by Carder

But I love it. It’s beautiful to know our baby was there with us. And I’ve never really been that traditional….

It was a real celebration of love.

~ Australian actress Teresa Palmer on getting married while pregnant to actor and director Mark Webber, in an interview with WHO Magazine, as quoted by People, January 9

Here were my top seven favorite cartoons for the week. Be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of this post!

by Mike Luckovich at GoComics.com…

 by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com…

 by Robert Ariail at Townhall.com…

 by Lisa Benson at Townhall.com…

 by Henry Payne at Townhall.com…

 by Gary McCoy at Townhall.com…

 by Jerry Holbert at Townhall.com…

Continue to love each other. Don’t forget to show hospitality to believers you don’t know. By doing this some believers have shown hospitality to angels without being aware of it.

Remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them. Remember those who are mistreated as if you were being mistreated.

Marriage is honorable in every way, so husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

Don’t love money. Be happy with what you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.”

~ Hebrews 3:1-5, God’s Word translation

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

We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.

• Wesley J. Smith says organ donation is a great thing – but not so great that it should push families to let go of their loved ones before receiving second (or further) opinions on determining brain death.
• Reflections of a Paralytic discusses The Center for Bioethics and Culture author Jennifer Lahl’s (of Eggsploitation fame) new documentary, Breeders. The film examines the growing use of surrogates for family building:
  

  Jennifer Lahl’s eye-opening interviews with surrogates, doctors, psychologists, and advocates across the political spectrum explain why surrogacy is either illegal or far more limited in other industrialized countries.

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• ProWomanProLife learns from expert pro-life speaker Stephanie Gray, who focuses on the importance of listening well when talking to someone with pro-abortion viewpoints.
• ProLifeBlogs features a post by Life Site News, which chastises Wisconsin GOP senators for refusing to vote on sex-selection abortion “and protecting against involuntarily subsidizing abortion.”
• Pro-life Action League is keeping score and thus far, the Obama Administration has lost 88% of its attempts to force the HHS Mandate on various groups. This is causing consternation of the left.
• Secular Pro-Life recommends the film Gimme Shelter, which has the possibility of being viewed by a wider audience since it is not labeled as a “pro-life” film. The film highlights the work of pro-life centers that provide care for pregnant women. Planned Parenthood enjoys taxpayer subsidies to the tune of $1.5M per day, but find it necessary to try to shut down facilities that don’t provide abortion:
  

  It is not just Planned Parenthood which has targeted the centers. NARAL Pro-Choice America has an ongoing campaign urging action against them. There is also an organization called the Crisis Project which is devoted solely to opposing pregnancy centers.

by LauraLoo

Is it okay for Christian couples to choose to be childless? Some say this choice violates one of God‘s main purposes for marriage. Others say procreation is merely an option for couples, not a requirement.

On this segment of Up For Debate, Julie Roys explores the issue with popular theologian Christopher West and author and blogger Emily Timbol – who are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

(Christopher, Christian husband and father of five, supports procreation as an important part of marriage. Listen to his explanation starting around the 5:30 mark.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMPHHlA0orc[/youtube]

(Emily, married Christian career woman, is childless by choice.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqeu9123eI0[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

by Carder

With most of these populations, having a sexually transmitted disease from having sex with another man is highly stigmatized. They’d rather not get tested for HIV, syphilis, or whatever.

They don’t want it to show up on their records.

~ Professor George W. Rutherford, claiming that homophobia in the South may contribute to the rise of sexually transmitted diseases, Bloomberg, January 8

Note: Ryan Bomberger of The Radiance Foundation responds:

And where is Planned Parenthood in this mix with its half a billion in annual Title X funding from the American taxpayer? Is the CDC suggesting that that “investment” is failing? Why aren’t the over 800 Planned Parenthood alleged “health centers” treating these men? Planned Parenthood is the number one source of reproductive health propaganda. There’s no stigma there. They aggressively promote unhealthy sexual behaviors among every demographic, and they boast of their increased testing and STD treatments.

[HT: Kelli; photo credit: Think Positive]

by Hans Johnson

They say that life is change. Katie knows that well. This short film shows how, faced with the “choice” of abortion twice, she underwent a metamorphosis – one to a life of despair, and one to a life of joy and hope.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/rfQlKywog1U[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com  with your video suggestions.

[HT: Matt Elstran]

by Kelli

The murder conviction of quack abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell for scissoring viable fetuses to death propelled a new effort to demonize abortion generally.

Even moderates like the Times’ [sic] Ross Douthat used the event to remind people how violent and gruesome late-term abortions are when performed by competent doctors, failing to note that childbirth itself is a violent and gruesome event too.

~ Former Time reporter Nina Burleigh (pictured right), as quoted by Newsbusters, January 6

Note: Burleigh has had her share of quotables, including this one about Bill Clinton, showing just how much she hearts abortion:

“I’d be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal.”

[HT: Susie Allen; photo via digplanet.com]