{"id":325,"date":"2005-08-18T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=319"},"modified":"2005-08-18T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2005-08-18T11:38:01","slug":"81705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"8\/17\/05"},"content":{"rendered":"

We headed further east on Rte. 106 into Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where Fr. Pedro at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church said a college friend’s uncle had a lucrative law practice until 1973, the year abortion was legalized in America. Immediately after the Roe vs Wade decision, the man quit his law practice and began traveling the country trying to organize as many Pro-Life groups as possible. Fr. Pedro said this man undertook: “evangelical poverty”… However, there is not much poverty in Pagosa Springs. The town is primarily an upscale resort area that is currently looking to add an additional 415 homes in the near future. I told a reporter for the Pagosa Sun <\/em>newspaper that this, like so many forms of urban sprawl around the country, is an absolute cancer that is destroying farm land and adding to global warming exponentially, as people move further and further out, which means they have to drive further and further in… I also said to the reporter that we would ask some of those in Pagosa Springs to forgoe their little “piece of paradise” here, and move into the inner cities of America to help children who are dodging drugs, hunger, bullets. Perhaps, spiritually, this may pay off a lot more in the long run for, not only for these little helpless children; but just as significantly –for those making the decision to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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