Habitat For Planned Parenthood.

Habitat For Humanity, long known as the nation's largest Christian ministry recently drew a great deal of fire when news became public that it was entering into a partnership with Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.

Habitat made an agreement with Planned so they could "bypass" zoning regulations in Sarasota, Florida that restrict opening abortion facilities without certain multi-family buildings being present. In a statement released by the Sarasota City Commission, in early May, Habitat agreed to facilitate Planned parenthood opening an abortion facility in the area through a $10 (yes, ten dollar) real estate purchase from them.

Habitat publicly referred to it as being "merely a real estate transaction", even though Planned Parenthood would not be able to open the abortion facility without the direct help offered by Habitat; who by building housing on a portion of the land in the $10 real estate deal would allow Planned to skirt city requirements and obtain an occupancy permit.

Reps of both Planned and Habitat of Sarasota attended a May 5th Sarasota City Commission meeting and presented the plan to bypass the zoning laws in question: Habitat would get the property at essentially no cost ($10); the city would get a multi-family liner building; and Planned Parenthood could open another abortion facility. It was approved by the Commission by a vote of 3-2.

Even though Habitat of Florida is technically an "independent, autonomous affiliate that is governed by a local board" according to the national offices, the outcry from pro-life groups and individual citizens over the next few weeks brought enough attention to the subject that Habitat of Sarasota has now ended it's connections with Planned Parenthood, and the deal is officially off.

Habitat for Humanity International was founded as a Christian ministry in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller whose goal was to provide decent, affordable and safe housing for everyone it could; and over the last 30 years it has built and refurbished over a quarter of a million homes around the world. Planned Parenthood, in that same approximate period of time has participated in,advocated for, lobbied for, and donated millions in time,money, and litigation to help murder some 45+ million unborn babies in the United States alone.

So, while many are now praising them for terminating the deal, many others are still scratching their heads and asking: How can a "Christian" organization with a mission like Habitat for Humanity's ever even think of entering into such a deal with the devil to begin with?

2Corinthians 6:14-17 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

I know of no Bible translation that omits this passage (and many others similar in theme).

peace/faith/hope/love

serloren

Big Bertha in Big House...

Following is a reprinted article from Christiansunite.com posted on 6-25-08; I've emphasized parts of the text, and added comments of my own.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., (christiansunite.com) -- Bertha Bugarin was arrested on Thursday and jailed in San Diego on ten felonies and one misdemeanor for practicing medicine and prescribing drugs without a license. If convicted, she faces nine years in jail.

[Without even getting into the type of medicine she's "practiced", shouldn't TEN FELONIES of just about any kind add up to more than 9 years? When was the last time you heard of a drug dealer getting 9 years for 10 felonies, let alone practicing medicine?]

Bugarin, who has no medical training, owns five abortion mills in Southern California, including one in Chula Vista, a southern suburb of San Diego. She had been posing as a doctor, performing abortions illegally for $500.

[ZERO medical training! She's not even a freakin' candy-striper, and she's been making a living ripping babies out of women's wombs, and at multiple locations no less!]

Nine women came forward with stories of botched abortions received at Bugarin's hand. Many women suffered from incomplete abortions and were forced to return to have their abortions done again. One woman was hospitalized three times, and birthed a live baby that died three hours later.

[What can anyone add to that?]

Bugarin made a court appearance yesterday dressed in blue jailhouse garb and shackled at the waist. She was being held on $500,000 bond. Her arraignment is scheduled for July 2.

These charges add to Bugarin's legal woes. In August, 2007, Bugarin was arrested in Los Angeles after the police raided four of her clinics. She was charged in Los Angeles County with 18 counts of committing abortions without a medical license.

[So that makes her just shy of what...30 charges right now?]

Her sister, Raquel, was charged with four counts of aiding and abetting her sister in their illegal abortion operation. In addition one of Bugarin's hired abortionists, Laurence Reich, was also arrested after he was found to be doing abortions months after losing his medical license for sexually molesting his patients.

[Consider how hard it is to get a "doctor's" license revoked in any situation; and months after they took his, Reich was STILL working? Still performing abortions on women? Still given complete access to women and girls; as in - new potential victims to molest!]

Bugarin's abortion chain, Clinica Medica Para La Mujer De Hoy, preys on Hispanic women, and would often pass out abortion discount coupons in Hispanic neighborhoods.

[The very thought of that should thoroughly nauseate anyone...]

Operation Rescue began working to expose and close these dangerous abortion mills 1999. As a result six of Bugarin's clinics have closed, at least five of her hired abortionists lost their medical licenses, and three abortionists have received discipline from the California Medical Board.

[We can only hope that all of these stats are brought to light during her trial.]

"The only way to stop someone like Bugarin from hurting people is to put her in jail, because she obviously has no respect for the law or for the lives of the women she seeks to exploit," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "We thank God that Bugarin is being brought to justice. We have worked for years, along with the faithful pro-lifers in San Diego, to close her shop of horrors, and now it looks like those prayers are being answered."

peace/faith/hope/love

serloren

"And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child." - 2Kings 8:12