Monday, September 10, 2012

Heroic News: “9/11 families get $80 million in scholarships” plus 13 more

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9/11 families get $80 million in scholarships

911

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT

A private fund says it has awarded $80 million in college scholarships to children, spouses and domestic partners of Sept. 11 victims. Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund said Monday that the figure includes $12.7 million in needs-based scholarships for the current academic year.

New British Health Minister Promotes Assisted Suicide

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

MP Anna Soubry was appointed a health minister in a reshuffle earlier this week and she is already drawing the ire of pro-life groups with her comments promoting assisted suicide.

Priests for Life voter guide presents a stark contrast in the 2012 election

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Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Priests for Life has published a one-page voter’s guide with a simple breakdown of the two presidential candidates’ positions on social issues.

Planned Parenthood’s Largest Ad Buy Ever Slams Romney on Abortion

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Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

The Planned Parenthood abortion business is making its single largest television advertising purchase in its history and the ads will run in key battleground states attacking Mitt Romney over his opposition to abortion.

Romney: I Want Roe Overturned, Will Stop Obama Abortion Funding

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

In a weekend interview, presidential candidate Mitt Romney reiterated his pro-life position favoring the reversal of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that has resulted in 55 million abortions on unborn children since 1973.

Obama Calls Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz to Say Thanks

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Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

During his time as president, pro-life advocates have sometimes referred to President Barack Obama as the Abortion President because of his extensive list of actions pushing abortion and abortion funding. Obama appears to have cemented that title by becoming the first president to call the nation’s biggest abortion business to thank them.

Iranian pastor freed after three years, acquitted of apostasy charges

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Amid continued pressure from the international community, Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has been released from an Iranian prison after nearly three years of facing the threat of execution for his religion.

African American pastor says Democrats do not serve black interests

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Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT

As delegates at the Democratic National Convention celebrated the party's decision to reiterate its support for abortion and officially endorse “gay marriage,” an African American leader said that these policies harm the black community.

The post-Christian party

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:00 AM PDT

“Essentially a technical oversight.” That was how Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic Party chairwoman, explained the exclusions of “God” and “Jerusalem” (as the capital of Israel) from the official Democratic Party platform last week.

Left Behind

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Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:00 AM PDT

According to a new poll by The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., 54 percent of likely voters believe President Obama does not deserve another term based on his economic record. With rising gas prices once again punishing working Americans and with fear in the air over unemployment, there is a very good chance that Obama will join Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush as a one-term president.

HAGELIN: Life isn’t perfect but should be cherished

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Today’s science lets us begin to meet our children before they’re born. Ultrasound providers now offer 3-D and 4-D (more like a video) experiences, so parents cannot only see whether junior has Dad’s nose, but also whether he prefers doing back flips or front flips. “Meeting” the baby at 16, 22, or 28 weeks of gestation is such an amazing opportunity that grandparents and siblings often come for the show.

Abortion activist berates girl praying rosary at protest

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT

A longtime pro-abortion activist has publicly berated an 11-year-old girl praying the rosary at the site of a pro-life protest during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Circus of the radical feminists

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Hide your children. This is what the progressive left’s idea of women’s empowerment looks like: For the past two weeks, radical feminists from the group Code Pink have paraded across the fruited plain in giant female reproductive organ costumes.