by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
Dropping the social issues is also not practical for another reason: The media won’t let him. When Mr. Obama used a prayer breakfast earlier this month to suggest that the Gospel of Luke was a call for raising taxes on the wealthy, the press corps yawned. When Mr. Santorum complained about the “phony theology” behind the president’s worldview, suddenly it landed on every front page and lead every news show.
So what’s the answer? The answer is that when Mr. Santorum discusses these issues, he needs to fold them into his larger narrative about the free society. That narrative has to do with pointing out the dependency that comes with an expanding federal government, the importance of family, and the threat to freedom when, say, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals or a Health and Human Services secretary can substitute their own opinions on these issues for the judgment of the American people.
by LauraLoo
A team of very creative folks create a replica of ”an iconic lady” using 4,000 cups of coffee. Lattes, long blacks and flat whites were used to make this masterpiece.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-RBG68Nimg&feature=fvst[/youtube]
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[HT: Harvest Bible Chapel]
… [I]t boggles my mind to think that the logical answer to slowing the skyrocketing nonmarital fertility rate is to pump more (and free) birth control into the relationship system…. It’s a little like printing money to stimulate an economy: it sounds like a helpful thing, it could work, but it may backfire, and it’s hard to know with confidence what exactly will happen, and whatever happens may well generate unintended consequences, but it sounds noble because at least it’s doing something….
Dr. Jenn Gunter completed her OB/GYN training in 1995 and practices in the San Francisco area. So the botched abortion she described on her blog on February 11 was legal, although she was murky on that detail (clarified in a follow-up, wherein she also clarified this poor mother lived).
Yet this near death was only partially the fault of the quack abortionist. In Dr. Gunter’s opinion it was also the fault of stigma of illegal immigration, society for making abortion shameful, and inadequate access to contraception and sex ed.
The only point upon which Dr. Gunter and I agree is that illegal immigrants are more likely to be taken advantage of by abortionists. Porous borders only increase the likelihood of botched abortions, not to mention sex-trafficking. But where is the abortion industry? Why isn’t it policing its own? Low-life abortionists prey on illegals, they know this. Excerpts from the post…
by LauraLoo
Today marks the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic space flight Friendship 7. Anna Werner reports, then Seth Doane speaks with former astronaut Scott Altman about Glenn’s legacy.
Also posted is a photo gallery of Glenn’s historical milestone.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlk6ZyBap6U[/youtube]
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Today the Family Research Council will hold a press conference at 12p in the heart of the Bible Belt – the Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee – to announce the launch of a letter writing campaign by Protestant pastors and Christian leaders opposing Obama’s contraception mandate.
This is not a Catholic issue. This is a religious freedom issue. As a matter of fact, as Catholic Philly reported on February 14, and another recent poll indicated, Evangelicals oppose the contraception mandate more than any other religious group…
At the press conference FRC will announce the letter has already been signed by over 2,500 Christian pastors and leaders. Please forward a link to your pastor and ask him/her to sign.
I just love that photo, courtesy of Statesman.com. But we already knew the other side is a grumpy bunch.
On February 17, four student groups plus the local Planned Parenthood combined forces, such as they were, to hold a pro-free-contraceptive rally at the University of Texas Austin.
This was an initial test of the new pro-abortion strategy of switching topics from abortion to contraception.
And even with a big name like Planned Parenthood Federation of America CEO Cecile Richards as the keynote (in her own hometown, no less), the synergized efforts of Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, Texas Freedom Network Student Chapter, University Democrats, and Voices for Reproductive Justice could only muster a crowd of 150, according to school newspaper The Horn (to be fair, 160, according to UT Democrats).
Meanwhile, The Horn reported 50 pro-lifers present in protest. Here’s a screen shot of both groups…
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
