Planned Parenthood is vital to CSRA

WoW a member of the clergy with brains.

Yes, brains. livers, and other body parts of aborted children on her soiled hands and conscience. Lord, help her.

Valerie, the previous letter about Planned Parenthood just commented on how Planned Parenthood doesn't receive public funding. Oh yeah, one thing on your list that you intentionally left off....Planned Parenthood provides abortion services as a viable alternative to birth control.....at taxpayer expense. I think you'll find that is the aspect most Americans disagree with, not all of the ones you mentioned. How viable is the church you minister at if it condones killing unborn babies?

Low income.. yeah right!!!.. all of their services have a rate and everyone that goes there have to pay for it.. Besides who would want to go to the scene of MURDER!!!

Wow a member of the clergy who seeks to mislead her congregation. Abortion in any sense of the word is wrong...The Rev. falls into the category of"whatever makes me popular and soothes the populace is what I am going to preach"to the people...Valerie if you read your Bible you will find that God will hold you to a higher standard than those who follow your words...They are judged but you will be judged harsher than others...Read your Bible and ask God to show you the right way of preaching and teaching God's Word...As the letter of the Word is to be read and taught as is so should you as a preacher preach it as it is written not as you want it to read...

I don't understand why the pro-life wackos that shoot people and bomb clinics are not subject to terrorist prosecution.

Don't like abortions? Don't have one.

Didn't think this would happen, but I agree with you firefighterhamer..

She should lose her tax exempt status for supporting a federally funded organization. I appreciate her opinion and agree the organization does do some good. The problem she has is that like Hamas and the wonderful things they do with schools, hospitals, etc. , their charter calls for the destruction of Israel and the people-genocide. PP role in reproductive health is wonderful, but abortion isn't birth control. I would ask why the ACLU who protected the right of the wacky church to protest veteran funerals don't also aid anti-abortion lawsuits regarding free speech. Interestingly the Hippocratic Oath, the chief statement of medical ethics for Hippocratic physicians in Ancient Greece, forbade doctors from helping to procure an abortion. That said I still support legal abortion. Although morally and ethically and just about every way I look at it is killing but it is not illegal so not murder.

I've attended churches in the CSRA that espoused gambling and treating the other skin color differently. So a shifting and incoherent position on abortion from a bunch of wanna-be-preachers is no surprise.

Well I find it difficult to believe that the majority of Americans claim Christianity and yet there is no evidence that such talk is warranted. Words come easy but the Word is often hard to chew.

Amen to that Bizarro...Jesus taught us though to remain steadfast and hold on tight..That His teaching and following was not going to be easy but it will be worth it all in the end...That is why I hang on with the tips of my fingers and toes...I want what Jesus has to offer and hey it is free....:-)

To be honest christian I have never been interested in heaven or liked the notion of threats of hell. Both seem so obscure to my mind. But the relationship I have with Christ and the notable influence of the Holy Spirit have changed me in so many surprising ways that my affinities towards the teachings of the Buddha never gave me. I now have joy even in suffering and I have found peace. I have transcended to see my former self which I was clueless about. I'm dealing with issues that I have spent decades running away from and have been destructive. No pharmaceutical, or psychiatrist, or man, or Buddha could help in that regard. I call that a miracle.

I salute you Rev. Humphreys for your common sense needs of Planned Parenthood and the services offered.
All Augustans aren't brainwashed!

Hey Reverend Humpreys, are you, by chance, black? If not, are you a racist? If you are black, have you ever heard of Margaret Sanger, founder of the ABCL, which became Planned Parenthood? http://www.blackgenocide.org/sanger.html

"Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race."
Margaret Sanger. Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. Page 12.

http://www.eadshome.com/MargaretSanger.htm

Here's a nice little link for you: http://margaretsanger.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-quotes-hint-why-marget-sa...

How can you be a Christian and support an organization that provides ABORTION as an alternative to birth control?

Don't know. Seeing as how she is, in fact, white, I guess she is a racist. http://www.covenantaugusta.org/4.html (stirring the pot here)

It amazes me how murder becomes ok because our "wonderful" govt made it legal. How about this: someone comes into your safe home and stabs you in the back of the neck and sucks out your brains as you are walking out the door? Or they vacuum you out in a way that rips you piece by piece? The womb is a safe home to a LIVING human being who had NO CHOICE. And we dare say we are civilized. Ever seen a fetus suck its thumb in a sonogram at 16 weeks old? If a fetus feels no pain, then why do newborns cry when they are poked and proded within seconds after birth? Ms Humphreys will answer to God for this. And no, I'm not a wacko who condones bombing clinics. I'm just a 38 year old woman with decent moral values.

Murder is never O.K. but laws making it illegal nor God calling it a sin has alleviated the action from the human race. Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity all say murder is a no, no. I can't justify murder, but if I were to defend myself and kill someone it would be called justifiable. By my personal Christian ethic I find that in error-I still intentionally killed and murdered someone. However that doesn't mean I wouldn't do it. Even war has criteria such as St. Augustine of Hippo's criteria for "just" war-personally by Christian philosophy I don't buy it. But still as an American citizen I would fill it my duty to fight in a war. Christians would do more to introduce people to Christ and let God change their hearts rather than chasing foxes in holes by making abortion illegal. Few people less than 5% of the pop support no abortions under any circumstance. "Circumstance" becomes the key word. Making abortion illegal under any circumstance creates its own ethical problems. Abortion should be available but little availed. I believe the Fed should let each state decide, and I would wager all states would eventually allow some form of abortion. The Buddha believed all animals are sentient beings and therefore should not be killed under any circumstance. Although too much meat is certainly unhealthy, I would have a hard time giving up chicken, beef, and seafood. Making certain drugs illegal (in the war on drugs) has not diminshed drug abuse, because now people abuse legal prescribed drugs rather than illegal. It is not a legal issue by a social, cultural, and spiritual issue. Deal with the later and not the former.

I don't know what it is that motivated this Rev. Humphreys to write such a public letter about a very controversial organization. Sure PP does provide the services she describes but for some reasons she omitted the fact that they also provide abortion services. Margaret Sanger, the unabashed eugenics proponent, founded PP and while there are other abortion services to be found, PP is best known for that. I hope Ms Humphreys received permission form her superior(s) at the church to send that letter.

It is against federal law for such organizations as PP who accept federal funding to use those funds to lobby, it will be interesting to see if this Congress will investigate to see if PP has used monies from fed grants and contracts and used that for their lobby. A big no,no. I wonder why the National Right to Life doesn't qualify for grants or contracts, but of course they have a strong lobby also.

Thank you, Rev. Humphreys for your letter, even if it is way TOO SHORT.

And a rant for all of you complaining about Rev. Humphreys's support for the nation's premier women's rights organization. Planned Parenthood is NOT a political candidate like Sen. Obama, and therefore she is legally within her bounds to endorse PPFA. Now, if she was to endorse Obama, like the great Rev. Paul Cook (widower of Anne Cook) did for instance, then she would have to forfeit her tax-exempt status.

Also, for those who are rehashing the same old lies about PP that was put to rest some 45 years ago, guess who was one of the first four recipients of the Margaret Sanger Award 42 years ago? Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was one of the first four recipients of the Margaret Sanger Award in 1966.

Great Reverend Paul Cook" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks, I now know which church to remove from my "must visit" list. Sounds like Humpreys is a liberal shill. No, I won't support any church that "actively" supports abortion. It's akin to ordaining a homosexual minister. Hell, while we're in the process of removing all those little "inconvenient" commands, lessons, and directions, why not just do away with them all? You know, since we can pick and choose. I guess this is why liberals think our Constitution can just be changed on a whim from the bench. I'm starting to see a pattern here. If those rules are ever allowed in football, I'm picking another sport. Kicker's can't kick a 500-yard field goal, and they way you morons move the goal posts, we're headed that way.

I was mocking Grouse's comment about losing tax exempt status on another thread-I wasn't serious, but Congress should investigate PP to see if they use any govt funds for their lobby. What lie? Sanger was a birth control activist, an advocate of negative eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood). That is a fact. Quotes from Sanger who also gave talks to the Women's auxillary of the KKK. "A stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring." "It is a vicious cycle; ignorance breeds poverty and poverty breeds ignorance. There is only one cure for both, and that is to stop breeding these things. Stop bringing to birth children whose inheritance cannot be one of health or intelligence. Stop bringing into the world children whose parents cannot provide for them. Herein lies the key of civilization. For upon the foundation of an enlightened and voluntary motherhood shall a future civilization emerge." The Margaret Sanger Award is a PPFA award that is just for her name sake not an endorsement of her philosophy or eugenics.

Wow i would have thought there would be more comments on this one..... Jesus is coming, Christian134, ladycisback, carolinagirl... you all need to progress into this CENTURY. I may just have to start going the Planned parenthood just so i can see you CRAZIES picketing the front with your giant crosses. SHAME on you idiots.

We need to "progress" into this century? Ahh, murdering the innocent and indefensible among us. Yeah, sounds like "progress" to me. Sorry, if that's what you're selling as "progress", you can't keep that **** and get off my porch. ...and no, I'm not a huge pro-lifer, but some of you pro-choicers sound like a bunch of sadistic whackos.

undeveloped fetus = innocent living human being? no.