A judge in British Columbia is expected to hand down a ruling today regarding whether Canada’s anti-polygamy law violates the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a decision that will likely fuel the ongoing debate about whether multiple-partner unions should be legalized.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Seekers Beware! The New Age can be Deadly
In what should serve as a warning to many who follow after the mostly non-credentialed gurus who populate the New Age self-help industry, the once popular James Arthur Ray, a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, was sentenced to two years in prison for the grisly deaths of three people during a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony near Sedona, Arizona in October, 2009.
Lead Shields Protect Unborn Child During Mother’s Radiation Therapy
Thanks to the ingenuity of doctors, a pregnant woman diagnosed with mouth cancer was able to receive the life-saving chemotherapy and radiation she needed without doing harm to her unborn child.
The Last Things
“We are each our own devils and we make this world our hell.”
Oscar Wilde
For Reflection:
How have I witnessed the truth of this statement? In my life? In the lives of others? Am I living it out right now? How can I surrender to God’s grace to make it now so?
Sleep Texting: The Latest Bizarre Phenomenon
Those of us who are anxious about becoming too addicted to our cell phones have a new worry to add to our collection – texting in our sleep.
White House Shows Signs of Caving on Birth Control Mandate
A private meeting between President Obama and Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Bishops, has resulted in a new proposal to expand the religious exemption from new rules that require health insurance plans to cover contraceptives for women.
Grisly Dumpster Find Leads to Shut Down of Michigan Abortion Clinics
In what is being hailed as a huge pro-life victory in Michigan, the owner of two late-term abortion clinics whose employees were caught dumping fetal body parts in dumpsters, has been forced to shutter his clinics and is forbidden open any future medical facilities in the state.
The Last Things
“The world is only peopled to people heaven.”
St. Francis de Sales
For Reflection:
What a beautiful quote! What does this tell me about me? What does this tell me about God’s plans for me? What does this tell me about everyone I meet? What does this tell me about all that happens to me? How can this quote give direction, meaning, and purpose to my life?
(Compare this to tomorrow’s Grace Line.)
Calls Increasing for Justice Kagan to Recuse Herself from ObamaCare Case
Top Republican Senators are now saying that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s previous work as solicitor general may satisfy all the requirements needed for a justice to be recused from a case.
Expert: Same-Sex Adoption Harms Children
In spite of the inroads it is making in some state legislatures, one of the country’s foremost authorities on same-sex attraction says decades of social science research has found that children are harmed by homosexual parenting.
