Pagans Join Increasingly Diverse Pro-Life Youth Movement
Pagans, Christians and atheists united by pro-life issues? Who knew this was possible?
The College Fix reports.
Pagans join increasingly diverse pro-life youth movement led by atheists and feminists
‘I hope that our courage will awaken other fellow pagans to do the right thing’
A movement long dominated by conservative Christian voices is making room for young nonreligious and even pagan voices.
Last month’s events around the annual March for Life, which marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, included activism by young pro-life pagans in Texas and secular opponents of abortion nationwide.
Tarquis Stargift Thomas, a nursing student at Lone Star College-North Harris, became a minor pro-life celebrity when the Texas Young Republican Federation tweeted out her photo at the Texas Rally for Life along with a Catholic group.
The photo of Thomas got picked up by Pro-Life Texas, where Thomas and other pro-life pagans found it. “Science proves we are all created equal in the same matter,” she wrote. “Oh Goddess thank you. I hope that our courage will awaken other fellow pagans to do the right thing and see that abortion truly harms women,” with the hashtag #prolifemovementinclusive.
Her friend Melody Ellen also shared a picture of them at the rally with the Facebook page for Pro-Life Pagans, founded in 2011 to “unify pagans who are pro-life, but feel they are alone,” and encourage them to join the broader pro-life movement.Thomas and Pro-Life Pagans did not respond to interview requests by The College Fix.
Students from religious groups were also amply represented at the Texas Rally for Life.
#ProLifeGeneration is comprised of all kinds of people! We met Christians & pagans at #txrally4life pic.twitter.com/p7bokrvRhn
— Texas YRs (@TexasYRs) January 23, 2016
Pagans join increasingly diverse pro-life youth movement led by atheists and feminists (The College Fix)
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As a former Pagan, I have always known pro-life paganism has been a prevalent, but silent, movement. They, like Christians, are terrorized by the loud voices of the pro-abortion left – and since in so many other things they depend on the left to support them, they have historically been silenced. It’s VERY good to see them coming out publicly like this. The lives of babies are an issue everyone should consider.
As a Pagan myself, I take a number of beliefs seriously, including the belief that the Gods don’t approve of causing harm to others without a very good reason.
(“If it harms none, do what thou will.” You are free to do anything that doesn’t cause harm, and it’s strongly implied that avoiding harm is important.)
Many leftists who happen to espouse Paganism don’t seem quite ready to consider that harm to an unborn human is still harm.