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Senators demand Roe be upheldhttps://www.washtimes.com/national/20050728-113459-2687r.htm Sen. Leahy Says It’s All About Abortion https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0037372.cfm Homosexual Porn Site Ad Comes Down After Pro-Family Protesthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/afa/292005a.asp Family Advocate Angry Over Legislature’s Pro-Homosexual Movehttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/afa/282005e.asp Presence of Malice: Attacking Judge Roberts and FamilyÂÂÂÂhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/8624/LEGAL/scourt/index.htm Fighting for your kidshttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45499 Interview with Bob Casey, Jr.https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/vs_bobcaseyintvw_july05.asp The Gulag was worse than Gitmo. And abortion is worse than just about anything in America todayhttps://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/mbb_atrocities_july05.asp Tom Cruise Vs. Mel Gibson https://www.aim.org/media_monitor/3862_0_2_0_C Handbook comes at a time of unprecedented opportunity for the pro-life causehttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44631 Designed for Sex; What We Lose When We Forget What Sex Is Forhttps://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-06-022-f
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Pro-Aborts Complain Pro-Life and Pro-Family Attitudes on the Rise in Europe

LODZ, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Grassroots opposition to anti-life policies is on the rise, according to a number of European abortion-supportive organizations. Alarm at the soaring abortion and plummeting birth rates in their home countries has inspired Europeans to re-consider the leftist-inspired orthodoxies of population control and abortion-on-demand. In 1962, at the height of communist rule in Poland, the number of abortions reached an all-time high of 199,400. The numbers slowly fell to 137,950 in 1980 at the time of the Gdansk shipyard strike that brought down communist rule and continued to plummet thereafter. The number of abortions took […]
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More Confusion Over Same-Sex Language In Massachusetts With “Parent A/ Parent B” Fiasco

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hospitals in Massachusetts don’t know what to do with birth certificates that have the headings of “Mother” and “Father” on them. The state has legalized same-sex marriage and hospitals are seeking the nomenclature to refer to the logically confused parentage of children born into same-sex ‘families’. Governor Mitt Romney has vaguely advised hospitals to cross out one or the other and insert “Second Parent” but some clerks who register births are questioning the legality of such a procedure. Gay ‘rights’ activists are asking that the state remove the words mother and father from […]
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IVF Twins More Likely to be Premature, Delivered by C-Section

OTTAWA, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twins born through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are 50 percent more likely to be born prematurely – from 32 to 36 weeks, as compared to twins conceived naturally through sexual intercourse, according to recently published research. A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa utilized a meta-analysis of prior research to determine if low birth weight and premature deliveries were associated with IVF. Besides the tendency to earlier delivery, IVF twins were also 33 percent more likely to undergo c-section and twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care than were normally conceived […]
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Frist Support for Specter’s Embryo Research Funding Bill Called “Betrayal”

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, has broken with President Bush by giving his support to a bill that proposes to expand federal funding for unethical embryonic stem cell research. The Bill, strongly opposed by conservative lawmakers, pro-life family groups and the White House is sponsored by pro-abortion Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter. AScribe Newswire quotes Michael Munger, an expert in congressional-presidential relations, stating, “The Bush administration will consider this a betrayal.” Frist, who supported legislative attempts to save the life of Terri Schiavo, appears to have lost the thread on the use of embryonic […]
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As Democrats Move Into Line of Attack # 3 An AFA Survey Shows Americans Prefer Conservative Supreme

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent national survey commissioned by American Values and the American Family Association (AFA) and released today finds that voters favor a “more conservative” over a “more liberal” Supreme Court by a 50.3% to 30.5% margin. The telephone survey, conducted to reflect voter distributions across the country, asked 800 randomly chosen likely voters a number of questions pertaining to the Supreme Court nomination of judge John Roberts. When asked who they like better, “a justice who strictly applies the intent of the law without regard to his or her own policy views” or “who corrects policies […]
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Don’t Blame Pope for AIDS – Analysis Finds Greater Percentage Catholics Makes for Lower HIV Rates

SYDNEY, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A letter by Australian bioethicist Dr. Amin Abboud published in the July 30 edition of the British Medical Journal notes that “A regression analysis done on the HIV situation in Africa indicates that the greater the percentage of Catholics in any country, the lower the level of HIV.” Dr. Abboud’s letter comes in response to an article published in the journal’s June 4 issue which wonders if newly elected Pope Benedict XVI will alter the Church’s teaching on condoms in light of the burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic. Abboud asserts that “On the basis of statistical […]
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‘Ordained’ Woman is Pro-Abortion Religion Professor at Catholic University of San Diego

MANASSAS, VA, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An organization that illegitimately “ordains” women as Catholic clergy has revealed the identity of a “deacon” who teaches scriptural studies at the University of San Diego, an institution that claims dedication to “witnessing and probing the Christian message as proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church.” R.C. Womenpriests, which on July 25 hosted the “ordinations” of nine women on the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ontario, also announced that Jane Via had been “ordained” a Catholic deacon in June 2004 on the Danube River between Germany and Austria. The 2004 ceremony was led by […]
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Leading pro-life congressman Chris Smith punished by Bush admin for being righthttps://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak11.html Bill Gates will be frisking you with a simple point and clickhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050726.wxmicrosoft0726/BNStory/International/ Suicide Blights China’s Young Adults; Survey Reveals Main Cause Of Death Of People Under 35https://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C1536088%2C00.html Conservative Prof’s Discrimination Grievance Resolvedhttps://www.religionjournal.com/showarticle.asp?id=2926 ‘God Gap’ Gives Republicans Big Edgehttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/331668p-283423c.html The media may be shedding a biashttps://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BFBB0CB77-8A07-43EB-A2EA-5C390BEB302D%7D&siteid=mktw&dist= Body in car case sparks Australia euthanasia rowhttps://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD292313.htm China lowers boom on arts and entertainmenthttps://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/front2453579.075.html China arrests 100 young Christianshttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45460 Liberal Media Lashes Out at Christianshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/262005a.asp Americans Happiest People on the Planethttps://www.washtimes.com/national/20050727-112657-6406r.htm Pro-life Democrats Beg Dean for Tolerancehttps://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/27/154456.shtml U.S. Pro-Lifers Intensifying Effortshttps://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=45233 ‘Old-age […]
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Children as Young As 11 Should Have Access to Abortifacient Morning-After Pill Says Irish Health Min

Ireland, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the publicity of Ireland’s Crisis Pregnancy Association’s annual report, which revealed that the average age for the first sexual encounter is dropping, the Irish health minister has said she believes that the Morning After Pill should be made available for children as young as 11 years old. “Girls as young as 11 are involved in sexual relationships and much as we may find that astonishing, I think we have to deal with the reality and the consequences of that and we have to make sure that if the Morning-After pill is required that […]
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South Korean Company Plans First Hospital Dedicated To Umbilical Cord Stem-Cell Treatment

SEOUL, South Korea, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The self-professed purpose of South Korea’s Histostem Corporation is music to the ears of pro-life advocates waging a difficult war against deadly embryonic stem-cell research. According to its website, Histostem “is pioneering cell-based therapy with stem cells, free of ethical problems.” Hoon Han, CEO of Histostem, received his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Korea in 1979. There are few who would argue that Histostem’s research and experimentation with treatments involving only stem cells isolated from the blood in umbilical cords collected after birth poses any notable ethical conundrums. The corporation claims […]
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Ratzinger Warned in April 1st Lecture – “Very Soon It Will Not Be Possible to State That Homosexual

ROME, Italy, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the conclusion of Cardinal Ratzinger’s lecture, now Pope Benedict XVI, delivered on April 1st, the eve of John Paul II’s death, the then Cardinal strongly denounced the European Enlightenment culture and its increasing dogmatism against religion, Christianity and freedom. The Cardinal expressed his belief that the reasons given by the architects of the EU Constitution for excluding God from the document—that the mention of God or recognition of the Christian roots of the continent might offend those of other religions—doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. “The affirmation that the mention of the Christian […]
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Youth of America Tell Movie Moguls ‘Enough with the Smut’

HOLLYWOOD, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On August 4, 2005 the youth of America will present a petition to movie executives in Hollywood, California, pleading for cleaner movies. Youth Petition 2005 (see petition below) was drafted by a teen member of the Youth Advisory Council of the Abstinence Clearinghouse. The petition comes as part of the “Lights, Camera, NO Action” conference during which one thousand abstinence educators, parents and teens will gather in Hollywood, California to learn about advances in abstinence education. Youth Petition 2005 You have a lot of power. As a leader in the movie industry, you wake […]
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Bone Marrow Stem Cells Help Restore Fertility in Sterile Mice

BOSTON, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of Harvard scientists have discovered a reservoir of stem cells that appear capable of restoring the fertility of sterilized mice. While cautioning that such cells have yet to be found in human women, the researchers are hopeful that the discovery may contribute to the understanding of the reproductive system and aid the infertile. “This may launch a new era in how to think about female infertility and menopause,” said Jonathan L. Tilly, a reproductive biologist at Harvard Medical School. The researchers found that some cells in the bone marrow and blood of […]
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Half of Conservative Party MPs Are ‘Religious Conservatives’

VANCOUVER, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ottawa-based political reporter Lloyd Mackey, in an analysis prepared for the Vancouver Sun, estimated that half of the 98-member federal Conservative caucus is made up of religiously conservative MPs – 31 members are evangelical Protestants, with the remainder mostly devout Roman Catholics. The Sun emphasized, “That percentage is well over double the national average.” According to Darrel Reid – a Richmond, BC, Conservative candidate and former president of Focus on the Family Canada – the kind of religious conservatives caricatured by the far-left Canadian media as “pro-life fanatics, religious fundamentalists and other assorted dyspeptic […]
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Communion for Divorced and Remarried Undermines Sacrament of Matrimony says Pope Benedict

VALLE D’AOSTA July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â In a speech to priests of the diocese in which he is vacationing, Pope Benedict XVI reiterated Catholic teaching that members of the flock who have been divorced and remarried are in an irregular situation regarding the sacraments and may not receive Communion. The Catholic Church still holds that remarriage after divorce, though extremely common, is the moral equivalent of adultery, and so bars a person in such circumstances from receiving Communion. “I would say that a particularly painful situation is that of those who were married in the church, but were not […]
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Leading Researcher Proves RU-486 Causes Septic Shock Deaths

PROVIDENCE, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Even while the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating deaths related to it, the manufacturers of the drug Mifepristone continue to deny that their drug was the cause of the bacterial infection that has killed five women. Now, however, Professor Ralph P. Miech, a professor emeritus in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology at Brown University, has provided clear evidence that the drug causes conditions in which bacterial infections can take hold and become deadly. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy will publish Dr. Miech’s study in the September issue. During an […]
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Dutch ‘Catholic’ Group and Bishops Endorse UN Millennium Goals Which Include Abortion Promotion

AMSTERDAM, July 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dutch aid group that claims to be Catholic is endorsing the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include the promotion of abortion as a means to reduce world poverty. According to a Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) report, the group, Cordaid, has even won over several Dutch bishops, who are now supporting the MDGs as well. C-FAM, drawing on information provided by Dutch Catholic journalist Jan Peeters, revealed that Cordaid, a “nominally Catholic organization” supports the Dutch government’s endorsement of the MDGs, which specifically criticize countries like the US that […]
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Canadian Government Pondering Reinstating MP Canned for Anti-American Rampage

OTTAWA, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberal Party of Canada may be reconsidering their decision to throw out Carolyn Parrish, the MP for Mississauga who made her career pandering to leftist anti-Americanism. The question remains open as to whether the party is reconsidering having also thrown out the extremism she represents. On the eve of the US Invasion of Iraq in 2003, Parrish was overheard saying she hated Americans and calling them “bastards.” Then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien had little interest in improving relations with the US and dismissed demands that she be punished, a decision taken as tacit agreement […]
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Supreme Court Not Bound By Abortion Roe V. Wade Ruling Says Gonzales

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, allegedly on the top of the list of possible candidates for a Supreme Court nomination before it was handed to John Roberts, told the Associated Press earlier this week that the Supreme Court is not bound by precedent, including Roe V. Wade. Gonzales pointed out in reference to the speculation surrounding Roberts’ views on abortion that much has changed since Roberts was asked about Roe V. Wade during the senate hearings in 2003. At that time Roberts responded that Roe V. Wade is the “settled law” of the […]
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“Gravest Danger,” Says Pope is “Imbalance Between Technical Possibilities and Moral Energy”

ROME, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a lecture delivered by Pope Benedict XVI on the day before John Paul II passed away, the then Cardinal Ratzinger addressed some of the most fundamental problems facing modernity, and especially the devastating fall-out from the European crisis of faith. “We are living in a time of great dangers and great opportunities for man and the world,” remarked the then Cardinal, “a time which is also of great responsibility for us all. During the past century Man’s possibilities and his dominion over matter grew by truly unthinkable measures. However, his power to dispose […]
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Alberta Readies to Invoke ‘Notwithstanding Clause’ Against Gay ‘Marriage’ Coercion

EDMONTON, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alberta Justice Minister Ron Stevens said Tuesday that the province is prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to prevent marriage commissioners from being forced to perform same-sex “marriages” against their religious beliefs. “We will do what we feel is necessary in that regard to protect the marriage commissioners and their religious beliefs, and if in fact that does require the notwithstanding clause it’s our intention to use it,” Stevens said, as reported by The Edmonton Journal. The clause permits provincial or federal governments to opt out […]
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Australian Survey Defines “Homophobia” as Belief that Homosexuality is Immoral

CANBERRA, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The terms “homophobia” and “intolerance” are used in the media a great deal but few have dared to define them with any certainty since they carry a weight of political baggage. Many Christian and other religious objectors to the homosexual political movement have assumed that they are defined by homosexual activists simply as, “anything or anyone that differs with us,” with traditional religious morality topping the list. A report by an Australian research group has confirmed that this view is accurate. The report by The Australia Institute, a leftist public policy think tank, was […]
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American Bishop: “The Use Of Contraceptives, Of Course, Is Always Morally Evil”

PHOENIX, July 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, one of the most courageous bishops in the United States, notes in a recent column in the diocesan paper, The Catholic Sun, that “The use of contraceptives, of course, is always morally evil and many of them have harmful side effects as well.” The teaching comes in light of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, celebrated July 24 – 30, 2005. This special event was begun several years ago by the American Academy of NFP (now American Academy of FertilityCareTM Professionals) and is promoted by the Diocesan Development Program for […]
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Abortion on the Rise in England and Wales

LONDON, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The rising abortion rate in the UK has not deterred family planning lobbyists from insisting on more sex education in schools and public campaigns for “safe sex.” Girls in the UK are at the highest risk ever of aborting their children. After decades of explicit sex education in schools, publicly funded condom programmes and abortion on demand, the results are a steadily rising abortion rate in the early weeks of pregnancy, widespread incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, a plummeting birth rate and aging population. The abortion rate in 2004 was highest for women in […]
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Abortion-Causing Birth Control Patch Manufacturer Faces Class-Action Lawsuit

NEW YORK, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ortho Evra manufacturer, Ortho McNeil, is facing a lawsuit filed by 10 women Monday for damages related to use of its abortifacient so-called birth-control patch. The women, who all suffered from strokes or serious blood clots, described the drug as “unreasonably dangerous,” and “defectively designed,” according to a CNN report. The women, ranging in age from 18 to 47, are from across the US and all suffer from long-term debilitating effects from the patch. Nineteen year-old Amanda Bianchi of Colorado Springs, Colo., described suffering two strokes and recurring migraines after developing a 10-inch […]
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Vatican Cardinal: “Let’s Stop With the Euphemisms-They Killed” Terri Schiavo

VATICAN CITY, July 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Heath Care, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, said this week, in relation to the death by dehydration of Terri Schiavo, that food and water are never considered medicine. “Let’s stop with the euphemisms-they killed her,” he emphasized, according to a Catholic News Agency report. “To remove [food and water] means euthanasia, it means killing, and so this woman was killed by hunger and starvation. Let’s stop with the euphemisms—they killed her,” he said. “Food and hydration are never considered medicine.” Criticizing the legal framework that allowed an […]
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New Kansas City Bishop to Expand Pro-Life Officehttps://www.catholickey.org/index.php3?gif=news.gif&mode=view&issue=20050722&article_id=3496 White House to turn over many Roberts papers, not allhttps://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-07-26T161547Z_01_N26156925_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-BUSH-COURT-DC.XML Indian Prime Minister says he won’t force population controlhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4710909.stm Harvard-Trained Paleontologist: “What the Bible Says Is Data to Me”https://www.chalcedon.edu/articles/article.php?ArticleID=114  
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US House Investigates Government Coercion Violating Pharmacists’ Conscience Rights

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Illinois), Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, explored government coercion to violate pharmacists’ consciences at a committee hearing yesterday. In particular, the committee investigated Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s emergency rule ordering pharmacies to fill orders for the morning-after pill and its effect on rural pharmacies. Concerned Women for America (CWA) praised the move. “We commend Rep. Manzullo for holding this timely hearing to provide a thoughtful examination of Gov. Blagojevich’s insensitive order demanding that all pharmacies in Illinois provide the controversial drug known as the morning-after pill,” said Wendy Wright, […]
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Cloning Doctor to ask Women to Donate Ova for Experiments

LONDON, July 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite previous admissions that cloning human beings is a near-impossibility, Professor Ian Wilmut is moving forward in his plans to create cloned humans for use as research subjects. Wilmut, who made his name as the creator of Dolly the first cloned sheep to survive to adulthood, has asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for permission to advertise for women do donate their ova for use in the experiments. One part of the tangle of ethical objections to human cloning is the dismal rate of failure of the individual attempts to produce a viable […]
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Vatican Official Clarifies Stand On Vaccines From Fetal Tissue

VATICAN, July 26, 2005 (CWNews.com /LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the Pontifical Academy for Life has strongly condemned the development of vaccines from fetal tissues, the president of that Academy notes that parents may still be justified in having their children inoculated with such vaccines. Bishop Elio Sgreccia, in a July 23 interview with Vatican Radio, clarified the position taken by the Pontifical Academy for Life, in response to an inquiry from an American pro-life group. The bishop said that pharmaceutical manufacturers have a grave moral obligation to provide vaccines that do not use fetal tissues. But parents whose children may risk […]
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Catholic Church in Australia Offers $100,000 Grant for Adult Stem Cell Research

SYDNEY, July 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following on a highly successful program to offer financial assistance to mother’s in crisis pregnancies who opt to carry their babies to term, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney announced yesterday a grant of $100,000 to support and foster research on the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells. This is the second grant made available by the Archdiocese of Sydney to further research into adult stem cells. On 9 April 2002 Cardinal Pell announced that a $50,000 grant was to be made available to a research team at Griffith University led by Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, […]
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Marriage Commissioners in Alberta Given Freedom of Conscience

CALGARY, Alberta, July 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although Alberta has begrudgingly conceded that it will issue same-sex “marriage” certificates in accordance with the newly passed federal Civil Marriage Act, the Alberta government has assured its marriage commissioners that they will not be forced to act against their consciences. This is a serious problem in most other provinces that have no such protections for those who oppose same-sex “marriage”. The newly passed federal legislation itself contains no such protection and counselors in most provinces can be fired from their jobs for refusing to perform gay “marriages”. Even before the federal legislation […]
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Tories promise to fight same-sex marriage law in electionhttps://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/july/25/legislation/&c=1 UNFPA demands abortion for girls as young as 10 https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=38577 Gay pride marchers outnumbered by Protestors in Latviahttps://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050723-21421700-bc-latvia-gaymarch.xml Health officials puzzle over abortion pill deathshttps://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279764 Non-Religious Kids Find Refuge in ‘Godless’ Anti-Christian Camp https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Business/story?id=971881&page=1 Australians condemn ‘mad’ plans for gay adoption https://www.theage.com.au/news/national/nats-condemn-mad-plans-for-gay-adoption/2005/07/23/1121539192261.html Foreign Affairs warns gay spouses to be aware of laws when travellinghttps://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b31f489f-06d7-4adf-9e8e-a2e16de6d55b Catch 22 for gay clergy in new church sex code https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1707926,00.html Same-sex marriage on rise in Belgiumhttps://www.washtimes.com/upi/20050725-085739-1422r.htm Abortion & Justice: Let’s hope John Roberts is a genuine moderatehttps://www.nationalreview.com/whelan/whelan200507220823.asp Borking has met its match in Roberts nominationhttps://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200507220829.asp Rick […]
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Prince Edward Island Delays Issuing Same-Sex “Marriage” Certificates Citing Language Problems

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prince Edward Island, one of the few provinces and territories of Canada in which activist court decisions didn’t legalize same-sex “marriage” before the Senate passed Bill C-38 earlier this month, has indicated that it will not immediately begin issuing same-sex “marriage” certificates. Mildred Dover, the province’s attorney general, has said that the province will delay issuing certificates to same-sex couples until they have had the opportunity to amend all the state laws pertaining to marriage. That process could take up several months; it is also unclear what would happen if the provincial legislature […]
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Cardinal Arinze Reiterates – for the N’th Time – No Communion for Pro-Abort Politicians

PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to Francis Cardinal Arinze, the Vatican’s chief over the administration of the sacraments, the denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a no-brainer. Speaking at a dinner in Pittsburgh over the weekend, Arinze responded with his usual wit to the question, “Should Catholic legislators who support legal abortion ‘be refused’ Communion?” The Cardinal elicited laughter when he rejoined, “I ask you, do you really need a cardinal from the Vatican to find the answer?” He quipped, “Are there no children from First Communion to whom you can pose the question and receive […]
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Public Discomfort With Canadian Catholic Bishops’ Approach to Catholic Politicians Growing

OTTAWA, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - From far and near, from left and right, from Catholics and non-Catholics the actions and non-actions of the Canadian Catholic hierarchy toward Canadian Catholic politicians is coming under fire. The recent passage of the same-sex ‘marriage’ law in Canada with the votes of a majority of Catholic politicians, and at the behest of a Catholic Prime Minister has focussed attention in Canada on renegade Catholicism rampant in politics and seemingly unchecked by the majority of Canada’s bishops. Of the well over 50 Catholic MPs and Senators who voted in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’ despite […]
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Civil Liberties Group Backs Catholic Bishop Under Fire for Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality

CALGARY, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It has been said that the right to freedom of expression is the right to give offense. This axiom of political philosophy is being tested in Alberta. Bishop Fred Henry, prior to the first “Conciliation Session” of his Human Rights Tribunal case, in which he is being accused of ‘discrimination’ for having publicly asserted Catholic doctrine on homosexuality, has been defended from a most unlikely source. The president of the Alberta Civil Liberties Association, Stephen Jenuth, says the case is an example of conflicting rights. He told the Calgary Sun, “We have a situation […]
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Hillary Clinton to Vote To Confirm Judge Robert’s Supreme Court Nomination Says Clinton Insider

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to an ‘exclusive’ report printed on DrudgeReport.com, the popular conservative online news portal, a Hillary Clinton insider has said that Senator Clinton intends to vote to confirm Judge Roberts, “unless some unforeseen development occurs.” “Look, we’re not thrilled President Bush is in office and gets to make these choices,” said the source, “but we have to make the best of the situation until the next election!…[Hillary] is simply doing what is right for the country, not MOVEON.ORG.” MOVEON.ORG is one of the liberal activist groups that have come out swinging against Roberts, […]
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APA Ignored Evidence that Homosexual Behaviour is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Says Noted Psychiatir

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews) – In an interview with the Rome-based Zenit news service, Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons a psychiatrist and member of the Catholic Medical Association, said that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has ignored evidence that homosexual behaviour is a manifestation of a psychiatric disorder. In their recent call for the legalization of homosexual marriage, the APA has revealed a political bias that is of no service to homosexuals, said Fitzgibbons the primary author of the Catholic Medical Association’s document ‘Homosexuality and Hope.’ Fitzgibbons, the co-author of a book on forgiveness published by the APA, said the […]
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How Canadian Senators Voted on Gay ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Voting in favour of the homosexual ‘marriage’ bill C-38 on final reading Tuesday nightÂwere 47 Senators including the following Liberal Senators: Austin Maheu   Bacon Mahovlich   Baker Massicotte   Biron Losier-Cool  Bryden Mercer   CallbeckÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂMilne   Chaput Mitchell   ChristensenÂÂÂMunson   CookÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂPoulin  Cordy Pearson   Dallaire Pépin   Downe Peterson   EggletonÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂPoy   FairbairnÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂTardif  FitzpatrickÂÂÂÂÂRinguette   Furey Robichaud   Grafstein Rompkey   Harb Smith   Hubley Trenholme Counsell  JafferÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂJoyal  Kenny   The Liberals were joined by a handful of Progressive Conservative (PC) and Conservative ‘C’ Senators as well as an NDP and a […]
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United States Urged to Learn From Canada’s Homsexual “Marriage” Disaster

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In 1999 the Liberal majority Canadian Parliament voted by an overwhelming 216 to 55 to uphold the legal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Six years later a Liberal minority Parliament formally legalized homosexual ‘marriage’, giving to gay partners precisely the same legal recognition as heterosexual couples who vow lifelong committement. The unprecedented speed with which the dramatic reversal took place, and the many similarities between the legal systems of Canada and the United States, especially that of activist courts, provoked Bradley Watson of the Heritage Foundation to write […]
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Spain’s Gay “Marriage” Law to Face Constitutional Challenge

DENIA, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The new Spanish legislation calling homosexual partnerings ‘marriage’ is to be subject to a legal challenge by a judge who refused to participate in such a ‘wedding.’ Judge Laura Alabau of the city of Denia in southwestern Spain refused to “marry” a lesbian couple and has filed a legal challenge against the reform of Spain’s Civil Code allowing same-sex couples to contract “marriage.” Judge Alabau is basing her argument on article 32 of the country’s Constitution, which says, “Men and women have the right to contract marriage with full juridical equality.” The constitution also […]
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US Senators/Congressmen Call for Ban Abortion Drug RU-486 After Deaths Reported

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this week, LifeSiteNews.com reported that the company manufacturing the abortion drug, RU-486, admitted Monday that there have been five deaths of women who used it. Danco Laboratories refused to admit that there was “any causal relationship” between the women’s deaths and their drug, while admitting that the drug was ‘successful’ in its baby-killing mission in over 460,000 cases. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed on Tuesday with an announcement that they would be investigating the dangers of the drug while issuing a public health advisory on the risk of sepsis or […]
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Mexican Bishops call Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill “Lethal Weapon Against the Innocent”

MEXICO, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico’s newspaper Desde la Fe, carries a strong condemnation of President Vincente Fox’s plan to allow the morning after pill to be included in government sponsored health clinics for poorer areas. The editorial called the pill, “a lethal weapon against the innocent.” The bishops wrote, “The wrong decision by authorities is leading to a moral and social degradation, the costs of which we are already paying in a society that has become increasingly inhumane. It is not by distributing contraceptives in bulk that we will resolve the health problems related […]
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Owner of “James Ossuary” Under Arrest – False Artifact Claimed Jesus Had Siblings

JERUSALEM, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israeli police have put under house arrest, Oded Golan, the owner of the so-called “James Ossuary”, the fake ossuary that attempted to promote the idea that Jesus Christ had brothers. The trial has begun. The next session, will be held in Jerusalem, September 4, 2005. A 27-page indictment in a Jerusalem court was based on a two-year investigation involving the Jerusalem police and the Israel Antiquities Authority. Golan was among the five charged with 17 counts of antiquities forgery and fraud in January 2005. If they are found guilty they face the possibility of […]
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Liana White Murder Leads to Call for Canadian Unborn Victim of Violence Law

OTTAWA, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative MP and co-chair of the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus Maurice Vellacott expressed great sadness at the brutal slaying of a pregnant Edmonton woman and decried the injustice made evident by this case. Liana White’s husband, Michael White, has been charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body for leaving it in a ditch. But he is not facing any charges in the death of their unborn child. Comparing this case to the Peterson case in California, Vellacott said, “If White faces a murder charge against his wife, Liana, he should also […]
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Take Abortion Pill Off the Market Now, Lawmaker Says https://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200507%5CNAT20050721a.html Latvian Gay Pride bannedhttps://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=4520 Gays Twice as Apt to Drive Under the Influence says Family Research Institute https://www.earnedmedia.org/fri0721.htm Edmonton men first gay couple in Alberta to get marriage licencehttps://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/21/alberta-samesex050721.html US Abortion Rate Lowest Since 1976https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801164.html New Age Seen Penetrating Catholic Circles Says Adviser to Argentine Bishopshttps://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74410 Maurice Strong loses job as UN North Korea envoyhttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1121723893886_117133093/?hub=TopStories Ex-Wal-Mart Executive: ‘Retail Giant Founded on Christian Values’ https://www.charismanews.com/a.php?ArticleID=11530
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UN Continues to Push for Criminalization of Spanking

JOHANNESBURG, July 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, representatives of the United Nations have again called for the universal criminalization of parents who use ordinary corporal punishment in disciplining their children. By lumping such genuine atrocities as child sexual slavery together with normal corporal punishment within ordinary families, the UN is furthering its efforts to control every aspect of private life under the pretext of ‘eliminating violence against children.’ The meeting in Johannesburg is one of a series of worldwide, regional events purporting to examine how children are affected by violence in five settings: the home […]
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Priests for Life: Nobody’s Forced to Be Catholic, Can’t Stand Teachings? – Leave

NEW YORK, July 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, has words for people who claim to be Catholic but attempt to push an agenda which is anti-Catholic. A recent press release from the misnamed group ‘Catholics for a Free Choice’, claims “faithful practicing Catholics” are not obliged to “follow church positions on issues like abortion, contraception, access to reproductive health services, end of life decision-making, the death penalty and gay rights.” “Our response is simple,” said Fr. Pavone.“Nobody is forced to be a Catholic, but if you don’t subscribe to Catholic teaching, have […]
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Vatican Newspaper Decries Canadian Gay “Marriage” as “Distortion of God’s Plan for the Family”

ROME, July 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, has joined the chorus of Catholic voices condemning the imposition of homosexual “marriage” in Canada. Associated Press quotes the paper’s editorial as saying, “‘The distortion of God’s plan for the family continues’, said L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican daily…‘In Canada, homosexual unions have become equal to marriage.’” This follows comments from the Canadian bishops organization thatÂwarned repeatedly that the imposition of the new law would also pit religious freedom against the gay rights agenda in Parliament and the Courts. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) called on Canadians to […]
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“Abortion Bad For Women”, Protests United Nations Women’s Representative

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a strange twist from the norm, a representative from the strongly pro-abortion yet influential United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) spoke out at a recent committee session against the abortion myths propagated by the committee. The Catholic Family and Human Rights Insittute (C-FAM) reports that July thirteenth’s committee session began as normal with Vice Chairperson Silvia Pimentel of Brazil demanding answers as to why in Ireland “women’s health remains jeopardized by the lack of availability of abortion.” Pimentel suggested that there should be a national referendum on […]
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Wife of Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts Was Feminists for Life Executive Vice President

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the intense scrutiny of every possibly relevant aspect of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts begins, pro-life groups have been pleased to discover thatÂhis wife, Jane Roberts, once served as the Executive Vice President of the strongly pro-life Feminists For Life (FFL). The FFL, according toÂits website, is dedicated “to systematically eliminating the root causes that drive women to abortion-primarily lack of practical resources and support-through holistic, woman-centered solutions.” Jane Roberts, who is herself an accomplished lawyer, presently continues to perform pro bono legal work for FFL. She is also a member of […]
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Diocese Combats Contraceptive Culture With Mandatory NFP Marriage Prep Course

FARGO, N.D., July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On July 18 Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo announced a new policy that will see all engaged couples in his diocese instructed in the theology of the body as well as Natural Family Planning (NFP). The policy will come into effect starting Sept. 8 of this year. Bishop Aquila said the policy arose “out of a genuine concern for the right formation of conscience, the understanding of the truth, dignity and meaning of human sexuality and the responsibilities a couple accepts in married life.” “Young adults are bombarded with negative images of sexuality, […]
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Police Officer Laments Inability to Charge in Death of Unborn Baby – Canada’s Laci Peterson

EDMONTON, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The public eye in Canada has, for the last week, been trained steadily on a murder case unfolding in a quiet Edmonton suburb. A young pregnant mother, Liana White, went missing last Monday and her partially decomposed body was found the following Sunday by a group of volunteer searchers including her husband, Michael White. Mrs. White was four months pregnant at the time of her death. Michael White had been cooperating with police in the investigation and neighbours were shocked when charges of second-degree murder were laid against him the day after Mrs. White’s […]
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Pamplona Bishop says Gay “Marriage” Law an “Attack on True Marriage”

PAMPLONA, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For many years, says Archbishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar of the Catholic Diocese of Pamplona, Spain, the perception of the meaning of human sexuality has been altered. Calling the modern understanding of it, “humanly impoverished” he wrote in a pastoral letter to the Catholic faithful of the archdiocese, that sex has been changed from an act of self-giving to one of selfish pleasure-seeking. Aguilar wrote the letter, posted to the archdiocese’ website, in response to the passage of legislation making homosexual unions the legal equivalent of real marriage. He wrote that the worst aspect of […]
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Catholic Bishops on Gay ‘Marriage’ Law – “Catholics are to Continue to Oppose It”

OTTAWA, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) reacted to the enactment of the Canadian law allowing homosexual ‘marriage’ saying “Catholics are to continue to oppose it, and to ensure that all provincial and territorial regulations on the solemnization of marriages provide full protection for freedom of conscience and religion, as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” The CCCB praised Canadians of all faiths and of none who defended the “universal definition of marriage”. However it had other words for Catholic politicians who supported the legislation. “Unfortunately, there are also some Catholics […]
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Canadian Evangelical Christians React to Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Law – We “Cannot Accept”

OTTAWA, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is deeply saddened by the passage of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, and its implications for family and religious freedom in Canada.“Today our government has chosen to redefine the foundational institution of our society,” says Bruce Clemenger, president of the EFC. “The consequences of this massive social experiment have not been fully examined or understood.” “With the passage of this legislation, the government has reconfigured marriage as a primarily adult-centered institution, and surrendered its ability to champion the rights of children to know and be raised by […]
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Canada Gay “Marriage” Bill to be Signed Into Law Today

OTTAWA, ON, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a late-night Tuesday vote the Canadian senate voted 47-21 to pass the same-sex “marriage” bill C-38. Three of the 95 sitting senators abstained from the vote. The law will come into effect as soon as royal assent is given to it. Normally Canada’s Governor-General, the Queen’s representative in Canada, would sign the bill. However, LifeSiteNews.com spoke with Eric Richer at the at the Rideau Hall press office who said that Governor-General Clarkson would not be signing the bill as she is recovering from illness; instead the Deputy Governor-General, Supreme Court Justice Morris […]
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FDA Issues Public Health Advisory for Abortion Drug RU-486 – 4 Deaths in Less than 2 Years

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating recently reported serious adverse events associated with mifepristone (trade name Mifeprex, also known as RU-486). As a result, the FDA is issued a public health advisory yesterday highlighting the risk of sepsis or blood infection when undergoing medical abortion using Mifeprex and misoprostol in a manner that is not consistent with the approved labeling. The FDA release noted, “There are now four cases of deaths from infection from September 2003 to June 2005 following medical abortion with these drugs.” “The FDA is committed to sharing emerging […]
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The New More Wholesome Madonna? – Shunning Britney Spears’ Immodesty

LONDON, July 20, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) When Madonna starts sporting Cashmere, elegant but modest Grace Kelly inspired dresses and publicly gushing about her desire to just be a good old fashioned, stay-at-home mother, you can be sure that times are changing. Even as Britney Spears, who infamously exchanged an onstage French kiss with Madonna the “Material Girl”, prepares to further stir the tabloid pot by releasing a new ‘reality’ series in which she reportedly expresses her obsession with sex, curious eyes are turning towards Madonna’s newest makeover. In the upcoming August edition of Vogue, Madonna admits regret about her more tumultuous […]
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Bush Nominates Justice Roberts to Supreme Court – Abortion Fight Has Begun

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following today’s announcement regarding the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to serve as associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C. is concerned a filibuster will ensue, due to the judge’s pro-life stand. “Liberal pressure groups will insist that Senate Democrats filibuster against Judge Roberts, unless he pledges in advance to vote against allowing elected legislators to place meaningful limits on abortion,” said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. “Millions of Americans will be watching to see if the Democratic senators bow to these demands.” […]
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Canadian National Public Radio Broadcasts Call for State Control of Religion, Especially Catholicism

OTTAWA, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â Just as Senate approaches the final vote on the gay ‘marriage’ bill, C-38, Canada’s national public radio CBC Radio has aired a commentary by a retired professor from the Royal Military College calling for state control over religion, specifically Catholicism. While parliamentarians dismissed warnings by numerous religious leaders and experts that such laws would lead to religious persecution, former professor Bob Ferguson has called for “legislation to regulate the practice of religion.” “Given the inertia of the Catholic Church, perhaps we could encourage reform by changing the environment in which all religions operate,” Ferguson […]
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Abortion Drug RU-486 Company Admits to Death of Five Women

NEW YORK, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion drug RU-486 manufacturer, Danco Laboratories, admitted Monday that there have been five deaths of women using their baby-killing medication, but denied any link between the drug and the deaths. “No causal relationship between these events and the use of Mifeprex and misoprostol has been established,” claimed Danco Labs Medical Director Richard Hausknecht, M.D., in a release. “Childbirth, menstruation and abortion, whether spontaneous, surgical or medical, all create conditions that can result in serious and sometimes fatal infection, and there is no evidence that Mifeprex and misoprostol present a special risk of infection,” […]
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Anaesthesia for Unborn Babies Prior to Late Term Abortion – Bill Signed by Minnesota Governor

SAINT PAUL, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, last Thursday, signed a bill that will require doctors to tell women seeking abortion after 20 weeks gestation that fetuses might feel pain during the procedure and offer them the option of fetal anaesthesia. The “Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act,” was supported by the group, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, (MCCL) an affiliate of National Right to Life. MCCL’s Laura Gese, told LifeSiteNews.com that the passage of the legislation was being seen as a victory by pro-lifers there. “It’s a compassionate bill, wherein, if we have decided that the […]
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Toronto Man to be Evicted from Apartment for Displaying Sign in Favour of Traditional Marriage

TORONTO, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The famous line from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a satire on a Marxist revolution and the lies and distortions required to achieve and maintain it, is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite. In Canada, Christians upholding the meaning of sexuality and marriage have found that Orwell’s axiom is as relevant as ever and equality is often a one-way street. In one small but very […]
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Bush To Announce Supreme Court Nominee Tonight at 9PM EDT – Not Gonzales

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With word having spread that Bush will not consider Attorney-General Gonzales for the vacancy to the Supreme Court after all, conservative activist groups began over the last week or so to change gears from the defensive to the offensive. Following a large conference call of nearly 70 conservative representatives, Manual Miranda of the Third Branch Conference said that “There is a wide sense that it was not going to be Gonzales and not [to be] worried about that.” The Hill, US Congress’ newspaper, quoted a ‘conservative strategist’ as saying that “There’s a consensus […]
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Abortion Drug Company Boasts That 460,000 American Babies Were Killed in Five Years

NEW YORK, July 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 460,000 US women have used the abortion drug, RU-486, to kill their unborn children since the US Food and Drug Administration approved sale of the drug in 2000, the abortifacient’s manufacturer, Danco Laboratories, boasted in a press release Monday. “Mifeprex® has been available in the U.S. for almost 5 years, and more than 460,000 women in this country have chosen it for early abortion since FDA approval in September 2000,” the Danco press release stated. Campaign Life Coalition spokesman Rhonda Wood told LifeSiteNews.com, “I’ve been involved in the pro-life movement for […]
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Student Doctors Begin Cloning Lessonshttps://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story266.htm Baptist Speaker Calls For ‘Cultural Counter-Assault’https://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=21214 Episcopal Bishop Cuts Off Conservative Priestshttps://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2166/section/connecticut.bishop.cuts-off.conservative.priests/1.htm Tired of pro-abortion politicians in your diocese? Don’t just send a letter, file a formal DENUNCIATION with the Church https://catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=13894 Christian-Hater Shoots Up Church, Policehttps://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/329249p-281378c.html Aging Populations Stressing Social Supportshttps://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afplifestylepopulation;_ylt=Ali7CyRR.b20Tv_MnbM0kZis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ– New York Cardinal + 7 Bishops Ask Governor to Veto Over the Counter Early Abortion Pillshttps://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/327655p-280031c.html Cardinal Urges Senate to Support Cord Blood Stem Cell Researchhttps://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2005/05-159.shtml Child prodigy was nearly abortedhttps://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/12121652.htm
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US Poll Shows That Even Pro-Choice Movement Split Over Same-Sex “Marriage”

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US Ramussenreports.com poll of 1,000 likely voters has revealed that even the country’s liberal pro-choice movement isn’t convinced that the nature of marriage should undergo any significant changes. According to the poll a full 48% of those who described themselves as pro-choice favored the traditional definition of marriage, whereas only 44% were opposed to that definition. The figures showed that 66% of all voters combined favor the traditional definition of marriage, while 28% are opposed. The poll also covered abortion issues, with 53% of voters believing it is too easy to get an […]
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FDA to Decide on Morning After Pill By September 1st

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that it will decide whether or not to make the abortifacient Morning After Pill, also known as Plan B, available over the counter, by September 1st. The FDA has been deliberating the matter for several years. Nearly two years ago the agency decided against over the counter availability of the abortifacient drugs citing unresolved concerns about the use of the drug by young teenagers. Pro-life and pro-family groups are strongly opposed to making Plan B available over-the-counter, citing the proven abortifacient nature of the drug, […]
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CTV Online Poll Says That 55% Say That Same-Sex Legislation Should be Repealed

TORONTO, ON, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Even as CTV.ca and the Globe and Mail printed full-length articles trumpeting the fact that a telephone poll conducted on their behalf had shown that 55% of Canadians believed that Canada’s next government should let the legislation allowing same-sex marriage stand, an online poll situated next to the story on their website concluded the exact opposite. “Most Canadians want same-sex bill to stand,” said the headline of the feature CTV story. The telephone poll of 1,000 Canadians was pointed to by the CTV as evidence that Stephen Harper’s insistence that the Conservative party […]
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Senator Santorum Bashed by Liberals for Identifying Origins of Abuse Scandal

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It is an axiom of politics that a political gaffe is what happens whenever a politician speaks the truth. In the case of the ongoing flap over some three year-old remarks by Senator Rick Santorum on the clergy abuse crisis, that axiom is being proved more than apt. In 2002, Catholic Online published an essay by Santorum in which he identified the source of the crisis as liberalism in the culture and in the Church, a liberalism which denounces and attempts to abolish the Church’s teaching on human sexuality. Santorum’s remarks have been re-published […]
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Phoenix Bishop says “No Sunday Shopping” – A Wedge Issue in the Culture Wars

PHOENIX, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, quoted in the Arizona Republic, told a congregation attending the most recent priestly ordinations that the world has suffered with the loss of the religious observance of Sunday as a day of rest. The article, which appeared in the July 17th Sunday edition, posed the question, “Whatever happened to Sunday?” It reflects the observation of many Christians that the day which used to be reserved to religious and family togetherness, has turned into “an extension of Saturday,” filled with errands invariably including shopping. Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix said, […]
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Canadian Senators Ordered to Vote in Favour of Gay “Marriage” Bill – Final Vote Likely Thursday

OTTAWA, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sources inÂCanada’s parliament have revealed to LifeSiteNews.com that Liberal Senators have received a letter ordering them to be present for the vote on the same-sex ‘marriage’ bill C-38 and to vote in favour of it. The source indicated that the letter was followed up with direct phone calls to Senators.“I have never seen this degree of instruction and pressure,” said one source. A source in the Senate confirmed the ‘whipped’ vote noting that going against the Liberal Governments expressed wishes could result in loss of perks and future opportunities. Opportunities such as international travel […]
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Vatican Condemns Vaccines Made with Tissue Obtained by Abortion

LARGO, FL, July 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Pontifical Academy for Life under the direction of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued an “approved” study regarding vaccines derived from aborted fetal cell lines. The study was undertaken in response to a US group called Children of God for Life, which has for years fought for the creation of ethical vaccines which are not ‘tainted’ by abortion. In the document published in Medicina e Morale by the Center for Bioethics of Catholic University in Rome and titled, Moral Reflections On Vaccines Prepared From Cells Derived From Aborted […]
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Online LifeSiteNews.com Editorial – Bill Clinton’s Messianic Complex

“The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” – Albert Camus So, you thought Bill Clinton and his endless silly shenanigans were history? You'd broken out your finest bottle of champagne to celebrate? Think again. William Jefferson Clinton is making one doozie of a come back. If his recent efforts are any clue, Saviour of the World is at least one possible new title ringing in the ears of the one-time controversial but inexplicably well-loved former United States president. With the first […]
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Birth Control Patch Claims 23 Lives and Counting

NEW YORK, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal drug safety reports obtained by The Associated Press under a Freedom of Information Act request, “indicate that in 2004—when 800,000 women were on the patch—the risk of dying or suffering a survivable blood clot while using the device was about three times higher than while using birth control pills.” AP points out that the majority of the women were young and in otherwise good health and at low risk for blood clots – “women like Zakiya Kennedy, an 18-year-old Manhattan fashion student who collapsed and died in a New York subway station […]
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Mexico’s President Blasted for Offering Abortifacient Morning after Pill in Clinics

MEXICO, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico’s president, Vincente Fox, has been blasted by the country’s bishops for allowing abortifacient drugs to be distributed at government-funded clinics. The morning-after Pill, (MAP) has been available in Mexican pharmacies for years, but this week was made available for free in health clinics that aid Mexico’s poor. The pill is in fact, a massive dose of the same kinds of hormones found in ordinary birth control pills. Its effect in part is to make the lining of the uterus inhospitable to an already formed embryonic child which then dies. The long-term health effects […]
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Intolerant Secularism Canada’s New State Religion says Senate Committee Witness

OTTAWA, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, Dr. John Patrick, Director of Public Policy for the Canadian Christian Medical and Dental Society, Professor of History of Science and Medicine at Augustine College spoke to the Senate hearing on the imposition of gay ‘marriage,’ and its potential impact on Canadian society. His organization represents approximately 1500 Canadian physicians. Canada, he says, is facing demographic collapse. “We are, of course, only just managing to stay afloat. Our abortion rate more or less exactly matches our immigration rate.” He said that the discussion on same-sex “marriage’ and the invention of marriage as a […]
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Church Cannot Baptize Babies of Same-Sex Couples Says Quebec Cardinal

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, ON, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just how confusing and damaging the official legal recognition of same-sex ‘marriage’ will be has been made apparent by Cardinal Ouellet’s recent remarks to the Senate’s Bill C-38 committee. “If I take the example of the ceremony of baptism, according to our Canon law,” said the Cardinal during his testimony at the Committee on Wednesday, “we cannot accept the signatures of two fathers or two mothers as parents of an infant. With a law that makes these unions official, situations of this will multiply and this threatens to disturb not […]
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Bible Will Have to be Altered in Canada Fears Former Ontario Human Rights Commissioner

OTTAWA, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mr. Abdul Hai Patel, of the Islamic Council of Imams Canada, made a presentation to the Senate Committee on the gay ‘marriage’ legislation Wednesday. During his presentation he noted that he is a “former commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission,” and from his experience believes that the gay ‘marriage’ law, “if exercised, can become a subject of future challenges with respect to the Ontario Human Rights Code.” In his comments before the Senate, the Imam noted that pro-gay and anti-religious discrimination in schools in Canada commenced more than a decade ago.“Education in schools […]
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Senate Committee Sends Gay ‘Marriage’ Bill Back to Senate with No Amendments – Pray

OTTAWA, July 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Standing Senate Committee On Legal And Constitutional Affairs has sent the gay ‘marriage’ bill C-38 back to the full Senate for report stage and final reading and vote. The Senate will commence Monday at 6pm with C-38 on the agenda. A myriad of proposed amendments by witnesses seeking to protect religious freedom and lessen the negative impact of the legislation were rejected. A clause-by-clause approval of the bill was completed Thursday night. Jim Hughes of Campaign Life Coalition has urged that supporters of real marriage continue their prayers for a return to sanity […]
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Convicted Pedophile Sues Catholic Firm For Unfair Dismissal

LONDON, July 15, 2005 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – A pedophile who was fired from his job at a British Catholic publishing house following his conviction for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl is suing his employers for unfair dismissal. Earlier this year, Geoffrey Moore admitted five offences of indecency with the girl and one of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was given a 3-year community rehabilitation order, put on the sex offenders’ register for 5 years and banned from working with children for life. The day after his conviction, Moore was dismissed by Kevin Mayhew, of Suffolk, a publishing […]
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Human Cloning to be the Next Step in Spanish Socialists’ Anti-Catholic Programme

MADRID, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Critics of the movement of the new Spanish government to liberalize the country might be forgiven for thinking that the real goal is to radically de-Catholicize the country. The list of initiatives taken by the Zapatero socialists could have been lifted straight from the Catholic Catechism’s list of the most popular modern sins. With over 80% of the country still claiming to belong to the Catholic Church, and with Spain’s recent history of anti-Catholic Marxist pogroms before the Franco regime, the impression becomes even stronger. Last month the world was awed by the millions […]
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Polluted Unborn Babies Evoke Pro-Life Talk From Abortion Supporting Congresswoman

NEW YORK, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At most times, according to the international news service Reuters, and a Democrat Congresswoman, they are “products of conception” or “fetal tissue” that can be disposed of at a whim. But when an environmental issue is involved, they are transformed into “unborn babies,” and “babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.” Reuters is a steadfast promoter of abortion and is particularly adept at following the abortion lobby’s tactics of linguistic manipulation. But today’s story of a report showing environmental toxins in umbilical cord blood starts with the news that “unborn babies […]
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Bill Clinton Complains of Media Pro-Abortion Bias

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Complaining that the media’s pro-abortion bias is “nuts,” former US president Bill Clinton compared the abortion issue to global warming. “If you’re a Democrat and you have sort of normal impulses, you’re a sell-out, like when Hillary said abortion is a tragedy for virtually everybody who undergoes it, we ought to do all we can to reduce abortion,” Clinton claimed, according to an Associated Press report. “All of a sudden,” Clinton continued, the media clamoured, “‘Is she selling out? Is she abandoning her principles?’ But if John McCain, who’s pro-life, works with Hillary on […]
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Liberal Government Opts to Disburse $80 Million in Same-Sex Survivor Benefits

OTTAWA, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The federal government has announced a decision to pay same-sex survivor benefits to the surviving members of same-sex partnerships whose partners died before 1998, even though the legal battle to decide the issue is still before the Supreme Court. In 2000, Ottawa agreed to pay survivor benefits to homosexuals whose partners died after January 1998. George Hislop, a homosexual who lost his partner in 1986, and who is now aged 78, sued on behalf of about 500 such self-described “widows and widowers” who were told they were not eligible to receive their partner’s pensions […]
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Saskatchewan Marriage Commissioner under Investigation for Unwillingness to Perform Gay ‘Marriages’

PRINCE ALBERT, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Saskatchewan’s Justice Minister is investigating a complaint about a marriage commissioner there who has refused to perform same-sex “marriages.” Saskatchewan Justice Minister Frank Quennell has made it clear that he believes marriage commissioners should resign if they will not perform same-sex “marriages.” He is investigating Prince Albert marriage commissioner Bruce Goertzen, who said he would refuse to perform same-sex “marriages;” several other marriage commissioners have already filed human rights complaints against the province for telling them to either perform same-sex marriages or resign. Saskatchewan Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott expressed consternation upon learning that […]
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Abortion in Minnesota Drops to Lowest Rate in 30 Years after Informed Consent Law

ST. PAUL, July 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com)A government health department report has just been released showing the effectiveness of laws put in place in Minnesota requiring a wait period before aborting and information on the nature of abortion and fetal development. The Center for Health Statistics for the Department of Health issued the study of the abortion statistics for the period January to December 2004 showing more than 2,000 women changed their minds after receiving the information. Abortion in Minnesota is at its lowest rate since 1975. The law, called Women’s Right to Know, was vigorously opposed by the abortion lobby […]
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Pope Opposes Harry Potter Novels – Signed Letters from Cardinal Ratzinger Now Online

RIMSTING, Germany, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com has obtained and made available online copies of two letters sent by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was recently elected Pope, to a German critic of the Harry Potter novels. In March 2003, a month after the English press throughout the world falsely proclaimed that Pope John Paul II approved of Harry Potter, the man who was to become his successor sent a letter to a Gabriele Kuby outlining his agreement with her opposition to J.K. Rowling’s offerings. (See below for links to scanned copies of the letters signed by Cardinal Ratzinger.) As […]
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Cocky Justice Minister Riles Senators on Gay ‘Marriage’ Bill by Expecting Rubber Stamp

OTTAWA, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some members of the Canadian Senate are miffed that their role has become reduced to rubber-stamping the controversial legislation pushed through by the Liberal Party.ÂÂ The Canadian Senate is appointed through the Prime Minister’s office, not elected and so the post has often been seen as a cozy sinecure for the special friends of the ruling party, which for most of Canada’s history has been the Liberal Party. Senators Ann Cools and Gerry St. Germain have been annoyed by Liberal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler’s triumphalist comments. Cottler is quoted by CTV saying that the […]
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Gay Canada Praises Sung as Rosie O’Donnell’s Gay ‘Marriage’ Cruise Ship Parks in Halifax

HALIFAX, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former talk show host and outspoken homosexual Rosie O’Donnell, whose homosexual “family” cruise arrived in Halifax Tuesday, used the occasion to praise Canada’s openness to the aberrant lifestyle, while at the same time bashing US President George W. Bush for his attempts to alter the US Constitution to outlaw same-sex “marriage.” “This country has a respect for all of its citizens and allows them to all be equal under the law,” she claimed at a reception at Citadel Hill, attended by Halifax city officials and a drag queen. “It’s very, very inspiring for those […]
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Queen asked to Intervene to Stop Gay ‘Marriage’ in Canada

OTTAWA, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former television host of 100 Huntley Street and leader of a pro-marriage group, David Mainse, is appealing to Her Majesty the Queen to order Canada’s Governor General not to sign bill C-38 into law if it is passed by the Senate as expected. “Our beloved Queen Elizabeth II, I know that the refusal of the Governor General to give royal consent would precipitate a crisis,” Mainse wrote in a letter sent last week. “Millions have nowhere else to turn but you. Please help humanity everywhere to begin a reversal of this morally and socially […]
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Alberta Gives Up Fight: Province To Issue Same-Sex “Marriage” Certificates To Its “Chagrin”

CALGARY, Alberta, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite past statements to the effect that they would fight the thing to end, premier Ralph Klein and his Tory government have admitted that there isn’t anywhere left to turn in the province’s bid to circumvent the pending federal law allowing for same-sex ‘marriage’. After extensively consulting with legal advisers Klein declared that “our chances of winning are virtually none.” “Government can give hope as long as it’s legitimate hope,” said Klein, “but we can’t give false hope. To say we can fight this thing and use the notwithstanding clause would be giving […]
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Portugal Acquits Two Women Accused of Procuring Illegal Abortion

LISBON, Portugal, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two Portuguese women have been acquitted of charges of procuring an illegal abortion after the prosecution admitted that they lacked the evidence to convict the women. If convicted they could have faced up to three years in prison. The case against the mid-wife who allegedly performed the abortions for a fee of 400 euros has yet to be heard. If convicted the mid-wife could face up to eight years in prison. BBC News report that applause from pro-abortion advocates followed the acquittal in the courtroom. Last year a similar case occurred which saw […]
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Forced Abortion in China Thwarted by Hong Kong Officials

HONG KONG, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Hong Kong woman, visiting her family in June on China’s mainland accompanied by her two children, was surrounded by eight “family-planning” officers and threatened with a forced abortion for violating China’s one-child policy. The Hong Kong paper The Apple Daily reports that the officers surrounded the 31 year-old woman at a relative’s home in central Hunan province where she was visiting. They then tried to drag her to a hospital to forcibly abort her 6-month old unborn baby, ignoring the fact that as a citizen of Hong Kong, the woman was not […]
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10 Million Dollar Cloning Fraud by Illinois Governor Blagojevich

SPRINGFIELD, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By an executive order, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich forestalled public debate on the moral admissibility of human embryonic research and awarded $10 million for research that would include the creation of clones, with the caveat that such embryonic children can only be created as long as they will not be allowed to live. In the Governor’s press conference, he claimed that the funding would not be used for cloning. But this claim rests upon a gross deception. The order uses a definition of ‘cloning’ that would allow any kind of clone to be created […]
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Catholic Cardinal Warns Senate of Impending Anti-Christian Prosecution With Gay ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, July 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada made a presentation to a committee of the Canadian Senate today on the homosexual ‘marriage’ bill. Speaking for himself and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Ouellet said to the Senators, “we are turning to you in the hope that you will prevent the adoption of this unjust law.” The Cardinal made mention of situations where legal authorities have already trampled on rights of Christians who oppose same sex ‘marriage’ such as marriage commissioners who were forced out of their jobs for refusing […]
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The Supreme Court and Moral Anarchy

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“What does the nomination of a replacement for Sandra Day O’Connor, constitutional law, and moral chaos have to do with one another? A good deal more than you think.” So writes Robert Bork, a former judge on the U.S Court of Appeals, in what is arguably one of the clearest and most timely expositions of the fundamental abuses which plague the institution of the Supreme Court. “Their Will Be Done”, printed in the Wall Street Journal on July 10, calls into question the entire legal, social, and moral philosophy under which the Supreme Court […]
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O’Connor Replacement Could Make Partial Birth Abortion Illegal

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As if there weren’t reason enough to feel that an enormous weight hangs on Bush’s decision about who to appoint to the Supreme Court, it has become clear that in all likelihood a conservative nominee could cast the deciding vote to confirm the illegality of partial birth abortion. A recent National Right to Life statement points out that “The Supreme Court is currently split 6 to 3 in favor of Roe V. Wade…however, Justice Anthony Kennedy, a supporter of Roe, voted to uphold Nebraska’s ban on the partial-birth abortion method.” With Justice O’Conner […]
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Court Hears Arguments For Reversal of $120 Million Jury Verdict Against Abortion Opponents

ANN ARBOR, MI, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon, heard oral arguments in the so-called “Nuremberg Files” case, which many consider to be one of the most important First Amendment cases in the country. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor Michigan, represents several pro-life advocates who were hit with a $120 million jury verdict in 1999. The case against the defendants was primarily based on their use of “wanted” posters specifically naming abortion providers. The Law Center represents […]
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Vatican Clamours For Women’s Rights Against Prostitution and Demeaning Ads

VATICAN, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Vatican released a document yesterday calling for the enforcement of laws protecting women against the scourge of prostitution and trafficking. The document, which came from the First International Meeting of Pastoral Care for the Liberation of Women of the Street, notes prostitution is “a form of modern day slavery” and adds that “sexual exploitation, prostitution and trafficking of human beings are all acts of violence against women.” As such they “constitute an offence to the dignity of women and are a grave violation of basic human rights.” The meeting, which was held in […]
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Birth Control Pill Raises Heart Attack Risk 100%

RICHMOND, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another study has shown that significant medical dangers accompany hormonal contraceptives. When chemical birth control pills started being available in the 1960’s the dangerous side effects were downplayed but very real. Since then, pharmaceutical developers have been at pains to reduce the intensity of the pill, which is now commonly referred to as ‘low-dose’ contraception. The drug however, is exactly the same kind as its earlier incarnation and is now proving just as dangerous. A new study has shown that women are at 100% greater risk of heart attack and stroke with the ‘low-dose” […]
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First Gay “Marriage” in Spain

MADRID, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost a full week after same-sex “marriage” laws came into effect, a single same-sex couple – a Spaniard and an American – have “married” near Madrid. The move is perhaps a true reflection of the small minority of homosexuals who in fact feel the need to “marry.” According to the BBC, Spaniard Emilio Menendez and American Carlos Baturin German held the service in Tres Cantos, near Madrid; in attendance was also the ruling Socialist Party’s social policy specialist – Pedro Zerolo.  According to a pro-family coalition of doctors, “Despite the impression given by the […]
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Brazil Judge Permits Homosexual Adoption

SAO PAULO, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Sao Paulo, Brazil, judge has ruled that same-sex couples can now adopt children. Judge Julio Cesar Spoladore Domingos, citing the opinion of an official psychology group, the Psychology Council – which declared that homosexuality is not a disease or perversion – has ruled that a homosexual couple can legally adopt a child. The two men, Vasco Pereira da Gama, and Dorival Pereira de Carvalho, filed the suit in court five months ago. Although homosexuals have been able to adopt in some instances before, the ruling constitutes the first instance where a same-sex […]
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Nike Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An American Family Association release last Friday revealed that sportswear manufacturer Nike has endorsed a same-sex civil unions bill for its home state of Oregon. AFA Chairman Donald E. Wildmon warned that an endorsement of same-sex civil unions is “a back door move to legalize homosexual marriage. Homosexual activists are using the ‘civil union’ approach as a back door approach to the legalization of homosexual marriage,” Wildmon explained. “Once they get their ‘civil union’ approved, they will then go to court to secure the right to marry.” “Homosexual activists are working to get […]
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B.C. Gay Couple Seeks Mandatory Homosexual School Curriculum Without Parental Opt-Out

VANCOUVER, B.C. July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is preparing to hear what pro-family and religious groups are calling a truly frightening case. Murray and Peter Corren, a B.C. gay couple, filed a complaint against the B.C. Ministry of education in 1999 alleging that the Ministry’s curriculum didn’t adequately “address issues of sexual orientation.” That case is slated to be heard beginning today. “Basically, there is systemic discrimination through omission and suppression of queer issues in the whole of the curriculum,” alleges Murray Corren, who is an elementary school teacher in Port Coquitlam. What many […]
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Vatican Document Forbidding Homosexuals to Priesthood Ready for Release says Vaticanologist

ROME, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the best known English-speaking Vatican reporters, John Allen, reports that the long-expected Vatican document calling attention to the fact that homosexual persons are not to be admitted to the priesthood is “now in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI”. The document will come as no surprise to Vatican watchers since Rome has previously released two official documents barring homosexuals from the priesthood. As Allen puts it, with the new document, the teaching won’t “change, but the level of authority and clarity” will, since the new document will be directly authorized by the […]
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Darwinian Evolution Incompatible with Catholic Faith says Cardinal and Author of Catholic Catechism

NEW YORK, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On July 7, after years of media-generated confusion, Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, a theologian who helped author the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church, wrote in the New York Times clarifying the Church’s understanding of human origins. Since 1996, the world’s secular media have claimed that Pope John Paul II endorsed Darwinian evolution as being “more than a hypothesis.” The remark, taken out of context, established in some minds that the Catholic Church was ready to abandon its adherence to the notion of a personal God who created life, the universe and everything. In […]
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Partial Birth Abortion Ban Ruling Upheld in Nebraska

LINCOLN, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional. Lincoln Nebraska U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf ruled in September that the law banning partial birth abortion is unconstitutional because it does not include an exception for the so-called health of the mother. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis agreed with Kopf Friday that the grisly procedure should be allowed to continue. “We believe when a lack of consensus exists in the medical community, the Constitution requires legislatures to err on […]
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Abortion Pill RU-486 on Essential Drug List of World Health Organization

LONDON, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Medical Journal reported Saturday that the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the RU-486 chemical abortifacient as an “essential” medicine for inclusion in a list of medicines required to be available to physicians working in developing countries. Arguing that the combination of mifepristone followed later by misoprostol is a safe alternative to surgical abortion in countries where abortion is often illegal, the WHO authorized inclusion of the drug as essential to combat what it terms back-alley “unsafe abortions.” WHO director of medicines policy and standards and secretary of its essential medicines committee […]
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Cardinal Archbishop Ouellet Primate of Canada to Defend Marriage Before Senate Committee

OTTAWA, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A July 10 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops release states that Canadian Catholic Prelate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec City, will defend the traditional definition of marriage before a Senate committee deliberating over same-sex “marriage”Bill C-38. The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, chaired by Liberal Senator Ms. Lise Bacon, will hear the Cardinal along with Ms. Hélène Aubé, a lawyer and mother from Gatineau, Wednesday July 13. On February 17, the day Canada’s parliament began debating Bill C-38, Cardinal Ouellet warned that Canada was toying with basic religious freedom and was […]
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Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Culture War

By Richard Bastien Originally published in Catholic Insight February 1, 2005 Same-sex “marriage” is but the latest episode in the culture war. This becomes obvious if one analyzes the arguments supporting that concept and links them to those aspects of our modern culture that give it an aura of legitimacy. Most of the literature supporting same-sex marriage boils down to two basic arguments: the inequity of traditional marriage and the bigotry of those upholding it. I will depict both arguments as honestly as possible, show why they are intellectually unsustainable, and then indicate why our culture is nevertheless unable to […]
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Author Ed Klein Claims Clintons ‘Sold Their Souls to the Devil in Order to  Achieve Power’https://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8032 Court affirms partial-birth ban unconstitutionalhttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45188 “High ranking Church cardinal rejects Darwinian evolution.”https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/07/opinion/07schonborn.html Confronting Abortion Anewhttps://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion8jul08,0,6465448.story?coll=la-home-nation Florida judge allows law on abortion notificationhttps://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002367920_ndig08.html Portugal lawmakers take step to abortion votehttps://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08540793.htm Mexican bishops urge anti-euthanasia lawhttps://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07333609.htm Pro-Abortion Groups Target Wal-Marthttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0037093.cfm True story of how British doctors have been manipulated into giving support to euthanasiahttps://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115 There aren’t many examples of successful post-religious societies – Steynhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/06/28/do2802.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/06/28/ixportal.html Judge OKs Fla. Parental Abortion Notification Lawhttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/7/8/91303.shtml For the UN and the European Union, the Enfant Terible Is in Romehttps://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=35724&eng=y Reid won’t […]
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Rumored Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist Throws U.S. Into Nomination Frenzy

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Widely read and highly connected conservative Chicago Sun-Times journalist Robert Novak indicated yesterday that Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist will personally announce his retirement to president Bush tonight. Novak wrote, “Adding to the tension is word from court sources that ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist also will announce his retirement before the week is over”. Other news sources, including the highly reputable Drudge Report have adopted Novak’s statement as fact. The news confirms weeks of speculation that cancer-stricken Rehnquist would add his retirement to that of Justice O’Connor. With an already heated and expensive […]
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French Catholic Woman Who Underwent Fake “Ordination” to Priesthood Not Excommunicated – Yet

NIMES, France, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A story originating with the leading French journal ‘Le Monde’ and repeated by news agencies and wires such as UPI as well as LifeSiteNews.com indicated that a French Catholic woman had been excommunicated for her attempt to be ordained a Catholic priest. The Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Nimes, the Abbé Feroldi, has now confirmed that the woman, Mrs. Genevieve Beney, was not formally excommunicated by the Cardinal of Lyon. Beney, 56, was “ordained” Saturday July 2 on a boat on the Saone River near the eastern French city, by self-proclaimed […]
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P.E.I. Pre-Empts Feds: Government Decides to Legalize Gay “Marriage”

CHARLOTTETOWN, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prince Edward Island Attorney General Mildred Dover said Thursday that the province would be legalizing same-sex “marriage,” claiming the decision is because the federal government has already done so – despite that the bill has not yet passed and is still being debated before the federal Senate. “We have said all along that we would comply if the federal government passed same-sex legislation,” she said, as reported by the Canadian Press. “They have the power to define marriage,” she claimed. “We’re looking at the possibility of bringing in an omnibus bill that would say […]
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No Criminal Wrongdoing in Schiavo Collapse, Prosecutor Concludes

TALLAHASSEE, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prosecutor who was asked by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to investigate possible criminal activity in relation to Terri Schiavo’s collapse in 1990 has concluded that there was no wrongdoing in the case. The investigator was asked to look into a discrepancy between Michael Schiavo’s testimony that Terry Schiavo’s collapse occurred at 4:30 am, although paramedics were not alerted until 5:52 am. State Attorney Bernie McCabe said Michael Schiavo’s claim that he had contacted 911 immediately after Terri’s collapse were consistent, despite gaps in the record. “Based on your conclusions, I will follow your […]
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Text of Communiqués of the Archdiocese and Archbishop of Lyon

Communiqué of the Archdiocese of Lyon Lyon, 29 June 2005 The media have announced that upon the initiative of the group, “Women Consecrated to Ministry,” that the pretended ordination to the Priesthood of Mrs. Genevieve Beney, residing in the Gard [region], would be held at Lyon on Saturday 2 July. This act has the effect of an announcement. It fulfills none of the conditions required by the Catholic Church [for ordination]. Such a ceremony would constitute, without equivocation, a grave act of rupture with the Catholic Church. The Archbishop of Lyon has also asked Mrs. Beney to renounce this project. […]
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Anti-Life Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid Pushes Gonzales For Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In comments on Wednesday anti-life Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid highlighted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as qualified to sit on the Supreme Court. But he also added, “I don’t know if he’d have an easy way through.” Reid’s spokesman confirmed that the senator “feels that [Gonzales] obviously has the credentials and he is worthy of consideration for all the reasons he did cite.” The comments from the Senate Democratic leader have served to increase already strong conservative fears that Bush may cave and nominate Gonzales after all. The more Democratic support a candidate […]
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USCCB Head Writes President Bush On Supreme Court Vacancy

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spokane Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has written to President Bush about “the qualities that I hope you would contemplate” regarding the appointment of a successor to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor who announced her retirement from the Supreme Court on July 1. In his letter, dated July 1, Bishop Skylstad wrote that “the legacy of a Supreme Court Justice is long and the influence of the Court on the life of the country and the development of the Law is considerable.” Bishop Skylstad noted […]
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Jesus would Vote with Me in Favour of Gay ‘Marriage’ Says Canadian Senator

OTTAWA, July 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, in comments made during debate of the impending same-sex “marriage” legislation Wednesday, made the astonishing claim that Jesus Christ would have voted in favour of the legislation as she did. “As a Christian, I often ask myself ‘what would Jesus do?’” she said, reiterating a maxim often heard in Christian circles. She answered her question with, “In this case, in this time, I believe he would say yes.” Trenholme Counsell, as LifeSiteNews.com learned from the Senator’s assistant Rebecca Menard, was originally Baptist but converted to Anglicanism when she was married. […]
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Canadian Senate Passes Second Reading of Gay “Marriage” Bill

OTTAWA, July 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Liberal-dominated Senate passed the Bill C-38 same-sex “marriage” legislation through second reading by a 43-12 vote Wednesday. The Senate has adjourned until Monday, July 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m. The following 12 Senators – 10 conservatives and 2 Liberals – opposed the legislation: Tommy Banks (L-Alberta), James Kelleher (C- Ontario), John Buchanan (C- Nova Scotia), Wilbert Joseph Keon (C- Ontario), Ethel Cochrane (C-Newfoundland/Labrador), Noel Kinsella (C-New Brunswick), Gerald Comeau (C-Nova Scotia), Gerard Phalen (L-Nova Scotia), Anne Cools (C-Ontario), Terry Stratton (C-Manitoba), Consiglio Di Nino (C-Ontario), David Tkachuk (C-Saskatchewan). Long-time champion for life […]
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Abortion Free Speech – California City and School Must Pay Pro-Life Activists $130K

LONG BEACH, California, July 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four pro-life activists illegally forced to abandon their position on a public sidewalk outside a high school have won a rare victory – a California court has awarded the group $130,000 for the violation of their First Amendment free speech rights. Long Beach agreed to pay the protesters $105,000, while the Long Beach Unified School District agreed to pay $25,000. On September 26, 2002, Dan McCullough, Eric Milton, Myh Vo, and Christine Reeves were holding signs and distributing literature on the public sidewalk in front of Millikan High School in Long Beach, […]
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Text of Letter From USCCB’s Bishop Skylstad to President re: replacement for Justice O’Connor

Dear Mr. President, As the nation ponders the legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the occasion of her retirement from the bench, we are reminded that the legacy of a Supreme Court Justice is long and the influence of the Court on the life of the country and the development of the Law is considerable. At this time, I want to take the opportunity to draw to your attention the qualities that I hope you would contemplate as you decide on the appointment of her successor. When a nomination is made, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops does […]
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Evangelical Ex-Gay Group Says Sanctioning Gay ‘Marriage’ “Lacks True Compassion”

ORLANDO, July 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The largest evangelical network of former homosexuals in the world expressed disappointment with the United Church of Christ’s decision to endorse homosexual unions and says the resolution lacks a truly compassionate approach to the issue. Alan Chambers, a former homosexual who served as an associate pastor before becoming President of Exodus International, says he agrees that the church needs to do more to reach out to homosexuals who feel alienated and excluded, but that the United Church of Christ’s recent decision is not the answer. “Embracing homosexual unions, but abandoning the very truth that […]
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Abortion, ‘Hot-Button Issues’ Not “Litmus Tests” For Supreme Court Nominee Says Bush

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the heated debate and speculation over who George Bush will nominate to the Supreme Court swings into full force, the president himself is providing no clues about who he will nominate. Previous statements by the president have led many to believe that he will appoint a Justice in the conservative mold of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. However, while in Denmark on Wednesday Bush was asked about possible nominees and he responded that abortion or other such hot-button issues will not be regarded as a “litmus test”. “I’ll pick people who, […]
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Research into Impact of Sex in Media on Youth Reveals Dangers

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The most comprehensive review of research conducted to date into the impact sexual imagery in media has on youth, published today in the Journal of Pediatrics, reveals a dangerous lack of knowledge about how young people are being affected. The study, conducted by S. Liliana Escobar-Chaves, DrPH, and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston under contract to The Medical Institute for Sexual Health, systematically reviewed all biomedical and social science research conducted from 1983 to 2004 that explored effects of mass media on youth. Of the 2,522 research-related […]
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Canada’s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Warns Assisted Suicide Legalization Looming

LONDON, Ontario, July 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is warning that pending legislation before the House, Bill C-407, seeks to legalize assisted suicide for Canada. Bloc Québécois MP Francine Lalonde introduced the private members bill last month. “Make no mistake that this bill introduces the slippery slope we’ve seen in the Netherlands where people who don’t want to be euthanized are,” cautioned Jean Echlin, EPC vice-president and palliative care nurse, according to a London Free Press report. “Canadians have to wake up because it’s coming.” Echlin, speaking to a London City Kiwanis group Monday, is urging […]
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Bill C-407 A Bill to Legalize Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On June 15, 2005; Francine Lalonde, Bloc Québécois member from La Pointe-de-l’Île introduced Bill C-407: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity). Bill C-407 acts by amending sections 222 and 241 of the criminal code. Section 222 of the criminal code concerns homicide. The prohibition to euthanasia in Canada is found in Section 222. The prohibition to assisted suicide in Canada is found in section 241. Bill C-407 leaves the current wording in the criminal code unchanged but then adds a new subsection (7) to section 222 […]
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One of the Youngest Catholic Cardinals Excommunicates Woman Who Claims to be a Priest

** Since this article was published new information has come to light indicating that the excommunication has not yet formally taken place as of July 8,2005. See French Catholic Woman Who Underwent Fake “Ordination” to Priesthood Not Excommunicated – Yet https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/jul/05070804.html LYON, France, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A French Cardinal has excommunicated a Catholic woman claiming she was “ordained” as a priest by three women who call themselves Roman Catholic bishops. For those supposing the next generation of church leaders will turn the church even more politically correct, the action by one of the Church’s youngest Cardinals will come […]
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Ohio Governor Removes Protection for Human Embryos in Budget Bill

DAYTON, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ohio’s Governor Bob Taft has removed provisions in his budget bill that would outlaw embryonic stem cell research in the state. The budget included language that would prohibit the creation of embryos for research but the governor said that he did not want to hamper Ohio’s economic recovery by restricting high-tech industries. Christian Coalition of Ohio Executive Director Chris Long responded saying, “The Governor, with this shocking action today, has sent a clear message that he does not stand on the side of life, but that human life can be created, experimented on and […]
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Canada’s ‘Conservatives’ to the Left of Liberal and Labour Parties Worldwide

BRISBANE, Australia, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A university professor who has lived and worked overseas for 20 years, while on a return visit to Canada, described the Canadian misconception that the Conservative Party is “too right wing” as “disorienting,” when he compares the party to other conservative parties such as those in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the US. “It was disorienting to return to Canada and to be met, continually, with this total lack of global perspective,” James Allan wrote in his op-ed, “It’s time for a global perspective,” that appeared in Monday’s National Post. Allan explained […]
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Hispanic Judge Garza Elevated As Prime Supreme Court Candidate By Conservative Groups

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With George W. Bush’s history of consciously appointing minorities to political offices, many are looking to two prominent Hispanics as the leading contenders for the Supreme Court nomination to fill the current vacancy. Not only has the Supreme Court yet to include a Hispanic member, but the growing Hispanic vote is being increasingly looked upon as vital to political success in the United States. The first potential, Judge Emilion Garza, described by Express-News writer Maro Robbins as “gracious, hardworking, churchgoing, and forthright”, is a professed pro-lifer, a constructionist, and is being touted by […]
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Pope Benedict Stresses Necessity to Halt Cafeteria Catholicism

VATICAN, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sunday Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the necessity of Catholics to accept the whole of the faith.“Dear brothers and sisters how necessary it is today at the dawn of the third millennium for the entire Catholic community to proclaim, teach and witness to the entire truth of Catholic faith, doctrine and morals in a unanimous and harmonious manner!,” he stressed. His comments came as he spoke of the recently completed abbreviated Catechism known as the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Compendium, in addition to proclaiming the church’s popular teachings […]
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Cardinal Mahony’s Cathedral Guards Remove and Threaten Pro-life Youth During Honours for Pro-abort M

LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faithful Catholics were outraged last week, when a group of  young pro-life Catholics were removed and threatened with arrest at the Los Angeles Cathedral where notoriously liberal Roger Cardinal Mahony was “celebrating” a pro-abortion politician. On July 1, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was holding inauguration ceremonies for Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor-elect of Los Angeles, who is pro-abortion and yet claims to be Catholic. A group of about a dozen young adult Catholics attempted to gain entry to the Cathedral and were stopped and threatened by cathedral security guards. The group was part of American […]
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US United Church of Christ Sanctions Gay “Marriage”

ATLANTA, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 1.3-million member US United Church of Christ (UCC), at its General Synod Monday, passed a resolution endorsing “marriage” for same-sex couples. UCC President Reverend John H. Thomas recommended the measure, claiming that Synod members “acted courageously to declare freedom.” The resolution, passed by 80 percent of the 884 members of the Synod, states, “The Twenty-fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ affirms equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender and declares that the State should not interfere with couples regardless of gender who choose to marry and share fully and […]
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Canadian Archbishop Addresses Homosexuals With Message of Love and Chastity

VANCOUVER, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vancouver Archbishop Raymond Roussin, in a pastoral letter last week on the passage of the same-sex ‘marriage’ legislation in the House of Commons addressed homosexual persons directly. In his June 29 letter, read at all parishes in the archdiocese over the weekend, Archbishop Roussin said: “I address all persons experiencing same-sex attractions . .  I urge you to turn to our Lord for assistance and support as we strive to live the fullness of chaste love and fellowship with one another.” The archbishop acknowledged that “Christ’s way is not an easy way” but reminded […]
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Valencia Archbishop Condemns Destruction of Marriage as “Barbarism”

VALENCIA, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Agustin Garcia-Gasco, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain, has come out swinging with a spirited defence of the reality of marriage in his weekly letter. Gasco denounced the “controlled demolition of marriage from within by the laws reforming the Civil Code,” and he warned that “the State has no right to dynamite marriage from within…disfiguring an institution that contributes to security and emotional stability to the people and the children.” Last week’s passage of legislation giving recognition to homosexual partnerings also shortened the waiting period for divorce from a year to three months. Archbishop Garcia called […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Vacancy Ignites Major Political Jockeying; Leaves Left Worried

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The unexpected retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor from the United States Supreme Court has left Democrats and Republicans scrambling to defend their interests and to promote their preferred candidates for the vacancy in the country’s most powerful court. Justice O’Connor’s retirement marks the first vacancy in the Supreme Court in eleven years. O’Connor announced her retirement to the president in a short hand-delivered letter last week. “It has been a great privilege, indeed, to have served as a member of the court for 24 years,” the letter read. “I will leave it […]
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Canadian Bishops Pro-Family Arm Pleads with Senate not to Pass Gay ‘Marriage’ Law

OTTAWA, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Organization for Life and Family (COLF), the pro-life and pro-family arm of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops organization, has called on the Canadian Senate to put a halt to the homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation which passed in the Commons last Tuesday. COLF enumerated persistent concerns with the legislation including it’s damage to children.“We are also very troubled by the lack of consideration of this bill for the needs of Canadian children, who are best nurtured by a mother and a father,” said the letter. “If Bill C-38 becomes law, some children will […]
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UNFPA Pitches Abortion as a Means to Reduce Child Poverty

UNITED NATIONS, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In one of its most thinly veiled references to overt population control ever, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has come out advocating abortion as a means for curbing child poverty, improving child education, and improving the sustainability of the environment. At the UN’s annual Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting running throughout July the UNFPA has been circulating a report, Reducing Poverty and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Arguments for Investing in Reproductive Health & Rights. The report argues that “sexual and reproductive health services”– a UN euphemism for abortion, contraception and […]
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Canadian Senate Expected to Pass Same-Sex Bill Within Weeks

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the House of Commons having passed the same-sex ‘marriage’ Bill C-38 last week, all that remains for it to become law is for the Senate to give approval and for the Governor General (the Queen’s representative in Canada) to affix her signature to the new law. Although Senate Government Leader Jack Austin has indicated it could take until August for C-38 to be passed, most believe it will be much sooner than that. The Upper House began debate on the bill today and is expected to pass the legislation within weeks; some […]
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Vatican Blasts Canada for “Violent Attacks Against the Family”

ROME, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, has characterized the recent passage of Canada’s Bill C-38 as a manifestation of “violent attacks aimed at the natural family—based on a union between a man and a woman.” The Vatican newspaper paper’s theme is a reiteration of then-Cardinal Ratzinger’s 2003 document, “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons.” The official teaching document from the Catholic Church’s highest doctrinal authority was widely vilified and it particularly infuriated left-leaning Canadian Catholic politicians who habitually support socialist pet causes. Unfortunately the document, written by now Pope […]
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Winnipeg Museum For Human Rights Ideological Agenda Exposed In Special Report

July 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s democratically challenged elites are planning what appears to be a $300 million temple to their deceptively named Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its underlying ideology. The federal government has already pledged $100 million of the money that is takes from Canadians towards this project. Together with other levels of Canadian government and private sources, $200 million has been pledged so far towards this questionable project to be located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In a 7-page Special Report today LifeSiteNews.com writer John Jalsevac exposes the “dictatorship of relativism” and dangerous intent related to this project […]
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Winnipeg’s Museum For Human Rights: Canada’s $300 Million Temple of Ideology

By John Jalsevac TMÂPowerful Propaganda Institute Being PlannedTMÂMuseum a $300 million Shrine to Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and FreedomsTMÂCharter of Rights “boring”, “philosophically vague”, “fraught with loopholes”TMÂTrudeau’s “dictatorship of relativism”TMÂThe Charter and “Canada’s Judicial Captivity”TMÂCanada’s one-world priests leading the world into the ideological abyss – quietlyTMÂConclusion – The Temple of PropagandaTMÂRelated Articles See Acrobat version (with Bookmarks) athttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005_docs/MuseumForHumanRights.pdf Powerful Propaganda Institute Being Planned Right at the heart of Canada a host of the most influential, wealthy and socially liberal Canadians and world leaders are planning to construct the most powerful propaganda institute the country has yet seen. A giant glass […]
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