Mark,
What is meant by advocacy? Does it mean simply voting for a candidate who is not pro-life? Does it mean actually encouraging abortions? It depends on the situation, as in all pastoral cases.
Appreciate the desire for more concrete terminology. As mentioned in my previous question, again assuming no intent to divide the congregation, I will limit the definition of "advocacy" to any number of actions in the political realm. This could include voting or encouraging others to vote for a known pro-abortion candidate, passing out pro-abortion pamphlets, lobbying legislators to pass pro-abortion laws, speaking out at town hall meetings on the topic, etc.. The point is the advocacy undertaken is with the known and clear goal to pass laws in the civil sphere to allow the abortion of many babies as a woman may see fit. Would *any* of these forms of advocacy be censurable by the church under R2k "liberty" principles?
{As should be clear, I am excluding from my definition of "advocacy" the private encouragement of a *particular woman* to commit an abortion.}
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