It's not a Catholic issue anymore. And with support from the mainstream churches, the opposition to pro-abortion policies and laws has become a formidable force. 145 Christian leaders from various denominations have united to oppose pro-abortion laws like those embedded in the health-care proposals.
Excerpt:
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: November 20, 2009
Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples.
“We pledge to each other, and to our fellow believers, that no power on earth, be it cultural or political, will intimidate us into silence or acquiescence,” it says.
The manifesto, to be released on Friday at the National Press Club in Washington, is an effort to rejuvenate the political alliance of conservative Catholics and evangelicals that dominated the religious debate during the administration of President George W. Bush. The signers include nine Roman Catholic archbishops and the primate of the Orthodox Church in America.
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