Iraq Confirms U.S. Has Removed Nuclear Material
U.S. and U.N. officials said Wednesday Washington had transported 1.8 tons of enriched uranium out of Iraq for safekeeping more than a year after looters stole it from a U.N.-sealed facility left unguarded by U.S. troops.

I like Thomas Sowell's writing, especially his book, Applied Economics. Here is his comments on Kerry/Edwards.

Political malpractice
Thomas Sowell
Now that Senator John Kerry has named Senator John Edwards as his vice-presidential running mate, we need to examine the reality behind the images that both men have projected.

I'm out of here for the next two weeks! Have fun till then.

Kerry and Edwards: Enemies Just Months Ago
Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards don’t make for a diverse presidential ticket. Both are filthy-rich middle-aged white males – words of horror to the liberal establishment, though offset by their left-wing voting records. Both have flip-flopped on many issues, the latest of which is their opinions of each other.

So much for separation of church and state...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/06/national/main627724.shtml
Portland Church Files Bankruptcy

It's not a civil rights issue.
Black pastors join gay-marriage debate

The War Dividend
Kerry seems intent on ignoring the Libyan dividend which the Iraq War has paid.

I'm taking two weeks of vacation next week. We had to promise to take the kids to Florida next year to get them to go along with the "boring" trip to Colorado, Arizona and Utah. So I won't be blogging much till late July. C'mon back and see me then!

Iraq was trying to get uranium from Niger.
A scam and a sham
"As reported Monday in the Financial Times, however, senior European intelligence officials now say, "Illicit sales of uranium from Niger were being negotiated with five states including Iraq at least three years before the U.S.-led invasion" in 2003. This isn't exactly news. A 2002 British dossier on Iraq's weapons programs asserted the same thing, while providing evidence that an inquiring Iraqi official had visited Niger in 1999. In a follow-up story, the Financial Times reports, "three European intelligence services were aware of possible illicit trade in uranium from Niger between 1999 and 2001. Human intelligence gathered in Italy and Africa more than three years before the Iraq war had shown Niger officials referring to possible illicit uranium deals with at least five countries, including Iraq." The other countries were North Korea, Iran, Libya and China."

Kerry cited in Catholic heresy case
A Catholic lawyer has filed heresy charges against Sen. John Kerry with the Archdiocese of Boston, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of bringing "most serious scandal to the American public" by receiving Holy Communion as a pro-choice Catholic.

Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Goes to School
Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom
Chuck Colson
If you’re looking at the same-sex “marriage” debate and thinking it won’t affect you, allow me to bring the truth home to you—before your own children bring it home themselves.

Don't you just love our new archbishop?
St. Louis prelate says voting for candidate who backs abortion a sin
ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- St. Louis Archbishop Raymond L. Burke will issue a pastoral letter following his comments in a radio interview that Catholics commit a mortal sin by knowingly voting for a candidate who advocates abortion.
Archbishop Burke publicly stated that Catholics sin by voting for candidates who favor abortion during an interview June 24 with St. Louis radio station KMOX-AM. It was in response to one of many questions he was asked about a variety of subjects.

Bill 'Subsidizes Promiscuity,' Pro-Life Group Says
(CNSNews.com) - A pro-life group is blasting Democrat John F. Kerry and Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) for co-sponsoring a bill that the group says "subsidizes promiscuity, perpetrates immorality and promotes abortion."

The $1.2 billion measure, called the "Putting Prevention First Act" (S.2336), was introduced in the Senate on Planned Parenthood's 2004 Congressional Day of Action. The Senate version has seven other sponsors. The House companion bill (H.R. 4192) has 112 sponsors.

Sex and Politics
Are pornographic campaign ads the way around McCain-Feingold?
Does it strike anyone else as odd that the Supreme Court seems to be providing more First Amendment protection to pornography than to political speech?

Scans uncover secrets of the womb
Baby 'walking' in the womb
A new type of ultrasound scan has produced vivid pictures of a 12 week-old foetus "walking" in the womb.

Ala. Morning-After Pill Policy Stirs Debate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama recently began requiring all of its state-funded public health clinics to hand out "morning-after pills" (search) to women who are worried they may be pregnant and inform patients of their availability.

Not surprisingly, the decision has been met with controversy in the state, with some Department of Public Health nurses quitting their jobs rather than participating in an effort that goes against their religious beliefs.

Sex Abuse by Teachers Worse Than by Priests
WASHINGTON – More than 4.5 million children are forced to endure sexual misconduct by school employees, from inappropriate comments to physical abuse, according to an exhaustive review of research that reads like a parent's worst nightmare.

The best estimate is that almost one in 10 children, sometime between kindergarten and 12th grade, are targets of behavior ranging from unprofessional to criminal, says the report for Congress by Charol Shakeshaft, a professor at Hofstra University's School of Education.

U.S. Finds Truckers, Pilots With Terrorist Links
WASHINGTON - Government background checks of foreign airline crew members and truckers licensed to haul hazardous materials in the United States turned up 38 with possible terrorist connections, Homeland Security Department officials said Tuesday.

Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security, said the agency reviewed the backgrounds of all 450,000 foreign crew members that flew into the country since March and identified nine pilots with potential ties to terrorists.

Politically Correct Cartoons:
on Clinton's memoirs

on Father's Day

Court has "strong evidence" to uphold abortion ban

So people think divorce is harmless?
National Survey Of Men Attempts To Identify The Marriage-Prone And Marriage-Averse
NEW YORK (AP) -- While most single young men aspire to marriage, about one-fifth are deeply skeptical of the institution and their prospects of making it work, according to a new national survey which closely links men's marital outlook to their upbringing.

The survey, released Wednesday by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, found that the men with negative attitudes were far more likely than the rest to have been raised by a divorced parent in a non-churchgoing family.

"Most young men are still 'the marrying kind,"' said a report accompanying the survey. "Moreover, the men who are the best 'marriage bets' are those who are more traditional in their family and religious background."

Religion 'very important' to most Americans

America's faith is alive and well, according to a new Gallup poll that also found that President Bush is favored by the faithful over Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry.

The Holy Spirit is guiding me
I took my children to Raging Rivers yesterday. One of those eerie moments when I think the Holy Spirit is guiding me happened on the parking lot.
I saw a young boy carrying an inflatable alligator to his car. He was only six feet from it. I was returning from eating lunch, even though the kids were not finished yet. I had this sudden urge to go back, which is how I caught that kid stealing my daughter's alligator. I confronted him gently, "That's not your alligator. It belongs to my daughter" I said. So he gave it back.
What made me want to return sooner than the others? If I hadn't I wouldn't have got the alligator.
To me, I don't think it was an accident. I think the Holy Spirit is prompting me to do things. This happens to me so frequently, it is spooky. (Pardon the pun, Holy Spirit, spooky)
Things like this make me agree with this article:

The More We Use The Gifts God Has Given Us, The More Miraculous They Become

Finally, the silence of the shepards has ended.
Bishops: Kerry, Pro Choicers 'Cooperating with Evil'
Politicians who support abortion "are cooperating with evil" and should not receive Communion U.S. Catholic bishops said in a statement, approved in vote of 183 to six, and issued Friday at their meeting in Denver.

American Life League Response to USCCB Statement on 'Catholics in Political Life:' The American Bishops Have Failed

I haven't been blogging much due to being preoccupied with family matters and a deadline at work. I hope to get back to normal soon.

Kerry's Choice for Religious Outreach Director 'Confounding,' Group Says
"Given all this, his choice of Mara Vanderslice as his religious point woman is confounding. Her resume is that of a person looking for a job working for Fidel Castro, not John Kerry.

Bush and Dole Agree: Shiftless Kerry Should Quit Senate
Prominent Republicans are jumping to voice approval of Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey's call for John Kerry to quit the Senate job he gets paid for but refuses to do.

Senate Adds Sexual Orientation, Gender to 'Hate Crimes' Law
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to expand "hate crimes" legislation to cover crimes that target people because of their sexual orientation, gender, or disability.
Concerned Women for America, a conservative public policy organization, warned that the amendment lays the groundwork for the persecution of Christians, Orthodox Jews, Muslims and others who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds.

"Using similar laws, the mere criticism of homosexuality is considered a 'hate crime' in Sweden and Canada," said Robert Knight, director of CWA's Culture and Family Institute.

IRS: Homosexual Couples Cannot File As 'Married'
In a letter to a conservative, pro-family group, the Internal Revenue Service established this week that homosexual couples filing joint tax returns would be in violation of the law under the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Ratzinger joins US debate on withholding Eucharist

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has weighed into debate within the American hierarchy, saying that public figures who openly dissent from Church teachings should not receive Communion.

The Reagan Legacy:
Pope John Paul II : Reagan 'Changed Lives of Millions'


Gorbachev Calls Reagan 'Great President'
Gorbachev listed Reagan's accomplishments as helping to "stop the nuclear race, start scrapping nuclear weapons, and arrange normal relations between our countries," he was quoted as saying.

More reasons to like Reagan:
Reagan Quotes

God and Ronald Reagan – Mother Set Example

Reagan's 1983 Book on Abortion Inspired Pro-Lifers

Decent Proposal: More Girls Push for Modest Fashion Options
Catholic girl asks for more modest clothes in stores.

This will make NARAL mad.
No deportation because unborn baby is American

Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), a teachers' union urges promoting gay lifestyle to children

After the Ball--Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won
"Issues of right and wrong were isolated as outdated, repressive, and culturally embarrassing. Instead, the assertion of "rights" became the hallmark of the public relations strategy."

This is an End of the Day report from Gary Bauer, of American Values
http://www.amvalues.org
The Imperial Judiciary

"When Phyllis J. Hamilton, a federal district court judge in San Francisco, yesterday struck down the ban on partial-birth abortions she became a "higher authority" than all the congressmen and senators you voted to elect, as well as, the president of the United States who had lobbied for the ban.

The ban on partial-birth abortion is not particularly controversial. The public overwhelmingly wants this gruesome procedure ended. The vote for the ban was 64-to-34 in the Senate - hardly a "squeaker." In the House it was also overwhelming - 282-to-123. But, now Judge Hamilton has determined that only she has the correct interpretation of the requirements of the Constitution where, by the way, the word abortion is not mentioned!

Who is Phyllis Hamilton, the jurist who now apparently governs you? She was appointed by Bill Clinton. We now know she believes our Constitution requires us to allow a doctor to extract the body of a late term unborn child from the womb, puncture its skull and extract its brains. For newcomers to this daily report, I apologize for that description, but the truth matters. No prisoner at Abu Ghraib was treated as badly as these poor unborn children who are grotesquely destroyed in the name of "choice."

Judge Hamilton is the same judge who a year ago said it was okay for a San Francisco school district to require its children to memorize verses from the Koran and become Muslim for two weeks in the interest of multiculturalism. Can you imagine how she would rule if the same school district required students to memorize versus from the Bible or Torah?"

Actually, we don't have to imagine. She's just like the judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals - the same court that declared the words "under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional.

The Pledge case is already before the Supreme Court. The partial-birth abortion ban is on the way there. Perhaps we will win both cases or win one and lose one. But, whatever the outcome my friends, we are not supposed to be governed by robed masters. The other two branches of government have equal authority to interpret the Constitution. In fact, they all take an oath to uphold it. It is time for them to use the remedies at their disposal to stop the out of control courts.

Terror Ambulances

"Israel T.V. last week ran video showing U.N. ambulances being used to help terrorists escape who had just killed six Israeli soldiers. At the same time a story has broken about a clandestine operation in which top terrorist thug Yasser Arafat moved around his key people using ambulances of the Red Crescent Society, an affiliate of the Red Cross. And in Iraq, U.S. soldiers have come under fire frequently from ambulances.

It is tempting to shrug off these incidents as merely more evidence of how our enemy routinely violates the rules of war while reading the "rule book" to us! But, these stories shouldn't go unaddressed. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan should investigate the use of U.N. vehicles and we should stop taxpayer subsidies until he does. And the International Red Cross should re-evaluate their "see no evil" relationship with the Red Crescent Society. But don't count on it! "

Abortion May Drag Us To History's Grave
Anthropologists tell us two of the biggest indicators of a doomed civilization are the practice of infanticide and human sacrifice. In other words, cultures and species that kill their own young do not survive. If history really does repeat itself, then American society may also be doomed to extinction.

Gay Marriage on the Front Burner from Missouri to Australia
A Missouri pro-family leader says the state's Democratic governor opposes a ban on same-sex "marriage" and would prefer an election on a constitutional amendment to that effect be held in August -- when it will have less chance of passage.

Catholic Parishioners Clash Over Gay Rights
CHICAGO — Parishioners who wore rainbow-colored sashes to Mass in support of gays and lesbians were denied communion in Chicago, while laymen in Minnesota tried to prevent gay Roman Catholics from getting the sacrament.

Homosexual Marriage: A Slippery Slope?
David Limbaugh
"Some on the right consider social conservatives an annoying single-issue breed and argue that the redefinition of marriage is nothing to fret over. They pooh pooh the slippery slope argument that if we completely legitimize same-sex marriage it will just be a matter of time before we sanction polygamy, bestiality, incest or pedophilia. Not to worry, they say. We always draw the line somewhere.

Oh? Upon what basis will we draw such lines anymore? "

My letter to Senator Bond:
I fear that the next attack on our freedom will be our right of free speech. This article concerns me:
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1265152.html

Please do not let hate speech legislation pass. I want the freedom to call a sin a sin, not a "civil right".

I also support the Federal Marriage Amendment. Marriage is sacred and the foundation of the family, which is the foundation of society. Please protect it from this sacrilege.

Democrats and Republicans Agree That U.S. Morals Are Subpar
Outlook for morals worsened over past year

Yes, I agree, the country is going to the dogs.

Bush Administration Blocked on Oregon Suicide Law

Law could make ultrasound referral illegal for pro-life groups

Eat crow, NY Times. Could you make that a larger crow? Say it loudly and clearly, "George Bush did not lie."
Times Finds Faults in Own Iraq Coverage
"It is still possible that chemical or biological weapons will be unearthed in Iraq, but in this case it looks as if we, along with the administration, were taken in," the Times' editors wrote. "And until now we have not reported that to our readers."

Who would you want to be president if Al-Quida attacks again? Isn't it hypocritical that Bush was criticized for not warning us before 9/11, but now Kerry's gang is criticizing theBush guys for warning us this time?
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB9AU4TPUD.html
Al-Qaida Almost Ready to Attack United States, Ashcroft Says

Kerry can't leave Vietnam.
Ann Coulter
Tit for Tet

Guilty Gore Goes Gaga
"It is now clear that Al Gore is insane," writes the New York Post's John Podhoretz.

ACLU May Sue L.A. County Over Seal
"Here you have this radical left-wing organization whose own symbol should be the hammer and sickle," said Mike Antonovich (search), one of five Los Angeles County supervisors. "They are using pressure tactics trying to rewrite history."

American Catholic Voters Support for Kerry on Church Issues Falls as Low as Six Percent
A major poll of 1,388 American Roman Catholic voters shows Catholic presidential candidate John Kerry getting only 20% support among America’s 51 million Catholics on issues where he opposes the Church’s position with his support on some issues dropping as low as 6%.

African-American Leaders Launch Effort to Combat Homosexual Agenda
"Gay Marriage Is Not A Civil Right"

How Chinagate Led to 9/11
"The only place left to go with intelligence information – particularly for efforts to share intelligence information or obtain search warrants – was straight up Clinton and Gorelick’s multi-tiered chain of command. Instead, information lethal to the Democratic Party languished inside the Justice Department, trapped behind Gorelick’s walls."

Be on the look out for these guys.
Some Names of Al Qaeda Terrorists Plotting Hot Summer for America

This is the most politically incorrect article I've read in a long time.
How to Defeat Jihad in America
The simple fact we must face is that we will continue living under the ever-present fear and reality of domestic terrorism as long as Wahhabi and fundamentalist Moslems continue to reside and move around freely in the United States and other Western countries. Therefore, if we want to eliminate the threat of domestic terrorism, and not just keep dancing around the problem, we must stop talking about assimilating Moslems and start talking about excluding and deporting them instead.

Help pass the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act!
Urge lawmakers to cosponsor this major new pro-life bill.

What part of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" does she not understand? Since when is killing innocent, unborn babies something that is allowed by freedom of conscience? I wish they would read 1 Cor 11:27-30 "A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying. If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; but since we are judged by (the) Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world."
OnPro-abort pols
The wife of prominent US Senator Ted Kennedy decried as "dangerous" recent statements by Catholic clergy saying they would deny communion to Catholics who support abortion rights.

Putting Faith into Practice
Cal Thomas
If Catholic politicians don’t like it they have three choices: apply church teaching in the political lives, leave politics or find another church.

Your Catholic Voice President Ray Flynn Calls Politicians' Letter to Bishops Disrespectful and Arrogant
Flynn, a pro-life Democrat said of his pro-choice fellow party members, "They want to be Catholic on election day and get the Catholic vote, but when they get to Washington or the state house, they consistently vote with every well financed radical group that is working against the most fundamental of all human rights."

The End of Religious Liberty in Canada
In passing this legislation, the Canadian Parliament added "sexual orientation" to the nation's laws criminalizing "hate speech." The end result is that the Bible may now be considered a form of criminalized hate literature and Christians who teach that homosexuality is sinful may face criminal charges.

Are children of gay parents worse off?
Mona Charen

New evidence: Saddam's WMD in Lebanon
Through the use of satellites, electronic monitoring and human intelligence, the intelligence community has determined that much, if not all, of Iraq's biological and chemical weapons assets are being protected by Syria, with Iranian help, in the Bekaa Valley.

Those who do not learn from history will be condemned to repeat it.
The Kerry War: Longer, More US Dead
Even the astute blokes at the Weekly Standard don’t seem to understand Kerry’s position. Their Irwin Stelzer recently wrote, “John Kerry is as eager to call it quits in Iraq as is Bush, the main difference being that the Democratic candidate would have our troops hand over their responsibilities to blue-helmet U.N. peacekeepers with an unblemished record of failure …”

Florida bishop rebukes pro-abortion Catholics
He replies also to the accusations that politics is not the proper realm for churchmen, a criticism often accompanied by polemics about "separation of Church and State." "It is totally within our competence to say that one cannot be complicit in the injustice of denying the right to life of an unborn child or an invalid elder and still consider oneself a good Catholic," the bishop writes.

Cardinal said willing to meet Democrats opposing Communion ban
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is open to meeting a group of Catholic Democrats critical of bishops who would deny Communion to Catholic legislators favoring legalized abortion, said Susan Gibbs, the cardinal's spokeswoman.

Is fear of revolt in the collection basket making the bishops cowards?
Catholic Bishop Sticks to Communion Stance for Pro-Abortion Voters

Surely, he doesn't really mean what he said the first time, so how can one believe he means it now?
Kerry Flip-Flops Yet Again on Abortion
As anyone with a brain except Sen. John Kerry could have predicted, pro-abortion groups and other Democrats immediately started screaming after Kerry said Wednesday that he was open to nominating pro-life judges.

Why Kerry's protectionist stance is doomed to fail.
Protectionism
by Jagdish Bhagwati
The fact that trade protection hurts the economy of the country that imposes it is one of the oldest but still most startling insights economics has to offer.

Revive the Conservative Revolution
This summer, the famous Contract With America that swept Republicans into power in Congress in January 1995 turns ten years old.

So pro-abortion pols are protecting the church now?? Or their political careers?
Catholics in Congress give bishop a warning
WASHINGTON — Forty-eight Roman Catholic members of Congress have warned in a letter to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington that U.S. bishops will revive anti-Catholic bigotry and severely harm the church if they deny Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights.

Massachusetts Senate vote aids gay 'marriages'
The Massachusetts state Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 1913 law that Gov. Mitt Romney says forbids out-of-state homosexual couples from "marrying" in Massachusetts.


Internet Usage Trends
64% in US use Internet for religious reasons
82 million Americans - or nearly two-thirds of those online - are now using the Internet for religious, faith or spiritual reasons, according to a new study.

On Church attendance in Australia
Statistics suggest religious marriage ceremonies are waning fast. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that only 45 per cent of marriages are now performed by ministers of religion; that is, 55 per cent are conducted by civil celebrants.

Anglicans seek gay bishop removal
Eighteen Anglican archbishops, most of them from Africa and Asia and representing more than 55 million Anglicans, have called on the Episcopal Church to "repent" its pro-homosexual policies within three months or face expulsion from the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Bin Laden exceeds even his wildest dreams (Osama and this writer are giddy with US setbacks)

I don't agree with this writer's conclusions, but his analysis of the problem is good.

Must See Anti-kerry Ads - HILARIOUS - "The French For Kerry"
Rick Reed with one of the premier Republican media consulting firms in America, Steven Reed Curcio and Potholm, has produced two of the funniest commercials we've seen. And we mean ever. Many thanks for allowing them to host them on our crushkerry.com.

"Only Thinner"
"Only Thinner" (French Version)

WMD Stockpiles
Gazi George, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist under Saddam's regime, told Fox News he believes many similar weapons stockpiled by the former regime were either buried underground or transported to Syria. He noted that the airport where the device was detonated is on the way to Baghdad from the Syrian border.
"I'm sure they're going to find more once time passes," he continued, saying one year is not enough for the survey group or the military to find the weapons.

Iraqi Nerve Gas, WMD Find Blows Away Pundits
We all know from the anti-war fanatics that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - the leftist media and pundits have pounded that assertion into the American TV fact file. We are told again and again that George Bush lied.

The recent discovery of nerve gas and mustard gas in Iraq is clearly proof that it was Saddam Hussein that was lying. Saddam lied about his weapons and has hidden more than one for future use.

A Very Dangerous Place
Monday's news confirms what [David] Kay reported to an indifferent Congress: "We know that terrorists were passing through Iraq. And now we know that there was little control over Iraq's weapons capabilities. I think it shows that Iraq was a very dangerous place. The country had the technology, the ability to produce, and there were terrorist groups passing through the country -- and no central control."

Bruce Bartlett says:
India's voters may unwittingly have solved the outsourcing problem here in a way that America's protectionists never could.

President Bush Hits Pro-Life Themes in Commencement Address
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Bush touched on pro-life themes in his commencement address at Wisconsin's Concordia University. He urged graduates to help build a "culture of life" and warned them of the dangers of destroying human life to advance scientific research.

No Private Affair
Marriage is about more than the man and the woman.

Jeff Jacoby
The end of the gay marriage debate?
"But still another part of the answer to "How did we get here?" is that those who defend the traditional definition of marriage have been woefully ineffective in making their case."

Separation of church and state? But not separation of state from dictating church matters. Does this mean the state can force churches to marry gays?

News from the liberal, feminist fringe.
Coalition of Catholic Women's Groups Supports Same-Sex Marriages

Secularist Double Standards
The court, appallingly, ruled in favor of the members and against the church, basically saying that the church doesn't have the right to enforce its own rules of discipline.

Pro-Family Group Dreads 'Destruction of Marriage Day'
This is a sad day for America.

Conservatives Demand Passage of Federal Marriage Amendment

Yeah, Mike! That's Bishop Michael to you. I know this man. He was my teacher. If bishops won't defend the sacraments, what will they defend?
Bishop: No Communion for Pro-abortion Voters

Those Catholic bishops who actually follow the church's teachings are now targeting more than just pro-abortion politicians such as John Kerry. Bishop Michael Sheridan says that "Catholics" who vote for politicians in favor of abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, euthanasia or same-sex marriage may not receive Communion until they recant and repent in the confessional.


Vatican Warns Catholics Against Marrying Muslims

How Is Marriage Doing?
More people are getting divorced, more kids are living with single parents and more grandparents are playing a mother or father role for their grandkids. Following are statistics and facts about marriage that use the most recent available data.

Presbyterians are next to fight over the issue.
Covenant Network Talks Strategy for
Eliminating "Fidelity and Chastity" from the Constitution
Goal is "removing Authoritative Interpretation"
Strategies leading to the ordination of those in homosexual relationships were the overwhelming concern of the sixth annual Covenant Network conference that concluded Saturday, Nov. 8 at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Network speakers made it clear that they wish to achieve this goal without a split.

There are some interesting comments here.
Letters to the Editor about the prison abuse in Iraq

The Bush Conspiracy Theory Generator Play this game.


Compare the candidates. This seems biased to me.
Kerry
Bush

Vet: Officers told Kerry to leave Vietnam
Colleagues couldn't take John's behavior, attitudes anymore

This news story gives an interesting clue. Nicholas Berg was a Jewish-American. Was he slaughtered because of abuse in that Iraqi prison or because he was a Jewish-American?

Let's see now. Hmm. The 9/11 commission is accussing the Bush Administration of not getting enough intellegence to prevent the 9/11 attacks, but is going ballistic because military intelligence officers are doing too much to get information. Information that might save soldier's lives and prevent another attack on American soil. Does that make sense to you?

Wartime Tactics are Not Pretty, but Necessary
Cal Thomas

So Bosnia doesn't count? The war on terrorism hadn't started yet?
Democrats' attacks seen backfiring
"Yesterday, at a campaign stop in Arkansas, Mr. Kerry was sharper in his criticism of the war effort than he has ever been, boasting that "when Bill Clinton left office not one young American in uniform was dying in a war anywhere in this world."
Mr. DeLay noted that "under the policies in the 1990s, we suffered six dead at the World Trade Center bombing, 19 dead of the Khobar Towers, 224 dead in the Africa embassy bombings, 17 sailors dead on the USS Cole, and within months, 3,000 dead on 9/11."

New Study: Half of Young People Will Contract STDs

Fired EMT Sues After Refusing to Transport Woman for Abortion

Surge Of Mexican Immigrants Brings Prospect Of Huge Increase In U.S. Catholic Population