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This is off the Breitbart website and is being reported on other news channels.
Trump earlier proclaimed January 22 – the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade – to be “National Sanctity of Human Life Day,” a day when the nation “proudly and strongly reaffirms our commitment to protect the precious gift of life at every stage, from conception to natural death.”
The president said in his proclamation:
Every person — the born and unborn, the poor, the downcast, the disabled, the infirm, and the elderly — has inherent value. Although each journey is different, no life is without worth or is inconsequential; the rights of all people must be defended. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our Nation proudly and strongly reaffirms our commitment to protect the precious gift of life at every stage, from conception to natural death.
A defense of civil disobedience. "An unjust law is no law at all"
An important text for all pro-lifers. It was indeed written by MLK from jail to fellow clergy "who agreed that social injustices existed but argued that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the courts, not the streets. As a minister, King responded to these criticisms on religious grounds." Quote is from the wikipedia article about the letter.
On the crucial question of obeying "The Law" here is MLK's money quote:
The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all."
The whole letter can be found here - "Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]" - and doesn't take long to read - prints out at eight pages.
TRUMP’S RELIGIOUS LIBERTY REFORMS
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on public policy reforms issued by the Trump administration on January 16:
The public policy reforms governing religious liberty issued by the Trump administration are compelling and much needed. President Trump has proven once again that he is the most religion-friendly president in the modern era.
The Trump administration has provided a much-needed corrective to the draconian directives promulgated by the previous administration: the role of religious liberty under President Obama was diminished to such an extent that it all but neutered the free exercise of religion in public policy programs. Trump has reversed this condition, awarding religious liberty the kind of breathing room it deserves, both morally and legally.
There are three areas of public policy affecting religious liberty that have been targeted for reform by the Trump administration: faith-based programs; higher education; and religious institutions.
While the directives that have been issued are tailored to each of these three sectors, there are two elements that are common to all of them: religious institutions will not be afforded a second-class status any longer and their autonomy will be protected.
The Trump administration wants to end the invidious practices of discriminating against religious institutions and associations that were instituted by the Obama administration. Any institution that does not treat religious institutions as the equal of secular institutions will be faced with the prospect of having federal funds terminated.
Religious autonomy is another feature of these reforms. For instance, the state cannot force religious associations to jettison their religious character as a condition of federal aid. Regrettably, this has been done, the effect of which has been to secularize these entities. What is the sense of having a religious institution if it cannot freely exercise its religious prerogatives?
In effect, the Trump administration is going to continue its efforts to put an end to the animus against religious institutions that characterized the Obama administration.
As is customary, the public is being given 30 days to comment on these proposals. I will submit a detailed account of the Catholic League’s problems with the Obama administration in its handling of faith-based programs, and the need for the kinds of reforms as outlined in the new directives. We will make public our input.
St. Augustine bus partially sponsored by Hudson Valley Coalition for Life. Theme of this year's March is “Life Empowers: Pro-life is Pro-woman."
The bus will be leaving St. Augustine's at 6AM. Here are two contact persons for the bus -
Peter Marengo (914) 271-2520 or (914) 629-9507
" Assisted Suicide is INEVITABLY followed by Mercy Killing and Euthanasia. Learn how to FIGHT IT successfully."
To make last minute arrangements call Ed at 914-271-5585.
Join us on January 14, 2020 at the New York Statehouse in Albany, NY. We will be having a training session from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
Speakers: Alex Schadenberg, EPC Founder and Executive Director Nancy Elliott, Chairman, EPC-USA Dr. Paul Saba, co-founder and co-president of the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice. Dawn Eskew, Founder, New York Against Assisted Suicide.
Register at: www.epc-usa.org Or email your name, address, email address and phone number to info@epc-usa.org
Conference is complementary, but feel free to send a tax deductible donation.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) since 1999, Chairperson for EPC-International and is a world renowned author, speaker and film producer. Nancy Elliott is the Chair of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition USA, former 3 term New Hampshire State Representative, on the board of EPCInternational and has worked with life ending issues for 15 years.
Dawn C. Eskew Is a native of NY and founder of New York Against Assisted Suicide, Inc. She has been educating NY on the bad policy of Assisted Suicide.
Dr. Paul Saba is a Physician from Montreal, Canada. He is co-founder of the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice and a leader in the fight against Euthanasia