Msg # 403
Date: 15 Feb 92 18:40:45
From: Christopher Baker
To: All
Subj: Priest/King George is still at it [sigh] [Part I & Part II]
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nothing like using your official, supposedly secular, position to foist a
little more religion on the country. check this out...
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 6397 of December 20, 1991
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1992
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout our Nation's history, Americans
have treasured these timeless words from our
[whenever one of these Declaration of Independence: "We hold these
holy government types truths to be self-evident, that all men are
wants to tie the state created equal, that they are endowed by their
and religion together, Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
they ALWAYS drag out among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
this old chestnut.] of Happiness." These stirring words summarize
the fundamental moral vision of the United
States, a vision that affirms the inestimable
[sez who? Pastor dignity and worth of every human being, each
George? if this is HIS of whom is made in the image of God. They were
'vision', maybe he not words uttered lightly. Signers of the
needs a new Declaration pledged to uphold them with their
prescription on those lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
rose-colored glasses?]
[the occasion of further On this occasion, we reflect on the first and
perversion of our most fundamental right enumerated by our
Constitution, that is.] Nation's founders: the right to life.
[he's big on
fundamentalism, yes?]
[here comes the first
big distortion.]
Thomas Jefferson noted that "the God who gave us
[not that Pastor George life gave us liberty at the same time," and much
cares much about the of his writing reflects his belief that "the
liberty part.] care of human life and happiness, and not their
destruction, is the first and only legitimate
[Pastor George implies object of good government." Thus, respect for
Jefferson ever thought the sanctity of human life is deeply rooted in
about fetuses as 'human the American tradition.
life' thusly government
should be involved in
the 'right-to-life'
movement according to
Jefferson. that this
negates Jefferson's true
beliefs about government
intervention in privacy
matters doesn't faze ol'
King George.]
[obviously indicated by Thus, respect for the sanctity of human life is
the number of states deeply rooted in the American tradition.
with an active death
penalty. obviously
indicated by George's
cavalier attitude toward
women and minorities.
obviously indicated by
King George's charge of
the 'thousand points of
light brigade' into
Panama, Grenada and
Kuwait.]
Today we Americans are rightfully proud of our
[even though he has physicians and scientists, who have helped lead
gagged them from the way in the fight against disability and
speaking of abortion
even when health is at
issue. even though he
suppresses reports that
do not support his
flimsy premises.]
[still trying to get disease; proud of the thousands of American
some mileage out of his service members and volunteers who have responded
'sanctity of life' to calls for help around the world; and grateful
raids on other cultures]
[like protecting our to the many fire fighters and law enforcement
innocent citizens from officers who work to protect the public safety.
abuse and harrassment
fostered by right-wing
reactionaries such as
himself, i guess?]
These are just a few of the millions of Americans
who demonstrate, through their daily labors, our
[right on, George.] Nation's traditional reverence for human life.
While the United States boasts a long and
honorable tradition of respect for human life
and the rights of individuals, one key issue
[and why is it related to the sanctity of life is a divisive
devisive, George? one in America today: the issue of abortion.
because the vocal
minority want to run the
lives of those who wish
to make their own
choices that are supported
by the majority?]
Fewer than 20 years after the 1973 Supreme Court
ruling in Roe v. Wade, the prevalence of
[obviously, George, abortion on demand in the United States stands
since abortion on in stark contrast to our Nation's most deeply
demand is legal and held values and beliefs. While sincere persons
supported by the may disagree, my position is that the lives of
majority of Americans.] both the mother and child must be cherished and
protected.
[your 'position'? take
your 'position' and leave
it at home. it's not the
President's job to inject
his personal 'morality'
into government.]
Advances in science and technology continue to
[personality? c'mon, provide evidence that the child developing in
George. there hasn't the mother's womb is a distinct, living
been anything new in individual who bears all the basic attributes of
fetal development human personality.
studies that backs up
that assertion.
personality is a
condition of
consciousness and
awareness as well as
learning. are you
suggesting that a fetus
has a personality in
the womb?]
[it's ironic you'd use How terribly ironic that an
ironic.] unborn child in one medical facility may be
carefully treated as a patient while at another
facility--perhaps just a few blocks away--another
[metaphors won't mix, unborn child will become the innocent victim of
George.] abortion.
[i.e., religiously Women and men who operate crisis pregnancy
funded and motivated centers across the country recognize the fear and
anti-abortion terrorist
centers would be more
accurate. they've been
exposed on national
t.v.]
[and capitalize on it desperation that compel some women to consider
to an extreme of inter- abortion. Yet they also know that, in a Nation as
ference with choice.]
prosperous as ours, where people are known for
their open hearts and their unfailing generosity,
[and must be stopped by this tragic choice is unnecessary.
any means, right,
George?]
On this occasion, we acknowledge the selflessness
and compassion of all those volunteers who offer
emotional, physical, and financial support to
women facing crisis pregnancies. We also salute
[on pain of everlasting those courageous women who choose life for their
hell-fire or under unborn children and thank the dedicated
'crisis center'
coercion?]
[who aren't allowed to counselors, social workers, and other
talk about abortion as
a choice by the kind
and compassionate
administration that
puts women and other
minorities so high on
their list of protected
'life'?]
[the line's around the professionals who, where needed, offer
block in the inner city assistance in adoption. As a Nation, we must
filled with 'godly' continue to dismantle legal, financial, and
souls waiting to adopt attitudinal barriers to adoption, to make
the unwanted but forced adopting easier for families who want children
children.] and will give them loving homes--particularly
[of crack mothers and children with special needs.
HIV positive mothers who
were prevented from
choosing abortion? like
those with severe defect
or retardation or
terminal disease?]
[yep, the Republicans On this ninth National Sanctity of Human Life
have done this eight Day, let us renew our determination to ensure
times before. pretty
soon, they'll be using
this string of unopposed
preachments to claim a
precedent for the
continuing perversion of
our Constitution.]
[whoa! stop the that all, born and unborn, receive the protection
stop the presses! they and care they deserve. Together, let us choose
are exactly the same,
eh, George? too bad you
learned nothing from
those doctors and
scientists you were so
proud of earlier.]
[we'll give you all Together, let us choose life, so that America
the ordnance you can might always be known as a good and giving Nation,
eat in our respect for
human life.]
[so long as there is a nation where the stranger is welcomed and the
no thinking or choice
for him/herself.]
[usually to the needy are served with dignity and kindness.
establishment with
relish]
That is the sure and noble path chosen at our
[nice twist but no Nation's founding and the path to which we must
cigar] always return.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the
[both of which forbid United States of America, by virtue of the
your mingling of your authority vested in me by the Constitution and
religion in our state] laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
[why not just call it Sunday, January 19, 1992, as National Sanctity of
National Anti-Abortion Human Life Day. I call on all Americans to reflect
Day?]
[meaning fetal 'cause on the sanctity of human life in all its stages
that's a human being
just like you and i,
right, George?]
[the government is and to gather in homes and places of worship to
now, officially, give thanks for the gift of life and to reaffirm
telling you to
worship.]
[presumably to your
mother who didn't abort
you?]
[whether they are an our commitment to respect the life and dignity of
actual human being or every human being.
not]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
this twentieth day of December, in the year of
[we have no lords or our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-one, and of
ladies in this country.
that's one of the
reasons our forefathers
came over here in the
first place, George.]
[though our the Independence of the United States of America
independence is in the two hundred and sixteenth.
serious jeopardy with
this kind of religious
crap being legitimized
and accepted as
'harmless' ritual.]
Signed, George Bush
-30-
wake up America! it's not too late to stop this continuing perversion of our
laws and ideals! protest these religious intrusions into our government!
write letters! do it NOW!
TTFN.
Chris
--- DB B1056/001027
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