Immediate Action Alert, March 26, 2000

Sen. Lott - When Did You Turn Pro-abortion?

Press Release

By Katherine Sabelko
Children of the Rosary President

Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader, so-called pro-life Republican, was interviewed on Meet the Press, March 26, an ABC Sunday television program. This exchange came at the close of the interview:

Tim Russert asked Senator Lott "Who is going to win the Oscars?"

Sen. Lott responded, "Well I saw the Cider House Rules, I enjoyed that tremendously."

Tim Russert asked, "Best picture?"

Sen. Lott said again, "It was great, a great movie."

No pro-lifer could have knowingly even gone to this movie, no less call this movie "great!" It is clearly a movie supporting abortion, out-of-wedlock sex, and excuses suicidal behavior. Just where does Se. Lott stand on moral issues?

In an attempt to guide people in the viewing of films, the Office of Film and Broadcasting National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB)/United States Catholic Conference has a website where you can reference any movie you are interested in viewing.

The review for The Cider House Rules from the NCCB site at http://www.usccb.org/movies/c/theciderhouserules.shtml:

Because of its positive treatment of [then] illegal abortions, references to incest, violent and suicidal behavior, drug abuse, a fleeting sexual encounter and brief nudity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. The Cider House Rules is a romanticized 1940s drama in which a young man (played by Tobey Maguire) leaves the Maine orphanage run by the doctor (played by Michael Caine) who had raised him to carry on in his footsteps, but the youth refuses to perform illegal abortions until he resorts to the procedure when a farm worker (played by Erykah Badu) becomes pregnant by her own father (played by Delroy Lindo). The movie adaptation of John Irving's 1985 novel is emotionally manipulative in its pro-abortion stance with the story's humanist themes failing to apply to life within the womb. December 1999

We must let this senator know that we oppose this type of anti-life propaganda to be classified as anything except trash and anti-life. If he can classify a movie that as the review states has, "references to incest, violent and suicidal behavior, drug abuse, a fleeting sexual encounter and brief nudity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O -- morally offensive, where is Sen. Lott and what good Christian would want him to speak on behalf of the pro-life community?

Please e-mail Sen. Lott your objections to his pro-death opinions and encourage your friends to contact him also with their objections. You are encouraged to forward this plea in whole to your e-mail address lists and make copies for friends who are not on the Web!

Email: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov

He wants to hear from us so please consider all the options he gives us to communicate with him:

Email:
senatorlott@lott.senate.gov or go directly to his site at http://www.senate.gov/~lott/contact.htm.

Other methods of contacting this so-called pro-life Republican:
In Washington:
SR-487
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6253
FAX (202) 224-2262

In Mississippi
200 E. Washington St. Suite 145
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-5681
FAX (662) 453-8974

To find your own senator e-mail address to express your opinion of Sen. Lott's comment that a story glorifying an abortionist is "entertaining" and "great" indicating that Cider House Rules would be his pick for the Academy's "Best Picture" award go to http://www.senate.gov/.