Articles for Month: August 2007

By Peter J. Smith   JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Federal judge issued a restraining order on the state of Missouri Monday preventing it from requiring abortion facilities to adhere to strict medical standards, just days after another federal judge blocked a law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at the nearest hospital within 30 miles.   U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith granted the restraining order at the behest of abortion supporters who said, the strict standards mandated by the law would adversely affect the Kansas City clinic, which provides medical-induced abortions, and the Columbia clinic, […]

Pro-abort and homosexual movement tactics, the disaster of Luiz Lula, homosexual activism in Brazil, persecution of Severo, a prayer book

Pro-Life protesters file lawsuit against city over alleged "harassment from Aurora's police officers"

SAN DIEGO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that its West Coast Director, San Diego area attorney, Charles LiMandri, filed a sexual harassment and freedom of speech complaint in California state court on behalf of four respected San Diego firefighters.  Charles LiMandri was also the Thomas More Law Center’s lead counsel in the successful Mt. Soledad Cross case in San Diego.    In July, four San Diego firefighters were ordered, against their wishes, to participate in uniform on their city fire engine in […]

Severo tells how he became involved in pro-life and how Brazil has been changed since the late 1980s

Activist struck PFOX ex-gay over testimony about leaving homosexual lifestyle

TORONTO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nearly every leader and significant speaker on the issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide will be attending the International Symposium on Euthanasia “Current Issues and Future Directions” to be held Friday, Nov 30th, Saturday, Dec 1, 2007 at the Four Points Sheraton – Toronto Airport Hotel.   Organized by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition – Canada and co-sponsored by: NOT DEAD YET – USA, Compassionate Healthcare Network – Canada, Physicians for Compassionate Care – USA, Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare – Vermont, Care NOT Killing Alliance – UK, No Less Human, UK.   The list of […]

A fitting place to Pray, to ask Forgiveness, to Heal, and to Resolve to end the Barbarism

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since LifeSiteNews.com first published online scanned copies of the letters of Cardinal Ratzinger concerning Harry Potter, many have attempted to deny the Cardinal, now Pope’s, statements on the matter.   The latest such claim to hit the news was from a report in the Catholic News Service, the official news agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.    An article, headlined “Catholic perspective can be seen in Potter series, says priest-devotee,” by Peggy Weber published on June 27, quotes a Fr. Bernier as saying, “Pope Benedict has not […]

Says North American Anglican leaders "seem to have concluded that the Bible is no longer authoritative"