Articles for Month: September 2009

By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, September 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The attorney representing the pro-lifers arrested while protesting Obama at Notre Dame today repeated his request that the judge in the case, who is married to a pro-abortion Notre Dame professor, be removed from the case. Attorney Tom Dixon's motion provides detailed support for his assertion in a previous recusal motion that there exists sufficient actual and perceived bias that Judge Jenny Pitts Manier, the judge assigned to the “ND 88” case, is required by Indiana state law to recuse herself in the matter.  Dixon states that ever since […]

As the Media Gurus Lose Share, Send a Donation to LSN in the Name of Alternative Truthful Reporting Personally I depend on LSN for the whole news and have given up all the mainstream newspapers and TV news. If it's important, it will be in LSN and the internet. The rest is just fluff.   Ken O'Day, chairman, Rural Research Inst. Eganville, Ontario _______________________________________ Thank you LSN for the wonderful,riveting, truthful, honest-to-goodness reporting you do! “The inexorable truth of God will find the light of day ! “- to quote Ken Starr. I am one of your newest readers and followers.  […]

Commentary by David Bereit, National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life September 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Jackie was praying at the 40 Days for Life vigil in Greenland, New Hampshire, a car slowly pulled up in front of the clinic. The driver rolled down the window and said, “I don't know what you're doing here; but whatever it is, it's working!” The driver went on to say the abortion center had let employees go because business was off. All Jackie could say was, “Praise God for victories!” The staff at yet another abortion center has shrunk by at least one. […]

September 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As debate begins again in Canada surrounding the question of euthanasia and assisted suicide, the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Archbishop V. James Weisgerber, has recently issued a letter asking MPs and Canadian citizens to consider the consequences of legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. Currently Bill C-384, put forward by MP Francine Lalonde, is before parliament which, if passed, would legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia. Weisgerber points out that, while those who are initiating the attempt to legalize euthanasia are “no doubt motivated by concern for the sufferings of others,” “An unfortunate understanding of compassion […]

Also has questioned the definitive status of Pope Paul VI encyclical Humanae vitae

NEW YORK, September 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the fight against child sexual abuse, the explosion of hardcore adult pornography on the Internet and elsewhere is a direct causal factor that cannot be ignored, according to the media watchdog group Morality in Media in an expansive survey released Friday. The 40-page report entitled “How Adult Pornography Contributes to Sexual Exploitation of Children” is supplemented by 175 pages of appendices, and draws from sources including news articles, court cases, scholarly journals, social science studies, books, and Congressional testimony since 1980.  The report was compiled by MIM President Robert W. Peters. (Click […]

Goal: $40,000. Donations received: $15,700. Thursday September 24, 2009 Lisa Miller Menaced with Loss of Custody if She Fails to Deliver Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner Vermont Judge Richard Cohen orders visitation for this Friday By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman VIRGINIA, September 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lisa Miller says that if she doesn’t hand her daughter over to her former lesbian partner later this week, she may lose custody of her. Although Miller long ago left the lesbian lifestyle and returned to her childhood Christian faith, Vermont judge Richard Cohen has ruled that her former partner, Janet Jenkins, has visitation rights, […]

WaPo, AP, NYT forced to issue retractions of O'Keefe smears

By Hilary White LONDON, September 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Evidence is mounting that Britain may already have not only de facto legalised assisted suicide thanks to new prosecution guidelines issued this week, but also involuntary euthanasia by means of a tangled combination of rationing of government-funded medical care, end of life medical practice protocols that allow the withdrawal of hydration and the existing Mental Capacity Act. British and international anti-euthanasia and disability rights groups are expressing their alarm at the publication of prosecution guidelines earlier this week by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales. These guidelines […]