March madness has begun and I am not talking about basketball tournaments. As many here have stated previously, health care reform hits the critical stage this week. Both sides of the debate are pulling out all the stops to support their position and either get it passed or kill the bill for the foreseeable future. This morning I received a very disturbing call from on of those opponents.
At about 8:00am I received a call from the American Center for Law and Justice. The caller ID displayed as ACLJ so I was a bit curious and answered the call. The caller identified himself and said he was calling on behalf of Jay Sekulow and the ACLJ with an important message. After I listened to the message I would be asked to stay on the line to give my input.
The "message" from the ACLJ was about health care reform. For the next two minutes or so every scare tactic concerning abortion and insurance coverage for abortions was stated as fact. Health care reform would require tax payers foot the bill for abortion on demand, eliminate any state laws concerning abortion and parental notification, allow partial birth abortions, etc. The message went on about supporting pro-life legislation and contacting pro-life Democrats to oppose the health care reform.
When the prerecorded message ended I was asked to hold for the opportunity to sign their petition against health care reform. A live person came on and asked if I listened to the message. I politely informed her I did listen and 90% of the message was a complete lie and distortion of the health care reform legislation. I also told her they should quit running their message and quit trying to scare the American people.
I did a google search and found the ACLJ web page and of course their mission is "ensuring the ongoing viability of freedom and liberty in the United States and around the world." Except I guess if you are a woman.
We are very close to getting this bill done. It is not perfect and in my opinion it is only a start to where we want to finish. Let's put on the full court press and get it done.