Monday, June 16, 2008

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LIFE ISSUES

A Liverpool man who violently attacked his heavily pregnant girlfriend on Christmas Eve, killing their unborn baby, has been jailed for eight years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7448903.stm

Rock for Life Kicks Off Summer Pro-life Mission
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkzh9V0o9zFzJd6yRYf4k_JcdiZgD918KHU80

Franciscan University Launches Bioethics Program
http://ncregister.com/site/article/15167

Ovulation moment caught on camera -A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, it took 15 minutes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm

Good News on Adult Stem Cells
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Good-News-on-Adult-Stem-Cells.html&Itemid=127


U.S.POLITICS

MUST LISTEN: Michael Medved talks with Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana
http://www.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?ContentGuid=914c934c-631a-4924-9a59-9cf15b230ceb&RadioShowId=4

Is Bobby Jindal -- Who May Be On McCain's Veep Shortlist -- An Exorcist?
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/bobby_jindals_dance_with_the_d.php

Bush 'may convert to Catholicism'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bush-may-convert-to-catholicism-846953.html

Now Greeley Says It's Racist Not to Vote Obama
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/06/11/chgo-sun-times-now-greely-says-its-racist-not-vote-obama

What happened to Obama's Catholic Advisory Council?
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=What-happened-to-Obama-s-Catholic-Advisory-Council-.html&Itemid=127

Is anyone else as surprised as I am that Cardinal George allowed Fr. Pfleger to return  to his parish, St. Sabina's, after only a week? - Deal Hudson
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Cardinal-George-s-One-Week-Suspension.html&Itemid=127

November Election Is Obama's to Lose
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=300

When the GOP began its decline
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67002

Today's Republican leadership refuses to acknowledge that the social agenda has increased in importance. Unfortunately, courage and leadership are rare.
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67002

There is no doubt at all that both Barack Obama and John McCain talk about families in their speeches but do they talk about "the family"?
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/thanks_for_supporting_family_values_but_what_about_the_family/


HUMAN RIGHTS

What the disasters in Myanmar and China have shown is that human rights and simple human dignity are best respected in a democracy
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/the_road_to_democracy_is_paved_with_cell_phones/

In Canada you can go to jail for offending someone with the truth. Mark Steyn says America is foolish to think that it can and will prevail as the one outpost of free speech if all the other Western nations fall
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/free_speech_on_the_ropes/

When did the Bible become 'hate speech'? - Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=ceebc006-06cc-4aa8-ad1a-5e3f7f5c8229

Let's hear it for fathers. But hurry, because fairly soon it might be politically incorrect, and then perhaps illegal to speak out and cheer for them
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3867&Itemid=48

The Decline of Common Law Constitutionalism in Canada
http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=806&theme=home&loc=b


MORALITY

The Interior Design of Sex and the City Reflects a Culture in Ruins
http://www.catholicexchange.com/2008/06/13/112832/

Cohabitation Becomes Mainstream Around the World
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007620.cfm

Does America need repairs?
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=135790

The deepest, widest sexual scandal in the Church has nothing to do with priests
http://ncregister.com/site/article/15165


HOMOSEXUALITY

Homosexual Intolerance Of The Vatican During The Rome Sin Pride Parade
http://www.realclearreligion.com/index_files/7ff78026c71805c5d8e28d5a4fedb10e-398.html#unique-entry-id-398

San Francisco parishes won't join this year's "gay pride" march, but Most Holy Redeemer will have beverage booth
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=16787fec-4f7c-491d-b2b7-7c363e4234c9

A new Colorado law - Penalties created for those who criticize homosexuality outside church walls
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66829

Nine leading homosexual-activist groups are reiterating their strategy to redefine marriage across the nation.
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007614.cfm

"It is really just our response to… well, we're tired of the hate mail," - Fr. Steve Meriwether, pastor of homosexual activist California Catholic parish
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=16787fec-4f7c-491d-b2b7-7c363e4234c9

Pro-homosexual bills and an anti-obscenity bill move into the state Senate
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=686e0a02-7ca8-442f-98d1-71f7cf5a3e06

Where are all the homosexuals?
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67027

Massachusetts Governor's daughter says she's gay; Dad says he's proud
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkzh9V0o9zFzJd6yRYf4k_JcdiZgD918KHU80

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