“Some liberals get nervous when I say I’m pro-life. For the most part, I think they’re reacting to the right-wing idea of pro-life, which sometimes seems interested only in certain kinds of lives–unborn children, for instance. I am extremely interested in the rights of the unborn, but my passion for life does not stop when a baby emerges from his or her mother’s womb. I believe God wants us to be concerned for every life, including the lives of young black men in jail, Mexican immigrants (legal or not) living in America, gay men and women, and so many others–saints and sinners!”
John M. Perkins, Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2017, page 153.
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