Is a Rockford Alderman In Bed With an Abortion Clinic in Her Ward

It sure sounds like it to me after reading this article on the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative website. I have posted before about this infamous clinic, it's anti-Christian & racist window displays as well the hit & run of a pro-life protester by a staff member last July (OK, & They Claim It is the Pro-Lifers Who Are the Violent Ones?).

The article below is just more proof of the fact that abortion is an intrinsic evil & that those who support it are not supporting a good in any way shape or form. Abortion is a part of the demonic "culture of death". & that is the lead in to plug for an event going on in Rockford next Friday, 15 January 2010. That evening there will be a "Benefit for 40 Days for Life in Rockford" held in the Family Room @ Holy Family Church. The evening begins with a social hour @ 6 pm followed by a dinner & speaker @ 7pm.

The speaker will be Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International. His topic will be "Exorcism and the Church Militant". As you may be aware, Fr. Euteneuer is exorcist for his diocese & thus very much an expert on the demonic roots of abortion. (From the promo for the dinner) "Fr. Euteneuer is an exorcist of the Catholic Church who has prayed at abortion mills all over the world. He has a unique perspective on the connection between abortion and the demonic and will be sharing with us the ways and means to not only stand up to this kind of evil but eventually restore a culture of life and love in the heart of Rockford."

You know from past posts of the excellent work 40 Days for Life is doing & how God is working powerfully through it to save lives & close abortion clinics. This event is an excellent way to support that effort as well as get deeper insight into the connection of abortion with the demonic. For more info & reservations please call Sue at 815-398-4284.

Losing the Public Trust And The Triumph Of Bigotry In Rockford

Rockford IL, - Polls show that the average American is increasingly losing trust in the integrity and common decency of our publicly elected officials. We have a situation concerning a Rockford Alderman that appears to be an example of the lack of concern for the common good that has infected some of our national leaders.

Rockford's abortion clinic is located in the eleventh ward. Last fall a member of the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative spoke to Rockford's city council and presented documented evidence of the racism, bigotry, anti-Christian hatred, and vicious personal attacks on people with HIV that have been displayed in the windows of the Rockford abortion facility. Eleventh ward Alderman Karen Elyea was asked at this meeting to look into this matter and do what she could to stop some of the most vicious hatred and bigotry the city of Rockford has ever seen. Repeated emails to her office went unanswered. This racism and bigotry that is located just two blocks from her home and place of business did not even prompt her to respond by email to these concerns.

Mr. Dan McCarty went to the store owned by Alderman Elyea to seek her input and advice to encourage the abortion facility to remove it's hateful signs and symbols. As soon as Mr. McCarty told Alderman Elyea he had some concerns about the business at 1400 Broadway he was met with foul language that we cannot reprint here.

Another Rockford resident who has two African American children tried to contact Alderman Elyea about the racially offensive nooses hanging in the windows of a business in her ward. This concerned father was completely ignored.

The person who has had signs in the abortion clinic windows making public and mocking the HIV virus they received through a blood transfusion attempted to get Alderman Elyea's help in having these signs removed and all the alderman said to this person was "I don't talk to terrorists." This exchange is recorded on video tape. It is a sad day when a so-called medical facility in the city of Rockford has signs in it's windows telling people with the HIV virus they are going to "ROT AWAY" and die and when the local Alderman is contacted she calls the person with the difficult medical condition a "terrorist."

This December alderman Elyea did after months finally make an appearance at Rockford's abortion facility but it was not to complain about the signs mocking Christianity, attacking people with HIV, or to complain about the nooses in the windows that have offended African Americans.

Alderman Elyea came to complain to the police officer on duty that a pro-lifer had a "free standing sign" and she wanted it removed. A pro-lifer was standing right next to his pro-life sign and the alderman told the police officer that she wanted it removed. The police officer who did not seem like he really wanted to do it but was simply following the orders of a Rockford city Alderman told the pro-life man he had to remove his sign because he was standing next to it and was not holding it. The pro-lifer then held the sign but was told the alderman wanted it gone and it didn't matter if he held the sign or not and if it wasn't removed immediate action would be taken against him.

One pro-lifer who saw the incident happen said that morning, "just because an alderman complains the police order a perfectly law biding citizen to leave." In fairness to the police officer it was clear to all he was not comfortable doing this. Later that day pro-lifers contacted officials in the Rockford Police Department and were told the pro-lifer was certainly within his rights to hold his sign at the clinic and this kind of thing will not happen again.

Why alderman Karen Elyea would use her position of public trust and authority to attempt to take away the civil rights of a pro-life Christian and yet as far as we know remain completely silent to some of the most flagrant and vicious civil rights violations in the history of Rockford by this abortion clinic remains a mystery.

Signs threatening the life of a Christian woman, rubber chickens covering the body of Jesus on a Crucifix, signs telling people with HIV they are going to"ROT" and die, a poster celebrating the 50,000 abortions at the Northern Illinois Woman's Center as a victory over Jesus Christ, nooses in the windows, and countless other signs and symbols of hatred go unchallenged in the Eleventh ward of Rockford. Yet a lone Christian holding a sign is "ordered" to leave. It doesn't matter where you stand on life issues. This is a matter of common decency and public trust.

On Wednesday January 8th, Alderman Elyea was sitting in her car in front of the abortion facility video taping pro-life Christians as they prayed and witnessed to life. Maybe the Christians were suppose to be intimidated because an Alderman was video taping them? They were not. One interesting thing that was noticed was Alderman Elyea made a phone call and it sounded like at the same time the cell phone of the clinic security guard could be heard ringing in the parking lot of the abortion clinic just before he answered it.

It certainly appears an Alderman for the city of Rockford is now actively working for and backing an abortion clinic that has a long history of racism, bigotry, and anti-Christian hatred that just may be the most disgraceful public display of hatred in the United States today.

Their has been talk about trying to revive the Broadway business district in Rockford. But it seems very unlikely this will ever happen when in the heart of this district there is a business that publicly displays an aggressive and disgusting brand of public bigotry and the local Alderman remains silent about it then uses her authority to unjustly silence those who oppose this bigotry.

In hopes of encouraging a more fair and balanced approach please feel free to contact your public officials about this situation.
It is absolutely essential that all correspondence with our government leaders are done with respect, kindness, and charity.

Karen Elyea 316-0258 karen.elyea@rockfordil.gov

Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey Larry.Morrissey@rockfordil.gov

Contact information for Rockford city Alderman:
http://www.ci.rockford.il.us/government/council/index.cfm?section=wards&id=202