Mississippi Burning

Donna and I were in Mississippi with Jason Storms and The School of Evangelism to help Personhood Mississippi get out the pro-life vote.

We distributed literature at "The Battle of the Bands" in Jackson, Mississippi which drew a crowd of approximately 40,000 people. As we handed out Proposition 26 stickers and info we asked "Are you voting this Tuesday?"  followed up with "Are you voting for Proposition 26?" It was an opportunity to swing a few more votes our way. After seeing overwhelming support in March we were surprised at the negative responses we received.

We were not alone at this event. The opposition was present in less but in threatening numbers. No doubt their lies and innuendo confused many voters. Some people we talked to believed Prop 26 outlaws birth control, treatment of ectopic pregnancies, and in-vitro fertilization.

 

Prop 26 merely declares a scientific fact: Life begins at fertilization. Denial of this fact has cost the lives of tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of others around the world.

 

Lack of support and outright opposition from National Right to Life and Bishop Joseph Latino further doomed this initiative by letter to his diocese “the push for a state amendment could ultimately harm our efforts to overturn Roe vs. Wade.”

 

But how could the recognition of life beginning at fertilization be of any disadvantage to recognizing his humanity at any other time during gestation? Obviously the compromise is to avoid arguments about birth control and abortifacients such as RU486 and the Morning After Pill. But such an ungodly compromise is doomed to fail. We do not have authority to alter God’s command “Thou shall not murder.” We cannot expect God’s help or blessing on our work by compromising on His word.

Jesus said “Get thee behind me you Satan!” to Peter when he rejected the Cross and Calvary for a more winsome method of appealing to the culture at large. Matthew 16:23 Birth control was available prior to 1973 while the humanity of the pre-born was recognized. Some forms of birth control are abortifacient and should be outlawed.

Prior to the election we went door-to-door asking people if they intended to vote Tuesday “Are you voting for Proposition 26?” Everyone heard about Proposition 26, but many were confused to its meaning and implications. Many seemingly caring pro-life Christians chose to protect their method of birth control rather than the lives of the babies. By virtue of their vote, they opted to tear the arms and legs off of helpless unborn children becoming abortionists themselves.

 

Hudson Nyhart speaks with a Jackson, Mississippi resident about Proposition 26. Hudson is one of 25 students from the Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who came to help get out the vote.

Eric Murphy (below) is holding a Vote Yes 26 sign near one of Mississippi’s many voting places. We set up “sign waves” at polls and at busy intersections up to the time that the polls closed.

 

After the polls closed we went to a Proposition 26 post election party to hear the results of the election. The media was there to record our astonishment and disappointment. The election results revealed the hearts and minds of those around us. Many ardent pro-lifers discovered pro-abortion proclivities of family and friends, pastors and churchmen, and neighbors. Imagine if you will a son or a daughter you raised choosing selfish or stupid reasons for their vote to murder helpless innocent children, rejecting the core godly value you taught them and fight so hard to defend.  We can never look at these people in the same way again.

“A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.” Matthew 10:36

We do not have the luxury or authority to alter the message. God commands “Thou shall not kill!” Those who allow for exceptions for rape, incest, fetal deformity, or life of the mother; those who add or subtract to God’s word are false prophets. We cannot expect God’s help or blessing by compromising God’s word.

Above: Johnny Brekeen driving Denny Green's Truthtruck

Below: Jason and Sarah Storms lead Faithful Soldier School of Evangelism which gathered by Ron Brock’s Truthtruck for a photo before leaving for Louisiana to minister on campus.

 

Mississippi had the opportunity to lead the nation away from child sacrifice. 58% voted against legal recognition of the pre-born child.  On our way home we were passed by a Stericycle truck pulling two trailers of “medical waste.” Stericycle disposes the remains at abortion clinics around the country. We followed the semi to Canton, Mississippi and to a landfill with a high fence and a guard shack. Many Stericyle vehicles and trailers were parked on the property. We stopped to take pictures and were met with police who wanted to know what we were about. I looked them in the eye and said “ We are taking pictures.” The cop said “Of a landfill?” I smiled and nodded yes. The cop seemed somewhat troubled as we left as he talked into his microphone to the dispatcher.

Outside of Jerusalem’s old walls is the Valley of Hinnom. It is where the people of Judah offered their children to the fire god Molech and to Baal (Jeremiah 7:31; 32:35) – for which, Jeremiah warned them, they would pay with the destruction of the Temple and exile. I believe God wants to reveal to us the final resting place of thousands upon thousands of children murdered by abortion. The people of Canton, Mississippi are surely aware of this place. Canton, Mississippi’s churches, 58% of Mississippi voters are a party to this crime.

 

dan & donna holman

Missionaries to the Pre-born Iowa

P.O. Box 135

Keokuk, Iowa 52632

(319( 601-9349

 

Missionaries to the Pre-born Iowa is a weak, and pathetic response to baby-murder.

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