Posted on 01/31/2018 1:37:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – During his first State of the Union address, President Trump praised a police officer and his wife who adopted a baby whose mother was addicted to heroin.
“Last year, [Officer] Ryan Holets was on duty when he saw a pregnant homeless woman preparing to inject heroin,” Trump recalled. “When Ryan told her she was going to harm her unborn child, she began to weep. She told him she didn't know where to turn, but badly wanted a safer home for her baby.”
“At that moment Ryan said he felt God speak to him: ‘you will do it because you can,’” said Trump. “He heard those words. He took out a picture of his wife and their four kids. Then he went home to tell his wife Rebecca. In an instant, she agreed to adopt.”
They named their new baby Hope.
“Ryan and Rebecca, you embody the goodness of our nation,” said Trump.
Although his speech was focused on issues like immigration, the economy, and national security, Trump mentioned his administration has “taken historic actions to protect religious liberty.”
“In America, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the center of the American life,” he said. “Our motto is ‘in God we trust.’”
It appeared most Democrats didn’t stand and clap when he said that.
Trump said the terminally ill, who are “wonderful, incredible Americans,” should have the “right to try” new experimental treatments. The “right to die” is a favorite slogan of the euthanasia lobby.
Trump mentioned protecting “the nuclear family” in the context of “ending chain migration.”
He ended his speech with “God bless America.” Many attending members of Congress began chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
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Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, brought as a guest to the speech Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, a Catholic nurse who in 2009 was forced to assist in a late-term abortion at a Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.
A legal battle and Department of Health and Human Services investigation ensued; eventually the hospital changed its policy.
“No one should be forced to violate their religious beliefs—especially in the workplace,” said Speaker Ryan. “Not only did Cathy stick up for her faith, but she did so while fighting for the unborn. It’s wrong that Cathy and so many others have been intimidated into assisting with abortions, which is why the Trump administration’s expanded conscience protections are a welcomed change.”
“As a staunch defender of religious liberty, I was very moved by Cathy’s story,” he said, and was “delighted” she attended the State of the Union.
At least 14 Democratic members of Congress boycotted the State of the Union.
Such a beautiful family God Bless them!!!
Praying that beautiful baby will grow up healthy and happy, with no ill effects from her birth mother’s addiction.
Amen. :)
Democrat parasites would now control all facets of government if, forty five years ago, they had not taught their offspring to abort their future Democrat voters.
I must admit, I got misty eyed a few times during the SOTU.
The story of the Holets family was just one such instance.
As opposed to the last 8 SOTU’s where I was not misty eyed, but sick to my stomach at that Obastard at the podium.
Pro-life Ping!
Heck.....I had tears rolling down my cheeks!
Amen to your prayer.
I was like “Holy Mo Lee” and moved to tears....
What a SOTU
Yep. Needed the tissues last night. I needed tissues the night The One got elected to a second term, too, but for an entirely different reason. I was weepy for days. The feeling of losing the best country the earth has ever known can have that effect.
Thank God for Trump who is restoring hope. He masterfully made the Dims look like a bunch of spoiled brats who are perfectly willing to break a toy if they can’t take possession of it.
Based on everything I thought I knew about him, Donald Trump would have been about the last person I would have seen as a “Faith Leader”. And yet, he seems to have undergone a real sea change. Don’t know if it’s “authentic”, It’s like he stepped into a pair of shoes he never knew he had.
RE: Don’t know if it’s “authentic”, It’s like he stepped into a pair of shoes he never knew he had.
Between what a man says and what he does, I’ll take the latter. I can’t read his heart, but his policies speak volumes. He has been the MOST PRO-LIFE President since Roe vs. Wade and that says a lot.
The count is 18 Million plus black babies and 60 Million total Americans aborted since 1973 (by this counter):.
http://www.numberofabortions.com/
Rearing five children on a policeman’s salary has to be a struggle. Has anyone started a Gofundme account for this unselfish couple. If so, my wife and I want to donate. How can I find out?
Great way of putting how they behave. Bullies.
Can’t disagree. God works in mysterious ways. Using DT as His instrument would nail that old adage solidly up on the wall.
I don't think any Democrats stood or clapped for these. Correct me if my memory is poor.
A man doesn’t have to be some great paragon of moral righteousness to find a home in Christ. Which is the most fortuitous move that Donald has made. And it happened in such a way that we couldn’t brag it was churched into him. A PCUSA fellow who barely seemed to understand sin and was a noted playboy. Maybe the very fact he didn’t understand sin led to mercy. Those who say they do understand sin, but muff it badly to their own self glorification, are in a worse place than Donald Trump was.
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