Don’t let them get away with saying people of faith abandon kids
One of abortion advocates’ most offensive arguments is that pro-life supporters “don’t care about children after they’re born.”
Indeed, pro-choice propaganda on choicematters.org essentially says that the term “pro life” is a ruse — that those who are pro-life aren’t really; they’re really just anti-abortion.
“The ‘pro-life’ concerns of abortion foes are only for fetal lives, not the lives of women or unwanted babies,” the propaganda says.
It’s one of the most foul, vile and disingenuous lies you’ll ever run into.
Religious people have, forever, built and supported orphanages, adopted other people’s children, started and supported charities that care for children — and have even traveled to other countries on a regular basis to help the poorest of the poor care for their children.
As The Chronicle’s Kelly Jasper reported on Sunday, the Mormon church runs one of the world’s largest private adoption agencies and in 1899, the Catholic Home Bureau became the first agency in the country to place children in homes rather than orphanages.
That’s just a couple of examples of how people of faith put their beliefs into action.
Often, adoptive parents aren’t doing it because they can’t have children of their own, for they do. They just want to spread the love around.
They do often at great cost. An adoption can cost up to $30,000. Former Augustan Dee Thompson took out a loan to adopt one child, then cashed out her 401(k) to adopt a second.
Don’t let anyone ever suggest to you that people of faith don’t care about children.
At a time when President Obama is trying to convince opponents in the abortion battle that they can find middle ground — in rhetoric, if not reality — a new Gallup Poll shows that more Americans describe themselves as “pro-life” than “pro-choice.”
As they endure others’ rejection of their church, they say faith is most important part of their lives.
Ever since Joseph decoded Pharaoh’s dream about fat cows and thin ones and delivered his policy response - save in the fat years to survive in the lean times - consumers have followed that model.
Two formidable forces — the gay rights movement and conservative churches — are colliding in a $50 million ballot measure battle over same-sex marriage, an explosive issue that straddles the line between faith and politics.
Yesterday was the deadline for voters in my area to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, which immediately brought to mind several of the recent finds I’ve had in the voter registration records of my ancestors. Yes, many of them did vote - or at least registered for the privilege, and these official records can often be a valuable source of information for genealogists. If nothing else, voter registration records provide an address where your ancestor was living during the gaps between census records, but you may also find naturalization information, voting records, or your ancestor’s signature. It’s also worth checking the voter laws in effect at the time in that area - many places enforced a residency requirement of a certain period before allowing an individual to become a registered voter.
Utah will become the first state to ban fruity, malt alcoholic beverages from grocery and convenience stores on Wednesday, in a bid to keep them away from minors.
Following the California Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to overturn a ban on gay marriage there, both the LDS Church and the Catholic Archdiocese in San Francisco released statements about the decision, reiterating their views of marriage and commenting on the court’s action.
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