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Letter: Your opinion, government are not the same
Op-Ed · February 09, 2017


Many of those who want to defund Planned Parenthood are conflicted about tax monies paying for abortions.
I understand this. The tax money I pay in to the group, for the group’s (not my own personal) benefits, goes to many things that I cannot support when looking through the lens of Christ’s actual words and examples.

Are any of our military decisions based on “love your enemies”? Do any of Christ’s admonitions to care for the poor mention judging other people’s personal responsibilities? Our judicial systems focus on retribution rather than reconciliation and pro-active justice. Does Jesus not care that we leave our military veterans without housing and healthcare?

Who will offer to let me pick and choose among which government programs to support? Have you no faith that Christ knows your opinion, and doesn’t hold you accountable for abortion any more than He holds me accountable for dropping bombs on His precious children elsewhere in the world?

Laura Twing

Tipton