One of my best friends, Erin, is participating in this ministry and wanted me to
plug them. I’m happy to do so.
Crossroads: Taking Steps
to Save Lives
P.S. Erin used to be staunchly pro-choice but has seen the light and not only talks
the talk, but also walks the walk. 🙂
Go Bill! Once again, Dr. Cosby has hit the nail on the head.
Cosby
Has Harsh Words for Black Community
CHICAGO – Bill Cosby (news) went off on another tirade against the black community
Thursday, telling a room full of activists that black children are running around
not knowing how to read or write and “going nowhere.”
Here’s something that ought to really bug Dr. Cosby.
Remix of Usher Song
Advocates Abortion, Violence Against Pregnant Women
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) — Music fans should be outraged by a remix of a song
off the latest hit album from R&B singer Usher. The remix, featuring hardcore rapper
Joe Budden, advocates abortion and violence against pregnant women, a representative
of an African-American group says.
The American Life League seems to not find the USCCB’s recent political statement
as tasteful as I did.
American Life League Response to USCCB Statement on ‘Catholics in Political Life:’ The American Bishops Have Failed
Mon Jun 21,10:46 AM ET
Contact: Joseph R. Giganti of the American Life League, 703-928-9695 or jgiganti@all.org,
Web site: http://www.all.org
WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ — “The American bishops have failed,” said American Life League president Judie Brown. “The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had an opportunity to provide strong leadership on the question of Catholic public figures who favor legal abortion. However, their statement misses the mark on several points. As a result, election year politics has trumped the right to life of the innocent and the protection of Christ from sacrilege.”
It’s rather disappointing to see that a major Christian denomination has to bother debating the issue of abortion. Even if you could argue against the personhood of a first-term fetus, no Christian should advocate abortion as "emergency contraception". The very phrase turns my stomach. "Oh no! I’m infected with a child! Get it out!"
By the way, while I sympathize with victims of rape and incest, the child did not wrong anyone and does not deserve to be executed for someone else’s sin.
Presbyterian Church Will Battle Over Abortion at Upcoming Meeting
by Maria Gallagher, LifeNews.com Staff Writer
Richmond, VA (LifeNews.com) — The issue of abortion is likely to take center stage at a meeting of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Richmond, Virginia, June 26. A number of presbyteries, or district governing bodies, have submitted abortion-related resolutions to this year’s General Assembly.
I’m not sure how I feel about the USCCB‘s official comment on the Communion controversy. It seems a bit wishy-washy at points, but it might be the right response. It sounds like a much softer version of what one of the bishops (can’t recall who) said on his own a while ago. Paraphrased, he said, “No Catholic would dare bring his/herself to communion while supporting abortion.” He sidestepped election-year issues by not singling out particular politicians, but he still made his point clear.
Pro-Abortion Politicians Can Be Denied Communion, Says Episcopate
U.S. Bishops Warns Catholics of “Cooperating in Evil”
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 20, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops’ conference issued a rebuke to Catholic politicians who support abortion, and said that the decision to deny them Communion is up to individual bishops.
Priests Thank U.S. Bishops for Statement
Sat Jun 19,12:27 PM ET
Contact: Jerry Horn of Priests for Life, 540-785-4733
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., June 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — In a statement released on Saturday, June 19, Fr. Frank Pavone expressed the gratitude of the Priests for Life association, of which he serves as national director, for the June 18 statement of the U.S. Bishops, “Catholics in Political Life.”
On a related note:
U.S. Bishops’ Panel Urges New Kind of Politics
Calls for Focus on the Common Good, Not Demands of Special Interests
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 18, 2004 (Zenit.org).- In testimony submitted to the Democratic and Republican party platform committees, U.S. bishops have called for “a new kind of politics — focused on moral principles not on the latest polls.”