Here were my top five seven favorite cartoons this week, beginning with a twofer by Michael Ramirez at Townhall.com…

Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God’s kindness as an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. ~ Jude 4, God’s Word translation

When attending a pro-life conference several years ago I spotted an epiphanal poster, published by One More Soul. It helped me on my journey to understand that contraception is a root of abortion. Here’s the first half. Click to enlarge…

After all, contraception literally means “anti-conceive.” Behind the use of any mechanical methods to stop conception is an anti-baby mindset.

So it’s probably obvious that the use of contraception isn’t the root of abortion either. It starts with a mind hostile to the prospect of conceiving offspring.

And what is the root of that? I’ll write my own answer to that question as a comment on Sunday.

Here’s the other half of that poster, btw….

 Getting married means something to our kids. They want to see it happen…. We’ve had a family; we’ve raised the kids. I am surprised how much [marriage] meant to me once you had that. ~ Actor Brad Pitt on “the next step,” marriage, to actress Angelina Jolie, as quoted by People magazine, December 10 issue. […]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Pro-Life in TN writes that with all the warring over the looming fiscal cliff, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is busy doling out $100,000 to teach at-risk girls how to better “negotiate” condom use with their sexual partners.

by LauraLoo Bader Ben Hirsi at TED discusses the culture of Arab countries who sanction giving away girls (as young as age 9) to be child brides: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf2MJEdbors[/youtube] For those of Islamic persuasion, their role model for such practice is the prophet Mohammed.  He took a child bride (Aisha) in his 50’s while she was 6.  However, Mohammed waited until she reached “maturity” at 9 before physically […]

One never knows which posts are going to get more attention than others. (I’m usually wrong when I guess, actually.)

So I was surprised my blog on Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast’s Black Friday specials got quite a bit of traction, from Fox to the Christian Post to Human Events.

All the attention forced a response from the other side.

Back in the 16th century, you had a pro-choice view on abortion that was held by all three of the magisteria: The Papal and Episcopal Magisterium, the Magisterium of the Theologians, and also the Magisterium of the Laity, everyone accepted this was truth… … Why not go back to Saint Antoninus, the Dominican Archbishop of […]