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Mixed Nuts at Boise State University
More from our trip to Boise State University (BSU).
Circumstances trump biology. “Based on my personal research, I have found that life, even if it biologically starts at conception, doesn’t start then because of all the different circumstances for the woman!” Ah! So that’s how it works. Whether you are alive or not depends on your mother’s circumstances. Hmm. Fletcher’s mother is 90 years old and not feeling well. Does that mean he is not alive and may be killed? YIKES!
And how do you kill somebody who is not alive?
Rolling in their graves. “My family lost two men in the war to free the Jews! They are rolling in their graves because of this!” This from a male communist who pretended to be a woman and shouted many, many obscenities. “The constitution was written by a bunch of white slave holders who wanted to f— each other!” His ancestors may well be rolling in their graves, but it’s a matter of claim whether it was because of us or because of their foul-mouthed, Constitution-bashing, communist, gender-confused descendant.
Thanks from the other side. Pro-abortion protester with Planned Parenthood sign: “You all have been very respectful. Thank you for being here and trying to get your word out. I appreciate you allowing me to get my word out.” We always defend the rights of others to have their say.
Kids raised to have choices? “You guys are so incredibly ignorant. You’re targeting a group of kids who have been raised to have choices!”
Don’t do what I’m doing! She said, “Of course, these pictures work! But you’re going about it the wrong way! Don’t tell women that they are wrong!” We are glad she recognizes that abortion pictures work. But she tells us we are wrong to tell people they are wrong. I wonder what that would sound like if she followed her own rule.
Twisted morality. “It is immoral to have a child you can’t care for,” he said, in defense of abortion. So the moral thing to do is to kill them?
The immense struggle of pregnancy (according to a male). A young man lamented, “My mother had to do so much when she was pregnant with my sister. She had such a burden on her life! She had to watch what she ate, watch what she drank, and she had to exercise carefully!” Oh! The horror!
Gems at Boise State University
This was our first trip to Boise State University (BSU) in many years. When our team arrived the first morning, there were students praying at the flagpole before sunrise. Dean of Students Dr. Chris Wuthrich and the Chief of Police came out to welcome us and the Dean set up a table nearby and stayed there all day both days. He told us, “If students complain, send them over to us and we’ll give them a lecture on the First Amendment.” We have never seen this before. At the end of our time on campus, the Dean thanked us for our professional manner
Blue hair, do care. “This is needed. It must be hard, but I respect you for being out here showing the truth,” said Kendra, a sweet blue haired girl from Mexico. She grew up in a Christian home. Her mother raised 9 children without their father. The young woman assured us that her mother would also be happy with what we were doing. She told Joanna about her sister having an unplanned pregnancy at 17. Despite it all, she kept her child, got through school, including dental school. That baby is now 17 today and is dearly loved by the whole family.
Step to the right! Jake saw the pictures and went from neutral to pro-life!
How many are saved when you inform a doctor? Macy is a Christian studying to be a medical professional in the Air Force. “I didn’t know abortion was like that!” she exclaimed.
Girl on FIRE! Tamica was threatened with abortion by doctors due to her mother’s difficult pregnancy. Her father demanded that they keep both patients alive! And today she is a vibrant young woman. At GAP she was a lioness, eating pro-aborts alive in a polite but very direct way.
She talked to a young man, Pablo, who was pro-choice, and she just wouldn’t put up with his false statements. She just spoke the truth with no apologies. She loves Jesus and life so much. She is a survivor.
One day this will end. “This will become illegal one day,” Hayden assured Joanna. “But it’ll be a battle. You’re fighting an uphill battle at 90 degrees. Better start rock climbing.”
The missing ones. Hayden told the story of his father who encountered a “spiritual” woman who told him that he had two other children. At first his father didn’t understand. But then he realized they they were his missing children aborted during past relationships. That revelation stays with him to this day and he still cries.
Silenced by truth. Joe, a male nursing student wearing scrubs rode his bike right into the middle of a crowd of our detractors and began telling them they were wrong about all of this. The pro-aborts gradually drifted away; they’d been silenced by truth.
Passion of the Christians. “I love your passion,” Ryan said before he prayed for Joanna and the entire GAP team.
Expanded coverage. Matt Sheldon of KBOI Talk Radio Boise devoted one hour of his prime time three-hour talk show to GAP. This radio coverage expanded our campus audience to thousands more. Our audience was made still larger by the many students who took photos of our display and posted them on social media.
Pro-Life on Campus in the Pacific Northwest
CBR took our GAP show on the road to the upper left-hand corner of the United States. And boy was it ever left!
Here is the first of a series of reports. The 7 schools we tackled:
- Boise State University in Idaho—6 out of 10 moonbats on our scale of craziness.
- Weber State University in Utah—4 moonbats
- Salt Lake Community College in Utah—5 moonbats
- Lane Community College in Oregon—7 moonbats
- The Evergreen State College in Washington State—7 moonbats
- Portland State University in Oregon—9 moonbats
- University of Oregon in Oregon—7 moonbats
There is a frenzied “blizzard” going on, even today, throughout the Pacific Northwest. Snowflakes are everywhere! Men in drag. Fascists hiding behind masks. Objects hurled at us from all directions — bloody tampons, seafoam green paint, and water bottles. A man with a large knife cut up one of our warning signs.
But as William Wilberforce said, they can never again say they did not know.
Throughout this trip, we displayed several of our ALL Black Lives Matter (ABLM) signs and challenged pro-aborts to defend their vicious attack on the African American family.
Check out the press coverage:
General
- Campuses Around Northwest Hit with Graphic Pro-Life Message
- Graphic images hit Northwest campuses in controversial pro-life effort
- What Is the Most Effective Pro-Life Witness?
Weber State University
Lane Community College
- Forum seeks input on graphic campus displays
- Students protest anti-abortion display at Lane Community College
- Anti-abortion group brings spectacle to campus
- LCC students hold peaceful protest over anti-abortion display on campus
- Anti-abortion group to build large, graphic display on EMU lawn
- LCC students hold peaceful protest over anti-abortion display on campus
Salt Lake Community College
Portland State University
University of Oregon
Mixed Nuts at Murray State University
Did you know that the Murray State Racers are 2-time NCAA champions in Collegiate Rifle, with 3 additional national championships before Rifle was an NCAA sport?
Not sure what you can do with that information, but when we displayed GAP at Murray State last spring, we took aim at pro-abortion propaganda and we blasted away … in a non-violent way, of course!
Satanic hate, Godly compassion. CBR volunteer Laurice Baddour approached an angry woman who was shouting absurdities and passing out condoms and calendars. Laurice accepted a calendar, which, to her great sadness, listed explicit activities for GAYPRIL. Laurice offered her one of our GAP handouts, and as she looked into the woman’s eyes, she saw that they were full of hate.
Laurice later commented, “That brief encounter catapulted me to the Lord and He spoke His heart, in volumes, to me — His heart of compassion and heartbreak for ones like her lost in hate.”
Prayer is a blessing. As a demonstration of Christian support, a freshman music major came up to CBR’s Jane Bullington and asked, “May I pray for you?”
The victim never has a choice. God also sent a pro-life Christian freshman football player over to the GAP display. James saw his teammates asking CBR’s Joanna Keilson about our comparison of slavery to abortion. They were confused, saying, “The slaves had no choice; the woman does.” James explained how neither the slave nor the child had a choice.
Gems at the University of Tennessee Knoxville
With our double feature at University of Tennessee Knoxville, we picked up several gems. Here are the best and brightest!
No value for life, even his own. He had attempted suicide 3 times. He didn’t value his own life, so he obviously wasn’t going to value preborn children. But CBR volunteer Laurice Baddour shared the Gospel with him and showed him nothing but patience and kindness. Two of his friends came back later to thank Laurice for giving their friend a life-affirming message of hope. Pray that he will take it to heart.
A Jewish Christian gets the picture. Josiah, a junior from Israel, said, “It makes me really sad to see [the pictures]. Don’t stop doing this. People need to see it.”
Shoved off the fence. “I’m more on your side; you’re doing a good job of convincing me!” Kai, an Air Force veteran had heard pro-life arguments, but he wanted to remain neutral. Seeing the pictures made that hard to do.
Sentient cows and dependent college students. Dan agreed that humanity must be the criterion that matters. Sentience can’t be relevant, he said, because “even a cow has sentience.” He started by arguing that children could be killed up until birth because they are dependent. But then he acknowledged “I guess that they are still dependent after birth.” We reminded him that college students are also dependent. He finally admitted, “I have a lot to think about; I may have to reconsider.”
Thank you! Thank you for standing up to bullies with your $upport. Your $upport makes all of this possible. Without your help, we can do nothing and the bullies win!
Commandeering the class at East Tennessee State University
Every now and then, GAP presents opportunities for volunteers to commandeer indoctrination pods also known as college classes. This happens despite the diabolical grip the pod leader has on their pod people.
Respecting women? A male women’s studies teacher brought his class out to rant against GAP. After class, CBR volunteer Bill Boyer approached this teacher and asked when he thinks life begins. The man ignored the question and went straight to the ad hominem, “You don’t have the right to tell a woman what she can do with her body because you could never have a baby.” Bill responded, “I was never a slave owner, so may I not speak against slavery?” The man exploded in a fit of rage.
Just then a local pastor’s wife joined the discussion. This “teacher” launched a cursing verbal assault toward her as well. So much for respecting women.
We’ll take it from here. With this teacher now distracted by his own tirade, CBR volunteer Laurice Baddour addressed his class, most of whom were still standing on the library steps. In her own words:
Holy Fire and Holy Love overcame me, righteous indignation, love, and compassion flooded me, and I took over his class. To my own surprise (!), my mouth opened, and I called out to the female students, loudly enough to overshadow his voice, “Ladies, I love you! You are being lied to by this professor, and you’ve been lied to by our culture.” I immediately corrected each lie, one by one, with truth. I listed the risks of
abortion to their bodies, souls, and relationships. I shared testimonies of some post-abortive campus peers with whom I had connected. …
The female students became angry, loud, and mob-like — I love mobs — but I called out for order and assured them that each one of their comments and questions would be addressed, one student at a time. Immediately the raging lionesses became sweet li’l lambs, and several began to raise their hands, waiting their turn. The others listened. As God once closed the mouths of the lions in the den where Daniel was thrown, so He closed the mouths of the students, and the accuser of the brethren, who was speaking through the mouth of their professor. After our time of questions, answers, and comments, the class disbanded. Several of the students came down the steps and shared their personal stories and concerns with me. It was a victory for truth.
And the professor? Well, you’ll have to ask someone else, because I never heard his voice or saw him again.
Mixed Nuts at East Tennessee State University
The hostility of the Academy toward the Citizenry is omnipresent, as we saw at East Tennessee State (ETSU), where tax-funded employees routinely condemn Christian and conservative students for their beliefs and values.
With indisputable facts and unassailable arguments, GAP is a fantastic way to help students wage ideological warfare. We demonstrate how Christians and conservatives can engage professors and their heavily propagandized classmates with courage and grace.
Dumb blonde. Diana, a pre-med student, told us that the pressure to conform to leftist ideology is oppressive. Her “ethics” professor makes fun of her intelligence and her blonde hair. Note: Only leftist professors may disparage women as dumb blondes.
Pro-choice? This professor says a doctor shouldn’t be allowed to let his beliefs interfere with his “services.” In other words, Diana should be forced to perform abortions or lose her license. How is that “pro-choice”?
An unexpected friend. GAP works on many levels. We of course expose abortion as a horrifying act of violence. But at the same time, we advance the cause of free speech. Moreover, we demonstrate how people on both sides of a contentious debate can respectfully advance their arguments. After speaking with CBR’s Jane Bullington, Noah wrote on his Facebook page:
The conversation was based on mutual respect … We were able to actually “hear” what the other one had to say. My concerns were focused mostly on pro-life people not favoring programs that would make life easier for the born people and their apparent vilification of women who have made this tough decision. Jane talked about the devaluation of human life leading to increased violence and selfishness in our country. She also said we may want the same “ends” for born people, but have different strategies for arriving at that goal. Did we come to the same conclusion? Do I approve of CBR or their tactics? No on both counts. But I made a friend and have a greater appreciation for civil discourse. I am guilty of abrasively engaging in debate and speaking without listening. Today was different and refreshing. So, come talk to these folks rather than yell at them. And I even went back to get a picture with my new pro-life friend.
Thank you for your support! Only through your prayers and financial investment can we take this message where it most needs to go.
ALL Black Lives Matter at the DC Black History Museum
Since the US DOJ sided with CBR in our lawsuit against the Museum of African-American History and Culture, CBR has been displaying ALL Black Lives Matter (ABLM) signs outside the Museum on a regular basis.
Black adolescents constitute a high percentage of the Museum’s visitors, and their future children are most at risk for abortion. African-Americans are 11% of the population, but account for 37% of all abortions.
One member of our target audience, a boy, exclaimed, “Those look like baby arms!” He got it.
A girl said, as she took pictures with her phone, “Gross! Horrible! I can’t look away. I can’t stop looking at it.” She got it, also.
A group of five black boys stared nonstop. Several times, they walked away to do something else, but they always came back to the signs. One day, those boys will be men and they will be much less likely to kill their own children.
Inside the Museum, leftists are promoting a left-wing political agenda. Essentially, it is Black Lives Matter and Planned Parenthood hiding behind a picture of Martin Luther King. Outside, we are showing African Americans that their supposed benefactors are today killing black children at staggering rates and have suppressed the black vote more effectively than poll taxes, literacy tests, voter ID requirements, and Ku Klux Klan lynchings combined.
For the Pastors: Is abortion only a political issue?
On Day 2 at Western Kentucky University, a female student set up her own table near the GAP display. She was wearing a black robe; she had black hair, black nail polish, black lipstick, and red contact lenses. She set out a good bit of witchcraft paraphernalia on her table and began to cast spells over us. Debbie and CBR volunteer Laurice Baddour began to pray, asking God to keep the GAP team and the campus community protected; they prayed fervently against the kingdom of darkness. Laurice describes what happened next:
I asked for prayer, then I walked over to the table, introduced myself, shared my faith, and asked her and her two friends some questions about their spiritual lives. They were incredibly open — the two with her were atheists. I began to share the great power and love of God for them, but that their sin is separating them from Him, yet He is calling them to repentance and a relationship with Him. I shared the gospel three times with them, each time going deeper.
Amazingly, this lengthy conversation about salvation with a witch and two atheists was one of the most peaceful I have ever had! I had expected great trouble, but instead experienced engagement at such a deep, meaningful level, with no interruptions. Their hearts were so open to listen! I knew that God was doing a great work, and that team members were praying for us. I urged the students to respond to God, made myself available to talk again anytime that afternoon, and hugged them all before leaving their table.
Are you a Christian leader? Are you really sure that abortion is just a political issue? The witches don’t think so. Abortion is a battle of good and evil. Souls are at stake. GAP is not only an opportunity to save lives and fight the culture of death, it is an opportunity to share the Gospel with those who need it most.
Mixed Nuts at Western Kentucky University
Our recent trip to Western Kentucky University (WKU) was our second visit, having been at WKU two years before that.
Changing minds and winning hearts. We had no sooner set up at when Allison walked up and let us know that she had been pro-abortion when we had visited in 2015. She saw the pictures and spoke with CBR volunteer Gene Garrett. She even rode in our Truth Truck and heard the Gospel. After we left, she did more research. As a result of all of this, she changed. She is now pro-life.
“There is none so blind as he who will not see.” That’s what the great philosopher Ray Stevens said. Paul went a little further. He wrote, “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see …” (2 Corinthians 4:4) Zach, a 27-year-old student lamented, “They accuse you guys of talking in circles, but they go in circles and ask you to follow. They have one-dimensional arguments. If you ask “Why?” all they can say is “Because.” I am a believer and outspoken in class. I try to get people to move deeper on their stance, but these folks cannot.”
Hypocrisy. Men can’t speak, except for when they can. One guy was holding a sign, “Men can’t speak on women’s rights.” Apparently, his buddy is excepted. His sign said, “I love abortion.”
Hiding. ABC-13 WBKO ran a story “covering” our Truth Truck driving around town. They said they had received a photo of our GAP display from a student, but it was “too graphic” to show. But why is it “too graphic” to show? Because abortion is an act of violence, and the pro-abort media do not want people to see the truth.
Healing. Debbie Picarello of Deeper Still, a post-abortion ministry which partners with CBR, set up a table next to GAP. She ministered to students who had already been involved in abortion. One student took materials for himself and his former girlfriend — she aborted his child against his will. An older pro-life man told Debbie that he was post-abortive and shared his story with her. Debbie explained that Deeper Still is available for men as well as for women. A female student thanked her for being on campus and commended her for being “brave”.
Compassion. Matthew announced that he would meet with the Counseling Center after GAP to discuss ways they might help those hurting after abortions.
What I Saw at the Abortion
Very interesting article by Sarah Terzo summarizing reporters’ comments after actually seeing abortion. Reading her piece reminded of an article written by Dr. Richard Selzer years ago, entitled What I Saw at the Abortion. He talked about the effect of actually seeing an abortion:
And it has happened that you cannot reason with me now. For what can language do against the truth of what I saw?
More about that in a minute. First, here are some of the best quotes from Ms. Terzo’s piece:
I felt a profound and unmistakable kinship with the foot and hand in the tray, a kinship so strong it was like the rolling of the sea under my feet. (Harper’s Magazine author Verlyn Klinkenborg)
But the nurses, medical assistants, and doctors who worked inside procedure rooms … knew that an eleven-week-old POC harbored tiny arms and legs and feet with toes. (author Sue Hertz, who spent a year observing abortions a busy abortion clinic) [FAB: POC = products of conception]
I have seen this before. The face of a Russian soldier, lying on a frozen snow covered hill, stiff with death and cold. … A death factory is the same anywhere, and the agony of early death is the same anywhere. (author Magda Denes)
Having seen what I saw, I cannot for a moment abide the disingenuousness of those who argue that a fetus is not human, or those who convince themselves that abortion is not killing. (Newsday reporter B.D. Colen, who witnessed a 2nd-trimester D&E abortion)
As I left the operating room, I shook my head in an attempt to get the horrible vision out of my head. I couldn’t. It was there; it would always be there: a little hand…a little rib cage. (former medical student)
Read the entire article here.
In 1976, Dr. Richard Selzer was a surgeon at Yale University. In January of that year, he authored an essay entitled “What I Saw at the Abortion,” which appeared in, of all places, Esquire Magazine. In this piece, he described witnessing a prostaglandin-injection abortion performed at 24 weeks gestation. Referring to the spirited fight put up by the preborn child in the defense of his own life, Selzer concluded:
Whatever else is said in abortion’s defense, the vision of that other defense will not vanish from my eyes. … And it has happened that you cannot reason with me now. For what can language do against the truth of what I saw?
Indeed, what can lying words and sophistry do against undeniable truth?
Even in a pro-life church, only abortion video could save this baby
Only rarely do we get permission to show abortion video in a pro-life church. Even pro-life pastors are reluctant to accept the angst that goes along with making people uncomfortable about abortion. Even when we do get to show the video, we often have to fight for the priviledge. When we suggest babies lives are at stake, we are called “strident,” “pushy” etc.
But we are often reminded later why we fought so hard. We just got word this week of another baby saved because we showed abortion video during a worship service. As reported earlier link here), CBR’s Executive Director Gregg Cunningham was able to show abortion video on a November Sunday morning at Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor.
We just learned that at least one baby has already been saved as a result. The mother was not only pregnant that Sunday, she had actually scheduled an abortion for the following day. This mother had heard sermons against abortion, but had never actually seen abortion. Gregg had debated the pastor and his wife at some length to persuade them to allow him to show our “Choice Blues” video to the congregation. To their great credit, they finally withdrew their opposition.
When confronted with the truth, the mother became angry and stormed out of the service – but the pictures haunted her. She cancelled her abortion appointment and sought the church’s help instead. Had this pastor rejected Gregg’s pleas to show abortion video, this baby girl, just born, could easily have become another faceless, nameless statistic.
Please don’t withhold truth at your church. Here is how we showed truth at Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor:
How to show abortion in a large church (video)
CBR Executive Director Gregg Cunningham shows abortion video during worship service at Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Abortion, which was sold to the American people as a way of liberating women, has become a tool of oppression that men use to victimize women.
The question returns, “Are we taking abortion as seriously as God takes child sacrifice in the Old Testament?”
We start by talking about forgiveness, because [abortion] is an incredibly easy mistake to make … when they are being lied to and they are under a great deal of pressure.
God forgives sin, if we repent of that sin. That’s what the Gospel is about.
Abortion, which was sold to the American people as a way of liberating women, has become a tool of oppression that men use to victimize women.
Psalm 139 describes our being formed in a secret place, and God has now opened up that secret place and allowed us the technology to actually see what’s going on.
Abortion is happening with the permission of the Body of Christ, in the sense that God has given His people dominion over resources more than adequate to stop abortion, and abortion florishes because the Church is doing little or nothing to stop it.
It’s ironic beyond imagining that our pastors in churches around America dispute that abortion can be analogized to Old Testament child sacrifice at the very time when pagans are outspokenly saying abortion is not analygous to child sacrifice, abortion is child sacrifice.
The question returns, “Are we taking abortion as seriously as God takes child sacrifice in the Old Testament?” And the answer for most of us is, “No, not really.”