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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes for March 31, 2009

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Compiled by Steve Jalsevac

LIFE ISSUES

Thousands march in Spain against abortion reforms
A spokesman for groups organising the protest, which included Right to Life and Doctors For Life, said there were 500,000 demonstrators.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxnSKnyyF2sRech379z76wsoM1VA

Another Mexican state approves reform blocking abortion
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15523

Forced Speech: Pushing Against Conscientious Objection by Medical Practioners to Abortion in California
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/forced-speech-pushing-against.html

National Mass for Terri's Day at Ave Maria
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/29/ave-maria-host-national-mass-recognition-terri-sch/

The push for euthanasia could be the death of us all
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/push+euthanasia+could+death/1443039/story.html

Secretary of State Clinton expresses admiration for Margaret Sanger, confusion about Our Lady of Guadalupe
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=52e59ab3-761b-4913-a9ea-64c040c89ee7

CBS: Embryonic Stem Cells Could Provide 'An Unlimited Supply of Blood'
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/03/30/cbs-embryonic-stem-cells-could-provide-unlimited-supply-blood

Fetal Farming is Not a Pipedream: History of Living Fetal Experiments
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/fetal-farming-is-not-pipedream-history.html


OBAMA

Dawn of the Left - Obama's pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel reveals the president's radicalism.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmY5M2FjMjM4MGY2MGQyYjMxYjA1N2I3N2FjYzNkY2Y=

Obama's False Choice - it's about government annexation of the economy, and thus of life: government supervision, government regulation, government control.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjBlNjQyNzYzNzk2YjBhNjg4NDM2Y2I5MjJkMDYzNjQ=

Barack Obama is conducting his own affirmative action program to get more Muslims in the White House.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93251

Obama's budget makes a bad situation worse.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/328rrhmf.asp

Will U.S. financial woes lead to new world order?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074110.html

Stimulus comes with dangerous precedents - The last time we tried to 'fix' economy with cash infusion, we got soaring inflation, shrinking GDP
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1437494


POPE AND CONDOMS COMMENT

The Lancet Politicizes Science
In so doing, the journal was guilty of precisely what it accused the Pope of doing — politicizing science by misrepresenting as fact something that contradicts the known empirical evidence.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily/the_lancet_politicizes_science/

Pope Was Right to Challenge the Cult of the Condom By Colleen Carroll Campbell
http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3769/pub_detail.asp

African Catholics March in Support of Vatican AIDS Policy
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-29-voa18.cfm

South African bishops: We don't discourage condoms
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-03-27-catholics-condoms-and-confusion


RELIGION

Bishop of Queretaro inaugurates first Shrine for Life in Mexico
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15508

The Political Obligations of Catholics: A Conversation With the Most Rev. Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver
http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=213#1

Chaput on Communion, and nasty e-mail
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2009/03/catholics_commu.html

Holy Communion and Non-Catholics
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/03/holy-communion-and-noncatholics.html

Religion in the News: 2008
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=406

Married clergy supported by head of Austrian Conference of Religious Communities
http://cathcon.blogspot.com/2009/03/married-clergy-supported-by-head-of.html

Abusive priest warnings from early 1950s: New US evidence
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=12702

Notre Dame's Egregious Error By George Weigel
http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3768/pub_detail.asp

Chicago Sun-Times's Marin Knocks 'Righteous Right' on Notre Dame-Obama Controversy
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/michael-m-bates/2009/03/29/chgo-sun-timess-marin-knocks-righteous-right-notre-dame-obama-contr

Most Mainline Protestants Say Society Should Accept Homosexuality
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=245

Muslim women told: For family's sake, commit suicide - Honor killers avoid prison by forcing victims to take own lives
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93252

Islamic Law's Influence in America a Growing Concern - As America's Muslim population grows, so too does the influence of Islamic law, or Shariah, in daily life in the U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511361,00.html


HOMOSEXUALITY

Promoting Perversion Pays — Professional Homosexual Activists Draw Massive Salaries
http://americansfortruth.com/news/promoting-perversion-pays-professional-homosexuals-draw-massive-salaries.html

Hawaii 'civil unions' bill was bad attempt to undermine marriage - died in state senate committee Thursday
http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/27/adf-hawaii-%e2%80%98civil-unions%e2%80%99-bill-was-bad-attempt-to-undermine-marriage/

"Man" to Have Twins
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/blog-post_29.html

Massachusetts RMV head defends new policy of 'transgender' drivers licenses on Boston talk radio show - Claims it's "concurrent with current medical practices."
Legislators asking for explanation.
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/rmv_trans/defends_policy.html

Pennsylvania man with 'transgender' drivers license demands to use women's changing room in Kmart. Enforced by police over store manager's objection!
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/rmv_trans/Kmart_tranny.html

LA Times male sports reporter "becomes" a woman. Year and a half later changes mind, "becomes" a man again! Luckily, he didn't have sex-change surgery!
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/rmv_trans/LA_times_reporter.html

San Diego council votes to appeal sexual harassment verdict in favor of firefighters who were forced to participate in 'gay pride' parade
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=3491b10d-fdec-4374-9fe9-e027eb8a95ab


CLIMATE CHANGE

U.N. 'Climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions to Form New World Economy
A United Nations document on "climate change" that will be distributed to a major environmental conclave next week envisions a huge reordering of the world economy, likely involving trillions of dollars in wealth transfer, millions of job losses and gains, new taxes, industrial relocations, new tariffs and subsidies, and complicated payments for greenhouse gas abatement schemes and carbon taxes — all under the supervision of the world body.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510937,00.html

AP: Boos for Bush Change to 'Sustained Applause' for Obama on Global Warming
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/03/30/ap-boos-bush-change-sustained-applause-obama-global-warming


MISCELLANEOUS

Antonin Scalia: The U.S. Constitution is Dead
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1154&Itemid=10

Do We Really Need Gardasil To Protect Teen Girls? The vaccine is unnecessary, it's dangerous, and it's disabling and killing young women by Mary Beth Bonacci
http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2009/mbbonacci_gardasil_mar09.asp

What's the Difference between Liberals and Conservatives?
New study shows conservatives are much more likely to have a strong faith and believe the Bible.
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000009691.cfm

The silence of the Canadian lambs - Maybe we have trouble telling our own stories because so many we try to tell are false - Mark Steyn
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/26/the-silence-of-the-canadian-lambs/

Conservative and Liberal MPs likely won't face any nomination challenges - 'This is essentially protection, barring some hideous revelation,' says one top Hill insider.
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/march/30/nomination_challenges/&c=2

Glenn Beck - Suddenly one of the most powerful media voices for the nation's conservative
is channeling the feelings of an alienated class of Americans.
http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705293990,00.html

Do condoms really work? Popular protection may be riskier than you think - Ottawa Sun
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2009/03/29/8922931-sun.html



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