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Pro-Aborts Clash over Short, Sweet Tebow Ad

Posted on 09 February 2010

Considering the abortion lobby’s deluge of pre-emptive protest against the Tim Tebow Super Bowl advertisement, sponsored by Focus on the Family, few might have guessed its actual form, first unveiled last night: a clean, simple, family-oriented message that never mentioned…

NYT: Rampant Polygamy in Gay ‘Marriage’ May Benefit Institution

Posted on 08 February 2010

In discussing a new study confirming that polygamy is a staple within gay “marriages,” a New York Times article has suggested that doing away with the concept of spousal fidelity in marriage represents an “evolution” that “might point the way for…

Lech Walesa: World Has ‘Lost Hope’ of America’s Moral Leadership

Posted on 06 February 2010

Lech Walesa, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former president of Poland, has warned that the world has "lost that hope" with which it once turned to America as a moral leader.

Walesa was co-founder of Solidarnoœæ (Solidarity), the Soviet bloc’s…

Pink Ouija Board ‘Toy’ Targeting Young Girls Sparks Boycott

Posted on 06 February 2010

A boycott has been launched against toymaker giant Hasbro and Toys R Us for making and marketing a pink Ouija board targeting girls as young as eight years old.

The board’s Toys R Us webpage - which has evidently been recently…

Calif. Quietly Shifts Fruitless Embryo Research Funds to Adult Stem Cells

Posted on 01 February 2010

California’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine came into being five years ago, fueled by a conviction that the Bush administration’s restriction on embryo-destructive research in the National Institutes of Health was stifling the progress of science.

But after years of fruitless work,…

Obama Promises ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal

Posted on 29 January 2010

In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama once again promised to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy banning open homosexuals from serving in the military.

After lauding the October passage of hate crimes laws protecting homosexuality,…

Cardinal DiNardo Tells Pro-Lifers before March: Become “Pro-Life Bread for Others”

Posted on 27 January 2010

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the chairman of the US Bishops’ pro-life office and archbishop of the Galveston-Houston diocese, urged pro-life Catholics gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Thursday to tap into the transformative love of…

‘Don’t Tell Me I Didn’t Stand My Ground’, Sen. Nelson Tells Pro-Life Leaders

Posted on 25 January 2010

One month after Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) stunned pro-lifers across the country by casting the crucial vote allowing the health care bill to pass the Senate, the beleaguered Democrat caused a stir when he arrived unexpectedly at a private meeting…

Sacramento Bishop Calls for Day of Penance Jan 22 for ‘Sinful Scourge’ of Abortion

Posted on 18 January 2010

Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto has declared a day of reparation for “the sinful national scourge of abortion” on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Friday, January 22.

In a December 22 letter to parishioners, Soto gave guidelines for individuals…

Dem Candidate: Devout Catholics ‘Probably Shouldn’t Work in the Emergency Room’

Posted on 16 January 2010

In a local radio interview Thursday, the Democrat candidate for Massachusetts’ special U.S. senate election, Martha Coakley, said that those who object to participating in abortion and contraception, “probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.”

Coakley was responding to WBSM radio…

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