When the Pro-Life blogging community I am part of heard that Manny "Mad Dog" Amador was going to be in town, we decided to venture out from our virtual enclaves and meet up with one of the foremost Pro-Life advocates in the Philippines, at least in our small, but feisty little online circle.
We met up in Dulcinea, Rockwell Mall, where we proceeded, perhaps partly due to the sugar rush engendered by churros con chocolate to map out a commitment to promoting Pro-Life Philippines activities in 2010 through new media channels. Trying to get the numerous, passionate, and yet maddeningly disorganized patchwork quilt of Pro-Life advocates on board and on the same page might be akin to tilting at windmills, but the Sancho Panza in all of us simply refuses to concede the media tussle to our more media-savvy adversaries. Rather, we seek to make a commitment for life an attractive proposition to the hip, media-savvy young folk who deserve every chance to live life free from fear, despair, and disappointment.
Real love begins with the freedom to choose. To be given the opportunity to consciously, whole-heartedly choose life is the best gift anyone can give our youth. As the immortal boyband, Boyzone, covering a sung by The Osmonds proclaimed, "Don't love me for fun, girl. Let me be the one girl. Love me for a reason, and let the reason be love!"
And to commemorate our Manila meeting, and to allay Mad Dog's aversion to manufactured bubblegum pop, here's a toast to all Pro-Lifers, and an exploration of the true meaning of love. Enjoy!
