Forty years ago today the Supreme Court rendered its Roe v. Wade decision. Those who believe in the sanctity of human life and long to see America embrace a culture in which innocent life is honored and protected continue to look for a day when humanity is again deemed valuable, where we cherish even those who would be born in \u201cless than ideal circumstances.\u201d Children are our most precious resource and remain the greatest symbol of hope God has given us. This is just one reason why the annual March for Life has been such a powerful aspect of the pro-life movement. This year\u2019s event is Friday, January 25th, and once again a multitude of Americans will gather in Washington, D.C. to show their support for precious little ones.<\/p>\n
Our Founding Fathers declared: \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.\u201d However, since 1973, millions of children have been denied the basic right upon which all the others hinge: the right to life.<\/p>\n
Lately, President Obama has taken to boldly highlighting children in his speeches. Using kids as the backdrop for his gun control speech, the President claimed his commitment to young ones. \u201cIf there\u2019s even one life that can be saved, then we\u2019ve got an obligation to try,\u201d he said. He then outlined why gutting our Second Amendment is the means by which he believes we accomplish this. Every law-abiding citizen\u2019s heart is broken when children are the target of men hell-bent on committing acts of evil, and we agree that the safety and protection of innocent life is paramount.<\/p>\n
The hypocrisy of it all, however, is that while the President publicly acknowledges the value of \u201ceven one life\u201d when it advances his own political agenda, he fails to acknowledge as much when it comes to protecting the lives of children soon to be born. In that same speech, he proclaimed that \u201cwhen it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now.\u201d Well, who is more vulnerable than those who find themselves at the mercy of others to honor their existence and receive them into our world? Are these\u2014the truly vulnerable\u2014not worthy of the protection of which the President speaks? Why is it that their cause is never the subject of one of his lofty addresses to the nation? Has he ever even mentioned the March for Life that takes place in his own back yard and ought to be worthy of at least a scant mention? If indeed we have an obligation to save \u201ceven one life,\u201d when will we hear our President rally Americans to stand alongside women who find themselves in these less than ideal circumstances to offer the support they need, to encourage parents to choose life, and to promote the option of adoption? Instead, he has committed himself to the most liberal of abortion agendas\u2014so much so that as a Senator he couldn\u2019t even bring himself to support the Born Alive Act that would save the lives of babies ALREADY BORN and needing medical aid. Further, he believes taxpayers should betray their consciences by paying for his abortion agenda. This same President has stated he didn\u2019t want his daughters \u201cpunished with a baby,\u201d and remarked that it was \u201cabove my pay grade\u201d to answer a pastor\u2019s question: \u201cAt what point does a baby get human rights?\u201d Yet now we are to somehow believe that children are the priority in his current aggressive campaign against the Second Amendment?<\/p>\n
The President continued to herald his support of children in yesterday\u2019s inaugural speech. \u201cOur journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit, to the hills of Appalachia, to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm,\u201d he said\u2014and I agree. Nor is our journey complete, I would add, until all our children soon to be born are also \u201ccared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.\u201d The President, of course, did not include this, as it does not line up with his worldview or his party\u2019s platform. See, his commitment to our children is selective. When children in the womb are on the chopping block, the President is silent. When he places the Second Amendment, however, on the chopping block, children are his focus. Never mind the fact that his latest proposals would not protect them from evildoers and would, in fact, leave responsible, law-abiding citizens less able to protect them as well.<\/p>\n
Clearly, there is no shortage of hypocrisy coming out of Washington, and this is just one example. Americans can expect to be inundated with rhetoric and doublespeak for the duration of this administration. It is truly Orwellian. So it is absolutely imperative that we keep our eyes and ears open; don\u2019t allow yourselves to be sucked in or lulled to sleep. Our freedoms are being compromised, our common sense insulted, and our children exploited. We must be vigilant and engaged, and we must remain hopeful that a better day is coming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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