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Cagle Post : Unholy Trio: Gun Control, the UN and Obama

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:59:42 +0000

Actually, according to the ATT as it is currently written (since it's only in draft form right now since no one could agree on anything), that is exactly what it does. It demands that anyone who has signed the treaty turn over the records of all sales of weaponry. The treaty even mentions that "small arms", a.k.a. hand guns, must be reported to the council. In other words, even our police officers are now regulated by the UN Council on the Arms Trade Treaty. BTW, I'm not far-right. I'm actually a moderate. I believe that some gun control is in order, but not on any scale that would over-ride our Constitution.

Cagle Post : Unholy Trio: Gun Control, the UN and Obama

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:39:42 +0000

Just to remind you: The US was one of the founding members of the UN, and, as such, are one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, out of the hundreds of nations who are members of the UN. The United Nations was created in order to make sure that nothing that happened in World War II ever happens again. Granted, the UN is over-reaching, and there are certain branches, i.e. the UNFPA, who are bigots and in favor of eugenic policies that would end the human race. However, the larger mission of the UN, "Maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights," is what makes our membership of the organization so important. Besides, if we aren't members, who's going to come to our aid the next time something like Peal Harbor happens? It's in the best interest of our national security that we maintain our membership in the United Nations.

BIG BLUE WAVE : Pro-life activist beaten up by police

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:22:11 +0000

Well, so far, according to the article, no one will touch the case, not even the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a pro-life, Christian organization which has fought the ACLU successfully. Apparently someone in that city or county holds extreme power, being frightening enough to scare off even the most experienced and successful lawyers.

BIG BLUE WAVE : VIDEO: The arrest of Linda Gibbons

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:17:00 +0000

So you're saying that those who practiced civil disobedience in he 1960s were wrong to do so? That they should have left the segregation law alone? And those who hid the Jewish people in their homes and in other properties during World War II were wrong, they should have turned them in? This is the same concept. There are civil rights being violated by law, and someone has to show others how wrong it is.

BIG BLUE WAVE : VIDEO: The arrest of Linda Gibbons

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:01:09 +0000

It was a bubble-zone law, which we do have here in the US.

BIG BLUE WAVE : VIDEO: The arrest of Linda Gibbons

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:59:39 +0000

Just because it's legal doesn't make it right. Nazi Germany legalized what they did to the Jewish people. Britain and then the US legalized slavery. The one-child policy, forced abortion, and forced sterilization is legal in China and North Korea. It's legal to imprison and deport asylum-seekers from war-torn countries who cannot pay for the naturalization process. The Iraq war was legal. Capital punishment is legal. I'm sure that there are many more examples, but the fact remains that not all that is right is legal, and what is legal is not always right.

BIG BLUE WAVE : Say it loud, say it proud: I'm a homoskeptic!

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:53:00 +0000

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. "2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection." http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P85.HTM From The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons: "The Church, in rejecting erroneous opinions regarding homosexuality, does not limit but rather defends personal freedom and dignity realistically and authentically understood... "What is essential is that the fundamental liberty which characterizes the human person and gives him his dignity be recognized as belonging to the homosexual person as well. As in every conversion from evil, the abandonment of homosexual activity will require a profound collaboration of the individual with God's liberating grace." http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/c...

BIG BLUE WAVE : Say it loud, say it proud: I'm a homoskeptic!

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:51:33 +0000

We're not saying that we're better at all! Saying that would be like saying those who try to get help for those who are ill think that those who are ill are less than those who aren't. That is simply not true. Having homosexual feelings is not a sin. Acting on those feelings is. As with other moral disorders, it prevents one's fulfillment and happiness in God by rejecting and acting contrary to His creative wisdom. It is horrid that homosexual people have been targets of violence. This needs to be stopped, and condemned wherever it's seen. "It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law." Rejecting homosexual behavior is not the same thing as targeting them for violence. Just like you wouldn't support a person's bad habit, you also wouldn't beat them up over it, or say that they're any less of a person for it. However, homosexual activity cannot be condoned, according to our faith. While some say that it is not a choice, it obviously must be to some extent. They do have the freedom to not act on their feelings, just as a person has the freedom not to hit someone who makes them angry. It is demeaning to homosexuals to say that they are slaves to their passions, for that would put them with the beasts, which would them less than human. They ARE fully human, and must be treated as such. They can choose whether or not to sin. They are called to lives of chastity. We must accept them with love and help them with their trial.

BIG BLUE WAVE : \'I was raped and left pregnant at 16... but I still love my baby\'

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:03:21 +0000

Very true. Jack Nicholson is also very pro-life, as he was born of rape, as well. He says he can't be anything but pro-life.

BIG BLUE WAVE : \'I was raped and left pregnant at 16... but I still love my baby\'

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:57:16 +0000

Her name is Janet Sheen. She's not an appendage. It's just that more people know her husband and children than her.

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Desperate Planned Parenthood: “If we are defunded, America’s emergency rooms will be overrun.”

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 09:02:44 +0000

I'm not so sure that women know when they are going to start menopause. My mother sure didn't. There's no set date for it or anything like that. As to the baby dying, those with anencephaly don't die right away all the time. And sometimes those who are diagnosed with anencephaly don't actually have it, because doctors screw up. It's part of being human. Therefore, there's always a chance, even if it's small, that the baby will be okay. Besides, the women do get to hold their babies. The doctors and nurses don't take the baby away until the family is ready. Sometimes the family is even able to arrange a funeral and burial for the child. Every human on this planet makes a difference to someone. These children make an impact coming into the world, and leave a big mark on those who love them. I suggest you read the stories at Be Not Afraid, which talk about such things: http://www.benotafraid.net/

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Desperate Planned Parenthood: “If we are defunded, America’s emergency rooms will be overrun.”

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:48:39 +0000

What do they mean, "If we are defunded, America's emergency rooms will be overrun"? You don't go to an emergency room for their non-abortive services, and using an emergency room to get these services would be a whole lot more expensive instead of going to a local free clinic. If they are talking about abortion, I thought that their government funding didn't allow them to use said funding for that purpose? Are they finally admitting to the fact that it does free up funds for abortion?

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Desperate Planned Parenthood: “If we are defunded, America’s emergency rooms will be overrun.”

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:10:21 +0000

Anencephaly doesn't mean that a baby has no brain. Anencephaly means that the brain stem hasn't closed all the way. There's a difference. If there were no brain, there would be no life, and the body would see that an cause a miscarriage. That's a spontaneous abortion, a naturally occurring abortion, not an induced abortion, which is unnatural and the purposeful taking of a human life. The procedure used for that is called a D&C, which is also used in induced abortion, but in this case is to keep the mother from infection, not to take the life of an innocent.

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Planned Parenthood CEO's False Mammogram Claim Exposed

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:29:59 +0000

Nice try. Cancer screening and prevention services are covered under the 1971 National Cancer Act, which, granted, is under the Public Health Service Act, just like Title X, but does not fall under Title X. Title X goes to family planning services, and they can use their funds for breast and cervical cancer screening and prevention. There are other programs providing funding specifically for prevention and screening for breast and cervical cancers, which are covered under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990, and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000. None of these have to do with Title X, and are open to any medical clinic that provides these services. Besides, you can get screening for free from free clinics, but PP does not do anything for free. http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/legislation/ http://legislative.cancer.gov/history/phsa/1971

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Associated Press Calls Pro-Lifers "Foes", Pro-Choicers "Supporters"

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:33:11 +0000

That's not necessarily news. They have been using the same phrasing for a long time. Every time I see an article from AP on abortion, they always use the same labels: "foes" versus "supporters". It's depressing, but it's how the MSM sees the debate.

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Defunding Planned Parenthood must be a ‘non-negotiable’

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:19:54 +0000

Even before abortion was legalized, it was legal for instances of rape, incest, and life of the mother. If it were made illegal, those exceptions would still stand. So, to pretend that they would not is just another "pro-choice" lie, because you want to demoralize this country and the world. Furthermore, I do not know where you live, but my friends have never faced that kind of thing. Also, if they were raped, then it is standard practice to give emergency contraception when going to the hospital after reporting the rape. Also, just because we want the government to stop funding PP does not mean that PP will be completely defunded. "Choicers" can still donate to PP all they want. However, what we want is for the government to stop using our tax dollars to fund the abortion giant. It is an egregious violation of our First Amendment rights. It is against our religious and conscience rights to support such a cause. The Catholic Church (all rites - Roman, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, etc.) makes funding such a business a mortal sin, and having anything to do with abortion is grounds for excommunication. Therefore, it infringes on the rights of a large portion of this country, most of the U.S. being Christian, and the largest sect of Christianity being Catholic. For those who are not of our religion who are pro-life, it is a violation of their conscience rights, which falls under the same law.

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : About Abortion - What They Don't Tell You

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:05:40 +0000

NFP has come a long way since the old days, when they timed a woman's periods. Now, those with irregular periods can use NFP, because they use measurements of mucus, temperature, etc. to know when you are fertile. You can get more information at these sites: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/0702... http://www.natural-family-planning.info/ http://www.nfpandmore.org/ http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/index.sht... http://www.ccli.org/nfp/

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Defund Planned Parenthood Today!

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:45:48 +0000

alexa, That is far from the truth. Hundreds of women have died due to abortion. Thousands are injured every year because of abortion. The idea that abortion is "safer" is a lie perpetuated by the so-called "pro-choice" community, who want less births and more abortion, because it will bring them more money. According to a study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2004, there are almost three times more deaths from abortion than there are from childbirth. Another one from Finland in 1997 shows the same thing. You can see even more information from: http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/111... http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/290... http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/92/... Childbirth is the most natural thing in the world. The body knows how to deal with it. Abortion, on the other hand, is completely and utterly unnatural. No one is forcing women to give birth. If they do not want children, then they should not have sex. Procreation is PURPOSE of sex. It is only pleasurable because, if it were not so, then we would see procreation as a chore, and the human species would die out. It is a side-effect of awareness and the body's natural reaction to further our species. Therefore, if you do not want children, keep your legs closed. However, there is something called Natural Family Planning, which will help you know when you are fertile, and when you are not. Therefore, it gives you the information you need to know when you can have sex and when not to. Most women receiving abortions were using contraception/birth control when they became pregnant. It is not 100% efficient. The way most people use birth control, it is about 80-85% efficient. NFP is much more efficient than that. You can find more about NFP at these websites: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/index.sht... http://www.nfpandmore.org/ http://www.creightonmodel.com/ Furthermore, while ridding the world of abortion is our goal, the main goal of this campaign is to de-fund Planned Parenthood, due to the atrocities that were documented in a recent undercover investigation by Live Action. Planned Parenthood supports statutory rape and sex trafficking. They do not report it, even though they are mandatory reporters, and to not report also goes against the Hippocratic Oath. Their licenses should be revoked. These are things we've known for years, but Live Action actually got it on film. Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline found the same thing in an investigation a few years ago. Now he is on trial for "ethics violations" because PP thinks that Kline is obsessed with them, when he was following up on tips given him while in office, and the evidence they have against him was illegally obtained. Life Dynamics also investigated several years ago, but their findings were swept under the rug. What would you rather protect? Children or child predators? Furthermore, we, as tax payers, should not be forced to fund something that goes against our religion. In the Catholic Church, supporting abortion in any way, even giving money to abortion businesses, is a mortal sin. For the government to force us to pay almost $400 million in taxes to PP is an egregious violation of our First Amendment rights. Therefore, PP NEEDS to be de-funded!

Live Action Blog - Human Rights, Abortion, and Life : Real Alternative to In Vitro

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:45:05 +0000

alexa, NaProTechnology has nothing to do with artificial insemination. InVitro Fertilization (IVF) is artificial insemination. NaProTechnology treats the underlying causes of infertility, and supports natural procreation, not artificial procreation. From the website NaProTechnology.com: "A NaProTECHNOLOGY approach to the infertile couple has the following goals: "1. It works towards assessing the underlying causes of the reproductive abnormality. "2. It allows for the treatment of these underlying causes. "3. It assists the couple in achieving pregnancy while maintaining the natural acts of procreation. "4. If the treatment program is unsuccessful, research into the unknown causes is undertaken. "5. If medically unsuccessful, the program will assist with successful family building by being supportive of adoption." So, you see, Live Action is not supporting IVF/artificial insemination, which is anti-life technology. They are supporting the pro-life technology of NPT. Furthermore, the children in foster homes are not unwanted. Babies get adopted. In fact, there is a 5 year long waiting list to adopt a baby. The list is even longer for those that want to adopt a special needs child. The children in foster homes are there because of parents who do not want to give up their children, but currently cannot care for them. The goal of Child Protective Services is to reunite families. Furthermore, even if parents are going to be gone long term, such as when they go to prison or a mental hospital, they often do not give permission to let their children be adopted, and will not because they are often very possessive. The same thing happened with Norma Jean Baker, a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe. Therefore, the problem is not with the children or those who want to adopt, but with the parents of the children in the system. Furthermore, it is expensive to adopt. Right now, hardly anyone has that kind of money. Those that do are adopting children from outside of the United States. They keep telling people to adopt the children here, but are they willing to do it themselves? No. Why? Adopting from poorer countries is good publicity, and adopting within the US is not. If you want to help children in the system, then go ahead do so, spread the word, get people active in helping kids get out of the system. However, you will find that the answer is not as simple as "stop giving birth and adopt", because that is hardly the case.

BIG BLUE WAVE : Nightmare IUD Insertion

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:21:25 +0000

The key word there is "naturally". IUDs are UNnatural. See how that works? God did not intend for the unnatural IUD, He intended for the natural miscarriage. He designed the uterus perfectly. There is a reason for everything in His Plan. As for those babies that are miscarried, my grandmother would say, "God just needed another angel in Heaven." She should know - she had several miscarriages, and was gifted with fourteen live children, "Each one of them a blessing" - her own words.