Crucified Chicken: Voodoo or just nuts?

Here's an update from the folks at Pro-Life Corner about the odd behavior at the abortuary in Rockford, Illinos, specifically dealing with this anti-Christian display in one of the windows:

Interestingly, this display has some things in common with voodoo altars, (see the Pro-Life Corner article for full details) but Father Euteneuer of Human Life International says, “It's not voodoo nor mockery--it is blasphemy from a demonic industry.”

Not included in the article is this pic they forwarded to us of the "Condom Monster" greeting pro-life protestors at the clinic back in the day. Note that he's wearing a "Keep Abortion Legal" T-shirt.

No matter what their political inclinations might be, I don't think this is what the folks at Children's Television Workshop had in mind.

More on the Condom Monster and some other costumed antics from the clinic crew coming soon...

Here’s the article from prolifecorner.com :

Is It Voodoo Or Is It Blasphemy In Rockford, IL?
http://prolifecorner.com/node/2702

At 1400 Broadway in Rockford, Il stands a sinister building which most of our readers now know is the Northwest Illinois Women’s Center, an abortion mill, a killing field, Rockford’s own Auschwitz, a death camp for babies, and a place where the mothers are also wounded. This place exists for one purpose only; that is to kill babies....

Would you go to a clinic in Rockford knowing that fifty percent of the clients that go in would leave dead in a box? Would you go in knowing that the other fifty percent would suffer a high rate of psychological damage to the point of post traumatic stress syndrome? They could suffer many of the same symptoms that our soldiers have suffered after being in a combat zone. You know you couldn’t get away from a place like that quick enough. That clinic would be closed because the mayor, police, aldermen, and media would be all over that place until it was closed. And yet, Rockford does have such a place at 1400 Broadway and there is only silence from the mayor and city officials. Why are you silent? Your silence is empowering criminal behavior; your silence is enabling the abortion extremists to exist; your silence condemns you as well. All it takes for evil to exist is for good men to do nothing.

Look, we know abortion is a decriminalized crime and until this immoral law is changed, our hands are tied. But to overlook the other problems at the killing facility is irresponsible and immoral in itself. Abortion is not a safe procedure; women are physically and psychologically injured and statistically these injuries are being covered up in emergency rooms all across this country. The pro-life community is alleging that minors are being taken in for the purpose of abortion. This is a major surgical procedure which is being performed on minors without consent of their parents. This criminal activity, we allege, is happening in the city of Rockford and our city officials and the police are looking the other way.

The supporters of abortion are also motivated to bizarre behavior at the mill. In the future we will have a full article on that alone. In this article we will try to concentrate on something that was noticed at the abortion clinic on March 29, 2008. The owner of the building, Wayne Webster, and its supporters of abortion do not hesitate to attack Christ and His Church. On March 29, a picture was taken of a collage of items in the abortion clinic window. It consisted of a crucifix, a picture of Christ, a picture of John Paul II, a tiny coffin with a Catholic nun doll placed in it, a campaign type lapel pin that says :”Jesus says this clinic stays open.” As you may recall, that was the day pro-life advocate Kevin Rilott and Eric were verbally assaulted by mill owner Wayne Webster and abortion supporter Keith Sterkeson.

As part of our investigative work we had to return to the abortion mill approximately a month later, on April 29. We took additional photographs and left to keep an appointment downtown. Upon viewing the pictures back at the office, we were shocked to see Mr. Webster had moved to a new level of hatred toward Christ and His Church. A chicken was placed in front of the crucifix, making it look like the chicken is being crucified. Also, a figure of a monk with a pin stuck in his belly was added to the collage.

This has prompted much speculation as to the meaning of this sickening display. Before I go into some of the theories, maybe it would be proper to ask Webster and Dennis Christensen, the abortionist, what this means to them. We also ask the meaning of the chicken hanging in another window, which has hung by a hangman’s noose for over the past 18 years. Why were the monk and chicken added recently to the window? And what is the meaning of this display at a so-called medical facility? Some of us thought it could be linked to voodoo; they are known to sacrifice chickens and according to our research on voodoo altars, Webster’s display meets some of the criteria: “A Voodoo altar may contain candles (white candles for positive, black candles for negative spells), bottles of rum, pots-de-tete, herbs, statues of Catholic saints, an iron cross, gourds, rattles and strings of colorful beads.” You be the judge.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050717.html

A question was put forth to Father Euteneuer of Human Life International, “Is this a voodoo altar?” His response was “its not voodoo nor mockery—it is blasphemy from a demonic industry.” We have a tremendous amount of respect for Father Euteneuer and we thank him for his straight forward answer.

Here is the official definition of blasphemy from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
“Blasphemy is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God - inwardly or outwardly- words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in respect toward him in one’s speech; in misusing God’s name. St. James condemns those “who blaspheme that honorable name [of Jesus] by which you are called.” The prohibition of blasphemy extends to language against Christ’s Church, the saints, and sacred things. It is also blasphemous to make use of God’s name to cover up criminal practices, to reduce peoples to servitude, to torture persons or put them to death. The misuse of God’s name to commit a crime can provoke others to repudiate religion.
Blasphemy is contrary to the respect due God and his holy name. It is in itself a grave sin.”

Unless Mr. Webster or Dennis Christensen comes forward and gives us a satisfactory explanation, we can only speculate. Once again, you be the judge.

We can only guess at the strange silence on the part of the Rockford media, television and print, and of the Rockford politicians. Through your silence you empower the hate mongers; these bigots, these racists. When will you break the silence and take a stand for decency and help us fight this blatant bigotry and hatred? Your silence condemns you as well.

Add to the shame of the city officials and police the disgraceful way the pro-life community has been treated. The city disregards their pleas for help, refuses to accept reports of assault, even refuses to accept evidence when presented to them; this is appalling. We once again respectfully ask that city officials and the police be part of the solution and not part of the problem. We look forward to the day when we can work together to make Rockford a great community, which it once was.

Also see:Just because it’s legal doesen’t make it right.
http://prolifecorner.com/node/2700

WARNING:This is the reality of abortion; bigotry, hatred, and violence. The founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, and many of her successors were and are racists. When you see and read what these pro-abortion supporters in Rockford, IL have to say, it is indeed sickening. WARNING: To parents: do not allow children to see this written text or to hear what is on the upcoming video.

DANGER: Proceed with caution. WARNING: You are about to see the effect that abortion has on its supporters....

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http://prolifecorner.com/files/video/Warningkeith.swf

Bigotry, Racism, Anti-Christian attacks and failure on the part of the Rockford police department to protect it’s pro-life citizens. WARNING: What you are about to read will shock and sicken you. We have to ask why the Rockford police have allowed this hatred and these bigoted attacks to go on at the Rockford abortion mill for approximately six months; years longer involving other cases.
http://prolifecorner.com/node/2691

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