Mainstream Christian Religions Backed 300,000 Strong Pro-Abortion March

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  While pro-abortion organizers claimed some 1.1 million marchers, police and media estimates put the marchers at last weekend’s pro-abortion march at somewhere between 300 and 500 thousand.  More than the numbers however, some observers were saddened by the support of mainline Christian church denominations (or at least their leaders) for the anti-life march.  The Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), United Methodist Board of Church and Society and the United Methodist Women’s Division were all listed as endorsers of the march.  The march’s organizers included the American Civil Liberties Union, Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America , National Organization for Women, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  Some march events are occurring in the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill.  Diane Knippers, President of the Institute on Religion and Democracy lamented the support for the march by Christians.  “What a scandal that officials of mainline churches have attached the names of their denominations to this march’s support for government-funded, abortion on demand, with no restrictions, including partial-birth abortion,” Knippers commented.  “A majority of church members, even many who call themselves pro-choice, would be disgusted if they knew that their denominations have joined with aggressively secular organizations in backing this kind of dubious cause.” Knippers cited the march’s distorted objections to modest government programs that help men and women develop health marriages.