Vice President Kamala Harris this week reiterated her position that Americans don’t have to “abandon their faith” to support abortion rights.
“You don’t have to give up your faith or beliefs to agree that the government shouldn’t make that decision for her,” Harris said this week.
Harris has made similar statements in recent months as the Supreme Court debated and ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. she said“It’s important to note that you don’t have to give up your faith or beliefs to make that decision to support women’s abilities, not governments.”
Dr. Bert Barber, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Farmersville East Texas and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, told Fox News Digital: Politics.
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“If we fail to apply the teachings of our faith to issues like immigration, the actions of Herschel Walker, and the actions of Donald Trump as we think she will, we will be scolded. It will encourage us to let our beliefs shape our moral and political decisions more positively,” Barber said.
“But when it comes to issues like abortion, she is happy to teach me how to separate my faith from moral and political decisions. I’ve decided to leave it to the teachings of the vice president, and with all my respect, by praying for the Vice President and loving her as my neighbor, I’m waiting for the chance to be born by opposing the massacre in the abortion doctor’s room. I salute my fellow human beings.”
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Bishop Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona Rochester, Minnesota and founder of Word on Fire: Catholic Ministries, told Fox News Digital that abortion is an “objective evil” and that it “costs lives.” Deliberately destroying it,” he said, and should not have an abortion. Determined by a “consultative process”.
“If there is any ‘choice,’ loyalty to Christ seems to oblige Christians to advocate saving lives rather than destroying them,” said Barron.
“Perhaps the vice president was speaking of a different faith than, as Jude wrote, ‘once delivered to the saints,'” said chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Freedom Committee. One Brent Leatherwood told Fox. news digital.
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“That faith speaks of the precious dignity given to each individual at conception, of the immense value, and why the state needs to exercise its authority to save defenseless lives. To characterize in a way is to discuss an entirely different faith.”
Leatherwood continues, “Christians seek the well-being of their neighbors (both born and raised), and consequently believe that our laws help people live and prosper. Regardless of whether we comply with everything we do.”
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Reverend Lawrence R. Last Jr., president of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana and a former Lutheran pastor, told Fox News Digital that the vice president’s comments were “important of faith to make difficult decisions.” It disrespects sex,” he said.
“She does this by deflecting the question to the question of whether the government can limit an individual’s choices.” It is a matter of what the Bible teaches and its implications for personal life choices.The Bible clearly teaches that life from conception to natural death is sacred.Therefore, the intentional killing of children and Christianity faith cannot be reconciled.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
In recent months, President Biden has faced criticism for being a strong supporter of abortion despite being a Catholic.Last month, the White House declined to say whether the president supports abortion restrictions.