Day Gardner: Obama and the Epidemic of Violence
Obama speaks to Chicago Christians about "epidemic of violence " Day Gardner, the President of the National Black Pro-life Union and staff member at NPLAC on Capitol Hill, has written the following about Obama: African Americans throughout history have broken through barriers--strongholds, built by social injustice. Senator Obama is another black American proving what we as a people have always known--with hard work and opportunity we can achieve greatness! Recently, the inspiring Senator spoke to a congregation of concerned Christians at the Vernon Church of God in Chicago about the urgent need to end the "epidemic of violence" devastating our urban communities-- killing our children. He noted that 36 children had been killed just this year. I found it interesting that Mr. Obama neglected to include the 20,000 children who were gruesomely--violently killed last year in Chicago, (Cook County), by abortion --many of them just days before being "welcomed" ...