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ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ -- Addressing current "hot topics" during Black History Month, Evangelist Alveda King, Director of Civil Rights for the Unborn says:
"The matter of Senator Elizabeth
Warren invoking the persona of a civil rights icon to make a point is a
recently trending form of tricky political ploys. It's bad enough that
Senator Warren's voice was silenced while her male counterparts were
allowed to speak; apparently by a collaborative approach across the
isles. Now there's the nasty sting of both Bible baiting and race
baiting.
"Race baiting is 'the unfair use
of statements about race to try to influence the actions or attitudes
of a particular group of people.' Miriam-Webster
"Using skin color or ethnicity as
an emotional trigger to stir up the public and distract people from
reasonably understanding and responding to pertinent issues is a
deceptive and counterproductive political practice.
"Another equally dangerous
distraction that is used to distract the American people is Bible
baiting which takes scriptural context and twists it around to fit a
particular political message. Both are deadly traps, enemies to civil
rights and human rights.
"In the meantime, it's important
to resist shutting down honest conversations about racism, sexism and
religion while confronting the problem of using such conversations for
manipulation of questionable agendas.
See race related quotes from politicians; they are from Democrats or Republicans. Most have apologized for their words since.
"Each of these quotes, in their
own way, caused political firestorms. Across the congressional isles,
race baiting, Bible baiting and sexism have clouded one of the major
civil rights issues of our times - the right to be born. People become
so distracted by the racial, gender and religious posturing that they
forget just how many Americans are dying from abortion, sickness,
poverty, violence and other forms of genocide and eugenics in our
nation.
"Margaret Sanger, founder of
Planned Parenthood was a race baiter's dream, wanting fewer of those
she called 'unfit.' She wanted what she called 'a cleaner race.'
"Yet Acts 17:26
teaches us that there is no 'cleaner' or more 'fit' race, only one
human race. '[God] made from one blood every nation of mankind to live
on all the face of the earth...'
"Those who use ethnicity, skin
color, political preference, religion, income, gender, physical ability
or lack of such, or any other classification to divide our communities
for their own political gain ultimately do not care for us. They care
for themselves and their power.
"The next time a self-proclaimed
progressive from any political party uses sexism, Bible baiting or race
baiting to say that abortion benefits the African American community
ask how the termination of 17 million black babies since Roe v. Wade of 1973 helps anyone.
"Moving forward let's pray; then continue to purpose within our own heart to examine our motives and act for the highest good."
