On June 15th, I was able to go to the hearing down at City Hall about Bill # 371.This is the bill that the New York City Council is trying to pass in order to eventually shut down crisis pregnancy centers in New York cities.
I have never been to this particular building before. But what I noticed when I first walked in, was a huge statue center stage of the lobby, of a woman-blindfolded. She is holding in both hands, the scales of justice.
What catches your attention first about this statue, is its statement "Justice is Blind".
When I finally got up to the 11th floor to be present in the room where the Honorable Judge William Pauly was leading his courtroom, I first encountered a woman on the pro bill side pleading her case before the Judge.
Her voice sounded wavering. I heard her repeat the same statement over 6 times. She kept saying over and over again-just using different words- how crisis pregnancy centers are lying to women.
The Judge asked if she would be satisfied if just the centers that blatantly misinformed women were shut down. She wouldn't accept his offer. Her defense was that, "Your Honor, that is not fixing the problem". His response was, " See, I don't see how that is NOT fixing the problem".
She didn't want a few shut down, she wanted all shut down so that Planned Parenthood might have precedence over the future lives of our children, teenagers, and mothers. She's standing up for women. She's helping them receive their list of choices. What she doesn't realize, is that she is blind to the fact that women want to bare children. They want to nurture little ones. They want to have a bond with the father of their child, to watch the child grow.
Her wavering started up again. She repeated teetering again, the fact that these centers lie to women. That's what happens when you go and negate what God has originally intended for his people. And He gives us his Word-the Holy Bible- to help us see what his plan for our lives is.
He sees everything. Unlike this woman and our justice system, he is the onlooker from the seas to the mountains; from the east to the west. Since he left us his words of wisdom in the Great Book, why not follow that?
What catches your attention first about this statue, is its statement "Justice is Blind".
When I finally got up to the 11th floor to be present in the room where the Honorable Judge William Pauly was leading his courtroom, I first encountered a woman on the pro bill side pleading her case before the Judge.
Her voice sounded wavering. I heard her repeat the same statement over 6 times. She kept saying over and over again-just using different words- how crisis pregnancy centers are lying to women.
The Judge asked if she would be satisfied if just the centers that blatantly misinformed women were shut down. She wouldn't accept his offer. Her defense was that, "Your Honor, that is not fixing the problem". His response was, " See, I don't see how that is NOT fixing the problem".
She didn't want a few shut down, she wanted all shut down so that Planned Parenthood might have precedence over the future lives of our children, teenagers, and mothers. She's standing up for women. She's helping them receive their list of choices. What she doesn't realize, is that she is blind to the fact that women want to bare children. They want to nurture little ones. They want to have a bond with the father of their child, to watch the child grow.
Her wavering started up again. She repeated teetering again, the fact that these centers lie to women. That's what happens when you go and negate what God has originally intended for his people. And He gives us his Word-the Holy Bible- to help us see what his plan for our lives is.
He sees everything. Unlike this woman and our justice system, he is the onlooker from the seas to the mountains; from the east to the west. Since he left us his words of wisdom in the Great Book, why not follow that?
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