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LifesiteNews.com NewsBytes for January 9, 2009

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LIFE ISSUES

What FOCA Really Does
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/16948/

Hyde’s 4 Rules for Pro-Lifers
1. Don’t compromise on the right to life. Ever.
2. Respect, and work with, your opposition.
3. Support other pro-lifers.
4. Never give up
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/16952/

Pro-lifers anxious over Obama inauguration
http://www.osv.com/OSVNav/OSVNewsweeklyJanuary182009/ProlifersanxiousoverObamain...

Spain: Bishops willing to 'take to the streets' in support of human life
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14703

Afghan held for forced abortion of his sister
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_backyard_abortion

Conservative Utah trio to wait on abortion ban
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11389022

Madoff fallout drains funding of abortion advocacy groups
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14720

New Book Pushes Futile Care Theory
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/01/new-book-pushes-futile-care-theory.html

Swiss Assisted Suicide Group Investigated for Profiteering
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/01/swiss-assisted-suicide-group.html

NHS Breakdown: "Communication Breakdown" Results in Down Syndrome Patient Starving to Death
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/01/nhs-breakdown-communication-breakdown.h...

Walking in a demographic winter wonderland - Why are people averting their eyes from the coming collapse of population growth?
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/walking_in_a_demographic_winter_wonderl...

A creation myth for the 21st century - Did anyone ever ask IVF children whether they wanted to go through life as genetic orphans?
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_creation_myth_for_the_21st_century/


HOMOSEXUALITY

Obama's spokesman: Don't Ask Don't Tell will go
http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2009/01/obamas-spokesman-dont-ask-dont-tell-will-go....

Homosexual soldiers could spell trouble for military chaplains
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=377868

Log Cabin facing money woes - Gay GOP group at least $100,000 in debt
http://washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=23405

States Need the Federal Defense of Marriage Act to Maintain Marriage Integrity
http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=939

$1 Billion more in Massachusetts budget cuts coming - but homosexual programs in schools are still considered untouchable by politicians!
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/budget_cuts/1BillionMore.html

Prop 8 Supporters Say They’re Being Harassed; Challenge Campaign Finance Rules
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41735

Has Pepsi gone 'gay'? 'Something for everyone' marketing takes on whole new meaning -
has donated more than a million dollars to homosexual groups
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85632


RELIGION

Father Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009 Catholic Priest’s ‘Unexpected Life’ By Father Raymond J. de Souza: four points of his framework: “religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic.” By the end of his life, he was often characterized as one of many thinkers who abandoned the liberalism of the 1960s for the conservatism of the 1980s and beyond.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily/father_richard_john_neuhaus_1936_2009/

Faith By Numbers. When Ratzinger Puts on Galileo's Robes
From the star of the Magi to the "intelligent structure" that governs the universe: the pope's reply to the scientists who reject God. A survey among mathematicians reveals that many of them are believers. And some are even theologians.
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/213210?eng=y

The Press Take On Teenage Sex - The real headline from study is this: "Religious Teens Differ Little in Sexual Behavior Whether or Not They Take a Pledge."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123120095259855597.html

Texas Attorney General Defends Constitutionality Of Prayer During Presidential Inauguration
leads 50-state coalition in defense of prayer, presidential oath of office
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?id=2790

Atheism ads on buses spreads from London to Spain
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14727

Military no place for Christianity, lawsuit claims
http://onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=377896

Exclusive: Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law
http://familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2207/pub_detail.asp


MISCELLANEOUS

Watch Obama commercial they don't want you to see - Fox, CNN, MSNBC refuse ads questioning Barack's eligibility.
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85587

Girls Need a Dad and Boys Need a Mom By Janice Shaw Crouse
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/16223/BLI/family/index.htm

China threatens severe punishment for porn sites
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=377854

Home-school protections in Idaho's plans
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=377920

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