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Heather Clark, Christian News Network — (Boulder, Colorado) Hundreds from the community of Boulder, Colorado recently attended a candlelight vigil for an elk that had been slain by a city police officer, while one local pro-life group is lamenting the devaluing of human life in the state.
The roadside service, held on Sunday, included a singing of “Amazing Grace” and the sharing of stories about the elk, and a memorial was erected as well in honor of the deceased animal. Its picture had been framed and placed in an evergreen tree for remembrance.According to reports, the elk had wandered into a residential neighborhood last week, and when police arrived, it appeared to be injured. The on-duty police officer then shot the animal dead, while an off-duty officer helped to load the elk onto a pickup truck, as it was then transported to be processed into meat.
“He was a beautiful animal,” resident Nancy Platt told the Daily Camera. “He was hurting nobody. He didn’t deserve what he got.”
“People live here because we love the wildlife,” added Esther Parson. “To murder an animal who feels like he’s part of the neighborhood is despicable.”
[...] While understanding the community’s care for — and interest in — wildlife, Jennifer Mason, communications director for Personhood USA in Arvada, Colorado, stated that she thought it absurd that residents would exude such an outpouring for the elk while human life is ignored and devalued in the state. She said that when she read about the vigil this morning, her thoughts turned to a notorious abortion facility in Boulder where she has personally witnessed women with large bellies entering the building to obtain an abortion.
“The first thing that came to mind of course was, ‘Why would they hold a vigil for an animal and deem the animal’s life so much more valuable than these babies in the womb?’” Mason explained. “Even currently, it’s legal to abort babies in the womb minutes from delivery, and human life is valued so little compared to this animal that they have memorialized in Boulder. It’s really a sad fact.”
Mason said that she sees a culture of death all around her.
“I believe we have the second or third largest Planned Parenthood in the United States here in Colorado,” she stated, also noting the Aurora and Columbine shootings. “I think there’s an epidemic of violence here in Colorado, and it certainly extends to the abortion clinics. There’s definitely a devaluing of human life here, and that’s something that we have to face all the time.”
“If you look back through history, we have [denied personhood] to African Americans, and we have done that to Indians,” Mason outlined. “They have been told that they’re less than persons and looked upon as non-human, and that’s just not true. Those are lies, and the same lies are applied to [unborn] children today. … We have handicapped people that may not look like everybody else, but they’re certainly still a person, and they certainly still have rights — and the right to live is among those rights.”
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