At the "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally in front of the SC State House on January 22, 2007, hosted jointly by Voice of the Unborn and Columbia Christians for Life, a campaign was initiated to gather names to Petition our SC Legislature and Governor to pass the Right to Life Act of SC, and outlaw abortion in our State. An E-mail Contact and Alert List was started as well.
To date, over 563 names from at least 11 identified churches have been collected in the ongoing Petition Campaign: (only one name per line counted)
Blacksburg - Lighthouse Baptist Church - 61 names
Boiling Springs - Gateway Baptist Church - 102 names
Cayce - Bethany Baptist Church - 13 names
- Gantt Street Baptist Church - 123 names
Columbia - Columbia World Outreach Church - 40 names
Darlington - Victory Baptist Church - 30 names
Gaston - Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - 27 names
Goose Creek - Open Door Bible Baptist Church - 30 names
Lexington - Beacon Baptist Church - 18 names
West Columbia - Joel Baptist Church - 19 names
York - Blessed Hope Baptist Church and School - 47 names
Plus, 53 names gathered at the January 22, 2007 at the "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally
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Total: 10 cities/towns, 11 identified churches, over 563 names
Currently, a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284 / S.313) has not yet been scheduled in either the SC House or the SC Senate. The first presentation of these petitions is, Lord willing, expected to be at the public hearing for H.3284 before the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee of the SC House Judiciary Committee, on the 5th floor of the Blatt Building on the State House grounds at a future (hopefully soon) date.
So there is still time for residents of South Carolina to send in your petitions ! Most of the Petition lists and names so far have been from Independent Baptist churches and individuals. However other Christian evangelical churches and individuals can also help in this effort. The Petition simply reads:
PETITION
To the South Carolina General Assembly and Governor for passage into law of the Right to Life Act of SC, and for the outlawing of the practice of abortion in our State.
The person collecting the names is then asked to mail the signed petitions to:
Columbia Christians for Life, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250 (803-765-0916).
This will be an ongoing project until child-murder-by-abortion is outlawed by the South Carolina General Assembly and Governor of South Carolina.
Blank Petition forms can be downloaded from the internet:
Blank Form for PETITION for Right to Life Act of South Carolina (H.3284)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-01.doc
Blank E-mail Contact and Alert List forms can also be downloaded from the internet: (sign up for more frequent and timely updates)
Blank Form for E-MAIL CONTACT and ALERT LIST for future Pro-Life events and information
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-08.doc
God's requirement in the case of Murder is JUSTICE, not Regulation !
(Exodus 20:13, Micah 6:8, Romans 13:1-4)
Please help "Establish Justice" for pre-birth children as the Lord requires !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
April 6, 2007
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:05:51 -0400
From: Columbia Christians for Life CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
Subject: "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, SC State House - 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
"JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, SC State House - 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
January 22, 2007
"JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, SC State House Monday, January 22, 2007, North Steps, SC State House, Columbia, SC
Jan. 22, 2007, Monday - "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, 12 noon, North Steps, SC State House
34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Featuring Dr. Stan Craig, pastor, Choice Hills Baptist Church, Greenville Mr. Charles Butler, pastor, Souls Afire Baptist Church, Orangeburg Moderated by Johnny Gardner, dir., Voice of the Unborn, Columbia Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life, Columbia
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-06.doc
Mr. Johnny Gardner, Voice of the Unborn, addresses crowd of about 100,
mostly Christians from Independent Baptist churches, including several
pastors, from steps of SC State House (1/22/07)
"Anti-abortion protesters call for state to outlaw abortion"
(Columbia-AP) January 22, 2007 - Posted 3:10pm by Bryce Mursch
WIS TV10, Columbia, SC
www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5972611
"Anti-Abortion Protesters Call For State To Outlaw Abortion"
Monday January 22, 2007 4:18pm (AP)
ABC News TV4, Charleston, SC
www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/0107/390497.html
"Protesters call on SC legislators to outlaw abortions"
(AP) Columbia, SC, 01.22.2007
WBT News Talk Radio, Charlotte, NC
www.wbt.com/news/detail_wbt.cfm?article_id=29473
Mr. Johnny Gardner, Voice of the Unborn, at the podium
on the north steps of the SC State House
Dr. Stan Craig, Mr. Charles Butler, Mr. Thomas Brookshire
standing to Johnny's right (1/22/07).
Speech at "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally - SC State House - Jan. 22, 2007
Johnny Gardner, dir., Voice of the Unborn
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-19.doc
Speech on Right to Life Act of SC - "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally - SC State House - Jan. 22, 2007
Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-11.doc
Dr. Stan Craig, pastor, Choice Hills Baptist Church (Greenville);
Mr. Steve Lefemine, director, Columbia Christians for Life;
Mr. Charles Butler, pastor, Souls Afire Baptist Church (Orangeburg);
Mr. Thomas Brookshire, pastor, Orangeburg Baptist Tabernacle;
Mr. Darrell Wilkins, pastor,Grace Baptist Church (Orangeburg).
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"Protesters call on legislators to outlaw abortions"
Beaufort Gazette, Beaufort, SC
Published (on-line) Mon, Jan 22, 2007
(to be posted on-line at www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , click on "Events")
[Excerpts, highlighting emphasis added]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Abortion foes rallied outside the Statehouse on Monday to call on South Carolina legislators to outlaw abortions on the anniversary of the case that made them legal. [sic]
"Today marks one of the darkest days our country has known," the Rev. Charles Butler, of Souls Afire Baptist Church in Orangeburg, said of the Roe v. Wade decision, handed down 34 years ago Monday.
He urged anti-abortion activists to get involved in government. "It is high time we take our government back from the infidels," Butler said.
Voice of the Unborn director Johnny Gardner said he fears God will destroy America for its sinfulness.
"Either we repent or, as a nation, we will parish," said Gardner, who's frequently seen inside the Statehouse carrying dolls and pushing strollers to protest abortion.
He criticized state senators for letting a bill dubbed the "Right to Life Act," which cleared the South Carolina House in 2005, die in committee. The bill, which would extend legal rights to fertilization, was reintroduced in the House last week.
Gardner also asked lawmakers to approve a monument on Statehouse grounds recognizing fetuses aborted in South Carolina to "express sorrow, remorse, repentance."
Steve LeFemine [correction: Lefemine], of Columbia Christians for Life, called abortion "evil" and said South Carolina should lead the nation in testing Roe v. Wade.
"You know who's behind abortion? Satan himself," shouted the Rev. Stan Craig of Choice Hills Baptist Church in Greenville. "Our American flag has been turned into a bloody butcher's apron. ... Our American flag is dripping with the blood of innocent children."
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(Rally also reported in the Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, SC (on-line) January 22, 2007; and, "Protesters urge legislators to outlaw abortions" (AP), The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, SC (print edition) January 23, 2007)
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THE "RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA" - H.3284
ESTABLISHES LEGAL "PERSONHOOD" FOR ALL PREBIRTH HUMAN BEINGS AT FERTILIZATION.
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
SOUTH CAROLINA UNBORN CHILDREN'S MONUMENT - H.3273
MEMORIAL TO SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES ENDED BEFORE THEIR BIRTH
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3273.htm
Contact Information for key South Carolina state government officials
- ask them to publicly support passage of the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284) to ban abortion in SC
Governor Mark Sanford (R) - Office of the SC Governor, SC State House, First Floor
Senator Glenn McConnell (Senate Judiciary Comm. chairman),
District 41, Charleston County
Representative Bobby Harrell, Jr. (House Speaker),
District 114 - Charleston & Dorchester Cos.
Senator Jim Ritchie, Jr. (Senate Judiciary Subcommittee chairman),
District 13 - Greenville, Spartanburg & Union Cos.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-09.doc
Blank Form for PETITION for Right to Life Act of South Carolina (H.3284)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-01.doc
Blank Form for E-MAIL CONTACT and ALERT LIST for future Pro-Life events and information
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-07-08.doc
Upcoming Events in January 2007 to Establish Justice for the Unborn:
Jan. 16, 2007, Tuesday - News Conference, 11:45 am, First Floor Lobby, SC State House
Jan. 21, 2007, Sunday - Outdoor Worship Service, Repentance for Bloodguilt, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, South Steps, SC State House
Jan. 22, 2007, Monday - "JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, 12 noon, North Steps, SC State House www.christianlifeandliberty.net/RTLAofSC-06-04.doc
"JESUS is Pro-Life" Rally, SC State House, 12 noon, January 22, 2007
Voice of the Unborn, Johnny Gardner, Director - Letter
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/JOHN06-2.doc
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Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
April 5, 2007 / Revised April 9, 2007
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If you would like to support the ministry efforts of Voice of the Unborn or Columbia Christians for Life, please consider sending a financial gift.
To donate to Voice of the Unborn (not tax deductible):
Please make checks to:
"Voice of the Unborn"
120 Amsterdam Drive, #G
Columbia, SC 29210
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Two methods -
1. Please make checks to:
"Columbia Christians for Life"
P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
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