Over 25 Black Pastors Urge Raphael Warnock to Fight ‘Systemic Racism of Abortion’
16 Dec 2020
More than 25 black pastors signed a letter sent Friday to Democrat Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock, calling on him to change his radical stance on abortion which, they stated, is founded on racism.
In the letter, the pastors wrote that, while they “applaud” Warnock’s advocacy for justice and social reform, they cannot abide by his statements that he is a “pro-choice pastor,” one who will “always fight for reproductive justice,” and believes abortion is an exercise in “human agency and freedom.”
I’m a pro-choice pastor, and I believe that a hospital room is way too small for a woman, her doctor, and the United States government.
Rev. Raphael Warnock | Courtesy of Raphael Warnock
A coalition of African American ministers and pro-life activist Alveda King have urged pro-choice pastor and Senate candidate Raphael Warnock to reject the “systemic racism of abortion.”
In an open letter addressed to Warnock and sent out last Friday, King and the faith leaders told the candidate that they felt “compelled to confront your most recent statements on abortion.”
“As a Christian pastor and as a Black leader, you have a duty to denounce the evil of abortion, which kills a disproportionate number of Black children. Your open advocacy of abortion is a scandal to the faith and to the Black community,” stated the letter, in part.
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Raphael Warnock s Love Letter to Planned Parenthood
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Dec. 14, 2020
OPINION, Dec. 14, 2020 /Christian Newswire/ Rev. Clenard H. Childress, Jr. submits the following and is available for comment:
Raphael Warnock s love letter to Planned Parenthood
Raphael Warnock is an African American male currently running for the US Senate and is the Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta. Rev. Warnock, during his run for the Senate, was asked a question that needs to be posed to many African American clergy in America, but most certainly to such a high profiled clergyman as Rev Warnock. In an interview with WGAU host Tim Bryant on his Mission Timpossible podcast, the discussion of the high abortion rates in the African American community, focusing on the racial disparities among women who have abortions, Warnock do