I found Jill Stanek's report, "Congressional Black Caucus Holds Meeting to Blast Pro-Lifers," utterly shocking. With "leaders" like this, the black community is in very deep trouble indeed. (HT: Weasel Zippers)
Congressional Black Caucus members strongly object to the following billboards:
Stanek reported on a number of presentations, including Nancy Belden's. Belden is a partner at Beldon Russonello Strategists. Stanek wrote,
Beldon handed out “five key points” to oppose billboard campaigns, how to respond to pro-life messaging. . . .
Belden, pictured left, said it will be necessary to make sure polling generates the answers they need. She bragged she can make polls say what she wants them to say, that it’s all about asking the right questions, in the right sequence, with certain phrasing.
Belden said it is critical to keep the subject on healthcare, not babies.
She said abortion proponents must also accept the fact that many blacks believe there should be some restrictions on abortion. So, “you move them off the circumstances, which you know are going to lose,” she said. She said to move the conversation to reminding people we can’t possibly know all the health reasons and issues going into a decision to abort. . ..
The four-part generalized message to defend abortion:
- Frame the issue as the need for quality healthcare and education in the black community.
- Site disparities with healthcare and education between the cultures.
- Call for an end to the disparities.
- Express the value of self-determination.
To specifically battle “genocide awareness” billboard campaigns:
- Turn “genocide” around: The killing and endangering of our people is really happening by way of substandard healthcare and lack of good education. That’s really the problem.
- Site historical disparities.
- Call for an end to the disparities.
- Try to switch topics to violence in communities – Trayvon Martin – lack of food, etc. (“What are you doing to help the children already here?”)
To that Jill Stanek wrote:
Takeaways:
1. The pro-life community needs to more heavily invest in billboard campaigns in black communities. Donate today to one or more of the organizations listed on the dossier above, or to the NBPLU.
2. Focusing on the babies, that abortion is calculated genocide of the black community, and that most abortions are committed for reasons of convenience are winning issues.
3. Encourage black pastors to preach more strongly against abortion.
4. A fitting verse comes to mind: “The arrogant godless try to throw me off track,” Psalm 119:85. But we won’t let them.
Read the whole thing.