‘Evangelicals for Life’ participants join Catholics in annual march

[CopyBoy]

WASHINGTON (RNS) The March for Life — an annual rally held for four decades to protest the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court that legalized abortion — has long been dominated by Roman Catholics.

But evangelical leaders expect that on Friday (Jan. 22), there will be more evangelicals walking beside them. That’s the result of Catholic and evangelical conservatives bridging the divide to work on issues of common concern, they said.
Several hundred evangelicals gathered on the eve of the rally at a hotel near the U.S. Capitol, pledging to join forces with Catholics in the anti-abortion effort.

religionnews.com/2016/01/22/evangelicals-life-participants-join-catholics-annual-march/

 

[Luz_Maria]

Not only that, but I have heard that many who were already in DC returned home when they found out that the public transportation system will close down early. Maybe early could mean 5:00 p.m. for buses? I sure do not know.

We must pray for the Marchers. The thread for the prayers is:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=13602878#post13602878

Blessings.

 

[on_the_hill]

An Evangelical coworker said her daughter’ s Christian high school had planned a bus trip but had to cancel.

 

[skeyes]

My Pastor who is with a group of young people from a Catholic High School went to the march. He said the march was great even though there were less people than in previous years. The group is not leaving Washington D.C. until Sunday, Lord willing.

Stan

 

[peter26]

In spite of the bad weather, it is still great that Catholics and Evangelicals were able to come together to campaign on this vital issue. We agree on a lot and are stronger together.

 

[JonNC]

religionnews.com/2016/01/22/evangelicals-life-participants-join-catholics-annual-march/

Lutherans for Life was represented, as well

Jon

 

[gazelam]

Keep fighting the good fight everyone.

 

[jschwartz]

The Catholic pro-life perspective slightly differs from that of other pro-life Christians. My understanding is that the church teaches that there is no exception made to save the life of the mother, whereas when confronted with such a choice, other Christians would allow, perhaps even require, abortion to save the life of the mother.

 

[ltwin]

The Catholic pro-life perspective slightly differs from that of other pro-life Christians. My understanding is that the church teaches that there is no exception made to save the life of the mother, whereas when confronted with such a choice, other Christians would allow, perhaps even require, abortion to save the life of the mother.

I think most evangelicals would want to leave that choice up to the mother and the father of the child. No evangelical would condemn a mother for choosing her child over herself, instead we would think her incredibly brave and loving. However, many evangelicals would not be comfortable condemning a mother who was not able to make that decision, and we certainly would not want the state mandating that any woman be forced to die so that her unborn child could live. In these unique and rare situations, the mother should be able to make that decision and live with the consequences.