On a cold January day, marking the 35th anniversary of legalized abortion in the U.S., a group of abortionists stood outside a brand new Planned Parenthood clinic in Schenectady, New York, and declared the site "sacred ground."
I kid you not.
While hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the "March for Life" in Washington, D.C., a news event almost completely uncovered by the secular media, this relatively small group of abortionists in an upstate town were fielding media questions and forwarding their warped agenda to a press corps representative of every media: television, radio, print and Internet.
As people of all ages and from all walks of life united in the nation's capitol to speak and demonstrate for the trampled lives of the silent slaughtered, the abortionists opened a new 18,000-square-foot killing facility to applause, blessings, and yes, even tears of gratitude and joy.
What is going on here? The opening ceremony, dubbed "On Sacred Ground," even featured a religious act: a Jewish rabbi and three Protestant ministers. It was almost like a bad joke. "Okay, a rabbi and these three ministers go into an abortion clinic…."
Except this was no joke.
"Today is about more than the building, and about bricks and mortar. It's a blessing to demonstrate the support of the clergy," Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Linda Scharf proudly told the media. "Clergy have long supported Planned Parenthood's mission…the clergy were instrumental in getting abortion services legalized in the United States and right here in Schenectady. I know a member of the clergy who was part of an underground who directed young women to safe abortions before Roe v. Wade."
Come again? The clergy in the U.S. have long supported abortion?
In yet another example of media bias, Ms. Scharf's sweeping, broad comments were accepted as, excuse the term, gospel, and were added to the plethora of lies that continue to prop up the abortion industry and make it possible for abortionists to legally go on murdering pre-born babies.
As the "blessing ceremony" continued, the Rev. Larry Phillips of Schenectady's Emmanuel-Friedens Church led the group in laying their hands on the building while declaring, "This is sacred ground, sacred and holy … where women's voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers … sacred ground where the violent voices of hatred and oppression are quelled."
The Rev. Abby Norton-Levering led the group in prayers for the center's doctors and staff. "We pray that you will make this a place of safety and give a sense of sanctuary," she said.
Rabbi Matt Cutler of Temple Gates of Heaven blew the shofar as "a renewal of commitment to keep reproductive rights in the hands of women." The Rev. Bill Levering, senior pastor of First Reformed Church of Schenectady, said the right to privacy is endowed by God. "There are some decisions that are left to the individual. Even God respects the right of privacy. We make women into children when we say they cannot control their own bodies," Levering said. Again, no challenges to the minister's questionable brand of "theology."
Where do we even start with this type of arrogance and effrontery? My initial response is "Get your hands off my faith!" How dare they use words such as sacred" and "holy" when the abortion industry has spent the past 35 years telling the public there is no place for the divine in the realm of women's' reproductivity. How dare they mock the obvious existence of God and then turn around and set up their own god, on their own terms!
But the fact is that even abortionists are looking for the divine. If this charade in Schenectady shows anything to pro-lifers it is that abortionists are not content to have the law of the land on their side. They hanker after having God's law on their side too.
Planned Parenthood has been placated, ignored, feared and yes, even supported by various religious institutions around the world. But since its inception, Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry it profits from has had one clear, unchanging enemy: the Catholic Church. If there is one religious entity that Planned Parenthood would sell what's left of its soul to have at its next grand opening ceremony, it's the Catholic Church.
While abortionists seek for divine justification, the Church seeks and teaches truth. As more Planned Parenthood death mills seek the trappings of dignity, the Church preaches the dignity of every human life. The two are on a collision course, and I'll give you one guess which will be triumphant in the end.
As surely as God made little green apples, and Lucifer perverts Divine Truth, abortionists will continue to claim more and more of the Christian faith as their own, on their own terms. They can't help themselves. Even abortionists yearn for God.
