{"id":117,"date":"2015-09-23T21:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T01:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/consistent-life.org\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2015-09-23T21:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T01:54:28","slug":"adventures-of-consistent-lifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/consistent-life.org\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/09\/23\/adventures-of-consistent-lifer\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures of Organizing as a Consistent Lifer"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Lisa Stiller (written September 10, 2015)<\/p>\n

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In the past month and a half, one of the many things I\u2019ve been busy with is helping to organize rallies on issues as divergent as \u201cDefunding Planned Parenthood\u201d and \u201cSupport Diplomacy for Iran.\u201d I\u2019ve been sending press releases for organizations such as Students for Life of America\/SFLA (the Woman Betrayed rally organizers in Portland, OR) and MoveOn.org (the Iran diplomacy rallies).<\/p>\n

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Left: Constance Cooper & daughter Fia Ewing with Lisa
Right: Lisa with Peg Wills<\/p><\/div>\n

Do I feel kind of schizophrenic?<\/p>\n

Well, yes. Today I just finished sending out a revised press release for the MoveOn\u00a0rally, which has now morphed into one that will thank our Oregon Senators for voting for diplomacy. And tomorrow I\u2019m working with another\u00a0member of Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) to put together a press release about a quiet\u00a0protest we\u2019ll hold outside of an event where a top Oregon Planned Parenthood official will be speaking. I\u2019m waiting for someone in the media who gets these press releases to ask me how I support both causes.<\/p>\n

A few of my friends get it. Most don’t.<\/p>\n

They say, “How can you claim to be a liberal and advocate defunding Planned Parenthood?”\u00a0\u00a0I say, \u201cHow can I not?\u201d<\/p>\n

As a\u00a0“liberal”, or someone on the\u00a0“Left” (I\u2019m really growing to hate these labels), I believe in providing the funding and support for whatever\u00a0it takes to help people and families out of poverty. I support those\u00a0things that work to promote the dignity of all\u00a0life, peace, and an\u00a0end to violence.<\/p>\n

Abortion\u00a0defeats all these. It does nothing to address the root\u00a0causes. Why do\u00a0so many women feel they need to turn to abortion, why do so many women end up with unintended pregnancies? We\u2019re supporting the quick fix, rather than tackling the larger problem.<\/p>\n

Same with Iran. It\u2019s much simpler to explain about promoting policies that lead to war and the use of aggression. The Iran deal was in no way a quick fix, and implementation will be complex.<\/p>\n

So I will continue to stand up for life, in every form, with a Consistent Life Ethic. Hopefully my friends will someday “get it.”<\/p>\n

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Photos:<\/p>\n

Top Left: Bill Samuel and Lisa at Wild Goose Festival<\/p>\n

Top Right: Lisa, Richard Stith and John Whitehead at March for Life table<\/p>\n

Middle Left: Lisa at West Coast Walk for Life<\/p>\n

Middle Center: Lisa and Tony Masalonis at Call to Action conference<\/p>\n

Middle Right: Lisa and John Whitehead at Cardinal O\u2019Connor conference<\/p>\n

Bottom Left: Lisa opposing war with Syria (sign reads: Syria \u2013 Let\u2019s seek a nonviolent peaceful solution)<\/p>\n

Bottom Right: Lisa protesting in the Trayvon Martin case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Lisa Stiller (written September 10, 2015)   In the past month and a half, one of the many things I\u2019ve been busy with is helping to organize rallies on issues as divergent as \u201cDefunding Planned Parenthood\u201d and \u201cSupport Diplomacy for Iran.\u201d I\u2019ve been sending press releases for organizations such as Students for Life of… <\/p>\n