Write your Senator and Rep to Vote NO on FOCA

[CarlaL48]

Please email, call, write and/or fax your Senators and Representatives asking them to vote no on the Freedom of Choice Act, which allows for greater and more rampant barbarism to God's unborn children. You might even contact your governors to let them know where your allegiance lies. (Some heads are gonna' roll next election, I promise you!) Get your friends and relatives to do the same. Then come back and register that you've done it - perhaps sharing your letters as inspiration or models to follow. God bless you, all. Carla

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2020:

[CarlaL48]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112009.html

Obama Selecting the Most Anti-Life, Anti-Family Radicals He Can Find for Administration
President-elect unveils plans to dismantle federal legal protection for marriage

By Kathleen Gilbert

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In light of further actual and rumored appointments, Obama's future presidential administration is steadily emerging as a regime ominously packed with Obama insiders who promise to help roll out the carpet for the President-elect's radical anti-life and anti-family agenda.

Media outlets recently named Arizona governor Janet Napolitano as Obama's probable choice for secretary of Homeland Security.

An early Obama supporter and campaigner, Napolitano firmly established herself as an extreme abortion supporter by vetoing the partial birth abortion ban, and in one month she vetoed four anti-abortion bills. In 2005 NARAL warmly praised the governor for vetoing a bill that would have allowed Arizona pharmacies not to distribute the abortifacient morning-after pill due to a moral or religious objection.

Tom Dashcle has recently been named as the likely candidate for the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), an appointment Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said gives pro-lifers a "frightening glimpse" into the new Cabinet.

The former Democratic Senate majority leader gained notoriety for his liberal views on abortion when he opposed the partial-birth abortion ban, endorsed taxpayer-funded military abortions, and supported taxpayer funding to provide morning-after pills to young public school girls. Perkins also lamented that Daschle, a man with no experience in public health, is on track to become the ultimate authority on federal health issues.

One of the national co-chairs for Obama's presidential campaign, Daschle warmed early on to Obama and in 2007 gushed that the Illinois senator "personifies the future of Democratic leadership in our country."

Another likely future HHS member is Dr. Robin Alta Charo, a highly liberal professor of law and bioethics and former member of Clinton's Bioethics Advisory Commission, who was appointed to Obama's transition team Friday. Charo had been a member of Obama's pre-election team, where she managed science and health policy matters.

Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith took Charo's appointment as a further sign that the Obama administration "is going to push full speed ahead" with destructive embryonic stem-cell research. Charo once called Smith, who is a prominent pro-life advocate in the world of bioethics, a leader of "the endarkenment."

"We are entering very dark days," said Smith on the appointment.

Pro-abortion juggernaut Sen. Hillary Clinton, whose liberal views on just about every possible social issue are no secret, has also emerged as Obama's favored choice for Secretary of State.

Meanwhile, Mr. Obama is quickly establishing his public solidarity with the homosexual movement.

Obama recently laid out on his website a "civil rights agenda" that includes, to the satisfaction of homosexual lobbyists, the dismantling of legal protections for marriage. He intends to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the act that protects natural marriage that is currently enshrined in federal law, and accordingly opposes a federal Constitutional amendment to protect marriage.

Obama has also promised to expand "hate crime" enforcement and legislation by enacting the Matthew Shepard Act, which would allow a perceived bias against homosexuality to be prosecuted. Obama will also enforce non-discrimination in businesses regarding homosexuality, which could force business owners to hire a certain quota of homosexuals.

Finally, Obama's website confirms that the president-elect will push to open adoption to homosexual couples, and make military service more available to homosexuals.

According to gay news outlets, officials in the president-elect's transition team have so far assigned 7 openly homosexual individuals to transition review panels, 3 of which were high-ranking Clinton administration officials. Reports also say Obama is considering deputy campaign strategist and open homosexual Steve Hildebrand as the next Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, replacing Howard Dean.

[CarlaL48]

This is what I sent to Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, and Representative Joe Barton today. While it's not necessary that you editorialize on Obamarx like I did (...dishonest, contemptible hypocrite who panders...), I HAD to do it because the man is beyond repugnant to me. Carla


If you listen closely, you may hear the silent screams of the millions of babies who have been murdered since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. And if the Freedom of Choice Act is passed and enacted, those screams will crescendo to a deafening cry heard round the world from the most vulnerable and defenseless human constituency seeking mercy and justice.

President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed to all the country that the knowledge of when life begins is “above his pay grade.” Then how dare he presume to issue death sentences for any unborn baby, regardless of his/her place on the continuum of development. Obama is a dishonest, contemptible hypocrite who panders to the basest of special interest groups – those who exploit the weak to advance their own evil agendas.

Vote “no” on the Freedom of Choice Act and do your best to influence your colleagues to uphold and sanctify life, rather than trample this most precious gift from God.

[LauraSings]

This is why I joined this board - to unite my efforts with yours in opposing FOCA. I've recently become a grassroots activist - just over a week ago, a friend and I launched a new web blog which is dedicated for this one purpose: defeating FOCA and defending the unborn.

A lot of people are signing online petitions - frankly, I don't think those can be very effective because it's going to be nigh unto impossible to verify signatures, eliminate duplications, etc. Personal contact to your Senators and Congressmen will be much more effective.

I mocked up a template on how to write an effective letter for the benefit of people who are intimidated by the thought of doing it. I've included a copy of letters I've sent (by email and First Class Mail) to my senators - one Democrat and one Republican. Matt, my colleague, has posted some fantastic information about Action and Debate -

Please come visit our site at www.deliberateengagement.wordpress.com - leave a comment - let us know of additional resources we can post. I would love to collect more stories of women who have suffered through abortion - the rhetoric from Planned Parenthood is such deceitful mess!

Bless you all - I look forward to knowing you better and working more closely with you -

Laura

[Ringtail]

You can find your Senator's info at: http://www.senate.gov/

Jim DeMint
U.S. Senator
340 Russell
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator:

Your continued stand for life is admirable. Thank you for showing concern by introducing a bill to suspend RU-486. Even more notable was how you cosponsored the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Both actions stand as a testament to your position for life.

I am a student at the University of South Carolina; and as a young voter I’m concerned with the moral fiber of our nation. Thus I’m extremely encouraged when a leader and representative of our beloved state takes such a strong stand on issues that we as a people might later have to answer for. During The Call event that took place in D.C. this summer; a speaker named Lou Engle pointed out that the Declaration of Independence declares: “We 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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” Based on this statement life is determined by the moment of creation rather then the moment of birth. That being the case, an embryo or fetus is as much a created life as a born one. And, according to the Declaration of Independence the federal government was established to guard that life. It is therefore a shame how the federal government has upheld Roe v. Wade and taken tax payer’s money to support the destruction of created persons. And yet in spite of peer pressure and political correctness you, Senator, have stood firm for created life; that is why I will thank you ahead of time for not voting for the Freedom of Choice Act. Thank you, you have my vote and the support of many others that I know of.

Thank you for your fight against the injustice of abortion.

Sincerely,

[CarlaL48]

Originally Posted by LauraSings

This is why I joined this board - to unite my efforts with yours in opposing FOCA. I've recently become a grassroots activist - just over a week ago, a friend and I launched a new web blog which is dedicated for this one purpose: defeating FOCA and defending the unborn.

A lot of people are signing online petitions - frankly, I don't think those can be very effective because it's going to be nigh unto impossible to verify signatures, eliminate duplications, etc. Personal contact to your Senators and Congressmen will be much more effective.

I mocked up a template on how to write an effective letter for the benefit of people who are intimidated by the thought of doing it. I've included a copy of letters I've sent (by email and First Class Mail) to my senators - one Democrat and one Republican. Matt, my colleague, has posted some fantastic information about Action and Debate -

Please come visit our site at www.deliberateengagement.wordpress.com - leave a comment - let us know of additional resources we can post. I would love to collect more stories of women who have suffered through abortion - the rhetoric from Planned Parenthood is such deceitful mess!

Bless you all - I look forward to knowing you better and working more closely with you -

Laura

Welcome, Laura. You have our support and our prayers.

While I have emailed my reps on more than one occasion, I am thinking of employing the old snail mail for this issue - to send them letters at least once a week from me. If enough of us did this, I believe we'd inundate them with paper they couldn't ignore (it's too easy to hit delete in email).

Also, if you're not familiar with Father Pavone and PriestsforLife - please check them out.

Carla

[CarlaL48]

Originally Posted by Ringtail

You can find your Senator's info at: http://www.senate.gov/

Jim DeMint
U.S. Senator
340 Russell
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator:

Your continued stand for life is admirable. Thank you for showing concern by introducing a bill to suspend RU-486. Even more notable was how you cosponsored the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Both actions stand as a testament to your position for life.

I am a student at the University of South Carolina; and as a young voter I’m concerned with the moral fiber of our nation. Thus I’m extremely encouraged when a leader and representative of our beloved state takes such a strong stand on issues that we as a people might later have to answer for. During The Call event that took place in D.C. this summer; a speaker named Lou Engle pointed out that the Declaration of Independence declares: “We 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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” Based on this statement life is determined by the moment of creation rather then the moment of birth. That being the case, an embryo or fetus is as much a created life as a born one. And, according to the Declaration of Independence the federal government was established to guard that life. It is therefore a shame how the federal government has upheld Roe v. Wade and taken tax payer’s money to support the destruction of created persons. And yet in spite of peer pressure and political correctness you, Senator, have stood firm for created life; that is why I will thank you ahead of time for not voting for the Freedom of Choice Act. Thank you, you have my vote and the support of many others that I know of.

Thank you for your fight against the injustice of abortion.

Sincerely,

Excellent letter, dear Ring. You are an inspiration. I thank you and I KNOW God thanks you - your crowns are piling up.

Hugs,
Carla

[Ringtail]

Now all I got to do is mail it.

[CarlaL48]

Originally Posted by Ringtail

Now all I got to do is mail it.

I'll send you a stamp if you need it - just say the word.