Written by T.R. Clancy
Tucker Carlson pointed out a few days ago how the already insufferable leader of the Congressional Democrats has recently been “ordained….an archbishop in the church of progressive sanctimony.” For a while now, Nancy Pelosi’s been the country’s expert on morality (e.g., border wall: immoral; abortion on demand: moral). She’s now taken to telling the country how much she prays, and she’s urging others to do it, too – at least that old sinner, Donald Trump.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Cardinal Egan, Catholic, Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Kermit Gosnell, King Solomon, Little Sisters of the Poor, Meet the Press, MS-13, Nancy Pelosi, Pope Benedict, Roe v. Wade, Ross Douthat, Tom Brokaw, Tom Perez, Tucker Carlson
Faith & Religion, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
December 20, 2018 7:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
We start off our first Spotlight podcast of September with a timely conversation as Monte Larrick hosts Steve Karlen, North American Director of 40 Days for Life. This year’s 40 Days for Life campaign will run from September 26 through November 4.
The purpose of the campaign is “to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigils outside abortion centers to end abortion.” Steve stresses that prayer is the foundation of 40 Days for Life and the means by which God’s people are able to “overturn Roe v.… Continue Reading
This week’s Spotlight conversation between Monte Larrick and Mary Hallan FioRito took place at the annual Lake County Right to Life Banquet, which was held July 27th in Mundelein, Illinois.
Ms. FioRito received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1993. Upon conferral of her degree, she was chosen by the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin to serve as Director of Pro-life Activities for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She subsequently served the Archdiocese as its first female Vice-Chancellor and then as Executive Assistant to the late Francis Cardinal George, until his death in 2015.… Continue Reading
Tags: Archdiocese of Chicago, Brett Kavanaugh, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Francis Cardinal George, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Lake County Right to Life, Mary Hallan Fiorito, NIFLA v. Becerra, Roe v. Wade
Faith & Religion, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
August 14, 2018 4:00 AM |
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Written by Dr. Michael Brown
The warning is bleak and dire. “People will die” we are told with gravitas and concern. And the warning comes from the academic elite, from students, faculty, and alumni of Yale University Law School. Yes, people will die if Justice Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.
This is the latest example of apocalyptic fear-mongering associated with the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. To paraphrase the collective hysteria of the left, “Kavanaugh’s confirmation would mean the end of the world!”… Continue Reading
Written by William J. Watkins, Jr.
Much like King Nebuchadnezzar’s instructions to the three Hebrew boys, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has telegraphed to Judge Brett Kavanaugh a way out of the fiery furnace of confirmation. Kavanaugh need not bow down to a golden image, but he must give obeisance to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark abortion case. “The onus is on the nominee,” Schumer has declared, “to show where he or she might stand” on Roe. … Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Due Process Clause, Edward Lazarus, Fourteenth Amendment, Griswold v. Connecticut, Harry Blackmun, King Nebuchadnezzar, Laurence Tribe, Potter Stewart, Roe v. Wade
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
July 16, 2018 7:27 AM |
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Written by Matt Walsh
Over the weekend, Tomi Lahren argued that conservatives should give up on the abortion fight and stop trying to overturn Roe. She said that it would be a “mistake” to “challenge a position” that “most Americans support.” We should focus on taxes, immigration, and foreign policy and “stop messing with social issues.” The government is incompetent, Lahren reasoned, and therefore it should stop trying to “regulate social issues.”
Although she personally wouldn’t get an abortion, she insists, she also believes the government has no right to “dictate” on the subject.… Continue Reading
Written by Taylor Lewis
The U.S. Supreme Court’s longest serving justice announced his retirement shortly after casting the deciding vote on a string of decisions that were seen as wins for the conservative side of the bench. Kennedy’s stepping down didn’t come as a surprise. There have long been rumors in Washington that he was considering hanging up his robe. With a Republican-controlled Congress and White House, the timing couldn’t be better, so as to ensure his seat would be filled with someone from the right side of the ideological spectrum.… Continue Reading
Tags: Al Sharpton, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, CNN, Elizabeth Warren, Emily Bazelon, Jeffrey Toobin, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Neil Gorsuch, Obergefell v. Hodges, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roe v. Wade, Ronald Reagan, Rusty Reno, SCOTUS, The New York Times Magazine, Walter Sobchack
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
July 2, 2018 5:31 AM |
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Written by 2nd Vote
The 2018 March for Life, the world’s largest pro-life event, will be held [today] — Friday, January 19, in Washington, DC.
Every year since 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court made its infamous decision in Roe v. Wade, pro-life activists have gathered in our nation’s capitol to mark the anniversary in a somber, peaceful demonstration. Over 20,000 attended the first March for Life in 1974 and now the number of participants reaches over 400,000.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bath & Body Works, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Evangelicals for Life, Focus on the Family, March for Life, Patagonia, Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade, Southern Baptist Convention, United Airlines
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
January 19, 2018 5:59 AM |
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Written by Samuel Smith
As conservative Christians continue to push for religious freedom protections in the wake of the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage, there might be lessons religious freedom advocates can take away from the successes of the pro-life movement.
Two pro-life leaders and a religious liberty scholar participated in a panel discussion on Saturday titled “What the Religious Liberty Movement Can Learn From the Victories of the Pro-Life Movement” at the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit.… Continue Reading
Tags: Charlotte Lozier Institute, Chuck Donovan, Donald Trump, Family Research Council, Frank Church, Hunter Baker, Jeanne Mancini, Nellie Gray, Obergefell v. Hodges, Patrina Mosely, Roe v. Wade, Susan B. Anthony List, Values Voters Summit
Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
October 20, 2017 5:42 AM |
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Written by E. Jeffrey Ludwig
By the end of World War II, the beautiful foundational ideas and ideals of our constitutional republic had already been significantly undermined by the Democratic Party. The two pillars of our constitutional republic, federalism and checks and balances among our three branches of government, were being disrupted and distorted. The distortions expressed by so-called progressivism had begun the transformation of our political and economic system, especially under Woodrow Wilson and the Democrat Party, and intensified under the policies and programs of the New Deal.… Continue Reading
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, Kelo v. New London, Marxism, New Deal, Obergefell v. Hodges, Progressive Era, Richard Nixon, Roe v. Wade, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Constitution, Warren G. Harding, Woodrow Wilson
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
September 18, 2017 7:00 AM |
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