Pro-Life Firestone
HB 168 CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATE
LETTER TO THE EDITOR AT THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, RALEIGH, NC
Recently, I had a meeting with Speaker Joe Hackney at which he asserted he would never allow a Choose Life plate in NC. He believes a “firestorm” would be unleashed over the pro-life message on this plate. Does that mean Hackney anticipates pro-abortion advocates bringing the firestorm?
HB 168 would provide non-taxpayer funds to Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship, a non-profit organization sharing resources among pregnancy care centers that provide pregnancy counseling, parenting classes, and adoption referrals, gratis to women, men, and families.
Little by little, the NC General Assembly is lowering its standards for equal treatment under the law. This bill is repeatedly buried in committee, and no vote is allowed. Respecting and defending only the rights of those with whom you agree has no merit.
This week Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, President Obama’s choice to chair the DNC, signed VA’s Choose Life license plate bill into law, citing Virginia’s regard for freedom of expression and noting that license plate programs must not discriminate based on the viewpoint expressed by a particular group.
Pro-life advocates, make your message heard in Speaker Hackney’s office now. Tell your state representative you want his/her support for HB 168. Bring the firestorm against censorship.
Claire M. Schweitzer
Fuquay-Varina
(This letter was printed by the N & O on Saturday, April 4, 2009.)
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