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Letters to the Editor
Published: September 29, 2011
To the Editor:
It is my opinion that this country can only get back on the right path by looking at the moral state we are in. Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer so aptly put it, “If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.” We lost respect for ourselves and our country when we legalized abortion in 1973. Since that time we have killed over 55 million babies. We all make mistakes and the United States of America made its greatest mistake on Jan. 22, 1973. We cannot continue on the path we are on; we must overturn this law and stop the killing of innocent babies.
On the afternoon of Oct. 2, 2011 over 50 communities in Georgia and 1,800 communities across the United States and Canada will form Life Chains. We will line roads peacefully and prayerfully with signs reminding all that abortion kills children, adoption is the best option and that God will forgive and we are here to help pregnant mothers through their pregnancy and forward.
To find a location near you, please go to www.lifechain.net and click on GA. You do not need to stay the whole time. If you can just pray with us for 15 or 30 minutes that would be great. Signs are provided.
My family and I will join Our Lady of LaSalette at the Canton Life Chain on Riverstone Parkway at 2 p.m. This is a wonderful way to witness to your neighbors.
Ellen Brown
Canton
To the Editor:
Father Larry Schmuhl was a grand priest for priests. Always one to lift us up, especially when we didn’t deserve it. I keep telling God we need the saints on earth, but at 90, I guess even Larry deserves a rest. I’ll miss him.
Tony Green
Wenatchee, Wash.
To the Editor:
I would like to comment on the article in the Aug. 18 issue of The Georgia Bulletin concerning Alabama’s new law concerning illegal immigrants.
It looks to me as if the Alabama legislature focused on this problem in a narrower and narrower way and that it eventually lost its sense of balance in regard to it. I think it is in a state of insanity in regard to the immigration problem. These immigrants are no longer human beings to them; they are regarding them as one would fleas on a dog. This is resulting in a religious persecution.
Those people who see the immigrants as human beings needing help will have to decide if they will let this law keep them from obeying Christ and his commands to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. I pray that they will make the right decision; we in Georgia might be facing the same decisions soon.
Susan Lamperty
Alpharetta
To the Editor:
Re: “Clemency Requested for Death Row Inmate Troy Davis” (The Georgia Bulletin, Sept. 15).
The Georgia bishops’ letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles says it all: “We believe that the death penalty is not compatible with the Gospel.” It is time for Catholics in the state of Georgia to rise up and demand an abolition of a punishment that cannot be justified by the faith that we share. It is very likely that Troy Anthony Davis was innocent, but even in the case of a guilty person the death penalty is not necessary.
Let us together show Georgia what we stand for: justice, mercy and forgiveness, and let the unjust state killing of Troy Davis mark the beginning of our unified struggle to end the death penalty in our state.
Bill and Mary Moon
Stone Mountain
