Church Ambassador Network Update March 18, 2025 Speak up to prevent state-sanctioned Physician Assisted Suicide! The NH House of Representatives will be voting on Physician Assisted Suicide this Thursday, March 20th!Over the weekend, another NH teen took his life, leaving friends and family shocked and horrified. Please pray for all affected!You might ask, what does this have to do with physician assisted suicide (PAS)? If you spend any time with young people, you will find many have been deeply impacted by the scourge of suicide in their generation. Our culture’s lack of reverence for life — its culture of death — normalizes thoughts like, “the world would be better off without me.” Our teens experience firsthand excruciating pain in their hearts when people they know follow this thinking to its ultimate dark conclusion. At the same time, our legislators are reportedly hearing from many supporters of PAS — many even declaring themselves to be Christian pastors and church leaders. By contrast, too few People of Faith are speaking out in opposition. Last year, this bill passed in the House by a mere two votes before being sent to the Senate where it was ultimately defeated. To stop this dangerous bill in the House this year, it’s going to take a groundswell of opposition from People of Faith like you. Find your reps HERE, and ask them to oppose HB 254 today. Libertarian representatives may be in particular need of logical convincing on this issue. For this group, the argument that legalizing assisted suicide expands the state’s power to transform the “right” to die into the duty to die can be powerful. Referring them to United States Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s conclusion that assisted suicide inevitably opens the door to the involuntary slaughter of the sick and dying for financial and other reasons can help underscore this point. In his book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,he documents this conclusion extensively. Read more about Justice Gorsuch’s research on assisted suicide HERE. For more information, you can also read an op-ed on HB 254 by Cornerstone’s Executive Director, Shannon McGinley, HERE.Your attention to this critical and timely issue is greatly appreciated! Deacon Fran Burke  Join Our Visibility Thursday The NH Coalition for Suicide Prevention is holding a visibility in opposition to HB 254 before the vote this Thursday at 8 am outside the State House. Please join us to stand in solidarity with the vulnerable Granite Staters gravely endangered by this bill!  Act now: contact your representatives and ask them to oppose HB 254. CONTACT YOUR REP ACTS 20:28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I’d also like to introduce you to one of our national partners, Christians Engaged. Christians Engaged works at the national and state levels in their commitment to help restore Christian values to the political process. For more information, to take their simple pledge, or to encourage others to do the same, please click this link. Blessings and thanks to all of you from Cornerstone and the Church Ambassador Network! Deacon Fran Burke and all of the Cornerstone/CAN Team |
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