Black Pastors to Back Health Care Bills

Black Pastors to Back Health Care Bills

Black Pastors to Back Health Care Bills, Give Cover to Barack Obama on Abortion

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A group of black pastors from the Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American denomination, are endorsing the health care plans in Congress today. They are giving cover to President Barack Obama, who has promised no abortion funding even though all three bills fund abortions. Led by Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr., a Los Angeles minister, the black pastors are offering their complete support for the public option -- the government-run insurance plan found in HR 3200 that funds abortions. According to a Los Angeles Times news report, the pastors were careful to use language saying they agreed with Obama that abortion funds should not be in the health care bills -- even though massive abortion subsidies and mandates exist. "In accord with our commitment to Christian teaching, we wholeheartedly affirm the president's position that medical costs related to the abortion of fetuses shall not be covered by healthcare plans funded by this initiative," Blake said at a press conference. The endorsement comes one day after a group of black pro-life leaders took an educational campaign to Capitol Hill to oppose the abortion funding in the health care bills. Ref. Source 2