Articles for Month: September 2014

Frankly, who cares?

Let me ask you something: why does it matter whether LifeSiteNews hits our $150,000 fall campaign goal in the next 6 days?  To put it another way: Who really cares whether LifeSite exists or not?  It turns out that a LOT of people do! In addition to the thousands of humbling comments and e-mails we receive from readers, there are also the powerful testimonies from pro-life leaders and grassroots activists on the front lines of the culture wars. These heroes of the Culture of Life tell us time and time again that they literally could not do their life- and […]
News
Steve Jalsevac
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Shocking poll: Americans want more religion in politics

As part of a backlash against what some have called “the devaluing of America,” more Americans support churches having a greater role in political and cultural issues. In a new survey published on Monday, Pew Research found that 49 percent of Americans “say churches and other houses of worship should express their views on social and political issues.” This is an increase from 43 percent in 2010. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72 percent) think religion has less influence on society, an increase of five percent since 2010. Pew found that 54 percent of religiously affiliated Americans are supportive of churches […]
News
Dustin Siggins
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Pew poll shows drop in support for same-sex ‘marriage’: new trend or a blip?

Support for same-sex “marriage” is down by five points since 2010, according to a new Pew Research poll. The poll, published Monday, examined how the American people view a variety of issues related to religion and its impact on public policy and “public life.” One of the issues most closely examined was same-sex “marriage,” which Pew found dropped in support from 2010 to 49 percent, with 41 percent of the public opposed to changing the definition of marriage. Those numbers are approximately the same as public support in 2013, which Pew said averaged 50 percent in support and 43 percent […]
News
Dustin Siggins
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Miss America who interned with Planned Parenthood was kicked out of her sorority for alleged vicious hazing

Kira Kazantsev, 2014's Miss America, has faced some pretty heavy criticism for her 2013 internship with Planned Parenthood. The pageant winner, who claimed domestic violence as her pet issue during the 2014 pageant, now faces new accusations that she was kicked out of her sorority for vicious hazing. (Significant content warning.) On her blog and on ABC's “Good Morning America,” Kazantsev says she was kicked out of Hofstra University's Alpha Phi sorority for sending an email discussing how she and other senior members of the sorority “would make the evening scary for the pledges.” According to Kazantsev, she learned her […]
Pulse
Dustin Siggins
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Wendy Davis facing trouble in Democratic stronghold over radical abortion stance

State Senator Wendy Davis' outspoken support for late-term abortion made her a national figure, but it may have so turned off Hispanic voters that it could cost her, and her party, the votes of a Democratic-stronghold. According to The Texas Tribune, Davis has a tremendous advantage in the Rio Grande Valley, a strongly Hispanic part of the state. Hidalgo County has not elected a Republican to a countywide post in “the modern era,” the paper noted. But her Republican challenger, Attorney General Greg Abbott, is looking to change that, targeting the area and the Hispanic vote with a new ad […]
News
Dustin Siggins
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New archbishops in Chicago and Madrid: Ratzingerians out, ‘inclusiveness’ in

Pope Francis announced Saturday that he is appointing as archbishop of Chicago a prelate best known in pro-life circles as the man who ordered his priests in 2011 not to participate in local 40 Days for Life prayer vigils. The media and Church watchers describe him as “progressive,” “inclusive,” and “left-of-center.” The appointment of Bishop Blase Cupich, current head of the Spokane diocese in Washington, to America’s third most prominent see – an appointment which Vatican watchers predicted would signal the pope’s priorities for the direction of the U.S. Church – has been widely praised by liberal Catholics and opponents […]
News
Hilary White
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Miss America’s internship with Planned Parenthood deserves criticism

I'd like to take a few moments to examine why criticisms that have been leveled at the new Miss America, Kira Kazantsev, for her 2013 internship for Planned Parenthood are both valid and reasonable. According to Huffington Post, some pro-life advocates have criticized Kazantsev for interning at Planned Parenthood. While her LinkedIn page has been removed, Huffington Post has a screen shot: When I posted about this on Facebook, someone immediately asked why Kazantsev needed to be critiqued. The person suggested that I believe that “a pro-choice woman shouldn't be Miss America,” and the person asked whether “now all celebrities/pageant […]
Pulse
Dustin Siggins
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Student group sues university over ban on ‘controversial’ pro-life displays

The University of South Alabama chapter of Students for Life has filed a federal complaint against the school for its policies restricting student speech, which the pro-life group argues are being abused to prevent students from effectively voicing any pro-life message. The lawsuit alleges that two separate policies have now been used to marginalize the pro-life group – a previous “solicitation ban,” and a new “speech policy” enacted August 8. Both policies limit students’ speech rights outside specifically designated, isolated “free speech zones,” and even those who wish to express themselves inside a free speech zone must apply for a […]
News
Kirsten Andersen
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This ‘miracle’ machine saved two unborn babies – and their mothers – from a killer virus

For most Americans, the H1N1 virus is something we know about only intellectually, through media reports and government assessments. But for two pregnant women and their unborn children in California, that strain of the flu nearly ended in their deaths, despite the best efforts of the medical staff at San Antonio Community Hospital — until a machine meant to save newborn babies saved unborn children and their mothers, as well. The husband of one of those women said the “miracle” machine came into play: But as the women's health got worse and the lives of their unborn babies became more […]
Pulse
Dustin Siggins
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Truth matters in ex-gay debate

The fact some people change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual seriously undermines the homosexual movement's myth that people are “born gay and can’t change”
Opinion
Peter Sprigg
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