Recent US News

Wednesday June 2, 2010 Fed Court Vindicates Student Suspended for Wearing Rosary NEW YORK, June 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal court judge has ordered a New York school district to readmit a seventh-grade student suspended indefinitely for wearing a rosary to school after officials said the Catholic prayer beads violated the school’s dress code. U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday ordering Schenectady City School District to permit 13-year-old Raymond Hosier to return to classes at Oneida Middle School wearing his rosary. Kahn responded to a same-day request by the American Center […]

Thursday June 3, 2010 Over 800 Iowa Church Leaders Support the Traditional Family By James Tillman DES MOINES, Iowa, June 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — A letter and a petition in support of traditional marriage, signed by a total of 834 Iowa pastors and church leaders, are being circulated throughout Iowa in anticipation of the November election. “We, the undersigned, affirm our strong belief that the traditional definition of marriage is fundamentally important and necessary for a stable society,” states one petition. “More than five thousand years of world history, more than two centuries of American history, and more than one […]

Thursday June 3, 2010 Pro-Life Ad Campaign Urges Black Women to Choose Adoption Over Abortion By Peter J. Smith ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fresh from their first success, a Georgia billboard campaign exposing the abortion industry’s deliberate targeting of the black community has begun phase two: informing black women that adoption, not abortion, is the answer for a crisis pregnancy. The new billboard campaign “Black and Unwanted,” launched by Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation, is continuing to hit home with black Americans by revealing that abortion is devastating their communities and dwindling their demographic […]

Tuesday June 1, 2010 Pelosi – Latest Poster Child for Need to Deny Communion Editorial by John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert June 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It may come as a shock to some that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed a group of Catholics last month telling them that public policy should be “in keeping with the values of the Word,” referring to Christ. Pelosi, who describes herself as “an ardent practicing Catholic,” is a leading political advocate for abortion and homosexuality. Already in 2008, her bishop, San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer, said publicly that he was considering denying […]

D.C. police officers have threatened to arrest people praying and counseling on the public sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood.

Monday May 31, 2010 Evangelicals Launch Effort to ‘Reduce Abortions,’ Float Contraceptive Advocacy By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Association of Evangelicals has issued a new resolution on abortion advocacy that calls for pursuing “common ground” towards reducing the abortion rate in America, and included contraception as among possible means of achieving that goal. The “common ground” talking point is often heard from the likes of pro-abortion giants such as President Obama, who famously lectured University of Notre Dame graduates on using “fair-minded words” and not “demonizing” proponents of the legalized killing of unborn […]

Thursday May 27, 2010 Pro-Life Carly Fiorina Now Ahead in GOP Battle for Cal. Senate Nomination By Peter J. Smith SACRAMENTO, California, May 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With less than two weeks remaining before the Republican primary, pro-life businesswoman Carly Fiorina has managed to take the lead in a three-way primary over a pro-abortion rival and a pro-life “tea party” candidate in California. Recent polls show Fiorina surging ahead in the primary set for June 8. The winner of the three-way GOP battle royal will then challenge pro-abortion California Democratic senator Barbara Boxer, a three-term incumbent, in November. Survey USA […]

Monday May 31, 2010 From Bush to Obama: Sanctity of Human Life Day to Gay Pride Month By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, May 31, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Barack Obama has for the second year in a row issued a proclamation declaring June “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.” While prior to his leaving office President George W. Bush issued a Sanctity of Life Day proclamation for 2009, such a proclamation was rejected by President Obama for 2010. Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America was not surprised by President Obama’s actions. “Obama is consistent,” Wright told LifeSiteNews. “He […]

Tuesday May 25, 2010 California Catholic College Hosted Pro-Abort Commencement Speaker By Patrick B. Craine MORAGA, California, May 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Mary’s College of California is under fire after hosting a commencement speaker this past Sunday who has been a high-profile proponent of same-sex “marriage” and abortion. Jack O’Connell, California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, delivered the address at the college’s graduate commencement ceremony on Sunday. O’Connell was a strong opponent of Proposition 8, which amended California’s constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. During the lead-up to the November 2008 vote, he appeared […]

By James Tillman Updated 5:50 pm EST WASHINGTON, DC, June 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—In a memorandum issued Wednesday, President Obama ordered executive departments and agencies to extend to same-sex partners the same benefits enjoyed by married couples, to the maximum extent permitted by the law.  President Obama said the memorandum “paves the way for long-overdue progress in our nation's pursuit of equality.”   The new memorandum is the result of a review Obama ordered the Office of Personnel Management to conduct in order to determine what benefits could be extended to homosexual federal employees under existing law. As the openly-homosexual John Berry, Director […]