 |
| Hawaii March for Life |
Thanks to Hawaii Right to Life and the Pearson Foundation of Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii is privileged to hear the interim president of Human Life International speak at several appearances this week.
 |
| Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula |
During the first talk held this past Friday at St. Ann's Church in Kaneohe, Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula, gave a powerful talk on the sanctity of life from beginning to end. He enjoined Catholics in good conscience not vote for any politician who is pro-abortion. In fact, Monsignor stated emphatically, that any person who votes for a pro-abortion candidate is endangering his own soul. We therefore have to duty to only vote pro-life. It is also our obligation and responsibility to inform others of the consequences of voting for anyone supporting abortion.
There are so many candidates running for office in Hawaii, who are pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and who are challenging pro-abortion incumbents. There is no excuse or reason for a Catholic Christian to vote for anyone not pro-life and pro-traditional marriage.
For more help in choosing the right candidates to vote for, check out:
1. Vote for Life Hawaii HRTL Executive Director Janet Grace, has personally interviewed each candidate and those who signed the pledge for life, have received Hawaii Right to Life's endorsement.
2. Hawaii Family Forum Voters Guide
3. Catholic Vote
4. Faithful Citizenship
Do not be misled by the local media who is trying to confuse Catholics by portraying the late Governor Burns as a strong Catholic who refused to push his personal beliefs on others in order to be a good governor.
..."Most notable was Burns' deeply conflicted decision in 1970 to allow a bill allowing abortion to become law in Hawaii without his signature. Burns was a committed Roman Catholic who personally considered abortion murder. But an elected governor, he said, "must never let his private political and religious convictions unduly influence his judgment as governor of all the people..."Read today's article What would Jack do?
Regardless of his faith, as governor to the state of Hawaii, Governor Burns had a duty to protect all Hawaii residents, especially the most vulnerable, the unborn.
In order to do my part to get the message of voting pro-life and pro-traditional marriage, which Monsignor also stated we have the duty to defend, I invited my son to be a guest blogger and to explain the importance of voting for life.
Message from Joey:
In this time of economic uncertainty and downturn, people may be voting solely on the basis of who has the best plan for raising the state or country out of the recession. It's a tempting thing to do, especially if you have been greatly affected by unemployment or inflation. I have to remind you all, however, not to put issues of money before the greater, more important, issue of abortion.
As Catholics, we believe that life begins at the moment of conception. It is at that moment that that a human being begins to exist, and, given nurturing and the safe environment of the mother's womb, is able to be born. As such, we find it to be a heinous crime against humanity to abort a child. An unborn child has committed no crime, yet is sentenced to death without due process: a violation of the fifth amendment. Abortion is similar to a lynching; it is the murder of an innocent human being just because someone doesn't want him or her alive.
A further tragedy is that many abortions are done specifically for financial reasons. Children are killed just because the parents feel they cannot afford to raise him or her. Despite alternatives to abortion, such as offering the child up for adoption, and the plethora of free support groups available for pro-life alternatives, women subordinate the importance of the right to life their child has to currency.
1. OptionLine 1-800-395-HELPLastly, as you may know, Hawaii's only daily paper has endorsed pro-abortion candidate for governor, Neil Abercrombie. [Read Abercrombie's Voting Record on Abortion] In a recent poll they stated that Abercrombie is leading Aiona, the pro-life candidate. They stated:
Option Line consultants refer each caller to a pregnancy resource center in her area for answers to questions about abortion, pregnancy tests, STD's, adoption, parenting, medical referrals, housing, and many other issues. The toll-free number is available to callers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers from across the country can reach a trained, caring person and then be connected to a pregnancy resource center near them for one-on-one help.
2. National Love Center 1-800-848-LOVE
National Life Center's 24-hour hotline directs you to the closest Crisis Pregnancy Center in the United States and Canada.
For more numbers, websites and places to go for help with pregnancies can be found at Priests for Life - There are Alternatives to Abortion!
This is what voters do when they vote for a candidate who they know is pro-abortion but whom they believe will help the economy more. They place the value of life below that of the value of money and finances. They've placed a numerical value on the life of an adult, not just an unborn child's. If an unborn child's full life with unlimited potential is worth a few years income and a vote, imagine how much less your own life is worth with your significantly diminished potential and years remaining.
The economy is important, yes, but protecting the life of the unborn is a much higher responsibility for not just Catholics, but all people. Neglecting such responsibility constitutes a grave sin against life.
"2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,"77 "by the very commission of the offense,"78 and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law.79 The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society."
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Abortion
I'm not going to give a lecture on economics here, but I can say that there are more Republicans who are both pro-life and have agreeable economic plans than there are Democrats with the same ideals. Do your research and make sure you do your part in protecting the right to life of the unborn children. In this year's election there are an unprecedented number of pro-life candidates. Do not diminish the value of life. Do not value money above the lives of the unborn children. Do not support abortion or politicians who support abortion. Life takes precedence above economic and financial issues.
"...But some were wary about Aiona's role as part of the Lingle administration and his ability to separate his strong Catholic faith from decisions on social policy...." from Abercrombie retains lead over Aiona.
What is wrong with a governor who respect life at all stages, from conception to natural death?
No comments:
Post a Comment