Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Wants to Hear From New Mexicans on Abortion Laws
Pastor Dewey Moede
I want to share this email I got from the Governor. Get involved Folks! Let your voice be heard! The next legislative session is going to be a battle to stop abortion in our state! I pray that the Governor will see the light of Jesus and stop abortion. PRAY TEAM JESUS!
Dewey, I was extremely disturbed by what we saw from the U.S. Supreme Court this session. The Supreme Court ruled that employers can opt out of providing contraceptive coverage if they have religious or moral objections.
Reproductive health decisions should be made by a woman and her health care provider – not her boss. This troubling decision could severely limit women’s access to birth control, forcing them to weigh big financial costs against what’s right for their own bodies.
But this is bigger than just birth control: This decision shows us just how far the Supreme Court has shifted to the right under President Trump. Each and every one of us should be asking ourselves: First birth control, but what’s next? The future of Roe v. Wade is in peril – now more than ever before.
New Mexico has outdated laws on the books that make abortion illegal and performing abortions a felony if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The fate of Roe v. Wade will have very real and severe consequences for New Mexico families.
That’s why I’m doing everything I can to fight for reproductive rights here in New Mexico – including advocating for those outdated laws to be taken off the books. But I need to know if you stand with me. That’s why I’m asking 600 more people to answer this question before 11:59 p.m. tonight:
Do you think we should fight to protect reproductive rights in New Mexico?
One in four women have women have had an abortion, and the effects of that “choice” will last a lifetime, whether she realizes it or not. This is also true for men.This means that they are sitting next to you at work, standing in the grocery line, and yes sitting in the pew next to you in your church experience symptoms brought on by the abortion.
One of the best tools we have in our tool chest is the testimony of women and men who have abortion in their past and have received healing and restoration from this painful event. It is their testimony that helps to set others free. When women hear of how abortion hurt them, they reluctant to choose the same fate for themselves.
This is a wonderful opportunity to attend a conference in the privacy of your own home, and best of all it is free. The tricky part is that it starts tomorrow and ends Saturday. If you can not attend your could purchase the premium pass for only $49 and you could view it later. For Pastors this could be a great tool you could have for your churches. If you don’t need this personally, but can purchase this for your church, it would be a great gift.
Just to be clear, we do not receive a dime for this conference, but I believe it is a piece of the puzzle that can help us end abortion, while providing healing and restoration to thousands of women and men. Click here for registration and purchase information, but don’t delay at it starts tomorrow Friday July, 31.
Thank you all for what you do for the cause of life.
I want to thank my Dear Friends at ABQ Right to Life for sending me this report, How can New Mexico think we can be fully blessed when we kill His babies? We all will have to answer to God. The picture above is from the First Baptist Church in Glenwood, New Mexico where I preach from time to time. The folks there are ‘salt of the earth’. Love Pastor Dave and all the folks!
That according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research institution, there were 4,620 abortions in New Mexico in 2017. Source: https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/state-facts-about-abortion-new-mexico.From Dr. Jim Denison: On abortion, I know Christians who claim that science cannot determine when life begins. As a result, they believe that decisions regarding the preborn baby are best left with the mother rather than being “imposed” by the state. (For my response, see my paper on abortion).
People judge Christ by Christians
I am not suggesting that we must endorse all that a person does to love them as Jesus loves us. Or that we must be perfect before we make public our faith.
But I am stating that, just as people judge Islam by Muslims, people judge Christ by Christians. As a result, we must strive to be the people we want others to become. If we will seek God’s help every day (Romans 12:1–2; Ephesians 5:18) in manifesting the “fruit” of his Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23) and emulating his Son (Romans 8:29), he will empower us and use us to draw others to himself.
NM State Rep Jim Townsend made these comments after Governor Lujan Grisham had her COVID Update this afternoon:
Governor MLG is out of touch with reality in New Mexico. She says we are not there yet with regard to everyone wearing bracelets to track our movements. Governor you are correct. We are not there yet and I’d bet we don’t get there.
This is America, we are free people and you or no one else should think that is a good thing as a leader and as our Governor to track every American everyday of our lives.
I think you have lost your credibility to lead.
I’m tired of your sarcastic remarks about southeast New Mexico and if you think your tired of us….we are really tired of you too.
You have not tried to understand and you are only acting as a dictator. You say your tired of watching small businesses die, then do something about it. Let’s figure it out, did it ever cross your mind that there might be a way to do both or is that more than you want to consider.
Pastors Must Lead in Pandemic Response by Asking Most Basic Questions about Authority and Law, Separation of Powers, Says American Pastors Network
Rohrer: ‘Only Lawmakers Have the Authority To Make Laws. Our Middle Schoolers Know This — But Do Their Parents? Do Their Pastors?’
PHILADELPHIA — As states experiencing increases in the number of patients testing positive for coronavirus, reprisals of mandates arising out of limited duration and questionable executive branch ‘emergency powers’ threaten to become the new normal. Although pockets of Americans continue to dispute the sweeping regulatory powers that non-legislative bodies are wielding, many are blindly yielding to these unlawful demands. Others are asking if resistance is possible or how it should be done.
Pastor and statesman Sam Rohrer says that’s because they’re asking the wrong question.
“The question each human being should start with precedes questions about the efficacy, consistency with medical science and basic truth regarding face masks, church and business closures or social distancing — although asking substantive questions about these policies will certainly illuminate whether mandating those measures is even justifiable.” Rohrer said.
Rohrer, a 9-term former Pennsylvania state representative and the president of the American Pastors Network (APN, www.americanpastorsnetwork.net), says Christians must find the courage to ask — out loud — the most basic questions about the source of civil authority in our American Constitutional Republic and about the foundational moral authority outlined in the Bible which undergirds the duties, extent and limitations of all civil authorities and the basic structure of our civil law.
“Any individual — man, woman or child — who wants to emerge from this pandemic with their health and freedoms intact must start by asking, Who or what is the source of authority behind civil orders or directives coming from civil authorities? Where does authority come from in this matter? What is the actual law? Christians know from the Bible that all authority is not merely ordained, (established, ranked and ordered) by God but subject to God — obligated to obey God, and will give account to God including acting in accordance with Natural Law.”
Conveniently, America’s federal and state governments were founded and designed specifically to ensure that elected and appointed officials recognize the existence of Revealed law, and the reality of sinful hearts which lead civil authority to become tyrannical and deceive themselves into believing they are the law.
“Separation of powers is one of the obvious and essential principles in recognizing the Rule of Law and preventing tyranny (exceeding lawful restraints),” Rohrer continued. “According to our Constitution, only lawmakers- the Legislative Branch – possesses the authority to make laws. The executive branch is intentionally restricted and therefore lacks this authority. Judges lack this authority. The power belongs exclusively to the legislative branch in all 50 states and in Washington, D.C.
“So-called ‘laws’ not passed through the constitutionally prescribed legislative system are therefore unlawful and illegitimate , regardless of what the executive or judicial branches say. . Most middle schoolers know this — but do their parents? Do their pastors? Do our government officials?”
Rohrer says the preservation of religious liberty hinges on whether America’s pastors will speak up and stand up against unlawful actions imposed on them — in disobedience to the highest civil laws of man and highest moral laws of God.
“The law is the law. Just law starts of necessity with Truth. When Truth is ignored or redefined and the proper lawmaking process is usurped or violated, it is our duty to morally and constitutionally resist that law or order and to seek a re-calibration to the truth and law,” Rohrer said. “We as pastors, teachers and defenders of the truth, are urging that our legislators and all people begin asking the right first questions: ‘What is the law?’ And ‘What is the authority behind the civil order or directive?’”
Rohrer, co-hosts, and guests explore topics like these on APN’s popular, live, daily radio program “Stand in the Gap Today.” Rohrer also hosts the daily short radio feature “Stand in the Gap Minute, and “best of” shows from the week are broadcast on “Stand in the Gap Weekend.” Likewise, “Stand in the Gap TV” considers transcending complex and divisive cultural issues, seemingly difficult to navigate, from a biblical worldview perspective.
