'My bill would stop the court from destroying traditional marriage and preserve the votes of millions of voters in states that have passed bans on same sex marriage,' says GOP Congressman Steve King.
‘The choice is clear,’ he says. ‘It’s the establishment versus someone who truly is going to reform the PC party and listen to its members, and that is Patrick Brown.’
Critics fear this case feels dangerously like a step towards the recognition of a sort of independent authority who would take life and death decisions for the mentally incapacitated.
Despite popular rumor, marriage can be defended through recognition of social, physical, psychological, and natural law sciences. And redefining it cannot.
'We’re being forced to diminish our Catholic identity and what we believe in favor of the government’s ideology,' lamented Tom Burnford, education secretary for the Archdiocese of Washington.
Bishops from poor dioceses might well ask: 'How can it be that such a wealthy Church has spent so little money to teach the faithful the true Catholic teaching about marriage and sexuality?'
While the draft Sustainable Development Goalss may also contain laudable goals it is completely unacceptable to sacrifice the rights of unborn children in pursuit of those goals.
The government has now signaled that Christian schools may soon be treated like racists and pariahs for refusing to give up the view of marriage shared by almost all people throughout history prior to the 1990s.
'We don’t want to take our children out of school. Many parents will have to take a week off work to do this. But the government hasn’t left us with any other option,' said one of the organizers.
"There isn’t such a right. You have to have a ridiculous reading of the U.S. Constitution to reach the conclusion that people have a right to marry someone of the same sex."
Supporting the homosexual movement's goals is part of 'Catholic social justice,' claims Phil Attey.
According to his Catholics for Equality biography, Attey -- a former member of the radical activist group Human Rights Campaign -- claims he led
The radical homosexual lobby in its strategy sessions and papers makes quite clear that it must always seek the opportunity to appear as victims and create emotional arguments to further its agenda.
Sadly, as the ambulance was parked near the front door for over 17 minutes, women continued to enter the abortion clinic, ignoring the possibility that they could be next.
Minister Varadkar apologized for his remarks, but refused to meet the parents, who are campaigning for better services for families in these situations.
Of the 1,000 non-governmental organizations, HLI Tanzania may be the one most directly threatened by the government action, given its effectiveness in raising public concern about the referendum.
'These cases both bring into clear focus the desperation of an industry on the decline. Women are rejecting abortion because they are finding true compassion, accurate information, and support at pregnancy help organizations.'
'A decision purporting to redefine marriage flies in the face of the Constitution and is contrary to the natural created order,' says a group of faith leaders. 'We respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross this line.'
Every Life Counts argues that the phrase 'incompatible with life' has become a label, and attaching this label to an unborn baby with a severe disability can have 'lethal consequences.'
A DNR is an 'allow to die' order in the event of a cardiac arrest. It should only be signed when one understands the specific circumstance under which it would be applied.
'40 Days for Life has been a brilliant opportunity for personal spiritual growth and tremendous blessings,' said Kelechi, the local 40 Days for Life leader in Abuja, Nigeria.
Wyoming Catholic College joins a small cadre of colleges including Hillsdale, Christendom, Grove City, and New St. Andrews, who refuse federal funding because of concerns over the strings the government attaches or could attach to federal dollars.
The Human Rights Campaign claimed Archbishop Vigano would 'further politicize differences' between the US and the Vatican by supporting Church teaching on marriage.
"The various moral issues we confront in our culture today are all intrinsically connected," Bereit told LifeSiteNews at Saturday's March for Marriage.
Men and women are trying to mate with computers more than ever before, and as 3-D and 4-D technology becomes more realistic, this will likely only accelerate.
The Kentucky court concluded that Blaine Adamson did not violate the law when he declined to print expressive shirts promoting the Lexington Pride Festival, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization.
It appears that Québec, and the rest of Canada, are following the same path as Belgium where the euthanasia law is abused, where euthanasia occurs without request, and where euthanasia deaths are often not reported.
Within the short space of a century, Western society has degenerated from a Christian culture to a despiritualized one, and from there it has further degenerated into a dehumanized one.
Research shows children raised by their married, biological mother and father have, on average, better life outcomes than children from other family structures.
A teaching environment designed to encourage 'sensitivity' on important issues could raise significant problems for teachers attempting to share certain elements of the faith, Dr. Dan Guernsey pointed out.
Without freedom, especially religious freedom, we won’t be able to oppose the sexual revolution and defend children deprived of moms or dads 'instead' of promoting religious liberty.
'How long should it take to call an employee into your office, tell him that his behavior is incompatible with the mission of the organization, and ask for his resignation?'
Staying in San Franciso "will allow Archbishop Cordileone to remain home and attend to the pastoral needs of the Church here at this time," the archdiocese said in a statement.
The couple, one of whom suffers from brain cancer, had hoped that an appeal to pity would convince the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to force the state's hand.
'May God, through the mighty protection and intercession of Saint Joseph, Head of the Holy Family, preserve his Church from endorsing Cardinal Kasper’s iniquitous revisionist proposal.'
The teacher mocked parents who take their kids out of class. ‘If you don’t want to send your kid to school on the Day of Pink, that’s OK. But they’re going to get it all the days before.'
In every act of freedom, whether it is in the realm of creativity, marital love, scientific research, fashion design, et cetera, there must be a parallel responsibility, responsibility to the whole truth about man.
This is more than a departure from responsible jurisprudence and originalism; it is a betrayal of any semblance of limited government grounded in the consent of the people.
Abortion activists are targeting rape victims as a way to promote abortion. The Secretary General gave them a helping hand by instructing UN officials to promote abortion in war torn areas.
Ambassador Usman Sarki of Nigeria delivered a biting message on behalf of the Africans. He criticized governments and activists that use UN development work to promote controversial social issues.
"These adverse outcomes, if shown in natural populations, could have negative impacts on fish inhabiting contaminated aquatic environments," the researchers said.
Gov. Jindal recognizes the importance of religious freedom, Travis Weber of the Family Research Council told LifeSiteNews. 'Big Business should do the same.'
'I believe those in charge of your formation failed you by failing to impart a proper understanding and love of the Catholic faith,' writes the priest.
'We invite every member of our human society to the noble service of constantly and courageously defending the sanctity of human life, marriage and family.'
By his caustic attacks on bishops and lay Catholics, journalist Michael Sean Winters has encouraged divisions between his readers and those who are faithful to the Church.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation’s CEO is facing questions about a conflict of interest as her agency cut funding to a pregnancy center the same year they sent a grant to Planned Parenthood.
These eight Catholic colleges are acting in direct contradiction to their Catholic mission of education by having scandalous speakers or honorees at their 2015 commencement ceremonies.
April 22, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alfie Hillman is thought to be the only child in Wales with the rare genetic condition mosaic trisomy 18. The rare disorder caused him to be born premature at 28 weeks, weighing just one pound, three ounces. The diagnosis was made when Alfie’s mother, Sharron Swales, was 27 weeks along in her pregnancy. The physicians who delivered the bad news also prompted the boy’s parents to consider an abortion, because they only expected Alfie to live a few minutes after he was born. “It was the hardest thing we’ve been through,” Swales told the South […]
“Eleanor Holmes Norton would like to portray this as the U.S. Congress vs. the D.C. people when in fact this is the D.C. government against the religious and moral freedoms of D.C. residents," March for Life Action Vice President Tom McClusky told LifeSiteNews.
Pro-life protections designed to keep U.S. taxpayers from underwriting abortion will not be extended to a new pot of money. But a pro-abortion activist will have her vote before the Senate – a vote she is all but assured to win.
One of the sisters told students that they 'do not support bigotry or any kind of prejudice,' but felt compelled to resist an event promoted by a group that 'believes actively in promoting homosexuality in all classrooms, K-12.'
The best motivation for opposing same-sex 'marriage' is love and concern for those with same-sex attraction, even when it’s socially difficult—to point to the fact that gay sex is harmful to health and wellness.
The Catholic teachers' union 'knew they were undermining the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, and fully expected reprisal from the Bishops, but they did it anyway. And guess what? They got away with it,' says Jack Fonseca.
The resolution’s adoption provides a refreshing change of pace in a contentious week, where bills in California and Illinois targeting pregnancy help organizations have made progress in their respective legislatures.
“Although largely ignored by the mainstream medical community, this risk information deserves a prominent place in the education of all adolescent women," the group concluded.
'Our prayers are with Bishop Finn, and we thank him for cleaning up the mess he inherited. It will make his successor's job that much easier,' said Bill Donohue.
'Hillary Clinton is one of the few candidates on the political stage who has a plan for cutting the abortion rate in America by at least 50 percent,' he said.
'The fact that ABC would voluntarily work with such an extreme person to promote his immoral, hateful agenda is problematic in the extreme,' says LifeSiteNews' John-Henry Westen.
Leaving out Church teaching against homosexual acts allows for a 'much richer dialogue' about people attracted to the same sex, says York Catholic teacher Michael Way Skinner.
When he attempted to enter the clinic where his wife was experiencing a medical emergency, Erik found the door locked. The clinic workers refused to let him back in even though he explained he was on the line with 911.
John Paul II’s caution about relying excessively upon romantic love should be communicated in Catholic families and schools, precana and marital enrichment programs.
There is a significant measure of support for the archbishop, despite last week’s full-page ad from 100 'prominent Catholics' calling for Pope Francis to replace Archbishop Cordileone.
'Amendment 3 undermines the freedom of conscience and invites intimidation and legal action against pro-life healthcare providers,' said Americans United for Life in a statement on Monday.
With each focused on prayer and advocacy for the ending of abortion, these three groups reach a diverse spectrum of people: from youth on the fringes, to a broad scope of evangelical and Catholic believers.
CLC's comprehensive examination of the history and harmful nature of the controversial curriculum is now available in Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, and Spanish.
This is where we are heading fast... don’t get into medicine in the first place if you are an orthodox religious believer or philosophically opposed to abortion and euthanasia.
The security guard wrenched my cell phone out of my hand, and a female Chicago police officer helped hold my arms back. This was way over the top. It was plain they’d been itching to arrest me all along.
The president and the potential presidential nominee agree that Senate Democrats' extremism should not hold up the confirmation of a pro-abortion, pro-gay "marriage" nominee.
'Why would the Hamilton diocese ban Campaign Life Coalition when they let ... an outspoken critic of Church teaching ... speak to 4,000 Catholic teachers?'
'It appeared that this woman should have still been in the recovery room, because she was having a hard time keeping her balance and she appeared to be in pain,' said Mark Gietzen.
Pro-lifers are appealing to the government to include constitutional clauses that respect life from the moment of conception until natural death, traditional marriage, and the natural family as the basic cell of human society.
“I will have sad thoughts this evening for women who are under pressure to abort, and who are not being given time to turn around,” a pro-life politician said.
The HHS mandate "would have jeopardized the future of Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh with heavy fines for refusing to facilitate certain government mandates which the Catholic Church deems immoral,” said Bishop David Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
'The character assassination and uncharitable venom being cast upon a bishop merely defending the doctrines of his religion is appalling and repugnant,' says the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy.
Eric merely walked down the pier with the permission of the pier’s security staff when he was ambushed by security and police who arrested him for trespassing despite the fact that he was never asked to leave the pier!
The failure to prioritize the living conditions of the poor is due in large part to the powerful lobbying of population control and reproductive rights advocates.
The drag shows have sparked moments of advocacy and bordered on indoctrination with emcees, students and guests often pushing agendas contradictory to Church teaching.
Girls as young as 14 are being recruited by researchers at the University of Hawaii to see how much they will bleed if deprived of oxytocin during late-term abortions.
'The cry for physician-assisted suicide is not coming out of historically marginalized communities; this cry for ‘more choice’ is coming from the community that already has the most choices,' stated Dr. Farr Curlin at the 'Living Life to Its Fullest' event.
Stories about pro-life activists getting abortions mysteriously pop up all the time in pro-abortion literature. These stories frankly fail to hold water for several reasons.
'Shame' properly understood is a way of protecting and valuing the dignity of the person. It is those who no longer value themselves who become 'shameless.'
Civil society organizations from 18 countries condemned the manipulation of the so-called 'social forum' of the Seventh Summit of the Americas that took place in Panama last week.
Assemblyman Jim Patterson pointed to the danger of what he called the bill’s inherent representation and proposed enforcement of 'government-approved speech,' as well as its 'infringement upon the free exercise of religion.'
'Instead of dialogue, abortion supporters have once again taken to bullying to silence those with whom they disagree,' said Kristan Hawkins, national president of Students for Life of America.
‘The struggle must extend from the ballot box, the legislative chamber, and the courtroom directly to the hearts and minds of those who still harbor anti-LGBT prejudice,’ says the group’s CEO.
About 5,000 parents rallied at the Ontario's Queens Park against the Wynne government's radical sex ed program. That rally took place April 14. It was a loud rally with several speakers leading on the very willing audience in various chants to indicate their displeasure with the government's interference with important parental rights over the education of their children on such sensitive issues.
'I can’t come up with any other explanation other than that this baby was born alive,' an expert witness said. But radical abortion activists don't care.
Neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles found that the two main regions of the brain controlling emotion and decision-making are thinner in women who take the pill.
'My professors taught me, I teach my residents, it's really a core part of the curriculum. So to say that we can't teach core skills to residents and students is really disturbing,' said Dr. Anne Davis about abortion.
While the American Library Association (ALA) argues for the book's 'diverse' content, parents question the 'homosexual agenda' in it and critics call out the ALA’s credibility.
'Parents are used to being labelled by their own premier,' says one critic. 'We used to be ‘parents of faith,’ then we became ‘homophobes’ and now we are Conservatives!'
Mann has worked at FPA Women’s Health in Bakersfield for only about three months but has so far sent three women to the emergency room for care she was incapable of providing.
The controversy about the Indiana religious liberty statute is a textbook example of the increasing timidity of leading Republican politicians in the face of the homosexualist movement
Wyoming Catholic College said the Obama administration's 'increasingly burdensome regulatory requirements are clearly troubling for faith-based institutions.'
During the October 2005 Synod on 'The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission on the Church' Archbishop Dew argued for the admission of the divorced and 'remarried' to Holy Communion.
'The Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act is starting to transform the debate about abortion policy in the United States,' said National Right to Life President Carol Tobias.
The cardinal also lambasted Cardinal Marx’s claim that the German Church could act independently of Rome, saying Marx’s remarks were ‘irresponsible’ and ‘in contradiction with the dogma of the Church.’
'It is beyond disgusting that Perriera would be handed an award and a promotion after what she did to Lakisha Wilson,' said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue.
'We are hoping that the thousands of people who support Pregnancy Medical Clinics will step up and help us in defeating this bill,' said Sacramento Life Center Executive Director, Marie Leatherby.
'These numbers testify to the gruesome reality of children who are potentially being born alive and left to die or killed,' says Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Coalition.
The mainstream pro-family movement continues to be its own worst enemy, according to the Mass Resistance organization whose mandate is the homosexual issue.
It’s time for the Church to wake up, to pray, and to publicly defend our religious rights and our brothers and sisters under assault for their beliefs.
'Religious employers ought to have the freedom to draw their workforces from among those who share their religious commitments,' says Alliance Defending Freedom's Greg Baylor.
As GOP-led states flee religious liberty protections after the attacks on Indiana, Jindal is backing a state bill that is arguably even more controversial.
Cardinal Nichols used his sermon at the Westminster Chrism Mass to claim that it is wrong "to think or speak of this Synod as a battle, a battle between contesting sides."
The law states that only opposite-sex married couples, Nicaraguan or foreign, can adopt children, and bans same-sex couples from receiving fertility treatments to achieve pregnancy.
'He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm (the victim) when he sexually assaulted her,' said the judge.
If value statements are always opinions, why should anyone believe them? For that matter, why should kids believe a teacher who tells them that hitting is wrong?
'When you find out you’re pregnant, it’s so amazing to think about. There’s a little person being created inside me, who already has life immediately,' said Katelyn, wife of major league baseball player, Jon Edwards.
To deny that the 'remarried' are not all called to truly reform their lives and live in accordance with the truth of the moral law is to deny the power of God’s grace and to contradict the infallible teaching of the Catholic Church.
Fay Clayton lost her big case against my dad. We’re going to remind her of that — and how my father’s court victory allowed us to keep fighting the likes of Planned Parenthood.
'Unmet need' does not measure women’s access to or desire for contraceptives. But most of the top organizations promoting family planning use 'unmet need' synonymously with 'lack of access' to contraception.
'We applaud hospitals in Wichita that have kept their pledge not to grant hospital privileges to abortionists,' said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue.
'Remember when we were told that somebody’s 'gay marriage' wasn’t going to impact the rest of us at all? Yet increasingly the question we must ask ourselves is 'when doesn’t it?''
While the humanity of baby Aurora was undoubtedly visible at seven months, Colorado’s unjust law solidifies a horrible injustice upon the weakest members of society.
The 'consensus' within the social science establishment is that the kids being raised by same-sex couples are doing fine, and will do even better if these parents are allowed to marry.
On April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear Obergefell v. Hodges, et al, which could decide the state of marriage in America for decades to come.
Comments from a number of the speakers, but especially those from the closing plenary session speaker of this State of the World conference, are very revealing about many disturbing trends we see in full force today.
It is a sad day for Indiana and for American law when a man as principled and talented as Curt Smith is de facto forced to leave his role with his employer because he believes that coercion and repression are not Hoosier values.
'It is a relief to know that abortions have halted in Lincoln for the time being, especially in light of the hazardous conditions that could endanger the lives of women suffering serious abortion complications.'
Pro-life leader Jonathon van Maren said it's ironic that Trudeau is praising John Paul II even though he would have barred the late pope from the Liberal Party.
‘We will not tolerate questionable practices that attempt to suppress people’s true identities,’ says the bill’s sponsor, New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo.
The Supreme Court cannot -- it must not -- make its decisions on constitutional claims based on what the Justices (or anyone else) prefers as public policy.
'But of course nobody on that side seems to have the slightest doubt about their cause,' a prominent columnist wrote. 'In a holy war, there is no room for doubt.'
Fr. John Zuhldorf posted on his famous Fr. Z's Blog a rather humorous, but also practical advice about how Christians might respond to the rise in bigoted, gay fascist targetting of Christian owned businesses.
“The Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act is the first of what we hope will be many state laws banning dismemberment abortions,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.
'It’s pretty apparent from the speakers that the panels are by and large liberals sympathetic to moving this technology forward,' says David Prentice of the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute.
You can run a shoddy, dangerous abortion clinic, and even if you rack up tens of thousands of dollars in fines by state health inspectors, you can weasel your way out of it by closing down and reopening under a different name.
It doesn’t take much to figure out why abortionist Tom Tvedten ordered his employee to cancel the emergency call: he didn’t want pro-life activists publishing pictures of an ambulance at his abortion clinic.
Considering Kaji’s history of sexually abusing his patients, it is grossly inappropriate for him to be involved in ownership of abortion clinics, where temptations for exploitation of vulnerable women abound.
Toronto city councillors who voted against a Catholic sitting on the public health board didn't even try to find a respectable reason for it: they freely admitted that she had been rejected for her personal beliefs.
Mihaela Radulescu Schwartzenberg says she accepts LGBT people, but she does not like the public display of their culture, which has started to infringe on the majority’s right to disagree with their lifestyle.
'The phrase ‘incompatible with life’ is not a medical diagnosis: it misinforms parents, it pushes families towards abortion, and it denies those families a chance to spend time with their children, to make memories and to heal.'
A recent vote in Washington on a complicated issue portends sweeping ramifications for online news outlets and reporters nationwide – particularly those of faith, and those who cover life and family issues.
Michigan's Republican governor is the latest to cave in to gay activist threats and says he won't sign a religious liberty bill if it reaches his desk.
ABC claimed Memories Pizza was the 'first business to publicly deny same-sex service,' but the owners emphasize that everyone is welcome in their restaurant.
'I knew this was coming, I could have written the script,' says former councilor and Catholic school board chair Mike Del Grande. 'This is discrimination at its best.'
Discrimination is only 'evil' when the intolerant left has decided who and what is equal (which clearly doesn’t include the unborn, Christians, or us self-loathing conservative black folk.)
Faced with the powers which are currently undermining the family, the Church should discover in itself the vocation to be the sole authority in a position to save human sexuality and the natural institution of marriage and the family.
'When we reject the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, we reject the gift of life, marriage, and family — and destroy traditional Christian Filipino culture,' said Dr. Bullecer of HLI Philippines.
Sexual orientation and gender identity laws do not protect equality before the law. Instead, they create special privileges that are enforceable against private actors.
'We’ll see more of the same in the future,' warns Chaput. 'Pressure in favor of things like gay rights, contraception and abortion services, and against public religious witness.'
'After almost two weeks without food or water...Terri’s face became skeletal, with blood pooling in her deeply sunken eyes and her teeth protruding forward.'
All of us are welcome at the Lord’s table, but we may not simply come as we are. Being Christian means looking for faith to change us, not the other way around.
I’ve been a Chief of Staff to Rep. Michele Bachmann, I’ve managed multiple Congressional, Senatorial and Ballot Initiatives, some would say I’ve even ‘made’ members of Congress.
This is our final appeal to support fearless, uncompromising pro-life and pro-family news reporting and help us reach our critical spring campaign goal.
'At the core of the religion is love, acceptance, respect and dignity,' said one senior student. 'Whatever the archbishop is doing is completely contrary to that.'