The Sanctity of Life: No Exceptions
For far too long, far too many people of faith who hold conservative views on abortion have defended the right to abort preborn babies who are the products of rape or incest. The logical and moral error that this position represents must be exposed publicly. The position that abortion constitutes murder cannot be sustained if Christians continue to make exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.
The pro-life position depends on acceptance of the following assumptions:Life begins at conception.
Humans are created in the image and likeness of God.
All human life is sacred.
All human life possesses infinite value.
Incipient life has its own unique DNA, meaning that at every developmental stage, the baby is a unique individual, distinct from his or her mother.
Dependency status (i.e. the state of being dependent on another) does not abrogate the right to life. The preborn, newborns, toddlers, the aged, and the infirm all share in common an inability to survive on their own. The physical location of the preborn is insufficient justification for abrogating its inherent right to life. Given that pro-life people of faith accept and defend these propositions, how does the unjust manner of conception justify the deliberate destruction of the incipient life that is produced through this unjust manner of conception?
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What it Really Means to Have the Right to Choose
When a doctor hands your child a death sentence, and the family must make a decision about the future, nothing is more personal or traumatic. It is every parents' nightmare, and increasingly it has become more common.
With all the blessings of testing and technology, comes with it, information that is not always welcome or accurate.
The closest brush I have had with this type of situation was though a close friend. I hadn't heard from my friend Julie for several months, when she called, I could feel her pain through the line. She told me through tears, how she had just returned from her prenatal appointment. That afternoon the doctor informed Julie that her baby had Trisomy 13, a defect, he said, that would leave the baby so badly deformed he would not survive birth; if he did, he would not live but a few hours longer. He warned that the financial and emotional toll on the family would be devastating. There was obviously only one answer: abort the baby as soon as possible.
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For years, Don't Ask, Don't Tell has been a part of military guidelines, requiring the dismissal of any open homosexuals serving in the military. Repealing the policy would likely decrease morale & cohesiveness at a crucial time for our military serving at home & overseas. |
Obama Wants to Rescind "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Military Policy
Members Of The Military Do Not Agree
In December of 1992, even before he began his first term as President, Bill Clinton announced a controversial policy related to the service of homosexuals in the military called, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). At the time, the Clinton administration was seriously lobbying Congress to change federal law which prevented openly homosexual individuals from serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Clinton's plan was met by furious criticism from political conservatives as well as military members who said such tampering with federal law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) would negatively impact the nation's ability to defend itself. Clinton moderated and subsequently introduced the aforementioned "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which is still in force today.
On January 27th, 2010, during his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said he would seek to overturn DADT in order to allow homosexual men and women to openly serve in the U.S. military. By the way, Obama pledged to do just this during his presidential campaign.
The premise behind DADT is simple, but it has resulted in more confusion, according to many military personnel. Under DADT, openly homosexual individuals are still prohibited from serving in the armed forces. But recruiters and officers are instructed not to ask questions regarding an individual's sexual orientation and members of the military are supposed to keep their personal sexual habits private.
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California's Stem Cell Failure
It was following California's passage of Proposition 71 that Illinois felt the need to start funding embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer money. However, after five years, California's budget-busting $3 billion embryonic stem cell research project has yielded no cures, no therapies and little progress, explains Investors.com.
The backers of Prop 71 are now admitting failure. "The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state agency created to, as some have put it, restore science to its rightful place, is diverting funds from ESCR to research that has produced actual therapies and treatments: adult stem cell research. It not only has treated real people with real results; it also does not come with the moral baggage ESCR does."
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Tebow Ad Celebrates Life and Family
It is not surprising to watch the furor and irrational hatred demonstrated by radical feminist groups being directed at college football star and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam. CBS has decided to run a 30-second ad, celebrating the gift of life and families, before and after the February 7th XLIV Super Bowl game.
The ad, which is sponsored by Focus on the Family, tells the story of Pam Tebow during her high-risk pregnancy when she and her husband were missionaries in the Philippines. Pam went into a coma when she contracted amoebic dysentery and the treatment required strong medications. Although advised by her doctors to have an abortion, she chose to risk her own life and Tim Tebow was born.
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Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Federal Hate Crimes Law
A group of pastors and Christian activists in Michigan filed a civil rights lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder over the 2009 "Hate Crimes" law alleging that it violates their civil rights. The complaint filed by the Thomas Moore Law Center states that Christians could now become the target of federal investigations, grand juries and even criminal charges for nothing more than opposing the political agenda of homosexual activists who want to block any criticism of their choices or actions.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include individuals who already have faced accusations by homosexual advocates that they bear responsibility for the actions of others for no other reason than their agreement with a biblical view of homosexuality.
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IFI E-Alert: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Under Assault
Let your members of Congress know that allowing open homosexuality in the US military is bad public policy.
On January 27th, President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. Conservative pundits were hoping that the President would signal a move toward a more centrist platform. That hope was not realized.
Instead of a reconciler who could govern from the center, he seemed to insist on radical Leftist ideology. Obama's pledge to overturn the Military Eligibility Law of 1993 -- known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- (a policy that governs homosexuals in the military) is desperately irresponsible. It would place the military in the strange position of actively recruiting personnel who intend to violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice (which prohibits certain forms of immoral sexual behavior).
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