{"id":27129,"date":"2019-05-16T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27129"},"modified":"2019-05-16T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T21:06:40","slug":"diocese-of-niagaras-dean-peter-wall-declares-opposing-abortion-to-be-un-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagaras-dean-peter-wall-declares-opposing-abortion-to-be-un-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Niagara\u2019s Dean Peter Wall declares opposing abortion to be un-Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cathedral Dean of the Diocese of Niagara thinks those who oppose abortion cannot be Christians:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/1128968367082278914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a> he is reacting to the recently signed Alabama law making aborting unborn babies a felony:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a Christian myself, it is a shameful embarrassment to see the word Christian attached to those who would support Alabama\u2019s outrageous law. What is Christian about being anti-abortion or maliciously \u2018pro-life\u2019?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is the tweet:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27130\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-16_134350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-16_134350.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-16_134350-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-16_134350-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am just as much at a loss to understand how being pro-life could be \u201cmalicious\u201d as I am to reconcile dismembering babies in the womb with being a follower of the Giver of life. If anything is a \u201cshameful embarrassment\u201d, it is the Dean\u2019s repulsive tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The Canaanites who sacrificed their children to the god Moloch look almost benign in comparison to the contemporary equivalent. At least they thought they were appeasing their god; we sacrifice to appease our sense of convenience.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Wall about one thing: his Christianity is not mine.<\/p>\n<p>Diocese of Niagara, bow down to your god:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27131\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/proxy.duckduckgo.com_.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cathedral Dean of the Diocese of Niagara thinks those who oppose abortion cannot be Christians: Here he is reacting to the recently signed Alabama law making aborting unborn babies a felony: As a Christian myself, it is a shameful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagaras-dean-peter-wall-declares-opposing-abortion-to-be-un-christian\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[336,1933],"class_list":["post-27129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-niagara","tag-abortio","tag-dean-peter-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}