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U.S. ELECTION
The CATHOLIC VOTE – EWTN special webpage on the US Election
https://www.ewtn.com/vote/
Catholics are the ultimate swing voters. No other large group has switched sides so often—or been so consistently aligned with election winners.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/palin-winning-over-twenty_b_124893.html
Does Biden Have a Catholic Problem? The involvement of the bishops conference is a clear signal that the communion wars are not over. And it has Catholics Democrats worriedly asking themselves: Can one of their own ever again win national office?
https://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1840965,00.html
Howard Dean, Obama Campaign at Saint Louis University
https://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CardinalNewmanSociety/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/435/ItemID/209/Default.aspx
Pro-Life Catholics Arrested at Cathedral in Baltimore Handing Out Literature Questioning the Ethics of Voting for Obama
https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/564257876.html
Dear Bishops, Now Is the Time – …it is likely that, if the bishops’ latest teachings are ignored, a new scandal will develop: The faithful will perceive that there is no governing authority behind the bishops’ teachings, and pro-choice politicians will continue both to cause scandal…
https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4501&Itemid=48
Will Biden be dropped? – Predictions about whether VP candidate could get axed from Democratic ticket
https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75006
Some Very Strange Numbers From Zogby – McCain’s surge in the polls started during the Democratic convention
https://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjJlNGJhNDljMGU4OTZmOGQ2YjA2YWJjZjY3ZmI0MzA=
Autumn Angst: Dems fret about Obama – worry that Obama squandered opportunities over the summer and may still be underestimating his challenges this fall. A major Democratic fundraiser described it a good bit more starkly after digesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again. It’s a nightmare.”
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13357.html
McCain, RNC Advertise Intent to Spend ‘Millions More’ on Stem Cell Research – The language of the ad makes no distinction between research on adult stem cells or research on stem cells taken from human embryos that are destroyed in the process.
https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35626
Advocates worry McCain support for embryonic research may waver
https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-12-stem-cells-mccain_N.htm
ABORTION
Notorious Late-Term Abortion Tiller Trying Yet Again to Dodge Justice
https://www.operationrescue.org/archives/tiller-motions-blame-kline-operation-rescue-for-legal-woes/
Hospital moves to counter abortion foes in Fort Wayne, Ind.
https://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1163069,abort091408.article
Manila, Catholic vigil against pro-abortion law
https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12867
Planned Parenthood Offers Walk-in Abortions In Iowa With Webcam Doctor
https://irlc.org/what-s-new/press-releases/planned-parenthood-offers-walk-in-abortions-with-webcam-doctor/
RELIGION
Taking the Time to Act Like Christians by Deal W. Hudson – Pastor John Hagee, Catholic League President Bill Donohue and Deal Hudson all reconcile
https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4476&Itemid=48
Police gag order silences Sisters of Mother Teresa
https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13201&size=A
Sarkozy: It’s Crazy to Take Religion Out of Society
https://www.zenit.org/article-23608?l=english
Pope warns against laity performing functions of priests
https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0915/1221257219387.html?via=mr
Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422661,00.html
HOMOSEXUALITY
An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years. https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4732048.ece
Soon-to-be Bishop of Sacramento Jaime Soto is still listed as keynote speaker for opening night of this year’s National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries in Long Beach
https://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=cb2253de-df23-4ffb-b7bd-48fbf498f107
Record 259 corporations honored for ‘gay’ support
https://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75098
CBS ‘Early Show’: Opposition to Gay Marriage = Japanese Internment
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/09/15/cbs-early-show-opposition-gay-marriage-japanese-internment
Famed Christian music singer Ray Boltz has publicly announced he’s living a homosexual lifestyle
https://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=250538
MISCELLANEOUS
Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”. The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore.
https://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4753389.ece
Global slavery at a high, but reasons for hope
https://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p01s01-usgn.html
World’s Largest-ever Study Of Near-Death Experiences
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080910090829.htm
NASA’s Global warming fanatic James Hanson testified for the defense on behalf of vandals who attacked a coal plant because it felt that fighting global warming justified their lawlessness – Wesley Smith
https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/09/if-its-good-enough-for-animal.html