Santorum gets Standing O for pro-life line in RNCC speech
Without explicitly mentioning abortion, the former Republican presidential candidate propelled the crowd to its feet by championing the GOP as the one party that lifts up all children – “born and unborn.”
“I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God’s children – born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream,” Santorum said.
The line, met with deafening applause and one of the longest standing ovations of the night, was the culmination of Santorum’s emotional telling of his daughter Bella’s struggle with a rare genetic disorder that doctors predicted would leave her with a life not worth living….
It’s a story the American public is well familiar with…. But on Tuesday, Santorum’s personal anecdote resonated in an entirely new manner with an emphatic crowd of approximately 20,000 attendees, representing a party that has been harangued over its longstanding anti-abortion position in the wake of Rep. Todd Akin’s controversial comments over “legitimate rape.”
~ Huffington Post, reporting on former presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s speech at the Republican National Convention last night
[Photo via the Associated Press/Huffington Post]
It was an awesome speech by former Sen. Santorum. What a great tribute to Bella and to LIFE!!!
He had me in tears.
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Wish he was on the ticket instead of Romney!
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Sorry, HuffPo, but SOMEBODY’S gotta do it. We’ve come to a point in time where a child’s own mother won’t defend her own child’s life. So, SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT.
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So true Xalisae, so true. He was awesome and the RNC crowd responded appropriately. No one “deserves” the” right” to choose” a dead baby.
Xalisae how are you doing? You are still in my prayers, just want you to know that, you are a special young lady and God has a special plan for your life. I mean that sincerely. Isn;t LIFE such a beautiful choice? Isn;t it great to be for LIFE?
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Way to go, Rick.
At least with leaders like Rick, Mike Huckabee, Michelle Bachmann, and Todd Akin the GOP still has moral direction.
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Good thing Bella has access to Rick’s incredible, tax payer-funded healthcare.
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I miss Rick in this race so much. He has true moral integrity and conviction. We nominated the wrong man. Now we just have to pray that he can defeat the miserable tyrantking currently sitting in the White House.
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Blue Velvet, why are you wasting your time here hanging out with a bunch of people who just loathe women so much we want to harsh their mellow with those icky “child” animals?
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I caught Rick’s speech last night, and I was rather impressed. I thought Ann Romney did a good job as well.
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Prolifer L,
Doing great! A little strapped for cash now that the kids are in the house, but doing wonderfully with a new family in a happy (albeit modest) home. We’re a little daunted by the task of having to save up so much money to get my tubes untied, but my babydoll wants nothing more in the world at this point. I have such a wonderful, wonderful man in my life now, my mind boggles at what I did to deserve him.
Thank you so much for your well wishes and concern. :)
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His speech was met with thundering applause at my house as well…I was joined by my prolife husband and my prolife son, as well as my prolife daushaund/lab Josephine, who did not clap (not having hands), but rather wagged her tail vociferously!
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xalisae, I happy that you’ve found a supportive husband but never forget the man behind the scenes who loves you, your husband and your family more than anyone else in the world. His name is Jesus.
He will be there for you, through thick and thin. Don’t forget to read the love letters he had written for you. He had them compiled and put into a book. It is quite popular – I think it is called The Bible.
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Tyler,
I spent two years of my life reading a different part of the New Testament every morning. We had to memorize a new quote once a week for recitation during service on Wednesdays. I’m quite familiar with The Book. I still appreciate a great deal of what is said within it.
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x.
Keep in mind that of all the religions in the world. only the Judeo / Christian viewpoint lives by a Source that says, “Prove me now herewith”. You’ve gotta admire that moxy.
I’m also holding my fingers crossed that you can - ahem - get a certain something “uncrossed”. ;)
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I appreciate it, Hans.
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“He will be there for you, through thick and thin. Don’t forget to read the love letters he had written for you. He had them compiled and put into a book. It is quite popular – I think it is called The Bible.”
Jesus had nothing to do with the bible. The Jewish scriptures had been assembled before the birth of Jesus. What we know as “cannon” (the entirety of Jewish scripture and post Jewish scripture) was approved by church councils under the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century. Those gospels deemed heretical got knocked out in order to favor the prevailing political views. Does Catholic education actually teach that Jesus was responsible for the bible? If so, they’re teaching bogus history.
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“His speech was met with thundering applause at my house as well.”
Probably not the reaction of your Episcopalian “heretic” neighbors who view things far more rationally.
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His golden retriever, Henry, loved it, though. :)
And I love Henry.
And we both love the unborn AND Jesus.
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Catholicism does not teach that Jesus was responsible for the Bible, and we certainly do not teach that Constantine was responsible for the Bible. Emperor Constantine was long dead before the Council of Carthage and other gatherings in the late 4th century that selected the canon of Scripture. Sts. Augustone and Jerome were the luminaries of the time, and they were unconcerned with any “politics.”
The Apostles are primarily responsible for Scripture. The embraced the Septuigint Old Testament, and they wrote the books of the New Testament. False documents were rejected because they were not credibly written by any of the Apostles.
Seriously — is there any ancient evidence of “politics” in the selection of Scripture? I’m pretty sure that this claim was invented out of thin air during the current generation.
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The Episcopalians are very tolerant of lots of things, true.
I, on the other hand, am not so tolerant of some things. Like killing innocent babies. Is there anything you’re not so tolerant of, CC? Anything??? Hello?
I’m gonna guess: joy, community, faith, and meaningfulness. We get that with every post you put us through. There is nothing more hatefull than an embittered feminist with too much time on her hands.
Shoo!
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“I thank God that America reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God’s children – born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream,”
That is the quote I hope to hear one day and know that it is true.
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CC, I apologize for my comment about the Bible. Obviously, it wasn’t divinely inspired.
Do you really want to know what the Catholic Church teaches about the Bible or are you looking to stir the pot (however, since you are so literal minded I should let you know that this is a rhetorical question)?
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CC: “Does Catholic education actually teach that Jesus was responsible for the bible?”
Obviously not a rhetorical question, given your immediately preceding pedantry.
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Um, since Christians know Jesus is the Word, they also believe he spoke the Bible into being just as He did the Universe.
Just sayin’. But not as well as He did. :)
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I really wish Rick was the nominee instead :(
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