Articles for Month: November 2010

Colorado Personhood Amendment Soundly Defeated at Ballot Box

Wednesday November 3, 2010 Colorado Personhood Amendment Soundly Defeated at Ballot Box By Peter J. Smith DENVER, Colorado, November 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life effort to get personhood status for the unborn went down in flames on Tuesday night, as voters overwhelmingly rejected the constitutional amendment. Amendment 62, a ballot initiative that would have given personhood status in the state constitution to all human beings “from the beginning of biological development,” was rejected by a 3 – 1 margin by voters. The personhood amendment polled worse than the last time pro-life advocates in Colorado tried to get the measure […]
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“Pro-Life Warrior” Marco Rubio Levels Turncoat Crist in Florida Senate Race

Tuesday November 2, 2010 “Pro-Life Warrior” Marco Rubio Levels Turncoat Crist in Florida Senate Race By John Jalsevac November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life and Tea Party-backed Marco Rubio (R), the son of Cuban émigrés, cruised to an easy victory in the Florida Senate race over Gov. Charlie Crist. Rubio was endorsed by a who’s who list of pro-life and pro-family groups, including Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council Action PAC, National Right to Life, and Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA). Fr. Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, has described Rubio “as a champion in the ongoing struggle […]
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Chesterton and the defense of marriage

A hundred years ago, G.K. Chesterton argued that the greatest danger posed by Big Government is that it undermines the family. It has done this any number of ways, certainly in the obvious form of public education, which has replaced the authority of the family, but also, in many ways the role of the family, the functions of the family. But now there is a move afoot to get the government to redefine the family, as part of a modern culture that has tried to redefine everything. Words get politicized. Words degenerate. Words and meanings no longer fit each other. […]
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Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller Loses Appeal to Prevent Transfer of Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner

Tuesday November 2, 2010 Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller Loses Appeal to Prevent Transfer of Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner U.S. Supreme Court decision on Virginia appeal expected Friday By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MONTPELIER, Vermont, November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ex-lesbian Lisa Miller has lost an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court to overturn a ruling transferring custody of her daughter to her former lesbian partner. According to Miller attorney Rena Lindevaldsen, the court refused to address the issue of Miller’s constitutional rights as a parent, and claimed that the transfer of eight-year-old Isabella to her mother’s former lesbian […]
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“Pastor to the Unborn” Rev. Hunter Tells Pro-Lifers to “Persevere No Matter What Happens”

Tuesday November 2, 2010 “Pastor to the Unborn” Rev. Hunter Tells Pro-Lifers to “Persevere No Matter What Happens” By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an impassioned address to hundreds gathered on Friday night at the International Pro-Life Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, black pro-life leader Rev. Johnny Hunter exhorted pro-lifers to trust totally in God and proclaimed that He has a “great reward” for those dedicated to saving the lives of the unborn. The “pastor to the unborn,” as he calls himself, began his speech by describing how he recently suffered a massive heart attack […]
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Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to Appeal Case against Pro-Family Activist

Tuesday November 2, 2010 Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to Appeal Case against Pro-Family Activist By Thaddeus M. Baklinski REGINA, November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been granted leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeals ruling in favor of conservative activist Bill Whatcott to the Supreme Court of Canada. The SHRC brought Whatcott before the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal in 2006 over his practice of distributing flyers about the dangers of abortion and homosexuality. They launched their case following several complaints over a series of flyers that he had delivered in Saskatoon and Regina […]
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Porn – The Most Dangerous Threat in the Culture War, Says LifeSite Editor

Tuesday November 2, 2010 Porn – The Most Dangerous Threat in the Culture War, Says LifeSite Editor By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews was developed in 1997 as a response to the anti-life media that refuses fair treatment of pro-life views, explained editor-in-chief John-Henry Westen at the International Pro-Life Conference in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday. LifeSite “was and is now an incredible way of reappropriating the media,” he said. “We are the news voice of the pro-life, pro-family movement. We want to be there for you. All across the world, we try to be […]
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Dr. Jack Willke: Pope’s Vigil for Nascent Human Life “Could not be more Important”

Monday November 1, 2010 Dr. Jack Willke: Pope’s Vigil for Nascent Human Life “Could not be more Important” Letter was sent from Pope to all Catholic bishops’ conferences this past June asking them to take part in event By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, November 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The International Right to Life Federation (IRLF), meeting in Ottawa at their annual conference, has welcomed Pope Benedict’s exceptional call to every diocesan bishop in the world to join him in leading a Vigil for All Nascent Human Life on Saturday, 27th November, 2010. Dr Jack Willke, IRLF president who has lectured […]
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Voting is a Moral Obligation: Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life

Monday November 1, 2010 Voting is a Moral Obligation: Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The president of Priests for Life is urging pro-lifers to mobilize immediately as the country heads into a potentially critical election that could put the brakes on the radical agenda of the pro-abortion Obama administration. With just a day to go before the 2010 elections, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, is urging all pro-life voters to heed their duty to vote in support of the cause of life. “While voting […]
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Why is the Church Afraid of Modesty?

Monday November 1, 2010 Why is the Church Afraid of Modesty? Commentary by Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry November 1, 2010 (OregonFaithReport.com) – QUESTION: My husband and I are glad that the church is finally talking about the problem of pornography and purity in the Body of Christ, and helping men address this issue. But why do we never hear about purity for women in the way they dress? I’m talking about women who profess to be Christ-followers. They become a stumbling block to their brothers when they dress seductively or dress to be sexy as the world has deemed […]
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