{"id":190666,"date":"2018-11-06T05:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T11:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190666"},"modified":"2018-11-09T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:48:57","slug":"franklin-graham-abortion-blessing-auschwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/franklin-graham-abortion-blessing-auschwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Franklin Graham: Blessing abortion center like blessing &#8216;gas chambers at Auschwitz&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>When Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/clergy-bless-ohio-planned-parenthood\/\">announced<\/a> that \u201cfaith leaders\u201d would be blessing the East Columbus Surgical Center in Columbus on November 9th, pro-lifers were shocked. This is not the first time the industry has had pro-abortion clergy \u201cbless\u201d their facilities, but the upcoming \u201cHoly Ground: Blessing the Sacred Space of Decision\u201d event has garnered significant attention.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the late Billy Graham, reacted to the news on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FranklinGraham\/posts\/2176717112384458?__tn__=-R\">Facebook<\/a> page and his words are thought-provoking for Christian and non-Christians alike. Graham likened blessing an abortion facility to &#8220;blessing murder,&#8221; adding, \u201cThey are blessing actions that are against the laws of God. That would be like priests standing outside the gas chambers at Auschwitz and blessing the murder of innocent Jews. Such evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFranklinGraham%2Fposts%2F2176717112384458&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"605\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Franklin&#8217;s comparison to the Holocaust will no doubt shock many people, but others see it as apt. Abortion ends the life of a unique human being with a beating heart, and the number of deaths from it &#8212; not unlike the number of people killed in the Holocaust &#8212; is on a scale that is hard to grasp. As the victims of the Holocaust during World War II were primarily Jews and other ethnic groups the Nazis deemed undesirable, the victims of this modern day &#8220;legal procedure&#8221; are deemed \u201cunwanted\u201d or unfit due to disability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/slavery-genocide-abortion-worst-human-rights-injustices-time\/\">READ: <em>Slavery, genocide, and abortion &#8212; the worst human rights injustices of all time<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graham wrote, \u201cMy prayer is that young mothers will realize the truth and look at other alternatives that do not include murder.\u201d He encouraged his followers, \u201cPray for women who might be facing that situation now, and pray for the many Christ-centered pregnancy centers around the country who are speaking the truth about abortion every day and working to save lives one at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Graham has not been afraid to discuss life issues, writing on his Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/franklin-graham-abortion-ending-life\/\">page<\/a> earlier this year, \u201cAn abortion is the killing of a child in the womb, intentionally ending a life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio announced that \u201cfaith leaders\u201d would be blessing the East Columbus Surgical Center in Columbus on November 9th, pro-lifers were shocked. 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