Teenager Boldly Confronts Council
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- Hello, my name is Addison Walker. I'm 13 years old. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today two years ago at a
- 00:09
- Pond near our house I was appalled at what I saw. It looked as if someone destroyed two or three duck eggs by throwing them against a pillar
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- Shortly thereafter we found out that it is illegal to move or disturb eggs like these The penalty for moving or disturbing certain bird eggs is up to six months in prison and a $15 ,000 fine
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- People respect laws such as this one when they are enforced with an act of penalty I've learned in school that as a council member you have sworn to uphold the laws of Arizona What I have not learned though is why are only certain laws enforced?
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- I will ask you what is a greater crime destroying duck eggs or murdering pre -born children?
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- John MacArthur further shows the absurdity of this when he says that quote Bags of babies are found by trash compactors
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- Yet on the other side of this a wounded American Eagle was found recently in Maryland at restroom emergency treatment however, it died and a $5 ,000 reward was offered for the arrest of whoever injured it
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- In the state of Massachusetts, there is an anti -cruelty law that makes it illegal to award a goldfish as a prize
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- Why this is what it says Quote to prevent the tendency to dole humanitarian feelings and to prevent and to and and To corrupt morals of those who abuse them end quote
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- What he is basically saying is that some people are willing to protect goldfish from potential abuse
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- But they're not willing to lift a finger to protect pre -born human children who are being murdered every day
- 01:49
- Arizona State Law 13 dash 3603 an active law which criminalizes abortion is violated because it is not enforced
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- If you enforce this law the murdering will cease because the abortionist will spend the next two to five years in prison
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- Or they'll be scared the penalty so they won't perform any more abortions
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- We can't just pick and choose which laws we want to enforce Because there's only one standard that we should base our lives and actions on and that standard is
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- God's Word The Bible the Bible makes it clear that abortion is murder
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- We see in the Bible that God views life inside the womb just as valuable and worthy of protection as life outside the womb
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- Councilmen and women yes guys placed you in this role at this time for purpose and you will be judged on Judgment Day and given count for everything that You did or did not do
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- Dietrich Bonhoeffer who's executed because he stood against his government for killing millions of Jews during World War two said quote
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- Silence in the face of evil is itself evil God would not hold us guiltless not to speak is to speak not to act is to act end quote
- 03:04
- By choosing to ignore the murder that's happening your city You're choosing to act and you are enabling that murder and you will be held accountable.