Articles for Month: July 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, July 28 at 8:30 pm ET, FRC Action, the legislative lobbying arm of Family Research Council, will host a special one hour Webcast to mobilize opposition to President Obama's proposed government takeover of the health care system. FRC Action President Tony Perkins will be joined by Congressional leaders to discuss the moral, ethical, and financial dangers of President Obama's health care plan. During the Webcast, FRC Action will release a national TV ad that will run in key battleground states. According to an FRC press release, webcast viewers will be mobilized to: […]

OTTAWA, July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week LifeSiteNews.com co-founders Steve Jalsevac and John-Henry Westen responded to the request contained in a recent report from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to have a “frank and transparent dialogue.”  Jalsevac and Westen offered “to make a brief 15-minute presentation and be available to answer questions for as long as the Bishops wish, at the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops in Cornwall this October.”  The bishops will meet in Cornwall from October 19-23 with the subject of LifeSiteNews.com and Development and Peace on the schedule. The official report of the Committee of Inquiry […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NEW YORK, July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital who was forced to participate in the abortion of a late-term unborn child under the threat of losing her job and nursing license, has given a candid interview to the New York Post. In the interview she describes the ordeal she endured when she was told by hospital administrators to choose between her religious convictions and her job. “It felt like a horror film unfolding,” said Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims she has had gruesome nightmares and hasn't been able to sleep since […]

By Kathleen Gilbert PORTLAND, Maine, July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Maine on Thursday declared that the adoption of a former lesbian lover by IBM heiress Olive Watson was valid. Watson is the daughter of Thomas J. Watson, Jr., who is the son of the founder of International Business Machines (IBM).  Two trustees of the Watson estate, Thomas Watson III and George Gillespie III, had argued the adoption was fraudulent. Adult adoptions have historically been recognized as a means of conveying inheritance rights, although some states prohibit the adoption in cases clearly outside the context of a […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 13-6 to support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. While all 12 Democrats voted in favor of the pro-abortion judge, only Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) supported the nominee out of 7 GOP committee members. “I think this woman has done a splendid job,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein of Sotomayor.  “She has shown a dedication to the law.” Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said that, while he began the confirmation process with the hope that he could vote for Sotomayor, ultimately “her […]

By Peter J. Smith FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin officially stepped down as governor on Sunday and saw her pro-life colleague Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell sworn in as the tenth governor of Alaska. In a farewell address, Palin thanked Alaskans for the opportunity to serve as their governor and told them that when the United States looks to Alaska, they see that “there is hope, and opportunity, and there is country pride.” “We are facing tough challenges in America, with some seeming to just be Hell-bent maybe on tearing-down our nation, perpetuating some pessimism, […]

Friday October 20, 2000 JIMMY CARTER’S LEAVING SOUTHERN BAPTISTS SEEN AS POLITICAL NASHVILLE, TN, Oct 20 (LSN.ca) – Former President Jimmy Carter, publicly disassociated himself from the largest Protestant denomination in the US yesterday criticizing the Southern Baptist Convention for its “increasingly rigid creed.” “I have finally decided that, after 65 years, I can no longer be associated with the Southern Baptist Convention,” he said in a letter mailed to 75,000 Baptists nationwide on Thursday. Some political analysts question the timing of his announcement, suggesting the former president of the United States is doing this as a publicity stunt to […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. House of Representatives Friday voted to eliminate $99 million in grant funds that would have bolstered abstinence education in the U.S.  The House's decision to cut the funds and to approve a new grant towards contraceptive-promoting sex education had been sought by President Obama in his budget recommendations earlier this year.  House lawmakers voted 264-153 to approve the annual health and education spending bill that cut funding for Community-Based Abstinence Education.  Also according to the Obama recommendations, Congress in late June chose not to renew the smaller abstinence-education funding […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski KETTERING, Northamptonshire, UK, July 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Sheila Matthews, a Christian doctor who was removed as a medical advisor to an adoption panel after asking to be able to abstain from voting on occasions when she would be requested to recommend children for adoption by homosexual couples, has been reinstated by Northamptonshire County Council following media and public support. However, County Council has stipulated that Matthews will no longer be able to serve the adoption panel as a voting member. Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of the Christian Legal Centre which represented Dr. Matthews, welcomed […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, July 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Thomas More Law Center announced today that a federal lawsuit has been filed against a Dearborn, Michigan high school, Fordson High School, and its Muslim principal, Imad Fadlallah, over the firing of Gerald Marszalek because of Marszalek's connection to a Christian volunteer coach (read the complaint here). Marszalek, who had coached wrestling for 35 years, had achieved a legendary status in the wrestling community.  Earning more that 450 wins, and sending numerous wrestlers to various collegiate programs, he was elected to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, and […]