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Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong

Author Ryan Bomberger discusses how to have a life of purpose. Read Transcript


- What is the number onekiller in the black community?

Well it's not cancer, not the police,

not even the Ku Klux Klan.

Every day 1,000 black babies are aborted.

And the media who shout,"Black lives matter!"

won't say a word.

According to the RadianceFoundation's Ryan Bomberger,

that's because the civil rightsmovement has been hijacked,

but it doesn't have to be that way.

- [Narrator] Ryan Bombergergrew up with 12 other siblings.

Nine were adopted including him.

When Ryan was 13 he found outthat his biological mother

became pregnant withhim after she was raped.

The news left him devastated.

But soon Ryan realizedhe had a story to tell.

In his book, "Not Equal,"Ryan educates others

on the horrors of the abortion industry

and offers powerful proof

that triumph can come from tragedy.

- Ryan Bomberger is here with us now.

Welcome to the program today.

- It's great to be

here with you.- Pleasure to have you.

So we're looking at thatbeautiful picture of your family.

I was telling him we have asign in our house that says,

"You call it family, we call it chaos."

But I'm sure that was

you're time.- Exactly the same.

- How did you go fromknowing you were adopted

and just the adjustment of growing up.

You know just growingup in the world today

to being such a pro-life advocate,

how did those things mesh together?

- Well you know, Ifound out at 13 my story

so it kinda re-wrote everything

and it was a bit radical.

It was tumultuous,

'cause teenage years arealready crazy enough.

- [Terry] Yes, when all is going well.

- (laughs) Exactly.

But it was at that point Idid a speech in public school

in eighth grade and it waspersuasion speech on abortion

and I realized I had a story to tell.

And my parents, Andreaand Henry Bomberger,

they're amazing people.

They didn't know whatthey were getting into.

- [Terry] Obviously, yeah. (laughing)

- You know adopting 10children, had three biological

or homemade kids,

but they didn't know whatthey were getting into,

but they knew that they loved the Lord

and out of that love forthe Lord they love people

and they loved us.

This photo which,- I love this photo.

- it's probably a littlesimilar to your family photo,

but it really justdisplays the love of Christ

and because our parents loved us,

they unleashed purpose- Yeah.

- in our lives.

They understood that we hadinherent and equal worth

and they encouraged us, "Find that purpose

"that God has for you."- What a gift that is.

- Yeah.- And we were talking

about abortion in the blackcommunity a moment ago.

How big a problem is this Ryan?

- It's huge.

Everyone wants to talk about racism,

there's racism here, racism there,

there's racism in everyfacet of American society

except in the one industrythat kills for a living.

Planned Parenthood alonekills 247 black lives

every single day,

yet people wanna cry racism.

But when it comes to PlannedParenthood they're silent.

So those same socialjustice warriors say nothing

about that industry.

- So talk a little bitabout civil rights leaders.

I mean I marvel at the fact

that anyone can research and find out

about Margaret Sanger,

about what the purpose was infounding Planned Parenthood.

Why do civil rights leadersnot grab hold of that reality

and make it an issue?

- Some used to.

Back in the 60s therewere leaders of the NAACP

that called out the abortion industry,

called out Planned Parenthood.

Fannie Lou Hamer famedanti-poverty activist

and voting rights activist,

she considered abortiongenocide in the black community.

But yet there's aspiritual dynamic to this.

There's a willful blindness

and of course there's also money.

- Yeah.- A lot of money speaks.

Planned Parenthood actually funds

a number of these organizations

that have basically decided to shield

for the abortion industry.

It's tragic that there is so much silence

when you're talking about so many deaths

and the destruction ofbeautiful possibility.

And so I called them out.

I say the industry's been hijacked.

- You also say that Planned Parenthood

is planned propaganda.

- Every day all day.

When they tweet things out for instance,

that it's statisticallysafer for black women

to abort their child than togo through pregnancy, come on.

That's systematic racism.

I mean, there's been adisproportionate targeting

for years and years,for decades and decades,

and yet people don't wannasee it for what it is.

But Planned Parenthood dependson their abortion revenue.

They're a billion dollar industry.

They're not giving up this money.

We talk about the sins of humanity

and greed is one of those- Yes.

- is driving sins, but yetpeople wanna overlook this

and ignore the fact thatthere is a specific targeting.

There has been historicallyand there still is presently.

- One of the arguments,or maybe several of them,

would be these women are poor,

they can't afford to raisetheir children anyway,

the foster care system is broken,

there aren't enough parentslike yours to adopt children

so that it's necessary to do this.

How do you respond to that?

- Well you know I'm anadoptive parent too.

My wife Bethany and I have four children,

two of our children are adopted,

and we didn't have the financial means.

People are constantly toldthat they can't overcome

and that's somethingthat's so frustrating.

Amazing things have risen out of poverty.

Look at Dr. Ben Carson for instance.

His mom was a single mom,she worked multiple jobs.

There are things thatwe do to self-sacrifice

so that others can be elevated.

And in this culture, thisme, me, me culture saying,

well, this is the easier way out,

you won't be able to achieve this,

or you won't be ableto get your education.

All that's untrue.

There are systems of support.

There are pregnancy centers.

There are people out therewho will pour their lives

into those who are in crisis.

- And there are lines ofpeople waiting to adopt.

- Yes.- Who desperately

want children.

The title of your book is

"Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong."

What do you mean by that?

- Okay, first of all(laughs), this was inspired

by a surreal experiencewith the NAACP actually

that sued me and suedthe Radiance Foundation

for a news article where I called out

their radical pro-abortionactions and positions.

And so I titled the articlethe National Association

for the Abortion of Colored People.

- Wow.- They didn't like the title.

(both laughing)

They sued me and they sued,- Kinda ruffled some feathers.

- it was crazy.

It's a free speech issue.

And so it was kinda born outta that

because I thought, wait a minute,

an organization that Igrew up revering and loving

was criticizing me and challenging me

and wanting to sue me?

And anyway, we were represented

by Alliance Defending Freedom,

two years in federal court.

Actually in this area,in Norfolk actually,

we lost in the first federal court level

and then we had to appeal

to the fourth circuit court of appeals.

But I look at these so-calledcivil rights organizations

and wonder why are they not on the side

of the most vulnerable,the most marginalized,

the most targeted with death?

And so that's what thebook was born out of.

- You also say that oneof the biggest advocates

for abortion is the LBGTQ community.

What's their advantage in that?

- Many in those organizations

like the Lambda LegalDefense Organization says

that reproductive rights as they call them

and LGBT rights are one in the same.

They believe that they areinextricably tied together

and so you have everysingle major LGBT group

that decries discrimination on one hand

and yet supports the mostviolent form of discrimination

on the other hand and soI call them out as well.

- You have an organizationcalled the Radiance Foundation.

Make a difference, signwhere you're placed,

bloom where you're planted,

what's the Radiance Foundation doing?

- The Radiance Foundation was created

by my wife Bethany and I,

she's actually the one in charge,

she's the executive director.

And we wanna illuminate,educate, and motivate.

Wanna illuminate the truth

that every human life has purpose,

educate people about amyriad of social issues

in the context of God given purpose,

and then motivate them.

'Cause what good is our knowledge,

what good is our faith, ifwe don't put it into action?

- Yeah, you know it's just so interesting.

Terms like racism bandiedabout so freely today

keep us from moving forward.

There is an agenda folks, be aware of it.

And be aware of this book.

Ryan has so much to say.

He's walking the walk andit's not just talk for him.

Shouldn't be for any of us.

For more eye-opening informationabout the abortion industry

be sure to get Ryan'sbook and other situations

in our culture today.

It's called "Not Equal:Civil Rights Gone Wrong."

You can find out howto get a copy by going

to cbn.com.

Thank you for all you do.

- Thank you for being here.- Thank you Terry.

- Great to have you here.

Find Peace with God

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