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Columbia Christians for Life
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, S.C. 29250 (803) 765-0916
“Speak Up For Those Who Cannot Speak For Themselves...” Proverb 31:8
Florence, SC Trial of Pro-Life Christians
Scheduled for April 29
Case stems from August 14, 2002 arrest of five Christian
pro-lifers off the public sidewalk in Florence because city
government had not granted permission
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
ATTENTION ASSIGNMENT EDITOR
Further info: Contact 803-765-0916; [email protected]; www.ChristiansforLife.net
From August 13 to 18, a Christian pro-life, pro-chastity group conducted 15 displays
while touring 10 cities in two states, distributing hundreds of packets of literature, and
lining the streets while holding large graphic pictures of the unborn victims of the violent
act of abortion. The group size varied from about 15 to 30 people in each city.
Included among the tour stops were: the SC Governor’s Mansion, now occupied by proabortion Gov. Jim Hodges, two abortion centers (including Columbia’s Planned Parenthood),
Richland Memorial Hospital (kills babies over 20 weeks old), and two professedly ‘pro-life’
evangelical churches not far from Planned Parenthood’s death camp, both of whom lack any
direct Christian ‘presence’ at this ‘gate of hell,’ this ‘high place’ where babies are sacrificed.
Columbia Christians for Life (CCL) calls upon fellow South Carolinians, especially
Christians, to REPENT of our corporate BLOODGUILT, by our actions and inaction,
for SHEDDING THE INNOCENT BLOOD of over 290,000 unborn human beings (by
surgical abortion) on SC soil since the Supreme Court’s wicked Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
At least 2,000-3,000 individual pieces were distributed with the group’s fourfold message:
1) Sanctity of Human Life, 2) Evil of Abortion, 3) Chastity-Only, and 4) the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, and two brochures (“Does God Still Judge the Nations” & “Establishing Bloodguilt”).
In Columbia, Florence, Conway, Sumter, Winnsboro, Chester, York, Rock Hill, and
Lancaster, all in SC, and in Charlotte, NC - Christians lined the streets with large posters
exposing abortion for what it truly is: an intentional act of violence resulting in the
brutal murder of an innocent unborn child.
The Myrtle Beach scheduled stop was missed completely because of five earlier arrests in
Florence. Four men and one woman were handcuffed and taken to jail for standing on the
public sidewalk as part of our sign display, without a permit. The Christians were arrested
despite acknowledgement by police of receiving ahead of time the tour itinerary and schedule
from CCL, including date, times, and location of the witness in Florence, and a 9-page legal
briefing from an attorney with the American Family Association Center For Law & Policy.
As of August 20, the entire state of SC has been upgraded to extreme drought status.
Now in our FIFTH YEAR of drought, how long will it be before the Christians in SC
REPENT of our corporate bloodguilt for the shedding of innocent blood, and act to
rescue unborn boys and girls from being destroyed in their mother’s wombs ? How many
more remedial divine judgments (e.g., I Kings 8:35,36; Deut. 28:24) must God visit
upon America through natural disasters (e.g., drought, floods, wildfires), disease, and
bloodshed (e.g., Columbine High and Sept. 11th), and many other means, before
America, especially Christians, will repent of her bloodguilt, and end the slaughter.
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