I remember (about 2 years ago) when I began discovering the concerted effort among key leaders in the Republican Party, to thwart the pro-life agenda. Not only were there organizations dedicated to this cause, but on their boards were influencial members of Congress, former presidents and their wives, and a large connected web among their groups and their declared "allies" and "strategic partners" which were more innocuous sounding Republican groups like "Mainstream Republicans", "Ripon Society" and "Republican Youth Majority". They commonly use terms like "centrist", "mainstream", even "civil" to describe their preferred candidates.
No longer could the "pro-choice" Republicans be laughed off and considered a harmless minority without any power to change the position of the party. A minority they may be, but a minority who holds a great deal of power.
I bring this up because Jill Stanek, a well known pro-life activist is discovering this web of power in what she calls the "evil twins" of the pro-abortion and homosexual lobbies in the Republican party. I know what she’s going through, and I hope that she will soon be motivated to join us in the battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party. Because that battle must be won if we are to win that battle for America.
I know what it’s like to be discovering for the first time, how they have been working to eliminate the pro-life plank of the platform for decades. And when they can’t win, they convince pro-lifers to weaken the language of the platform and the rhetoric of campaigns. This is how you get candidates who are "’pro-life’ except for….". Some of them may sincerely hold that view, others use it as a facade, because they have to be able to win the pro-life vote. Keep in mind that these candidates share consultants and many of them are part of this web. It is a concerted effort to see to it that the pro-life agenda does not gain momentum politically, even while it gains ground culturally.
It is for this reason that your Republican Pro-Life Activist devotes time to this. The pro-life movement must have a political party to call home. I contend that we must have ONE PARTY until we have achieved the goal of ending legalized abortion and euthanasia and all of their deadly fruits. Pro-lifers must run for precinct officers to have a vote in matters like choosing delegates to the convention, electing party leaders, and voting on bi-laws and platforms. The next election for precinct positions will be held in ‘08. Until then, existing pro-life precinct officers must unite and choose only leaders who are relentless in supporting the pro-life agenda.
