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Letter to Governor Huckabee

Posted by Tampa Bay Pro Life 4 Huckabee on Monday, September 10, 2007 5:59:27 PM

 

9/10/07
Dear Governor Huckabee,


My name is Scott J. Mahurin. I am 30 years old and I live in St. Petersburg, FL with my wife and two children. We are expecting our third child in February, just a few days after the Florida Primary! I teach Latin and Rhetoric at The Paideia School of Tampa Bay, a classical and Christian school. I have been a born again, evangelical Christian for 15 years.


Throughout my life, I have always been interested in politics. I was raised in the 1980s, the peak of American strength under the great Ronald Reagan. My senior year of high school, 1994, saw the return of the Congress to Republican rule. I worked for local and national candidates in Idaho, including one who has been in a lot of trouble recently. In college, I was chairman of the College Republicans at the University of Idaho. But the debacle of the Gingrich Congress, the Clinton impeachment, and a general cynicism set in around 1998. I voted for the Constitution Party candidates in 2000 and 2004 in Presidential elections, and in the 2006 mid term elections, I did not even vote. I still cared about the issues, but as a conservative I felt I had no voice. 
There were so many issues that seemed to demand attention, from gay marriage to Iraq to education, that I could not process them all.

It was like political autism.

I was aware of all the issues, but I could not process the most important ones. I had no filter, so I just retreated to the sidelines.


However, this Mother’s Day, all of that changed.


You see, my pastor, Jerry Cisar, preached a sermon on the evil of abortion. My heart was stirred yet again about this essential issue for a civilized nation. And, I realized that my cynicism (masked as idealism) was actually helping the other side. After all, my vote in 2004 almost helped John Kerry win Florida, and subsequently, the Presidency. John Kerry most likely would not have appointed Alito and Roberts would he? We would not have the partial birth abortion ban upheld under a Kerry-influenced Supreme Court.  

 

In the sermon, my heart was provoked to activism yet again. Abortion is the most important issue in this campaign. Our nation needs someone with consistent pro life credentials and beliefs to appoint judges who will support life and will sign legislation that errs on the side of life in all cases.


Governor, I have been observing your campaign now for several months, and I believe that you are the best candidate running. I have read your weight loss book and have even begun some of the “stops” that you have recommended. I commend you for your humility and example in this area as well.


Please accept this gift of $20 towards your campaign.  I have a blog at http//scottjmahurin.townhall.com that is about abortion, and about your campaign. It is called Tampa Bay Pro Life for Mike Huckabee.


I am ready to help you in any way I can. Many in our church have been impressed with your campaign. Word is getting out in Florida. The polls are irrelevant at this point. You are going to win Florida and I want to help you in any way I can. I have worked on campaigns before.

I pray for you every day, sir. Please let me know how else I may be of help.


Sincerely,


Scott J. Mahurin

St. Petersburg, FL

 

scott.mahurin@thepaideiaschool.org

 

http://scottjmahurin.townhall.com

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So, why another blog?

Posted by Tampa Bay Pro Life 4 Huckabee on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:30:24 PM

Blogs are all the rage.

Everybody's got one.

Why do we need another?

Why do I need to create one?

First, allow me to introduce myself. I am Scott Mahurin. I am 30 years old. I live in a small house in St. Petersburg, FL.  I have been a Christian for almost 15 years. I have a beautiful and godly wife, Jennifer. We have been married for seven years. I have two beautiful daughters, Tessa Kate (age 4) and Bethany Emme (age 2). I have another child who is due to enter this world in February 2008.  We are members of Gulf Coast Community Church in St. Petersburg. I have been a teacher for nine years in classical Christian schools. I teach Latin and Rhetoric at the Paideia School of Tampa Bay.

So, that's me. Not too exciting in the grand scheme.

I am creating this blog out of a need for activism. Not an activism for any certain party or candidate. Not an activism devoid of the belief in God's ultimate sovereign sway over the events of the world. But an activism borne out of a provoked spirit. And a belief that the world is fallen, but that it can be changed.  

You see, on Mother's Day 2007, my pastor, Jerry Cisar, preached a remarkable sermon on the horrific practice of abortion. He does not usually preach topically, so this was a bit of an event in itself. He described the issue in clear terms and in ways which I became freshly convicted. The facts were not new, but the sense of needing to do something was definitely new.

 

Abortion is my problem. Even though I have never had one, or told anyone to have one, or voted for a pro-choice candidate, or really, to my knowledge, ever known anyone that has had one.
 

Abortion is your problem.

 

Abortion is our problem. 
 

We have to do something.


It is not merely the left wing politicians or the liberal theologians to blame for this heartless and cruel act. 40 million babies have been murdered since 1973. Roe vs. Wade is close to being overturned. The partial birth abortion ban was upheld by the Supreme Court this spring. Medical science and technology are on our side in this fight. And fight we must.  

I cannot control or dictate the actions of another, but I can do something myself.

 

 

My pastor's sermon awakened me out of a cynical slumber. God, through His Holy Spirit, showed me again, the heinousness of abortion, and my heart, now alive again, and sensitive to this issue, began to break.


My prayer is that this blog brings glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. Think about the evil of abortion. Pray for our leaders. Pray for the upcoming elections. Pray for those women who are seeking counsel and in need, even as you read this. Pray for the organizations that are seeking to stop abortion. Pray for those who adopt unwanted children and pray for sound biblical doctrine in our churches to revive this land.

And pray for your hearts to break.

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