‘Thank God for Abortion Providers;’ Episcopal and
Methodist Clergy Bless Abortion Clinic
by Dr. Susan Berry 13 Oct 2015
Some ordained ministers are throwing their support behind
abortion providers. Last week, for example, clergy for Episcopal
and Methodist churches were among
religious leaders who gathered in Cleveland to bless an abortion clinic.
“I’m here today standing alongside my fellow clergymen and
clergywomen to say: thank God for abortion providers,” said Rev. Harry Knox,
president and CEO of Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice (RCRC) which supports abortion rights and what
it refers to as “abortion care.”
Knox, who is in a same-sex marriage, was the founding director
of the Human Rights Campaign’s Religion and Faith Program, the first program director
at Freedom to Marry, and executive director of Georgia Equality.
The Very Rev. Tracey Lind, dean of Trinity Episcopal
Cathedral, blessed the abortion clinic, saying, “Bless this
building. May its walls stand strong against the onslaught of shame thrown at
it. May it be a beacon of hope for those who need its services.”
The blessing event outside the Preterm abortion clinic was arranged
by Rev. Laura Young, a United Methodist minister who is executive director of
RCRC’s Ohio chapter,
reports the Columbus
Dispatch. Young calls
herself a “progressive theological thinker and a feminist,” and says
her goals include urging more clergy members to advocate for organizations that
provide abortions and contraception.
At the abortion clinic, clergy members held up signs that
read, “Pro-Faith, Pro-Family, Pro-Choice.”
Chrisse France, executive director of Preterm said, “At a
time when abortion care providers are under attack, we are so thankful to be
surrounded by the faith community as they share their powerful voices in saying
no to the shame and stigma.”
Same-Sex Marriage
Clifford S.
Asness supported Same-Sex Marriage
in New York, a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is a director at the International Rescue Committee.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the International
Rescue Committee, Media Matters,
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and Refugees International.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a contributor
for MoveOn.org, is the founder &
chairman for the Open Society
Foundations, and a director emeritus for the Refugees International.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
John
C. Danforth is a director at Refugees
International, an ordained minister for the Episcopal Church, and was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.
Marjorie B. Tiven
was a United Nations New York City
commissioner, and is Michael R.
Bloomberg’s sister.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is Marjorie B. Tiven’s
brother, was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, and an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Episcopal
Relief and Development is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
United
Nations Foundation is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
People
of the United Methodist Church is a partner with the United Nations Foundation.
Ted
Turner is the chairman for the United
Nations Foundation, the chairman for the Turner Foundation, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Cecile Richards
was a grant overseer for the Turner
Foundation, the founder & president for America Votes, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
Ilyse
Hogue is the president of NARAL
Pro-Choice America, a senior adviser for Media Matters, and was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and Howard
G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.
Howard
G. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s
son, and a director at the ONE Campaign.
Susan A. Buffett
is Warren E. Buffett’s daughter, and
a director at the ONE Campaign.
Episcopal
Relief and Development is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
People
of the United Methodist Church is a partner with the United Nations Foundation.
United
Nations Foundation is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Kofi
A. Annan is a director at the United
Nations Foundation, an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), and the United Nations secretary general.
John
C. Danforth was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations, is a director at Refugees International, and an ordained minister for the Episcopal Church.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and supported Same-Sex Marriage in New York.
Harold E. Ford Jr. was an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, is a political commentator for MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Karen
Finney is a frequent commentator for MSNBC,
and a board member for NARAL Pro-Choice
America.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
Cecile Richards
was the founder & president for America
Votes, a grant overseer for the Turner
Foundation, is the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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