Statement of Peace, Belief, and Mission
We live in a society where violence, including the violence of abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia, is often portrayed or used as the solution to our personal or public problems, and we frequently face people who act out this violence.
All legitimate pro-life organizations, including Greater Columbus Right to Life, are committed to the peaceful reform of our culture to protect all innocent human life through social, political, and legal means. Greater Columbus Right to Life is opposed to the use of violence in furthering the Pro-Life cause. We call on our board, staff, volunteers, members, guests, and sponsors to adhere to this statement of peace and our statements of belief and mission.
We believe:
Our mission is to promote a culture that protects innocent human life from conception until natural death. Only peaceful means shall be used to further this mission.
In the furtherance of this mission, we call on:
In doing so, we beseech them to act with the patient labor needed to build a society of equality, freedom, life and justice and against any act of violence.
All legitimate pro-life organizations, including Greater Columbus Right to Life, are committed to the peaceful reform of our culture to protect all innocent human life through social, political, and legal means. Greater Columbus Right to Life is opposed to the use of violence in furthering the Pro-Life cause. We call on our board, staff, volunteers, members, guests, and sponsors to adhere to this statement of peace and our statements of belief and mission.
We believe:
- That the deliberate killing of an innocent human being, from conception until natural death is always wrong.
- That every innocent human life possesses dignity and the unalienable right to life.
- That this is the essence of what it means to be pro-life.
Our mission is to promote a culture that protects innocent human life from conception until natural death. Only peaceful means shall be used to further this mission.
In the furtherance of this mission, we call on:
- Our elected officials to pass just laws protecting every innocent life from conception until natural death.
- Our educators to teach the truth about human life and the need to respect the value of all human life.
- Our spiritual leaders to proclaim that all innocent human life deserves protection.
- The media to report accurately the horrors of abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia and all related offenses against the right to life, the peacefulness of the mainstream pro-life community, and our abhorrence of any crime of violence.
- The medical profession to stop the violence against the unborn children and their mothers.
- Our fellow citizens to recognize the inherent value in every human life.
In doing so, we beseech them to act with the patient labor needed to build a society of equality, freedom, life and justice and against any act of violence.
Adopted in June 2009 by the GCRTL Board of Trustees. All staff, leaders, and volunteers are asked to affirm the GCRTL Statement of Peace, Belief, and Mission. GCRTL Sidewalk Counselors are also asked to sign the Sidewalk Counselor Pledge.
