Articles for Month: July 2006

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department, warned of the dangers posed to Western society by laws that recognize homosexual unions, in a statement on Thursday reported by ANSA News Agency.   Civilization in the West is taking an “ugly” turn in granting legal recognition to homosexual and unmarried couples, said Cardinal Martino. “Western society is on a slippery slope. The sense of God is being blurred.”   Removing distinctions between different forms of union would be disastrous, he said, because it would question the “meaning […]

By Gudrun Schultz Democrat Representative Noreen Evans CALIFORNIA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)  – A bill that would make it illegal to post information about abortion practitioners online may soon become law in California, the St. Helena Star reported yesterday.   AB 2251, brought forward by Democrat representative Noreen Evans, would ban any online posting, sale, trade or solicitation of the personal information of abortionists, abortion clinic staff and volunteers, and patients of abortion clinics. Addresses, telephone numbers and pictures would be considered protected information. “Web sites are used by militant anti-abortion activists to publicize personal information about reproductive healthcare service […]

Ford Boycott Leader: Homosexual Ties Taking Car Company Downhillhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/afa/72006e.asp NEA Delegates Accept Resolution Endorsing Same-Sex ‘Marriage’https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/afa/62006c.asp Keepers by the Dozenhttps://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=NjU0 India: Mother Teresa’s Sisters Are Also Hostage to Fanatic Hinduistshttps://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=69921&eng=y 10 million females illegally aborted in Indiahttps://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50947 Man who awoke from coma raises new questions about death of Terri Schiavohttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7116 In Peril of Our Souls: Theological Considerations from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chesthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/afa/72006d.asp John Adams, “A Man Worth Knowing”  https://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2006/05/ “A New Feminism”  https://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2006/06/

By Peter J. Smith   OTTAWA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Conservative government announced yesterday it will investigate claims that China has been harvesting organs from live prisoners for organ transplants, as revealed in a report by former Liberal and Independent MP David Kilgour and international human rights lawyer David Matas. “We take these allegations quite seriously, and we’ll look into that,” said Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai on Thursday. Obhrai, who is the parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay affirmed that the government will look to confirm the allegations raised by Kilgour and Matas’ report released yesterday. […]

By Hilary White    MADISON, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Wisconsin court of appeals has ruled that marriage has no higher value to society than any other kind of relationship.   The case began when Duane Heath was arrested and convicted of leading police on a high-speed chase. At his sentencing, he asked for a work release so he could be near his family, a woman to whom he is not married, and their two children. The judge, however, questioned Heath’s dedication to this family saying, “I wonder how committed to your children you are and especially this woman when […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON,  July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Howard Dean, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, lashed out against the recent decision of the New York Court of Appeals to uphold the right of the state legislature to uphold traditional marriage as between a man and a woman.   Speaking officially for the Democratic Party, Howard Dean issued a paid press release immediately after the Appeals Court’s decision came through. “As Democrats,” said the release, “we believe that every American has a right to equal protection under the law and to live in dignity. And we must […]

By Hilary White   CANBERRA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has announced the government’s plan to end the marxist-inspired history curriculum that has been standard fare in Australian schools. Bishop said she will press the states and territories to adopt “traditional Australian history” along the lines of that adopted in New South Wales by former premier Bob Carr.   The Australian reports that the government is planning on forcing the issue, saying that refusal would mean the change would be included in the next funding agreement.   Bishop said, “I want to work with the states on […]

By John-Henry Westen BERLIN, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report released Tuesday by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Swedish development agency Sida indicates that the international public outcry against sex-trafficking in Germany around the World Cup has had some success.  The initial report, with a follow-up to be released in September, indicates little increase in trafficking. “We have so far not seen any marked increase in human trafficking from eastern European countries to Germany during the World Cup,”  Swedish IOM spokesman Fredric Larsson told AFP. Sida and IOM, along with human rights agencies around the world […]

By John-Henry Westen JERUSALEM, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jerusalem police officials have informed Israeli news services that “World Pride,” the planned week-long gay pride extravaganza that was scheduled to be held in the holy city of Jerusalem from August 6-12, is likely to be moved to Tel Aviv.  While the decision is not yet final, the police, who are to make the final decision on whether or not to permit the event,  said in a statement to the press, “Tel Aviv is more used to such events, and therefore it should take place there also this time.” Jewish, Muslim […]

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