April 29, 2008

A Potpourri of News Items

Jim Schneider cleared the newswire and presented Crosstalk listeners with the following stories:

-Planned Parenthood recently e-mailed supporters urging them to contact congress and ask for more funding for birth control.

-Britain marked its 40 year anniversary of legalized abortion on Sunday.

-The London Sunday Times has revealed that between ten and fifteen 12-year-old girls in Britain have abortions every year.

-The Prime Minister of India adds his voice to those of his cabinet in objecting to the widespread practice of female infanticide and abortion.

-Plummeting birth rates in Ontario have resulted in the closure of over 300 schools.

-Switzerland giving unprecedented rights to animal and plant life.

-Minnesota advances plan to own the DNA of newborns.

-Missouri House puts final stamp of approval on a bill to prevent women from becoming victims of forced or coerced abortions.

-Alaskan governor didn't let her child become an abortion statistic when her fifth child was diagnosed and eventually born with Downs Syndrome.

-Arizona State University under fire for scheduling controversial Princeton University professor and infanticide advocate Peter Singer, to speak on campus.

-University of Wisconsin-Madison receives grant to launch Islamic radio broadcast.

-Pacific Justice Institute files opening brief with California's Second District Court of Appeals in a key home-schooling case.

-Top Iranian judiciary official rules against the destructive cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.

-Senior Senate Democrat wants to use a major defense policy bill to expand federal hate crime laws to protect gays, bring troops home from Iraq, and force Baghdad to pay more toward the costs of reconstruction.

-President of the American Family Association says Proctor and Gamble needs to stop supporting the homosexual lifestyle through a popular TV soap opera.

-Ontario Humans Rights Commission delivers a guilty verdict against Ontario's largest community living service provider.

-Marriage registrars in the Netherlands who refuse to perform same-sex marriages must also be denied the right to perform marriages between men and women.

-State of Maine advertises "how to" seminar for school age boys concerning homosexuality.

-Hillary Clinton tells Philadelphia homosexual newspaper that she will work to advance gay rights as president including possibly signing a bill into law that would grant same-sex couples the legal benefits of marriage.

-Supreme Court rules yesterday on a challenge to Indiana's strict voter I.D. law, giving the go-ahead to other states considering laws that would force voters to show a photo I.D. before casting a vote.

-Democratic candidates head to North Carolina and Indiana as the battle for the Democratic nomination continues.

-Barack Obama defends his opposition to the ban on partial birth abortion.

-Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright expounds on AIDS and HIV before the National Press Club.

-Constitution Party nominates Chuck Baldwin as their party candidate for president.

-London paper reports that a man was taken to court and fined because he overfilled his garbage can by four inches.

More Information

To congratulate the Alaskan governor on the birth of her child, send your cards to:
Sarah Palin
Box 110001
Juneau, Alaska 99811

To contact your legislators about the attaching of hate crimes legislation to the defense authorization bill, or to comment on special rights for homosexuals call:
202-224-3121

To contact Proctor and Gamble concerning their stand on homosexuality call:
513-983-1100
800-331-3774