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Wed 6 May, 2009

Alarmism and Propaganda Have No Place in the Pro-Life Movement

Comments (0) Filed under: Abortion, Culture, Culture of Life, Reasoning, Society, Truth
Tags: Abortion, balance, honesty, politics, propaganda

Many pro-life groups have been abuzz about the memo issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI that seemed to indicate that pro-lifers were considered potential terrorists by the government. I first heard this complaint from Janet Parcell’s America. Mrs. Parcell tends to be a little alarmist, even though she does a great job of making Christians aware of issues happening in Washington long before those issues become… Continue reading

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Mon 23 Mar, 2009

The Real Victims of Abortion: Those Who Reject Love

Comments (2) Filed under: Abortion, Charity, Culture of Life
Tags: Abortion

While reviewing a case of used books, I stumbled on one from the 1980s that reminded me of a very important point. The injustice of abortion is definitely done to the baby, but from the Christian perspective we do not work to end abortion primarily for the sake of the unborn. The book I was reviewing reminded me that God takes care of the unborn. He would not leave victims… Continue reading

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Sat 7 Feb, 2009

Counting the Cost of Electing a Pro-Abortion Candidate

Comments (0) Filed under: Abortion, Culture of Life, Subsidiarity
Tags: Abortion, Barak Obama, democrats, lax Catholics, liberal Catholics, lukewarm, political parties, politics, pro-choice Catholics, republicans

How has President Barak Obama measured up so far for Catholics? He has done some things well, but concerns over his promotion of the Culture of Death are ominous. Will Catholics who voted for Barak Obama cause us to pay a horrendous cost for a few good decisions by this president? Let’s take an honest look, and continue to do so. Continue reading

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Mon 27 Oct, 2008

Is Abortion a Public Health Issue or a Political Issue?

Comments (0) Filed under: Abortion, Culture of Life, Society, Truth, Worldviews
Tags: Abortion, politics, social action

Along with the pro-choice claim that “nobody is in favor of abortion” comes the claim that Democrats do more through social engineering to decrease the number of abortions than Republicans do with their pro-life legislation. One such claim was made recently in our local newspaper, the author of the opinion piece calling on us to unite behind fighting abortion as a public health issue and to abandon the political bickering. While these claims sound good on the surface, they contain underlying problems. Namely, they completely ignore that the abortion issue is not an issue debate at all, but a clash of worldviews. Continue reading

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