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Carroll County Passes Pro-Life Resolution: One in Five Counties in Arkansas are Now Pro-Life

Mar 1, 2022Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Pro-Life Cities, Pro-Life Counties, Sanctity of Human Life

On Monday the Carrol County Quorum Court passed a resolution affirming that the county is Pro-Life.

Monday’s vote means that one out of every five counties in Arkansas has passed a Pro-Life resolution.

Act 392 of 2021 by Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) affirms that cities and counties can designate themselves as Pro-Life.

Act 392 also says that Pro-Life Communities can install signs or banners announcing that they are Pro-Life.

Since Act 392 was enacted last year, 15 counties have passed resolutions recognizing unborn children and affirming that they are Pro-Life, and several cities and towns have as well.

To date, Washington, Benton, Crawford, Cleburne, Pope, Jackson, Saline, Faulkner, Perry, Sebastian, Lee, White, Prairie, and Searcy counties have adopted Pro-Life resolutions — and so have the cities and towns of Marianna, Russellville, Springdale, LaGrange, Moro, Aubrey, Haynes, and Marshall.

Polling in Arkansas has shown time and again that Arkansans oppose abortion on demand.

Most Arkansans believe abortion ought to be either completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances. In light of that, it makes sense that so many communities in Arkansas would vote to affirm that they are Pro-Life.

Look for other cities and counties pass Pro-Life resolutions in the coming months!

Americans Censor Themselves for China

Feb 28, 2022John StonestreetChinaChina

America’s corporate cooperation in China’s oppressive activities is shameful. Political philosopher Charles de Montesquieu said that “The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” With China, , we’re seeing this play out in real-time. China’s control and censoring of its own citizens is disturbing, but predictable. But the number of American corporations and media willing to censor themselves is what’s really stunning

With access to 1.4 billion consumers at stake, corporations like Nike and the NBA, and most Hollywood studios have bowed to China’s demands, apologizing profusely for any perceived offense. Ahead of the Olympics, house speaker Nancy Pelosi warned athletes not to speak up against human rights abuses while in China.

Clearly, those with the most money to lose are willing to stay silent on human rights abuses.

Which makes China’s evils not just a “them” problem. It’s an “us” problem, too. Freedom of speech is only as good as what it is used for.

Let’s hope we start using it for something better: speaking the truth.