Special Roe v. Wade Anniversary Edition

Happy Birthday!
I know what you mean. My birthday is a ‘national day of mourning’. I was born on November 22nd, the day that JFK was assassinated, and the day that C.S. Lewis died.

On the 30th “anniversary” of Roe v. Wade, I was teaching at a small Lutheran High School. We had chapel and the pastor asked everyone under 30 to stand up. Only the principal and one teacher remained seated. The pastor then pointed out that everyone standing could have been legally aborted under this decision. It was an eye-opening experience for those students to see that not only could they have lost classmates, they could have lost teachers.

Margaret Sanger was even banned by hitler.

(I read that somewhere . . . can anyone here reference it?)

At least John F. Kennedy did something good by appointing Byron White to the bench. He and Rehnquist were the only dissenters in the Roe v. Wade case. I think one can offer thanks to these two men as well as Henry Wade who argued to retain the restrictions by placing a flower on their graves tomorrow. A find-a-grave search will help you locate them. White’s grave is in Denver, Rehnquist’s is in Arlington and Henry Wade’s grave is in Dallas.

Happy to be a survivor, so very sad that so many of my peers’ lives and voices have been snuffed out so unnecessarily by this holocaust.

This is a national sin and we are all complicit in allowing Roe v. Wade to continue to stand.

Get involved quietly in local government now, please all you who are not pastors. Many quiet voices need you!

I’ll try that link again:

http://www.hausvater.org/mccorveywonbylove.php

For some reason you have to cut and paste it into your browser – but it’s worth it.

Happy Birthday Bror! Even on the darkest of days, there is always a bright spot.

A slight correction to the post – as Les Prouty already pointed out @ 3, the infamous decision came down in 1973, rather than 1974. An extra year during which our country has proclaimed the murder of innocent life as an unassailable constitutional right.

Christ’s love, communicated in actions and not just in words, transformed America’s most infamous abortion advocate into a Christian defender of purity and life. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if no one could ever hear the phrase “Roe v. Wade” without remembering “Jane Roe’s” repentance and Christ’s forgiveness?

Read this marvelous story at http://www.hausvater.org/mccorveywonbylove.php.

Even though Germany has a horrible stain because of Hitler and the Nazi’s, we still remember God’s mercy in sending Martin Luther and Johann Sebastian Bach from the land of Germany. While we must remember that date and mourn, there must be plenty of other blessings to celebrate on that date including your birthday, Bror. Thank you for your positive remark, Law & Gospel!

#19 Tom, yes, what really counts with Americans is the stock market, the economy and maintaining our spoiled life style. May God have mercy on us!