Thursday, February 13, 2025

Trump's cutback on USAID is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.


Picture of a local billboard about protecting life with some graffiti against government regulating women's bodies.

My message is somewhat different. I notice the irony about protecting life while sending an over supply of undocumented children and adults out of USA and potentially into harms way.

I took video, instead of still, because I noticed angle of sun and brisk wind made billboard look like it was on fire.

Some thoughts of mine about different churches.

Catholic church tends to believe that life begins at conception and should be valued throughout an entire lifetime, regardless of nationality. Catholics tend to support compassion and charity.

Conservative Protestant's are divided. Some tend to support charity while others support the politics of "holding on to your money." I think Bernie Frank once said, about the Christian Right that, "the right to life begins at conception and ends at birth."

Liberal churches, such as of my own upbringing, United Church of Christ, tend to support local choice in the reproductive matter. Not necessarily fans of abortion, but understanding that the complexity of these situations are difficult to dictate from afar; such as from the halls of Congress.

Liberal Christians tend to support compassion and sanctuary for people who face difficult situations in their lives.

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