As I mentioned in an earlier post, the March for Women’s Lives will feature a wide range of religious groups. United Methodist News reports:
United Methodists will be among the participants in an April 25 “March for Women’s Lives” in Washington.A delegation of 50 to 100 will march under the banner of the Women’s Division, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, according to Julie Taylor, a division executive based in Washington.
Leading the Women’s Division delegation are Genie Bank of Lexington, Mich., and Brenda Brown of Spring Lake, N.C., division president and vice president; Joyce Sohl, the division’s chief executive; and Lois Dauway, who heads the division’s Section of Christian Social Responsibility.
According to Bank, the division’s participation “recognizes the basic human right to education and planning one’s family” and the responsibility of women, not politicians, for their own family planning practices.
The United Methodist Board of Church and Society also is a co-sponsor of the march, said Linda Bales, program director of the board’s Louise & Hugh Moore Population Project. The agency supports advocacy efforts for women’s health, such as the United Nations Population Fund, which provides reproductive health services and HIV/AIDS prevention for women.
The Union of Reform Judaism is also among the participants. Their Religious Action Center web site states that:
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, the Reform Movement will join with hundreds of thousands of people from around the country in a historic March in Washington, D.C., to protect reproductive freedom and women’s health. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is coordinating our Movement's participation, working closely with all arms of the Movement, especially Women of Reform Judaism.
Groups like the Christian Coalition and the Traditional Families Coalition want people to believe that the only option for Christians is to be pro-life. The over 25 religious groups co-sponsoring the march prove otherwise.
