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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2009
Here the story line typically ends with either an elderly grandmother barely clinging to life, or a cold, stainless steel vat of frozen human embryos. You get the drift. So, who is it? Grandma or the embryos? I’ve seen a similar story line retold in a Christian resource speaking to embryonic health care issues and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2009
Top 10 Reasons it’s the Un-choice … 60% said “part of me died.”1 The rhetoric of choice hides the reality of coercion. 64% of American women who have had abortions felt pressured by others.1 Her “choices” may involve losing her shelter, her family, her income or even her life. Coercion can escalate to violence. 2 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2009
Jill Stanek does a good job, in my opinion, of uncovering the primary issue in the rush to provide (semi-) national health care: abortion. Jill quotes from Time magazine, July 8: Should government-subsidized health coverage pay for abortion procedures? For more than three decades, that question had seemed pretty much settled. The Hyde Amendment, passed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2009
The New York Times has an interesting July 11 piece about the opinions of physicians, elected to Congress, relating to what has been called a “government takeover” of health care. “We seem to agree on everything,” Dr. [John] Fleming [R, Louisiana] said about his fellow physicians. “We agree on the fact that we need portability; [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2009
Stripped of today’s contraceptive mentality, this is a no-brainer. Another fine piece, titled Just Another Painful School Closing, by Terry Mattingly at GetReligion. Be sure to read the entire piece and the comments as well. A snippet: I forget when and where it was in which, as a reporter, I heard a stunning lecture on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2009
From the Family Research Council’s Mapping America Project: Children who live with both biological parents or two adoptive parents are more socially developed than those who do not. According to the National Survey of Children’s Health, children who live with both biological parents or two adoptive parents score higher on the social development scale (50.8) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2009
In a not unexpected turn of events, the first state to legalize gay marriage is now the first state to pursue a legal challenge against DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Reports The Boston Globe: The lawsuit argues that the DOMA, which was enacted in 1996, precludes same-sex spouses in Massachusetts from a wide [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
In April here, here, and here, and in May here, here, and here, I reported about H.R. 1913/ S. 909, “The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act,” which expands “hate crimes” language to include sexual orientation. Several reputable conservative Christian scholars, commentators, and institutions are gravely concerned that the bill will create the possibility for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
The Minnesota Independent is reporting on the ELCA’s August Churchwide Assembly at which delegates will be asked to vote on sweeping changes to that church body’s polity, including becoming more welcoming to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered/transsexual) persons, as well as allowing area synods (LCMS: districts; Roman Catholic/Orthodox: dioceses) to opt for ordaining practicing [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
