Archive for May 2019
Finding common ground on abortion: Part 2
Des Moines Register columnist, Kathie Obradovich, attempted to identify common abortion-related principles upon which we can all agree in her May 22nd opinion piece: “How do Iowa and federal lawmakers fail pregnant women and mothers? Let’s count the ways.” She succeeded in some and missed the mark on others. If you missed it, here are…
Read MoreFinding common ground on abortion
Des Moines Register columnist, Kathie Obradovich, attempted to identify common abortion-related principles upon which we can all agree in her May 22nd opinion piece: “How do Iowa and federal lawmakers fail pregnant women and mothers? Let’s count the ways.” She succeeded in some and missed the mark on others. Let us re-count the ways by…
Read MoreHow do pro abortion lawmakers and Planned Parenthood fail women? Let me count the ways.
By Maggie DeWitte The Des Moines Register’s Kathie Obradovich sets up a straw man in her May 22nd opinion piece, “How do Iowa and federal lawmakers fail pregnant women and mothers? Let’s count the ways.” She focuses entirely on rape and incest when writing about the the gains made by the pro-life movement in this…
Read MoreHollywood sex strike roils America!
Pro abortion Hollywood actress, Alyssa Milano, has solved the abortion crisis! She has called for a national sex strike! It seems she is angered at the Georgia legislature for banning human abortion at the point at which a human heartbeat is detected. She is angry that women can’t get abortions later than six weeks after…
Read MoreThe violence of abortion spills out onto the streets
Human abortion is an act of violence against an innocent human being. And as Jesus taught us 2000 years ago, violence begets violence: “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.” [MATTHEW 26:52 Increasingly, we’re seeing the violence spill out into…
Read MoreThe culture wars, circa May 2019
Ancient culture wars JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — There broke out a severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made a loud lament over him. Saul, meanwhile, was trying to destroy the Church; entering house after house and…
Read More“So you kill them now or you kill them later”
The Alabama House of Representatives just passed a bill that would make human abortion a Class A felony for doctors (but not the mother). Republicans overwhelming supported the bill. Most Democrats walked out in protest before the vote occurred. Democratic Representative John Rogers of Birmingham was not only vocal in his opposition to the bill,…
Read MoreThe weights of vengeance and mercy
By Karen Zainal Vengeance dominates the tide of social media these days. Sometimes it comes in the form of mob justice descending upon the perpetrator of a crime inadequately punished, other times as smaller and subtler smears against those who have wronged us. But perhaps we could spend some time pondering on the perennial tug-of-war…
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