Articles for Month: July 2009

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TIRANA, Albania, July 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Albania's recently re-elected Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced yesterday that his government is preparing a bill to legalize homosexual “marriage,” despite hostility to the idea from many quarters in the small Balkan country. “A law that could provoke debates and reactions aims to put an end to discrimination and will allow civil unions between same-sex persons,” Berisha said in a government statement. He added that there is “a certain hostility towards minorities” in Albania and called on citizens to respect “the standards of other European countries.” The plan to […]

"Catholics and minority voters have been the twin pillars of Liberal dominance, but their support is clearly crumbling," the authors state. "[The Liberals] have to go back to basics and rebuild their partisan base."

Waxman predicts committee passage today

By Hilary White DUBLIN, July 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ireland's health minister and the government-sponsored abortion referral service she helped to create have attacked pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, despite the country's constitutional guarantee of legal protection for the unborn. Calling the pro-life groups “disingenuous,” the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) accused them of manipulating vulnerable pregnant women into making a decision against abortion. The CPA, the brainchild of Health Minister Mary Harney, said it is “launching a campaign” against the “rogue” pro-life agencies which it accuses of a “bias” against abortion in favor of life and motherhood. At the same time, […]

By Hilary White LONDON, July 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a case that is being hailed as a victory for proponents of assisted suicide, Britain's Law Lords have ruled that the public prosecutors must “clarify” current law on the issue. The House of Lords judicial committee ruled yesterday that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales must issue “guidance” on when and in what circumstances the law making it a criminal offense to assist suicide will be prosecuted. The DPP Keir Starmer has responded that his office will be publishing a new policy by the end of […]

Tuesday September 19, 2000 STUDY DETAILS HOW DIVORCE HARMS CHILDREN BEKERLEY, California, Sept 19 (LSN.ca) – A new study reveals divorce has a major negative impact on the lives of the children, especially as those children become adults. The study is published in a book by Judith Wallerstein, a senior lecturer emerita at the University of California-Berkeley, Julia Lewis, a professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, and Sandra Blakeslee, a science writer for the New York Times. “The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: a 25-Year Landmark Study,” published by Hyperion of New York, is based on a study of […]

Editor’s Note: The following email was received from Warren Kinsella.  It refers to the story published yesterday entitled “Harper Communion Flap Accused of Being a Clandestine Liberal Party Strategy”https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jul/09072907.html Dear Sirs/Mesdames: I am the person referred to in your publication in the article titled “Harper Communion Flap.”  In that article, you state:  “Curiously, the time on Kinsella's blog post was changed earlier today to three hours later, a fact that could indicate an attempt to cover up the fact that he posted the Telegraph-Journal's July 8th story very early in the morning on the same date it was published.” This […]

NEW YORK, NY, July 30, 2009 (C-FAM) – A book to be released next week details widespread ineffectiveness and overreach at the United Nations (UN) in ten key areas, urging policy makers to withdraw support from dysfunctional programs and invest in alternative solutions. The book, “conUNdrum: the Limits of the United Nations and the Search for Alternatives,” is sponsored by the Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation and brings together 15 experts from diverse fields. They acknowledge that the UN's global approach is needed in certain areas, such as disease control, where the World Health Organization plays a key role, but offer […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several of the famous figures President Obama announced today as recipients of the 2009 Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. honor to civilians, have solidly pro-abortion and homosexualist roots. “These outstanding men and women represent an incredible diversity of backgrounds,” said Obama of the award recipients in a White House press release. “Yet they share one overarching trait: Each has been an agent of change.  Each saw an imperfect world and set about improving it, often overcoming great obstacles along the way.”  One recipient was Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has […]

By Peter J. Smith WICHITA, Kansas, June 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scott P. Roeder entered a plea Tuesday of “not guilty” for the slaying of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller. The accused faces a charge of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert ordered Roeder held on $20 million bail, and set a trial date for September 21. Roeder, 51, stands accused of gunning down Tiller in the foyer of the Reformation Lutheran Church and threatening two other men with a pistol before fleeing the scene of the crime. Members of Tiller's […]