{"id":2706,"date":"2018-12-07T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:22:36","slug":"wilmington-abortion-free-zone-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=2706","title":{"rendered":"Defiance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>7 Dec., 2018<\/p>\n<p>Wilmington: Abortion-Free Zone (Redux)<\/p>\n<p>When ought cities and towns resist, even <em>defy<\/em>, the authority of the higher (case-in-point,\u00a0<em>federal<\/em>) power? Is it possible that cities and towns can be spared the righteous wrath of God when it falls upon a nation?<\/p>\n<p>Let us hope so.\u00a0\u00a0 We have solid grounds for such a hope.\u00a0 We know that a\u00a0<em>merciful<\/em>, albeit righteous, God reigns.\u00a0 Let us hope, here in Wilmington, to be spared the judgment due this nation.\u00a0 And let us hope the same for other towns which keep themselves <strong>abortion-free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We abhor the shedding of innocent blood and plea for God&#8217;s mercy as He brings due retribution upon a people who have tolerated the wicked decrees of the Lawless SCOTUS.\u00a0 This tyrant rules only by the permission of a base people who allow the reign of evil edicts.\u00a0 Such a people are not worthy of the protection of a good and merciful God.<\/p>\n<p>While we maintain thankful hearts for His grace and mercy in withholding divine and righteous and due judgment, we know that such indulgence in His benevolence does not last beyond His patient purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Action must be taken at all levels.\u00a0 When obstinacy is met at the federal level, there must persistence at the state level.\u00a0 And failing the state level efforts, we must arouse\u00a0 counties and towns to find their voices of protest and proclamation of justice.\u00a0 Towns must take initiative and declare themselves &#8220;Abortion Free&#8221; in defiance of SCOTUS and the federal government. \u00a0&#8220;We defy them!&#8217; must be our motto.<\/p>\n<p>The spirit of the towns, inspired by the churches, must be aroused and put into action.\u00a0 Sadly, the only defiance we see today is that of the Lawless sodomites and baby-killers who continue to declare their &#8220;freedom&#8221; to sodomize one another (and the innocent weak) and to butcher the &#8220;products of conception&#8221; which they discard as an encumbrance to their &#8220;liberty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let the righteous, not the wicked, succeed in practicing <strong>defiance<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 Dec., 2018 Wilmington: Abortion-Free Zone (Redux) When ought cities and towns resist, even defy, the authority of the higher (case-in-point,\u00a0federal) power? Is it possible that cities and towns can be spared the righteous wrath of God when it falls upon a nation? Let us hope so.\u00a0\u00a0 We have solid grounds for such a hope.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,21,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}