probably will get to appoint Supreme Court
Justices to fill vacancies that occur. The candidate we vote for will
determine what kind of Supreme Court Justices we will have who will play
a major role in the abortion legal fight. There are those who believe
that abortion should not be legislated but we see in Exodus, the
seriousness of injury to the unborn too!
Please join me in voting for McCain-Palin 08 who are Pro-Life and
have consistently showed that by their actions.
I believe helping to
save the lives of innocent unborn is one of the best things we can do in
this election more than trying to save our economy. God can take care of
the economy for us as we continue to fight for the unborn and moral
issues even if the situation right now looks bleak.
Only McCain can help make that a reality because Obama is so Pro-Choice
we may as well call him Dr. Death.
Abortion is not just a biblical issue but according to
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4217827/, there are medical, legal, and philosophical arguments against
abortion too.
Abortions may not directly affect you and me unless we know of someone
who has had an abortion but it is not about us and should not be about
us.
Let us be a voice for the innocent blood of babies that cry out
because they are being slaughtered without being brought into this
world. Only one presidential candidate will uphold this biblical value
of valuing the precious life of an unborn and it is John McCain.
But,
how can we base our entire vote on one issue you may be thinking?
This
is a major issue that affects the life of the unborn. Hypothetically
imagine the issue becomes persecution of followers of
Christ.
Hypothetically, if one candidate was willing to persecute Christians,
even if you agreed with that candidate on all the other issues he wanted
to implement, are you going to give him your vote?
We have Obama who does not seem to mind if the unborn are persecuted
to death the way he has voted. The unborn cannot fight for themselves
and need you to fight for them.
If you are for the life of the unborn,
please make your vote count this Nov 04, 2008 for McCain-Palin who do
not want to see the unborn slaughtered even if you have issues with other
non-moral issues. I believe when we are
for moral issues that are biblical, all the other things will fall in
place.
This
however does not mean the other issues do not mean much but there are
issues that should be at the forefront that are asking for our vote. The
candidates’ stance on abortion is a major issue for me and hope it is
for you too.
Abortion deals with the unborn.
According to Psalm 139 which I call the 'Birthday Psalm', the Lord is He who forms our body and it is not
up to any politician or doctor to kill the body that has been formed.
The Lord has
given us His Word as our instruction manual to live our lives. We need
to breathe in the Word of God and let it become a daily part of our
lives as breathing is. As we follow the Word of God, we will live
eternally with Jesus Christ!
The caring for the unborn is so crucial because God is the one that
created them inside a mother's womb with lifeblood.
“And
for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an
accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an
accounting for the life of his fellow man. "Whoever sheds the blood of
man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God
made man.” (Genesis 9:5-6, NIV)
In this
verse, the Lord tells Noah,
‘I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow
man.’
I
thought about what is considered ‘life of his fellow man’?
A life
of his fellow being is what came to mind. A being is someone in
existence. To be in existence there has to be a conception first.
God will demand an accounting for harming that ‘someone in
existence whose life has begun at conception by God's initiation
(Genesis 9:5-6 & Psalm 139)’.
Premise
1 is ‘Someone in existence.’
Premise
2 is ‘Life begins at conception.’
Since life begins at conception and someone in existence is
considered to be life then the unborn who are allowed to grow inside the mother’s womb
without any harm coming to them will be a living being inside and
outside the mother’s womb.
“For
you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are
wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when
I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths
of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for
me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm
139:13-16, NIV)
To kill
a living being inside a mother’s womb or outside a mother’s womb is
considered ‘shedding the blood’ of a living being.
Have you ever seen an
abortion performed or a botched abortion?
Have you ever seen how much
blood of the unborn is shed everyday?
When
Cain murdered Abel, God demanded an answer from Cain but God had not
given the law yet but expected Cain to know ‘the taking of a life’ is
wrong.
“Then the LORD said to Cain,
‘Where is your brother Abel?’ ‘I don't know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my
brother's keeper?’ ‘The LORD said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your
brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a
curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your
brother's blood from your hand.’ (Genesis 4:9-11)
How many doctors have stained their hands with the innocent blood of
the unborn! Their blood cries out but it is too late for them. But it is
not too late for those who are about to be aborted if we can intervene.
Abort means to terminate,
call off, put an end, cancel, abandon, call a halt, and stop midstream.
This is what doctors are doing to the life of the unborn like they were
trash being pulled from a mother’s womb and thrown out.
Rather
than thinking there is nothing we can do, the Lord has given us a voice
for the unborn. Many times that voice has to be used in legislation but
for legislation to work and come up, we need to put the right people in
office for that legislation to come up.
Right now among McCain and Obama, McCain is the only candidate that has spoken
consistently about promoting ‘a culture of life’ and being there for the
cries of the unborn by his Pro-Life voting record. McCain has already
voted for legislation that
recognizes the life of the unborn but more needs to be done.
When Obama states that McCain voted 95% of the time with Bush, he
does not tell you that some of these votes involved protecting the life
of the unborn.
According to PPLF, "In 2002, President George W. Bush signed
the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, ensuring that every infant born
alive, including those who had survived abortion, would be considered
persons under federal law. This law was designed to bring to an end the
heinous practice of letting infants die in hospitals following an
abortion procedure. The legislation was an antidote to the culture of
death mindset that has infiltrated some medical facilities" (PPLF, p.7)
President Bush whether you love him or hate him stated,
"Today, through sonograms and other technology, we can see clearly that
unborn children are members of the human family, as well. The Born Alive
Infants Protection Act is a step toward the day when every child is
welcomed and protected in law. It is a step toward the day when the
promises of the Declaration of Independence will apply to everyone, not
just those with the voice and power to defend their rights" (PPLF, p.7)
McCain voted for the Born Alive Infants Protection Act
which Obama voted against four times so please don't believe him when he
says he wants to reduce abortions. One time he was the only member of
the Illinois Senate to speak out against a state bill called the
'Infant Liability Induced Act'
Let his commitment be questioned when it is not based on the
credibility of his record.
According to PPLF, "In 2004, President Bush signed the Unborn
Victims of Violence Act, which provided that under federal law, any
person who causes death or injury to an unborn child should be charged
with a separate offense, in addition to any charges related to the
mother. The bill was also known as Laci and Conner's Law" (PPLF, p.7)
President Bush has stated, "His little soul never saw light,
but he was loved, and he is remembered. And his name is forever joined
with that of his mom in this statute, which is also known as Laci
and Conner's Law. All who knew Laci Peterson have mourned two deaths,
and the law cannot look away and pretend there is just one."
Once again McCain voted for the Unborn Victims of Violence Act
while Obama would have voted against this law too since he voted
against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.
The sad thing is Obama does not want to even admit when life begins
but dodged the issue at the Saddleback's Civil Forum on the
Presidency moderated by Pastor Rick Warren of the mega-church
Saddleback.
When Rev. Warren asked the question, "Now, let’s deal with
abortion; 40 million abortions since Roe v. Wade. As a pastor, I have to
deal with this all of the time, all of the pain and all of the
conflicts. I know this is a very complex issue. Forty million abortions,
at what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?"
Obama's response was, "Well, you know, I think that
whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a
scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you
know, is above my pay grade."
McCain's response was, "At the moment of conception.
(APPLAUSE). I have a 25-year pro-life record in the Congress, in the
Senate. And as president of the United States, I will be a Pro-Life
president. And this presidency will have Pro-Life policies. That’s my
commitment. That’s my commitment to you."
When it comes to the life of the unborn, having McCain in
the White House could bring us a little closer to having Roe v. Wade
overturned. The next president is more than likely to appoint at least
two Supreme Court Justices. If we have McCain in office, it is possible
that Roe v. Wade can be overturned in the future or all the Pro-Life
progress we have made can continue. This is why too so many people are
anti-McCain and anti-Palin rather than for Obama.
According to the PPLF, "The Pro-Life progress we've
enjoyed over the last decade proves one thing: having a Pro-Life
President and a Pro-Life Congress can make a tremendous difference in
public policies regarding life issues" (PPLF, p.7)
McCain has sided with Bush on many issues but before judging
McCain for siding with Bush, look at the policies McCain voted with Bush
to save the life of the unborn.
As followers of Christ, rather than voting for Obama, let us vote to
value the life of the unborn by voting for McCain.
As we have seen from the quotes in PPLF, a Pro-Life president does
make a huge difference and has already made a huge difference.
We are in danger of losing the Congress to a Pro-Choice majority and
if the presidency is given to a Pro-Choice president like Obama, his
first promise will be to enact into law FOCA which will increase the
destruction of the unborn and not reduce abortions.
Even if we do not agree with McCain on many issues, let us agree that
the life of the unborn is worth saving. Our vote can be for the life of
the unborn even if it is not for McCain by voting for McCain. I like to
think that I am voting for the innocent life of the unborn to have a
future. For that to happen, the presidential candidate that comes closer
to making that a reality is McCain.
“Have nothing to do with a false
charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will
not acquit the guilty.” (Exodus 23:7, NIV)
Yes, the economy is bad and we want to vote our pocketbooks but let
our strength be in the Lord and vote to protect the unborn.
"If you falter in times of trouble, how small
is your strength! Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those
staggering toward slaughter. If you say, "But we knew nothing about
this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he
who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to
what he has done?" (Proverbs 24:10-12, NLT)
Let us
not put another innocent life to death by voting for Obama. We need to
pray and do our part in this election seeking the Lord and going out in
prayer. For me I feel that there are some clear cut things. Saving the
life of the innocent unborn is the most important thing because first of
all they have been formed by God and what God made we have no right to
destroy if it goes against God’s Word.
“Do not give any of your
children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name
of your God. I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 18:21, NIV)
“If the people of the community
close their eyes when that man gives one of his children to Molech and
they fail to put him to death, I will set my face against that man and
his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who
follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.” (Leviticus 20:4-5, NIV)
The Lord wanted the ‘people of the community’ not to close their eyes
when their children were given to the Ammonite deity Molech for child
sacrifice. The Lord wants the people of the community to stand up to
anyone who are responsible for the sacrifice of children.
As followers of Christ we are a community of believers and we need to
stand up for the rights of the unborn.
Whether people like to acknowledge it or not, abortion is the
sacrifice of the unborn to the deity of convenience majority of the
time. As followers of Christ, we should open our eyes for the life of the unborn by
voting McCain-Palin
into office and waiting on the Lord.
By voting for Obama or not voting at all, Obama may come into office and
it could hurt the unborn who already have become a casualty of 40
million. In those days sacrifice to Molech continued until the right
king came along.
"He [King Josiah] desecrated
Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it
to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.” (2 Kings 23:10,
NIV)
"If
anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death.”
(Leviticus 24:17, NIV)
In the
Ten Commandments, the first four commandments deal with our vertical
relationship with the Lord but the next six commandments deal with our
horizontal relationship with mankind. Of those six commandments, the
first commandment to start out with ‘Thou shall not’ has to do with
murder.
I believe when the opportunity arises, McCain will protect the life
of the unborn if he is in office. All the laws that have been passed to
protect the unborn could be repealed if Obama gets into office because
he will probably have a free pass with the Congress.
I do not vote for McCain for my sake but for the sake of the unborn as I trust in
the Lord. I love a poem called
‘God and the Baby’ written by a Pitt student.
Please join me in voting for McCain-Palin 2008 this November 04, 2008
The next issue to be addressed will be GAY MARRIAGE.
