JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Country music legend supports life

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Country music legend supports life

Dr Tom Rogers, immediate past national vice-chairman of SPUC, wrote to me today as follows:

In case you haven’t heard it before (it first appeared in 2011) just thought I’d share with you this very beautiful song with a pro-life theme by country singer Collin Raye. See the video above.

Raye wrote it about his experience with his young granddaughter who suffered and eventually died from a rare neurological disorder. He released it in support of the Terry Schiavo Live & Hope Network, and in response to the whole pro-euthanasia agenda. A heart-warming antidote to much of what we were hearing last week anyway. You can read more about the song here:

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/country-music-star-collin-raye-strikes-chord-life-and-hope

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.