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 Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Rasmussen reports.  As does LifeNews.

 

Meanwhile, Jeff Jacoby asks why the private sector won’t support this kind of research.  It probably has something to do with the fact that over 70 treatments or cures have come from ethical forms of adult stem cell research while 0 have come from embryonic stem cell research, which involves the destruction of human embryos.

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 Thursday, August 26, 2010

A federal judge has allowed a preliminary injunction against the taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research while the case is being decided.  The judge indicated that the plaintiffs had made a strong case that NIH policies approved by President Obama violate the Dickey Wicker provisions of federal law which “unambiguously prohibits the use of federal funds for all research in which a human embryo is destroyed.”  NRO explains the significance and background of this case.  Steve Chapman exposes some “inconvenient truths” about stem cell research.

 

While pro-lifers are cheering the decision, the Obama administration has indicated it will appeal.  Also, a Democrat Congresswoman who frequently champions the taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research has proposed legislation to overturn the decision of the federal court.

 

Check out AdvanceUSA’s resources on stem cells and cloning and adult stem cells.

posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:14:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

ABC News reports.

posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:12:26 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Janice Shaw Crouse reports on the diminishing numbers of African American males who graduate high school and connects the dots to the absence of fathers.  This directly contradicts what Jude Walker wrote in his opinion overturning California’s democratically approved constitutional amendment protecting the traditional definition of marriage.  Excerpt:

 

A new report from the Schott Foundation reveals that only 47 percent of black male students earn a high school diploma on time. Ironically, this report came out shortly after Judge Vaughn Walker ruled regarding Proposition 8 in California. If the statements on which Judge Walker based his ruling are “facts,” how do we explain what is happening educationally to boys in the black community where a large majority are growing up without fathers?

 

Nancy Pearcey, in an article on American Thinker, identified certain “facts that Judge Walker claims are now established by the ‘evidence’ presented in his courtroom.” Those “facts” presumably will be deemed as “truth” far beyond the courtroom. Among those “facts,” the following three are especially relevant for young black boys’ futures:

 

• “Gender no longer forms an essential part of marriage.”

• “The gender of a child’s parent is not a factor in a child’s adjustment.”

• “Having both a male and a female parent does not increase the likelihood that a child will be well-adjusted.”

 

Those three general false principles that Judge Walker supposedly established in his arguments in favor of so-called “same-sex marriage” are equally faulty when applied to the more than 40 percent of today’s children who are born to single mothers. They are doubly relevant when the majority of those children are black.

posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:11:34 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Politico reports.

posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:10:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:09:40 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 23, 2010

The US Catholic Bishops are denouncing the FDA’s approval of the new abortion drug “Ella.”  This video explains why Ella is an abortion drug.

posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 5:16:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, August 19, 2010

Former Attorney General Ed Meese explains.  Excerpt:

 

Even some who support same-sex marriage worry that, in striking down California's voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between one man and one woman, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker went too far. They are right -- and not the only ones who should be concerned. Walker's ruling is indefensible as a matter of law wholly apart from its result.

 

By refusing to acknowledge binding Supreme Court precedent, substantial evidence produced at trial that was contrary to the holding and plain common sense, the ruling exhibits none of the requirements of a traditional decision. This opinion is arbitrary and capricious, and its alarming legal methodology and overtly policy-driven tenor are too extreme to stand.

 

The editors at National Review find rare praise for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for suspending same-sex marriages in California until the case is settled.

posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 1:09:45 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.

posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 1:08:28 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The following is a list of recent news and commentary on the California same-sex marriage ruling:

 

Making Gender Irrelevant

Dennis Prager

By allowing same-sex marriage, we are declaring that mothers and fathers are interchangeable.

 

Marriage Rulings Are Only a 'Ban' on Truth

Robert Knight

 

The Prop 8 Case Charade

Mario Diaz

 

9th Circuit Rules Gay Marriages to Stay on Hold in California During Appeals Process

ABC News

 

Judge Lifts Prop. 8 Stay - Gay Marriages on Hold

San Francisco Chronicle

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:19:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  As does The Washington Post.

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:17:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Telegraph reports.

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:16:47 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Thomas Sowell discusses those who would elevate their will above the Constitution and the will of the people.  Excerpt:

 

The Constitution was not only a challenge to the despotic governments of its time, but has been a continuing challenge — to this day — to all those who think that ordinary people should be ruled by their betters, whether an elite of blood, or of books, or of whatever else gives people a puffed-up sense of importance.

 

While the kings of old have faded into the mists of history, the principle of the divine rights of kings to impose whatever they wish on the masses lives on today in the rampaging presumptions of those who consider themselves anointed to impose their notions on others.

 

The Constitution of the United States is the biggest single obstacle to the carrying out of such rampaging presumptions, so it is not surprising that those with such presumptions have led the way in denigrating, undermining, and evading the Constitution.

 

See Thomas Sowell interviewed by Uncommon Knowledge on NRO.

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:15:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

The Hill reports.

posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:13:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Friday, August 13, 2010

Ed Whelan reports.

posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 6:13:45 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  AdvanceUSA attended the bus tour rally in South Bend.

posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 6:12:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, August 09, 2010

A Federal Judge in California, after a lengthy show-trial, has ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage and that the democratically approved California Marriage Amendment is unconstitutional.  The worldview expressed by Judge Walker evinces a clear disregard for the facts. 

 

Liberal activists are already cheering the decision as step toward nationally imposed same-sex marriage.  They shouldn’t count their chickens before they are hatched.  This ruling will be appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and could ultimately go to the United States Supreme Court.  Also, liberals should remember that state constitutional amendments to protect traditional marriage have ultimately been passed democratically every time they’ve been on the ballot.  Allowing activist judges to do their dirty work will only illustrate the need for an amendment to the federal constitution to protect and define the traditional definition or marriage.

posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 11:00:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

LifeNews reports.  See how your senators voted here.  Some conservatives see a silver lining to the Kagan confirmation.

posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 10:58:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

BBC News reports.

posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 10:53:21 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   

Kathryn Jean Lopez reports on a group of pro-life champions in Congress who want to permanently prevent our tax dollars from supporting abortion.

posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 10:52:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Thursday, August 05, 2010
The Senate will vote on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court in mere moments.  Newt Gingrich explains why the Senate should vote against her confirmation.  Look for vote results to be added here soon.

UPDATE:  Kagan was confirmed by a vote of 63 - 37.  See how your senators voted hereLifeNews reports.

posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:05:24 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #