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I have many gay and lesbian friends, some of which are extremely spiritual and very much believe in the word of God. While I think that every denomination has the right to hold fast to their beliefs I think you could also argue that it is resulting in a decline numbers within their respective churches.


Tis true. Many people are willing to compromise the true faith for the sake of political correctness. But as the good Dr. Jerry Kulah said in his letter posted above, "The Christian Church, bought and birthed with the blood of Jesus Christ is not and cannot be a social club; it cannot be directed by any form of political activism that contradicts the teachings of Scripture."

Many so called churches today are not any kind of church at all. The [American] United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church USA, and others have departed from the bible and have made their own rules - ordaining women preachers, claiming sanctity of gay marriage, and affirming homosexuality as non-sinful, among other things. In so doing, they have ceased to be churches, though there may be some Christians yet left in them. These places have become what Paul wrote to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:3) "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires."


It's interesting to me that the while Presbyterians, and now the Methodists, try to be more "relevant" they appear to be losing members. OTOH, Evangelicals who take the Bible as the inerrant word of God are building Mega Churches and filling the pews on Sunday.
 
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Kevmo, I want to ask you one question. Do you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God? If you do, Im trying to understand your stance. We, as Christians, are called to love every person. But we are also to guide every person to repent and trust Christ for our forgivess of our sins, which we are all guilty. Jesus spent plenty of time with tax collectors and prostitutes and was attacked by the Pharisees for it. But Christ never ignored their sin. His words were that he came, like a doctor spend His time with the sick, to seek and save the lost. That doesnt mean that He ignored their sin.
We are to love and try to point every sinner, no matter what the sin, to Christ, but we are certainly NOT commanded to ignore scripture and endorse a lifestyle that is clearly in opposition to scripture.
 
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I could not disagree more.

Reason is the basis of a moral society. You cannot reason me into gassing Jews (your example).

Religion has been used to rationailze plenty of evil in the past.

There are plenty of people who believe in a creator, & don’t believe being gay (or other factors) makes them immoral. I couldn’t care less what the gays do, as long as they leave me alone. The Methodit’s have a right to run their organization however they want, I could care less. I don’t need a preacher telling me anything.


Moral reasoning is the basis of a moral society—-reason alone cannot lead you to morality. The debate being discussed here is over what is moral within the Christian church so it only makes sense within that context, as you correctly point out.
 
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I am from a multi-generational Methodist family, and I have been a United Methodist since it started in 1968, when I was a young boy.

The UMC Book of Discipline has been clear for several years, banning self-avowed, practicing homosexuals from serving as leaders in the church, but it has not precluded them from being members.

By the LGBT Alphabet Soup Group's logic, if they demand to serve as laity, pastors, and higher, then they should have no problems with having self-avowed, practicing pedophiles in charge of the nursery and minor children at church. Of course, I say this sarcastically.

One thing I noticed, while reading several news articles and internet posts, that all photographs of the homosexuals at the conference showed them wearing their "Rainbow" garb. That in itself shows a severe character flaw, drawing attention to them and their self-worship, than to the worship of the Most High. JMHO, YMMV.
 
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Oddly enough, this is the same church I stopped attending, because it supports abortion...


FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion


Sophistry.


care to explain this please?
 
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Oddly enough, this is the same church I stopped attending, because it supports abortion...


FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion


Sophistry.


care to explain this please?


Sure. But understand I come from the perspective that abortion is murder. You may not.

If abortion is murder and you are not pro life but rather for an individual's right to choose to murder, what is the functional difference? Let's look at it this way. If you are not a murderer but think others should have the right to so do it, is that an innocent position? I say no and to try to navigate that morality with sophistry is borderline cowardice. You either protect or advocate for the defense of the innocent and helpless or you don't.



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Pro-choice does not have to be pro-abortion.

Women can choose not to get pregnant by various methods. Just as they can choose to get pregnant.

Husband and wife discuss whether, or not, to get pregnant then based on that decision take the appropriate action.

Equally, they can decide not to get pregnant and take the appropriate action.

Abortion is not a method of birth control, it is plain murder of the unborn child.


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This guy gets it.



This guy is Dr. Jerry Kulah. He is Dean of Gbarnga School of Theology, United Methodist University in Liberia.


I just pretty much learned who this guy was. I must admit, I did not expect this kind of biblical clarity coming out of Africa. (To which I confess and repent.) I want to hear more from him. He seems to be a real light in the darkness of the apostasy that American "churches" have exported to Africa. I'm not sure what the modified traditional plan is that he speaks of, but if it is truly biblical, it seems that would be the only corect plan to follow. Here is the full text of his speech. it's amazing:

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23 February 2019
Brothers and sister of The United Methodist Church from all around the world, I humbly greet you in the strong name of Jesus Christ!

We thank God for all who have participated in observing a sacred season of fasting and prayer as we have prepared for this special General Conference session. And we praise God there are thousands upon thousands still on bended knees interceding on our behalf as we make a defining decision regarding the future of The United Methodist Church.

I thank God for His precious Word to us, and I thank him for you, my dear sisters and brothers in Christ.

As the General Coordinator of UMC Africa Initiative I greet you on behalf of all its members and leaders. We want to thank the Renewal and Reform Coalition within the United Methodist Church for the invitation to address you at this important breakfast meeting.

As I understand it, the plans before us seek to find a lasting solution to the long debate over our church’s sexual ethics, its teachings on marriage, and it ordination standards.

This debate and the numerous acts of defiance have brought the United Methodist Church to a crossroads (Jeremiah 6:16).

One plans invites the people called United Methodists to take a road in opposition to the Bible and two thousand years of Christian teachings. Going down that road would divide the church. Those advocating for the One Church Plan would have us take that road.

Another road invites us to reaffirm Christian teachings rooted in Scripture and the church’s rich traditions.

It says, “All persons are individuals of sacred worth, created in the image of God,” that “All persons need the ministry of the Church,” and that “We affirm that God’s grace is available to all.”

It grounds our sexual ethics in Scripture when it says, the UM Church does “not condone the practice of homosexuality and considers [it] incompatible with Christian teaching.”

While “we commit ourselves to be in ministry for and with all persons,” we do not celebrate same-sex marriages or ordain for ministry people who self-avow as practicing homosexuals. These practices do not conform to the authentic teaching of the Holy Scriptures, our primary authority for faith and Christian living.

However, we extend grace to all people because we all know we are sinners in need of God’s redeeming. We know how critical and life changing God’s grace has been in our own lives.

We warmly welcome all people to our churches; we long to be in fellowship with them, to pray with them, to weep with them, and to experience the joy of transformation with them.

Friends, please hear me, we Africans are not afraid of our sisters and brothers who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, questioning, or queer. We love them and we hope the best for them. But we know of no compelling arguments for forsaking our church’s understanding of Scripture and the teachings of the church universal.

And then please hear me when I say as graciously as I can: we Africans are not children in need of western enlightenment when it comes to the church’s sexual ethics. We do not need to hear a progressive U.S. bishop lecture us about our need to “grow up.”

Let me assure you, we Africans, whether we have liked it or not, have had to engage in this debate for many years now. We stand with the global church, not a culturally liberal, church elite, in the U.S.

We stand with our Filipino friends! We stand with our sisters and brothers in Europe and Russia! And yes, we stand with our allies in America.

We stand with farmers in Zambia, tech workers in Nairobi, Sunday School teachers in Nigeria, biblical scholars in Liberia, pastors in the Congo, United Methodist Women in Cote d’Ivoire, and thousands of other United Methodists all across Africa who have heard no compelling reasons for changing our sexual ethics, our teachings on marriage, and our ordination standards!

We are grounded in God’s word and the gracious and clear teachings of our church. On that we will not yield! We will not take a road that leads us from the truth! We will take the road that leads to the making of disciples of Jesus Christ for transformation of the world!

I hope and pray, for your sake, that you will walk down that road with us. We would warmly welcome you as our traveling companions, but if you choose another road, we Africans cannot go with you.

The vast majority of we Africans support the Modified Traditional Plan for two very important reasons.

First, we believe it is clearly rooted in Scripture and the teachings of Christians in all times and in all places. It reaffirms our church’s belief that “marriage is defined as a sacred relationship between one man and one woman,” not between any two consenting adults.

Second, passage of the Modified Traditional Plan will keep far more United Methodists united as one church than any of the other plans.

I want to be united with my sisters and brothers in our global connection. I hope you want that as well. Let us all walk together in a church steeped in Scripture and the life transforming teachings of our church.

Finally, I trust you will support a gracious exit petition.

Some Africans have been told that if a gracious exit petition is passed our evangelical friends in the U.S. will go their own way and no longer support efforts in Africa. That is not true.

Many of us in Africa have developed deep and long lasting friendships with our brothers and sisters in the U.S. Those relationships will not be severed if a gracious exit petition passes.

Unfortunately, some United Methodists in the U.S. have the very faulty assumption that all Africans are concerned about is U.S. financial support. Well, I am sure, being sinners like all of you, some Africans are fixated on money.

But with all due respect, a fixation on money seems more of an American problem than an African one. We get by on far less than most Americans do; we know how to do it. I’m not so sure you do. So if anyone is so naïve or condescending as to think we would sell our birth right in Jesus Christ for American dollars, then they simply do not know us.

We are seriously joyful in following Jesus Christ and God’s holy word to us in the Bible. And in truth, we think many people in the U.S. and in parts of Europe could learn a great deal from us. The UM churches, pastors and lay people who partner with us acknowledge as much.

Please understand me when I say the vast majority of African United Methodists will never, ever trade Jesus and the truth of the Bible for money.

We will walk alone if necessary, and yet we are confident the ties of Christian fellowship we have with friends here in U.S. will not be severed even if they too must walk apart from a church that would adopt the One Church Plan.

We believe all local churches should be treated fairly and so we strongly support a gracious exit plan.

Friends, not too long ago my country was ravaged by a terrible civil war. And then we faced the outbreak of the Ebola virus. We are keenly familiar with hardship and sorrow, but Jesus has led us through every trial. So nothing that happens over the next few days will deter us from following Him, and Him alone.

We will persevere in the race before us. We will remain steadfast and faithful. And some day we will wear the victor’s crown of glory with our King Jesus! Come walk with us!


In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen!


Wow, and amen.


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I know some evangelical theologians and preachers in Malawi, and have been to a Langham conference where we heard speakers from a number of African and other “third-world” countries, and I was much impressed.
My brother, a retired United Methodist minister, has long been on the other side of this debate and is very proud of it; I don’t agree with him but love him still.
It’s sad that the political agenda of one political party is carried over unchanged into the theological discussions of a once-great Protestant denomination.


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Oddly enough, this is the same church I stopped attending, because it supports abortion...



FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion


Sophistry.


care to explain this please?


Sure. But understand I come from the perspective that abortion is murder. You may not.

If abortion is murder and you are not pro life but rather for an individual's right to choose to murder, what is the functional difference? Let's look at it this way. If you are not a murderer but think others should have the right to so do it, is that an innocent position? I say no and to try to navigate that morality with sophistry is borderline cowardice. You either protect or advocate for the defense of the innocent and helpless or you don't.


I understand and believe that you have your right to your beliefs however mine are different and for the sake of this post I am not speaking to the recent late term developments. I do believe in pro choice and strongly believe that it is nothing anyone truly wants to do. My daughter has volunteered at Planned parenthood for several years in trying to get an outreach program started to educate on birth control as the "just don't have sex" plan is not working. Abortions are a small fraction of what what PP offers but, on weekend mornings my little girl will go to clinics and help escort women, many of which are dealing with the hardest decision they will ever have to make, past shouting assholes that want to make a bad day even worse. I do strongly believe that abortion should not be a replacement for lazy birth control habits but as a man it is not my choice.
 
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I do strongly believe that abortion should not be a replacement for lazy birth control habits but as a man it is not my choice.


Just a logical point:
If abortion is immoral, then it is immoral whether you are a man or a woman, and you can/should speak out against it whether you are a man or a woman.
So the "as a man I can't speak" thing is obviously just faulty logic.
Not necessarily you, but the Liberal-Left tries to limit dissent using this tactic frequently. You simply can't say anything if you are a White, male, cis-gendered, heterosexual Christian. Wink

Second logical point:
"The just don't have sex plan isn't working"
That is actually false. The rates of teen pregnancy and abortion from 1900-today are easily googled. They have always been "a problem", but it was a VERY SMALL PROBLEM until liberal ideology started emphasizing sex-education while omitting morality education. The fact that it continues to now grow as a problem, of course, means that they clamor for more funding for more sex education that teaches that there are 72 genders, etc.
It is the classic post-modern, progressive vortex of failure.
They used a small problem to justify progressive policy intervention that makes the problem bigger, so they justify more intervention!
Abstinence and traditional "repressive" morality teaching actually worked very well. They just weren't perfect, as nothing is. They idea that "Well, nobody can resist sex" just excuses promiscuous sexual activity.
Most of human history has been severe shaming of adulterers, unwed mothers, and "bastards" for good reasons. There are some things that you should be ashamed of and should be strongly discouraged, with fear of diseases, etc. Fear and shame are a lot more "natural" than adultery or unwed pregnancy. Fear and shame serve very good purposes in the human psyche. They keep you from getting killed and keep you from making life-changing mistakes.

And tying it back in to the earlier conversation: the human mind can rationalize anything...even that you can't resist sex, so why bother to urge people to ?


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So the "as a man a can't speak" thing is obviously just faulty logic.


Particularly when the man is the father who doesn't want the abortion. It's quite frustrating seeing a man think he has no say, and it's discouraging that standing law supports this. I try not to take despair, instead taking comfort that God is not sitting on his hands.



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Abortions are a small fraction of what what PP offers but, on weekend mornings my little girl will go to clinics and help escort women, many of which are dealing with the hardest decision they will ever have to make, past shouting assholes that want to make a bad day even worse.

This statement is false.
Planned parenthood repeats it over and over, ad nauseum, but abortion is what they are all about. You can't go to Planned parenthood and get a mammogram. They don't do adoption counseling. Sure, they might give out some condoms and call that a 'service' but they are all about abortion. Without abortion they wouldn't exist.
What really irritates me the most is that I am forced to subsidize them to the tune of over $500 million in taxpayer dollars. Then... they turn around and give money to Democrat candidates.



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Oddly enough, this is the same church I stopped attending, because it supports abortion...



FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion


Sophistry.


care to explain this please?


Sure. But understand I come from the perspective that abortion is murder. You may not.

If abortion is murder and you are not pro life but rather for an individual's right to choose to murder, what is the functional difference? Let's look at it this way. If you are not a murderer but think others should have the right to so do it, is that an innocent position? I say no and to try to navigate that morality with sophistry is borderline cowardice. You either protect or advocate for the defense of the innocent and helpless or you don't.


I understand and believe that you have your right to your beliefs however mine are different and for the sake of this post I am not speaking to the recent late term developments. I do believe in pro choice and strongly believe that it is nothing anyone truly wants to do. My daughter has volunteered at Planned parenthood for several years in trying to get an outreach program started to educate on birth control as the "just don't have sex" plan is not working. Abortions are a small fraction of what what PP offers but, on weekend mornings my little girl will go to clinics and help escort women, many of which are dealing with the hardest decision they will ever have to make, past shouting assholes that want to make a bad day even worse. I do strongly believe that abortion should not be a replacement for lazy birth control habits but as a man it is not my choice.


Like I said before, sophistry.



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This guy gets it.



This guy is Dr. Jerry Kulah. He is Dean of Gbarnga School of Theology, United Methodist University in Liberia.


I just pretty much learned who this guy was. I must admit, I did not expect this kind of biblical clarity coming out of Africa. (To which I confess and repent.) I want to hear more from him. He seems to be a real light in the darkness of the apostasy that American "churches" have exported to Africa. I'm not sure what the modified traditional plan is that he speaks of, but if it is truly biblical, it seems that would be the only corect plan to follow. Here is the full text of his speech. it's amazing:

quote:

23 February 2019
Brothers and sister of The United Methodist Church from all around the world, I humbly greet you in the strong name of Jesus Christ!

We thank God for all who have participated in observing a sacred season of fasting and prayer as we have prepared for this special General Conference session. And we praise God there are thousands upon thousands still on bended knees interceding on our behalf as we make a defining decision regarding the future of The United Methodist Church.

I thank God for His precious Word to us, and I thank him for you, my dear sisters and brothers in Christ.

As the General Coordinator of UMC Africa Initiative I greet you on behalf of all its members and leaders. We want to thank the Renewal and Reform Coalition within the United Methodist Church for the invitation to address you at this important breakfast meeting.

As I understand it, the plans before us seek to find a lasting solution to the long debate over our church’s sexual ethics, its teachings on marriage, and it ordination standards.

This debate and the numerous acts of defiance have brought the United Methodist Church to a crossroads (Jeremiah 6:16).

One plans invites the people called United Methodists to take a road in opposition to the Bible and two thousand years of Christian teachings. Going down that road would divide the church. Those advocating for the One Church Plan would have us take that road.

Another road invites us to reaffirm Christian teachings rooted in Scripture and the church’s rich traditions.

It says, “All persons are individuals of sacred worth, created in the image of God,” that “All persons need the ministry of the Church,” and that “We affirm that God’s grace is available to all.”

It grounds our sexual ethics in Scripture when it says, the UM Church does “not condone the practice of homosexuality and considers [it] incompatible with Christian teaching.”

While “we commit ourselves to be in ministry for and with all persons,” we do not celebrate same-sex marriages or ordain for ministry people who self-avow as practicing homosexuals. These practices do not conform to the authentic teaching of the Holy Scriptures, our primary authority for faith and Christian living.

However, we extend grace to all people because we all know we are sinners in need of God’s redeeming. We know how critical and life changing God’s grace has been in our own lives.

We warmly welcome all people to our churches; we long to be in fellowship with them, to pray with them, to weep with them, and to experience the joy of transformation with them.

Friends, please hear me, we Africans are not afraid of our sisters and brothers who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, questioning, or queer. We love them and we hope the best for them. But we know of no compelling arguments for forsaking our church’s understanding of Scripture and the teachings of the church universal.

And then please hear me when I say as graciously as I can: we Africans are not children in need of western enlightenment when it comes to the church’s sexual ethics. We do not need to hear a progressive U.S. bishop lecture us about our need to “grow up.”

Let me assure you, we Africans, whether we have liked it or not, have had to engage in this debate for many years now. We stand with the global church, not a culturally liberal, church elite, in the U.S.

We stand with our Filipino friends! We stand with our sisters and brothers in Europe and Russia! And yes, we stand with our allies in America.

We stand with farmers in Zambia, tech workers in Nairobi, Sunday School teachers in Nigeria, biblical scholars in Liberia, pastors in the Congo, United Methodist Women in Cote d’Ivoire, and thousands of other United Methodists all across Africa who have heard no compelling reasons for changing our sexual ethics, our teachings on marriage, and our ordination standards!

We are grounded in God’s word and the gracious and clear teachings of our church. On that we will not yield! We will not take a road that leads us from the truth! We will take the road that leads to the making of disciples of Jesus Christ for transformation of the world!

I hope and pray, for your sake, that you will walk down that road with us. We would warmly welcome you as our traveling companions, but if you choose another road, we Africans cannot go with you.

The vast majority of we Africans support the Modified Traditional Plan for two very important reasons.

First, we believe it is clearly rooted in Scripture and the teachings of Christians in all times and in all places. It reaffirms our church’s belief that “marriage is defined as a sacred relationship between one man and one woman,” not between any two consenting adults.

Second, passage of the Modified Traditional Plan will keep far more United Methodists united as one church than any of the other plans.

I want to be united with my sisters and brothers in our global connection. I hope you want that as well. Let us all walk together in a church steeped in Scripture and the life transforming teachings of our church.

Finally, I trust you will support a gracious exit petition.

Some Africans have been told that if a gracious exit petition is passed our evangelical friends in the U.S. will go their own way and no longer support efforts in Africa. That is not true.

Many of us in Africa have developed deep and long lasting friendships with our brothers and sisters in the U.S. Those relationships will not be severed if a gracious exit petition passes.

Unfortunately, some United Methodists in the U.S. have the very faulty assumption that all Africans are concerned about is U.S. financial support. Well, I am sure, being sinners like all of you, some Africans are fixated on money.

But with all due respect, a fixation on money seems more of an American problem than an African one. We get by on far less than most Americans do; we know how to do it. I’m not so sure you do. So if anyone is so naïve or condescending as to think we would sell our birth right in Jesus Christ for American dollars, then they simply do not know us.

We are seriously joyful in following Jesus Christ and God’s holy word to us in the Bible. And in truth, we think many people in the U.S. and in parts of Europe could learn a great deal from us. The UM churches, pastors and lay people who partner with us acknowledge as much.

Please understand me when I say the vast majority of African United Methodists will never, ever trade Jesus and the truth of the Bible for money.

We will walk alone if necessary, and yet we are confident the ties of Christian fellowship we have with friends here in U.S. will not be severed even if they too must walk apart from a church that would adopt the One Church Plan.

We believe all local churches should be treated fairly and so we strongly support a gracious exit plan.

Friends, not too long ago my country was ravaged by a terrible civil war. And then we faced the outbreak of the Ebola virus. We are keenly familiar with hardship and sorrow, but Jesus has led us through every trial. So nothing that happens over the next few days will deter us from following Him, and Him alone.

We will persevere in the race before us. We will remain steadfast and faithful. And some day we will wear the victor’s crown of glory with our King Jesus! Come walk with us!


In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen!


Wow, and amen.


I like Dr. Kulah. He appears to have his head on straight. Unlike many of the "enlightened" ministers over here. The Methodist Church has a lot of Leftists in the hierarchy who have been changing things for the worse over the years.


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...I was asked last summer if I would have any issues doing a same sex marriage and my stance was that I have zero issues with it.

You would be going directly against the words of Christ in Matthew 19:4-6 where He defines marriage as being between one man and one woman.

If you are not performing a union as a Christian minister, then please excuse my post.


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Oddly enough, this is the same church I stopped attending, because it supports abortion...


FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion

Oh no, as a recovering liberal I can say unequivocally that it is pro-abortion. There's no middle ground; one is either against murder or they are for murder.

It's not okay, and definitely not logical, to say one is against committing murder personally but is okay with others committing murder. "Pro choice" like every leftist position or slogan, is idiotic to the core.



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FYI - Pro choice is not pro abortion


Horse pucky! The only reason the phrase "pro-choice" even exists is because of abortion.
 
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Abortions are a small fraction of what what PP offers


You actually believe that bullshit?

328,348 babies killed in 2015-2016 (roughly 900 murders a day)

332,757 babies killed in 2017-2018 (911 murders a day)

They made $1.66 billion revenue off the abortions.


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