Notre Dame’s invitation to the militantly pro-abortion Barack Obama has more than a few Catholics up in arms. For the simple reason that Notre Dame, as an explicitly Roman Catholic university, should not honor those who dishonor a basic Church teaching on the sanctity of human life.
Notre Dame isn’t a public university, or [...]
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Still a Protestant nation
Posted in Abortion, Christianity on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Imageo Deo
Posted in Abortion, Christianity on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Gerson summarizes, with elegant clarity, what is at stake in the stem cell debate. Atheists and part-time Christians on the left loudly proclaim that politics has been taken out of science. Of course, what’s been done is to insert their brand of politics into science. Which is just [...]
Choose life
Posted in Abortion, God talk on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Jewish New Year celebration underway is marked by the final Torah passage of the year. This reading completes the annual Torah cycle from the beginning of Genesis to the passing of Moses’ leadership to Joshua at the end of the Book of Deuteronomy.
One passage from Deuteronomy chapter 30 is worth noting; [...]
l’chaim
Posted in Abortion, Democrats on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
L’chaim. To life; the common toast in Hebrew. Why? Because the Torah favors life; God favors life. And in no uncertain terms. Deuteronomy 30:19:
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 [...]
Deeds, not words
Posted in Abortion on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been remarked (e.g. at Contentions) that the Republicans, in convention assembled, did not mention abortion overly much. Hardly at all, in fact.
This should not surprise us. John McCain is pro-life; his record testifies to this. Sarah Palin is pro-life; her life testifies to this. And that [...]
Faithful Catholic?
Posted in Abortion, Christianity, Politics on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are Roman Catholics. Both a firmly in the pro-abortion corner, though they’ll call it “a woman’s right to choose.” Choose death, that is. Are they faithful Catholics?
As a lapsed Catholic but still Christian, my belief is that life begins at conception. [...]
You know you’re out of touch…
Posted in Abortion, Democrats on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…when you start calling real people “real people.” It seems that some ordinary folks are going to whisked out of their bitter, clingy lives and, as the expression goes, “handled.” As in prepped, cleaned up, dressed appropriately, and flown in to attend the anointing of The One in Denver. From [...]
NARAL Catholics
Posted in Abortion on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NARAL sides with baby-killers. Wow, that’s harsh — but so is taking an innocent, unborn life that is guilty only of perhaps being inconvenient. The Roman Catholic Church is the strongest advocate in the world for protecting innocent life. To be a faithful Catholic is to be against abortion. Period.
Now [...]
Willful blindness
Posted in Abortion, Politics, protect life on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s more of that audacious hope for change. Or, perhaps it is hoping for audacious change. We have a featured article in the Washington Post that tells us, in so many words, that evangelicals may have a home in the Democratic Party. The title: “How Would Jesus Vote?
I’m an Evangelical — and a [...]
Got Life?
Posted in Abortion on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m what might be called pro-life, but not because of any certainty as to whether a fetus is a human person under law. I also have no firm grasp on when “ensoulment” might occur. My knowledge of biology may be weak, but it includes this: a baby in the womb, from the instant of conception, [...]
Federalism trumps life?
Posted in Abortion on January 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Among those who have an inalienable right to life are the elderly, the infirm, and the terminally ill. Since our very life is a gift from God, it is not ours to dispose of, without good and sufficient cause. Therein lies the crux of the debate: what, exactly, constitutes “good [...]
First, do no harm
Posted in Abortion on January 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The classic admonition to physicians should also apply to those who would defend our liberty. The American Civil Liberties Union, apparently, does not share this vision. If their actions are to be taken as sincere, they are missing the proverbial forest for the trees. No, actually, they are missing big ol’ honkin’ [...]
