(A3a) resisting the culture of death at the global level

As of this date, 06-04-18, this file consists of 44 examples of people's resitance to or initiatives against anti-life efforts. (This folder contains items which should be moved to other folders. In time this will happen.) ******* item 1 STUDENT WINS RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE PRO LIFE LITERATURE ******* item 2 LISTENING TO MY HEART by "Anne Kent" ******* item 3 CANADIAN CONSCIENCE CLAUSE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT ******* item 4 POLAND REJECTS EUROPEAN UNION'S PRO-ABORTION PRESSURE ******* item 5 MALTA GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO EUROPEAN UNION'S PRO-ABORTION RECOMMENDATION ******* item 6 EXCERPT FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA PARENTS AND TEACHERS FOR LIFE (BCPTL): May, 2002, E-Mail Bulletin ******* item 7 HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL RULING SETS PRECEDENT THREATENING FREEDOM OF PRESS ******* item 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DECISION ******* item 9 FEMINIST DOCTOR SURPRISES AUDIEDCE WITH RU 486 ATTACK ******* item 10 NORWEGIAN BABY SURVIVES ABORTION ATTEMPT ******* item 11 POLL SHOWS CANADIANS OPPOSE TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS ******* item 12 CHURCH CAN'T BE SILENT IN FACE OF LEGAL EUTHANASIA, POPE SAYS ******* item 13 BRITISH MOM REFUSES ABORTION ON HER DISABLED UNBORN CHILD ******* item 14 CUBAN PRO-LIFE DOCTOR DETAINED AGAIN FOR OPPOSING ABORTION ******* item 15 GOD HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED ******* item 16 TORTURE AND TRUTH ******* item 17 UNITED NATIONS FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS COERCIVE ABORTION IN CHINA ******* item 18 CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER CRITICISED FOR PRO-ABORTION COMMENT ******* item 19 SCHOOLS COULD BE SUED FOR TEACHING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY ******* item 20 COSTA RICAN OFFICIAL ATTACKS CHURCH ******* item 21 CARDINAL ARINZE SPEAKS THE TRUTH DURING GEORGETOWN ADDRESS ******* item 22 EXCERPT FROM POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PRI) WEEKLY BRIEFING ******* item 23 LIFE, DEATH, AND PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION ******* item 24 SCHOOL PROHIBITS PRO-LIFE LITERATUER, FLORIDA STUDENT SUES IN RESPONSE ******* item 25 STUDENT SILENCED ON DAY OF SILENCE ******* item 26 DON SPRATT BUBBLE ZONE UPDATE ******* item 27 JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS HAVE DESTROYED THE RULE OF LAW ******* item 28 A GENUINE PROPHETIC UTTERANCE, ESPECIALLY IN RETROSPECT (This is a long article.) ******* item 29 WE THE PEOPLE ******* item 30 ANOTHER PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST IN TEXAS UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING SCRIPT ******* item 31 PENNSYLVANIA COUPLE CAN DISPLAY PRO-LIFE SIGN AT HOME WITHOUT WORRY ******* item 32 ALAN KEYES IS UNDER ATTACK! ******* item 33 COMPARISON OF 2 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ******* item 34 DENVER BISHOP REBUKES THOSE WHO WOULD SILENCE CHRISTIANS ******* item 35 A SURVIVOR OF PALESTINIAN TYRANNY DEFENDS ISRAEL ******* item 36 US TELLS UN CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT ABORTION ******* item 37 PRESIDENT BUSH REFUSES TO SIGN PRO-ABORTION UNITED NATIONS STATEMENT ******* item 38 BRITISH OLYMPIC STAR OPTS AGAINST ABORTING HER CHILD ******* item 39 THE 5 BIG MYTHS OF PRO-'GAY' RELIGION ******* item 40 UNTO CANADA, TOO FEW CHILDREN ARE BORN ******* item 41 CANADIAN STUDY SUGGESTS WOMEN REQUESTING ABORTIONS SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR ABUSE ******* item 42 PRO LIFERS WIN ANOTHER ONE AT THE UNITED NATIONS ******* item 43 INFORMATION ON WORLD VISION NEEDED ******* item 44 ANOTHER VICTIM OF POLITICALLY CORRECT ORTHODOXY ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 1 STUDENT WINS RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE PRO LIFE LITERATURE - ACTIVIST'S RIGHTS VIOLATED ******* From: Pro-Life E-News [mailto:[email protected]] ******* Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 6:36 PM ******* The Leader-Post (Regina) Sat 12 Oct 2002 City & Province B1 / Front News Kevin O'Connor ******* A well-known anti-abortion activist who was fined $90 after distributing pamphlets with graphic pictures of aborted fetuses has won his appeal after a judge ruled his right to free expression had been violated. ******* In an 18-page decision released on Friday, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Dennis Ball set aside Bill Whatcott's conviction for "the unlawful distribution of literature" in a University of Regina parking lot, saying application of a parking bylaw stopped Whatcott from communicating his views, contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ******* The dispute dates back to May, 2001, when Whatcott distributed anti-abortion flyers in a U of R parking lot. ******* After he had put about 300 flyers under car windshields, U of R security guards and Wascana Centre Authority police intervened and asked him to remove them. ******* He refused and was charged under the university's traffic and parking bylaw. After a justice of the peace ordered him to pay the fine, Whatcott launched his appeal. ******* At a hearing in May, 2002, lawyers representing the U of R and the City of Regina said the university had a right to protect its property and urged Ball to dismiss the appeal. ******* However, Ball said the appeal should be granted on several grounds. ******* Not only was the act of suppressing Whatcott's pamphlets a violation of the Charter, it also contravened his freedom of expression as protected by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, Ball wrote. ******* Furthermore, Ball said, for technical reasons the university's traffic and parking bylaw can't be used to control the distribution of printed material on campus. That power would have to be conferred by the University of Regina Act. However, the Act is silent on the issue of littering, he said. ******* Finally, even if the bylaw did let the university control printed material, that power only extends to advertising material, he said. ******* Whatcott's flyers were intended to express his opposition to abortion and convince others to share his beliefs -- and that's not the same thing as commercial advertising, Ball wrote. ******* "It is highly unlikely that a university, whose mandate is to foster and encourage intellectual discourse, intended to ban all communications on the campus which attract public notice 'so as to create interest,' including the non-commercial expression of personal views, without the university president's prior written permission," Ball said. ******* Officials from the U of R had little to say about the decision Friday. ******* "We haven't had an opportunity to review the decision," said Pat Patton, the U of R's manager of security. "We really don't know the impact...I can't comment any further." ******* Meanwhile, Whatcott's lawyer Thomas Schuck said he wasn't surprised that Ball had ruled in favour of the four grounds of appeal Schuck had argued on. ******* The ruling could have broader implications for anyone who wishes to make political or social comments on campus, he said. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Copying of this material is free for non-commercial educational and research use. Unless explicitly stated, copyright of this material is owned by the author and/or sponsoring organization, and/or newswire services. ******* Check out: InterLIFE: http://www.interlife.org/ The Bubble Zone: http://www.interlife.org/bubble/ Clinic Watch: http://www.interlife.org/clinic/ The Genetic Cleansing Project: http://www.geneticcleansing.org/ The Kevorkian Papers: http://www.kevork.org/ Pro-Choice Violence: http://www.prochoiceviolence.com/ The RU-486 Files: http://www.ru486.org/ The Morgentaler Files: http://www.interlife.org/morgentaler/ ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 2 LISTENING TO MY HEART ******* by "Anne Kent" ******* In 1974, I got pregnant and decided not to have an abortion. But I was pressured to have one: I recall the day my mother and older sister cornered me in my living room and literally screamed at me to get one. Of course, they thought they had my best interests at heart. But I sensed the peace of God totally surrounding me. I even remained in my church, oblivious of my condition; it was as if I had a shield over me. ******* After I delivered my daughter and was living at home, though, I became worse spiritually. After initially making the mistake of being with a man in the first place, then allowing God to become more real to me after deciding not to get an abortion, it seemed like all hell broke loose after I had her. ******* I accidentally got pregnant again in 1977, but this time, I told myself I wasn't going to go through another pregnancy. I was reinforced in my decision by my boyfriend, even though he was a pretty devout Catholic. I didn't want to kill my child; I just made a decision to be weak and not care about any of it. ******* That abortion broke me mentally, spiritually, and physically. Everything that I had been or could have been was drained out of me that day. It caused me to cry out to God and He heard me. ******* The point I want to make is that I believe that Planned Parenthood (where I got my pre-abortion "counseling") is more evil than we can understand. In Planned Parenthood there is a terrible spirit of murder, all in the name of compassion. ******* When you walk in there, you are making a statement (whether conscious or unconscious) that you are giving up a part of your life. You are making a decision not to make a conscious choice at all, because Planned Parenthood and the all abortion mills will tell you that you have NO CHOICE but to get an abortion. This is the irony of the "pro-choice" rhetoric. ******* In reality, if any woman does want to make a choice in her own mind, she will not choose abortion. But we are too influenced by what we hear from organizations like Planned Parenthood. We as women need to give ourselves more credit for who we are, rather than listen to such outside influences. ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 3 CANADIAN CONSCIENCE CLAUSE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Lifesite; November 4, 2002 ******* Ottawa, Canada -- Last Wednesday, Canadian Alliance MP Maurice Vellacott re-introduced his conscience clause legislation. The bill has already been debated on two different occasions in the House of Commons, but each time the government has refused to support it, claiming that it is a matter of provincial jurisdiction. ******* The federal government, however, does have the authority to put penalties in the Criminal Code for those who discriminate in the workplace against health care workers who refuse to take part in procedures such as abortion for reasons of conscience and religion. Mr. Vellacott hopes to raise the issue again if and when he has another opportunity to have his bill debated. In this session of Parliament it is Bill C-276. ******* The full name of the bill is "An Act to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person's religion or belief that human life is inviolable." The express purpose of the legislation is to "protect the right of health care practitioners and other persons to refuse, without fear of reprisal or other discriminatory coercion, to participate in medical procedures that offend a tenet of their religion, or their belief that human life is inviolable." ******* The Bill can be found on the Internet at http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/private/C-276/C-276_1/C-276_cover-E.html ******* -- The Pro-Life Infonet is a daily compilation of pro-life news and information. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe" to: [email protected]. ******* Infonet is sponsored by Women and Children First (http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.org). ******* For more pro-life info visit http://www.prolifeinfo.org and for questions or additional information email [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 4 POLAND REJECTS EUROPEAN UNION'S PRO-ABORTION PRESSURE ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: BBC; July 4, 2002 ******* Warsaw, Poland -- Politicians in Poland have reacted angrily to a vote by the European Parliament calling for abortion to be legalized across current and future EU member states. ******* The European Parliament's resolution, which is non-binding, says women should have easy access to abortion, and no-one should be prosecuted for having one. ******* It singles out largely Roman Catholic Poland and Ireland, among others, as the two countries where abortion is most severely restricted. ******* But the Polish parliament's European affairs committee rejected what it called pro-abortion pressure on candidate countries. Abortion was legal in Poland until five years ago, when the then government banned it in most circumstances. ******* When using items from the Pro-Life Infonet in your newsletter, please include our web site (www.prolifeinfo.org) or email address ([email protected]). Thanks! ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 5 MALTA GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO EUROPEAN UNION'S PRO-ABORTION RECOMMENDATION ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Pro-Life Infonet; July 23, 2002 ******* Malta --The Maltese government yesterday wrote to the secretary general of the European Parliament on the resolution taken recently about "sexual and reproductive health and rights," making clear its stand against abortion. ******* Malta's Permanent Delegate to the EU, Ambassador Victor Camilleri, outlined the government's position on abortion. ******* The letter was written in response to another by the secretary general of the European Parliament drawing attention to a number of resolutions adopted by the European Parliament, including the one about abortion. ******* The European Parliament had recommended that abortion be made legal and accessible to all. ******* Mr Camilleri wrote that the government's position was clear and unequivocal and that "not only is abortion illegal in Malta, but succesive governments... have been strongly committed to retaining the legal prohibition and have held this position also in the context of European and international fora, not least at the level of the United Nations". ******* The letter also notes that the issue of whether or not abortion should be legalized is a domestic one in which the European Union, in terms with its acquis communautaire and in line with the principle of subsidiarity, "has no competence to act, decide or legislate". ******* The government also said it was confident "that this will remain the position of Malta after membership" and that as a member state of the European Union, Malta "will continue to advocate its strong determination against abortion as a faithful reflection of the values of the Maltese people". ******* Please consider making a donation to help the work of the Pro-Life Infonet. ******* You can send a donation to: Women and Children First, P.O. Box 523143, Springfield, VA 22152. We appreciate your support. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 6 PRO-FAMILY VICTORY AT UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S SESSION ******* From: "BCPTL ListMaster" ******* excerpt from British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life (BCPTL): May, 2002, E-Mail Bulletin ******* Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 21:54:52 -0700 ******* A Message to Our Members and Other Pro-Family Individuals and Organizations ******* Our website is regularly updated: Please visit us at ******* www.bcptl.org ******* We appreciate your taking the time to read the BCPTL monthly Bulletin. If you have found the information informative and helpful, we would appreciate it if you could e-mail it to others. If you know of anyone who would like to be put on our e-mail distribution list, please let us know. ******* Fanatical pro-abortion Canadian Delegation Walked out Because of US Pro-Life Stand ******* UNITED NATIONS, May 13, 2002 (LSN.ca) - A LifeSite correspondent at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children reports that the final outcome document of the session does not contain references to "reproductive health services" - language which a former Canadian delegation to the UN revealed includes abortion. The Special Session which ended Friday after heated round-the-clock negotiations saw Canada and the European Union, along with a few Latin American countries, battling for language to promote abortion, homosexuality and graphic sex education for children. ******* See the UN release on the end of the session and related coverage: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/ga10022.doc.htm ******* http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/11/international/11CHIL.html (registration required) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3878-2002May10.html ******* http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-dissect12.html ******* http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/12/1021002414182.html ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 7 HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL RULING SETS PRECEDENT THREATENING FREEDOM OF PRESS ******* Injured feelings of "vulnerable groups" used to define discrimination, rather than intent or facts of story ******* EDMONTON, May 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) - The Edmonton-based Report Newsmagazine has lost a key media-freedom case before a tribunal of the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. In Kane v. Alberta Report, the tribunal determines which parts of a news story are newsworthy and which are not; it "strongly suggests" that the magazine's staff submit to human rights training by the commission; and it warns that henceforth findings of discrimination will be based on the injured feelings of "vulnerable groups," not on the intent of a publisher nor on the facts of a story. ******* Report Newsmagazine's pro-life editor and publisher Link Byfield is concerned that the ruling will set a precedent threatening freedom of the press. Moreover, the well known bias of human rights commissions in Canada to favour homosexual activists has led observers to suggest that the homosexual issue will be the next application of the precedent set in the ruling against Report Newsmagazine. Human Rights Tribunal decisions in Canada have already ordered Christian mayors fined up to $10,000 for failing to proclaim "Gay Pride Day" and a Christian printer being fined $5,000 for refusing to print homosexual propaganda and being ordered to print such material in the future. The many centuries old moral beliefs of the Christians involved were disregarded in favour of the more politically correct complainants' intolerance of those beliefs. ******* The complaint against Report arose over a short story published by Alberta Report Oct. 13, 1997. Kane objected to a description of a Jewish businessman, which he felt to be an anti-Semitic caricature, and to a comment that North American commercial real estate is dominated by Jewish families who sometimes deal preferentially with each other. ******* Report editor and publisher Link Byfield refused to apologize, saying the so-called "caricature" was not recognizably Jewish, that the real estate comment was simply true and not anti-Semitic, and that there was no anti-Jewish intent in the story and no anti-Jewish effect. Moreover, Byfield argued, even if there were, the Human Rights Act in Section 2(2) allows for free expression of opinion on any matter. ******* See the Report Press release which includes a link to the complete Human Rights ruling: http://207.216.246.197/press/pr020501.html ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DECISION ******* From: Ken Campbell ******* Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:52 PM ******* News Release Mon., Oct. 21/02 ******* British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Ruling released today: http://www.bchrt.gov.bc.ca/2002_bchrt_35.htm dismisses complaint against Rev. Ken Campbell's full-page ad in the Globe and Mail (Apr. 18, '98) protesting Supreme Court's decision in Vriend, and calling for restraints on militant homosexual agenda "to make the world their closet" ******* - Excerpts from the ruling by Tom W. Patch, Tribunal Member: ******* (21) "The essence of Mr. Campbell's defence is that the publication... is an _expression of his Charter-protected rights to express his religious beliefs; that is, a finding of discrimination would impair both his freedom of expression and his freedom of religion." ******* (54) "I find that Complainant has not established that the advertisement indicated discrimination or an intention to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation." ******* (55) "I find that this complaint is not justified and, in accordance with s.37(1) of the Code, it is dismissed." ******* - "This is an historic, precedent-setting ruling which is a triumph for freedom of _expression and freedom of religion in Canada", Rev. Campbell observed, and added: "The inclination of the militant homosexual fringe to muzzle expressions of viewpoints other than the myths dominating their culture, including the teachings of Moses and Jesus as to human sexual morality, has been successfully challenged." ******* - It's been nearly thirty years (1974) since the offensive, unannounced imposition by a "gay pride" group into the Burlington High School the Campbells' daughters were attending, moved Mr. Campbell to an act of Christian civil disobedience - (the withholding of the payment of the educational portion of their property taxes) - which triggered the founding of Renaissance ("Parent Power in public schooling and People Power in public life") in a rally which drew 1000 parents to the Milton District High School, Mar. 28, 1974. ******* - "When I took that stand", Campbell noted, " I knew I'd rather lose our property than our family; my freedom than my faith; and my life than my Christian integrity. I knew it is better to suffer seeking a cure to this threat to faith, family and freedom, than to die because we didn't! Now, nearly 30 years since laying down that gauntlet and leading the Renaissance crusade for national renewal, having been driven from our residence for 40 years near Milton, Ontario, as `a homeless, penniless, old-age pensioner' living under my wife's roof in Tumbler Ridge, BC, we thank God that though scattered from sea to sea, we're together as a family, loving God and one another, and my wife and I couldn't be happier!" ******* "This is a great day for faith, family and freedom in Canada!" ******* CONTACT: Ken Campbell, (250) 242-3525 or e mail: [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 9 FEMINIST DOCTOR SURPRISES AUDIEDCE WITH RU 486 ATTACK ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Australia Associated Press; October 4, 2002 ******* Sydney, Australia -- Outspoken feminist Germaine Greer compared abortion to amputation as she attacked an abortion pill she had been asked to promote at a medical conference. ******* Dr. Greer was a keynote speaker at the Best For Women gynacologists and obstetricians conference in Sydney. ******* At the beginning of her address, she revealed she had been approached and asked to assist in "bringing pressure to bear" for increased access to the the dangerous abortion pill RU486. ******* She said it was an "odd situation" where access to abortion was regarded as some kind of privilege. ******* "Of course we need access to amputation but we need even more to make sure that as few people are in a situation where they need amputations as possible," she said. "Likewise abortion." ******* Dr Greer described RU486 as a powerful and unpleasant succession of experiences. ******* "These are violently active chemicals and they have violent reactions on the organism," she said. "What is the situation in which a woman would undergo that kind of assault?" ******* The Pro-Life Infonet is a daily compilation of pro-life news and information. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe" to: [email protected]. Infonet is sponsored by Women and Children First (http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.org). For more pro-life info visit http://www.prolifeinfo.org and for questions or additional information email [email protected] ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 10 NORWEGIAN BABY SURVIVES ABORTION ATTEMPT ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Source: Reuters; July 25 2002 ******* Oslo, Norway -- A Norwegian baby girl has proven fighting spirit by being born to a mother who had a bungled abortion and a father who had a failed sterilization. ******* "It was hard to believe. No doctors had warned us that this could happen", father Anders Ovretveit said on Thursday. ******* He was sterilised after a cancer operation and was tested twice to confirm he could not have children. ******* The 37-year-old warehouseman and his 33-year-old wife Tove had their first big surprise in January last year when she realised she was pregnant, despite his sterilisation. ******* They already had two sons and decided to have an abortion. ******* Tove thought the abortion had taken the life of her unborn child until she felt pains while playing volleyball, prompting her to take a new pregnancy test at four months - which was positive. ******* Tove, a farm worker, gave birth two months early to a healthy 2.1kg girl on July 14 last year in a car on the way to the hospital in western Norway. ******* They named her Trude, which sounds like the Norwegian phrase "believe it". ******* The parents broke their silence on Thursday, saying they wanted to warn other parents that surgery did not always work as planned. ******* You can help women make positive, life-affirming choices when confronting an unexpected pregnancy. Please provide a link on your web site to Pregnancy Centers Online at http://www.pregnancycenters.org *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 11 POLL SHOWS CANADIANS OPPOSE TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: LifeCanada; October 29, 2002 ******* Ottawa, Canada -- Only 23% of Canadians want all abortions to be publicly funded, and only 30% would deny legal protection to unborn children, according to a new L駥r poll. ******* "Henry Morgentaler may want all abortions tax-funded, but Canadian taxpayers do not," said Peter Ryan of LifeCanada, announcing the results. The abortion provider is suing New Brunswick and Nova Scotia over their refusal to fully fund his private facilities in those provinces. ******* Fully 51% of 1500 Canadians polled said that abortion should only be tax-funded in medical emergencies such as a threat to the mother's life, or in the case of rape or incest. Another 15% said that paying for abortion should be a private responsibility. The results had a 1.8% margin of error. ******* "Two-thirds are either completely opposed, or opposed except for hard cases which account for less than 1% of the 110,000 abortions a year now performed," said Ryan. ******* In the same poll, 56% of respondents said human life should be legally protected before birth. 37% favoured protection from conception on. 13% said after three months gestation, 6% after 6 months. 30% said legal protection should be restricted until after birth. The results for the fetal rights question had a 2.5% margin of error. ******* "By almost a two to one margin, Canadians oppose the status quo which only recognizes a human being at birth," Ryan said. "Contrary to what Prime Minister Chretien said during the last election, there is no 'social peace' on abortion. Most Canadians want to see greater respect and protection for babies in the womb." ******* Ryan said that as governments look at the future of health care, they should realize that most Canadians see abortion on demand as an elective they do not wish to fund. He noted that even the president of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, Marilyn Wilson, told a Commons Finance Committee last year that most abortions are done "for socio-economic reasons." ******* Ryan also said that scientific data on post-abortion health problems is accumulating. "More and more, the links between abortion and increased incidence of breast cancer, premature delivery in subsequent pregnancy, depression and suicide are being demonstrated." ******* For a copy of the Leger Omnican Report for LifeCanada, "Canadians' Opinion on Abortion," please call 1-888-796-9600. ******* LifeCanada is a national body representing 85 organizations across Canada whose mission is the promotion of respect for all human life through public education. ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 12 CHURCH CAN'T BE SILENT IN FACE OF LEGAL EUTHANASIA, POPE SAYS ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Zenit; October 29, 2002 ******* Vatican City -- John Paul II warned about the dangers of euthanasia, when he received the new Belgian ambassador to the Vatican. Belgium is the second country, after the Netherlands, to legalize this type of killing. ******* In his address today to career diplomat Benoit Cardon De Lichtbuer, 60, the Pontiff said that man, "created by God and called to share in his divine life, has always been at the center of the Christian vision of the world and that this is why the Church respects and defends life." ******* "How can she silence her great anxiety and reprobation in the face of laws recently voted on in different countries which legalize active euthanasia?" the Holy Father asked. ******* "In a society, in which all too often it seems that only good health and profitability matter, it is necessary to see weak persons or those at the end of life with other eyes; in particular, by applying and developing palliative care for all patients whose situation calls for it," he added. ******* This care "makes possible the relief of pain and supports in dignity those who are going to die," the Pope explained. ******* "Recognition of the sacred character and the inviolability of every human person, conferred by the Creator, is, in fact, the only authentic defense against ever possible violation of their dignity," the Holy Father stressed. ******* He added: "A society that would run the risk of challenging these principles, would expose itself to far graver dangers, in particular, to making the right of persons and fundamental values depend solely on consensus, which is ever changing." ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 13 BRITISH MOM REFUSES ABORTION ON HER DISABLED UNBORN CHILD ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: The Journal; November 11, 2002 ******* BRITISH MOM REFUSES ABORTION ON HER DISABLED UNBORN CHILD ******* London, England -- A young British woman is defying medical advice in a desperate bid to give her unborn baby the chance of life. ******* Doctors say the child, one of twins she is expecting, has no long-term chance of survival and have advised an abortion. ******* The 19-year-old mother-to-be, who is being cared for at the region's leading neonatal unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, is expecting the twins in just over a month. ******* One of the babies, a girl, is believed to be perfectly healthy but the second child, a boy, has a serious heart defect which doctors say is inoperable. ******* The mother was told about her child's fatal abnormality a month ago but doctors advised her that an abortion would not be possible until very late on in pregnancy because of the risk of triggering labour and jeopardising the survival of the healthy twin. ******* However the woman, who has not been identified, has decided after weeks of consideration not to terminate her child's life. She intends to give birth naturally to the twins. ******* Len Fenwick, chief executive of the Newcastle Hospitals Trust, was not in a position to comment. "We cannot make any comment in respect of the individual circumstances of this particular patient," he said. ******* There are very strict guidelines drawn up by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists which all hospitals must follow regarding abortions. ******* The legal limit for an abortion is 24 weeks but a hospital has the legal right to do an abortion right up until full term if they believe the mother's or an unborn child's health is at risk. ******* The ethics surrounding late-term abortions are governed by a hospital's ethics committee, as are other controversial medical procedures such as switching off a life support machine. ******* The abortion would involve injecting a fatal dose of potassium chloride directly into the baby's heart, which immediately triggers labour and the birth of the dead baby soon afterwards. There are around 100 such late-term abortions carried out each year in the UK. ******* There have been criticisms by pro-life groups that all abortions, including those after 24 weeks -- the stage at which a child could survive if born prematurely -- are morally wrong. ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 14 CUBAN PRO-LIFE DOCTOR DETAINED AGAIN FOR OPPOSING ABORTION ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Associated Press; December 10, 2002 ******* Havana, Cuba -- A pro-life Cuban dissident freed from prison in October was detained again after police broke up a meeting of a human rights group, his wife said. ******* Elsa Morejon said her husband, Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, was detained with about 12 other people on Friday. ******* "There was going to be a meeting over topics of human rights" with people who had come from the nearby province of Matanzas, she said Saturday. But officials "did not let them enter the house where it was going to be." ******* She said the people who showed up lay down in the street in protest and police took them away. ******* Morejon said she had received no word from her husband or information from officials. "I still don't know where he is," she said. ******* Biscet was arrested in November 1999 for dishonoring patriotic symbols, public disorder and instigating delinquency for hanging three Cuban flags upside down in a sign of protest. He was sentenced in 2000 to three years in prison and was released in late October. ******* During his trial, Biscet testified he became an activist after protesting abortions at a government hospital where he worked. He was eventually fired. ******* In February 1998, Dr. Biscet was prohibited from practicing medicine and was expelled from the Cuban National Health System for denouncing as genocide the massive number of abortions taking place in all maternity hospitals in Cuba. ******* Subsequently Dr. Biscet was arbitrarily detained 26 times and declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. In November 1999 he was incarcerated and subsequently condemned to three years in prison, a sentence he serves at "Cuba S�034;, a maximum security prison located in Holguin province where, according to his supporters, he was suffering constant physical and mental torture. ******* Mons. Eduardo Boza Masvidal, ex-auxiliary bishop of Havana expelled from the island by the Cuban regime, said "out of every ten unborn babies, six are aborted, a proportion considered the highest in the western hemisphere and, perhaps, in the entire world." ******* -- Reach 40,000 pro-life leaders and activists with your message. Contact [email protected] *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 15 GOD HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED ******* by "Denise Kalasky" ******* I was a victim of incest, one of the "hard cases" for abortion. I was raped by my father when I was 15 years old. It was not the first time, nor would it be the last. However, this time, I became pregnant. ******* One night, I became very sick and my parents took me to the hospital. I believe now that they knew I was pregnant since they took me to a different hospital than normal. The emergency room doctor discovered that, along with a very bad case of the flu, I was 19 weeks pregnant. ******* My father flew into a rage, accusing me of all sorts of things, and demanding I have an abortion. The doctor informed me that I was pregnant and asked me what I wanted. I had seen the "Silent Scream" and knew that abortion was murder. In spite of the pain and guilt I felt, knowing who the father of the baby was, it was far better to have a baby than the alternative to kill it. I refused to have an abortion. ******* My father flew into an uncontrollable rage and demanded that I consent to the abortion, or that the doctor do it with or without my permission. The doctor refused because of my wishes. My father demanded that an abortionist be found regardless of the cost. ******* Within one hour, this man arrived at the hospital, talked with my parents and decided to do the abortion, without speaking to me. I refused and tried to get off the examining table. He then asked three nurses to hold me while he strapped me to the bed and injected me with a muscle relaxant to keep me from struggling while he prepared to kill my baby. ******* I continued to scream that I didn't want an abortion. He told me, "Shut up and quit that yelling!" Eventually, I was placed under general anesthesia and my child was brutally killed. ******* I was told that an abortion would solve my problem, when it was never really the problem in the first place. I was told, "Your parents know what's best," when they obviously were only concerned about their own reputations. I was told, "You made the right decision," when I was never given a choice. More important, where was my baby's choice? ******* I grieve every day for my daughter. I have struggled to forget the abuse and the abortion. I can do neither. All I think of is, "I should have done more, fought more, struggled more for the life of my child." ******* My situation may not be common, but I know it's not unique either. The emotions and problems I've had to deal with as a result of my abortion are common. The trauma of the rape and abuse were only intensified by the abortion. The guilt of knowing my baby is dead is something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. ******* I was violated and betrayed over and over by my father, who God created to love and protect me. I was humiliated, hurt, and violated again by the abortionist. ******* I have talked with "pro-lifers" who consider my abortion acceptable, under the circumstances. I want to tell people, "If you really want to be compassionate, give this mother the opportunity to choose life for her child. If you really love the mothers who have been victimized, don't let them be exploited again by someone who will make a profit from their dead child a memory that will haunt them for the rest of their lives." ******* The next time you hear of the "hard cases," please remind people that every crisis pregnancy is difficult for the mother. If you believe these cases are hard, you're correct they are extremely hard for the mother. But if you choose abortion, it's an IMPOSSIBLE situation for the baby. ******* The mom needs love, support and understanding, not the pain of allowing herself to be violated again in order to kill her child. Regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the pain involved, that helpless, innocent child has no voice, no defense, and no chance, unless we offer real love and real compassion to the mother. ******* My abortion was over five years ago. God is still healing me, but it has been a difficult fight. Although I'm actively pro-life, very few people know my story. It's still very difficult to share with people. ******* "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3) God bless you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpted from "Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault." Copyright 2000, David C. Reardon, Julie Makimaa, and Amy Sobie. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 16 TORTURE AND TRUTH (CHINA'S PERSECUTED CHURCH )by Joyce Lang ******* Dec 7, 2002 ******* http://www.breakpoint.org/Breakpoint/ChannelRoot/FeaturesGroup/BreakPointCommentaries/Torture+and+Truth.htm ******* Commentary for December 6, 2002 ******* BreakPoint with Charles Colson ******* December 6, 2002 ******* Nicholas Kristof's column in the New York Times opens in a remote region of China, where police are interrogating a woman named Ma Yuqin. Their efforts are unsuccessful. As Kristof relates, "She never broke when she was tortured with beatings and electrical shocks. Even when she was close to death, she refused to disclose the names of members of her congregation or sign a statement renouncing her Christian faith." The physical torture almost killed her. But the mental torture was even worse. Throughout her ordeal, Ma Yuquin could hear the sounds of her son being tortured in the next room. Each could hear the screams of the other additional incentives to betray their friends and their faith. Recalling this, Ma Yuquin began to sob. "They wanted me to hear [my son's] cries," she said. "It broke my heart." ******* As Kristof relates, this kind of treatment is common in China. Citizens whose only crime is worshipping God are burned by cigarettes and beaten with clubs. ******* These brave, faithful Christians offer a lesson to those of us their brothers and sisters who live in safety far away. It's all well and good to hold national days of prayer for the persecuted Church. But this brings it all home. It puts faces and names on those who suffer in such terrible ways and whose faith grows as a result. ******* But we should pray and thank God for those who suffer. Look what's happening in China as a result of their faithfulness: Tens of millions of Chinese now embrace Christ as the Church spreads by the blood of the martyrs. Martyr means witness, and, by suffering, martyrs bear witness that the Gospel is true. We can, and sometimes do, ignore this fact in good times. But when our faith is threatened, when we're forced to make the choice, the truth becomes clear and powerful. It empowers the ordinary and the innocent to suffer and die with confidence. ******* People these days are skeptical about religious zealots who died for their faith. We think of Islamic terrorists or Palestinian kids strapping bombs around their waists. But there's a big difference between those who die for Christ and those who die for Islam. Islam promises paradise to those who die killing infidels an act of violence, dying to kill others. Christians, on the other hand, die in service to the Prince of Peace through witnessing to salvation through His sacrifice. These are the true martyrs those who die, not to kill others, but so that others may be saved. ******* Our faithful Chinese brethren live out the words of Jesus, who told us not to fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. ******* As we prepare to celebrate the birth of the One who died to save us, we should pray especially for these faithful Chinese brethren. Their sufferings rival those of Christians who died in Rome under Nero, in Germany under Hitler, in Russia under Stalin. ******* This year, why not send a Christmas card to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., where today Christians are protesting. Tell China's leaders: "We know about the torture. We're outraged. We want it to stop." ******* As Ma Yuqin notes, China's leaders fear foreign pressure. True. But what they fear more than anything is Christianity itself a faith so powerful that people will suffer torture and death rather than betray their Lord. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take action: Please send a polite note to the Chinese embassy urging China to end the religious persecution of Christians and others. The mailing address is 2300 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. The fax is: (202)588-0032. And the e-mail address is [email protected]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information: Read the original Statement of Conscience of the National Association of Evangelicals Concerning Worldwide Religious Persecution (January 23, 1996) and the Second Statement of Conscience released this year. ******* Nicholas D. Kristof, "God and China," New York Times, November 26, 2002 (free registration required). ******* Neil MacFarquhar, "U.S. Evangelist Is Shot Dead in an Attack in Lebanon," New York Times, November 22, 2002 (free registration required). ******* BreakPoint Commentary No. 021108, "Remembering the Mistreated: Prayer for Persecuted Believers." ******* BreakPoint Commentary No. 021024, "Carnage in Bali: The West Learns What Indonesian Christians Already Knew." ******* For more information and resources for helping persecuted believers, see BreakPoint's fact sheet on helping the persecuted Church. ******* Nina Shea, In the Lion s Den (Broadman & Holman, 1997). ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 17 UNITED NATIONS FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS COERCIVE ABORTION IN CHINA ******* From: The Pro-Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Cybercast News Service; March 7, 2003 ******* Washington, DC -- Pro-life groups stepped up their criticism of China's practice of coercive abortion at a conference held Thursday in Washington and dismissed calls by some members of Congress to once again support the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). ******* Leaders of the Population Research Institute and Concerned Women for American lashed out at the UNFPA's operations in China, highlighting new evidence they said shows the Asian nation continues to force women to abort children. ******* Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ), a longtime critic of the UNFPA's family planning efforts, said the agency stooped to a new low when it unveiled and expanded its future endeavors in China. ******* "[The UNFPA is] really aiding and abetting a dictatorship that has declared war on its women and on its unborn and newly born children, mostly girls," said Smith, vice chairman of the House International Relations Committee. "It is a crime against women, it is a crime against humanity and it's about time the international community more fully recognizes that." ******* Nearly all the speakers, including some natives of China, praised President Bush for cutting $34 million in U.S. aid to the UNFPA last year. The decision came in response to the UNFPA's refusal to cease operations in China. ******* Population Research Institute President Steven Mosher read portions of documents he said investigators obtained in China. They included testimonials from doctors who performed abortions and women who were forced to have them. ******* "Our testimony of eyewitnesses and people who were executors, if not executioners, of China's one-child policies make it clear that babies are being killed, even up to the point of childbirth," Mosher said. ******* A spokesman for the UNFPA declined to comment on the report until he could review the Population Research Institute's evidence. ******* Mosher used the occasion to describe the experience of a Chinese doctor, who told the group his observations last month. If for some reason an unborn child is not aborted by poison, he said, doctors and nurses are told not to let the baby cry for fear of sending the mother into hysteria. ******* If the baby is still alive, Mosher explained, a nurse will place a hand over its mouth, then drown it in a garbage can filled with water. ******* "We believe this evidence is sufficient to rule out any possibility of restoring or resuming funding to the U.N. Population Fund this year or as long as it is involved in China," he said. ******* Sandy Rios, president of Concerned Women for America, said some members of Congress have ignored the evidence on China's practices and are calling for the United States to restore the $34 million it withheld last year. Another $35 million has already been earmarked in 2003. ******* Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), both abortion advocates, bore the brunt of Rios' criticism. She said the money would be better spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Instead of sending the money to the UNFPA last year, the administration diverted $24 million to Afghanistan and the rest to Pakistan in programs administered by USAID. ******* "While Washington plays games, women in both countries suffer," Rios said. "The indignities for Afghan women trying to fulfill their roles as mothers and nurturers without the basic necessities only increase as congressmen like Leahy and Kolbe wield their intent. If they succeed, more Chinese women will be able to abort their babies courtesy of U.S. tax dollars." ******* The issue is at a standstill as Congress debates where the money should go in 2003. Kolbe, who is chairman of the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee, said he will fight President Bush's efforts to divert the funds away from the UNFPA. ******* The International Center for Research on Women, a supporter of the UNFPA, criticized the Bush administration's anti-UNFPA stance. "There's a lot of need in many countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, but money that was intended to be used for family planning, should be used for family planning," spokeswoman Cheryl Morden said. ******* The participants at Thursday's conference said the news media needed to do a better job of shedding light on the Chinese government's practices. Smith, who has confronted the Chinese about the coercion, said he would continue to press the issue in Congress. ******* "To think that the UNFPA continues to whitewash these crimes against humanity is unconscionable," he said. "Rather than just taking their funding away, they ought to be held accountable in a court of law." ******* -- The National Institute of Family and Life Advocate (NIFLA) presents its first annual national conference for pro-life pregnancy help medical clinics, March 20-23, 2003 in Atlanta. The conference offers training and teaching for all who are involved in a pregnancy center that is operating as a medical clinic or planning to do so in the future. Important information and training for all who work in a pregnancy resource center including doctors and nurses who work in your clinic. Call Chris Revelle at (703) 753-4737 for registration information or see www.nifla.org ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 18 CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZED FOR PRO-ABORTION COMMENT ******* From: The Pro Life Infonet ******* Reply-To: Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Canadian Press; May 29, 2003 ******* Ottawa, Canada -- Marcel Gervais, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Ottawa, has chided Prime Minister Jean Chretien for telling journalists, "I am a Catholic and for abortion." ******* Chretien made the comment during an airborne news conference Tuesday on his way to a European summit. He was trying to illustrate differences between him and President George W. Bush. ******* The archbishop sent a letter to Chretien on Wednesday. He would not release the text, saying only: "It has to do with his remarks recently about Bush. He threw in the abortion issue as something we could be proud of. So it's on that point." ******* A spokesman for the prime minister's office said the letter would be forwarded to Chretien in Europe. ******* The archbishop has criticized Chretien's abortion position in the past. ******* We help more than 25,000 people each week find pregnancy help and information. Every month, women choose life because of Pregnancy Centers Online. Please consider a link to us on your web site at http://www.pregnancycenters.org ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 19 COSTA RICAN OFFICIAL ATTACKS CHURCH, promises UN Church power will wane ******* Friday Fax ******* July 11, 2003 ******* Volume 6, Number 29 ******* At a committee meeting held at UN headquarters in New York this week, Costa Rica�s Minister on the Condition of Women, Esemeralda Britton Gonzalez, attacked the role of the Catholic Church in Costa Rican society, and promised the UN committee that the Costa Rican government was seeking to eliminate the influence of the Church in its country. Speaking to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Gonzalez blamed the �wide opposition of the Church that would not allow us to continue our work� on adolescent reproductive health programs, and also blamed �the huge influence of the Catholic Church� on the issue of abortion, saying that many medical professionals would otherwise seek to increase adolescent girls� access to the procedure. ******* The CEDAW Committee exists to assess member states� compliance to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The Committee has the sole authority to interpret the controversial women�s rights document and to judge the actions of nations that have ratified it. It has become commonplace for the Committee to challenge predominantly Catholic countries to prove that they are taking active measures against Catholic influence, and the Committee�s examination of Costa Rica followed this form, with one Committee member asking the Costa Rican representative �Which legislative and government measures have been considered to eliminate the influence of the Church on the State.� ******* What was novel, and what took UN observers by surprise, was the Costa Rican minister�s enthusiastic and explicit responses to such questions. Gonzalez asserted that, although the Catholic Church is the established religion of Costa Rica, the government has slashed its financial support for the Church. According to Gonzalez, �This data suggests that it could be the beginning of a process of separation between the State and the Catholic Church.� She also emphasized that the Church has lost its privileged tax status, and identified Church groups that were particularly problematic for the advance of women�s reproductive rights, including the influential lay movement Opus Dei. ******* The official report submitted by Costa Rica was deeply critical of the Church. The report cites, specifically, Church opposition to a youth sexuality program �starting from the premise that boys and girls are entitled to sexuality.� According to the report, �The programme encountered�fierce opposition�from the Episcopal Conference�.This process revealed the intolerance that persists towards the topic and shows how difficult it still is to speak publicly about it. It also confirms the power of the Catholic Church and the pressure it still exerts over issues that are vital for the population and which concern the right to education for life.� ******* Alexandra Lor�a, a member of the Costa Rican group Association for the Defense of Life blamed Minister Gonzalez for the Costa Rican statements, saying, �She does not respect our country, our laws or the way our people think. She should be dismissed.� ******* Copyright � C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427 New York, New York 10017 Phone: (212) 754-5948 Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 20 CARDINAL ARINZE SPEAKS THE TRUTH DURING GEORGETOWN ADDRESS ******* Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:06:14 -0400 ******* From: "Phil Sheldon" ******* Francis Cardinal Arinze is under heavy fire for daring to speak the truth in giving a Godly glimpse of society. The head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue stood for God before Georgetown University's graduates and now is being attacked for saying "in many parts of the world, the family is under siege" as a result of "an anti-life mentality [that can be seen] in contraception, abortion, infanticide and euthanasia." Instead of being honored, the family is "scorned and banalized by pornography, desecrated by fornication and adultery, mocked by homosexuality, sabotaged by irregular unions, and cut in two by divorce." ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 21 EXCERPT FROM POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PRI) WEEKLY BRIEFING ******* From: [email protected] (Population Research Institute) ******* Reply-To: [email protected] ******* Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 14:25:06 -0700 ******* With overwhelming bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the landmark Global AIDS bill. It contains provisions Which would help end prostitution and the sex trade, and provide accountability over the U.N. Global Fund. Most importantly, it would allow faith-based groups opposed to condoms to implement effective abstinence programs. Abstinence programs save lives. ******* Steven Mosher, President, PRI ******* Will U.S. Senate Pass the Lifesaving Global AIDS Bill? ******* On May 1, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives, with overwhelming bipartisan support, passed the Global AIDS bill (HR 1298), which calls for $15 billion to be spent on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment over the next five years. This is landmark legislation, because it breaks the stranglehold of abortion and family planning groups over HIV/AIDS programs. ******* Late in the floor debate over HR 1298 on May 1, Congressman Pitts offered an amendment to ensure that 20 percent of the total would be set aside to fund abstinence --only programs -- the only proven method of HIV/AIDS prevention. In support of the abstinence amendment, many Members cited the successful model of HIV/AIDS prevention developed in Uganda. The Uganda ABC model prioritizes Abstinence and Being faithful, over condoms. It is simple, and it works. Uganda�s HIV/AIDS infection rate has dropped from 21% to 6% in a decade. ******* Mr. Pitts� amendment, backed by the White House, passed by a sizable margin (220-197). ******* Why do abortion groups so viscerally oppose abstinence? ******* Follow the money. Abstinence means fewer abortions and less business for International Planned Parenthood Federation�s worldwide network of abortuaries. Abstinence also means many fewer cases of HIV infection in the future, but this doesn�t seem to register with the group. ******* The success of Uganda�s abstinence program has shown the way. Funding for abstinence-only programs will stop this deadly pandemic in its tracks. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 22 ******* 'GAY' WRITER SAYS AIDS EPIDEMIC MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVERTED ******* (Editor�s note: San Francisco talk-show host Charles Karel Bouley II, who lost his HIV-positive partner Andrew on May 21, 2001 to a heart attack, and many other friends to AIDS, looks back at the HIV epidemic through the lens of current efforts aimed at stopping Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).) ******* Maybe such extreme measures would not have been necessary; I�m not a medical expert. But whatever needed doing, HIV should have been treated like a fatal communicable virus, just like SARS is being treated, just like any deadly agent of infection�it should have been handled however the medical experts deemed best, not the politicians, not the shouting homos crying out that their rights were being violated, not a generation painted as victims, not the civic leaders, not the business people, not talk-show hosts or writers like me � none of them. ******* The people in charge should have been the doctors, the virologists, the experts in the handling of a communicable infectious disease. What they said we should do, we should have done. ******* But SARS was and is different, you might say, because it�s airborne. Unlike HIV, SARS can be caught from a cough or even passing touch. Yes, HIV was sexually transmitted, for the most part. But we didn�t know that at first. Some even thought HIV was airborne early on. No, HIV wasn�t airborne, it proved to be an STD. So it should have been treated like one. ******* Ignoring standard health measures ******* For most STDs, diagnosis mandates the notification of sexual partners. Not HIV. With HIV, no one could be contacted because anonymity was demanded, the right to privacy invoked. For some reason it was a special STD. The reason? The gay community�s protest fell in line with the stigma and the fear from every side. ******* It was too scary, too shameful. No one wanted to know. ******* I�ve heard all the arguments that measures like mandatory testing, possible quarantine, mandatory notification of partners and such would have pushed those suspected of having HIV underground. Well, let�s look at what the converse did�the secrecy, the anonymity. How many dead? Over half a million in the United States alone as of 2002 and millions�almost an entire continent�worldwide. Monetary cost? Hundreds of billions. And in the past 20 years, did we find a cure to make it all better, to salve our guilt for letting it spread unchecked? Nope. We have partially effective treatments, some almost as deadly as the disease, and not so much as a potential vaccine, much less one that works. ******* Yes, our community, who screamed for our sexual freedom, got to continue having sex however we wanted. I�ve always argued that anyone who has unprotected sex and is HIV positive is committing a criminal act, and if it can be proved, should be prosecuted for assault and battery. If someone had smallpox and knowingly went around infecting people, they�d be treated like a criminal, right? If someone who knew they had SARS decided to hop into a crowded bus or airplane and cough on everyone, wouldn�t they be dragged away in handcuffs and quarantined? Oh, but not HIV: Today we have parties in bigger cities where people actually go to have sex with HIV-positive people: bug-chasing parties. It�s criminal. ******* Charles Karel Bouley II is a talk-show host for KGO-AM 810 San Francisco. This is excerpted from �Who�s SAR-ry Now?,� posted on Advocate.com, April 23, 2003. ************************************************************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************** ************************************** ******* item 23 UK: TEST CASE POSES THREAT TO ABORTION "RIGHTS" ******* From: "John Hof" ******* Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:11 PM ******* Repercussions feared across Europe as woman asks Strasbourg judges to rule her wrongly aborted foetus was a human being protected by law ******* Clare Dyer, legal correspondent ******* Monday December 8, 2003 ******* The Guardian ******* A woman whose six-month pregnancy was wrongly terminated by a doctor who mistook her for another patient is taking a test case to the European court of human rights this week which could threaten abortion rights across Europe. The case, which could establish that foetuses have a right to life, is considered so important that a grand chamber of 17 judges at the Strasbourg court is hearing it. The grand chamber hears cases that raise a serious question of interpretation of the European convention on human rights or those where there is a risk of departing from existing case law. ******* The mix-up happened at a French hospital, but the implications of the case are causing alarm to pro-choice organisations throughout Europe and beyond. ******* Britain's Family Planning Association and the Centre for Reproductive Rights, in New York, have both filed written briefs with the court, arguing that giving an unborn child the right to life would conflict with the rights of women and with domestic laws under which the foetus is not treated as a person. ******* The case has been brought by Thi-Nho Vo, a 36-year-old French national of Vietnamese origin who lives in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. In 1991, when she was six months pregnant, she went to the Hotel-Dieu hospital in Lyons for a medical examination. ******* On the same day another patient, Thanh Van Vo, was due to have a coil removed at the same hospital. ******* The pregnant Mrs Vo could not speak French and was unable to communicate with the gynaecologist she saw, Francois Golfier. He mistook her for the other Mrs Vo and tried to remove the non-existent coil, piercing her amniotic sac and making a therapeutic abortion necessary. ******* The doctor was charged with unintentional homicide, the French equivalent of involuntary manslaughter, but acquitted by the Lyons criminal court. On appeal, he was convicted by the Lyons court of appeal, sentenced to a six-month suspended jail term, and fined 10,000 francs. ******* He appealed to the court of cassation, which reversed the court of appeal's judgment. The highest court ruled that the foetus was not a human being entitled to the protection of the criminal law, and therefore the doctor could not be guilty of homicide. ******* Mrs Vo took the case to Strasbourg. In a hearing on Wednesday, she will argue that an unborn child is protected by article 2 of the European convention on human rights, which guarantees the right to life. She says the state has an obligation under the convention to legislate to make the doctor's act a criminal offence. ******* The Family Planning Association fears that the judgment in Mrs Vo's case could invalidate abortion law in Britain and even affect the legality of the "morning after" pill, which prevents a fertilised egg from implanting in the uterus. ******* Anne Weyman, the association's chief executive, said the current law, under which a foetus is not considered a person with rights but a child born alive has the right to sue over injuries suffered in the womb, represented a "very satisfactory" compromise. ******* The Strasbourg court's rulings on human rights apply to the 45 member states of the Council of Europe. Since the Human Rights Act came into force in October 2000, British courts have had to take account of case law from Strasbourg. ******* The Centre for Reproductive Rights, dedicated to promoting women's rights worldwide, says in its brief: "The court is being asked to grant for the first time an unborn foetus the status of a person with rights under the European convention". ******* A ruling in favour of Mrs Vo, the centre says, "would render the abortion laws of most member states of the Council of Europe invalid". It argues that injury to a foetus should be regarded as an injury to the pregnant woman. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Copying of this material is free for non-commercial educational and research use. Unless explicitly stated, copyright of this material is owned by the author and/or sponsoring organization, and/or newswire services. ******* Check out: ******* InterLIFE: http://www.interlife.org/ ******* The Bubble Zone: http://www.interlife.org/bubble/ ******* Clinic Watch: http://www.interlife.org/clinic/ ******* The Genetic Cleansing Project: http://www.geneticcleansing.org/ ******* The Kevorkian Papers: http://www.kevork.org/ ******* Pro-Choice Violence: http://www.prochoiceviolence.com/ ******* The RU-486 Files: http://www.ru486.org/ ******* The Morgentaler Files: http://www.interlife.org/morgentaler/ ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 BUSH ADMINISTRATION WARNS UNESCO TO AVOID PRO-ABORTION ADVOCACY ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 05:33:05 EST ******* Today we report on a letter from the Bush administration to the head of UNESCO, prompting UNESCO to review two of its documents that promote legal abortion for adolescents. UNESCO has already promised to reform itself. With a vigilant US involved, this appears all-the-more likely. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President ___________________________________________________________________________ FRIDAY FAX ******* January 23, 2004 ******* Volume 7, Number 5 ******* As the United States rejoins the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a Member State, the Bush administration appears eager to ensure that UNESCO does not advocate for abortion rights in its publications. In a letter sent from US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson to UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura on January 2, Thompson voices concern over two particular UNESCO documents, "Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion" and "Review of International Standards for Rights of the Child and Adolescent Rights." ******* Regarding "Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion," Thompson writes that "we find the report has a preference for abortion and promotes adolescent abortion without parental and family involvement." Thompson also charges that the document "reflects pro-abortion advocacy rather than science and evidence-based strategies for improving reproductive health." ******* Thompson asserts, "to our disappointment, the document ignores proven methods for preventing pregnancies, especially those that involve promoting responsible behavior and healthy choices. To improve the health of the populations we serve, healthy choices and behaviors must be presented, especially the value of abstinence and delaying sexual initiation for adolescents, the essential role and responsibility of parents, and the critical involvement of families in young people's lives." ******* The UNESCO document's recommendations matter-of-factly state that "Governments should make abortion legal, safe, and affordable." In response, Thompson writes that "I urge you to reassess the document's list of recommendations...The document's recommendation on abortion is beyond UNESCO's mission of leadership and expertise in the development of programs to promote and support education, science and culture to the global community." ******* Thompson calls the other UNESCO document in question "fundamentally flawed" since it makes "little or no mention of the crucial roles and responsibilities of parents and the family. Parents and families are critical to a child's well-being and success." ******* The existence of these UNESCO documents was first reported in the October 31 Friday Fax, which prompted a detailed response from the spokesperson for the Director-General. The spokesperson "categorically" denied "that UNESCO has been taking a position regarding the legalization of abortion." She also asserted that the documents "should be seen in the framework of a long-standing cooperation between UNFPA [the UN Population Fund] and our UNESCO Office in Bangkok," and that there was "insufficient editorial control" in Bangkok. ******* In conclusion, she said that "Mr. Matsuura has decided to stop this kind of publication." The spokesperson could not be reached for comment on the content of Secretary Thompson's letter. ******* Copyright - C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* [The Friday Fax is reported and written by C-FAM Vice President Douglas A. Sylva.] ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427 New York, New York 10017 ******* Phone: (212) 754-5948 ******* Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 3 UNESCO PLEDGES END TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF ABORTION ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:39:48 EST ******* Dear Colleague, ******* UNESCO's Director-General has just issued a memo directing all UNESCO offices in the world no longer to support or promote abortion in any way, insisting that abortion is outside the scope of UNESCO's mission. ******* This dramatic policy change started with a report in the Friday Fax last October 31. That report initiated an internal UNESCO investigation and the eventual admonishment from the Bush Administration. C-FAM and the Friday Fax are generally deeply involved in much of what we report but we choose never to put ourselves into these reports. Forgive this moment of self-congratulations. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President __________________________________________________________________________ ******* In response to the concerns of the US government, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has promised to make substantial internal reforms to ensure that its publishing offices around the globe no longer produce documents endorsing abortion rights. At the same time, UNESCO’s efforts to distance itself from one particular document that recommends abortion on demand for girls, by highlighting the UN Population Fund’s participation in the production of the document, may create further problems for UNFPA as it embarks on a public relations campaign aimed at restoring its US funding. ******* In January, Tommy Thompson, Secretary of US Health and Human Services (HHS), wrote a letter to UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura voicing Bush administration displeasure with some UNESCO documents, especially a document entitled “Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion.” The document, first brought to light in the Friday Fax, and published in 2002 by UNESCO’s Bangkok-based Regional Clearing House on Population Education and Communication, recommends abortion for all women and girls without restriction, the public financing of abortion, as well as the removal of all parental notification and consent laws. ******* In response, Matsuura admitted in a letter to Thompson that "Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion" contained "material that is not in line with our policies or mandate". Matsuura therefore "instructed the Bangkok Office to withdraw the document and remove it from the Internet". A search of the UNESCO-Bangkok website confirms that the document has been removed. Furthermore, Matsuura forwarded Thompson an internal memo issued to UNESCO deputies in which he states that "My attention has been drawn to certain co-publications that could give the impression that UNESCO has a mandate or issues recommendations in the area of abortion. I therefore wish to recall to your attention that abortion, and abortion-related issues, do not come within the mandate of UNESCO". As UNESCO does not promote abortion, and no funds are given by Member States to be spent on abortion-related activities or materials, I ask you to ensure that UNESCO's policy in this area is not misrepresented, in particular through publications and co-publications". ******* In a letter sent to the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute after the October 31, 2003 Friday Fax exposed "Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion", a UNESCO spokeswoman explicitly mentioned who was involved in the "co-publication" of the document, writing that "With regard to the specific document to which you have drawn particular attention, I would like to stress that this publication should be seen in the framework of a long-standing cooperation between UNFPA and our UNESCO Office in Bangkok." ******* However, UNFPA has always claimed that it does not promote abortion. In a recent press release urging the Bush administration to restore US funding, UNFPA categorically states that "the Fund does not support abortion". UNFPA has yet to comment on UNESCO's statements that appear to contradict these assertions, that UNFPA was involved in the production and publication of "Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion". ******* Copyright C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* [The Friday Fax is reported and written by C-FAM Vice President Douglas A. Sylva.] ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427, New York, New York 10017 ******* Phone: (212) 754-5948 ******* Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 4 COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT AWARDED KOLBE PRIZE FOR PEACE BY C-FAM ******* Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- C-FAM" ******* Dear Colleague, ******* Last night was a big night for C-FAM and for the pro-life movement at the United Nations. 250 dignitaries came out in black tie to help us award the 2004 Kolbe Prize for Peace to the President of Costa Rica, Dr. Abel Pacheco. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President ******* Action item: please email congratulations and thanks to President Pacheco for his strong pro-life stance at the UN at [email protected] ******* At a gala dinner held in New York City last night, the President of Costa Rica, Dr. Abel Pacheco, was awarded the first ever Kolbe Prize for Peace in recognition of his personal leadership in his nation�s effort to achieve a comprehensive international ban on all forms of human cloning at the United Nations. ******* At the dinner, US Ambassador Stuart Holliday read a letter of congratulations from President George W. Bush to President Pacheco, and also made the first public announcement that the United States had recommitted itself to the Costa Rican proposal in anticipation of the renewed UN debate on human cloning scheduled for September. ******* The Kolbe Prize for Peace is awarded annually to the person who has most advanced the culture of life and the dignity of the human person on the international stage. The custodian of the Kolbe Prize for Peace and host of the event, called the Friend to the Nations Dinner, is the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM). ******* In his remarks, President Pacheco said that �I am pleased to accept this award not only as an acknowledgement of my personal commitment but also of the steadfast devotion of the government and the people of Costa Rica to the right to life, from the very moment of conception to the last moment of death...This historic commitment to human dignity has moved us to propose to the United Nations the adoption of a comprehensive ban on all forms of human cloning. Human cloning, whether done with the purpose of creating identical copies of other human beings or to make scientific experiments, constitutes a grave breach of human dignity.� ******* On presenting him with the award, the Kolbe Prize for Peace medal, C-FAM President Austin Ruse commented on the risks faced by nations that take a stand at the United Nations, saying, �know that it is very dangerous, and at the end of the day, it was a small nation from Central America led by a brave medical doctor who is their president. The world followed the resolution of Costa Rica. Costa Rica and her foreign ministry announced their resolution and then one by one built a coalition of states that now numbers more than 60 co-sponsors and with the hard work of Costa Rica, the United States, the Holy See and many other brave states, we hope for more than 100 votes this fall and a victory for a comprehensive ban on human cloning." ******* The more than 250 UN ambassadors, business and political leaders present at the dinner, including the Papal Nuncio to the UN, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, and the Spanish Ambassador to the UN, Innocencio Arias, heard Ambassador Holliday read the sentiments of President Bush, �I send greetings to those gathered for the Friend to the Nations Dinner, hosted by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Congratulations to His Excellency Abel Pacheco, President of Costa Rica, as you are awarded the Kolbe Prize for Peace in recognition of your work to preserve the dignity of human life. Through your leadership and dedication, you are helping to build a more compassionate world. Laura joins me in sending our best wishes for a memorable event.� ******* Copyright � C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* [The Friday Fax is reported and written by C-FAM Vice President Douglas A. Sylva.] ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427, New York, New York 10017 ******* Phone: (212) 754-5948 ******* Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org ******************************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************** taken from (A3a3 - to be deleted) resisting the culture of death at the national level The Hippocratic Oath had guided the conduct of physicians for centuries. Adherence to the oath was supported by Christianity. Early in the 20th century the socialist governments of Russia and Gemany legalized abortion. After the second world war many other nations also legalized abortion. Now there is pressure on the countries in which abortion is illegal to legalize abortion. One of the promises of our Blessed Mother to 3 Fatima Children was that Portugal would keep the faith. Abortion is illegal in Portugal. ******* As of this date, 04-05-07, there are 2 items in this folder. ******* item 1 PORTUGAL'S PARLIAMENT VOTES TO KEEP PRO-LIFE LAWS ON ABORTION ******* item 2 URUGUAY SENATE REJECTS EFFORT TO LEGALIZE ABORTION ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 PORTUGAL'S PARLIAMENT VOTES TO KEEP PRO-LIFE LAWS ON ABORTION ******* Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 ******* Subject: LifeNews.com Pro-Life Report 3/4/04 #3200 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" ******* Thursday, March 4, 2004 ******* Lisbon, Portugal (LifeNews.com) -- Members of the Portuguese parliament voted down proposals to legalize abortion on Wednesday. The move follows the presentation of nearly 200,000 petitions backing the law delivered to MPs by pro-life groups. members of Portugal's ruling government, the Social Democrats, and the more conservative Popular Party, voted against the proposal as expected. The bills, floated by left-wing parties, would have legalized abortion for any reason up to 12 weeks into pregnancy and up to 24 weeks for problem circumstances. Members of parliament also voted against a proposal to send a vote on abortion to the ballot. The decision likely means that efforts to legalize abortion may be over until the current government's term expires in 2006. ******* http://www.lifenews.com/nat361.html ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 URUGUAY SENATE REJECTS EFFORT TO LEGALIZE ABORTION ******* Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and "LifeNews.com Report" ******* Uruguay Senate Rejects Effort to Legalize Abortion, Pro-Life Victory Montevideo, Uruguay (LifeNews.com) -- The Uruguay senate on Wednesday voted down a proposal that would have made the South American nation the first Latin American country other than Cuba to legalize abortion. Following passage of a bill to allow abortion by the House in December 2002, the Senate voted against the measure 17-13. If approved, the legislation would have legalized abortion for any reason during the first three months of pregnancy, define abortion as a "medical act,' limit conscientious objection by health professionals, and require all health facilities to provide abortions. In case the Senate would pass the bill, pro-life advocates were counting on Dr. Jorge Battle, the country's president, to veto it. Battle had already promised Pope John Paul II that he will veto the bill if it is approved. ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ********************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************* This is from (A3a4 - to be deleted) resising the culture of death at the local level As of this date, 04-03-31 there is 1 item in this folder. ******* item 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHOIR CANCELS PERFORMANCE AT HOMOSEXUAL EVENT ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHOIR CANCELS PERFORMANCE AT HOMOSEXUAL EVENT ******* Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:03:20 -0600 ******* From: "Mission America" and The Advocate 3/30/2004 http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=11853&sd=03 ******* An elementary school choir that emphasizes diversity dropped out of a service celebrating the gay community because too few parents gave permission for their children to participate. The H.W. Smith Elementary School's Rainbow Kids international chorus was to perform Sunday at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church in Syracuse, N.Y., during the annual "Equality Begins At Home" event, organized by local churches and gay and lesbian groups. The event celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in song and sacred text, said the Reverend Shawn Benedict, an event organizer and pastor of Ray of Hope Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Christian church founded to support gays and lesbians. "The understanding of this thing is exactly in the title of the event," Benedict said Monday. "The difficulty came at home. I'm not vilifying parents, but what I'm saying is this shows that our work isn't done as a society." ******* The choir is made up of more than 100 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade pupils. Chorus director Francine Berg said she expected 20 to 25 students to participate, but only a handful of students returned permission slips, so Berg canceled the group's performance. Berg said several students told her their parents did not approve of the event. Scheduling and transportation problems were also factors, she said. Pupils at H.W. Smith come from at least 40 countries and practice a variety of religious traditions, she said. The service included performances by Ithaca-based folk musician Jody Kessler; Bruce Coville, a children's author who lives in Syracuse; and Out Loud Chorus, a gay and lesbian choir from Ithaca. Neil Driscoll, city school district spokesman, said no calls were received from people complaining about the event. ******* Advocate.com C 2004 by LPI Media Inc. All rights reserved. ---------------------- Mail service for Mission America provided by American Family Online www.afo.net ******* Mission America www.missionamerica.com ****************************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************** From (A3a5 - to be deleted) personal resistance to the culture of death ******* "In this spiritual battle we can still choose the battle ground. It is wiser to lay siege to the enemy�s camp than to wait for him to lay siege to our own." - Maurice Lewis ******* There are many and varied circumstances in which individuals resist the culture of death. As of this date, 04-10-22, there are 33 items in this folder. ******* item 1 WISCONSIN BISHOP REFUSES COMMUNION TO PRO-ABORTION CATHOLIC LAWMAKERS ******* item 2 ISLAM'S HOLY WAR AGAINST ALL INFIDELS ******* item 3 HOMOPHOBIA - AN UNFINISHED STORY ******* item 4 OPEN LETTER TO PRO-LIFERS RE: LETHAL DEFENSIVE FORCE TO SAVE LIVES ******* item 5 CAN YOU COMMIT A SIN IN THE VOTING BOOTH? ******* item 6 PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING TO FILL DRUG PRESCRIPTION ******* item 7 ARE YOUR HANDS CLEAN? ******* item 8 RUNNING SCARED FROM THE TRUTH ******* item 9 MEDIA DO NOT WANT THE TRUTH ******* item 10 THE NURSE WHO ROCKED THE CRADLE ******* item 11 CARDINAL TRUJILLO DEFENDS CATHOLIC CHURCH AGAINST BBC ATTACKS ******* item 12 PRO-LIFE PHARMACISTS FIRED FOR REFUSING TO FILL "MORNING AFTER" PILL ******* item 13 EXPOSING THE FACTS OF HOMOSEXUALITY ******* item 14 FORCED ABORTIONS LEGAL IN USA - COURT OF APPEALS RULES ******* item 15 CANADIAN MEDICAL STUDENT MAY NOT GRADUATE BECAUSE OF ABORTION VIEWS ******* item 16 REFUSAL TO GRANT MEDICAL DEGREE TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR ******* item 17 OFFENDED AND DISGUSTED ******* item 18 NEWS RELEASE - PRO-LIFE, FREE-SPEECH CASE APPEALED TO INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL ******* item 19 THINLY DISGUISED TOTALITARIANISM ******* item 20 YET ANOTHER BLOOD FEUD - BY MICHAEL COREN ******* item 21 ELLIOT INSTITUTE APPLAUDS UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT ******* item 22 REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS - MOTHERS WHO DIED DEFENDING THEIR PREBORN CHILDREN ******* item 23 LIFE, DEATH, AND PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION ******* item 24 SCHOOL PROHIBITS PRO-LIFE LITERATUER, FLORIDA STUDENT SUES IN RESPONSE ******* item 25 STUDENT SILENCED ON DAY OF SILENCE ******* item 26 DON SPRATT BUBBLE ZONE UPDATE ******* item 27 JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS HAVE DESTROYED THE RULE OF LAW ******* item 28 A GENUINE PROPHETIC UTTERANCE, ESPECIALLY IN RETROSPECT ******* item 29 WE THE PEOPLE ******* item 30 ANOTHER PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST IN TEXAS UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING SCRIPT ******* item 31 PENNSYLVANIA COUPLE CAN DISPLAY PRO-LIFE SIGN AT HOME WITHOUT WORRY ******* item 32 COMPARISON OF 2 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ******* item 33 DENVER BISHOP REBUKES THOSE WHO WOULD SILENCE CHRISTIANS *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 WISCONSIN BISHOP REFUSES COMMUNION TO PRO-ABORTION CATHOLIC LAWMAKERS ******* Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:34:52 EST ******* Subject: LifeNews.com Pro-Life Report 1/14/04 #3159 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" ******* Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- Archbishop Raymond L. Burke formally notified the Diocese of La Crosse that Catholic lawmakers in that diocese who persist in their support of abortion or euthanasia will be refused Holy Communion until they publicly renounce their "grave public sin." "Catholic legislators who are members of the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse and who continue to support procured abortion or euthanasia may not present themselves to receive holy Communion," the notification said. "They are not to be admitted to holy Communion, should they present themselves, until such time as they publicly renounce their support of these most unjust practices." Archbishop Burke, who will be installed as Archbishop of St. Louis on January 26, had his "Notification," published in the La Crosse diocesan newspaper on January 8, the diocese where Archbishop Burke serves as diocesan administrator. His pastoral letter, "On the Dignity of Human Life and Civic Responsibility" was released simultaneously. Burke has said the notification became necessary after correspondence with three Catholic lawmakers, whom he declined to identify. None of the lawmakers accepted an invitation for a private meeting, and in their responses they indicated they were not open to changing their positions. http://www.lifenews.com/state307.html ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 ISLAM'S HOLY WAR AGAINST ALL INFIDELS ******* From: "Joe Harlick" via "Wendy & Hugo Raczynski" ******* by Rick Mathes ******* Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 07:51:08 -0800 ******* Last month I attended my annual training session that's required for maintaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths who explained their belief systems. I was particularly interested in what the Islami cleric Imam had to say The Imam gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video. After the presentations, time was provided for questions and answers When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Imam and asked: "Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of the world. And, that by killing an infidel, which is a command to all Muslims, they are assured of a place in heaven. If that's the case, can you give me the definition of an infidel?" There was no disagreement with my statements and without hesitation he replied, "Non-believers!" ******* I responded, "So, let me make sure I have this straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to kill everyone who is not of your faith so they can go to Heaven. Is that correct?" ******* The expression on his face changed from one of authority and command to that of a little boy who had just gotten caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He sheepishly replied, "Yes." ******* I then stated, "Well, sir, I have a real problem trying to imagine Pope John Paul commanding all Catholics to kill those of your faith or Pat Robertson or Dr. Stanley ordering Protestants to do the same in order to go to Heaven!" ; The Imam was speechless. ******* I continued, "I also have problem with being your friend when you and your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill me. Let me ask you a question. Would you rather have your Allah who tells you to kill me in order to go to Heaven or my Jesus who tells me to love you because I am going to Heaven and He wants you to be with me?" ******* You could have heard a pin drop as the Imam hung his head in shame . *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 3 HOMOPHOBIA - AN UNFINISHED STORY by J. Budziszewski ******* From: "PFOX" ******* Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:08:45 +0000 ******* "Are you Professor Theophilus?" ******* I turned. "That's me. Come in." ******* "My name's Lawrence. I'm gay. I came to complain about your talk about constitutional liberties yesterday. It was bigoted and homophobic. I'm filing a formal protest to the people who run the Student Union speakers series." ******* At least he's direct, I thought. I waved him to a seat. ******* "Help me out, Mr. Lawrence. How could ?#034; ******* "Just Lawrence." ******* "Thank you. Now how could my talk have been 'bigoted and homophobic' when it didn't mention homosexuality?" ******* "I didn't actually hear the talk itself. I came in during Q&A." ******* "I see. And what did I say during Q&A?" ******* "You said gays have sex with animals." ******* I'm used to this sort of thing, so I merely observed, "I'm afraid you weren't listening carefully." ******* "I remember distinctly," he declared. "A girl asked your opinion of laws against discrimination on on the basis of sexual orientation, and you said gays have sex with animals." ******* "No, What I said was 'sexual orientation' can mean many things. Some people are 'sexually oriented' toward the opposite sex; others toward the same sex; others toward children; others toward animals; others toward cadavers. I said that I wondered where this trend will end." ******* "Then you admit that gays don't have sex with animals?" ******* "You brought that up," I reminded him. "I have no information on the point. I'm only suggesting that not all 'orientations' are morally equivalent." ******* He said nothing, but showed no inclination to leave. "Do you think all 'orientations' are morally equivalent?" I queried. ******* "I won't even dignify that question with an answer," he said. "But I know what you think of my orientation. I'm sick of you phony Christians with your filthy hypocrisy about the love of God." ******* "So you've heard that I'm a Christian." ******* "Who hasn't? The holy, the sanctimonious, the Most Excellent Professor Theophilus of Post-Everything State University ?what else would he be? The whole school reeks of you, of you and the other so-called Christian so-called professors. That's why I walked in on your Q&A. I wanted to see you spit venom." ******* "My goodness. Have I said anything venomous?" ******* "It's what you're thinking that's venomous." ******* "I see," I smiled. "Why don't you stop being bashful, and tell me what's bothering you?" ******* "You must think you're funny." ******* "I'm serious. Tell your complaints one by one, and I'll answer them." ******* "You couldn't answer them. I have too many." ******* "Try me. I'll give short answers." ******* He cocked his head and peered at me. "You mean it, don't you?" ******* "I wouldn't say it if I didn't." ******* "One at a time?" ******* "One at a time." ******* "All right, here's the first. Christians are hypocrites. You're always running down gays, but what about the other things your Bible condemns, like divorce and remarriage? It's other people's sins that bother you, not your own." ******* I laughed. "If you'd spent any time around me, you'd know that I'm just as hard on the sins of heterosexuals as on those of homosexuals. Easy divorce is a prime example of how one bad thing leads to another ?in our case the loss of the ability to make any distinctions about sexual acts at all." ******* Ignoring the reply, he went on to his next complaint. "You're intolerant. You reject people like me just because we're different than you." ******* "Me reject you?" I said. "Aren't you the one who rejects what is different than yourself? Don't you reject the challenge of the other sex?" ******* "I don't need the other sex. I have a committed relationship with my partner." ******* "Research shows that homosexuals with partners don't stop cruising, they just cruise less. When they don't think straights are listening, gay writers say the same." ******* "So what if it's true? There's nothing wrong with gay love anyway." ******* I spoke quietly. "Tell me what's loving about sex acts that cause bleeding, choking, disease and pain," I suggested. "You might start by explaining the meaning of the medical term 'Gay Bowel Syndrome,' or how people get herpes lesions on their tonsils." ******* "You're ?how can you even say that?" he demanded. "How dare you tell me who to love?" ******* "I don't think I am telling you who to love." ******* "Oh, no? Then what are you telling me?" ******* "That there is nothing loving about mutual self-destruction." ******* "You must think my relationship with my partner is just dirt!" ******* "No, I respect friendship wherever I find it ?your friendship with your partner included. It's just that sex doesn't make every kind of friendship better." ******* "Why not? Are you anti-sex or something?" ******* "Not at all," I said, "but would you say that sex improves the friendship of a father with his daughter?" ******* Seeing from his face that he didn't, I continued. "You get my point. Nor does sex improve the friendship of two men." ******* "That's where you're wrong. Gay sex is just as natural for some people as straight sex is for other people." ******* "What's 'natural'," I said, "is what unlocks our inbuilt potential instead of thwarting it. One of the purposes of marital sex is to get you outside your Self and its concerns, to achieve intimacy with someone who is Really Other." ******* Was he listening to any of this? "I'm sorry, Lawrence ?I really am ? but having sex with another man can't do that. It's too much like loving your reflection. That's what I meant before about refusing the challenge of the other sex." ******* I was about to go on, but abruptly he changed the subject: "It's attitudes like yours that killed Matthew Shepard." ******* "Surely you don't imagine that the thugs who killed Matthew Shepard were Christians, do you?" I smiled at the absurdity of the thought, but seeing that he misunderstood my smile I made my face serious and tried again. ******* "Lawrence, I deplore the violence that killed Matthew Shepard, and I'm glad those men were caught. But shouldn't we also grieve the urge which caused Matthew Shepard to be sexually attracted to violent strangers?" ******* He said only, "You hate me." ******* I paused to study him. Did he really believe that, or was it a smokescreen? ******* "I don't hate you," I said. "I love you." I paused. "I'd like to be with you forever, in heaven." ******* Lawrence's face displayed shock, as though he had been hit in the stomach. Then he looked confused. The expression of confusion was instantaneously replaced by an expression of anger. ******* For one split-second, it had looked as if the shutters were open. "God in heaven," I thought, "I need help." How could they be pried back up? ******* "My love isn't really the issue for you, is it?" I asked. ******* "What do you mean?" ******* "It's God's. God's love is the issue for you." For a few seconds there was no reaction. ******* Then it came. "You're bleeping right God's love is the issue for me," he said. "Your God's love. The lying God who says He loves man, but who hates me for loving men." ******* "Do you think God hates you?" ******* "Doesn't He?" ******* "What makes you say that?" ******* "Doesn't your Bible say that? It calls people like me an abomination." ******* "It calls what you do abomination. There's a difference." ******* "There's no difference. I do what I am." ******* I considered his point. "Could it be," I said, "that you want God to love you less?" ******* "Less!" he spat. ******* "Yes. Don't you know what love is?" ******* "Acceptance." ******* "Acceptance of what kills you? Consider another view: Love is a commitment of the will to the true good of the other person." ******* "What?" ******* "I said love is a commitment of the will to the true good of the other person." ******* "I don't get what you're saying." ******* "Sure you do. The lover wants what's good for the beloved." ******* He hesitated. "I suppose." ******* "Good. Now think. If that's what love is, then a perfect Lover would want the perfect good of the Beloved. Do you see what that means? He would loath and detest whatever destroyed the beloved's good ?no matter how much the beloved desired it." ******* I couldn't read the look on his face, so I plowed on. "That's what sin does ?it destroys us. Yours destroys you, mine destroys me. And so the Lover doesn't 'accept' it; He hates it with an inexorable hatred. To cut the cancer out of us, He will do whatever it takes ? like a surgeon. No, more than like a surgeon. If you let Him, He will even take the cancer upon Himself and die in your place." ******* Still inscrutable, he kept his eyes in front of him, just avoiding my own. ******* I asked "What happens, then, if you refuse to let go of what destroys you? What happens if you say this to the divine and perfect Lover who wants your complete and perfect good ?if you say, 'I bind myself to my destruction! Accept me, and my destruction with me! I refuse to enter heaven except in the company of Death!" ******* Neither of us spoke. ******* Lawrence rose from his chair and walked out the door. ### [Professor Budziszewski earned his doctorate from Yale University in 1981, and specializes in the relations among ethical theory, political theory, and Christian theology. The focus of his current research is natural law and moral self deception. His books include The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and the Human Character (Cornell, 1986), The Nearest Coast of Darkness: A Vindication of the Politics of Virtues (Cornell, 1988), True Tolerance: Liberalism and the Necessity of Judgment (Transaction, 1992), Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law (InterVarsity, 1997), The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man (Spence, 1999), and What We Can't Not Know: A Guide (Spence, 2003). A good representation of his shorter work is "The Revenge of Conscience" (First Things 84, [June/July 1998], pp. 21-27).] ******* Read more from the Professor at www.boundless.org/common/authorlist.cfm?aid=jb ******* PFOX -- Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays Box 561, Fort Belvoir VA 22060 ******* 703-360-2225 ******* [email protected] ******* www.pfox.org ******* To subscribe to this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 4 OPEN LETTER TO PRO-LIFERS RE: LETHAL DEFENSIVE FORCE TO SAVE LIVES ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:14:23 EDT ******* Dear Friends: ******* The following article by Dr. Patrick Johnston will make you think. Are unborn children the equivalent of born children, or adults? If your answer is YES, then is Paul Hill a hero for giving up his life for his fellow man. ******* Frank Joseph MD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.wherethetruthhurts.org/tractsbooksread.php?w=47 ******* Dear brethren, ******* First, I think we all agree on this. Force, even lethal force, is indeed compatible with Christian love. Who would condemn condemn a police officer, a soldier, or a government-ordained executioner who employed lethal force in the line of duty? Even Ruben Chavez praised the executioners of Paul Hill in Florida recently, so on this, most if not all of us, should agree: lethal force is not inconsistent with Christian charity. ******* Furthermore, I think we all agree with this as well: Not only government agents, but also ordinary citizens may employ lethal force compatible with Christian charity. Who would condemn those courageous Americans who attacked the terrorist hijackers on Flight 93 on 9/11 and kept it from striking a strategic D.C. target? Who would condemn an ordinary law- abiding Christian citizen who used lethal force to stop a mass murderer from shooting up kids in the mall with a semi-automatic weapon? I think we all - Christians and non-Christians, pro-lifers and pro-choicers, pro-life activists and pro-life inactivists, pacifists and non-pacifists - we would all praise these brave defenders as heroes. We wouldn't accuse him of playing "judge, jury, and executioner." We wouldn't accuse him of "taking the law into his own hands." We wouldn't accuse him of "vigilante justice." We wouldn't call him a "murderer." We would thank God for him and pray that there'd be more of us like him brave enough to put his own life on the line to try to save innocent Americans from being unjustly butchered. ******* Furthermore, I think we all agree with this as well: I don't think one of us would necessarily condemn an ordinary citizen who employed lethal force to stop an abortionist from killing innocent human beings! Not Ruben Chavez, not Jim Webber, not Jed Smock, not Robert Borer, not Britt Williams, not David Miller, not Ron McRae - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong - not one of you fine brethren would necessarily condemn an ordinary citizen who employed lethal force to stop an abortionist from killing innocent human beings... as long as the abortionist was killing already-born-people. If an abortionist was shooting up kids at the mall, for instance, with an semi-automatic weapon, which of you would condemn the ordinary citizen who used lethal defensive force to stop him? Hmmm? I don't think you honestly would. Neither would our government. Neither would our God. We would call this lethal defensive force "justifiable homicide," consistent with Christian love. ******* The question is: why this discrimination against the preborn? The Bible is clear that people in the womb are alive and fully human - they are judicially innocent of any capital crimes. They are the recipients of the God-given right to life and defense just as much as people outside the womb. Would any honest student of Scripture deny this? Would any honest scientist, after examining the scientific evidence for the humanity and viability of the preborn human being, deny this? Why does our government, and why do so many of you condemn the one who would use lethal force to stop the abortionist from killing innocent human beings in the womb when you would not condemn one who would use lethal force to stop the abortionist from killing innocent human beings in the mall? Why this discrimination against the preborn? ******* I am certainly open to comments and critiques. ******* Dr. Patrick Johnston ******* www.wherethetruthhurts.org ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 5 CAN YOU COMMIT A SIN IN THE VOTING BOOTH? ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:02:14 EST ******* SINFUL VOTING ******* Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life ******* Can you commit a sin in the voting booth? ******* I raise the question first of all because we are in an election year. Campaign 2004 is everywhere in the news, and it is only going to get more intense with every passing week. ******* And if Priests for Life has anything to say about it, it is also going to get more intense in the Churches and in the pulpits. The reason is simple: there can be no democracy without virtue, and there can be no human activity divorced from the moral law. And in matters of the moral law, the Church does not have the right to be silent. ******* To put it another way, morality has to do with human activity and human choices. Any time we make any kind of decision about what we do, say, or even think, we are either affirming or denying the moral law, and therefore are either coming closer to God or going farther away from him. Every step we take on the journey of life either strengthens us in virtue or enslaves us in vice. ******* Wherever we are, then, it is possible to perform a virtuous act or to commit a sin. I may be singing God's praises in the choir amidst a splendid liturgy -- but if I deliberately think thoughts of rash judgment against a fellow choir member, I have sinned in the midst of those holy surroundings. Conversely, I may be a police officer called to investigate a complaint inside a nightclub where immoral acts are being committed at every turn. By carrying out my duty diligently, however, I can perform virtuous acts despite the surroundings. In short, the only "no-virtue" or "no-sin" zones are on the other side of the grave. ******* Now sin or virtue is always a combination of my action, my intention, and the circumstances surrounding both. I cannot tell whether a photo of two men carrying a TV set out of an apartment is the photo of sin or virtue, because I don't know if they are two thieves or two repairmen. All the relevant facts have to be considered, and not all of those facts are always available. ******* Let's look at one example of a voting booth sin. A voter believes in "abortion rights," and for that reason knowingly and deliberately votes for a candidate who has promised to protect those "rights." That is a sin. The voter has intentionally helped someone who is attempting to advance a violent and destructive activity. The vote in that case is similar to the sinful act of taking part in a pro-abortion rally, writing an editorial letter that expresses support for abortion, or otherwise encouraging or enabling those who perform abortions. ******* To say this has nothing to do with being partisan, because anybody of any party at any time might take any position on abortion, and yet this teaching remains the same. Nor is it "telling people how to vote," but rather pointing out the moral implications of voting. ******* Comments on this column? E-mail us at [email protected] Priests for Life, PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314; Tel: 888-PFL-3448, 718-980-4400; Fax: 718-980-6515; web: www.priestsforlife.org ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 6 PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING TO FILL DRUG PRESCRIPTION ******* date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:04:49 EST ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" ******* Denton, TX (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life pharmacist in Texas is under fire for refusing to fill a woman's prescription for the "morning after pill" given to her by a doctor after she reported being raped. The incident is reviving the debate about whether pharmacists should have the ability to follow their conscience and opt out of dispensing drugs that can or do cause abortions. The rape victim went to an Eckerd drug store where the pharmacist worked. After not getting the drug, she eventually was able to get the prescription filled at a Walgreens pharmacy across the street. The Eckerd Corporation on Tuesday said it had disciplined the unnamed pharmacist for his actions. Eckerd spokeswoman Joan Gallagher said she could not give details, but said the pharmacist had violated company policy. "A pharmacist is obliged to fill a prescription if it is a valid, legal prescription," she said. "We do not make exceptions for any moral, religious or ethical concerns with regard to filling the prescription." Pro-life groups disagree. "Health care providers, including pharmacists, should be never be forced to participate in procedures or practices to which they are morally opposed," Elizabeth Graham of Texas Right to Life told LifeNews.com. ******* http://www.lifenews.com/nat324.html ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 7 ARE YOUR HANDS CLEAN? ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 06:18:10 EST ******* by Jill Stanek ([email protected]) http://www.illinoisleader.com/columnists/columnistsview.asp?c=11898 ******* By Jill Stanek ******* "The abortion mills throughout this nation are not being built, cleaned, and serviced by pro-abortion atheists but by pro-life Christians!" ******* Those words, given by Father Frank Pavone during a speech before the recent March for Life, rekindled anger I have long felt because I have witnessed what he asserted. ******* There is a staggering amount of pro-life complicity with abortion when one thinks about it. ******* Father Pavone was speaking about the business community. "It is time for construction workers, plumbers, electricians, computer technicians, and any other professionals called upon to service killing centers to say, 'I will not cooperate.'" ******* I also saw it in the hospital setting. ******* At Christ Hospital I watched charge nurses who claimed to be pro-life Christians accept aborting patients into the department, make nursing assignments for their care, and order their abortion medications, while maintaining they were not betraying their pro-life convictions because they did not actually commit the act. ******* I watched nurses, residents, and doctors who called themselves Christian or Muslim commit abortion. I watched supposed pro-life chaplains, secretaries, nursing assistants, pharmacists, anesthesiologists, cleaning personnel, and management participate in various aspects of abortion. ******* It takes a village to produce a killing field. ******* Covert participants may simply have not thought it through. But Chris Danze, organizer of the ongoing boycott against the Planned Parenthood abortion mill in Austin, Texas, compares the abortion climate in America today to the Holocaust climate in Nazi Germany. ******* "Someone had to build the gas chambers", said Chris. "Pro-lifers make the comparison between them and abortion clinics, but our situation is even worse. SS officers probably forced people to build those ovens and produce the gas pellets. But no one is forcing us to help today." ******* I witnessed pro-life medical personnel aid and abet abortion. Chris sees pro-life business people doing the same. ******* I've had contractors tell me, "This is not Nazi Germany, this is the United States of America. The Supreme Court said it's legal. I'm not doing the abortions. I'm not holding the knife. I'm not cutting the baby's head off." "I've heard that a thousand times", said Chris. "I say, 'But you're facilitating. You're building the building that will create the environment that will allow serial killers to kill tens of thousands of children over the next several years.'" ******* The same goes in an aborting hospital setting. Even if medical personnel are not actually committing the suctioning or dismemberment of preborn babies, they are aiding and abetting abortion by their very presence in that institution. Even if they perform fabulous, life-saving work work in a completely separate department, their presence in that hospital frees up someone else to help with abortion. And a portion of their paycheck, no matter how small, comes from the blood of children. ******* People who give money to United Way, UNICEF, or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, etc., are aiding and abetting abortion. If one is a secretary or due paying member of the American Medical Association or the National Education Association, etc., s/he is aiding and abetting abortion. A garbage company that picks up trash at an aborting hospital or abortion clinic is aiding and abetting abortion. ******* Wake up! There were 1.3 million abortions in America last year. Why? Those would have been impossible to commit without our help. ******* Chris told me, "The other side has the media in their pocket, they have the politicians where they want them, and they have the pharmaceuticals moving in their direction, but they don't have us. We have to develop the spirit of passive resistance, of noncooperation. It's a conversion thing. It really is a conversion. We have to build consciences from scratch. I'm out there trying to build contractors' consciences. After months and months, it starts to click in. Now we have to build the consciences of a whole city, Austin, Texas." ******* And then America. I can't tell you the number of pro-lifers I've met at pro-life rallies and churches who freely admit they work in aborting hospitals and not give it a second thought. ******* They don't understand that without there ever having to be a change of law, abortion could be ground to a halt if pro-lifers would refuse to work at aborting hospitals, and if pro-life business owners, service industry owners, and workers would refuse to help abortion providers in any way. ******* Are your hands clean from the blood of abortion? We must evaluate where we work and where we invest our time and money. We are responsible to God for all. If you determine your hands are not clean, today is the day to wash them. ******* 2004 IllinoisLeader.com -- all rights reserved ******* _________ ******* What are your thoughts concerning the issues raised in this commentary? Write a letter to the editor at [email protected], and include your name and town. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill Stanek became a leader in the Illinois conservative movement when she fought to stop "live birth abortion" after witnessing one as an RN at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. In August 2002, President Bush asked Jill to his signing of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. In January 2003, World Magazine named Jill one of the 30 most prominent pro-life leaders of the past 30 years. In November 2003, the White House invited Jill to President Bush's signing of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. Jill continues to press for Illinois to become a state where unborn and newly born babies are safe. Jill is also pro-life coordinator for Concerned Women for America of Illinois and a public speaker around the country. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 8 RUNNING SCARED FROM THE TRUTH ******* From: "Stephen Gray" ******* Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 09:01:15 -0800 ******* By Stephen Gray ******* The minute anyone criticizes homosexual behaviour all hell breaks loose. Politicians run for cover. Any politicians who dared criticize, immediately recant, and go into the grovelling position and offer abject apologies, for daring to speak the truth. The media portray them as intolerant and bigots and there is a feeding frenzy on their carcase. Some of their own political colleagues even take part. What are the facts on this lethal behaviour? ******* The highest percentage of AIDS cases in Canada are caused by homosexual behaviour, and an article titled, �AIDS: Medical and Scientific Aspects?by Thomas Curran, Research Branch, Library of Parliament stated regarding AIDS that, ?..most of the cases of the disease in Canada have been diagnosed in the gay community. By 30 June 1995, 76.4% of total AIDS cases were related to homosexual or bisexual activity.?An article in the Globe and Mail of July 4, 1996, headlined �How Canadians with AIDS were exposed?said men who have sex with men?of 9,846 cases reported the percentage was 74.1%.) Note: the Globe and Mail�s source was Health Canada. ******* An article in The Globe and Mail of Nov. 27, 2003. stated: �A few years ago, Alliance MP Dr.Grant Hill said the homosexual lifestyle can be harmful, and leaned on medical science to back him up.?Now fast forward to 2004. The Leader-Post (Regina) of Feb. 5, 2004. in a story headlined �Federal Tories give Spencer the boot?by Peter O�Neil, stated: �Interim national Conservative Leader Grant Hill, whose own assertions about health risks facing homosexuals caused controversy in the mid-1990s, refused to discuss the issue at length.?The issue was homosexuality and Mr. Spencer�s comments. ******* It appears Mr. Spencer can be given �the boot?for his statements, yet the Conservative Leader no longer wants to �discuss the issue at length?about the �unhealthy lifestyle?of homosexuality, if this behaviour is practiced. ******* The author of the article on Mr. Spencer, journalist Peter O�Neil was written up in Reality magazine May/June 1996 issue, page 4, as a member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association ( NLGJA) The article stated :�There are 56 paid members in the Toronto chapter of NLGJA, and 40 members in the Vancouver chapter, including the Vancouver Sun�s Peter O�Neil..." ******* The article in the Leader-Post, by Peter O'Neil, went on to say this about Mr. Spencer: �He spoke in November of a �well orchestrated?conspiracy by gay activists that included recruiting young men and infiltrating the educational system, the judiciary and religious institutions.?Oh really, I guess it is all coincidence that gay activists have already had their agendas introduced into the schools. The judiciary �reads in?sexual orientation into the Constitution and homosexuality among some of the clergy has resulted in lawsuits. ******* The conspiracy factor was raised in a national newspaper. An editorial in the National Post of March 1, 2000, headlined �An open conspiracy?had a sub - headline saying �Justice Minister too close with gay lobby on same-sex marriages.?The Justice Minister at that time was Anne McLellan. The editorial went on to say: �Yesterday, a committee of Parliament met to discuss Bill C-23, the Liberal proposal to give marriage-like benefits to homosexual couples. This is not a radical proposal for same-sex marriages - that has already happened, on April 23, 1998, to be precise, when Rosalie Abella an appeals court judge from Ontario decided to change the legal definition of �spouse? so that it might describe one of two homosexuals living together. Judge Abella ruled that the government must start �acknowledging conjugal diversity.�� This is the same judge who lowered the age of consent to 14 years of age for sodomy. The editorial further stated: �This open conspiracy involving the courts, the Justice Department and the gay lobby is no figment of conservative paranoia...?******* Here we have a national newspaper telling us there is an �open conspiracy involving the courts, the Justice department and the gay lobby...?Yet M.P. Larry Spencer is ridiculed for even mentioning any conspiracy. Now the homosexual agenda is being approved with lightning speed and anyone daring to criticize it is treated like a pariah. ******* Questions have to be asked in this country as to why any criticism of homosexuality is forbidden. Everyone else in society can be subjected to honest critique and the facts stated about an unhealthy lifestyle - be it smoking, drugs, alcohol and other afflictions. The only behaviour that dare not speak its name is the lethal practice of homosexuality. Which can result in disease and death for many of its practitioners. Why is this and why are the politicians and others running scared from the truth? ******* Stephen Gray ******* Feb. 6, 2004. [email protected] website http://www.geocities.com/graysinfo Some info on the Author: Stephen Gray is a writer and researcher on various topics. He published a newsletter for 11 years exposing the misuse of trade union time and money. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 9 MEDIA DO NOT WANT THE TRUTH - by Alphonse de Valk C.S.B. ******* From: "Robert A Jason" ******* Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:30:18 -0500 ******* Dear Friends: ******* This is a GREAT editorial, telling the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, by a courageous editor, Fr. Alphonse de Valk of Catholic Insight (January 2004) ******* During the last week of November, 2003, the family issues critic of the then Alliance Party, Larry Spencer, MP for the Regina-Lumsden riding in Saskatchewan, gave an interview to Peter O�Neill of the Vancouver Sun which cost him his position. Spencer expressed the wish that the decades-old drive of homosexual activists for equal "rights" could be turned back. He expressed support for overthrowing Pierre Trudeau�s 1969 legalization of homosexual activity which he saw as the beginning of a gradually deteriorating situation which today has led to threatening Canada with so-called homosexual marriage. What bothered him most is that it no longer seems possible to oppose the homosexual juggernaut without being denounced as a weirdo, a dinosaur, a lunatic, a homophobe, and being threatened with legal action. One can no longer even tell the truth, or discuss the facts about the homosexuals, he said. ******* Mr. Spencer�s interview was not well thought out. Trudeau did not legalize homosexuality (done in private between consenting adults) in 1969 because he approved of it, but because the law prohibiting such acts was unenforceable. Laws which are unenforceable are bad law. St. Thomas Aquinas agrees. ******* What was enforceable was homosexual activity in public. For a while the police attempted to stop that. But the homosexual propagandists had the better of them. None of this could have happened if it had not been for the moral deterioration in family-marital-sexual relationships in the broader society described best as the "permissive society." The key to that wider breakdown of traditional Christian moral teaching was the coming of The Pill (in 1960), and its corollary, the contraceptive mentality. ******* Once procreation became separated from marriage, the killing of not-yet-born babies, and the lesser evils (in the order of creation) of homosexuality, divorce, pornography, adultery, fornication, all became "acceptable" to society at large. Abortion remains the most brutal fact among these which Parliament, in its lack of wisdom, also legalized in 1969. It remains the most brazen contempt for God�s law in the country today. ******* Mr. Spencer is quite right in saying that with respect to homosexual activity, freedom of speech is now seriously in peril. Indeed, a majority of editorial writers, journalists, columnists, and reporters seem determined to discharge insults against those who do speak the truth. ******* Without trying to be exhaustive let me note the following: ******* ?The percentage of homosexuals in society is not 10 percent, but less than 2 percent. ******* ?Contrary to newswriters, there is a direct connection between homosexual acts and HIV/AIDS. The original name for HIV/AIDS was GRID (the Gay-Related Immunodeficiency syndrome). ******* ?The blood crisis of two decades ago, which cost Canadians hundreds of millions of dollars and which led to the demise of the Red Cross involvement in the blood banks, was directly related to infected homosexuals giving blood. ******* ?The cost of drugs for AIDS-infected homosexuals paid for by the provinces?health care systems at $150,000 a year per person has passed the six billion per year mark; it may yet ruin national health coverage. ******* ?The idea that providing cheaper drugs for AIDS in Africa is a "solution"�as is so often broadcast�is ludicrous. Drugs prolong life, but do not cure AIDS. The financial burden to Africans will increase, not diminish. ******* ?The much promoted condoms do not improve the AIDS crisis; they worsen it. Sexual abstinence before and outside marriage is the only factor which halts the spread of AIDS. ******* ?Homosexuals are not born that way, and No, there is no scientific proof that homosexuality is innate. ******* ?The sexual abuse of boys, teenagers and young adults�whether among the clergy or society at large�is directly related to the growing acceptability of homosexuality in our time. ******* ?Stability is not a characteristic of the homosexual lifestyle; promiscuity is. ******* ?Violence among homosexuals is much higher than in the rest of society; and their lifespan is much shorter; disease is rife. Why? Because homosexual acts are vile. ******* ?The problem in our schools is not "homophobia" but homophilia, the bland, unthinking acceptance of all the nonsense implied or propagated about the homosexual lifestyle. ******* ?Within society, educators have ignored the duty to point out the difference between unjust (to be avoided) and just (to be supported) discrimination. Public homosexual activity should be repressed, not celebrated. ******* ?Yes, it is possible to love the sinner and hate the sin, despite what the Globe & Mail and others may say; however, in a climate where sinners demand that the rest of us approve their activities, this adage may suffer neglect. ******* Do Christians despair? We do not; we may be frightened or angered but we trust in God. As St. Paul tells us, "however great the number of sins committed, grace was even greater" (Romans 5:20). ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 10 THE NURSE WHO ROCKED THE CRADLE ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:27:08 EST ******* http://www.family.org/fmedia/misc/A0029849.cfm ******* by Carol Heffernan ******* In the end, she actually wanted to get fired. It's true that she had spent the better part of a decade working toward this position, in this unit, in this hospital. And it's true that the job was a dream come true, the work both challenging and rewarding. ******* But Jill Stanek was tired of being whispered about, tiptoed around and excluded from hallway chatter. Then came the written warnings, the suspension, the anonymous hate mail. ******* After all, she was the one who, in 1999, blew the whistle on Chicago's renowned Christ Hospital. She exposed the fact that her employer was performing "live-birth abortions," wherein pre-term labor is induced, a fully formed baby delivered intact, and "if still alive" left to die with no medical intervention. ******* Two years later "two years of probation, constant scrutiny and ostracism by her co-workers" Stanek was finally fired. ******* And boy was she relieved. ******* "I was just so happy," she said, "so thankful to God. I was smiling. I was almost laughing." ******* Her job at Christ Hospital had come to an end, but for Jill Stanek, the battle for these tiny victims had only begun. ******* She'd lost her dream job, but God still had plenty for her to do. People began calling, offering her writing and speaking engagements. She testified before Congress and dabbled in local politics. And twice she's visited the White House, at President George W. Bush's invitation, to watch him sign pro-life legislation. ******* In the end, the day she got fired was just the beginning. ####### GRISLY DISCOVERY ####### ******* A self-described late bloomer, Stanek, now 47, already had school-aged children when she began working the night shift in labor and delivery at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. At first, she wasn't aware that the hospital performed labor-induced abortions. She'd already been there a year when a co-worker shared the devastating news. ******* Stanek learned the hospital had been performing the procedure for more than two decades by the time she came on staff. As sickened as Stanek was by this information, she was even more disturbed by the thought that hundreds "maybe thousands" of hospital employees knew this was going on . . . but had never said a word. ******* She attributed the silence to fear. Fear of losing a job, fear of what others might say, fear of a tarnished reputation. Stanek, too, was frightened into silence, not sure what to do. ******* So for three years she said nothing, until a "crisis of conscience" compelled her to take the risk she'd tried so hard to avoid. ******* Late one evening, Stanek opened the door that changed her life forever. It was the door to a hospital utility closet, where a co-worker "too busy to hold an aborted baby boy until he died" had left the child. It was there that Stanek found the Down syndrome baby, abandoned and still breathing. By the time she found him, it was too late to provide medical assistance. Huddled in a closet, surrounded by soiled laundry, she cradled him, rocked him, and 45 minutes later, felt his small body go limp in her arms. ******* Her dream job would never be the same. ******* "Having to walk by a room where people were aborting and I knew it was going on; not being able to do anything about it was such torture," she said. ******* Witnessing the devastating affects of late-term abortion was one thing. Knowing a secret the hospital attempted to hide was another: While Christ Hospital officials claimed this procedure was only performed on babies with fatal handicaps, Stanek knew the truth. There were others, perfectly formed, delivered before they had a chance to live. ******* Because the procedure is so controversial, it's difficult to know how many hospitals perform live-birth abortions, or even who's doing them. At Christ Hospital, Stanek said, they were referred to as "medically indicated" abortions: A pregnant woman was given a drug to dilate the cervix and induce labor. The pre-term babies were often delivered dead, but not always. ******* True to the procedure's name, some of these babies enter the world with tiny arms flailing and fragile chests heaving, gasping for air, desperate for help. Yet the doctors and nurses only turn their backs. ******* Sometimes a nurse will hold them until they die. Sometimes a mother or father will rock their premature son or daughter to death. But many times, these little ones will take their final breaths alone, surrounded only by stark walls and sterile hospital equipment. ******* "You'll find this procedure going on in almost every major city, and people aren't saying anything about it," Stanek said. "They think that it's enough not to participate if you're pro-life. But it's not enough." ******* So began her one-woman crusade. ******* Going Public ******* Like her co-workers, Stanek could have simply looked the other way. But she decided that God had placed her in this position, and that alone was worth risking her job and professional reputation. ******* "I did want to leave," she said, "but my view was that there is no such thing as a coincidence. God had put me in that place for a reason. So every time I thought about leaving, I thought I was abandoning the position that Jesus Christ had put me in." ******* Stanek handled matters privately at first, writing letters to and meeting with hospital administrators, urging them to change their policy on abortion. But the officials made it clear they had no intention of stopping. ******* That's when she went public. ******* Her pastor sent out a letter to about 70 churches and pro-life organizations, both in Chicago and across the country. The news spread quickly, and before she knew it, Stanek was being interviewed by The New York Times, Newsweek and Fox News. ******* Through it all, she continued to work the night shift at Christ Hospital. Once-friendly co-workers now ignored her, doctors scheduled abortions when she wasn't around, and administrators monitored her every move, watching for any infraction that could merit termination. ******* For two years, Stanek was on probation for breaking an unspecified rule in her employment contract. And for two years, hospital staff couldn't come up with a compelling reason to fire her. ******* Stanek knew she was being watched, but she was well past the point of intimidation. She testified twice before Congress about what she saw at Christ Hospital. She campaigned for the federal Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which requires hospitals and doctors to treat all infants who are delivered alive "even those who were aborted" as persons deserving of all necessary medical attention. ******* Stanek's lawyer, Matt Staver, says she wasn't trying to cause controversy; she was just trying to be a good nurse and a good Christian. ******* "Jill made a decision," Staver said, "and that decision was to stand for principle and to stand for life and the unborn, and she put her entire career literally on the line." ******* 'I Wasn't a Pro-Life Activist . . . ' ******* In August 2001, Stanek returned from vacation to discover that she had indeed been fired. Hospital officials claimed it had nothing to do with her pro-life views or all the negative publicity she brought to Christ Hospital. Yet when they provided Stanek with written reasons for her termination, all pertained to her outspokenness. ******* Without her nursing career, Stanek devoted herself to full-time activism. Her speaking invitations increased, and she decided to get involved in local politics. Only three months after leaving Christ Hospital, she ran for the Illinois General Assembly against her pro-abortion state representative. ******* Stanek lost the election, but the experience opened up even more opportunities to share her story. For the last two years, she has spoken extensively about her experiences, been quoted hundreds of times in the national media and currently writes a weekly column on conservative issues. ******* On August 5, 2002, President George W. Bush invited Stanek to the signing of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, and this past November, she was again in the room when Bush signed long-awaited legislation banning partial-birth abortion. ******* As for the future, Stanek says her only aspiration is to avail herself to God. ******* "God is the best PR rep I could ever have," she said. "I've never tried to open my own door. God has opened doors I never would have thought possible." ******* Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, House sponsor of the 2001 Born Alive Infant Protection Amendment said that, thanks in part to Stanek's testimony, "We were able to extend legal rights to those children born-alive. Jill should be commended for her humanitarianism and her dedication." ******* President Bush publicly thanked her for her help with the bill, and World Magazine dubbed her one of the 30 most prominent pro-life leaders over the past three decades. Still, Stanek doesn't see herself as a hero. ******* "I wasn't a pro-life activist, I was just pro-life," she says. "It wasn't as if I had some sort of mentality that set me apart from anybody else, but I had the confidence that I had been put in that place and time for a reason, and the confidence that Jesus Christ would make it all OK. ******* "My home is heaven. This life is meaningless to me . . . but as long as I'm here, I have a job to do." ******* Carol Heffernan is the online editor for broadcast programming at Focus on the Family. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 11 CARDINAL TRUJILLO DEFENDS CATHOLIC CHURCH AGAINST BBC ATTACKS ******* Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:27 -0800 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- Culture of Life Foundation" ******* Dear Colleague, ******* Sometimes the enemies of the Church will use any stick to beat her with. The BBC recently charged that the Church has causes thousands, even millions of deaths due to AIDs because the Church discourages the use of condoms. Would that more people listened to the Church�s teachings. If they did, they would not only refrain from condom use, but from all sexual activity save that within marriage. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours truly, ******* Austin Ruse, President Action item: To read Cardinal Lopez Trujillo's defense of the Catholic Church's position on condoms go to ******* http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/tru/tru_01familysafesex1.html __________________________________________________________________________ ******* Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, recently issued a defense of Church teachings against the charges presented in the BBC documentary "Sex and the Holy City," which aired on the eve of Pope John Paul's 25th anniversary in October of 2003. Widely criticized in Catholic circles, the film held the Church responsible for thousands of deaths due to her doctrinal position against the use of condoms. ******* Cardinal Lopez Trujillo was extensively interviewed for the documentary; however, Lopez Trujillo says the final version included "merely three questions of less than half a minute each, the answers to which were certainly much more complete. The program apparently tried to deliberately and systematically criticize the Catholic Church for supposedly contributing to the death of people by not allowing the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS." ******* In a recently released statement, the Cardinal responded at length, citing multiple secular studies and reports in defense of the Church's belief that condoms do not provide sufficient protection against HIV/AIDS and other STDS. He argues that the "safe-sex" message is insufficient, even dangerous that abstinence is the only method that guarantees complete protection against the deadly disease. He said, "There is no such thing�as a 100% protection from HIV/AIDS or other STD's through condom use today." ******* Lopez Trujillo referred to several studies supporting his argument, including one from the International Planned Parenthood Federation, one of the strongest proponents of the "safe-sex" message, which admitted that the "use of condoms reduces by approximately 70% the total risk between unprotected sex and complete sexual abstinence." The Cardinal said that the "remaining 10-30% from these figures�is relatively high when one deals with a potentially mortal disease such as AIDs, especially if there is an alternative that provides absolute protection of the same: namely, abstinence before marriage, and fidelity to one's spouse." ******* Lopez Trujillo said the Catholic Church is promoting "not mere risk reduction�but rather risk elimination; not partial protection, but total protection�It is truly misleading to say that one promotes 'safe sex', when in fact one is actually promoting 'safer sex,' that is, sex that is safer than not using a condom at all; but it is still farm from being total protection�to emphasize that the condom 'reduces risks', but hiding the fact that it 'does not eliminate risks', leads to confusion." ******* Lopez Trujillo insists that the Catholic assertion of the intrinsic dignity of human sexuality must be realized in order to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic. Increasing condom availability leads to more promiscuous behavior, which combined with their questionable dependability leads to certain contamination over the course of a lifetime, and "in order to control the pandemic, it is necessary to promote responsible sexual behavior�that respects the dignity of man and woman, and that does not consider others as mere instruments of pleasure and thus objects 'to be used'. I also said that such responsible behavior takes place only in conjugal love." ******* Some in Britain are calling for a boycott of the BBC for what they consider to be its persistent �aggressive and antagonistic?attitude toward the Church. ******* Copyright---Culture of Life Foundation. Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* Culture of Life Foundation, 1413 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20005 ******* Phone: (202) 289-2500 ******* Fax: (202) 289-2502 ******* E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.culture-of-life.org ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 12 PRO-LIFE PHARMACISTS FIRED FOR REFUSING TO FILL "MORNING AFTER" PILL ******* Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and "LifeNews.com Report" ******* Denton, TX (LifeNews.com) -- Three pro-life pharmacists have been fired for their refusal to fill a prescription for the so-called morning after pill. The action has revived the debate over whether pharmacists should be able to opt out of filling orders for drugs that can or do cause abortions. Pharmacist Gene Herr and two co-workers have been fired by Eckerd Corporation. Herr refused to fill a woman's prescription for the "morning after pill" given to her by a doctor after she reported being raped. He said he believes the drug can kill an unborn child shortly after fertilization has taken place. He said he has declined to fill orders for the drug before, but this was the first instance where the customer was a victim of rape. The rape victim went to the Eckerd drug store only after visiting several other drug stores that did not stock the morning after drug. She eventually was able to get the prescription filled at a Walgreens pharmacy across the street. "I went in the back room and briefly prayed about it," Herr said. "I actually called my pastor at Denton Bible Church and asked him what he thought about it." ******* ACTION: Let the Eckerd Corporation know how you feel. Contact the company at PO Box 4689, Clearwater, FL, 33758, call 1-800-325-3737, fax a letter to 727-395-7063 or send an email message by going to https://www2.eckerd.com/msgToCustServ.asp ---------------------------------------- For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 13 EXPOSING THE FACTS OF HOMOSEXUALITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 13, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern ******* By Dr. Brian J. Kopp ******* ?2003 WorldNetDaily.com ******* In the recent pro-life victory on partial-birth abortion, graphic images illustrating its barbaric reality were arguably one of the decisive factors in its ban. Ultrasound views of the fetus juxtaposed with images of mutilated and discarded aborted babies are involuntarily burned into subconscious memory, changing hearts and minds. Christian activists see the lengths to which pro-abortion groups and the mainstream media go to censor this harsh reality from the view of the public; both sides know that when the average citizen witnesses the horrific images behind the fuzzy rhetoric of "choice," they come to oppose abortion. ******* Now some Christian activists are attempting to apply similar methods in the battle to protect marriage. A current grass-roots effort illustrates the uphill battle facing them, with opposition coming from unexpected quarters. As reported by the Associated Press, the Rev. John Nesbella of Prince of Peace parish in Northern Cambria, Pa., has organized the "Catholic Crusade to Defend Marriage and the Family." Working quietly with approximately 50 lay Catholics, Father Nesbella has distributed several thousand educational packets in a half dozen parishes of the rural western Pennsylvania diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. Consisting primarily of promotional flyers asking Catholics to support the effort and pre-printed letters and envelopes addressed to U.S. representatives and President Bush urging their support for the Federal Marriage Amendment, the effort has caused a firestorm of controversy over a pamphlet included in the packets. ******* "Medical Consequences of What Homosexuals Do," a seven-page pamphlet by Paul Cameron, Ph.D., a psychologist who chairs the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., is a frank clinical discussion of the diseases and disorders attendant to homosexual behavior. In the current cultural debate over the legalization of homosexual marriage, such data obviously must be readily available, widely disseminated and seriously studied. ******* As the mainstream media has successfully censored most attempts to publicize the graphic reality of abortion, likewise Dr. Cameron's research has been harshly criticized and the data he provides censored from public view. Unfortunately in this case, Father Nesbella's own diocese is doing the censorship. On Nov. 24, the diocese sent him a letter ordering him to cease distribution of the pamphlets. Citing possible risk to the diocese's tax-exempt status, the letter also states: ******* "It also invites legal action against you, the parish, the diocese and the bishop for various prohibited action that you are bordering upon, such as discrimination, pornography or defamation. These could be construed when the message is too negative, or too graphic." ******* A subsequent memo to all diocesan clergy stated, "When the support of our clergy and laity is needed, our representatives will inform you about what appropriate action is called for ?pastors are cautioned to wait for information from the Chancery or check with Chancery officials before calling upon the faithful to support or oppose any particular piece of legislation that deals with this issue." ******* After witnessing the diocesan appraisal of his research, Dr. Cameron's Family Research Institute issued a terse response. ******* "Health officials are always proclaiming the need for explicit and detailed information about homosexual activity," said Cameron, "but when scientific facts reveal its very real dangers, then gay-rights supporters do whatever is necessary to repress it." ******* "The pamphlet is nothing more or less than a summary of scientific studies, thoroughly documented," Cameron said. "Facts don't discriminate. The material ?which concentrates on diseases that proceed from homosexual behavior ?is anything but pornographic. And it is absurd to suggest that you can defame homosexuals as a class, particularly when you are quoting scientific authorities." ******* The evangelical American Family Association of Pennsylvania also weighed in on the controversy. In a faxed statement to Bishop Adamec, the group expressed concern about the bishop's apparent lack of support for the efforts of Father Nesbella. The statement also requested that the bishop remove the "cease and desist" order. ******* "This situation is totally bewildering. In July we applauded the Vatican's statement strongly opposing same-sex marriage and we hope that all in the Catholic Church would agree on the wisdom of the pope's document," said Diane Gramley, president of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania. ******* "Homosexual activists are following the plan laid out in the 1989 book "After the Ball," which directed them to divert Americans' attention away from homosexual sex acts. The idea is to gain the nation's approval by pulling the victim card and claiming theirs is a civil-rights issue. This is in the hopes that we will not concentrate on the unnatural sex acts that are part of their lifestyle," Gramley asserted. "To be compassionate is to be honest about the dangers of any lifestyle. Father Nesbella is showing compassion by working to preserve marriage as between one man and one woman. He knows that legalization of same-sex marriage is not for the common good of our society." ******* Obviously, homosexual activists comprehend that when presented with a frank discussion of the lethal medical realities behind the fuzzy rhetoric of "gay marriage," the public will support the Federal Marriage Amendment and oppose further special rights for same-sex couples. Fortunately, while poorly informed church officials can gag clergy, lay Christians who have learned the lessons of years of pro-life trial and error are free to apply similar tactics in the fight to preserve marriage. ******* Lay Catholic ministries in a dozen other states have already begun efforts to spread the "Catholic Crusade to Defend Marriage and the Family." They grasp the enormity and import of this battle, and do not fear expected opposition to distribution of "Medical Consequences of What Homosexuals Do" pamphlets or other similar resources. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian J. Kopp, DPM, is vice president of the Catholic Family Association of America, officer of the board of the Polycarp Research Institute, a member of the Catholic Media Coalition, and freelance Catholic writer. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 14 FORCED ABORTIONS LEGAL IN USA - COURT OF APPEALS RULES ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:12:45 EST ******* The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act makes the violation of a woman's right to receive reproductive health care a federal crime. It is hard to imagine a worse violation of reproductive rights than forced abortion. Yet the Eleventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals apparently disagrees. ******* On 23 January 2004, in Jane Roe II vs. Aware Women Center for Choice, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court ruled that an expectant mother can be aborted by force if the abortionist argues that it is necessary to "protect the health of the mother." ******* The story begins on 29 March 1997, when a young, pregnant mother entered the Aware Women Center for Choice clinic in Florida. She was there for an abortion. ******* Awaiting her was the abortionist, William P. Egherman, who has committed over 10,000 abortions and who has, perhaps not surprisingly, been addicted to alcohol and opiates. He began the procedure by attempting to dilate the woman's cervix with a 12 millimeter dilator. ******* "My God, you're hurting me" the woman began to scream. "You're killing me, I'll never be able to have babies,,,. Stop!" ******* The woman had had a change of heart. She did not want an abortion. She wanted to keep her baby. And she wanted to leave. Immediately. "Stop. Let me out of here," she cried.(1) ******* Instead of respecting the woman's wishes and stopping the procedure, Egherman called for assistance. Clinic workers held the woman down as Egherman, ignoring the woman's screams, continued to dilate her cervix. Then he entered the victim with a pair of forceps--"the bear" Ehgerman called them (2)--and began probing and pulling. He mistakenly pulled out part of the woman's intestines. For the woman, said her attorney, Chris Sapp, it was like being drawn and quartered. ******* Realizing what he had done, Egherman heavily sedated the woman. Then he called for an ambulance. He instructed the ambulance to come slowly, without lights or sirens, in order to give him "time to pack the woman with gauze." ******* Egherman was also worried that his regular flow of business would be interrupted by "all the hoopla." "Saturday's our big day," he explained, "and I didn't want to generate a lot of,,, any more confusion, any more panic than was already present at the time. She was loud, and as I said, she was shrill, and there were a lot of patients who were hearing what was going on, and the normal rhythm of the day was interrupted. The other patients must have been terrified, and I didn't want the ambulance showing up with all the lights and sirens,,," ******* At the hospital, the woman was operated on and the damage to her internal organs repaired. Her baby was found to be dead, and was removed. ******* There the matter would have ended, if not for the intervention of attorney, and former judge, Chris Sapp. Sapp filed suit on her behalf in the federal courts, arguing that the abortionist had violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). FACE was passed to guarantee the right of women to receive reproductive health care. But if a woman had a right to enter a clinic to get an abortion, Sapp argued, she also has a right to leave a clinic in order to protect herself and her baby. ******* In calling for the abortionist to stop the procedure, Sapp argued, the woman was clearly invoking her rights under the FACE Act. By forcing the abortion procedure on her, and by preventing her from going immediately to a hospital where her pregnancy could have been saved, the abortionist violated her reproductive rights.(3) ******* Egherman's defense attorneys maintained that "if he [Egherman] had to go back in" in order to protect the woman's health, then this would not constitute a violation of the FACE Act. On a summary judgment, the appeals court agreed, even though the evidence shows that the abortion had scarcely begun when the woman called for the abortionist to stop the abortion, and that he went "back in" to perform the abortion against her will. ******* According to Sapp, "This ruling does establish a precedent for forced abortion." An expectant mother receiving a routine gynecological exam, for example, could be held down and forcibly aborted. The abortionist would merely have to argue that the abortion was necessary to protect the mother's health or life, and this would not be a violation of the FACE Act. ******* PRI has recently learned of another forced abortion in America. A 25-year-old Maryland woman, four months pregnant, changed her mind about having an abortion after being taken to the procedure room. She ran back to the clinic entrance where her boyfriend stopped her. You have to get an abortion, he told her. I've already paid for it. Three clinic workers and the abortionists surrounded the women, sedated her by injection, and then took her back into the procedure room. After the forced abortion, she awoke in a closet. ******* Chris Sapp is determined to fight on. He is prepared to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiori acknowledging that a woman's right to say "no" to an abortion, at any point in time, is absolute, and that this right is found in the FACE Act. ******* To make a tax-deductible donation (U.S.A. only) to Chris Sapp and his valiant effort to stop forced abortions in America, please go to PRI's secure site at https://pop.org/donate.cfm ******* Please be sure to write "for Chris Sapp" in one of the three available address fields on the on-line donation form. ******* ENDNOTES ******* 1. DEPOSITION TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM P. EGHERMAN, M.D., UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, ORLANDO DIVISION, AUGUST 28, 2002: JANE ROE, II, PLAINTIFF, VS. AWARE WOMEN CENTER FOR CHOICE, INC., EDWARD W. WINDLE, JR., PATRICIA B. WINDLE, WILLIAM P. EGHERMAN, M.D., DEFENDANTS; CASE NO.: 6:99-CV-850-ORL-19KRS. ******* 2. Ibid., Deposition of William Egherman. ******* 3. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Jane Roe II vs. Aware Woman Center for Choice, January 23, 2004. ******* Steve Mosher is the president of Population Research Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to debunking the myth that the world is overpopulated. ******* www.pop.org ******* ?2004 Population Research Institute. Permission to reprint granted. Redistribute widely. Credit required. ******* To subscribe to the Weekly Briefing, send an email to: Mail to: [email protected] or email [email protected] and say "Add me to your Weekly Briefing." ******* The Population Research Institute is dedicated to ending human rights abuses committed in the name of "family planning," and to ending counter-productive social and economic paradigms premised on the myth of "overpopulation." ------- This was forwarded to you by the Elliot Institute. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 15 CANADIAN MEDICAL STUDENT MAY NOT GRADUATE BECAUSE OF ABORTION VIEWS ******* From: "John Hof" Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pro-Life E-News" Thursday, March 18, 2004 CJOB Radio News Mar 18, 2004 ******* A CJOB NEWS EXCLUSIVE.... ******* A medical student at the University of Manitoba might not graduate, because for religious reasons he will not offer abortion as an option to a patient. ******* Dr. Brian Magwood is Associate Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Magwood says policy states that students are obligated to tell patients about all treatment options which fall within the medical standard of care. ******* Meanwhile,a Winnipeg physician, Dr. Frederick Ross tells CJOB's Richard Cloutier Reports many doctors swore to protect human life "from the moment of conception" when they took the Hippocratic Oath. And he says the University of Manitoba should give room to people of conscience . ******* The medical student is in the final year of medical school at the University of Manitoba. ******* CJOB's Nelson Williams reporting ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 16 REFUSAL TO GRANT MEDICAL DEGREE TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR ******* Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 ******* From: "Frank Wagner" ******* To: Dr. Brian K.E. Hennen, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba [email protected] ******* CC: [email protected] ******* Dear Dr. Hennan, ******* I'm very upset by a report indicating that the University of Manitoba is refusing to grant a medical degree to a student because he refuses to participate in the killing of a preborn child. ******* This attempt to turn every University of Manitoba medical student into an abortionist is to my mind the ultimate perversion of medicine. ******* I am shocked to the edge of disbelief by the arrogance of those who would force others to become the instruments which kill the youngest of our fellow human beings. Who are the people that are doing this? ******* Frank Wagner ===== LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE ABORTED CHILDREN. THEIR CRY IS NO. THEIR CRY IS A CRY OF TERROR. HEED THEIR CRY.**************************** Check out my web site http://ca.geocities.com/fwagner4 ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 17 OFFENDED AND DISGUSTED ******* Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 ******* from "Berend Van Eldik" ******* To: "Dr. Brian K E Hennen" ******* CC: [email protected] ******* Dr. Brian K.E. Hennen, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba ******* Dear Sir, ******* I cannot find enough words to express my anger and disgust at the news that a medical student at your university has received a failing grade for refusing to participate in an abortion or to refer for such a procedure. ******* I am surprised and deeply offended that a man of your caliber would support or condone such action, thus placing yourself squarely on the side of the bottomfeeders of the medical profession, bringing utter disgrace upon yourself and besmirching the reputation of your institute. ******* I am disgusted that you and all those who promote and advocate the killing of innocent children continue to use the dignity of the legitimate medical profession as a shield to justify your sleazy practices. ******* I urge you in the strongest possible terms to reverse this decision and to extend a profound apology to the student in question who deserves our greatest admiration for his courage in standing up for his conviction. ******* In your own interest I would also recommend that you familiarize yourself once again with the words of the Hippocratic Oath, once a badge of honor for every reputable physician and universally regarded as the foundation of a noble profession. ******* B.J. Van Eldik, 3745 Cedar Drive, Port Coquitlam BC V3B 3E1 ******* Tel. (604)944-1374 ******* Fax (604)552-1662 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Cc to: [email protected] ******* Bcc to: selected pro-life contacts ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 18 NEWS RELEASE - PRO-LIFE, FREE-SPEECH CASE APPEALED TO INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL ******* Canada Contact: John Hof 604-534-4828 [email protected] ******* USA Contact: Jeffrey C. Tuomala 434-582-2806; 434-386-0724 [email protected] ******* Nelson, British Columbia, March 24, 2004�Nearly six months after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal in the case of Regina v. Demers, Nelson resident James R. Demers has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Demers?case originated in 1996 when he was arrested, jailed for seven weeks awaiting trial, and convicted for holding a sign outside an abortion clinic in Vancouver, British Columbia. A series of appeals has ensued, through the provincial courts, and finally to the Supreme Court of Canada where Mr. Demers?Application for Leave to Appeal was denied on September 25, 2003. ******* The IACHR, an organ of the Organization of American States (OAS) headquartered in Washington, D.C., represents all of the member states of the OAS, and was established for the promotion and protection of human rights. It receives petitions for the redress of violations of human rights recognized in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (�Declaration? and the American Convention on Human Rights. The Commission may hold hearings on allegations and issue denunciations of governments that violate human rights. ******* Mr. Demers?petition focuses on two areas of human rights violations by the Canadian government, recognized in international law and in the OAS Declaration particularly. First, Mr. Demers asserts that his rights to freedom of expression were violated (Article III). The prosecutors, judges and justices involved in his case have admitted that Mr. Demers?rights to freedom of expression have been violated, while claiming that the violations are justified under section 1 of Canada�s Charter. International law requires, however, that a nation may derogate from (violate) such rights only in case of a declared national emergency. The Crown�s counsel presented no evidence that an emergency existed or was declared in Canada. Second, Mr. Demers argues that the right to life of unborn children has been violated (Article I). Abortion advocates in Canada have boasted that Canada is the only democratic nation in the world that affords absolutely no legal protection for unborn children at any stage. They claim that only China, North Korea and Vietnam are in the same company as Canada. ******* Additional human rights violations that Mr. Demers believes have been committed against himself, and against Canadian women and their children, include OAS Declaration rights to association with others (Article XXII), equal protection under the law (Article II), full formation and development of personality (Article XXIX), special protection during pregnancy (Article VII), participation in the benefits of scientific discoveries (Article XIII), and recognition as persons having rights and obligations (Article XVII). ******* The record of trial shows that on three days in December, 1996, Mr. Demers stood without speaking, on a public sidewalk outside Everywoman�s Health Centre in Vancouver, holding a sign stating: �Every human being has the inherent right to life. United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.? On a fourth day he held a sign stating: �Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law, in general, from the moment of conception. Art. 4-1 American Convention on Human Rights.? He was arrested without incident, confined to jail for seven weeks awaiting trial, and convicted of �protest?and �sidewalk interference?under British Columbia�s Access to Abortion Services Act. Under the Act, �protest?includes any act of disapproval of abortion, including informing a person about abortion-related issues, no matter how peaceful. ******* Mr. Demers has argued since his 1997 trial that the charges should be dismissed because the Act violates certain fundamental human rights that are recognized in international law and mirrored in Canadian law. The Canadian Charter states in section 2: �Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression . . . .? Mr. Demers says that Canada has violated his rights to freedom of expression. Section 7 states: �Everyone has a right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.? The Canadian courts have denied that the term �everyone?in the Charter includes unborn children. ******* In his petition, Mr. Demers notes that all individuals, not just nations states have a responsibility to promote and protect human rights. He argues that Canada has not only refused all protection of law to an entire class of human beings, it has actively promoted human rights violations, and has even gone a step further in prosecuting persons who promote laws held in common by the international community. ******* If the IACHR agrees to consider Mr. Demers?petition, it could find Canada in violation of human rights standards under international law and issue appropriate denunciations. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 19 THINLY DISGUISED TOTALITARIANISM ******* From: "D.Fernandes" ******* Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:42:58 -0800 ******* -----Original Message----- ******* From: Roy Hamel [mailto:[email protected]] ******* Sent: Wednesday, March 24 ******* Dear Friends, ******* The following article written by a Roman Catholic priest should be read by every Christian leader in Canada. It is a little longer than most pieces I send, but it is extremely valuable in pointing out that our beloved nation is tilting dangerously in a direction that will imperil our freedom of religion on many levels. I highly commend the article for your own perusal and for sending on to others. ******* Warmly, ******* Rev. Royal Hamel, Guelph, Ontario -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* By Raymond J. de Souza -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 First Things 142 (April 2004): 9-12. ******* In 2003, the chief appellate court of the province of Ontario unanimously ruled that the common law definition of marriage in force in Canada (�one man and one woman? was unconstitutional, as it violated the equality guarantees of Canada�s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (an amendment to the Canadian constitution, somewhat analogous to the U.S. Bill of Rights, but passed only in 1982). The Ontario decision followed similar provincial court decisions in British Columbia and Quebec. While the British Columbia and Quebec decisions struck down the old law, a standard practice in findings of unconstitutionality, the Ontario court went further: it decreed that Ontario�s marriage laws must be immediately rewritten to include homosexual couples. With uncharacteristic alacrity, Toronto City Hall began issuing same-sex marriage licenses that very afternoon: five hours elapsed between the court�s decision and the first gay wedding at City Hall, and Ontario instantly became a magnet for gay couples seeking to �marry.?The decision made international headlines as a major victory for gay activists. But that was only the beginning. The subsequent federal government response and ensuing public debate revealed that religious liberty itself is under attack in Canada. Indeed, the fracas over gay marriage has underscored that a totalitarian impulse has infected the Canadian body politic. �Totalitarian?is, admittedly, a hard word, but I believe it is required in this instance. ******* In response to the Ontario ruling, the federal government of then Prime Minister Jean Chr?ien (supported by his successor, Paul Martin) decided not to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada. Instead it introduced legislation that would amend the definition of marriage in line with the court directive, with a clause that would specifically exempt clergy from having to solemnize gay unions. Having chosen thus to embrace gay marriage, the federal government then referred the proposed law to the Supreme Court. (Canadian law allows the federal government to ask the Supreme Court for its opinion on proposed legislation.) The government specifically asked the Court whether the proposed clergy exemption was compatible with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ******* The reference question is deeply worrisome. It is widely expected that the Supreme Court will approve the exemption for clergy�though one can never be sure. But the fact that the question is even being asked is an ominous portent. The Canadian federal government has asked the chief judicial authority whether a bill which exempts religion�s blessings of marriage from government redefinition is constitutional. One would hope that the question need not even be asked. Yet so advanced is the totalitarian impulse in Canada that advocates of the federal redefinition of marriage positively boast of how broad-minded they are in allowing churches to administer their own sacraments as they see fit. ******* The freedom of churches to administer the sacraments is as fundamental a religious liberty as there can be. That freedom is not granted by statute, for the freedom is not the state�s to grant. Does the government�s �reference?to the Supreme Court indicate its actual doubt about whether churches are free to administer sacraments? It is more likely that because certain public benefits flow from a religious marriage, the government is seeking the Court�s opinion in order to forestall some adventurous human rights tribunal from forcing a clergyman to perform a same-sex marriage. Given that these tribunals have recently been given the authority to adjudicate Charter claims, it is likely only a matter of time before one of them acts. ******* That is the worst-case scenario of state expansion. But state expansion will likely pass other milestones on its way there, eroding religious liberty on questions related to marriage. First it will be churches forced to rent out their halls and basements for a same-sex couple�s wedding reception. Then it will be religious charities forced to recognize employees in same-sex relationships as legally married. Then it will be religious schools not being allowed to fire a teacher in a same-sex marriage. Then it will be a hierarchical or synodal church not being allowed to discipline an errant priest or minister who performs a civilly legal but canonically illicit same-sex marriage. All of this can happen short of the worst-case scenario specifically exempted in the federal government�s proposed law. ******* The federal government�s decision was followed a few weeks later by the release of a Vatican document which instructed Catholic politicians that they could have no part in advancing gay marriage. The Canadian bishops followed that up with frank statements in support of the Vatican argument, and many wrote letters on the subject to be read in their parishes. Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary warned Prime Minister Chr?ien, a Catholic, that he was putting his soul in danger. In response, the swords of the cultural elites were unsheathed. ******* The airwaves were filled with outrage that Catholic bishops would presume to speak about marriage and salvation�those having now become public, and therefore entirely secular, matters. The National Post editorial board, usually sympathetic to traditional social mores, told the Vatican to �butt out.?Former Globe and Mail editor-in-chief William Thorsell, a leading spokesman for all things progressive, solemnly warned that if the Catholic Church was going to stick its nose into political business, it had better be prepared for all the �brickbats?that accompany political involvement. ******* All of this demonstrates that the Canadian understanding of the vital importance of religious liberty is enervated indeed. In the space of a few months, the state has moved into a sphere previously thought beyond its competence�namely, the definition of marriage�and the political culture has denounced the religious leaders who dissented. That the Vatican document and the episcopal letters were examples of pastors speaking to their own church members made the cultural response all the more worrisome. ******* The gay marriage question is not the only issue which has eroded religious liberty in Canada. The gay activist agenda as a whole has been particularly successful on a range of issues. Here are four examples, three judicial and one legislative. ******* 1. Trinity Western University, a private university affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church, was denied a license to certify teachers by the British Columbia College of Teachers because its code of student conduct prohibited, among other things, homosexual relationships (it also prohibited other sins against chastity). While the university eventually prevailed at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2001, lower courts agreed with the College of Teachers that prohibiting homosexual relationships is unacceptable because it might lead future public school teachers to harbor a discriminatory animus against homosexuals. ******* 2. In March 2000, Scott Brockie, owner of a printing business, was fined $5,000 by the Ontario Human Rights Commission for refusing to print letterhead and cards for the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives. Protesting that his Christian faith prevented him from promoting homosexuality, Brockie had declined the order back in 1996. The Commission ruled that his religious beliefs did not entitle him to turn down business from homosexual groups. ******* 3. In 2002, an Ontario lower court ordered a Catholic high school to admit one of its students, Mark Hall, to the school prom with his boyfriend. The principal of the school had previously decided that such a same-sex couple would not be admitted to the prom. In the course of the hearing, the judge took it upon himself to hear arguments about the status of Catholic teaching on homosexuality. While he accepted the local bishop�s articulation of Catholic doctrine, he determined that it was not the only view of the matter and sided with the gay student. Even though the prom is long since over, the matter is still working its way through the courts on appeal. ******* 4. Finally, last year the Canadian House of Commons passed a bill that added sexual orientation to the list of �hate speech?categories in the criminal code. Hate speech is a criminal offense if it promotes hatred toward an identifiable group. It was originally introduced into the criminal code to deal with racism, and particularly anti-Semitism. Should the bill become law, the state will be called upon to judge how opinions on homosexuality are delivered. While the bill has yet to clear the Senate, religious groups have raised concerns that�following the Trinity Western, Brockie, and Mark Hall cases�public _expression of orthodox moral judgments regarding homosexuality could now be legally penalized. ******* The public policy goal of rooting out discrimination against homosexuals has opened a huge new area of civil life to the power of the state, as it now seeks to regulate the socializing policies of schools, the practices of private businesses, and perhaps even the preaching and teaching of churches. ******* Homosexuality is not the only issue on which religious liberty is imperiled; medical practice is another. In British Columbia, the introduction of abortifacient drugs��emergency contraception?or the �morning-after pill��has posed a moral challenge for pharmacists. They were permitted to dispense the drug without a prescription, and the regulatory body of pharmacists indicated that it would be mandatory for all pharmacists to dispense the drug. It was argued that the public policy decision to grant a monopoly to pharmacists over the dispensing of drugs meant that their consciences had to take a back seat to a �public health?need. The case is still being debated, but it indicates that threats to religious liberty are not limited to the courts or even the legislatures. The vast array of professional bodies that are granted privileges by the state can be used as ancillary agents of state power to constrain those professionals who dissent on religious grounds from a particular policy, even if the matter has nothing to do with the dissenter�s professional competence. ******* A current example, still under internal adjudication, relates to a Canadian medical student who was failed in his obstetrics rotation for his statement that he would not do abortions. Not that he actually refused to do abortions�the issue did not arise in the event�but he said that he would not do them as a doctor. The Canadian Medical Association guidelines include a �conscience clause?which states that no doctor can be forced to do abortions. A medical student is in a rather fragile position: his professional future is in his superior�s hands and he has no other option. There are no Christian medical schools in Canada. Should he not be vindicated by his university (or eventually the courts), the state monopoly on medical education granted to public universities will have been used to punish incorrect opinions on abortion. ******* The danger of authentic democracy degenerating into totalitarianism was summed up by Pope John Paul II in a highly relevant passage from Centesimus Annus in 1991: ******* Authentic democracy is possible only in a state ruled by law, and on the basis of a correct conception of the human person. It requires that the necessary conditions be present for the advancement both of the individual through education and formation in true ideals, and of the �subjectivity?of society through the creation of structures of participation and shared responsibility. Nowadays there is a tendency to claim that agnosticism and skeptical relativism are the philosophy and the basic attitude which correspond to democratic forms of political life. Those who are convinced that they know the truth and firmly adhere to it are considered unreliable from a democratic point of view, since they do not accept that truth is determined by the majority, or that it is subject to variation according to different political trends. It must be observed in this regard that if there is no ultimate truth to guide and direct political activity, then ideas and convictions can easily be manipulated for reasons of power. As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism. That last sentence stings. Could our democracy become a �thinly disguised totalitarianism? Surely the Holy Father was not talking about Canada? In 1991, perhaps his words did not apply. They certainly do apply now. Canada is not a totalitarian state, but the totalitarian impulse is very thinly disguised indeed, and the signs on the horizon are ominous. ******* When religious liberty is lost, democracy�even if it maintains the structures and procedures of the democratic state�is lost. So the stakes are very high. That is why John Paul has stressed throughout the twenty-five years of his pontificate that religious liberty is the first liberty. Religious liberty means that there are areas where the state may not go. It means that the state may not coerce consciences. A democracy that loses its respect for religious liberty has lost its respect for limited government. Such a democracy, infected by the totalitarian impulse, may continue to wear the guise of democracy while heading in the opposite direction. ******* A full-fledged totalitarian state recognizes no limits to state power. There are no spheres where the state is not competent to act. But before totalitarianism triumphant, there is the totalitarian impulse, which may be understood as the ambition of the state to extend its authority to realms where it has no authority. The totalitarian impulse is a threat to democracy because it seeks to overturn the democratic value of limited government. The totalitarian impulse necessarily seeks to limit religious liberty. ******* A pithy definition of totalitarianism was offered by one of its fiercest practitioners, Benito Mussolini: �Everything within the state, nothing against the state, nothing outside the state.?Mussolini, even in a staunchly Catholic country in which he could never control the Church, realized that, in theory, totalitarianism cannot abide anything that makes claims about a realm beyond the state. In other words, it cannot abide the truth claims that religious liberty protects. ******* There are no restrictions on freedom of worship in Canada today. Canadians can practice their faith unmolested by the state. But increasingly, full participation in civil, commercial, and professional life is requiring that religiously grounded beliefs be left at the door. The threat is coming not only from courts and legislatures, but from tribunals, regulatory bodies, and professional associations. The gay marriage issue has attracted most of the attention. But the threat to religious liberty reaches much farther. It reaches toward everything, as in �totality.?******* Raymond J. de Souza is a priest of the Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario. He is a curate at Our Lady of Lourdes parish and a chaplain to Newman House at Queen�s University. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 20 YET ANOTHER BLOOD FEUD - BY MICHAEL COREN ******* From: "Robert A Jason" ******* Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 ----- Original Message ----- ******* From: [email protected] ******* Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 ******* Dear Friends: ******* It takes guts to tell the truth about homosexuality & its agenda in our woefully timid & politically-correct society. So, Michael Coren deserves our applause for his courage in taking on the powerful, influential homosexual lobby and one of their pet causes that is so deleterious to society as a whole. You can bet Michael will receive lots of hate mail for his "homophobia" in this truthful column. He needs our prayers. ******* Yesterday, I responded to Ms. Marianne Meed-Ward after she had been tormenting us sincere Bible-believing Christians for a long time. I have never seen Ms. Meed-Ward take on the powerful homosexual lobby - she loves to pick on the harmless, meek & mild "turn the other cheek" Christians. My, how brave of you, Ms. Meed-Ward! Let's see how you can match the courage of your fellow columnist at the Toronto Sun - Michael Coren. ******* <><> ------------------ Sat, March 27, 2004 ******* Last week, the largest school board in Quebec decided to ban blood donor clinics from all of its schools and offices. The reason? The blood bank agency asks potential donors a list of questions. ******* One of the many questions posed to men is whether they are gay and have been sexually active. The openly gay vice-chairman of the board protested the "homophobia" of the question. ******* As a result, the dangerously limited blood supply of this country will be further hit. In other words, the essential surgical and health needs of the people of Canada are considered less important than the chance of a homosexual man being offended by a logical and essential question. ******* Nor is the scenario confined to Quebec or to Canadian schools. Universities face the same challenge, and at Western Oregon University there is currently a campaign to ban Red Cross blood drives from campus for the same reason. ******* None of this is surprising to me. ******* I wrote about a similar incident some years ago for another newspaper. In that case, the Red Cross had indeed been banned from a university campus in Canada for asking such a question. ******* After the article appeared the editor of the well-known daily for which I wrote telephoned me and told me I was never to write about gay people ever again. ******* I argued this was less about homosexuality than about public policy. ******* It doesn't matter, replied the editor, never mention homosexuality "ever again." ******* So much for the Davids and Goliaths of Canadian media. ******* It only goes to confirm what many of us have been saying for some time. The tolerance gay people request, and deserve, was achieved long ago. And I applaud that. The debate now is about unquestioning affirmation. This applies to marriage, adoption and so many other areas of the social fabric of our lives. ******* Let us also please reject the ridiculous charge of homophobia from all this. Of course there are haters out there, but for the most part the accusation of homophobia is merely a clumsy but sometimes successful attempt to stifle contrary opinion. In this case, it is perverse. Lesbians, for example, are more welcome than most as blood donors. They have a lower infection rate than heterosexual women. ******* Yet the argument goes deeper. There are many questions asked by blood agencies. Which countries have you visited? Have you suffered from various diseases? Have you been an intravenous drug user? Have you been sexually active as a heterosexual in a way that could increase the risk of AIDS infection? ******* I, for one, cannot give blood because I lived in Britain until 1987, when mad cow disease was to be found in some of the meat supply. The chances of infection are tiny, but the risks are too great to take chances. ******* Quite right. Nobody's child should receive infected blood simply because someone was upset by what he considered to be a politically incorrect question. ******* Goodness me, no gay man should face the risk of receiving tainted blood because another gay man's self-esteem was dented by an essential and responsible inquiry. ******* The essence of all this is that the privileges of the few appear to have become more important than the rights of the many. The comfort level of someone with a particular sexual orientation matters more than life itself. ******* Of course, all blood is checked and there is hardly any chance of HIV- or AIDS-infected blood reaching the blood banks. But any expert will tell you about the problems of the delayed appearance of infection. ******* Just one mistake could be fatal. We need as many safeguards as possible. ******* Being gay is not the point. The blood agencies could not care less about a person's sexual orientation. They do care, however, if someone has had anal sex. It is a simple fact that such intercourse makes both partners more open to infection than normal sexual contact. ******* Only a fool, or perhaps a homophobe, would deny the devastation caused to gay men by AIDS. Condoms are not universally safe, and are not universally used. ******* Truth, however, is always safe, and should always be used. It could save your life. Even if it does involve answering a question or two. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 21 ELLIOT INSTITUTE APPLAUDS UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT ******* Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 ******* From: "Elliot Institute" ******* Subject: Elliot Institute News Vol 3, No 4 ******* THE ELLIOT INSTITUTE NEWS ******* An Email Publication from the Leader in Post-Abortion Research ******* Vol.2, No. 3 -- April 8, 2004 ******* President Bush signed a bill on April 1 that provides additional legal protection for pregnant mothers and their unborn children. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act will allow prosecutors to bring criminal charges when an unborn child is killed or injured as a result of a violent act against the mother. ******* The act covers federal cases, including kidnaping, terrorist bombings, and crimes committed on federal property. The families of several pregnant women who had been murdered -- including the mother and stepfather of Laci Peterson -- surrounded Bush as he signed the bill into law. ******* Studies of death rates among pregnant women in three different parts of the country -- Maryland, New York state, and Cook County, Illinois -- have found that homicide was the leading killer of pregnant women. In the Maryland study, published in 2001 in the prestigious "Journal of the American Medical Association," homicide was the cause of death for 20 percent of pregnant women while murder accounted for only 6.4 percent of deaths among non-pregnant women. ******* "Women are literally being killed for refusing to abort", said David Reardon, Ph.D., Elliot Institute director, and the author of numerous books and journal articles on abortion complications. He said that between thirty and sixty percent of all abortions are performed to satisfy the demands of others. "Coercion is far more common than most people realize, and sometimes the coercion can escalate to violence and even murder," he said. ******* Visit us online: http://www.AfterAbortion.Info ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 22 REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS - MOTHERS WHO DIED DEFENDING THEIR PREBORN CHILDREN ******* Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 ******* From: "Elliot Institute" ******* Subject: Elliot Institute News Vol 3, No 4 ******* THE ELLIOT INSTITUTE NEWS ******* An Email Publication from the Leader in Post-Abortion Research ******* Vol.2, No. 3 -- April 8, 2004 ******* Following is just a partial list of women and girls who have been murdered because they refused to undergo abortions. We remember all pregnant victims of violence and their unborn children as we continue to work for a society where all life is respected. ******* TAMMY LYNN BAKER -- Killed by a pipe bomb set off by her boyfriend because he didn't want to pay child support. Her eight-month-old unborn baby also died. ******* CASSANDRA BETTS -- Shot to death in front of her seven-year-old daughter in Dec. 2000 by her boyfriend after she refused to abort. Her unborn baby also died. ******* STEPHANIE NICOLE BURNETT, 16 -- Killed by her 16-year-old boyfriend because he didn't want her to have a baby. An autopsy showed she was not pregnant. ******* TANIKA RACHELLE FOX, 17 -- Killed by her 21-year-old boyfriend because she refused to have an abortion and he didn't want to pay child support. Her unborn baby also died. ******* CHERICA ADAMS, 24 -- Killed in Nov. 1999 for refusing to abort. Her unborn son survived. Her boyfriend was convicted for plotting her death. ******* SONYA HAYES -- Killed with her unborn baby by her boyfriend. At trial, witnesses testified that her boyfriend wanted her to have an abortion and that he threatened to kill the baby. ******* SHAKEISHA LLOYD -- Ten years old, she was shot to death along with two elderly relatives in 1991 by the man who had been sexually abusing her after he tried to convince her to abort. Her 17-week-old unborn baby also died. ******* DEANA MITTS -- Killed on New Year's Day 1999 by a pipe bomb set off by her ex-boyfriend for refusing to abort. Her unborn baby and seven-year-old daughter also died. ******* DEBORAH MOODY -- Killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1997 for refusing to abort. Her unborn baby also died. ******* LORENA RIVERA, 21 -- Killed by her boyfriend in 1997 for refusing to abort. Her unborn baby also died. ******* DAPHNE SULK, 15 -- Killed by a 38-year-old man who had been sexually exploiting her, because she refused to abort. Her unborn baby also died. ******* JENNIFER PECK -- Killed by her husband for refusing to abort. Her four-month old unborn baby also died. ******* Visit us online: http://www.AfterAbortion.Info ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 23 LIFE, DEATH, AND PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 To: [email protected] ******* By Carolyn A. Johnson ******* Editor's note: On November 26, 2003, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published a "guest editorial" attacking the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and attacking President Bush and the Congress for enacting it. The essay was written by Monica J. Casper, a Seattle sociologist who has written a book titled The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery (Rutgers University Press, 1998). ******* In her essay, Casper - - then 27 weeks pregnant - - argued that the bill could jeopardize her life and the lives of other pregnant women. Enactment of this bill meant that Congress felt "that my one-pound, non-voting, non-taxpaying fetus has more value than I do," Casper asserted. ******* In response, Carolyn A. Johnson, who is married to NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, submitted her own account, which appears below. ******* It was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on December 5, 2003, in a slightly different form, and is published here by permission. ******* In her guest column [Nov. 26], Monica J. Casper told readers that she is 27 weeks pregnant (just past six full months) with a "deeply wanted" baby. The recently enacted Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Casper argued, would force her to sacrifice her own life or health if she develops a serious illness, such as "severe preeclampsia." ******* Acute medical crises certainly can occur during pregnancy, forcing life and death decisions to be made quickly. I know - - it happened to me. ******* During my first pregnancy in 1990, like Casper I was just a few days past the 27 week point when without warning I developed the most severe form of pre-eclampsia (called "HELLP syndrome"). My blood pressure rose steeply. My kidneys and liver began to fail. Doctors told us that unless the pregnancy was ended immediately, I would die - - and with me, our unborn son, Thomas. ******* At that point, Casper thinks I needed the legal option of a partial-birth abortion. In this procedure, Thomas would have been deliberately delivered alive, feet first and tummy down, until only his head remained lodged just inside my womb. A surgeon would have firmly wrapped his fingers over Thomas's shoulders, penetrated the base of his skull with seven-inch surgical scissors - - medical authorities say this is excruciatingly painful - - and removed his brain with a suction machine. ******* Yes, that is unpleasant to read - - but what I have just described is precisely the method described by an Ohio abortion practitioner in the 1992 instructional paper that touched off the debate over partial-birth abortion. ******* The bill explicitly allows a partial-birth abortion to be performed if "necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself." Yet, Casper suggested at least six times that the bill would force her "life" to be sacrificed for the benefit of "my one-pound, non-voting, non-taxpaying fetus." ******* But in reality, as former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and other eminent medical authorities told Congress, "partial-birth abortion is never medically necessary to protect a mother's health or her future fertility. On the contrary, this procedure can pose a significant threat to both." ******* In fact, the overwhelming majority of partial-birth abortions do not involve medical issues at all. Even the executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, Ron Fitzsimmons, acknowledges that the method is used thousands of times annually, and that "in the vast majority of cases, the procedure is performed on a healthy mother with a healthy fetus that is 20 weeks or more along." ******* Fortunately, our doctors knew that they had two patients in crisis, not just one. The pregnancy was indeed immediately terminated - - Thomas was delivered by emergency Caesarean. ******* My condition immediately improved, but for weeks Thomas had to struggle for life. At birth, he weighed just one pound, 12 ounces. Days after birth, his grandfather - - a Wisconsin outdoorsman - - saw our baby in his neonatal incubator and thought to himself that Thomas had the size and hairless appearance of a "skinned squirrel." ******* Yet, today Thomas is an eighth-grade honor student. He has many interests and enthusiasms, including acting in plays and writing short stories. ******* On November 5, Thomas sat next to me in a room as President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. ******* We were among the hundreds present because Thomas's father happens to work for National Right to Life. ******* Although Casper seeks to cast the bill as an attack on women, there were many approving women in that room, including some of the dozens of female members of Congress who voted for the bill. Polls show that the overwhelming majority of American women favor the ban. ******* The President told us, "For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are inches from birth, while the law looked the other way." Some people later criticized this statement because they said that the phrase "inches from birth" implied that partial-birth abortions are usually performed near full term. ******* But Thomas and countless others are living testimony that "birth" and "full term" are two radically different things nowadays. Thomas was born 13 weeks before full term - - and there are many children alive today who were born a full month earlier than that. ******* Partial-birth abortions are performed beginning early in the fifth month. Even at that point, preemies who are expelled through spontaneous premature labor are usually live births - - so this abortion method is literally a partial live birth, and the baby is indeed pulled to within "inches from birth," just as the President said. ******* Thomas read Casper's column today. He succinctly observed that there is one big difference between the act that Casper wants available and the approach we took: ******* "I am alive." ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 24 SCHOOL PROHIBITS PRO-LIFE LITERATURE, FLORIDA STUDENT SUES IN RESPONSE ******* Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 ******* Subject: LifeNews.com Pro-Life Report 4/02/04 #3224 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and "LifeNews.com Report" ******* Fort Meyers, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A junior high school student and her mother are suing a school district in Florida after her school prohibited her from distributing pro-life literature. Michelle Heinkel and her mother, Debra, filed a federal lawsuit saying the school violated her First Amendment rights. Michelle is an eighth grade student at Cypress Lake Middle School. Last April, she and several other students wanted to present information about fetal development and abortion alternatives to their classmates. But Cypress Lake denied their request and said "the documents would tend to create a substantial disruption in the school environment." Mathew Staver, President of Liberty Counsel, a pro-life law firm representing Michelle, said the prohibition of the literature is unconstitutional. "Students have the right to communicate with one another during noninstructional time, and this includes distributing pro-life literature. Religious speech and pro-life speech are not illegitimate twins. Both are protected by the First Amendment," Staver explained. http://www.lifenews.com/nat416.html ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 25 STUDENT SILENCED ON DAY OF SILENCE ******* Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 ******* From: "Mission America" ******* To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38160 ******* By Hans Zeiger 2004 WorldNetDaily.com ******* BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA Mark Austin is a 17-year-old junior at Watauga High School, active in his community, and working to get his Eagle Scout award from a local Scout troop where he has served as troop chaplain and senior patrol leader. Now Mark is suspended for standing up for his Christian faith. ******* When Mark heard that the homosexual Day of Silence was coming to Watauga High School on Wednesday, April 21, he decided to counter the propaganda of the homosexual agenda with the truth of God's Word. ******* Mark designed a T-shirt with the words, "Homosexuality is sin (Leviticus 18:22)," "Hell is REAL (Revelation 21:8)," and "Jesus is the Answer! (Romans 10:9-10)" on the front. The back read, "Shout for Joy!" (Psalm 132:9). He wore the shirt to school Wednesday as a protest of the Homosexual Day of Silence in which homosexual and pro-homosexual students were allowed by the Watauga administration to take a vow of silence in recognition of the "silence" imposed on sexual minorities. ******* Mark estimates that about 30 Watauga students participated in the Day of Silence, and Watauga High School is listed on the Day of Silence website as an official participant. The Watauga High School administration allowed students to participate in the Day of Silence and to essentially interrupt the school day by their refusal to participate vocally or interact in class activities. ******* Unlike Day of Silence participants, Mark wore a T-shirt containing a simple visual message based on his beliefs. It was not an interruption of the school day like the Day of Silence was. ******* But upon spotting Mark's T-shirt while strolling through the hall between classes, Assistant Principal Rebecca Ireland flagged Mark and directed an administrator to escort Mark to the principal's office. ******* Watauga High School's clothing policy states that, "Clothing or emblems which are offensive to any race, gender or religion shall not be worn." Mark's T-shirt was not directed toward a race, a gender, or a religion. It was a response to the school's Day of Silence celebration that had to do with moral choices. Nevertheless, Principal Gary Childers told Mark that his T-shirt was offensive on the point of gender. Childers gave Mark the option of removing his shirt or facing suspension. ******* There is a price to be paid in the battle to reclaim America, and Mark Austin is paying that price. "I am not ashamed of what I did today," he told me, just hours after his principal sent him home on suspension. ******* If the Day of Silence demonstration was protected speech, so too, Mark's T-shirt should have been. As for violating the school clothing policy, Mark says it's a no-brainer, "Last I checked, homosexual was not a third gender. I for one am a male, and I'm certainly not trying to bash my own gender either." ******* Interestingly, Mark points out that many students at Watauga High School violate the school clothing policy every day and do not face consequences. From my own experience as a public school graduate, midriff on girls, hats on boys, gang clothing and other dress code violations were commonplace habits that routinely went ignored by high-school administrators. ******* Of course, the issue is larger than Mark Austin's suspension slip now on file in his school record. "This is not just an attack on me," he told me, "it's an attack on America's family, from a religiously fueled school system of secular humanism, which by the way offends Bible-believing Christians with its evolutionary propaganda and anti-Christian bigotry. The homosexuals can have their Day of Silence, but Christians are really the ones that are denied the right to even speak. We're silenced in the face of public affairs, being labeled as bigoted, homophobic, intolerant, mean and fundamentalists, just to name a few." ******* Mark is so correct. Homosexuals are not being silenced. The fact is that the one group of Americans that is the most vocal of all groups these days is the radical homosexual movement. It has secured the amendment of most of America's major non-discrimination codes to include "sexual orientation." It has invaded our Boy Scout troops and seeks to destroy the Scout Oath and Law. It is working hard right now to undermine the sacred institution of marriage by changing our nation's laws to allow homosexuals to wed. ******* Homosexuals are not silenced, but Christians are. And the problem is, we've chosen to be silenced. "I'm deeply saddened that the Christians as a majority, didn't say one word about this issue today, nor did any action to stand against it." The Day of Silence came and went at 3,000 schools in America, and we were silent. But it's not too late to stand with Mark Austin. ******* --------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's note: The current edition of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled "SEXUAL ANARCHY," is devoted entirely to the explosive issue of homosexual marriage, and shows -- contrary to popular opinion -- that same-sex marriage may very soon become the law of the land in America. The issue also shows, perhaps for the first time, how same-sex marriage can be stopped dead in its tracks, regardless of the actions of activist judges. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Zeiger is an Eagle Scout, president and founder of the Scout Honor Coalition, a student at Hillsdale College in Michigan, and author of a forthcoming book about the Boy Scouts in the culture war. His columns have been featured in the Seattle Times and other Internet websites. ------------------- Mail service for Mission America provided by American Family Online www.afo.net ******* Mission America www.missionamerica.com ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 26 DON SPRATT BUBBLE ZONE UPDATE ******* From: "John Hof" Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:55:32 -0700 ******* Donald Spratt (Bubble Zone Case): Mr. Spratt's leave application was heard last week (April 23) in the British Columbia Court of Appeal. On December 17, 1998 Mr. Spratt was convicted under the B.C. Access to Abortion Services Act, on charges of making a "protest" and "sidewalk interference" and given a 30-day sentence. The 3 issues raised on appeal are: whether the act is ultra vires the legislation as being criminal law, whether the trial judge properly considered the evidence in determining Spratt's guilt, and whether the act constitutes justifiable violation of his Charter right of freedom of expression. The Crown has in its brief conceded that the Charter arguments have not yet been decided by the courts. Mr. Spratt is represented by Ron McDonald and Scott Stenbeck of Lethbridge. ******* Source: Christian Legal Fellowship Newsletter April/May 2004 ******* For Life ******* John Hof ******* Campaign Life Coalition BC 4511 Southridge Cr. Langley, BC V3A 4N7 ******* Ph. (604) 534-4828 ******* Fax. (604) 532-9353 ******* email: [email protected] ******* www.clcbc.org ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 27 JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS HAVE DESTROYED THE RULE OF LAW ******* From: [email protected] ******* The London Free Press ******* Tuesday, May 4, 2004 ******* By Rory Leishman ******* Anyone who thinks conscientious Christians have nothing to fear from the courts should ponder the escalating persecution of Hugh Owens and Scott Brockie. ******* Brockie is the Christian printer who ran afoul of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, by refusing to print business cards and other materials for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. The aim of the Archives is to promote the lifestyles of gays, lesbians and bisexuals -- lifestyles that Brockie deplores as gravely unhealthy and sinful. ******* In a ruling on Feb. 19, 2000, the Tribunal found that Brockie had violated the ban on discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation in the Ontario Human Rights Code. To atone for this offence, the Tribunal ordered him to pay $5,000 in damages to the Archives president, Ray Brillinger. In addition, the Tribunal directed that Brockie must henceforth print materials for any homosexual individual or group on the same basis as all other clients. ******* Brockie appealed to the Ontario Divisional Court, and lost. On June 17, 2002, the Court upheld the orders of the Tribunal, subject only to the qualification that he is not required to print anything that, in the opinion of a judge, "might reasonably be held to be in direct conflict with core elements of Mr. Brockie's religious beliefs." ******* Having expended close to $100,000 in legal fees for a fruitless defence, Brockie decided against any further appeal. That decision would have ended the matter, except that the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Brillinger appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal for an order requiring Brockie to pay their legal costs. In a ruling on March 30, the Commission and Brillinger won. Brockie is now stuck with an additional legal bill of $40,000. ******* Meanwhile, Owens is appealing a ruling by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal that requires him to pay $15,000 in damages to three homosexuals who were offended by an advertisement he had placed in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix that contained a list of Bible verses opposed to homosexuality. Owens is a modestly paid guard at the Regina Correctional Centre. To avoid legal costs, he has represented himself without the benefit of legal counsel. ******* Now, even Owens is facing financial ruin. He has already lost one appeal in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench. If he loses again in the Court of Appeal, he, like Brockie, could get stuck with tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees run up by the prosecuting human rights commission. ******* Apologists for gay rights activists and the courts would argue that Brockie and Owens are only getting what they deserve for deliberately breaking the law. That's patently untrue. Brockie and Owens did not intend to violate the law. Given the ostensible guarantee of freedom of religion in section two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they and their lawyers thought Christians are still free in Canada to express peaceful opposition to sodomy, rimming and other deviant sexual practices. ******* In a classic text, The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek observed that in countries governed by the rule of law, "government in all its actions is bound by rules fixed and announced beforehand -- rules which make it possible to foresee with fair certainty how the authority will use its coercive powers in given circumstances and to plan one�s individual affairs on the basis of this knowledge." ******* Prior to the rulings in Owens and Brockie, no one could have foreseen with fair certainty that Canadians are no longer free to publish Bible verses opposing sodomy or to refuse on principle to print materials for a gay advocacy organization. These two cases illustrate how judicial activists have destroyed the rule of law for all Canadians. ******* Sean Murphy of the Catholic Civil Rights League is fed up. In reaction to the latest Brockie ruling, he charged: "There is a point beyond which the conduct of judicial officers will bring the administration of justice into disrepute. That point is passed when a Christian printer is ordered to produce business cards and letterhead for an organization that promotes pro-pedophilia essays, is fined $5,000 for having refused to do so, and is left with $40,000 in legal bills for daring to defend himself." ******* Rory Leishman 836 Wellington St., London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3S7 Home/Office Phone: 519-439-2676 Home Page: www.roryleishman.com ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 28 A GENUINE PROPHETIC UTTERANCE, ESPECIALLY IN RETROSPECT (This is a long article.) ******* From: [email protected] ******* Subject: Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 ******* Following is a letter sent to RC Archbishop Adam Exner by Maurice Lewis, when Maurice imprisoned in the fall of 1995, awaiting trial for challenging the 'bubblezone' law around the abortion mills in Vancouver B. C. ******* It will be available shortly as a pamphlet, typeset, with his picture, entitled "What would happen if they gave a war and nobody came ? Well then, the war would come to you" a phrase coined by Berthold Brecht. ******* Also, I intend to use it, along with my own comments, as a chapter in my book "About a Decade". ******* Without getting in to the profound theological disagreements I have with Roman Cathoicism - for now - I believe that what Maurice said was, and remains, a genuine prophetic utterance, ie, that if we do not take the battle to the enemy, at the doors of the abortuaries, that battle will come 'round to our own neighbourhood. ******* Gordon Watson~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******* __________________________________ John Doe, Cell 11T, 3 SS., Vancouver Pretrial S. C., 275 E. Cordova, Vancouver , B. C., V6A 3W3 ******* 30 . 10 . 95 ******* Dear Lord Archbishop Exner, ******* My name is Maurice Lewis. I am a daily communicant wherever possible., a Catholic Christian attending Mass at the Cathedral regularly, perhaps because of the beauty of the Church, who was confirmed in the Faith and blessed with the reception of Her Sacraments, as a convert, some eight years ago. ******* I did not presume to write to you easily, my Lord, nor do I think I am of any consequence when I do so. I am the weakest of people, a sinner and I fear that for how many times the Lord Jesus, through the intercession of His most kind mother Mary, has pulled me out of the ditch He may be getting back-ache! ******* I am writing from a cell in a maximum security prison. I am here as a prisoner for the Lord Jesus and I pray that the Holy Spirit will witness to you, so that you will know that I am a pro-life prisoner, common enough in recent years. My �crime� was to have the privilege of wearing the beautiful and holy image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, bearing that inscription with the additional words �Patroness of the Unborn, please help us stop abortion�, and walking peacefully with it on a public street. ******* As the street I was on now falls into a �bubble zone� of restricted access as described in the new evil Access to Abortion Services Act I am liable to six months in prison and / or a $5000 fine. The wording of the �law�, which is no law at all, as it does not reflect the Laws of Almighty God and is without authority, says that an offence is committed by �any attempted act of disapproval � by any means � without limitation � including graphic, verbal or written means�, with respect to abortion. ******* Thirteen years ago, my Lord, my life was going very well. I had turned back to God for a year or more. He had pulled me out of the ditch of waste and dissipation and I was attending Mass every week at the cathedral, reading the bible every day( I was blessed to read every word of it) , I had a good job, lots of money, a car, a boat. I sensed very strongly that the Lord Jesus was asking me to give something back. To be of service in some way because I was not. I had no ideas so I prayed repeatedly that if You want me to do something, You must show me what it is. Over the next couple of weeks Birthright came to my attention in many different ways, many times. I didn�t know what they did, I knew it was something to do with abortion. I had been raised protestant, no-one had ever said abortion was wrong and I had paid for one, years before. But events had built awareness. Being perhaps the most obedient I have ever been to the Lord Jesus I phoned, I went, I saw, I understood, I joined. Through the Grace of the Holy Spirit alone and to His Glory, through the kindness, faith and charity of Rita Point, the director, I was there four years, counseling pregnant women. What counted was to care. I was given , by God, the ultimate gift for a pro-lifer. I was invited for lunch by a mother with sparkling eyes to see her baby son happy, healthy and strong. To hold him and have him smile at me. His photograph is in the Birthright album. ******* I volunteered at the Vancouver Right to Life Society, where I met Cecilia Moore who was in the midst of the agonies of her court battles. She invited me to a Rosary prayer group which met every Sunday evening at the Bethany Home, financed and run by Jim and Rose Brown. The home was for pregnant mothers and others in need. I know mother Mary, in her inestimable kindness, leant and touched my soul for praying the Rosary freely before I was a Catholic. I believe she interceded for me and I was given the Grace to enter into full communion with the Church. The group was strong, bonded by prayer and social exchange forming friendship. We talked and prayed about what more could be done to turn the tide of merciless destruction against pre-born people and motherhood. I felt enlightened after seeing the film �Gandhi� and was later blessed the Rescue movement. ******* One week Cecilia was excited. She had a piece of literature from �Catholics United for Life� from Kentucky. They had in prayer as a group been given the inspiration to start �sidewalk counseling� , the ministry of going to the abortuary doors and offering help to mothers as they approach. They had been blessed with seeing many mothers turn away and their babies born and were spreading the word. Our prayer group was the first to offer help to pregnant women on the street in Vancouver. At VGH in the week before Christmas of 1987 we were given the Grace by the Lord Jesus for three mothers to take help from us at the abortuary doors. Two we were able to walk with straight to the Bethany Home for warmth and help. ******* Karen Black, a small, pretty, quiet American lady is acknowledged as being the most blessed sidewalk counselor known. She has gone faithfully to the abortuary doors near her, every day for years. The number of babies born by Grace through the use of her gift to convey love to a stranger , and to follow it through, is confirmed at over a thousand. Encouraged to share her knowledge she now travels, talking to groups, making tapes and literature, telling Christians how to make a difference. ******* Cecilia Moore, before this �law� was passed, gave information to the government concerning sixty three cases, in which the Holy Spirit was able to use her as an instrument, in helping women change their mind from abortion to giving life to their child. ******* I, the poorest of sinners, through the Divine Mercy of Jesus and Mary alone, am in touch with Mothers whom I met through sidewalk counseling, from whom eight children have been born since I met them. Every one a jewel of joy! One couple I was privileged to meet at the Everywoman�s abortuary visited me here in prison last weekend. They live with their children at the home of a friend, a Lady I met when we were both volunteers at Birthright. I believe it is right to say we are all honoured by Jesus through the experience. The couple were humble in need and many were able to help. Cecilia and her parents Philip and Nora. Mother Theresa�s wonderful Sisters of Charity. Sissy von Dehn and the facilities of Gianna House. I was blessed to pray with two Sister of Charity at the hospital whilst the mother with great courage and dignity, assisted by her husband, almost silent went through labour. A crowning Grace, was when the father, though raised in a communist country, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church as a Christian last year. Praise you Jesus, Ave Maria ! No child smiled more easily than their youngest son. As a a baby he smiled at everyone. Now he calls me by name. ******* When I was arrested, I lay in the foetal position on the ground, in a last empathetic witness for the pre-born babies dying in that building. I was two paces from where I had met the father, now my friend, and pleaded for his baby�s life. ******* Now I was surrounded by police, abortuary workers, news media, flashing lights of blue and red and white. Sirens. What did it all mean ? It meant that the authorities, the Law makers sanctioned by the community at least permissively, using the brute force of the police, the courts and the prisons were taking away my right as a Canadian Citizen, from fulfilling my obligation as a Christian, to appeal to the conscience of a fellow human being, even in a matter of life and death. ******* Why ? Why do those promoting and condoning abortion so desperately feel a need to silence even the smallest voice of reason ? I apologize to you, my Lord, for writing such a long letter. I know you are busy with many duties. I suppose I wrote until now to try and illustrate to you how a pro-lifer came to be on the street at an abortuary door. Far more importantly, what is at stake at present with the attack on the right to free speech, for which reason my opposition has led to this imprisonment. No more powerful tool has been shown to exist for saving lives and souls and converting hearts against the abortion holocaust, than a public witness by Christians outside the abortuary doors. It�s logical. I have spoken of Karen Black who speaks with such love, urgency, sincerity, and help. So that the message may be given that those good, humble souls show do not feel greatly gifted may be encouraged. ******* For all gifts are from Almighty God and are given and taken according to His Holy Will. I would like to tell two other accounts which I know to be true as I know both persons concerned and they are corroborated by many witnesses one way or another. ******* A good and Holy priest, Father Ormond in Birmingham, England, tireless in his service to his parish as an assistant pastor, led a Rosary prayer group every Saturday morning outside the abortuary ground gates not too far from his church. ******* A very young mother came to him one day and asked him to baptize her six month old baby. What happened was that one Saturday morning she drove in through the abortuary gates in a taxi, up the short driveway to the parking lot in front of the huge, detached building where she was scheduled for an abortion. ******* Standing in the driving rain on either side of the entrance was Father Ormond and six or so of his loyal prayer group, clutching their rosaries and faithfully and publicly praying and witnessing. As she sat in her chair, waiting to be called to walk the last heavy steps with her own child safely inside of her, she thought of Father Ormond�s face with the raining water running down it from his bare head. She was convicted in her heart that something must be very wrong for them to be standing there with such personal discomfort and inconvenience. She walked to the phone and called her brother to come and get her which he did and she left and drove past the group without stopping, into the sunshine of the true freedom of loving service, to those whom God has given us to love and serve in our lives. That wet group of Christians would never have ordinarily known what a blessing was given from Heaven for their sacrifice. ******* One new years eve in the late eighties, a lone pro-lifer, Joe Wall, somewhere near Philadelphia, was walking backwards and forwards in the snow outside of an abortuary. He clasped his Rosary and prayed. The prayer for the unborn, with his heart slightly grieved at the fact that he was the only one who had turned up for the regular prayer vigil and that perhaps after all he was a little crazy to be there as was sometimes suggested. He stayed the usual time and went home. ******* About three years later a lady walked into a pregnancy centre for help with her pregnancy. She told the pro-life counselor about being in an abortuary one new years eve and seeing a man walking outside in the snow praying. She had gone ahead and had an abortion that day but the image of the frozen pro-life Christian praying his Rosary had stayed with her. When she became pregnant again it helped her choose another path. Ordinarily Joe would never have known of the Grace bestowed, but the counselor was an acquaintance and he knew the man was him. ******* One day I drove overnight to a large city. I had to be at a financial institution as soon as it opened. I knew there was an abortuary nearby. I arrived at 7:20 am. Perfect timing to be there for the mothers and their children. I was tired and I thought I�d lay down for five minutes. When I awoke it was 9:10 am. I was ashamed. (An abortuary is a place you hate the thought of going to. It�s one of the most unpleasant and hardest places to stand at. But when you�re there and praying the Lord Jesus sends His angels to strengthen you and it�s not as bad as you often anticipate. After you leave you know it was right to have gone. But the temptation to see an excuse not to go is always there. ) The thought came to me to go and have breakfast as I�d already missed the rush. So I quickly asked Jesus in prayer and I sensed His disapproval. So I went and it was about 9:25 am when I arrived and I knew I had to leave at 9:45 am. Well, a well dressed couple came along and politely took my leaflet but wouldn�t stop to talk. They had their heads lowered and arm in arm walked into the abortuary the way many couples do. ( A sidewalk counselor can usually tell with 100 % accuracy who is coming down the road for an abortion and who isn�t. ) After ten minutes the couple came out and stopped and thanked me for being there and giving the leaflet which they had read. They assured me they were going home to have their baby. They smiled and said they didn�t need any help and then walked off with a spring in their step. I couldn�t believe the Goodness of God. I had miserably failed to overcome a tiredness I knew would go away and yet a tiny sacrifice He had granted an immense blessing. ******* In the northern city of Leeds in England, the man who owns the Catholic bookstore, Peter Muddiman, a good pro-life husband and father, led a group that was sometimes regarded with a touch of affectionate mirth by the Rescue group that was strong at that time. Every two weeks Peter would take a group of about 30 people to the local Falloden abortuary for half an hour. It was the time of the shift change when the abortuary night shift went home and the day shift arrived. It seemed for fear of the offence they didn�t stay for when the mothers arrived. Nevertheless, faithfully, every two weeks they went and prayed and sang hymns with a guitar. (He was asked whether he was censoring or serenading the staff but he took it in good heart.) Faithfully for two years they went and then in quick succession four staff left their employment. Others may have done all along but these four all contacted the group and said their witness had got through to them. They also said it was the singing which they could hear inside even, which touched their hearts the most. One of these four, a theatre nurse, very tragically committed suicide some months later. ******* Another, an Irish nurse whom I was blessed to get to know, whose home I stayed at, who cooked meals and stitched my clothes whose children I played with, gave Peter and I the priviledge of going to mass with her when she returned to practicing her Catholic faith. Eventually she went back to Ireland to live. When she left her employment she took documents which showed chronic malpractice by the abortuary. These were used in Rescue trials in high court and given to both the prosecution service and the department of health, although finally corruption prevailed. But for me it was a lesson in humility, for what appeared to be almost a weak witness was blessed by Almighty God. For a little He gives so much. I would say that since those days sidewalk counseling came to Leeds and pro-lifers are in touch with mothers and their children, born as a result of a quiet offer of help, which was sometimes taken up, all blessed by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Praise you Jesus ! Ave Maria ! ******* Again, my Lord, I apologize for the length of this. As our separated brethren might say, I feel a burden on my heart to share some thoughts with you. Alas, I have not yet finished them all. I feel called to ask something of you and may that what I ask is from the Holy Spirit. �Come Holy Spirit�. ******* First I would like to thank you my Lord. You asked a question once that I believe was exactly the right question. �What would the Lord Jesus do in this situation?� Or similar. Yes indeed. I thank you for the pro life prayer in all the masses. (I asked for the unborn to be mentioned in the intentions at the Cathedral masses before you became Archbishop and received a sharp rebuke from a priest.) I thank you for your strategy, which incorporates the provision for so many good works, including I believe, what I am asking for. I thank you for accepting the position of being Canada�s pro-life Archbishop. I thank you for giving the ministry of pro-life to Father Joseph. I thank you for every prayer you�ve prayed and every time you�ve cared. The pro-life movement in Vancouver needs you, my Lord Bishop, perhaps especially now. It needs your prayer, your guidance, your strength, your support. But in the end it will need your authority. You showed me when you asked the question �What would Jesus do if He were here?� that you have a blessed, holy and pure heart. Thanks be to Almighty God ! ******* I am hesitant to put into words what I am trying to say. I may be offensive which I don�t intend to be to anyone. You are the Archbishop of the whole Archdiocese of Vancouver and who am I to say anything to you? I am a tribute to the incredible mercy, goodness, forgiveness and compassion of the Lord Jesus Christ that He would have deigned to use me for any good work. Thank you Jesus ! ******* When a pregnant lady comes along the street towards an abortuary it has always seemed to me that in some way Heaven holds its breath and time stands still. Standing there, waiting for the moment when you meet, there is only usually one chance, one split second of time, when she may look at you and you at her. Everything absolutely everything counts. The words you speak, the tone of voice you use to the slightest inflection, your whole body language (no threat), the literature you hold, the way you hold it, but in the end I suppose the eyes. If she looks into your eyes for that one split second look, only the prayer you have prayed and the information you have been blessed and co-operated with, can allow Jesus Christ to be sufficiently present for her to see His Love in you calling out to her. In a look her soul must receive the confidence and the inclination to stop. If she stops it has only just begun. The breath is held, time is still, everything still counts. Eternity beckons for her and her child. Which way will she go ? ******* My dear Lord Archbishop Exner I believe that here in Vancouver such a time now exists for the Church and the Pro-Life Movement and you, God bless you, are its head. I have made an omission. In direct connection, such a time also for all of Vancouver society, Canadian society, whom we serve. I asked a question many pages ago. Why the desperation to silence? I have to walk in the confidence I am right. If what I am saying now is the real will of Our Lord Jesus Christ. ******* If this is what He would do, what His most loving mother Mary did. Then I pray that the Holy Spirit will cause you to stop, my Lord, for a split second of time, to look and be convicted through His eyes. Come Holy Spirit, enlighten us! ******* Why? Who is it that stands behind the �pro-choice� movement ? Who is it that moves an otherwise good elected politician ? Who is it that moves and uses otherwise good and brave policemen, judges and prison officers ? Who is [it] that moves and uses a once caring doctor, nurses ? Who is it that moves as and uses an otherwise compassionate feminist , entertainment industries and so the majority of the population perhaps, into believing that the murder of a human child, unseen in the womb, is an acceptable price and policy in exchange for the whole spectrum of lies from over population through the pursuit of sexual pleasure outside of the Sacrament ? It is Satan, isn�t it? The whole church understands that. Do they? How well? What is it that Satan wants? Is the planned contribution of a soul to the human race his ultimate destructive objective? At the Calthorpe abortuary where Father Ormonds was praying outside of, a Satanic cockerel with other gargoyles is sculptured above the window to the room where the babies are killed and painted in bright colours. ******* The Parkview abortuary where I handed the leaflet to the couple was a former convent and has St Michael the Archangel sculptured in a scene on the wall outside. The abortuary in Twickenham, London was also once a convent. The sisters when they sold didn�t know who the buyers were. These are a mockery of the Lord God, Satan crowing with his own trumpet. The reason that these places are so unpleasant to be at is because they are Satan�s strongholds. They are temples to his finest accomplishment. Who knows who it is he manages to kill? If the person most important in each of our lives was never to have lived who can count the cost? ******* Yet what is an unborn child dying in an abortuary to Satan? Sweet accomplishment? Surely, yet even so only hors D�oeuvres. An appetizer. What is it Satan truly seeks? He seeks the destruction of the Roman Catholic Church, fully Christians, doesn�t he? How direct a connection is there between his attack on the pre-born child�s body and the Lord Jesus Christ�s Body? What was the third secret of Fatima? ******* Jesus Christ was first acknowledged Lord and Saviour whilst a pre-born child by a pre-born child. How clear the leap for joy! ******* God the Father in Scripture took trouble and left no doubt as to a human being�s equal worth and integrity before birth as after birth. Yet two thousand years later here we are. Even some Christians remain confused. Perhaps because the pre-born person is invisible to us with the naked eye. They are the smallest, the weakest, the most vulnerable, the least independent. Jesus said �Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do to me.� To me the second most serious words he spoke after �Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive �� ******* Can sins of omission compare to sins of commission? Jesus unequivocally identified with the pre-born child. It was as if He took off his jacket, spiritually. In the statement �Whatever you do�� is a challenge. There is also a command for how any Christian must act towards any person in a weaker position than themselves. Is there not a direct connection to a dire warning also ? �Lord when did we see thee �� and did not minister to Thee? � �Amen I say to you, as long as you did not do it for me.� And these will go into everlasting punishment, but the just into everlasting life ! (Challoner-Rheims version.) It is Christ who is being murdered in the abortuaries around the city of Vancouver. He Himself says it is the same thing. Most days of the week, does the Church sleep late that no Christian is seen to be standing where Blessed Mary so bravely and faithfully stood, at the foot of His Cross? ******* Truth is a hard master. Especially when its correction is to our cost. God is Love. God is Truth. All Christians take solace and know that one day they will rely on the Divine Mercy of God. Has it been said that will mean we will escape His Justice? Jesus said many times there will be much �wailing and gnashing of teeth� as souls are cast out. Many will cry �Lord , Lord� but Jesus will say �I never knew you.� �When I was �� �To whom much is given, much is expected.� ******* There was a holy visionary, perhaps a saint, to whom the Lord Jesus, as I recall, revealed a vision of hell. As she looked with horror into the flames she turned to Jesus and cried �Lord why are all these priests burning in hell?� �They are the ones who led their flocks to perdition.� came the awful reply. �But on whose heads are they sitting?� asked the stricken visionary. �They are sitting on the heads of the bishops and they on the heads of the archbishops.� came the sombre reply. If a lay person should find it within them to smile at this, what foolishness! If such a fate could await the blessed clergy whom the Lord Jesus must love in such a special way, how much more possible is it to be a fate for the lay? But wrath of hell these days is reason to turn away. In writing all these words I am the more subject to their content. �Out of your own mouth�� Please pray for me. ******* Nevertheless I will continue because I believe what I say is true. Only the Lord Jesus can bring me to salvation and now be my witness. ******* I talk of visions but have no knowledge of their truth. I am trying to make a point, my Lord, which in prayer I believe should be made. Please forgive any inappropriate inclusions! You see, as the faithful we honour the saints and the martyrs and so rightly so. At times, almost casually, a list of them may be run through even in the liturgy of the most Holy Mass. Sitting in the pew we identify with them almost as a matter of course. We are, after all, all Catholics. They may be at the top of the list and we may be in the middle or towards the bottom, but it�s the same list, right ? Hopefully. But consider for a moment what I, at least, have never heard said. John Fines author, in referring to the �brilliant study� as, the biography by David Knowles is described, of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop and martyr of the Catholic Church in England in 1170, gives this description of a situation leading up to his martyrdom by the King Henry II, once his friend. �The King now decided to crush the Archbishop� The bishops turned away from him, and at Northhampton he fell violently ill, sweating and trembling in fear and despair� But �. He was inspired to make a stand. He recovered, and dressed in all his magnificence, and carrying his cross, he walked steadily to the keep of the castle. Around the door were all the bishops, forbidden by Becket to join in the proceedings against him; Gilbert Foist, who felt that he should have been Archbishop, said in a loud voice �He always was a fool and always will be.�, and Roger, Archbishop of York � ostentatiously swept off with his retinue. �So as not to witness the horrible fate that lay in store for the Archbishop.� (Heaven?!) Before becoming Archbishop, Thomas Becket was acknowledged to have fought as bravely as any in King Henry�s army. Now, when the king�s brother grabbed his sleeve he said �if these were not priest�s hands, you would feel their strength.� When confronted by Henry�s knights who argued with him to change his stand and were finally to strike him down, he fearlessly used a military simile they understood, saying �It is useless to threaten me � you will find my foot set against yours in God�s fight.� The final words of Saint Thomas Becket, Head of the Church in England, Archbishop of Canterbury, abandoned by all save Jesus Christ alone and fearless and free by His Sufficiency, were �I accept death in the name of Jesus Christ and for the Church.� ******* Saint John Fisher was the only English Bishop to accept death as a martyr for refusing to sign an �Oath of Supremacy� acknowledging the monarchy as head of the Church instead of who is head on earth, the Holy Father, Pope. All the other bishops signed, tempted by the formula of words chosen, for their least offence, which nonetheless violated Sacred Principle. ******* These are two examples of heroic singular stands taken by Right Reverend Clergy in times of persecution. Thanks be to Almighty God ! ******* When lay people were given the Divine Grace to become Saints and Martyrs or simply to suffer persecution rather than deny the Lord Jesus Christ and the Catholic Christian Faith it seems they too were most often alone. The great mother and wife Saint Margaret Clitheroe, who despite her responsibilities to her family, her children and despite the stern opposition from her husband until even after her arrest, bravely hid priests to save their lives from the wicked persecution of the Faith in her time, was quite alone when she suffered martyrdom by being crushed to death by stones. ******* The forty martyrs at Tyburn, London, who accepted being hung, drawn and quartered in a most painful death rather than deny Jesus Christ or the Faith were quite the exception in the stand they took. ******* This is my point, (finally : ) my Lord, that the Holy People who are held up to us as an example of great Christian conduct, were often regarded as crazy or fanatics or fools by the overwhelming vast majority of their generation of practicing Faithful of the day. It is, therefore, worthy of note, that even if a majority of clergy and lay people attending Sunday Mass were to hold the view that to go to the assistance of Jesus Christ in the Person of mother and child at an abortuary is too confrontational, controversial, impolite, anti-social, politically ill judged or any other of the myriad excuses which materialize, does not mean that they are in any way right. In fact, looking at Church history, it could be argued there is an obligation to informed conscience to look critically at a view held by the majority which turns away from sacrifice, suffering and persecution and panders to the all too human inclination for a nice, safe quiet life at all costs. I am no theologian but I may hear an alarm bell for �much wailing and gnashing of teeth.� The suggestion I am making to you, my Lord, humbly I hope and in much prayer, but with great certainty, would help avert such a tragedy from befalling the faithful in Vancouver. An additional incentive perhaps ! Amen. ******* If you could bear with me, my Lord whilst I make one more point before stating the simple. The end is nigh? (I can hear the bells and smell the fatted calf!) Still besides release from this letter I feel a question as to the times we live in, although definitively unanswerable, is appropriate. Pope John Paul II, our beloved Holy Father, perhaps a Saint, has spoken repeatedly in four of his encyclicals of the year 2000 as the �new Advent�. He urges us �to implore God�s mercy for humanity in this hour of history � to beg for it at this difficult, critical phase of the history of the Church and of the world as we approach the end of the second millennium�. ( Rich in Mercy.) ******* In appearing to Sister Faustina and giving her the Divine Mercy message and image of Himself the Lord Jesus Christ repeatedly tells her he is offering sinners the Last hope of salvation. ��Before the day of Justice, I am sending the Day of Mercy � I am prolonging the time of mercy of the sake of sinners. But woe to them if they do not recognise this time of My visitation � While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My Mercy� He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My Justice.� ******* How truly aware are we, the Faithful, of what was being required of us as Christians, when the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said �� what is it to thee? Do thou follow Me.� , as we sit yawning in our pews during the Homily on Sunday and then stroll casually up the aisle to receive Almighty God, in his entirety; body, blood, soul and divinity, dressed in our T shirts, holding out our hands to take Him from an EM dressed in blue jeans who might be dolling out a raffle ticket? Then to go home and turn on an electricity supply for entertainment, to go to work and melt into the pro-choice, pagan, secular world whose God is money and be indistinguishable until the next Sunday, when we show up late for Mass? I have done all of these things. What does a priest think he achieves, when from one Sunday to the next he delivers homily after homily without saying anything that could possibly be offensive to anyone? By omission, where could he be leading the flock ? I have experienced this. ******* When I returned to Church in the eighties, the truth and challenge in the homilies I heard in the Cathedral each week were a gift from God. ******* Wouldn�t it be better , the Lord Jesus returns, if He found us saying Mass in a field on Sunday, soaked in the rain, beggars, true to every command He ever gave us; than seated in the finest building, with enormous location benefits from pagan governments who dictate policies, attacking the Faith, and when they leave the Church, leaving the Faithful indistinguishable? Let the politicians bury their politicians! ******* Who am I? No-one and nothing but dust and water, but if what I say is true, then that�s what counts. What did the Lord Jesus mean when He said to us? �The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, he who finds it hides it, and in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field�. �Again that kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he finds a single pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.� �Have you understood all these things?� They said to Him, �Yes�. And He said to them, �So every scribe instructed in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a householder who brings forth from his storeroom things new and old.� ******* Almost all of us desperately need an interpretation for these passages, rather than have them mean what they say. Serious sacrifice to gain Heaven remains a constant theme throughout the Gospels. If the gate is narrow, to be asked to give everything, has the terrible beauty of Almighty God about it. ******* Are we as a Church in Vancouver interested in giving a little to save Christ from the hands of an abortionist? Yes, I know we are. �And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Name�s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess Life everlasting. But many who are first now will be last, and many who are last now will be first.� ******* I, after prayer and contemplation, in I hope service, am suggesting that we, the Faithful Christians, are asked to give 2 hours every 2 weeks. To leave all of the above, for Heaven�s sake. What a bargain ! ******* Our kindest Mother Mary also spoke to Sister Faustina. �You have to speak to the world about His great mercy and prepare the world for the Second Coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Saviour, but as a just Judge. Oh how terrible is that day! Determined the day of justice, the day of Divine Wrath. The angels tremble before it. Speak to souls about this great mercy while it is still time for granting mercy.� ******* An Irish Saint, Archbishop of Armagh, Saint Malachy, who predicted the hour and day of his own death in 1148 and whose biographer was no less than St. Bernard of Clairvaux, his friend, wrote a series of inscriptions which identified each of Saint Peter�s successors until the Papacy comes to an end. These Papal prophecies were written on a visit to Rome between 1139 - 1140. Saint Malachy only wrote a few words for each. ******* I have not read the whole list but I understand the Holy Fathers have been recognizable throughout. As an example; - Clement XIII (1758 -69) He was stationed in Umbria before becoming Pope. Umbria�s symbol is a rose. St. Malachy wrote �rosa Umbriae� or �rose of Umbria.� ******* - Clement XIV (1769 - 75) The Pope�s family shield depicted a running bear. �Ursus velose� or �swift bear�. ******* - Pius VI (1775- 99) Unseated by the French Revolution, he spent the rest of his life wandering as a fugitive. St. Malachy wrote �peregrines apostolicus� or �apostolic wanderer�. ******* Only one postscript is added anywhere on this list of Popes and that is after the last inscription. �Petrus Romanus� or �Peter of Rome� It says, �in the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there shall sit Peter of Rome.� who shall feed the sheep among great tribulations. When these have passed, the City of the Seven Hills will be destroyed and the dreadful judge will judge the people.� ******* The message is clear. Peter is the Pope of the Apocalypse. Fitting it would be to finish with the name of the great Saint who walked with Jesus and from whom He started the Papacy and Church. This Pope is only two on the list after our beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. It may be well to remember that his predecessor Pope John Paul I reigned only 33 days. Described by St. Malachy as �de medietate lunae� or �from the half-moon� his Papacy indeed began and ended between the full moons. ******* I have never been one for prophesies, my Lord, and I am not pretending to know if any are true or not, but prophecy is a gift of the Holy Spirit. ******* Perhaps, in the end, that is what I will do here. Yes, I suppose it will be. An insight. Does prophecy come from an abundant certainty that something is true? ******* The book of Revelations says, chapter 13, �And all the earth followed the beast in wonder. And they worshipped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast and they worshipped the beast, saying �Who is like to the beast, and who will be able to fight with it?� �And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies ; and there was given to it authority to work for 42 months. And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. And it was allowed to wage war with the saints and to overcome them. And there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue and nation. And all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it whose names have not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world. ******* If any man has an ear, let him hear. He who is for captivity, into captivity he goes ; he who kills by the sword, by the sword he must be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ******* And I saw another beast coming out of the earth � and it made the inhabitants worship the first beast � And it leads astray the inhabitants � telling the inhabitants to make an image �. and causes that whosoever should not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And it will cause all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, to have a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and it will bring about that no one may be able to buy or sell, except him who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of its name. ******* Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man ; and its number is 666. ( Challoner-Rheims) ******* Again, I do not pretend to be an authority on the book of Revelation. The description is one of tremendous power. The dragon is clearly said to be Satan. And he works through the �beast�. He wages war against the saints and overcomes them. From captivity, into captivity. By the sword, be killed. Authority over everyone no matter who or how or where they live. No-one, no matter who they are or their state in life will be able to buy and sell without the mark. In most situations eat, survive. Tremendous power. Hard to imagine. Where are everybody�s guns so common today ? Or could a situation exist where they were useless? ******* Well I have overstretched myself so far in this letter already, my Lord, what harm in incurring a little mockery! I will say this. ******* I can imagine a world run by computers achieving every scenario described here. I could go into great detail but I will make an exception! However I must say: First there was the computer, and I understand that in the early days 666 was its main number because it was the only number that could be inverted to 999. ******* This allowed twice the information to be processed as could be done with any other number. In truth, as men and women, our computer numbers in society these days, in practical terms, are more important than our names. ******* Then came the micro-chip. It is a fact that in the United States an experiment has already progressed to the point where a chip was placed under the skin of a human being and it was made to work in the check out arrangement of a store. In the hand it is scanned and a deduction made from the bank account. ******* It is a logical extension of technology and will be easy to perfect. Every piece of information about a person will be on it, available to the central computer network even by a hand scanner held by a policeman. There will be no need for driving licence, bank cards, I. D. or money. ******* Even now the computer participates if not controls most things we do. You cannot go through the doors of this prison without computer authorization. In the trucking industry I was in you cannot load or unload, cross the border or even pass over a weigh scale. But we all know this if we think about it. ******* If computers are not intrinsically evil the fruits of them mostly are. They de-humanize depersonalize. They are a permissive product of man�s intellect and in our pride we have made ourselves subject to them. That means worship. ******* Computers are the anti-thesis of all things spiritual. In fact I do not see how a scenario as described in Revelation can be avoided with the onward rush which the world has taken with computers. ******* So what if the Holy Father says no. No, the Catholic Christian Faithful must not have a micro-chip inserted into their skin. It violates the dignity of man made in the image of and likeness of his Creator God. It marks him as a servant and ensure his obedience to this created machine and the spirit of intellectual pride behind it. ******* So now Christians cannot buy or sell. Not only that they cannot own. How literal will the pearl and the treasure be then? Can you imagine the temptation, my Lord, and how many souls will be lost because to be obedient to the Holy Father and so faithful to our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, it will truly mean Christians having to walk away from all they possess and trusting poverty and blind faith for their daily bread ? No warmth, no comfort. Persecution unto death? Logical, by that time Satan would have so convinced the authorities that the Church was a threat to this Utopia of false peace that the division would be irreconcilable. ******* �And you will be hated by all for my Name�s sake ; but he who has persevered to the end will be saved.� ******* That may or may not be, but it brings me to the point of this entire letter. Thanks be to God! ******* I have tried to explain how a �fanatical� pro-lifer comes to be on the street outside an abortuary. ******* I have tried to demonstrate how worthwhile time spent outside an abortuary is. How lives of babies and the spiritual lives of their families have been proven to be saved. How the hearts of staff and the public passing by are converted by a sincere witness motivated by Love. How the Lord Jesus, through the intercession of His most loving mother Mary and all the angels and saints, pours out abundant blessings. For trusting in them enough to stand toe to toe with evil and be available for Heaven�s use. ******* I have demonstrated how the Lord Jesus clearly identifies with the pre-born and commands us to help them, saying to murder them is to murder Him. ******* I have made the point that it is Satan who controls the pro-abortion forces of evil, that his only hope to survival is to achieve his perennial objective of destroying the Roman Catholic Church. This explains the commitment of the opposition. We should be warned of the commitment we have to make. We know, as Christians, and rejoice of the promise of our Lord Jesus, that the gates of hell will never prevail against His Church. We are warned in the bible and are aware from history that there are times when Satan is �allowed to wage war with the saints and to overcome them.� We know that the societies in the Old Testament that Almighty God caused and permitted to be destroyed were the ones which �sacrificed their children to idols.� Just as we are doing. I have made the warning that it is possible our Church, here in Vancouver, at this particular time of history may be in a special and imminent danger. To beware of denial and apathy, riches and comfort, for both clergy and lay alike, given the wealth and cultural indisciplines of this part of the world. ******* I have illustrated that saints who are revered generations later were often outcast by their contemporaries in the Church, scorned and alone, just as our Blessed Lord Jesus was at the end, and pro-lifers are today. I am asking that the Church, at its peril, not leave the opposing of the evil of the day, the doing of the collective good work given to each generation of Christians, in the hands of just a few. That the hour is critical. Now you can no longer freely speak in Christian Love to a fellow human being in need on the streets, peacefully, demonstrate against child sacrifice in our city. Now you are thrown into prison for 6 months. The streets have already almost been lost to Satan. ******* If as a Church in Vancouver we are to survive we must courageously struggle to take back the venue, the battleground, where the Lord Jesus worked His Ministry to allow Salvation to come into the world, where the apostles preached and worked and sacrificed to build the Holy Church we have been blessed to inherit, where Christians throughout the ages had to work and convert every society to being Christian. To understand that, contributed to through our apathy, seduction has caused our society to no longer be Christian and that it must be once again converted. That this cannot be done without our willingness to witness and sacrifice and suffer on our city streets. ******* I have drawn attention to the teaching, and warnings given us by our Saviour, Jesus Christ, of what it means to be a Christian. How not everyone who says �Lord, Lord �� will be saved. How an action such as I am asking for could only be of immense collective and personal merit on judgement day. A discipline, an opportunity, a Grace for all the Faithful who participate. Who is it who causes the fracturing of the Body of the Bride of Christ, His Holy Church, founded at such a cost? The same enemy! Satan deceives with a whole barrage of messages of cheap salvation. Let us, given the Grace to be in the original, true Christian Church, not be deceived by an suggestion that Our Lord has done it all for us, that the path to heaven in easy. Let us be on our guard and mark well the words of the Lord Jesus when He gave to Sister Faustina the Divine Mercy message and image. �It is to be a reminder of the demands of My Mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works.� ******* I have suggested it may be wise to evaluate how late in the day our lives are being lived. I dare to say this action is NOT optional. It is essential. Approximations need not apply. Forget the David routines, of going up against Goliath without a sling shot, as we have done in politics. ******* There could be sin, in pursuing a course of action to achieve a good, knowing through experience it will not work, yet persisting because it is easier or more pleasant, than pursuing a course of action which will succeed. ******* All of us are afraid. All of us are proud. To some degree. When out of fear, in any form, a right course of action is rejected, and yet because of pride we refuse to acknowledge the truth of our motive, then great harm can result. In the pro-life struggle, from clergy and leaders and lay, I have seen this evil many times. ******* We have to act with a sincerity proportional to the message we wish society to receive. Just as Almighty God in His unfathomable wisdom and beauty, fixed in place physical laws to govern our physical lives ; it is equally and more importantly true, although today not much understood, that He also fixed in place spiritual Laws and we are inexorably bound by them in our relationships to each other. If we, the Church, are to educate the Church in spiritual matters, be used as an instrument of conversion for the Lord Jesus, we must teach society according to His spiritual Laws, and how faithfully we follow them, determines how readily and fully a message will be received and understood. ******* We cannot say they are murdering babies in a building down the street and then ignore the building from one day to the next as if nothing is wrong. What message do we teach to society by our inactivity ? Either we liars or we are cowards. If we are only confused or lazy, what does that say about the reality of our faith after all the �Lord Lord � on Sunday? It is time, long overdue, to decide whether we are for Christ or for the world! Beware, then, for it is written, that He will spew the lukewarm out of His mouth! ******* Even in a matter as relatively minor as an industrial dispute, the employees will maintain a constant presence outside of their employer�s premises as a witness to society of their rejection in principle of his conduct. Many benefits accrue. It is indispensable in the struggle for a satisfactory outcome to their difference of views on issues held in contention. This involves sacrifice, discomfort, unpopularity and even risk for those involved. Their presence demonstrates their faith in their position. If we understand that the Lord Jesus is being put to death ; if we say to society that babies are being murdered at a premises, how can we be seen by them to do less? ******* One day will we ask for whom the bell tolls? In Vancouver? The Lord said �Today I set before you Life and Death ; choose �� ******* Well my dear Lord Archbishop Exner I sincerely apologize to you for any over indulgence in my own thinking; one more time I pray �Come Holy Spirit�� ******* Heaven holds its breath, time stands still. As we walk down the path of life, it diverges into two and as we walk down the one, we find it is wrong, so we turn around. But walking back we do not find the junction, for time is a shifting sand, and it is gone for ever! ******* So, how direct a connection is there between Satan�s attack on the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ in the form of the pre-born child and Satan�s attack on the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ in the form of His Church ? ******* This is my only prophecy! Looking back they will be counted as one. Bride and Groom and Child. One family! What a tragedy it will be for the Bride not to have recognized her own flesh and blood. Not to have acted appropriately to defend her own flesh and blood. One flesh! ******* I say this. If we do not stand, now, to defend Jesus Christ in the abortuary from Satan, when Satan is at the door of the Church, it will be too late to defend Him in the Tabernacle. ******* In this spiritual battle we can still choose the battle ground. It is wiser to lay siege to the enemy�s camp than to wait for him to lay siege to our own. For in the two places, the Holy Catholic Church and the abortuary, are contained the embodiments of all that is good and all that is evil. ******* When the enemy comes to our door, (and let us make no mistake he is coming), all that is contained in the distance, between the abortuary door and the Church door, will have already been lost, to Satan and his forces. Society will have chosen! ******* As Rachel wept for her children, so we shall weep for our Church, and as Rachel could not be comforted, no more shall we. ******* Awake, awake, awake I cry! To only pray in the Church is too little, too little, too little I cry! When the Lord invited you to His Banquet of Rescue you said I have a wife to care for, I have a home to look after, I have a job to go to. Too much! Why me, it cannot be! Beware, beware, beware I cry! Of the time. Of the snare of the easy life. Learn, Learn, Learn I cry! From the errors of old. From the Saints so bold. Not to hide behind what will not be, when Jesus comes to set you free. So late so late so late I cry! Don�t let the signs of the times pass by. Earthquake, famine and war. Don�t let fear drown your Saviour�s call. Who is it next will knock at the door? Too late, too late, too late you cry ! Woe is me, what have I done? Satan is here, my knees are weak. I should have prayed instead of sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. But what is this? I am undone. Instead of blood I see water run. Where my strength? Where is my shield? Oh my God, I am forced to yield. Why, why, why you cry! How, how, how you cry ! Away, away you have no choice. Running, running you cannot re-joice. You see the path is wide at least, but going down and down you know no peace. Enough, enough , enough you cry ! Am I a Christian or am I a lie ? Your soul is heavy, you want to die. Jesus He at last appears. You see Him through your veil of tears. But what is this, it�s Judgement Day. �I never knew you� you hear him say. �when I was being aborted� � Wail, oh wail, oh gnash of teeth, eternally, only grief! ******* Stand up, stand up, stand up I cry! Oh, Vancouver why must you die? Think, think, think again, what privilege to share pain; to share the wounds that Christ once bore, to take on suffering as a holy chore. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice I cry! Here it is, the Cross of Old! Offered, as to all before, so not shrink from your heavenly call. Spittal, insults, threats and blows ; arrest and torture, courts and jail ; lift it high, lift it high, lift it high I cry, we cannot fail! Now, now, now I cry! Now is the hour the pearl to buy. Let us stand where Mary stood, go to the Cross, stay at its foot. While standing at the abortury door, toward heaven we will soar. When hell peers out through the window let them see God�s faithful people. A chance to still convert our sisters, with hearts so dead and eyes so listless. Even yet the world be warned, even yet a child be born. Why worry what the world will say, you will worry not on Judgement day. What joy, what joy, what joy I cry! To live forever and never die. To fly with Jesus high in heaven, having fought the good fight with spiritual weapons, opposing evil, abortion, filled with Faith, not worldly caution. Fear not, Fear not, fear not little flock ; it pleases the Father to offer His Kingdom, listen to His voice today. Do you dare to disobey ? Excuses I will hear but none. Turn again, Look at My Son! I could count all His bones upon the Cross. You have my Command, in Him you trust! Awake, awake, awake, I cry. Be a Christian or be a lie! Amen. ******* �Then He came and found them sleeping. And He said � doest thou sleep? Couldst thou not watch one hour?� This is how to defend the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, acting in strength as one Body, His Church, whilst leaving individual members free to fulfil other duties. Each duty in its own time ! First, in faithfulness and wisdom, lay the foundation on the rock of the cornerstone, for all Pro-Life work. Institute : PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. (24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.) Maintain permanent prayer to Heaven to intervene with Revival in the Holy Church, and conversion in all of society, and the Graces necessary to end the evil of abortion and all of hells periphery. Amen. ******* Adoration should be at a site convenient to the chosen abortuary to be prayed for. Then at sites convenient to all abortuaries in Vancouver. What wisdom has the Bride when Her enemy of old is not challenged by Her gift of Spirtually Finest Gold? ******* Secondly, as one action in prayer, let the stream of Graces flowing from Jesus Christ in His complete Presence in the Blessed Sacrament, Body Blood, Soul and Divinity, flow through us His Church, as a Sacrificial,, Suffering Offering into the streets of our city, out into society, as a constant witness against murder in abortion. We lay siege spiritually to every abortuary, by standing as close as Wisdom, (for she is justified by all her children,) calls us to stand as a Church, to the gates of hell. In prayer and penance. ******* Institute : PERPETUAL OPPOSITION TO THE EVIL OF ABORTION. (24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.) ******* A parishioners commitment : 2 hours every 2 weeks. ******* 1 hour in prayer before the Sacrament with our Lord. ******* 1 hour in prayer and public penance for our Lord. ******* All details are for discussion and decision. ******* Only the Holy Spirit will fully appreciate all the blessings destined to be the fruit of this. Only pro-life Christians who have stood at the gates of hell, faithfully for many hours, readily understand the truth that how many souls are saved by this logical, sincere action, called for the from the Holy Spirit, will not be known this side of heaven. ******* I must apologize one more time my Lord Archbishop Exner for any excess of words, inappropriate inclusions or suspect theology. I thank you, sincerely, for your generosity in reading this. I was impressed by the excellent article �Struggle of Two Cultures�, how clearly you stated many points I have laboured over. In time, any similarity of words is coincidental. I am encouraged, therefore by the suggestion of one spirit. Praise you Jesus ! Ave Maria! ******* I would like to assure you, my Lord, that should the Holy Spirit convict you to implement Adoration /Opposition as a strategy that I, as the saying goes, will be �right behind you.� As a Pro-life Christian I have received this assurance myself a number of times and at a crucial time, having looked around, seen a clear, uninterrupted view to the horizon. For better or for worse, as the most ineffectual servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, should you turn around, by His Grace, I will be in view. I am prepared to live in poverty and work full time to contribute to its successful implementation. I will add that I have no anointing as a leader, and feel called to say, that should you look to the secular world to find leadership to support this kind of commitment, it may well be the case, that you see a clear, uninterrupted view to the horizon. No my Lord, Archbishop, this will be a case of you and the Lord Jesus Christ stepping out alone in faith. No experience more exhilarating! ******* Thanks be to Almighty God. ******* Amen ! ******* Yours Faithfully in Prayer, ******* Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Most Immaculate Heart of Mary ******* Maurice Lewis (Baby John Doe, Vancouver Pretrial Prison, October / November 1995 ) ******* Giving Thanks always and everywhere to the Holy Spirit. ******* Praise you Jesus, now and forever! ******* Ave Maria! ******* Amen, Lord Jesus come ! ******* P. S. Inevitable my Lord ! Truly inevitable. ******* I had always intended to say that if all these words are from me they are fit only for the garbage can. But if through all my human failings and much weakness the Holy Spirit has condescended to work, then that is all that could give this worth. ******* Amen ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 29 WE THE PEOPLE ******* From: "PFOX" ******* Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 ******* We The People http://www.exodus.to/news_2004_0702.shtml ******* By Nancy Brown of LifeGuard Ministries ******* I believe that public school systems that allow pro gay presentations in their schools without rebuttal by ex-gays or Christians are violating the civil rights laws of this country. In the name of separation of church and state, my straight children are not allowed to proclaim their orientation or faith based moral decisions but gay students are. I pay taxes to support the schools but my beliefs on gay issues are denied and ignored and misinformation on the subject is presented with funds I provide. That is discrimination and takes democracy back to the original atrocity that started our revolution from England: taxation without representation. ******* Unless I can afford private schooling I have no choice but to place my children in the public school system. I am required by law to do so. School systems are supported by tax dollars. Dollars taken from taxes paid on property owned by individuals. Taxes, which I am required by law to pay. In my community those over 65 do not pay property taxes so that means those with school age children bear the burden of paying for the schools needs. The government subsidizes school systems. However, since the government is supposed to be "for the people" and since I am one of the "people" who pays taxes any money the government sends actually comes from me as well. So why does the government get to decide who gets heard and who is silenced on moral issues? Has the government now become an entity unto itself? ******* As things stand now, I do not get to choose what goes into the textbooks my children read. These textbooks usually list pro gay resources for students who are confused about their sexuality, but not ex-gay or Christian resources as well. I do not get a voice in what is spoken or taught in health classes concerning homosexuality. The only review of statistics concerning homosexuality provided to youth in these courses or textbooks is completely biased. Statistics such as the percentage of homosexuals in the populace, the myth that homosexuality is a genetic trait, the representation of those youth with suppressed same sex attractions as having a high percentage of suicides: all of these politically motivated claims lack rigorous critical review. I have found these statistics to be blatant lies or at least greatly exaggerated. ******* PFOX -- Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays, Box 561, Fort Belvoir VA 22060, 703-360-2225, [email protected], www.pfox.org ******* To subscribe to this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 30 ANOTHER PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST IN TEXAS UNDER FIRE FOR REFUSING SCRIPT ******* Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) ******* Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and LifeNews.com Pro-Life ******* Another Texas pharmacist is receiving criticism for refusing to fill a prescription for birth control pills, a decision he says is based on his beliefs opposing abortion. Steve Mosher, owner of the Medicine Shoppe in Fabens, refused to fill a prescription for the birth control drug for Idalia Moreno two weeks ago. Moreno has said she will file a complaint against Mosher. "I believe the birth control pill works by causing an abortion," Mosher told ABC-7 news reporters. "I am a Christian and I believe abortion is the taking of an innocent human life, and I can't consciously and morally go along with that." While he will not fill prescriptions for birth control pills for contraceptive purposes, Mosher said he will fill such prescriptions if the medication is to be used to treat hormonal problems. While Mosher admits that his decision has cost him business, official discipline is not likely. http://www.lifenews.com/state658.html ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 31 PENNSYLVANIA COUPLE CAN DISPLAY PRO-LIFE SIGN AT HOME WITHOUT WORRY ******* Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 03:02:04 EDT ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and LifeNews.com Pro-Life Report ******* Paxtang, PA (LifeNews.com) -- A central Pennsylvania couple has won their bid to display a pro-life sign on their front porch. Officials in the borough of Paxtang, near Harrisburg, had threatened Colman and Frances Wessel with jail time for mounting a sign to their porch railing. The sign, which featured a picture of Jesus, read, "This home supports the pro-life cause and is dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus." But Councilman Frank Krautheim now says the sign can stay, prompting relief from the Wessels. "Jesus was pro-life, and we are, too," Colman Wessel told the press. "Our sign links the sacred heart of Jesus with the pro-life movement. We're leaving the sign up." Even the American Civil Liberties Union, which has a pro-abortion position, supported the Wessels' claim that the sign was protected under Constitutional guarantees for freedom of speech. "It was never council's intention to limit anyone's free speech," Krautheim told the Patriot-News newspaper. "We understand free speech. We simply have an outdated ordinance." ******* http://www.lifenews.com/state691.html ******* Receive the LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report via email daily or weekly at no cost. Email [email protected] with the message "subscribe daily" or "subscribe weekly." ******* Comments or questions? Email us at [email protected]. Copyright 2003, 2004 LifeNews.com. All rights reserved. For more information on reprinting news from LifeNews.com, email us. ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 32 ALAN KEYES IS UNDER ATTACK! ******* From: "Conservative Petitions" ******* Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:10:00 -0700 ******* This a special message for Frank Wagner from Alan Keyes: ******* Dear Frank Wagner: ******* Can I count on you to stand with me in defense of traditional marriage? ******* I am under fierce attack from the homosexual lobby and their "same-sex marriage" allies in the press, and I need your prayers -- and your help: ******* https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/keyes/donation.php?afid=conpet ******* Let me explain what is happening. ******* If you have been following the news lately, you may have seen that militant homosexuals, certain pro-homosexual media outlets and commentators, and even a few weak-kneed Republicans (who should know better) have been attacking me relentlessly because of some remarks I made -- and some I "reportedly" made -- during a radio interview about "homosexual marriage." ******* Before I go any further, let me show you the quote that has them so enraged: "The essence of ... family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism." ******* This is what I believe. This is what you believe. And this is what I have said for years. Our Creator designed the Institution of Marriage to be between a man and a woman. Nothing any human court, any legislature, or any special interest group can say or do will ever change that natural reality. ******* I make no apologies for my position -- which, not coincidentally, is the position of the Republican Party Platform drafted by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and approved by President Bush -- and I will not surrender one inch of ground to those who are attacking this sacred institution. You would expect nothing less of me. ******* Now, here is where the recent trouble begins. ******* The "gay activist" interviewer followed up my answer with a question as to whether my understanding of homosexuality would apply to Vice-President Cheney's daughter. I said, mindful of her advocacy of "homosexual marriage," that of course, *by definition*, it would apply. ******* So I did not evade the question. I answered yes, as you would expect me to. ******* Well, the pro-homosexual press -- and some in the political establishment -- went apoplectic. And then they went on a vindictive, deceitful attack. Let me show you some examples. ******* * Associated Press: "Illinois Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes labeled homosexuality 'selfish hedonism' and said Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter is a sinner." ******* * Los Angeles Times: "On Tuesday, Alan Keyes, the Republican Senate candidate in Illinois, denounced gays as 'selfish hedonists.' Asked whether that applied to Mary Cheney, Keyes replied, 'That goes by definition. Of course she is.'" ******* * Washington Post: "Further tension erupted yesterday when Illinois Senate candidate Alan Keyes called Mary Cheney a 'selfish hedonist.'" ******* Look at what I said, and then look at what they say I said. They are lying! ******* The essence of each of these "news reports" is false. They have twisted my words... or even made them up... in order to inflame those who are our political and policy enemies, and to intimidate our allies. ******* This is not objective reporting. This is shameless, deceitful propaganda, with a clear political objective. ******* I must confess, after having been in public life for over two decades, none of this surprises me. But it does still amaze me when dishonest members of the press corps deliberately misquote me; it still grieves me that men and women who should be our allies run for cover at the first sound of hostile fire; and it distresses me that a radical minority like the militant homosexual movement can hold such political power over how the news is reported, and how crucial public policy in America is discussed. ******* Friend, I will not surrender to this assault. I will not be cowed, and evade direct questions that require answers of logic and conviction. And neither should you. ******* https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/keyes/donation.php?afid=conpet ******* And please make no mistake... this is an assault on all of us who hold to deep beliefs, moral absolutes, tenents of faith, and the rigors of sound reasoning. ******* Let me tell you plainly what the goal is of the homosexual lobby and its advocates in the press while they attack me... and what is at stake in the bigger picture. ******* First, the left-wingers are hoping to isolate me; they have been acting for years to make homosexual behavior "mainstream" and to viciously denounce and falsely caricature all who stand in their way. They are now trying to get rank-and-file Republicans and members of the GOP establishment to walk away from my candidacy and abandon me, because I am a man of conviction, and because I have the courage to say what I believe. ******* They do not want me in the Senate! The very thought of me debating and working on the Senate floor for the issues you and I hold dear, horrifies them! ******* They know I can't be bullied or bought, so they are trying to destroy me with distortions and deceit before I reach the Senate. And rest assured, with your help, I can win this race! ******* Second, the pro-homosexual Democrats in the media are doing everything in their power to elect my opponent, Barack Obama. As you probably know, this man is to the left of Bill Clinton and John Kerry! He represents the epitome of what is wrong with the direction of our nation politically. ******* But finally, what is perhaps the most troubling aspect of this attack on me is how it could affect the whole debate about "homosexual marriage." ******* This media-generated artificial firestorm is a part of the homosexual movement's desire to silence ALL dissent against them, their behavior, and their political objectives. ******* If the press is successful in smearing me with lies, fabrications and misquotes, how many other politicians do you think will dare to speak out against the radical homosexual agenda -- and in defense of traditional marriage? ******* If a candidate or a member of Congress says these simple words, "If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism..." and those words cause him to come under relentless attack and ridicule, how many men and women in Congress do you think have the courage to risk such abuse? We cannot let this happen! ******* We already know that many politicians are running scared from this issue, even though they know in their hearts that the "homosexual revolution" is rushing forward in America, and is destructive to the fiber and health of our families and our nation. ******* The pro-homosexual movement wants to make an example of me, so that political resistance to their agenda of "homosexual marriage" collapses, and the complete "normalization" of homosexuality triumphs! We must stand tall against these attacks! ******* They want a country where anyone who is seeking office is afraid to say the TRUTH about the homosexual lifestyle and agenda. ******* At that point, the militant homosexuals will be able to achieve their goals, because of the fear that grips the hearts of those who should oppose them. Friend, we MUST NOT let this happen. ******* Can I count on you to help withstand this assault? ******* https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/keyes/donation.php?afid=conpet ******* I promise you that I will not back down from this fight, nor will I give one inch of ground on this sacred battlefield of covenant marriage. I will not be badgered or "punished" into silence or compromise on the sacredness of Marriage as God created it. ******* I refuse to let America end up like Canada, where it is a crime to speak publicly -- even from the pulpit -- against homosexual behavior without being held criminally liable for "hate speech." I refuse to let America become like ancient Greece or ancient Rome, which rotted from within while sexual confusion and debauchery ate away at their national life. ******* I must make one other point: we should all "love our neighbor," and that obviously includes men and women who are struggling with homosexuality. All of us are made in the image of God, and in fact we are *commanded* to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Each of us is entitled to respect and dignity while we are on our life's journey. ******* We can and should love those who are in the homosexual lifestyle. But that does NOT mean that we must elevate that self-destructive lifestyle to the level of marriage. Such an argument is absurd. ******* Showing love and respect and unashamed witness to individual homosexuals does not mean we have to embrace or passively countenance the political agenda of the homosexual movement, including their strong push now for "same-sex marriage." I showed utmost respect for the "gay" interviewer and the seriousness of his questions, even though he clearly believed he was "trapping" me with his "gotcha" journalism -- and I believe that my unflinching response provided an essential witness for truth, and for public integrity. ******* In reality, the "homosexual marriage" movement is all about distorting and evading the truth. It does not show love for the homosexual, for it is based on a betrayal of how God made humanity and the world. Nor would it be loving to our children and our grandchildren to let this movement put our entire nation in moral and ethical chaos. ******* Friend, here is the bottom line: I am in a position where I could be the next Senator from the land of Abraham Lincoln. ******* This time next year, you could see me on C-Span, debating for a Constitutional Amendment that reaffirms marriage is between one man and one woman! ******* This is the worst nightmare of the liberal ideologues who are trying to defeat me; the worst nightmare of those who are trying to create "homosexual marriage." ******* That is why I am under attack. ******* And now I am asking you to do what everyone who supports true marriage, everyone who professes religious conviction, should be doing: stand with me. ******* Our campaign's fundraising, which was just kicking into high gear, has suffered a blow, because some establishment Republican figures have become fearful of the liberal media's attacks on me. Some of our GOP leaders are now distancing themselves from my candidacy. ******* Don't back down. Don't waver in your stand for the truth. Don't be silenced by the badgering of a few left-wing media outlets. Above all: be not afraid! We will prevail in our struggle -- but only if good, God-fearing people like you continue to support our campaign with your prayers and, yes, your dollars. ******* I need you to stand with me in my Senate race. My campaign needs every penny it can raise, so that I can continue to reach the voters in Illinois with the TRUTH about what I stand for, and also so that I can show the voters what my radical, pro-infanticide, pro-homosexual rights opponent really stands for. ******* I have just less than two months left in this race. It is a race I can win...with the necessary resources from supporters like you. ******* Can I count on you to help my campaign with as generous a gift as you can? ******* https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/keyes/donation.php?afid=conpet ******* And, can you please forward this email to every friend you have? ******* Send a message to the media that you will not stand by while they dishonestly push their left-wing agenda. ******* Send a message to weak-kneed Republicans that you want courageous, clear leadership, not fearful halting steps and half-measures -- while they look at the latest public opinion poll. ******* Send a message to the militant homosexual lobby that you will not be silenced, and that you will not allow them to browbeat us into submission to their destructive agenda. ******* I and my family beg you for your prayers, and I ask that you give whatever you can to help my campaign. I thank you with all my heart in advance. I'll update you soon. ******* Keeping Faith in the battle, Alan Keyes ******* PS: Remember, the real agenda of the press and the homosexual militants in their attack on me is to silence all dissent to their agenda. ******* We cannot let this happen! ******* Please give as large a gift as you can to my campaign, and send a message to the watching world that you want a clear stand on this critical issue. This is our chance to turn some hostile press attacking the truth into a big victory! ******* https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/keyes/donation.php?afid=conpet ******* (Under FEC law, the maximum legal contribution per election is $2,000 per person. Individuals may give $2,000 each to the primary and general elections. Couples may give up to $4,000 from common funds for the primary and general elections, but both signatures must be on the account. Contributions to Keyes 2004 are not considered deductible for federal income tax purposes. No corporate funds are accepted.) ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 33 COMPARISON OF 2 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ******* Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 ******* From: "Gloria Poole Pappas,RN" ******* Planned Parenthood is the number one terrorist organization in the world! ******* By Gloria Poole Pappas,RN ******* INTRODUCTION ******* I read an article about Al-Quaeda in The Telegraph (from the UK) news today at a site named, www.infoplease.cm/spot/terror-qaeda.html and it prompted me to compare the two leading terrorist organizations to see if I could decide which of the two was the greater threat to the human race. My sincere hope is that someone with legal knowledge will read it and use the US Dept of Justice to bring the RICO ACT provisions AGAINST Planned Parenthood and shut them down once and for all. Also, that all readers will be enlightened about the killing that is going on in the US and the UK in the abortion clinics and do something to make their voices heard on behalf of the innocent Unborn. ******* Planned Parenthood is really the number one terrorist organization in the world because it kills more innocents every working day in the US than Al-Quaida killed that Sept 11th day! In fact, Planned Parenthood has been directly responsible for more deaths of real innocent humans (baby humans) than all the wars of all the nations, and all the efforts of all the "terrorist" organizations.This article is intended to open your eyes to the truth and to cause a tidal wave of change in the US and around the world. I pray it accomplishes much. ******* The differences between Al-Quaeda and Planned Parenthood: ******* 1)Al-Quaeda is condemned by the world for killing the innocents whereas Planned Parenthood is lauded in the old-line press, the liberal newspapers and the TV stations like CNN as a "good" thing or as a minimum, a "necessary" thing. ******* 2) Al-Quaeda has focused on the born, those able to defend themselves, whereas Planned Parenthood preys upon those too tiny to take up weapons or run or speak for themselves-- the babies in their mother's wombs. ******* 3) Al-Quaeda has endured the efforts by the US government to dry up their private funds whereas Planned Parenthood is paid for by US tax dollars in the individual States, the District of Columbia, the UN, the US halls of Congress and they are allowed to lobby, and they are given permission to propagandize in the US government schools. ******* 4) Al-Quaeda has a leadership is so bold that the world knows the leader's name, whereas Planned Parenthood's leadership is surreptious since it involves the US government, US Senators and US Supreme Court Justices. ******* 5) Al-Quaeda warns their enemies, whereas Planned Parenthood opposes the Women's-Right-to-know-Abortion- kills-an-innocent bills everywhere they pop up! ******* 6) Al-Quaeda depends upon the press and does not issue press releases, whereas Planned Parenthood makes great use of photo-op opportunities and propaganda releases to their Foundations and supporters in Congress. They widely flaunt their wickedness, and make pacts with the devil for the "right" to kill the unborn. ******* 7) Al-Quaeda publishes that they are opposed to the US because of its ungodly promotions of immoral sex, homosexuality and killing of babies as a "right" and their infidelity to God. Planned Parenthood is of the anti-Christ, the devil according to John 10:10, which is written, "the thief (satan,trying to usurp God) cometh not but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy; I (Jesus's words) am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly." Al-Queda believes in killing infidels whereas Planned Parenthood believes in killing innocent babies. [Let me make it perfectly clear here, God said "thou shalt not kill" and it is recorded in Exodus 20:13. This is certainly not a defense of killing by any organization but to make you think about the propaganda routinely promoted in the US about both organizations.] ******* 8) Al-Quaeda is blamed for the US citizens feelings of insecurity by most average citizens who don't know God and His redemptive power. Planned Parenthood on the other hand has been widely accepted by many in the US, and around the world, {who do not know God} as a result of massive propaganda efforts and their appeal to sin, vice, greed and selfishness--the base emotions of humans. Planned Parenthood intends to destroy the US too and they have the cooperation of the US shadow government. They are public enemy number one! ******* THE ORIGINS ******* Planned Parenthood was begun by Margaret Sanger, a woman whose beliefs about children and the use of eugenics to eliminate the handicapped and racially impure, as she saw them, was the motivating factor. Her desire to eliminate whole races of people is widely known. ******* PRIME FINANCIERS ******* [not listed in any order except the US government is the first and most generous supporter through the Medicaid, Public Health, National Institute of Health, CDC, Department of Defense funding; permission from the US Dept of Education for Planned Parenthood to have free use of the public schools and Universities to indoctrinate and train "teachers" and whole classes of mandatory audiences in the lie of killing-of-innocents (aka abortion) as a "right"; and other means such as lobbying and buying votes, and providing kick-backs; ******* 1) The US Government ******* 2) Foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ******* 3) the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ******* 4) the Bobby Kennedy Foundation ******* 5) the Ford Foundation ******* 6) the Weld Foundation in Canada ******* 7) Citibank and the Rockefellers and thousands more! ******* RECRUITMENT TACTICS ******* Planned Parenthood has infiltrated the public schools and many of the private ones, the Universities and many businesses. They have taught the killing of innocents as a "right" since 1973 when the infamous Roe v Wade case before the US Supreme Court usurped the true law of the US Constution and created a false amendment to the US Constitution entitled the "right to privacy" and the "right to abortion" both necessary to complement each other. If the false right to privacy had not been created then parents would know what their children were learning in school and what happened when they went to school-based "clinics' (usually the facade of Planned Parenthood for referral for abortion.) And if the false "right to abortion" had not been created there would be no need for secretive "teachers" and nurses and doctors. There would have been no need for the HIPA act to prevent families from knowing what their wives, or daughters were doing, or their husbands or boy friends either for that matter.[The HIPA Act does not prevent the government from knowing your secrets,only your family!] ******* Planned Parenthood recruits through the schools paid for by tax dollars and they recruit through the mandatory "volunteer hours needed for graduation from high school" act(s) .{Remember a mandatory volunteer is a slave!) They have captured the journalism schools, the law schools, the public schools. They have controlled the US Senate with the help of Ted Kennedy for decades. They have controlled the US Supreme Court through the power of the Jewish lobby. ******* THE RISE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD ******* Planned Parenthood has amassed enormous power in the US Congress and that is the reason the liberals hate Pres. Bush so much. He is opposed to the killing of innocents as a "right" and has worked to end it in the US.But the proaborts who are generally glorified by the traditional media have obstructed prolife Judicial Appointments and prolife bills consistently using the multitudinous Committee system, which is unconstitutional, to decide which bills get voted on. ******* Planned Parenthood has also amassed enormous power in the UN and uses a law firm based in NYC with international lawyers to focus on ways to force those nations who do not allow abortion to capitulate to their legal pressure of lawsuits and lobbying and bribes to accomplish their evil. ******* PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S FIRST ACTIONS ******* Planned Parenthood began by convincing women that immoral lifestyles were ok if they would just be willing to abort their children. Their rationale was that then no one would know they were wicked and they could go on pretending to be "good" women. Their very first "success" in their eyes was legalizing contraceptives in the US by telling women that large families was the reason that they were poor or "down-trodden" or being unable to work in the work place. They infiltrated the public schools in Georgia in the years in the 40s and 50's and used funds from the Ford Foundation to teach the idea that families should only consist of "two children". ******* DECLARATION OF WAR ******* Declaration of War against the innocents as a Class, was declared by the US Supreme Court in 1973 in the Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton decisions that made the killing of innocents a "right" for women and "doctors". I put right in quotes because of course, killing of innocents is always a wrong! Also, I put "doctors" in quotes because abortionists are hired assassins of the innocent babies--real medical doctors do not kill! ******* FORGED OTHER ALLIANCES ******* Planned Parenthood forged other alliances early on. Their connection with the US Department of Education is already mentioned, but they also infiltrated Churches through the weapon of the not-for-profit hammer. Most Churches in the US have not-for-profit status which is a government controlling tactic. Planned Parenthood told Churches and their Pastors that abortion was a "political issue" and that if they spoke against it, they would tell the IRS on them and then they would lose their not-for-profit status that prohibits addressing "political issues". They captured the US Supreme Court by the appointment of proabort Judges. They captured the US Senate by the bribes and lobbying efforts. They captured the US Sex and Information Council of the US, (SIECUS) by their false doctrine that "children should not be having children" promotion and by their idealogy that "children ruin the lives of those seeking an education". They captured the children younger and younger by their use of the tax supported agency, Headstart,and publicly funded kindergartens. They used textbooks that showed pictures of humans and animals calling them all "organisms" and teaching the students that animals were more important than humans and needed legal protection but that unborn children did not have legal protection. They also equated humans with animals even though God's words are that humans are made in the image of God. They captured the legal professions by telling upcoming lawyers (students) that the US Constitution is "elastic" and not the constraints on the government it was intended to be. And they captured the minds and souls of the nation's children by teaching outright lies including ******* 1) the US Supreme Court had the right to create law when according to Article I, Section I of the US Constitution, only Congress has that right. ******* 2) by teaching women that they can kill their offspring in a "safe, surgical procedure with no risks". ******* 3) by skewing the medical data by capturing the Center for Disease Control which collects data on all medical and surgical procedures except abortion complications and infections. ******* 4) by using the law to prevent the accurate reporting of abortions and using the Code books for the Medicare and Medicaid programs to prevent the numbers of abortions from being reported to the citizens. ******* 5) by teaching up and coming Journalists that it is their civic duty to reduce the populations of the world so there will be bigger pieces of the pie for the socialist programs of Ted Kennedy and others. ******* LEADERSHIP ******* Although the names of Kate Michelman and Margaret Sanger are synonymous with the trademark, Planned Parenthood, there are many other leaders in their camp. Alan Guttmacher makes his living off supplying data from Planned Parenthood abortion mills to the government, the government schools and even some of the prolife organizations. Other leaders of the death-to-the-innocent-for-political-power are John Kerry, Hillary and Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Ted Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy to name some of the big players. Also Bill Gates of the Microsoft fame. The lawyers of the Center for Reproductive Rights in NYC are widely known for their expertise in suing and manipulating the Courts and the appointment of Judges. ******* A WELL ORGANIZED NETWORK OF TERROR FOR THE UNBORN CHILDREN ******* Planned Parenthood is very well organized! They control the US Supreme Court, the US Senate, the US public schools, many of the US Churches, many of the private Foundations, the Methodist Church Leadership, many private schools, the CDC, the National Institute of Health, the Bethesda Naval Hospital, and the US Treasury Dept and the General Accounting Office (GAO). They have network cells all over the world. They have an alliance with the Marie Stopes Clinics/Abortuaries of the UK. They have alliances with the Faces program in the Arabic nations that are organizations in disguise to make women think they are helping them shed their veils when what they really want them to shed is their morals,their faith in God, their committment to motherhood and their modesty. ******* PLANNED PARENTHOOD OPERATES AS A FRACHISE. ******* Planned Parenthood uses a franchise approach and they use the dollars of their national organiztion to build other abortuaries, to lobby with, to pay for lawsuits on behalf of "member cells" in other nations and States. The International Federation of Planned Parenthood in London also operates the same way, recruiting members for their network. The Planned Parenthood of NY and the International Federation of Planned Parenthood in London provide financial and logistical support to their member cells around the world. They do not depend upon the sponsorship of any particular nation or State and made billions last year from the sale of abortions and grants and government money..They provide name recognition for US Candidates for office but usually in surreptious ways now. They are backing John Kerry and John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and the other Senator from NY, and they are the main supporters and allies of Ted Kennedy and his family of proaborts. ******* THE IDEOLOGY AND GOALS OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD ******* Planned Parenthood has a public facade and a private one. Their public mantra is that women have a "choice" to be mothers using the techniques of propaganda experts like Goebbels who told the Germans that they had a Choice to eradicate the Jews to save their homeland. In reality however, they never tell a pregnant woman who has the misfortune of ending up in one of their medically unregulated and unsupervised abortion mills that she has the "choice" to stay pregnant and deliver a living child. ******* Instead they use words like "we are just going to take care of this problem for you." They avoid the use of terms like "baby" or even "fetus" because they know women know those terms now. They call every baby in the womb a "problem" or an "unwanted pregnancy" or an "unplanned pregnancy" or a "crisis". Their private mantra is "no woman a mother" as evidenced by their all-out efforts to propagandize and legally batter all nations until they agree to legalize killing of the unborn; and by their secretive memos to Congressional leaders who are their cronies, and by their veiled use of words such as "reproductive rights", or "womens' rights" or "empowerment of women" or any of dozens buzz words for abortion on demand. They operate killing centers and they also lobby for extension of killing rights so that their victims stay uninformed and ignorant. They work with "research" labs to supply "by-products" to the labs of babies' brains, spinal cords, testicles and ovaries, body parts for "stem cells" etc. They hire those with a willingness to kill and no morals. They demand the right to kill those "unwanted". They have now made alliances with the death-with-dignity euthanasia-as-a-right in the US policy groups. They file amicus briefs against all and any laws that gives a human baby in the womb any recognition or legal rights. Planned Parenthood is the most effective tool that the devil has for annihilating the human race. ******* THE FUTURE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD ******* Planned Parenthood's work has been on-going since 1965. The devil who is the enemy of God knew that in order for any society to allow the killing of innocents, he would have to take the words of God prohibiting such killing away. The groundwork for the abortion decision was the decision by the U S Supreme Court, not to allow public schools to teach the Ten Commandments anymore. The Bible says "the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field" (Genesis 3:1) They used words not in the Constitution to accomplish this, chanting as their mantra, "separation of Church and State". Abortion mills kill hundreds locally daily and about 50 million around the world annually. Planned Parenthood is the grand-daddy of all abortion clinics because the small, one abortionist clinics rely upon the legal maneuvering and bludgeoning of opponents in the federal Court Rooms to continue their evil. ******* SUMMARY ******* Planned Parenthood is the NUMBER ONE ENEMY of the human race. They prey upon the innocents in the one place where safety and security should be virtually guaranteed--their mothers' wombs. They use massive propaganda efforts to brainwash the coming generations. They use all legal and illegal means to accomplish their evil. They have killed billions of humans. They intend to kill billions more because they are concentrating their efforts on the Latin American and Muslim nations now because they realize they still reproduce children. ******* The reality is that the proaborts will die out eventually. All those who don't believe in reproducing themselves won't, so eventually the prolifers will outnumber the proaborts. Should the people of God wait for generations while millions are being slaughtered around the world in the name of "feminism" or "women's rights" or "equality"? NO, I do not think so. ******* I think we all have to do more, write more protest more, publish the words of God every time the proaborts use their mantra of "choice:". We have to remind everyone that the real choice comes from God. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 is written, "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore Choose Life, that both thou and thy seed may live; that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him, for He is thy life and the length of thy days." ******* Gloria Poole Pappas, RN ******* http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/do_not_abort/ ******* www.home.earthlink.net/~gloria.poole.pappas_reg.nurse/ ******* www.home.earthlink.net/~tapestry.of.life.tv/ ******* http://gloriapoole.com ******* PO Box 46017, Denver, Colorado 80201 ******* tel 303-861-4027 _______________________________________________ ******* %(Gloria Poole)s mailing list ******* %(Gloria Poole)s@%(http://gloriapoole.com)s ******* %(http://gloriapoole.com)slistinfo/%(Prolife_gloriapoole.com)s ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 34 DENVER BISHOP REBUKES THOSE WHO WOULD SILENCE CHRISTIANS ******* Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:18:05 -0700 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- Culture of Life Foundation" ******* Dear Colleague, ******* You must give the attached column from today's New York Times by the Archbishop of Denver the WIDEST POSSIBLE DISTRIBUTION. ******* Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, ecclesiastical advisor to the Culture of Life Foundation, has published a stinging rebuke to all those who seek to silence Christians in the current political debate. This important column can also be read as a sharp criticism of the abortion position of John F. Kerry. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, Austin Ruse, President Culture of Life Foundation ******* http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/22/opinion/22chaput.html?oref=login ******* FAITH AND PATRIOTISM by CHARLES J. CHAPUT ******* Published: October 22, 2004 ******* Denver � The theologian Karl Barth once said, "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." ******* That saying comes to mind as the election approaches and I hear more lectures about how Roman Catholics must not "impose their beliefs on society" or warnings about the need for "the separation of church and state." These are two of the emptiest slogans in current American politics, intended to discourage serious debate. No one in mainstream American politics wants a theocracy. Nor does anyone doubt the importance of morality in public life. Therefore, we should recognize these slogans for what they are: frequently dishonest and ultimately dangerous sound bites. ******* Lawmaking inevitably involves some group imposing its beliefs on the rest of us. That's the nature of the democratic process. If we say that we "ought" to do something, we are making a moral judgment. When our legislators turn that judgment into law, somebody's ought becomes a "must" for the whole of society. This is not inherently dangerous; it's how pluralism works. ******* Democracy depends on people of conviction expressing their views, confidently and without embarrassment. This give-and-take is an American tradition, and religious believers play a vital role in it. We don't serve our country - in fact we weaken it intellectually - if we downplay our principles or fail to speak forcefully out of some misguided sense of good manners. ******* People who support permissive abortion laws have no qualms about imposing their views on society. Often working against popular opinion, they have tried to block any effort to change permissive abortion laws since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. That's fair. That's their right. But why should the rules of engagement be different for citizens who oppose those laws? ******* Catholics have an obligation to work for the common good and the dignity of every person. We see abortion as a matter of civil rights and human dignity, not simply as a matter of religious teaching. We are doubly unfaithful - both to our religious convictions and to our democratic responsibilities - if we fail to support the right to life of the unborn child. Our duties to social justice by no means end there. But they do always begin there, because the right to life is foundational. ******* For Catholics to take a "pro-choice" view toward abortion contradicts our identity and makes us complicit in how the choice plays out. The "choice" in abortion always involves the choice to end the life of an unborn human being. For anyone who sees this fact clearly, neutrality, silence or private disapproval are not options. They are evils almost as grave as abortion itself. If religious believers do not advance their convictions about public morality in public debate, they are demonstrating not tolerance but cowardice. ******* The civil order has its own sphere of responsibility, and its own proper autonomy, apart from the church or any other religious community. But civil authorities are never exempt from moral engagement and criticism, either from the church or its members. The founders themselves realized this. ******* The founders sought to prevent the establishment of an official state church. Given America's history of anti-Catholic nativism, Catholics strongly support the Constitution's approach to religious freedom. But the Constitution does not, nor was it ever intended to, prohibit people or communities of faith from playing an active role in public life. Exiling religion from civic debate separates government from morality and citizens from their consciences. That road leads to politics without character, now a national epidemic. ******* Words are cheap. Actions matter. If we believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, we need to prove that by our actions, including our political choices. Anything less leads to the corruption of our integrity. Patriotism, which is a virtue for people of all faiths, requires that we fight, ethically and nonviolently, for what we believe. Claiming that "we don't want to impose our beliefs on society" is not merely politically convenient; it is morally incoherent and irresponsible. ******* As James 2:17 reminds us, in a passage quoted in the final presidential debate, "Faith without works is dead." It is a valid point. People should act on what they claim to believe. Otherwise they are violating their own conscience, and lying to themselves and the rest of us. *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 35 A SURVIVOR OF PALESTINIAN TYRANNY DEFENDS ISRAEL ******* By Brigitte Gabriel and sent by "Robert A Jason" ******* Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:51:51 -0400 ******* (Below is Brigitte Gabriel's speech delivered at the Duke University Counter Terrorism Speak-Out, held Thursday, October 14, 2004. The video of Brigitte's much longer speech may be viewed at Phyllis Chesler's website www.phyllis-chesler.com -- The Editors) ******* I�m proud and honored to stand here today as a Lebanese speaking for Israel -- the only democracy in the Middle East. As someone who was raised in an Arabic country, I want to give you a glimpse into the heart of the Arabic world. ******* I was raised in Lebanon where I was taught that the Jews were evil, Israel was the devil, and the only time we will have peace in the Middle East is when we kill all the Jews and drive them into the sea. ******* When the Muslims and Palestinians declared Jihad on the Christians in 1975, they started massacring the Christians city after city. I ended up living in a bomb shelter underground from age 10 to 17 without electricity eating grass to live and crawling under sniper bullets to a spring to get water. ******* It was Israel that came to help the Christians in Lebanon. My mother was wounded by a Muslim�s shell and was taken into an Israeli hospital for treatment. When we entered the emergency room I was shocked at what I saw. There were hundreds of people wounded, Muslims, Palestinians, Christian Lebanese and Israeli soldiers lying on the floor. The doctors treated everyone according to their injury. They treated my mother before they treated the Israeli soldier lying next to her. They didn�t see religion. They didn�t see political affiliation. They saw people in need and they helped. ******* For the first time in my life, I experienced a human quality that I know my culture would never have shown to its enemy. I experienced the values of the Israelis -- who were able to love their enemy in their most trying moments. I spent 22 days at that hospital. Those days changed my life and the way I listen to the media. I realized that I had been sold a fabricated lie by my government about the Jews and Israel that was so far from reality. I knew for a fact that if I was a Jew standing in an Arab hospital, I would be lynched and thrown over to the grounds as shouts of joy of �Allahu Akbar� (God is Great) would echo through the hospital and the surrounding streets. ******* I became friends with the families of the Israeli wounded soldiers, one in particular Rina, her only child was wounded in his eyes. ******* One day I was visiting with her and the Israeli army band came to play national songs to lift the spirits of the wounded soldiers. As they surrounded Rina�s son�s bed playing a song about Jerusalem, Rina and I started crying. I felt out of place and started waking out of the room, and this mother holds my hand and pulls me back in without even looking at me. She holds me crying and says: �It is not your fault�. We just stood there crying holding each other�s hands. ******* What a contrast between her, a mother looking at her deformed 19 year old only child, and still able to love me -- the enemy, and between a Muslim mother who sends her son to blow himself up to smithereens just to kill a few Jews or Christians. ******* The difference between the Arabic world and Israel is a difference in values and character. It�s barbarism versus civilization. It�s dictatorship versus democracy. It�s evil versus goodness. ******* Once upon a time, there was a special place in the lowest depths of hell for anyone who would intentionally murder a child. Now, the intentional murder of Israeli children is legitimized as Palestinian �armed struggle�. However, once such behavior is legitimized against Israel, it is legitimized everywhere in the world, constrained by nothing more than the subjective belief of people who would wrap themselves in dynamite and nails for the purpose of killing children in the name of God. ******* Because the Palestinians have been encouraged to believe that murdering innocent Israeli civilians is a legitimate tactic for advancing their cause, the whole world now suffers from a plague of terrorism, from Nairobi to New York, from Moscow to Madrid, from Bali to Beslan , a plague of terror which has been authored and perfected by the Palestinians for the last half century . ******* They blame suicide bombing on "desperation from occupation." But let me tell you the truth. The first major terror bombing committed by Arabs against the Jewish state occurred ten weeks before Israel even became independent. On Sunday morning, February 22, 1948, in anticipation of Israel�s independence, a triple truck bomb was detonated by Arab terrorists on Ben Yehuda Street in what was then the Jewish section of Jerusalem. Fifty-four people were killed and hundreds were wounded. It is obvious that Arab terrorism is caused not by the �desperation from occupation�, but by the VERY THOUGHT of a Jewish state. ******* So many times in history in the last 100 years, citizens have stood by and done nothing, allowing evil to prevail. As America stood up against and defeated communism, now it is time to stand up against the terror of religious bigotry and intolerance. It�s time for all of us to stand up and support and defend the state of Israel, which is the front line of the war against terrorism. *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 36 US TELLS UN CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT ABORTION ******* Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- C-FAM" ******* Dear Colleague, ******* The latest speech by the Bush administration at the UN shows once more the profound impact of having a pro-life US presence at the UN. The US intervention insisted that the ten year old Cairo document cannot be considered as including abortion. Our opponents insist that it does. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President, FRIDAY FAX ******* US SPEECH AT UN REJECTS ABORTION, SUPPORTS MOTHERHOOD AND FAMILY ******* At the UN General Assembly (GA) yesterday, the United States used the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) to call upon all nations to avoid using the controversial ICPD document to promote abortion. ******* US Ambassador Sichan Siv, who delivered the statement, also highlighted America's financial commitment to "advancing the well-being of women and their families" around the world. The US is "the single largest donor of maternal health assistance," allocating "[more than] $475 million annually over the last 4 years" to this cause. The US has spent over $1.4 billion on "international health assistance" and committed an additional $15 billion to AIDS relief programs through 2008. Since 2001 the US has also provided over $295 million to fight trafficking in persons "in more than 120 countries". ******* Ambassador Siv told the packed UN General Assembly hall that HIV/AIDS prevention should focus on "encouraging abstinence and fidelity" and "empowering and protecting women". According to Siv, the United States advances these goals by promoting women's "entrepreneurship and prosperity" and "political participation", and by prioritizing "respect for motherhood, the rights and responsibilities of parents, and the family as the basic and fundamental unit of societies everywhere." ******* The United States held other countries responsible for an understanding of the ICPD that excludes abortion, saying "we have heard over and over in regional reviews...that nations do not believe ICPD promotes, endorses or supports abortion. The United States concurs that nothing in ICPD should be understood to promote, endorse, or support abortion". ******* The United States expressed "concerns" that some members of the international community "might be misusing ICPD to promote abortion." Such misuse was apparent during a panel discussion at the UN yesterday where three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the International Women's Health Coalition, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the National Wildlife Federation discussed ICPD goals. ******* When asked by the Friday Fax about their programs to reduce maternal mortality, all three NGOs stressed a focus on 'safe, legal abortion" without any mention of emergency obstetric care or other medical services for pregnant women who choose to have their children. ******* Sweden's statement to the GA condemned the United States for ending its financial support of UN Population Fund (UNFPA), even though the US State Department has determined that UNFPA continues to support forced abortions in China. Sweden also stated that "[t]he Swedish Government will continue to argue that every woman should have the right to choose a legal and safe abortion." Sweden then called for legal reform to ensure that "all people...be able to have a satisfying and safe sex life," including "lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender persons." ******* Copyright 2004 - C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427, New York, New York 10017 ******* Phone: (212) 754-5948 ******* Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 37 PRESIDENT BUSH REFUSES TO SIGN PRO-ABORTION UNITED NATIONS STATEMENT ******* Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit http://www.LifeNews.com Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Bush is getting heat from abortion advocates because his administration is refusing to sign on to a United Nations document that reaffirms support for a population control plan that vaguely endorses abortion. Though he is drawing criticism, only 85 nations around the world have signed onto a statement endorsing a 10 year-old United Nation's population control plan first drafted in Cairo, Egypt in 1994. The statement refers to that Cairo plan saying it "ensure[s] universal access to reproductive health information and services, uphold fundamental human rights including sexual and reproductive rights." Such language is often used by abortion advocates to refer to abortion, which prompted the Bush administration to object. *********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 38 BRITISH OLYMPIC STAR OPTS AGAINST ABORTING HER CHILD ******* Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 ******* From: "Steven Ertelt" and "LifeNews.com Report" ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit www.LifeNews.com ******* London, UK (LifeNews.com) British hurdler Tasha Danvers-Smith had her life centered on her Olympic dream, when she was shocked to discover she was pregnant. As the unplanned pregnancy devastated her hopes, she briefly considered an abortion, before deciding that she could not kill her child. An Olympic medal hopeful and sixth-ranked runner in the world, missing the 2004 Olympics meant more than missing a dream. It meant financial difficulty and uncertainty. "The timing could not have been worse. If I had run at Athens it would have meant greater financial security, more recognition. There is nothing negative that can happen when you have a shot at an Olympic medal," she told the Telegraph. "I cannot lie, I considered an abortion. On the one hand you look at the situation and say, 'I can have a baby and incur more costs, more problems.' We don't even have a house yet...And I am the major breadwinner." However, Danvers-Smith and her husband and coach Darrell Smith decided that life was the right choice. "But this line from the Scriptures kept coming into my head: 'For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?' For me, the whole wide world was the Olympics. At the same time, I felt I would be losing my soul. So then I knew. For me it was not going to be an option. And as soon as I decided that, I felt so happy. Even though I know it is going to be a struggle financially and that I am sacrificing my medal hopes." Danvers-Smith said that watching the 2004 Olympics may be "too dreadful" to bear, "but when December comes and the baby is born, I know I will feel a lot differently." ******************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 39 THE 5 BIG MYTHS OF PRO-'GAY' RELIGION ******* Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 ******* From: "Mission America" ******* Written especially for teens and college students, who hear these way too often. ******* from Mission America, www.missionamerica.com ******* Myth # 1:GOD LOVES EVERYONE, SO HOMOSEXUALITY IS FINE. God does love everyone, but not our sins, which is the reason Christ died and rose again--to save us from sin. God loves murderers, anorexics and liars-- and wants these people to stop their damage to others and to themselves. It�s the same with homosexuality. Such desires are directly the opposite of positive, healthy choices, and scientists remain unconvinced that any humans are born to become homosexual. Plenty of evidence attests to the damage to the body, mind and spirit resulting from homosexual sex. There are many logical reasons why it remains a sin. ******* Myth #2: THE BIBLE DOES NOT OPPOSE HOMOSEXUALITY.If the Bible�s clear passages against homosexuality can�t be believed, it isn�t believable on anything. Consider: �You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.� (Leviticus 18:22) And, �For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.� (Romans 1:26-27) And these aren�t the sole passages, but the others are similar and convey the same message: Don�t. ******* Myth # 3: THE STORY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH DID NOT CONDEMN HOMOSEXUALITY. On the contrary, the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) is quite obviously about homosexuality. The sins of the people were numerous, but their �trademark� sin was homosexual sex, which is apparent in the original passage as well as later Bible references to the event. ******* In the Genesis account, Lot and his family barricade themselves and their male guests inside their home as protection against the sexual depravity of a gang of males: �Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, �Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.�� (verses 4-5) Lot begs them to go away, then offers them his virgin daughters instead (one more clear indication of the predators� goal). Despite Lot�s questionable parenting here, the mob threatens Lot and accuses him of being judgmental (shades of 2005!), then begins to break down the door. The two guests, who�ve previously been identified as angels (verse 1), pull Lot back into the house and send a blinding light to disperse the crowd. The angels then instruct Lot and his family to flee the town, which they are about to destroy. Thi! s destruction occurs soon afterward. ******* The Bible provides a laundry list of grave sins committed by the Sodomites: pride and insolence (see Ezekiel 16:49-50; 2 Peter 2: 6-10), gluttony (Ezekiel 16:49), greed and laziness (Ezekiel 16:49-50) disrespect toward God and His true believers(Isaiah 3:9, Ezekiel 16:50), false worship (Deuteronomy 29:23-26; Isaiah 1:10-11; Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 16: 46-56), lies, especially by the prophets/priests (Jeremiah 23:14), violence (Isaiah 1:21) and neglecting the poor and orphaned (Isaiah 1:23, Ezekiel 16:49-50). The main sin mentioned is sexual immorality (Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 46-56, 2 Peter 2:6-18; Jude 7-19), specifically homosexuality (Genesis 19:4-5; Ezekiel 16:50; 2 Peter 6-18; Jude 7-8) Subsequent references to the �twin cities� in both the Old and New Testaments use them as a metaphor or simile for many types of bad behavior, by which we get more information about their nature and reputation. Sodom and Gomorrah are also frequently referenced as examples of total corr! uption, subject to God�s wrath (Genesis 18:20; Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18 and 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zephaniah 2: 9-10; Romans 9:29; 2 Peter 2:6-19), including by Jesus Himself (Matthew 10:15 and 11:24; Luke 10:12). Jesus was describing the fate of those cities refusing to hear the Gospel. ******* Some ill-informed Christian writers contend Sodom and Gomorrah really describes the consequences of being �poor hosts� to strangers, violating customs in the ancient near East. When one reads all the relevant Bible passages, such a pitiful and inadequate explanation is not possible. ******* Myth #4: REAL CHRISTIAN LOVE CALLS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY. On the contrary, the authentic Christian is characterized by devotion to truth and love as revealed by Christ, not mushy sentimentality swayed by today�s worldly trends. While Christ is often merciful even to those who have sinned, He never excuses sin or calls it less than what it is. John the Baptist�s primary message to the world to prepare for Christ was not a call for tolerance; it was a call to repentance. (Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:4) Christ told the woman caught in adultery, �Go and sin no more.� (John 8:11) Love as exemplified by Christ was always framed with His truth and righteousness. Christ said, �He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.� (John 14:21) and �If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word.� (John 14:23) Real love starts with love of Christ and all He taught. ******* The passage, �Judge not, that you be not judged� (Matthew 7:1) cautions us to judge carefully without hypocrisy, not to withhold judgment. Four verses later, Christ completes the thought with, �Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother�s eye.� (Matthew 7:5) ******* Myth #5: JESUS NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY. And Jesus is never quoted on the subjects of rape or wife beating either. Would that mean that these actions are okay? Christ was God on earth, and as such, was part of all the Old Testament teaching on sexual morality. The Jews were more than familiar with this, so there was a lot that didn�t need to be said. And Christ specifically described marriage as being �from the beginning� between one man and one woman. (Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9).There�s no reason not to believe as the apostles did that sexual immorality still included homosexual acts. -------------------------- Mail service for Mission America provided by American Family Online www.afo.net ******* Mission America www.missionamerica.com ************************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 40 UNTO CANADA, TOO FEW CHILDREN ARE BORN - by David Frum, National Post (Canada) ******* From: "Robert Jason" ******* Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 ******* Christians this week celebrate the most important birthday in the history of the world. Christmas is a glad event even for those of us not of Christian faith. And yet there is a hint of sadness in all these nativity scenes: For in our day-to-day secular context, nativity is becoming a rarer and rarer event. ******* Canada's birth rate now hovers at about 1.5 per woman. For people interested in the science of population, that simple statistic portends catastrophe. But statistics don't mean much to most people. Let's look at the raw numbers instead. ******* In 1959, the peak year of the Baby Boom, almost 480,000 children were born in Canada--a country of about 17 million people. With rare exceptions, the number of births has been declining ever since. In 2002, there were only 328,000 children born to the 31 million people of Canada. ******* Canada's population continues to rise of course, and will continue to rise for some time to come. Because Canada's population is so much bigger now than it was when today's elderly were born, births still exceed deaths by a substantial margin. But the number of deaths is increasing even as the number of births drops. Twelve years from now, the first of the Baby Boomers will turn 70, and after that the number of deaths will begin to increase rapidly. ******* At some point not too far into the next century, the two lines will cross, and the population of Canada will begin to shrink. ******* Many people imagine that immigration can solve the problem. Canada now runs one of the most open immigration policies on Earth. Between 1991 and 2001, 1.8 million immigrants arrived in Canada. Immigration brought Canada more than half its population growth over the decade of the 1990s. Some demographers believe that if Canada increased its immigration intake to more than two million per decade, the population could be held stable indefinitely. ******* But immigration is an imperfect way to solve the demographic problem. ******* The countries from which Canada's migrants have recently tended to come are themselves facing population decline. China's birthrate for example is lower than that of the United States. The decline is steepest among the most educated elements of the population--the people whom Canada wants most to attract. ******* Think of things from the point of view of a talented young Chinese who turns 25 in the year 2030. By then, China could well be the world's biggest economy, bigger even than the United States. Against that, Canada will be offering him an alien language, a terrible climate--and crushing taxes to support the retirement and health care of a lot of elderly people to whom he has no relationship. He might well decide he's better off staying home. ******* And even if he does decide to come, massive immigration in an era of negative birthrates will present challenges for which the country has not prepared. Canada accepted a lot of immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s. But back then, immigration was a minority experience--there was a majority culture to which immigrants could and (it was expected) should assimilate. ******* But in the 2020s and 2030s, immigration will increasingly become the majority experience among Canada's active population. The old will find themselves living among, being cared for by and being supported by taxes paid by people with whom they may feel very little in common. The Baby Boomers may find themselves growing old in a country in which they feel alien and superfluous. ******* Immigration is to natural population growth as wine is to food: enriching as a supplement; dangerous as a substitute. ******* So what to do? ******* The very first step is for Canadians to acknowledge that they have a problem on their hands, and for politicians to acknowledge that the birthrate and family formation are important, even supreme, concerns for policymakers. ******* Then Canadians must rigorously focus on figuring out what helps and what hurts. For example: Canadian politicians have invested billions--and are getting ready to invest billions more--in national daycare systems. Daycare is supposed to ease the burden on working mothers and could theoretically be seen as a pro-natal policy. But does it work? ******* The nations of Europe provide generous daycare benefits. Yet according to a fascinating article in the current issue of The Public Interest, "What Do Women Want" by Neil Gilbert of the University of California, the consequences of these benefits have been catastrophic: "This spending had an inverse correlation with fertility rates and showed a similar relation to marriage rates." Or, in plain English: the more a country spends to support families and children, the fewer children and families it gets. ******* Why? To pay for the taxes to pay for the daycare, more and more families need two full-time workers. Women who are full-time workers cannot easily manage two or more children. So the daycare invented to help families ends up squelching them instead. ******* This vicious cycle explains why the United States, which offers fewer family benefits than Europe or Canada, should have a dramatically higher birthrate, 2.1, than either. America's native-born non-Hispanic whites have a birthrate of 1.9. And that rate actually rose in the 1990s, while others' fell. ******* As the American example suggests, countries concerned about birth rates need a new approach. Next week, I'll suggest what that approach might look like. ************************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 41 CANADIAN STUDY SUGGESTS WOMEN REQUESTING ABORTIONS SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR ABUSE ******* Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 ******* From: [email protected] ******* OTTAWA, Canada, March 14 (CNA) - Women undergoing a second or subsequent abortion are more likely to have experienced physical or sexual abuse, says a recent study published in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association. ******* Researchers say the findings show that these women should be screened for a history of abuse when they present themselves at health centers for an abortion. They say proper counseling for such abuse could help avert future abortions. ******* The Canadian study examined the responses of 1,127 women who went to a regional center in southwestern Ontario, between August 1998 and May 1999, for an abortion. ******* Of these, 769 (68.2 percent) were undergoing a first abortion, 260 (23.1 percent) a second abortion, and 98 (8.7 percent) a third or subsequent abortion. The women were young; the mean age was 23.7. Most were white (86 percent) and born in Canada (85 percent). ******* Of the women requesting their first abortion, 181 (24 percent) reported a major conflict with the man involved in the pregnancy. Seventy-three (30 percent) of those seeking a second abortion reported a major conflict, and 34 (36 percent) women seeking a subsequent abortion reported the same thing. ******* Most of the women (90 percent) had used contraception in the past, and at the time of the current conception 60 percent were using condoms and 40 percent were using an oral contraceptive. Nearly 20 percent said they sometimes could not afford to buy birth control products. ******* Women undergoing a second or subsequent abortion were older. They were more likely to have given birth and to have had a sexually transmitted disease. They were poorer and more likely to have been abused their lives. They also were more likely to have been born outside Canada and to be black or of Middle Eastern ethnicity. ******* "These results emphasize the need for screening for a current or past history of physical or sexual abuse at the time of presentation for abortion,� researchers wrote. �Such screening could result in offers of referral and counseling � and could potentially help avert a future abortion." ******* In an accompanying commentary, Dr. Susan Phillips from the Department of Family Medicine at Queen�s University, Kingston, Ont., said the study reinforces the consistent findings of two decades of international research. ******* A recent British survey found that 35.1 percent of women seeking an abortion had experienced abuse from a partner at some time and 6.6 percent lived in fear. In the United States, 40 percent of women who seek abortions report abuse and are likely to cite relationship problems as the reason for the abortion. ************************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 42 PRO LIFERS WIN ANOTHER ONE AT THE UNITED NATIONS ******* Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:37:14 -0800 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- C-FAM" View Contact Details ******* Dear Colleague, ******* Pro-lifers can claim victory once more at a UN conference. Thanks to --- among others --- the United States, the Holy See, Costa Rica and Egypt, the UN was stopped from advancing abortion on demand in the just concluded Commission on the Population and Development. Thanks also to that indefatigable pro-life negotiator Jeanne Head of National Right to Life. ******* spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President ******* Action item: Please write an email of thanks to each of these governments at [email protected] and tell them "Thanks for standing up for life at the CPD." ******* We will deliver your message personally to the UN Ambassador of the US, the Holy See, Costa Rica and Egypt, and also to Jeanne Head of National Right to Life. ******* FRIDAY FAX - April 15, 2005 - Volume 8, Number 17 ******* Pro-Life Forces Claim Victory at UN Population Conference ******* The UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) ended its annual session yesterday and prolife groups are claiming victory. As is typical, the UN organizers and allied pro-abortion non-governmental organizations had hoped to use the conference outcome document to advance abortion-on-demand, specifically through adoption of the phrase "reproductive health care services." A coalition of regionally diverse nations including the US, Costa Rica, and Egypt banded together and stopped them. ******* In preparation for the 38th session of the CPD the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had issued reports asking for "universal voluntary access to a full range of reproductive health care information and services." The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) joined with pro-abortion lobby groups to call for "universal access to sexual and reproductive health services and programmes." In UN terminology, "reproductive services" includes the availability of abortion. ******* The draft resolutions prepared at the start of the conference by Alfredo Chuquihuara of Peru, the outgoing CPD chair, urged governments to provide "sexual and reproductive health care services" and stressed the importance of promoting "reproductive health and rights." The drafts also unequivocally reaffirmed the outcome document of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agreed to at Cairo. The Cairo document refers to "reproductive rights" and "reproductive health" and has been used by UN agencies and lobby groups to promote abortion. ******* Intense informal negotiations on the CPD drafts stretched throughout the week, often lasting into the early hours of the morning. Because of the pre-drafted language in the documents, one Holy See official described the negotiations as "starting with the knife in your stomach and seeing how far you can pull it out." ******* Sustained opposition by the United States and numerous developing countries at last led to the removal of references to "reproductive rights" and of the word "services" in connection with "sexual and reproductive health." Moreover, the reaffirmation of Cairo was qualified by a reference to a document containing the reservations of many countries stating that the Cairo conference does not create a right to abortion. ******* This is the second victory for pro-life forces at the UN in as many months. At the Commission on the Status of Women in March, the United States forced numerous left-wing governments and pro-abortion NGOs to admit that the Beijing Platform for Action also did not create a right to abortion. ******* Copyright 2005 - C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit required. ******* Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427 New York, New York 10017 ******* Phone: (212) 754-5948 ******* Fax: (212) 754-9291 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: www.c-fam.org ************************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 43 INFORMATION ON WORLD VISION NEEDED ******* From: [email protected] ******* Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 ******* Our church youth group is going to do a 30 hr. famine to raise fund to help the third world children through World Vision. ******* Is it true that World Vision supports abortion? I need some information for the youth worker. Do you have any information on that? I need to give it to her a.s.a.p. hoping that it she can switch to another channel to send the funds. ******* Karen ******* reply from "Frank Wagner" ******* Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 ******* Subject: RE: Info needed ******* Thanks for asking about World Vision. ******* It must be about 4 or 5 years ago when I first came across an article by, if I recall correctly, Mindy Beltz, and called "Blurred Vision". In that article Mindy noted that World Vision gave out the so-called contraceptive pill and also distributed copper type Intra Uterine Devices (I.U.D.'s) and did referrals to organizations involved in surgical abortions. Perhaps a note of explanation is in order here. World Vision claimed then and has since claimed that they are not involved in and would never be involved in abortions yet admit to giving out "the pill", I.U.D.'s and doing referrals to organizations which are involved in abortions. ******* The concensus about "the pill" is that after the "contraceptive pill" was first produced many women suffered from undesirable side effects. The composition of the pill was then changed by altering the ratio of its 3 main components so as to reduce the undesirable side effects. One of the consequences of this alteration is that "the pill" now acts significantly or even primarily as an agent which changes the lining of the uterus so as to prevent a newly conceived child from implanting. ******* The I.U.D. causes the newly conceived and implanted child to be detached from the uterine wall. World Vision claims not to be involved in abortions but let's keep in mind that once World Vision makes a referral to another organization World Vision has no control over what that organization does. ******* Since then World Vision has been in damage control mode. I was given a copy of version 9 of their position on contraception and abortion. In that document they again deny promoting abortion but do not deny their involvement in the distribution of the "contraceptive" pill and the I.U.D. ******* The last time I saw a representative of World Vision talk about this was on T. V. The lady who spoke on behalf of World Vision stated that World Vision wanted third world women to have the same acces to reproductive health services as American women. The usual interpretation of this statement is that this includes abortion. ******* If you're interested in a copy of Mindy Beltz's article and / or my opinion of the 30 hour famine please let me know and I will send one or both to you. ******* for life, Frank Wagner ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 ******* Thank you, Mr. Wagner. This email has been forwarded to the youth worker. I will let you know if she needs further information. ******* Karen Chan ************************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 44 ANOTHER VICTIM OF POLITICALLY CORRECT ORTHODOXY (Barbara Kay National Post Wednesday, October 26, 2005) ******* From: "Robert A. Jason" ******* After certain publicized remarks he made about women colleagues at a Toronto trade event a few weeks ago, legendary adman Neil French was forced to resign as worldwide creative director for WPP Group PLC, in which lofty role he oversaw industry giants such as Young and Rubicam. ******* What was so offensive that nothing short of resignation could save his company's face? Did he say women were dumber than men? That they're less ethical? That they smell bad? No. The gist of his remarks was that few women reach the summit of the advertising profession because family obligations sap their competitive drive. ******* Clearly terrified of a feminist backlash, French's boss explained the man's instant pariah status as a result of views "not consistent with WPP's philosophy." But French remained unapologetic: "You can't be a great creative director and have a baby and keep spending time off every time your kids are ill ... Everyone who doesn't commit themselves fully to the job is crap at it." ******* Was French's tone crude and insensitive? Yes. Were his comments a firing offense on their merits? No -- except to feminists. And feminists rule. ******* French may have lost his job, but his refusal to recant at least salvaged his self-respect in a battle no (white, straight, capitalist) man can win today. His case stands in ironic contrast to similarly beleaguered Harvard President Lawrence Summers, who last January opined that women's abilities in math and science did not, on average, match men's. Summers happened to be correct, but like French's, his unscripted remarks ignited a firestorm. Unlike French, Summers groveled and apologized in multiple spasms of emotionally correct contrition, because his professional life promised to be hell if he didn't. By abasing himself publicly, he kept his job. ******* If French's opinions were wildly absurd, one could understand women taking offence at them. But anyone in contact with 30-something women lawyers, doctors, and of course advertising executives knows that he was only stating the obvious. ******* Mothers are torn between demanding careers and home in a way fathers are not, and that's a fact. With motherhood, the once-consuming fires of career ambitions are banked, at least during early childhood. Priorities shift, because making it to the top of one's profession exacts an emotional toll that militant pioneering feminists may have been willing to pay, but not most of today's mainstream educated women, confident both of their rights and their maternal instincts. ******* In fact, according to a recent front page story in The New York Times, 60% of 138 Yale University women interviewed planned to cut back or stop work when they had children, and similar soundings at other elite schools confirm the trend. In Sweden, the oft-cited Shangri-la of gender egalitarianism, women opt for 81% of the 480 days of parental leave that is made jointly available for every couple to share. ******* However, the objective truth of French's remarks is a secondary issue. An October 22 Globe and Mail editorial entitled "Must Work Consume All?" demonstrates the liberal media's tendency to miss the real significance of such incidents, and instead to shovel fresh grist into the pernicious mill of Political Correctness. ******* Positioning French as a "sexist dinosaur," the editorial held him up as the poster boy for a culture that rewards "the model of macho competitiveness." But the work ethic of the advertising industry isn't the story here. The story is that in a supposed democracy, French was compelled to resign for expressing an opinion in public -- as it happens, a defensible and disinterested opinion, however boorishly expressed -- to an audience that, thanks partly to misguided editorials like this, feels entitled to shoot messengers rather than debate the message. ******* Maybe French is a chauvinist and a social dinosaur, and I hear he even smokes cigars, but so what? He did not utter hate speech. He voiced a sociological observation gleaned from his own experience -- the notion that women are different from men -- which unfortunately for him happens also to be a zero-tolerance PC Thought Crime. ******* Our business elites are fearful of the power feminists wield in society today. French's superiors apparently believed that unless they sacrificed him, masses of women would suddenly stop buying hair-styling mousse marketed through an ad agency WPP oversees, a patently ridiculous outcome. But irrational scapegoating is always present when ideology runs amok. ******* When Communist Party leaders decided an insufficiently loyal member needed purging, they at least did the dirty work themselves. Nowadays, in the reign of PC's velvet totalitarianism, suspected heretics don't wait for the midnight knock at the door: They pre-emptively furnish their own show trial, their own verdict, and their own bullet. ******* © National Post 2005 ******* http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=c7771362-813c-47a2-83c8-b4e57dfc66a2 ********************************************************************************

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