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LETTERS
campaign
Daines has accepted dark money from
• I will show compassion and relect
outside groups, funded by billionaires to
ONLINE STORIES
Christ’s love to all abortion facility bankroll his campaign. One billionaire
employees, volunteers, and customers
from New York gave more than $200,000
• I understand that acting in a violent to Daines. He also took money from
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or harmful manner immediately and Citizens United, the organization that
40 DAYS FOR LIFE NOT LINKED completely disassociates me from the 40 believes corporations are people. Last
TO VANDALISM
Days for Life campaign
fall Montanans voted overwhelmingly to
In response to the many articles and Judge Sentences • I am in no way associated with provide transparency in our elections. We
events surrounding the recent vandalism Bride to 30 Years for Planned Parenthood, its ailiates or any need someone in Washington who will
at All Families Healthcare, the Kalispell Murdering Husband in
abortion provider
take that message to Congress, not rely on
area 40 Days for Life Leadership Team Glacier Park
• I will not obstruct the driveways these groups to get re-elected. Montanans
feels compelled to comment.
or sidewalk while standing in the public may not have the money to pay for these
Following the news of the vandalism, ‘When All Hell right-of-way
expensive ads, but we’re the ones who the
40 Days for Life issued a press release Came Down the • I will not litter on the public right- elected oicials are supposed to represent.
stating, “We stand in strong opposition Mountains’
of-way
If Daines won’t tell the dark money groups
to the vandalism incident that occurred • I will closely attend to any children I to stay out of Montana, we need to elect
at the All Families Healthcare location. Depths of Discovery
Violence and vandalism are opposed to our bring to the prayer vigil
someone who will.
On Eve Of • I will not threaten, physically Nathan Kosted
belief and continued focus on a prayerful Sentencing, Jordan contact or verbally abuse abortion facility Kalispell
and peaceful means to oppose abortion.”
employees, volunteers or customers
Many have been quick to link pro-life Graham Moves to • I will not damage private property
KEEP NORTH FORK SKIES AND
organizations, such as 40 Days for Life, Withdraw Guilty Plea
• I will cooperate with local authorities WATER CLEAR
to this break-in and vandalism. After The same day the damage was
There were two mentions in the
nine local campaigns, including tens ‘We Have the Most discovered, communication was made Beacon recently concerning the North
of thousands of hours of peaceful, law- to Lose’
Fork.
between our local leadership, Kalispell
abiding, and prayerful vigil and witness Police Identify police, and F.B.I. representatives. We While I am happy to see more people
by hundreds of local volunteers, it is Husband, Wife Killed pledged cooperation, made known we were endorse paving the North Fork Road,
extremely sad to see attempts to link pro- in Kalispell
not involved, told them we were opposed columnist Rob Breeding undercuts his
life groups such as 40 Days for Life to this to what happened and promised we would own argument to do so.
crime. Comments and statements that Man Pleads Not delay, for at least a week, our planned He wrote about loving to loat the river
seem to smear the pro-life community prayer vigil and witness so that they and ish the river from Big Creek down to
are as follows: “This was very much a hate Guilty to Breaking Into Glacier Rim.
crime, not a random attack”; “This is an act Kalispell Clinic
could investigate the crime scene and do He wrote that “if there’s one downside
their job without any interference. Since
of terrorism”; “I think that the only worse Drown ‘Em in Tea
All Families is not currently operating to the Big Creek-Glacier Rim loat it’s how
thing would be if someone was dead in its abortion clinic, our spring campaign clouds of dust hang over the river wherever
there – which could have happened – and Police Investigating consists of pro-life supporters praying in it meanders near the road. That stretch
I keep being very thankful that there was Apparent Murder- their own homes or churches.
of unpaved motorway is a nasty, wash-
not.” The implication has been made that Suicide in Kalispell
Abortion is a painful and brutal boarded, traic-infested mess on summer
this was a coordinated efort to intimidate.
procedure to end the life of a pre-born weekends.”
First, the accused is not and has not Bomb Squad to He never questions whether that dust
been a member of 40 Days for Life. We have Sweep Columbia Falls human. We believe and proclaim that hanging over the river is polluting the air
abortion is not providing health care but
no knowledge of him ever participating in Junior High After death care. Whenever someone comes and water.
our pro-life campaign.
Threat
for an abortion, there are two patients More people are questioning whether
Second, 40 Days for Life is a worldwide present. One, the mother, makes a choice. Glacier National Park cares, as oicials
movement seeking to protect mothers and The other patient, her unborn child, dies there continue to refuse to monitor the
babies. The following is a summary of at the hands of the abortionist. The vandal efects to the air and water as a result of
our statements found in print and on the wrongly destroyed property but the that dust — but not this columnist.
Internet: 40 Days for Life is a peaceful, He simply says that he wants the road
abortionist actually destroys human life.
LETTERS
prayerful pro-life campaign featuring We proclaim a culture of life, not paved so his loats can be more enjoyable. Tell us what you think. To submit a letter, please e-mail your submission
three components.
death, because we know that life begins He states that he does not want the road to [email protected]. Please
1. Prayer and fasting for an end to at conception. We rely on both the Bible paved north of Camas.
keep your letter to 300 words or less.
abortion
and science for proof. Jeremiah 1:5 states, Apparently, since he doesn’t loat The Flathead Beacon reserves the right
2. Peaceful vigil, including standing “Before I formed you in the womb I knew south from the border he believes that it to edit letters for length, clarity and
for life during a 40-day peaceful public you.” Science declares that in the DNA and is OK for those of us who do to sufer from to prevent libel. Letters must include
witness
the same clouds of dust that hang over the the writer’s irst and last name, phone
3. Community outreach by bringing a gnome of each pre-born baby is an entirely river that bother him.
number and address for veriication
new creation, separate and diferent from purposes. Only the name and hometown
positive pro-life message to every corner each of his or her parents.
If that dust is afecting the purity of of the writer will be printed. To mail a
of our city, county, state and country This is why 40 Days for Life volunteers the air and water, apparently he hasn’t letter, please send to 17 Main Street,
through media eforts, advocacy and continue to pray for an end to abortion realized that pollution entering the river Kalispell, MT 59901.
public visibility
and give public witness to the sanctity of north of Camas lows south into his loat Fax letters to (406) 257-9231.
We believe that “with God, all things human life.
zone.
are possible” (Matthew 19:26 and Mark Leadership Team Secondly there was a letter to the CORRECTIONS
10:26) and so our pro-life community is editor that argued that Congressman If a Beacon story includes a factual
40 Days for Life
error, please tell us about it. Call
joining with hundreds of other cities and Daines’s North Fork Watershed Protection Kellyn Brown at 257-9220; or e-mail to
more than 600,000 people to “speak up for KEEP DARK MONEY OUT OF Act bill was a “no brainer” given his [email protected]; or fax to
those who cannot speak for themselves.”
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“political ambitions.”
257-9231.
Third, 40 Days for Life, both nationally When Congressman Steve Daines Actually the need for Glacier National FLATHEADBEACON.COM
and locally, require participants of our voted to shut down the government and Park oicials to monitor air and water For daily news, local community pages,
campaigns to sign the following statement voted to privatize Social Security and pollution on the western boundary of the video, multimedia, story archives and
of peace:
Medicare, I wondered who he was working Park is the real “no brainer.”
lively online conversation, visit our Web
• I will only pursue peaceful for because it’s deinitely not Montanans.
site at latheadbeacon.com.
But they won’t.

solutions to the violence of abortion when Then I got my answer from a news Joe Novak
volunteering with the 40 Days for Life
story I read.
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