Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema
Family Research Council wrote:
> From: Ken Connor, President
> Date: July 23, 2001 - Monday
> To: Friends of Family Research Council
>
> "Bring Me a Sword"
>
> King Solomon was asked to decide which of two women was the
> true mother of a baby. "Bring me a sword," he said, saying
> he would cut the baby in half. The real mother cried out to
> spare the child. Solomon then knew which woman was telling
> the truth. President Bush met over the weekend with Pope
> John Paul II, seeking the wisdom of Solomon. The pope's
> advice was clear and unambiguous: protect innocent human
> life. His good counsel comes not a moment too soon and with
> special grace as he is widely thought to be suffering from
> Parkinson's Disease. Those who urge the president to
> compromise by funding experiments on only those embryonic
> children who have already been conceived-and no others after
> a given date-are counseling futility. Once we permit human
> lives to be sacrificed to experimentation, there will be no
> defensible reason in law, in logic, or in morality why
> children should not be conceived for the specific purpose of
> taking their stem cells or any other organ that arguably can
> help science. It is vitally important not only that
> President Bush does the right thing-continue the ban on
> federal funding of experimentation on embryonic human
> beings. He must also clearly explain the principle at stake
> so that all Americans-whether they agree or not-will
> understand why he has taken the action.
>
> The Devlins-National Parents of the Year
>
> Bill and Nancy Devlin have brought years of brotherly love
> to the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. Now they have
> been honored as National Parents of the Year. The Devlins
> live with their family in the inner city, sharing their
> faith and their fate. Head of the Urban Family Council,
> Bill is a member of FRC's National Advisory Council. Bill
> has courageously refused to abandon the inner city to crime
> and drugs and despair, even to the point of pursuing a man
> who had stabbed him-without even removing the attacker's
> knife! We thank God for Bill and Nancy Devlin, and for
> their five children. May their tribe increase!
>
> FRC Meets with Sec. Colin Powell
>
> FRC's Human Rights Counsel, Bill Saunders, and Sudan's
> Bishop Macram Gassis met with Secretary of State Colin
> Powell last Friday, July 20th. They met at the secretary's
> office to give him a briefing on the deteriorating situation
> for Christians in Sudan. Sudan's National Islamic Front
> (NIF) has bombed churches, hospitals and schools, taken
> children as slaves, and forcibly converted Christian
> captives. We are heartened by the secretary's evident
> sincerity and concern.
>
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