Prominent evangelical Christians are urging churchgoers to strongly consider adoption or foster care, not just out of kindness or biblical calling but also to answer criticism that their movement, while condemning abortion and same-sex adoption, doesn't do enough for children without parents.
Well, that would be a start.
"In some people's minds, the church has been very pro-life up until the point of birth," said Michael Monroe, who co-founded an adoption and foster care ministry at Irving Bible Church outside Dallas. "I don't know if that's a completely fair observation. But a lot of people are saying it's not enough to be pro-life, we need to be pro-children, as well."
Is that because children are needed to be soldiers for future wars? Which, incidently, is not pro-life.
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As you know, this has been a major complaint of mine. I find the last statement you quoted very telling: "But a lot of people are saying it's not enough to be pro-life, we need to be pro-children, as well." The implication being, of course, that there's a difference between being pro-life and pro-children... because, after all, life ends at childbirth. *eyeroll*
You and I do see eye-to-eye on this. (Even with the eyeroll). ;-)
I have never understood how one type of killing is ok to do (even applauded), but another type is scorned as it's going to bring the end of civilization if it continues.
I guess some things we are just not supposed to understand.
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