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Between two weekends: A better way to be Pro-Life

As someone who has a masters degree in Social Work and a member of a conservative Christian denomination , my facebook feed spans the political gamut. To quote a favorite show of mine , I find myself "fiercely independent", leaning left on some issues and leaning right on others.  I voted for neither major-party candidate in the most recent election - opting to write in the person I thought was the best choice - despite living in a state where my write-in vote wouldn't count. This weekend my facebook is angry on both sides - and both are right - partially. The left is correct to be angry at a President who has made derogatory remarks at almost every minority group in America.  The right is right to fight for the rights of the unborn as image-bearers and to tell the left they are wrong on this very important issue. As Christians, we need to see all people as image-bearers.  This means immigrants - legal or not, those who look like us - or don't, those who think lik