Faith–Based Communities Express Concern About Boucher Waffling On Health Care Plan

GALAX, Va. – “As the health care plan proposal speeds ahead, many in the faith-based community in Virginia’s 9th district are disappointed to see that Congressman Rick Boucher is waffling on his promise to oppose the public option in this ill-advised legislation,” said Aaron Evans, cable TV talk show host and director of Spreading the Gospel Light Ministries, based in Fieldale, Va.

“As I talk to pastors in the region I hear the same thing over and over. Pastors are tired of the tired old rhetoric, and the game-playing. When we learned that Congressman Boucher is saying he only `leaning’ against the public option this week, we realized he is betraying the promise made in August during the town hall in Abingdon to oppose the public option. More than 1,000 people heard that promise.”

Evans is the founder of Spreading the Gospel Light Ministries and helps, challenges, and assists pastors across Virginia to step forward as leaders outside of the four walls of their church, standing as voices for truth impacting the culture around them. Evans’ talk show is aired weekly on several TV cable networks in southern Virginia.

“We are watching Boucher very closely on this issue, to see if he follows through on the promise he made going forward in these crucial days and weeks as Congress considers the various parts of the legislation,” Evans said.

Evans added that the profound implications of the health plan — particularly the wholesale funding of abortion and the rationing of care that will no doubt lead to euthanasia — are raising concerns among pastors.

“We intend to speak out more forcefully,” Evans said. “We are speaking for our children and our children’s children.”