First, Congress "extracts" money from taxpayers
Second, Congress "allocates" funds for Planned Parenthood
Clearly, the real issue here is that this entity receives $350 million in taxpayer subsidies. Meanwhile, there's mounting evidence that this entity is concealing rape, sexual abuse, incest, and numerous other crimes. In fact, in my own state of Kansas they are under indictment for more than 100 different criminal counts.
....Rep. Tim Huelskamp in the Washington Post
Then Planned Parenthood "donates" funds for "selected" congressmen
In the 2008 cycle, Democrats received $351,876 while Republicans recieved $7,000. See OpenSecrets.org
The "selected" congressmen return to power to renew the cycle! Is this what we want for our congress and democracy?
In the budget deal, Democrats make clear their No. 1 priority.
By JAMES TARANTO
On Friday, the federal government almost shut down over abortion, more than 38 years after Roe v. Wade was supposed to have settled the question. Politico reports on the Thursday-night negotiations over funding the government for the remainder of fiscal 2011:
The low point may have come Thursday night.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had spent more than an hour meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, inching toward a deal to avert a shutdown, but he kept insisting that it include a prohibition against federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
That was a nonstarter for Obama. As the meeting was breaking up, Vice President Joe Biden told the speaker, in no uncertain terms, that his demand was unacceptable. If that became the deal breaker, Biden said, he would “take it to the American people,” who would presumably punish the GOP for shutting down the government over an ideological issue.
“They were faced with a choice–they would either have to give in or shut down the government,” said a senior administration official, describing how the negotiations went from there. Continue reading
The Catholic Church continues to be the safest place for children in the U.S.
The CARA survey and audit report are available at the link above.
Continue readingReports of current instances of sexual abuse of minors continues to decrease, with only seven credible allegations made against seven priests reported in 2010, according to the 2010 Survey of Allegations and Costs done by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, CARA.
Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
By Terrence McKeegan, J.D.
NEW YORK, March 23 (C-FAM) The US Department of State is telling Latin American delegations to the United Nations that the Vatican has changed its position on a sexual orientation declaration that was just released at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to diplomatic sources in New York.
According to these sources, an official in Western Hemisphere Affairs at the US State Department has held a series of meetings with Latin American delegations telling them the Vatican now supports the declaration calling for “sexual orientation and gender identity” to be new categories of non-discrimination in international law. However, a high ranking source at the Holy See says these assertions are false and that the Holy See opposes the declaration being considered in Geneva. Continue reading
One Vote Stops Civil Unions Bill
Archbishop Chaput urges Catholics in Colorado to thank legislators for standing up for marriage. He called on Catholics to thank legislators for rejecting a civil unions bill, saying, “It took courage, especially in an environment of bitter criticism.”
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Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver speaks during a symposium at Georgetown University in Washington March 1.
DENVER — A same-sex “marriage” bill has gone down to narrow defeat in the Colorado House of Representatives, drawing applause from Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput for being pro-family.
At the same time, homosexual rights groups have condemned it for being anti-family.
Calling on Catholics to thank their legislators, Archbishop Chaput said, “It took courage, especially in an environment of bitter criticism.” Continue reading
More Than 150 Ties of Catholic Colleges to Planned Parenthood
From the CNS press release:
Today, April 11, 2011, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) issued a devastating report titled “A Scandalous Relationship: Catholic Colleges and Planned Parenthood” unearthing more than 150 current and past connections of Catholic colleges and universities to the national abortion provider, as documented on the Internet. In the report, CNS urges Catholic colleges and universities to “embrace a no-tolerance position for any relationship with Planned Parenthood,” which CNS asserts is “a leading contributor to what Pope John Paul II labeled a ‘culture of death’.”
A brief introduction to the CNS report follows: Continue reading
Recent news stories in St. Paul relate an incident of a St. Paul resident who erected a statue of Jesus in his yard, and which the City has said must be removed for a variety of reasons which seem to threaten private property rights and even that of freedom religion.Recent news stories in St. Paul relate an incident of a St. Paul resident who erected a statue of Jesus in his yard, and which the City has said must be removed. This seems to threaten private property rights and even that of freedom religion.
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