Kenya Resists 30 Pieces of Silver

Kenya is drafting a new constitution. This draft includes abortion. If the draft is ratified, abortion on demand, will be allowed by a loophole in the wording. I think that's called linguistic gymnastics. This draft for the new constitution is scheduled for a vote August 4th.

 

Christian churches in Kenya are united and under attack because of their position against making abortion a constitutional right. Perhaps the proponents of abortion need to remember, that Kenya is a Christian country. They don't believe killing is a solution to social problems. Kenya has a large Christian majority, that is 69% pro-life, according to a recent poll. Kenya also has a fertility rate of 4.56 children per woman. This high fertility rate has made Kenya a target for international population control groups and abortion lobbyists.

 

Never at a loss for words, Vice-President Joe Biden has visited Kenya on behalf of the Obama Administration. In fact, he re-affirmed President Barrack Obama's support, saying, "We are hopeful, Barrack Obama is hopeful, I am hopeful (notice all the singulars in this quote) you will carry out these reforms to allow the money to flow." Again, never at a loss for words, Biden continues, "As you prepare to write a new history for your nation, resist those who try and divide you, based on ethnicity or religion or region, and above all fear." Vice-President Biden was fully informed and aware, that both the Catholic and Protestant churches are opposing the constitution because of the pro-abortion provision. They don't want the Obama Administration's payoff of 30 pieces of silver. 

 

Not everyone in America agrees with our Vice-Presidential spokesman. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, earlier this year, urged Kenyan law-makers to retain the protection for the unborn that are presently in their constitution. Representative Fortenberry said, "It is appalling that leaders in Africa are being systematically pressured to slacken their abortion laws, in the belief that such a policy prescription leads to economic progress. It is also scandalous, that abortion is misleadingly being attributed as "reproductive health care".

 

Contrast the Administration's actions to the Christian response in Kenya. In March, the Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Eliud Wadukala said, "We all have said, that God values life, and life begins at conception. That is a principle, and we all seem to  have agreed on that aspect."  Canon Peter Karanja of the National Council of Churches told Inter Press Service, "Life is sacrosanct. The definition of life must be stipulated in the supreme law of the land, the Constitution."

 

There's a price to be paid for standing on principle. On June 3rd, two bombs exploded at a "vote no" rally, killing 5 and injuring at least 75. On July 3rd, Bishop Joseph Segal of the Redeemed Gospel Church, a strong advocate for life and a leader in the "vote no" campaign, was assassinated brutally in his church.

 

Perhaps the blood of the martyrs will seed the "vote no" movement.