"Aborting children through lack of healthcare" and other nonsense

An unlikely gathering, I would have thought:

Black church leaders gathered at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington this week to discuss the future direction of the black church and what they said was the importance of advocating the causes of abortion rights and greater inclusion of homosexuals.

The event, part of this year’s 12th annual National Black Church Summit on Sexuality, featured workshops that spoke of the importance of pro-choice reproductive rights and ending what speakers said were failed federal abstinence approaches to sex education in schools. (update, link fixed: Christian Post)

The quotes start with being simply self-contradictory:

“We can teach our young people, ‘Yes, I believe in abstinence only,’ but I also believe I have to be realistic enough to tell my young people how to protect themselves and to keep from becoming pregnant,” Veazey told Cybercast News Service, while explaining his opposition to abstinence education programs.

... then you don't really believe in abstinence only education. Here's a (I think, somewhat reasonable) parallel: "I believe in not abusing drugs, but I also believe I have to be realistic enough to tell my young people how to sanitize the needles and keep from getting HIV."

See my point? Then he really doesn't believe in not abusing drugs.

Then the quotes just get sickeningly outrageous:

Veazey, however, dismissed the voices of black pro-life advocates.

“They talk about abortion, and I tell them ‘you are the ones who believe in the fetus, you all worship the fetus, and then when the baby really gets here you all abort them,’” he told Cybercast News Service.

“I say you abort them every time I drive through southeast Washington, where there’s a lack of health care, lack of housing, lack of opportunity. Some of those kids are aborted walking around. And do you know where they go when they are aborted? They go to jail. They go to the criminal justice system. They go to drugs. But these are the same kids that they were so anxious to bring here,” he added.

"Aborted walking around?" I wonder if Veazey would dare say something like this to the face of one of the persons he is referring to. At least people in these situations challenge us to care for them better. But killing them sure isn't the solution. I thought that would be obvious. Well, maybe not to Veazey.

The article also cites:

"Abortion, in particular, has been a thorny issue in black communities as blacks reportedly account for as much as one-third of all abortions in the country, despite accounting for only 12 percent of the population."

Many black leaders, including Alveda King, niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., have called abortion a “racist, genocidal act” and are preparing to boycott the NAACP’s annual convention next week in Cincinnati for what they say is the group’s harmful support for abortion.

The article makes other good points. I just wish Veazey's midset weren't so sadly typical of the rabid pro-abortion lobby. One would hope members of his congregation would be quick to call him out on it.