Posted on 11/27/2017 3:09:53 PM PST by Morgana
The Rev. Barry Lynn, a national advocate of abortion and the separation of church and state, is retiring this week.
Lynn is best known as the leader of the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a position he has held since 1992, the Washington Post reports.
A United Church of Christ pastor and a lawyer, Lynn has been a vocal opponent of the Little Sisters of the Poor and Christian-owned businesses like Hobby Lobby that do not think the government should force them to pay for drugs that may cause abortions in their employee health plans.
Despite the fact that he is a pastor, Lynn believes that “the mixing of religion and government is toxic and unconstitutional,” according to the report.
Lynn said he grew up in a conservative small town in Pennsylvania but eventually became disillusioned with conservative leaders. He said the abortion issue was one of the key things that prompted him to become an advocate for the separation of church and state.
He told the Post:
It was the abortion question [When Lynn was in college, the girlfriend of a roommate of his became pregnant but could not obtain an abortion in the years before Roe v. Wade. Religious leaders and groups, particularly Catholic ones at the time, were the leading voices against abortion – as they are now.] I found it staggering that somebody had to go to England to get a safe abortion. How could I not know this? And what other powers did these powerful, wealthy churches have? That’s when I started to look seriously at this issue.
And though the Trump administration is working hard to protect religious freedom and conscience rights, Lynn said he does not think it will prevail. He said the public is more liberal and “tolerant” than it used to be – meaning more people are ok with the government forcing religious people to violate their consciences by referring someone for an abortion or baking a cake for a gay wedding.
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“Their hearts and minds are far, far moved from where they were 25 years ago…I think there is an enormous growth in tolerance…Once you make a certain amount of progress, you never get back to the same starting point,” Lynn said.
Of course, Lynn believes he holds the moral high ground by advocating for abortion and the suppression of religious freedom.
“I do try and measure my actions based on: ‘What is the pain this might cause someone else?’ If there is real pain there, this doesn’t feel like something I ought to do. I wish others would look at their Christianity through that same frame,” he said.
Later, he continued, “… super-conservativism is just inconsistent with moral principles. Because you can’t live a life that doesn’t touch everybody else’s.”
These are interesting statements for someone who advocates for abortion, a procedure that causes pain and death to millions of Americans every year. Nearly 1 million unborn babies are killed in abortions every year in the U.S., and many of their mothers carry physical or psychological scars for the rest of their lives.
Lynn’s advocacy goes against what most Americans believe to be right. Americans think abortion is morally wrong, and many do not think the government should force people to violate their religious beliefs. The Little Sisters of the Poor, Hobby Lobby and other religious groups have strong public support because Americans recognize that religious individuals should have the “right to choose” to live according to their beliefs.
Preparing for Hell undoubtedly takes all of his time.
Barry Lynn has always used his Rev title to mock God.
He is a “Reverend” just like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Now that he is retired he can promote genocide of the elderly.
Lynn is only a pastor of the Church of Satan. Child sacrifice is his high sacrament.
Just wait til he retires from this life...
He’s been running the other team’s plays for a long time.
Oh yeah...I'm sure he will...now that he's close to the age!
“These are interesting statements for someone who advocates for abortion, a procedure that causes pain and death to millions of Americans every year. Nearly 1 million unborn babies are killed in abortions every year in the U.S., and many of their mothers carry physical or psychological scars for the rest of their lives.”
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Pretty much says it all.
It would be an understatement to use the phrase “special place in hell”. In barry lynn’s case, he’ll be at the executive suite at the Hellz Carlton.
Remember barry, after enduring 10,000 years, you’ll know it’s still just the beginning of the beginning. And the worm hasn’t died. You asshole.
Lynn has always tried to use the forces of government to challenge the religious beliefs of others. He also was involved in the informing to the IRS concerning the Tax exempt status of those he disagrees with. Not very tolerant.
He will soon find out that life is for eternity. . . if he doesn’t repent and turn to God he won’t be sharing an eternal Home with the little babies he wanted to destroy.
Reminds me of Representative Maxine Waters quote..
“I’m marching in protest as my mother was not able to have an abortion!”
Lynn will have some ‘splainin’ to do.
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ deal with this man ever so severely. Blasphemer, liar, deceiver.
Sure hope he converts before he dies.
Lynn strikes me as the type who would tell God He was intolerant if He didn’t give Lynn as special place in heaven. I always got the impression that Lynn, in his hubris, was laughing at everybody else.
Rev. Barry Lynn ‘believes’ he holds the moral high ground by promoting the violent murdering of babies inside the womb... .. wishes others would look at their Christianity through that same frame.
Interesting that he recognizes he’s on the wrong side of Christianity without directly saying so.
He also reveals he has no understanding of Gods word....For God knows every individual before they exist and has a purpose with each one BEFORE they’re for God knows every individual before they exist with a purpose for each of these lives BEFORE they’re born.........
Job spoke saying......“Did not He who made me in the womb make them?...... Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?”..... Job 31:15.
“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. .... I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;.... marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.
... My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. ....Your eyes saw my substance, being yet ‘unformed’. ....And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, ....’when as yet there were none of them’.”.... Psalm 139:13-16
The only consistent biblical Christian logic is to affirm the sanctity and dignity of every human life from the moment of fertilization....there can be no question that historic Christianity condemned abortion and affirmed the sanctity of human life, born and not yet born.
Whoopi Goldberg once said: I wish my mom had had an abortion.” Many of us do to, whoopi.
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