{"id":7326,"date":"2012-02-29T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T22:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=7326"},"modified":"2012-03-05T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:50:21","slug":"iocc-should-reconsider-senator-sarbanes-as-honorary-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/iocc-should-reconsider-senator-sarbanes-as-honorary-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"IOCC Should Reconsider Senator Sarbanes as Honorary Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IOCC<\/a> by Ronda Wintheiser – <\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Triantafilou, board of directors, and the staff at IOCC:<\/p>\n

I did finally receive a response to the email and the letter I wrote recently asking you to reconsider your selection of Senator Sarbanes<\/a> as an honorary chairman for the upcoming gala planned for May 8th<\/a>. Thank you for it.<\/p>\n

The letter read, in part, that: \u201cSenator Sarbanes was selected as an honorary co-chairman for the event for his steadfast commitment and support for IOCC\u2019s ongoing humanitarian mission. While we recognize that you do have concerns about his participation, we hope you will not allow it to overshadow a 20-year legacy of positively impacting the lives of so many people.\u201d <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you hoped that such a carefully crafted letter would smooth this over and make me go away. But it\u2019s Great Lent, and one of the Scripture readings selected by the Church for Clean Monday just happens to be a warning from God about coming to worship Him with blood on our hands (Isaiah 1) — and I take that very seriously.<\/p>\n

Do you realize that the argument made in the letter written by Rada Tierney for why I should continue to support IOCC is the same argument used to defend Planned Parenthood? \u2018So what if they are the largest abortion provider in the world? They do so much good! Why allow your concerns about abortion to overshadow their legacy of positively impacting the lives of so many people?\u2019<\/p>\n

\"IOCC<\/a><\/p>\n

In Romans 16, St. Paul admonishes Christians to \u201cassociate with the lowly\u201d. As far as I can tell, there are none so lowly as unborn children, nor as needy, isolated, and vulnerable, and as we are about to celebrate on March 25th, Christ deigned to become an unborn Child Himself.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t my choice to overshadow your \u201c20-year-legacy\u201d with the spectre of abortion — it\u2019s yours. You have made it clear it doesn\u2019t matter to you whether Senator Sarbanes supports killing unborn children<\/a> as long as he keeps giving his money to you. That makes it painfully obvious that you prefer to associate with rich, powerful, politically correct figures than with lowly unborn children — or with nobody housewives like me, for that matter.<\/p>\n

You have Senator Sarbanes\u2019 support, so you surely don\u2019t need mine; therefore, I am writing to request a refund of the $100 check I wrote to IOCC on February 5th during the Souper Bowl of Caring drive. It\u2019s not very much; I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t miss it, and if you do, perhaps Senator Sarbanes will make up the difference.<\/p>\n

Lord, have mercy on me, and on you all as well.<\/p>\n

– Ronda Wintheiser<\/p>\n

Printed at the request and with the express permission of the author.<\/em><\/p>\n

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