Butterflies and babies

On the first Sunday in May many ANiC churches will be celebrating sanctity of life Sunday:

As a diocese which affirms the sanctity of life we are encouraging all our parishes to make a special effort on Sunday May 6th (this was from last year) to affirm that life is a gift from God; gift from start to finish. This could take many forms in worship, prayer and teaching.

The Diocese of Niagara, on the other hand, has Earth Sunday:

As spring is with us, Creation Matters Working Group, a National Church group, encourages your parish to prepare to celebrate Earth Sunday, either on Easter Day — April 21 — or the following Sunday, April 28.

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And for a small creature — the plight of the monarch butterfly seems to have motivated so many people to plant milkweeds.

I like butterflies as much as the next Anglican but to focus one’s effort on the plight of butterflies while ignoring that of tens of thousands of aborted babies seems to be straining out a gnat – or a monarch – while swallowing a camel.