Its a particularly dismal time to be Pro-Life; particularly with the ascent of the most radically Pro-Choice President in history (Obama), who currently has not only the world but the media eating out of his hand. And here in Canada, its frustrating to know that no party wants to touch the issue, in effect making it the dreaded 3rd rail in Canadian politics.
So lately I've been wrestling with the challenge of growing the Pro-Life cause, and I've come to the conclusion that it has become stigmatized as a 'Christian issue'. This being the case, Non-Christians will not take up the cause. And I don't feel that there is any particular reason that prevents Non-Christians from becoming passionate about this issue--there is no reason that any reasonable person of goodwill cannot see the value in protecting unborn babies from being killed (if such a global outcry can be raised over the killing of baby seals, certainly non-religious persons can see the evil in the mass killing of unborn humans!)
So ironically it seems that Christians have become so successful at promoting this worthy cause that they have become identified with it -- at the expense of the cause!
So how to move forward?
Im starting to think that the key to the Pro-Life movement flourishing is not to diminish Christian participation -- this is its backbone, and it is necessary. But the key is for the issue to 'cross over' into the mainstream. Take the Breast Cancer Awareness Movement as an example: years ago, the heavy lifting for this was primarily done by older women, but it has now crossed over into the mainstream; just last night I was watching a baseball game and noticed that Major League Baseball had made special uniforms with pink ribbons, as well as pink bats for the players so as to raise money and awareness... The same can be said for any successful movement i.e. the AIDS Awareness campaign was spearheaded by persons of homosexual orientation, but now anyone can wear a red ribbon.
That being said, the question is now How?
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