LifeSite Daily News for Thursday June 14, 2007

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Vatican: Catholics and Catholic Organizations “Must” Withdraw Support of Amnesty International over Abortion Support

By Elizabeth O’Brien

ROME, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for justice and Peace, has called on all Catholics to stop funding Amnesty International because of its recent support of abortion.

The nearly 50 year-old human rights organization gave its official stamp of approval to abortion in cases of “rape, incest and extreme risk to the health of the mother”. However, the new policy, which AI had attempted without success to keep from the public, calls for the universal decriminalization of abortion, thereby making the AI policy effectively advocate for abortion on demand.

The Cardinal told the National Catholic Register in a recent interview, “I believe that, if in fact Amnesty International persists in this course of action, individuals and Catholic organizations must withdraw their support, because, in deciding to promote abortion rights, AI has betrayed its mission.”

The organization “has betrayed all of its faithful supporters throughout the years,” said the cardinal, “both individuals and organizations, who have trusted AI for its integral mission of promoting and protecting human rights.”

Many bishops throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom have condemned AI’s change in policy. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops earlier issued a statement saying that such a decision would be, “a step backwards for an organization that has done such outstanding work in defending human life and the rights of the most vulnerable.” They also predicted, “This change in policy would make it difficult for Catholics to continue supporting the work of Amnesty International.”

In a press release today Amnesty International responded to the statements of Cardinal Renato Martino and attempted to remain neutral on the question of abortion’s morality. The release explained, “Defending the right of women to sexual and reproductive integrity in the face of grave human rights violations, Amnesty International recently incorporated a focus on selected aspects of abortion into its broader policy on sexual and reproductive rights. These additions do not promote abortion as a universal right and Amnesty International remains silent on the rights and wrongs of abortion.”

While claiming to remain “silent”, Amnesty International’s policy endorses actions that the Catholic Church has always taught are intrinsically evil. For this reason, the Cardinal called for organizations as well as individual Catholics to withdraw financial support from Amnesty International.

He emphasized, “The Church teaches that it is never justifiable to kill an innocent human life. Abortion is murder. To selectively justify abortion, even in the cases of rape, is to define the innocent child within the womb as an enemy, a ‘thing’ that must be destroyed. How can we say that killing a child in some cases is good and in other cases it is evil?”

“Such a distinction is incomprehensible for people of good will; and it is incompatible to the mission of Amnesty International, and, for that matter, to the common good of the human family.”

Today’s Amnesty News press release responded by reaffirming their support for human rights rather than “specific theologies”, saying that they invoke “the law and the state, not God.” The report’s conclusion indicated that the Church was not as broad-minded or supportive of human rights as their own organization.

Ironically, they concluded by urging “the Catholic leadership to advocate tolerance and respect to freedom of expression for all human rights defenders, including Amnesty International, just as Amnesty International will continue to defend the freedom of religion.”

At present, Amnesty International is concerned that the Vatican’s statements will have a serious effect on their sources of private funding, the UK Guardian Reports. While they do not receive money from governments or the Vatican, they do rely on the donations of individuals. They are also concerned about the future of joint missions between themselves and Catholic organizations such as Caritas and the Community of Sant’Egidio.

National Catholic Register Interview with Cardinal Martino
https://ncregister.com/site/article/2916

See Previous Coverage:

Amnesty International Publicly Admits New Policy to Lobby for Abortion
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/may/07051103.html

Amnesty International Adopts Secret Pro-Abortion Policy, “Not to be made public”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/may/07050303.html

Massachusetts Legislature Falls Five Votes Short of Allowing Citizens to Have Say on Gay ‘Marriage’

By Elizabeth O’Brien

BOSTON, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Massachusetts narrowly lost an opportunity to allow a public vote that could potentially ban gay ‘marriage’ within the state. Only 50 votes were needed for a constitutional ban of same-sex marriage to be on the Massachusetts State ballot for the November 2008 vote. The vote today was 151 against the amendment versus 45 in favor.

According to the Boston Globe, House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, Senate President Therese Murray and Governor Deval Patrick waited until they had just enough votes to prevent the measure from going to the public for a vote. After joining with gay rights activists to lobby against the ban, they carefully calculated votes and pushed through a vote when they knew there were enough votes to defeat the ballot measure.

The Globe reports that the event is being considered a major victory for gay rights activists since the issue cannot be raised again at the state level until 2012.

“We’re proud of our state today, and we applaud the legislature for showing that Massachusetts is strongly behind fairness,” said Lee Swislow, the executive director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, “The vote today was the triumph of time, experience, and understanding over fear and prejudice.”

The state court received 170,000 signatures petitioning for the amendment to ban homosexual marriage, which would have permitted the public to have a say in the matter. The Associated Press quotes Rebekah Beliveau, a student at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, “We believe it’s unconstitutional not to allow people to vote on this.”

CBC’s Wish List Re-Opens Abortion Debate, Infuriates Abortion Activists

By Hilary White

OTTAWA, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The CBC has inadvertently allowed pro-life Canadians a voice on abortion, a rare opportunity in Canada’s largely pro-abortion media landscape. Online abortion advocates are complaining that the “Great Canadian Wish List,” a contest described by the CBC as a way for Canadians to express what they hope for the country, has been “highjacked” by “right-wingers,” “anti-choicers” and “fetus fetishizers”…in other words, Canadians wanting an end to abortion.

Since abortion has been legalized in Canada, politicians and news editors have asserted that the issue is closed despite the consistent poll results showing that as many as 70 per cent of Canadians want at least some restrictions on abortion. Efforts to close the debate, however, are starting to crack with the advent of blogging and online discussion groups.

Worried that the pro-abortion hegemony in Canadian media is under threat, abortion advocates are urging their supporters in online chat groups and mailing lists to vote for the alternate wish, “that Canada would remain pro-choice.” Joyce Arthur, among Canada’s leading abortion crusaders, complains, “‘Abolish Abortion’ is the #1 wish by a wide margin, which may indicate growing confidence within the anti-choice movement, and their increased hopes for a chance to re-open the debate and recriminalize abortion.”

The contest will end July 1, Canada Day, with the winner being announced on air. As of this writing, the top three wishes on the list are, in order, “Abolish Abortion in Canada”; “I wish that Canada would remain pro-choice;” and “For a spiritual revival in our nation.”

The CBC has posted an unsigned editorial on the top wish, saying, “We should never forget what happens when there’s no access to abortion.” On one list group, “Arthur” warns her fellow abortion advocates, “Unfortunately, we can’t really afford to be complacent about abortion rights anymore in this country.”

Suzanne Fortin, author of the pro-life blog Big Blue Wave, writes, “No, when pro-lifers mobilize to win a contest, it’s not ‘hijacked’. It’s called winning. Leftists may live their own bubble when it comes to ideas about competition, but most people understand that when there’s a contest, you’re not entitled to win just because you are left-wing. You are entitled to win when you mobilize. And yes it is fair, because that’s what a contest is all about.”

*Note: To vote for the wish to end abortion you must register for the popular online network “Facebook” (https://www.facebook.com), and then go to CBC’s “Great Canadian Wish List” page, where you will have the option to vote for any of the wishes listed, or to write up a new wish. A detailed set of instructions is available here: https://www.bigbluewave.ca

Read the pro-life editorial and comments:
https://www.cbc.ca/wish/2007/06/editorial_1.html

Read the pro-abortion editorial and comments:
https://www.cbc.ca/wish/2007/06/editorial_2.html

June 21 Gay Pride Parade in the ‘Holy City’ Gets Final Go-Ahead From Jerusalem Police

By John Jalsevac

JERUSALEM, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A spokesman for Israeli police has said the police have decided to allow a proposed gay pride parade to take place in Jerusalem next Thursday, despite massive opposition from residents of the city.

“Police had decided to allow a march of homosexuals in the centre of Jerusalem which will finish with a party in a public park,” said spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Another police spokesman, however, said that it it still possible the police could cancel the event if they deemed it necessary for public safety and security.

Previously authorities had issued a preliminary go-ahead for the homosexual parade, but said that they would need to make a final decision at a point closer to the day of the actual event. That decision, which was supposed to be made earlier this week, was postponed for some 48 hours until 11:20pm Wednesday night, reports the Jerusalem Post.

Over 7,000 police offers will be deployed on the day of the march in order to maintain order. Previous attempts at holding the gay pride parade have provoked a massive public outcry and numerous counter-demonstrations, some of which have turned violent. A public opinion poll conducted in 2005 indicated that some three quarters of the residents of the city were opposed to the event. Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders have all condemned the event as a direct insult against their religions and as degrading the Holy City.

Already, Orthodox Jews are scheduling a counter-protest for this upcoming Sunday. Organizers say that they expect upwards of 100,000 participants. Smaller protests have broken out spontaneously across the city since police announced their decision.

Numerous attempts have been made to ban the event ever since homosexuals first tried to hold their demonstration in the Holy City. Last year’s parade was cancelled by city officials due to fears that it would offend religious groups. Instead the homosexual demonstrators were permitted to hold an alternative event in a stadium.

Last week several bills passed first reading in the Israeli Knesset, or Parliament; if made into law the bills would give Jerusalem the power to ban such events as the gay pride parade.

“Government support for the legislation would allow the Jerusalem municipality to ban parades and marches that harm the public’s feeling and therefore prevent the humiliation of the holy city by devious and marginal groups,” said Minister Eli Yishai.

The proposed legislation, however, will not be ready prior to this year’s scheduled parade.

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage

Jerusalem Police Authorize Gay Pride Parade But Legislation May Block Event
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/may/07052901.html

Israeli Parliament Gives Initial Approval to Bill Forbidding Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jun/07060707.html

Key Advisor to Cardinal O’Malley Writes Pro-Gay ‘Marriage’ Column in Boston Newspaper

By Peter J. Smith and John-Henry Westen

BOSTON, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gay marriage is just another step in “natural social evolution” writes a high profile lay advisor to Boston Archbishop Cardinal O’Malley. The advisor, Peter Meade–one of seven members of Catholic Charities in Boston who resigned over the Archdiocese’s decision to ban same-sex couples from adopting–maintains his position on the committee O’Malley appointed to recommend which parishes in the Archdiocese ought to be closed.

“On May 17, 2004, the day marriage was made legal for everyone in Massachusetts, we looked out our window to see – contrary to apocalyptic predictions – that the sun had actually risen,” wrote Meade and his wife Rosanne Bacon Meade in a column published Tuesday by the Boston Herald. “Life went on quite normally not only that day, but every day since.”

The couple wrote to thwart a possible overturning of same sex marriage in the state, claiming that “no harm has resulted from the marriage of same-sex couples” and that overturning same-sex “marriage” would in fact be contrary to the progress of the nations’ democratic institutions.

Before his resignation over the Church’s refusal to allow homosexual adoption, Meade was the Chair of Catholic Charities in Boston. Meade is currently co-chairman of the Meade-Eisner commission with Sister Janet Eisner, which reviews parish closings in Boston.

“Voting on the matter now would serve no positive end,” wrote the Meades. “In fact, we believe it would be contrary to the traditions of our democracy (as counterintuitive as that may sound), and degrade the political discourse in our state. Worse, it would deprive other worthy issues of time and attention – issues such as education, urban crime, state finances and much more.”

The proposed amendment, which would have allowed the public a ballot measure on same sex marriage, required only 50 votes to pass. It was defeated by a vote of 151- 45.

Phil Lawler, the editor and founder of Catholic World News who has an upcoming book called The Faithful Departed on the collapse of Catholic influence in the Boston area, commented to LifeSiteNews.com about the situation in light of today’s vote loss.

“It’s clear that the archdiocese is not serious about this issue,” said Lawler. “There is no real penalty being exacted on people who are in support of same sex marriage.”

Lawler explained, “People who are supporting traditional marriage, who supported the marriage amendment were going to have to pay a pretty heavy price in terms of the wrath of the gay rights lobby, of Governor Patrick, of the editorial writers all around the state. But people who abandoned the cause, people who supported same sex marriage, and opposed this amendment were not going to face any real problems with the leadership of the Catholic Church.”

He concluded, “And that’s really in my mind the biggest reason for today’s outcome.”

See Meade’s column in the Boston Herald here:
https://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=1005992

To contact Cardinal O’Malley to respectfully voice your concerns:

Archbishop Cardinal O’Malley
Archdiocese of Boston
2121 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02135-3193
Telephone: 617-254-0100
FAX: 617-783-4564

Proposed New UK Charities Rules Could Threaten Christians and Pro-Life Advocates

Government proposal would require every charity to prove its “public benefit in the light of ‘modern conditions”

By Peter J. Smith

LONDON, June 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British government has proposed that charities pass a “public benefit” test or lose tax-exempt charitable status, according to a government consultation on the plan. According to some, this new proposal could threaten the work of pro-life and religious groups in the United Kingdom.

The government proposal would require every charity to prove its “public benefit” to civil servants on an annual basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2006. If charities fail to prove “public benefit”, the government then could de-register them, denying them taxable advantages, such as allowing contributors to claim tax-deductions for donations.

The consultation period ended on June 6 and the proposal is part of a massive revamp of charity registration and management by the Charity Commissioners. The Charities Act requires a charity to have both a charitable purpose and a public benefit as well, but the consultation’s proposed annual test means the status of charities could become subject to politics.

Attorneys with the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship (LCF) have warned that Christians and pro-life advocates ought to be concerned by the proposals.

“It is of concern that the Charity Commission has said it will interpret ‘public benefit’ in the light of ‘modern conditions,’” said Andrea Minichiello Williams, barrister and public policy officer at LCF, according to Christianity Today. “What this could mean for Christian charities that exist for evangelism or which promote traditional Christian teaching on family and life issues is unknown.”

Williams noted that the law no longer presumes charities that promote religion constitute “public benefit.” In part this may be due to the Act defining advancement of religion to include polytheistic religion and religion “which does not involve belief in a god.”

However, the act is particularly ominous to charities involved in pro-life education, which are ill equipped to deal with the bureaucracy of proving their public benefit to civil servants annually. They also face the threat of financial strangulation if civil servants revoke tax-exempt status because their pro-life work is politically unfavourable.

“The politicization of the public benefit test is a real danger,” Niall Gooch, spokesman for the British charity LIFE told LifeSiteNews.com, revealing that the Charity Commission has suggested that current public opinion will be taken into account when making decisions on public benefit. This could result in rules being redrawn in such a way as to make it difficult for organizations involved in pro-life education to retain charitable status.

“The problem with determining ‘public benefit’ with reference to ‘modern conditions’ is that this is a very elastic and unclear terms could be used to make life difficult for charities that are doing important work in unpopular or little understood areas,” said Gooch.

Although LIFE is in a “relatively secure financial position,” they are still heavily dependent on the generosity of supporters and losing tax exempt status “would necessarily inhibit the expansion and development of our vital services to young people through our work in schools, and women in crisis pregnancy.”

Other British pro-life charities, however, may find their financial circumstances not so fortunate.

Both the Lawyers Christian Fellowship and LIFE urge concerned subjects to register concerns over the proposals with MPs and the Charity Commission.

In Canada, the pro-life educational movement has been seriously crippled by politicized Revenue Canada policies and rulings from the 1990s. These government actions and subsequent court rulings removed the tax deductible charitable status of two national groups and some smaller ones. The groups all folded after major but futile efforts to try to reclaim their status.

The Canadian regulations have since made it next to impossible for Canadian pro-life groups to obtain and maintain tax deductible donation status while effectively exposing the wider public to the truths on the life issues. Groups that have managed to maintain charitable status have had to carefully follow a strictly narrow definition of permitted activities, hence greatly limiting their effectiveness.

The LCF’s online response to the government proposal can be found here: https://www.christianconcernforournation.co.uk/Latest/docs/Charities.pdf

See related Canadian story on this issue:

ALLIANCE FOR LIFE LOSES CHARITABLE STATUS APPEAL
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/may/99051201.html

Mexico City Pushes for Legalized Prostitution

Capital is now the most liberal city in Latin America

By Elizabeth O’Brien

MEXICO CITY, June 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR), the ruling party of the Mexico City Federal District, submitted a bill on Tuesday that would make prostitution legal within Mexico City.

Juan Bustos, head of the assembly’s Human Rights Commission, brought forward the bill, reports the Los Angeles Chronicle. He defended the proposed legislation by claiming that it is an attempt to control the widespread street prostitution and child sex-traffic that already takes place within Mexico City. An estimated 50,000 sex workers live within the city, he said (although specific numbers are difficult to pinpoint).

The PDR argues that prostitution needs legal recognition in order for the government to put “safety” restrictions into place. According to the Chronicle, the new legislation will allow prostitution “in designated areas at least roughly 1,000 feet from schools, parks, churches and apartment complexes, though pimping would remain a crime. It also would require prostitutes to adhere to health standards or face punishments similar to those under the current law.”

The Mexico City government claims that these new measures would tighten-up prostitution, thereby improving the living conditions of prostitutes. However, this proposal ignores many of the negative impacts of legalized prostitution.

Several other countries have either changed their laws to re-criminalize prostitution or else seriously considered doing so. They found that legalizing prostitution did not benefit sex-workers or improve their standard of living.

In Sweden, for example, legalized prostitution came hand in hand with a boom in the illegal drug trade. Drug addiction soared until finally the Swedish government was forced to make prostitution illegal once again after 30 years. (See https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jul/06071308.html)

“We have to discourage this (prostitution), so that more women will not even think about becoming sex workers,” the Associated Press quoted Mariana Gomez del Campo, head of National Action in Mexico City. “We have to try to recover values.”

Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Mexico City archdiocese, voiced the Catholic Church’s opposition to the new bill. He also indicated that the government appears to be working from a biased agenda. As Reuters AlertNet reports, Valdemar is concerned that the government favors minority groups (such as homosexuals and pro-abortion advocates), yet fails to address important issues such as “crime and water shortage”.

The spokesman stated, “We have problems of drug dealers in front of schools and churches, and they do nothing to stop it. We have problems of family violence, a whole series of truly urgent situations.”

Valdemar also disagreed with the bill’s description of prostitution as “dignified work”, reported AlertNet, for the Catholic Church always has condemned prostitution as a grave offence against women. The Church released a document in 2005 that described prostitution as “a form of modern day slavery” and that “sexual exploitation, prostitution and trafficking of human beings are all acts of violence against women.” As such they “constitute an offence to the dignity of women and are a grave violation of basic human rights.” (See https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/jul/05071208.html)

The Mexico City government has caused great alarm and protest amongst Mexican Church leaders and citizens through its rapid and methodical destruction of traditional laws regarding marriage and the family. In November of last year, the Party of the Democratic Revolution officially recognized same-sex unions and then legalized abortion this April.

See Related Coverage:

Mexico City Legislature Pushes Through Abortion Bill
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/apr/07042501.html

Mexico City: Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox ChurchLeaders Unite to Fight Abortion Law
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/mar/07032202.html

Germany Forcing Unemployed Women into Legalized Prostitution
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/jan/05013106.html

Germany Rethinks Legalized Prostitution
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/may/05051301.html

National Post Advocating Legalization of Prostitution Again
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jul/06071308.html

Media Ignores President’s Commemoration of the Deaths of 100 Million Victims to Communism

By Elizabeth O’Brien

WASHINGTON, DC, 14 June 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday President Bush condemned the past and present evils of communism during the official commemoration of a new memorial. Shaped like a woman holding a flame, the statue was dedicated in honor of over 100 million people who died within just one century as the result of communism.

During his commemoration speech, the president said that the number of victims sacrificed to this ideology is “staggering”. Communism has swept through many nations, including China, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Cambodia, Africa, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Eastern Europe.

Bush commented, “Some of Communism’s victims are well-known. They include a Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallenberg, who saved 100,000 Jews from the Nazis, only to be arrested on Stalin’s orders and sent to Moscow’s Lubyanka Prison, where he disappeared without a trace. They include a Polish priest named Father Popieluszko, who made his Warsaw church a sanctuary for the Solidarity underground, and was kidnapped, and beaten, and drowned in the Vitsula by the secret police”

Addressing a crowd that included ambassadors, diplomats and many who had suffered under communist rule, Bush compared communists to the radical terrorists of September 11, 2001. He also pointed out that the battle for the life of innocent people still continues today.

Bush said that “We dedicate this memorial because we have an obligation to future generations to record the crimes of the 20th century and ensure they’re never repeated. In this hallowed place we recall the great lessons of the Cold War: that freedom is precious and cannot be taken for granted; that evil is real and must be confronted; and that given the chance, men commanded by harsh and hateful ideologies will commit unspeakable crimes and take the lives of millions.”

Following a burst of applause, the president also stated, “By remaining steadfast in freedom’s cause, we will ensure that a future American President does not have to stand in a place like this and dedicate a memorial to the millions killed by the radicals and extremists of the 21st century.”

During his concluding remarks, the president explained that the new memorial is a symbol of hope and freedom. “Just like our Statue of Liberty,” he said, “She reminds us that the flame for freedom burns in every human heart, and that it is a light that cannot be extinguished by the brutality of terrorists or tyrants.”

“And she reminds us that when an ideology kills tens of millions of people, and still ends up being vanquished, it is contending with a power greater than death. She reminds us that freedom is the gift of our Creator, freedom is the birthright of all humanity, and in the end, freedom will prevail.”

The Soviet Union was the first country to become communist as well as the first to legalize abortion in 1920, under Vladimir Lenin. Abortion has been widely encouraged as a means of women’s “liberation’ within communist and former-communist countries. In 2003, for example, 170,000 babies were aborted in Russia within 9 months, and 8000 more were killed than actually born. In 1990, only one baby was born for every three abortions. Russia has one of the highest abortion rates in the world with an estimated 60% of pregnancies ending in abortion. (see https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/oct/02102206.html)

Within communist China, the one-child policy pressures women into having abortions. One report stated that in the eastern Shandong province, over 120,000 women received abortions or sterilization within a few months.
(see https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/oct/05102602.html)

According to Michael Chapman of NewsBusters Media Research Center, American newspapers remained initially silent about reporting the memorial commemoration. Despite the fact that the President was commemorating the deaths of multiple millions and expressing his hopes that no president should mourn the deaths of any other innocents in future, only a few papers mentioned the fact, and even then only in their later pages.

Today, however, the media gave widespread coverage of the Chinese government’s outrage that was sparked by Bush’s condemnation of communism. The Bangkok Post quotes foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang: “Some political forces in the United States still use Cold War thinking and aim to provoke conflicts between different ideologies and social systems.”

“We express our strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the statements and actions of the US side…The United States should stop interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.”

The US memorial is the exact same figure, says the Bangkok Post, as the “Goddess of Democracy”, that was constructed and brought into Tiananmen Square, Beijing, by thousands of protestors in 1989. Countless students participated, and hundreds of them died during the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4 when Communist government tanks rolled over people in the square. Despite the fact that China is still communist, the protest remains one of the most significant public stands for freedom and democracy.

See Related Coverage:

Forced Abortion Still a Reality in China
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/may/05052706.html

Six Out of 10 Pregnancies End in Abortion in Russia
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/oct/02102206.html

Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/apr/05041209.html

Abortion Encouraged in Ukraine as Unborn Babies Used for Russian Beauty Treatments
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/may/05052411.html

Read Bush’s Memorial Address
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070612-2.html#

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Freedom, not climate, is at risk – By Vaclav Klaus
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A Resurgence of Active Opposition to Federal Judicial Nominations
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Lightning Rod: The Return of Rick Santorum
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Supreme Court Deals Setback to Labor Unions
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PC mandate gone wild: Christian books yanked
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Fred Thompson on the Supreme Court
https://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWJjMzI1OTk4NTAyY2NmMGRhM2MwNThlMTRjZmFj…

Ontario voters will get their chance to vote on a new electoral system but will they even understand what they’re voting for?
https://www.westernstandard.ca/website/index.cfm?page=article&article_id=2569

New bill takes aim at indecency, violence on TV
https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/new_bill_takes_aim_at_indecenc.php

Mexico City lawmakers seek to legalize prostitution
https://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13359791.htm

Hillary and Porn
https://www.cwalac.org/article_512.shtml

General Pace latest victim of homosexual agenda, says military monitor
https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/general_pace_latest_victim_of_.php

Southwest Airlines stands by sponsorship of DC ‘homosexual pride’ event
https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/southwest_airlines_stands_by_s.php

Teen Suicide: A Matter of “Sexual Orientation” or Sex Abuse?
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Cardinal Pell repeats warning to Catholic politicians
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Report shows Catholic schools nurture good citizenship
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Pro-Life Music Festival to Draw Thousands, Top Christian Artists
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John Tory ‘Quietly’ Recruiting strong liberals to run as Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Candidates
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Uruguayans start online drive to legalize abortion
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Scandal of Irish Aid Support for Abortion Provider IPPF
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Amnesty International is now part of evil it set out to oppose
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Massachusetts Governor plans to march — against gay marriage ban
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