Anti-abortion project aimed at Obama
“The Birmingham Letter Project,” an anti-abortion initiative, is to be launched in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21-24, 2009 — the week of the inauguration for president-elect Barack Obama.
The project by the Christian Defense Coalition, was announced today in a Christian Newswire news release.
The statement said the focus of the project will be “to mobilize a public, prayerful and prophetic witness for life to challenge the radical pro-abortion policies of President-elect Barack Obama.”
The project will use the principles taught by Martin Luther King in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and the teachings of Scripture to unleash and empower the pro-life community to publicly stand against the horrific violence of abortion, the statement said.
“Sadly, America has elected the most pro-abortion President in America history. It is clear that Mr. Obama will continue the tragic violence against our nation’s women and children which has resulted in over 50,000,000 abortions,” the Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in the prepared statement.
“We are taking to heart the admonition of Dr. King when he said from a Birmingham jail, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,’ and will passionately devote ourselves toward bringing this war on America’s children to an end.”
Mahoney said the project will bring anti-abortion advocates to Washingto as Obama is sworn in “to boldly stand as public and prophetic witness for life.
“As the pro- life community, we will not go silently into the night and allow the violence to continue. Instead, we are issuing this national call for the pro-life community to come to the streets of our nation’s capital and be a prayerful voice for those who have no voice.”
The project’s Web site is www.thebirminghamletterproject.com.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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