lifesitenews--2020-10-30--What Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, doesn’t want voters to know

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — When Kamala Harris was 12 years old , she moved to Canada with her mother and younger sister and lived there for six years .
Harris , 56 , is now the Democrats ’ vice presidential candidate , alongside presidential candidate Joe Biden .
But the fact that she spent her formative teen years living in the wealthy English-speaking suburb of Westmount in Montreal , Quebec , is something the California senator is strangely reluctant to talk about .
Harris barely mentions her Canadian experience in The Truth We Hold : An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in January 2019 as she was launching her ill-fated campaign for the Democratic Party ’ s presidential nomination .
Indeed , Canadian writer Allen Abel related in a Macleans article that while on the campaign trail , Harris deflected a question on the turbulent Quebec politics and rise of the separatist Parti Québécois that coincided with her time in Canada .
Her Canadian adolescence is “ another blank page in the candidate ’ s life , ” Abel wrote .
Is Harris reticent on this part of her history because her real life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the image she is cultivating for her political advantage ?
The question is critically important at a time when , in the words of Winston Churchill , “ the terrible ‘ Ifs ’ accumulate.
” If the almost 78-year-old Biden wins the U.S. general election on November 3 , given his age , frailty , and evident cognitive decline , he may not be capable of even being inaugurated on January 20 , 2021 , let alone serving out one four-year term .
If that happens , then Harris — whose campaign for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of bad decisions , lack of leadership , and internal bickering , for which , many say , Harris was directly to blame — will become President of the United States .
Harris was born in Oakland , California , in 1964 , and while she evidently wants to be seen as African-American , with an upbringing and experience to match , her childhood and adolescence were marked by educational and material advantages — arguably not the norm for an African-American child in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mixed-race descendent of tribal Kenya and sunflowery Kansas , ” so Harris “ is every bit as not-really-a-real-American as her desperate opponents may choose to make her out to be , ” observed Abel .
Kamala Harris ’ s mother , Shyamala Gopalan , was born in Chennai ( Madras ) , in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Gopalan ’ s father was a high-ranking government official in India and part of the elite Brahmin caste .
Of his four children , two earned Ph.D ’ s at American universities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a scientist for the government of Ontario , Canada , and the fourth became an obstetrician-gynaecologist .
In 1958 , at age 19 , Gopalan left India to pursue graduate studies in nutrition and endocrinology at the University of California , Berkeley .
Four years later , she met fellow graduate student Donald Harris , a graduate of University College of the West Indies–University of London , who had just arrived from Jamaica .
They married in 1963 .
A year later , their daughter Kamala was born , and Gopalan earned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris completed his Ph.D in economics in 1966 .
When Kamala Harris was about two years old , the family moved to the Midwest .
Her father taught at the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign , and her mother conducted research .
Her sister , Maya , was born there .
Over the next few years , their posts included Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin , Madison .
In 1972 , Kamala ’ s father joined the economics department at Stanford University .
Donald Harris , described in the Stanford Daily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” taught there until he retired in 1998 .
Meanwhile , the marriage did not last .
Gopalan filed for divorce in 1971 , and gained custody of her daughters in 1973 .
They lived in southwest Berkeley , and as an elementary student , Kamala Harris was a part of the second class of the busing program at Berkeley Public Schools .
Harris made much of this during the Democratic presidential nominee debate in July , when in a heated exchange , she rebuked Biden for opposing busing , a highly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began in the late 1960s .
However , when Harris was 12 , she decamped to Canada with her mother and sister where they settled in an affluent suburb of Montreal , Quebec .
Gopalan , who died of colon cancer in 2009 , spent 16 years as a breast cancer researcher at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and a teacher at McGill University Faculty of Medicine .
Gopalan , Kamala , and Maya were also world travelers , frequently visiting India , the Caribbean , and Europe .
Kamala Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ School in 1981 , and returned to the United States at age 18 .
However , rather than attend a university with a well-known name , as might have been expected of a daughter of prominent academics , Harris enrolled in Howard University , a private , historically black university in Washington , D.C .
It was “ the hub of the city ’ s Black elite , a speaking stop for dignitaries and a social hub for Washington ’ s Black political class , ” according to The New York Times .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a law degree from the University of California , Hastings College of Law , a second-tier law school .
From 1990 onward , she steadily advanced in her career as prosecutor in California , first as assistant district attorney in Alameda County , then as a recruit to the district attorney ’ s office in San Francisco .
In 2004 , she was elected San Francisco ’ s district attorney , and was re-elected in 2008 .
In 2010 , she was elected California ’ s attorney general , and was re-elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ran for the U.S. Senate and won .
As demonstrated in her choice of college , Harris has been clear about her preferred racial identity throughout her career .
“ I was born black and I will die black , ” she said in a radio interview at the beginning of her campaign for the Democratic nomination .
However , while she is clearly of the elite Brahmin class on her mother ’ s side , her heritage on her father ’ s side is more complicated , and became politically problematic when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that his family tree includes Irish-born sugar planter and slave owner Hamilton Brown .
“ My roots go back , to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy ( née Christiana Brown , descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as a plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown ’ s Town ) , ” he wrote .
Thus , his daughter Kamala is of Irish descent , and has the dubious distinction of counting a slave owner among her ancestors .
While liberal-leaning media such as Reuters , Snopes and Politifact pointed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ verified , Trevor Burnard , the Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull in England , told Politifact that if Donald Harris said it , “ I would be inclined to believe him.
” Meanwhile , a number of Indian-Americans told India Today they were unhappy with Kamala Harris ’ s politics and her reluctance to identify with her mother ’ s race .
“ She has always claimed to be of African descent rather than Indian and her record as an attorney in California is highly questionable .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ California , ” said Aditya Satsangi , founder of Americans4Hindus , a super PAC representing the interests of Hindus .
“ I ’ m disappointed with her political positions that are not India-friendly and are far to the left on the political spectrum , ” said Subhash Kak , Regents Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University .
“ In this , she appears to be consistent with Joe Biden , who has adopted an agenda that does not acknowledge the need for a special relationship between the United States and India , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endorsements of and by abortion giant Planned Parenthood are well known .
In 2016 , while accepting Planned Parenthood ’ s donations for her Senate run , Harris ordered the raid of undercover journalist David Daleiden ’ s apartment after his Center for Medical Progress ( CMP ) exposed Planned Parenthood ’ s trafficking in aborted baby body parts , in violation of multiple federal laws .
Numerous pro-life organizations called on Harris to resign over the apparent conflict of interest , and Daleiden ’ s attorneys cited leaked emails that showed Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to draft legislation to criminalize undercover investigations like CMP ’ s .
At the same time , what ’ s increasingly coming to light is Planned Parenthood ’ s racist and eugenic roots , reflected in the abortion giant ’ s strategy of setting up abortion centers in minority and poor neighborhoods .
In July , Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced it was removing the name of its racist eugenicist founder , Margaret Sanger , from its flagship Manhattan abortion center , in the wake of a scandal over employees ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organization .
Sanger , who advocated forced sterilization of those she regarded as unfit , notoriously wrote in a December 10 , 1939 , letter to American Clarence Gamble , heir to the Procter & Gamble fortune ( cited here ) : “ The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal .
We don ’ t want the word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population , and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In her autobiography , Sanger also boasts of addressing the women of the Ku Klux Klan in Silver Lake , New Jersey , in 1926 .
Black pro-life leaders warn that Harris ’ s abortion extremism and endorsement of Planned Parenthood is inimical to the best interests , if not the survival , of the African-American community .
“ I am aware of the race card being played with Kamala Harris on the ticket with Joe Biden , ” Alveda King , pro-life advocate and niece of civil rights activist Martin Luther King @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview .
While King stressed that “ this is not about a personality contest , this is just about politics , ” she said the Biden-Harris ticket must be rejected .
Biden and Harris support “ abortion for the full term ( of a pregnancy ) , ” and if a baby is born alive during an abortion , “ they say don ’ t treat it , let it die , ” King said .
That “ policy is just unacceptable , because too many African-Americans are targeted … for abortion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not the African-American community.
” It is also beyond doubt that the Democratic ticket “ is fully supported by , and in some instances , dictated by Planned Parenthood ’ s abortion agenda , ” King said .
“ Planned Parenthood admits that it has racist underpinnings , ” she added .
“ They know that the founder of Planned Parenthood , Margaret Sanger , was very racist.
” “ Planned Parenthood has targeted Black women and their babies for more than 47 years and today , black America has paid the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost , ” echoed Catherine Davis of the Georgia-based Restoration Project .
“ After accepting more than $ 81,000 into her campaign coffers from Planned Parenthood , ( Kamala Harris ) has made it clear she is no friend of the Black woman in America , ” Davis told LifeSiteNews in an email .
“ Catering to the crowd she is addressing , her identity changes based on what she is hoping to gain .
She rarely stands with the Black woman who suffers alone through the pain and destruction abortion heaped upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kamala Harris becoming vice president — and likely president

Is Harris reticent on parts of her history because her real life, quite simply, does not match the image she is cultivating for her political advantage?
October 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — When Kamala Harris was 12 years old, she moved to Canada with her mother and younger sister and lived there for six years.
Harris, 56, is now the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate, alongside presidential candidate Joe Biden.
But the fact that she spent her formative teen years living in the wealthy English-speaking suburb of Westmount in Montreal, Quebec, is something the California senator is strangely reluctant to talk about.
Harris barely mentions her Canadian experience in The Truth We Hold: An American Journey, her 336-page memoir published in January 2019 as she was launching her ill-fated campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
Indeed, Canadian writer Allen Abel related in a Macleans article that while on the campaign trail, Harris deflected a question on the turbulent Quebec politics and rise of the separatist Parti Québécois that coincided with her time in Canada.
Her Canadian adolescence is “another blank page in the candidate’s life,” Abel wrote.
Is Harris reticent on this part of her history because her real life, quite simply, does not match the image she is cultivating for her political advantage?
The question is critically important at a time when, in the words of Winston Churchill, “the terrible ‘Ifs’ accumulate.”
If the almost 78-year-old Biden wins the U.S. general election on November 3, given his age, frailty, and evident cognitive decline, he may not be capable of even being inaugurated on January 20, 2021, let alone serving out one four-year term.
If that happens, then Harris — whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination collapsed abjectly because of bad decisions, lack of leadership, and internal bickering, for which, many say, Harris was directly to blame — will become President of the United States.
A childhood marked by material and educational advantages
Harris was born in Oakland, California, in 1964, and while she evidently wants to be seen as African-American, with an upbringing and experience to match, her childhood and adolescence were marked by educational and material advantages — arguably not the norm for an African-American child in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
“Just as Barack Hussein Obama is the mixed-race descendent of tribal Kenya and sunflowery Kansas,” so Harris “is every bit as not-really-a-real-American as her desperate opponents may choose to make her out to be,” observed Abel.
Kamala Harris’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was born in Chennai (Madras), in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Gopalan’s father was a high-ranking government official in India and part of the elite Brahmin caste. Of his four children, two earned Ph.D’s at American universities and had academic careers, another worked as a scientist for the government of Ontario, Canada, and the fourth became an obstetrician-gynaecologist.
In 1958, at age 19, Gopalan left India to pursue graduate studies in nutrition and endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley. Four years later, she met fellow graduate student Donald Harris, a graduate of University College of the West Indies–University of London, who had just arrived from Jamaica.
They married in 1963. A year later, their daughter Kamala was born, and Gopalan earned a Ph.D in nutrition and endocrinology. Harris completed his Ph.D in economics in 1966.
When Kamala Harris was about two years old, the family moved to the Midwest. Her father taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her mother conducted research. Her sister, Maya, was born there. Over the next few years, their posts included Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In 1972, Kamala’s father joined the economics department at Stanford University. Donald Harris, described in the Stanford Daily in 1976 as a “Marxist scholar,” taught there until he retired in 1998.
Meanwhile, the marriage did not last. Gopalan filed for divorce in 1971, and gained custody of her daughters in 1973. They lived in southwest Berkeley, and as an elementary student, Kamala Harris was a part of the second class of the busing program at Berkeley Public Schools.
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Harris made much of this during the Democratic presidential nominee debate in July, when in a heated exchange, she rebuked Biden for opposing busing, a highly controversial attempt to racially integrate schools that began in the late 1960s.
However, when Harris was 12, she decamped to Canada with her mother and sister where they settled in an affluent suburb of Montreal, Quebec.
Gopalan, who died of colon cancer in 2009, spent 16 years as a breast cancer researcher at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and a teacher at McGill University Faculty of Medicine.
Gopalan, Kamala, and Maya were also world travelers, frequently visiting India, the Caribbean, and Europe.
Kamala Harris graduated from Montreal’s Westmount High School in 1981, and returned to the United States at age 18.
However, rather than attend a prestigious university, as might have been expected of a daughter of prominent academics, Harris enrolled in Howard University, a private, historically black university in Washington, D.C.
It was “the hub of the city’s Black elite, a speaking stop for dignitaries and a social hub for Washington’s Black political class,” according to The New York Times.
Harris earned a B.A. from Howard and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, a second-tier law school.
From 1990 onward, she steadily advanced in her career as prosecutor in California, first as assistant district attorney in Alameda County, then as a recruit to the district attorney’s office in San Francisco.
In 2004, she was elected San Francisco’s district attorney, and was re-elected in 2008. In 2010, she was elected California’s attorney general, and was re-elected in 2014. In 2016, she ran for the U.S. Senate and won.
Harris’s roots: Brahmin, Jamaican … and Irish?
As demonstrated in her choice of college, Harris has been clear about her preferred racial identity throughout her career.
“I was born black and I will die black,” she said in a radio interview at the beginning of her campaign for the Democratic nomination.
However, while she is clearly of the elite Brahmin class on her mother’s side, her heritage on her father’s side is more complicated, and became politically problematic when Donald Harris stated in a 2018 autobiography that his family tree includes Irish-born sugar planter and slave owner Hamilton Brown.
“My roots go back, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy (née Christiana Brown, descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as a plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown’s Town),” he wrote.
Thus, his daughter Kamala is of Irish descent, and has the dubious distinction of counting a slave owner among her ancestors.
While liberal-leaning media such as Reuters, Snopes and Politifact pointed out that this claim has not been verified, Trevor Burnard, the Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull in England, told Politifact that if Donald Harris said it, “I would be inclined to believe him.”
Meanwhile, a number of Indian-Americans told India Today they were unhappy with Kamala Harris’s politics and her reluctance to identify with her mother’s race.
“She has always claimed to be of African descent rather than Indian and her record as an attorney in California is highly questionable. She has in fact promoted corruption in California,” said Aditya Satsangi, founder of Americans4Hindus, a super PAC representing the interests of Hindus.
“I’m disappointed with her political positions that are not India-friendly and are far to the left on the political spectrum,” said Subhash Kak, Regents Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University.
“In this, she appears to be consistent with Joe Biden, who has adopted an agenda that does not acknowledge the need for a special relationship between the United States and India,” said Kak.
Biggest threat to African-Americans?
Kamala Harris’s endorsements of and by abortion giant Planned Parenthood are well known.
In 2016, while accepting Planned Parenthood’s donations for her Senate run, Harris ordered the raid of undercover journalist David Daleiden’s apartment after his Center for Medical Progress (CMP) exposed Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in aborted baby body parts, in violation of multiple federal laws.
Numerous pro-life organizations called on Harris to resign over the apparent conflict of interest, and Daleiden’s attorneys cited leaked emails that showed Harris’s office coordinating with Planned Parenthood to draft legislation to criminalize undercover investigations like CMP’s.
At the same time, what’s increasingly coming to light is Planned Parenthood’s racist and eugenic roots, reflected in the abortion giant’s strategy of setting up abortion centers in minority and poor neighborhoods.
In July, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced it was removing the name of its racist eugenicist founder, Margaret Sanger, from its flagship Manhattan abortion center, in the wake of a scandal over employees’ allegations of systemic racism throughout the abortion organization.
Sanger, who advocated forced sterilization of those she regarded as unfit, notoriously wrote in a December 10, 1939, letter to American Clarence Gamble, heir to the Procter & Gamble fortune (cited here): “The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”
In her autobiography, Sanger also boasts of addressing the women of the Ku Klux Klan in Silver Lake, New Jersey, in 1926.
Black pro-life leaders warn that Harris’s abortion extremism and endorsement of Planned Parenthood is inimical to the best interests, if not the survival, of the African-American community.
“I am aware of the race card being played with Kamala Harris on the ticket with Joe Biden,” Alveda King, pro-life advocate and niece of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., told LifeSiteNews in a telephone interview.
While King stressed that “this is not about a personality contest, this is just about politics,” she said the Biden-Harris ticket must be rejected.
Biden and Harris support “abortion for the full term (of a pregnancy),” and if a baby is born alive during an abortion, “they say don’t treat it, let it die,” King said.
That “policy is just unacceptable, because too many African-Americans are targeted … for abortion, and the Biden-Harris ticket will serve abortion, not the African-American community.”
It is also beyond doubt that the Democratic ticket “is fully supported by, and in some instances, dictated by Planned Parenthood’s abortion agenda,” King said.
“Planned Parenthood admits that it has racist underpinnings,” she added. “They know that the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, was very racist.”
“Planned Parenthood has targeted Black women and their babies for more than 47 years and today, black America has paid the price with more than 20,000,000 Black lives lost,” echoed Catherine Davis of the Georgia-based Restoration Project.
“After accepting more than $81,000 into her campaign coffers from Planned Parenthood, (Kamala Harris) has made it clear she is no friend of the Black woman in America,” Davis told LifeSiteNews in an email.
“Catering to the crowd she is addressing, her identity changes based on what she is hoping to gain. She rarely stands with the Black woman who suffers alone through the pain and destruction abortion heaped upon her life.”
California-based writer Mary Rose contributed to this report.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--DOJ investigates if New York massively undercounted nursing home COVID-19 deaths

NEW YORK , October 30 , 2020 , ( LifeSiteNews ) – The Department of Justice ( DOJ ) is investigating if New York nursing homes may have massively under-counted coronavirus deaths of elderly residents .
The discrepancy could be a result of questionable state policies that do not count deaths of residents who had COVID-19 and who were transported from long-term care facilities to hospitals where they eventually died .
This could potentially mean New York ’ s reported number of deaths at long-term care facilities ( just over 6,700 ) might actually be under-counted by thousands .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not match up to a federal count that included nursing home residents who had died in hospitals .
The federal count was 65 percent higher than the state count .
The Justice Department has asked for data from nursing homes across the state .
However , the request has been blocked by Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ’ s administration .
Rich Azzopardi , spokesperson for Cuomo , called the Justice Department ’ s latest query a “ sham ” and a “ scummy abuse of power , ” the Associated Press reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ motivated maneuver by the Trump administration so close to the elections .
In fact , Cuomo dismissed the scandal on The View Thursday morning as “ conspiracy ” that has no factual basis and deflected the scandal back to the current administration .
“ What a shock that the department of injustice ( sic ) sends a letter a few days before an election … they have done a terrible job on ( COVID ) since day one , ” he said .
But even fellow Democrats believe Cuomo might be diluting numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the Associated Press , state Democrat Sen. Gustavo Rivera told New York Health Commissioner during a legislative hearing on nursing homes earlier this month , “ That ’ s a problem , bro .
It seems , sir , that in this case you are choosing to define it differently so that you can look better.
” This is n't the first time the DOJ has solicited information from New York .
Two months ago , the DOJ requested information from the state governors of Pennsylvania , New York , New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where reckless mandates may have been responsible for the disproportionate number of deaths among the elderly in nursing homes .
The DOJ statement referenced a March order by Cuomo that read in part , “ No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to ( a nursing home ) solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 .
( Nursing homes ) are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.
” The investigation comes on the heels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , American Crisis : Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic .
The book , according to the far-left Washington Post , was an “ impressive road map to dealing with a crisis as serious as any we have faced.
” But family members of lost loved ones at nursing homes are not buying the book ’ s message .
They held a symbolic funeral in mid-October outside of the hardest hit nursing home in New York , Cobble Hill Health Center in northwestern Brooklyn .
The event highlighted Cuomo ’ s failed leadership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Ultimately , we want an apology and we don ’ t want it to be buried and hidden and forgotten .
Thousands upon thousands of people died — couldn ’ t have burials , ” Daniel Arbeeny , 57 , whose father died in the nursing home , told the New York Post .

Twitter just deplatformed President Trump premanently! And, other conservatives, including General Flynn and Sidney Powell, were also deplatformed.
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When you use Twitter or Facebook to communicate, or Google to search for something online, these companies can stifle your ability to share your thoughts and opinions and manipulate your search results, threatening your privacy, your freedom of speech, and even our democracy.
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Simply put, Twitter, Facebook and Google (who owns YouTube) appear to be actively suppressing access to pro-freedom, pro-family and pro-life news and opinion.
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LifeSite has also experienced a fall-off in Google search-related traffic since the company updated its search algorithms at the beginning of May.
And, since the November election, Twitter and Big Tech appear to have dramatically INCREASED their censorship of conservatives and Christians as the President Trump disputed the results of the election and when evidence of election fraud began to mount.
Now, it seems likely that they are trying to cut-off conservative leaders (like President Trump) from conservatives on the ground, and effectively exclude us from the national conversation.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--Faithful Catholics in Poland stand up to rioters trying to vandalize statues, churches

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Catholic Poland is in danger of losing her soul .
Large groups of Polish young people who never knew Communist oppression but have been steeped since birth in a toxic brew of pop culture and cultural Marxism have taken to the streets to protest something that should be celebrated by us all : the decision of a Polish court that eugenic abortion is unconstitutional .
Furious , Poland ’ s once-marginal pro-abortion movement has taken to the streets , calling out to the nation ’ s Netflix generation like a demonic Pied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their disabled children — indeed , any unborn children .
Unthinkable just five years ago , young Polish women are screaming obscenities on the street and declaring themselves willing to have sex with anyone and everyone and to abort any resulting child .
And instead of confining their protests to the public square , the far-left extremists and their disciples have taken their “ war ” — their word , not ours — to the nation ’ s Catholic churches and to monuments commemorating those Poles who died so that their generation could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have interrupted Masses , screaming blasphemies and obscenities , during the liturgy .
They have vandalized churches and sacred monuments .
Some demonstrators attacked a priest , exulting in the fact that their victim was a priest .
Other demonstrators split open a young man ’ s head merely because he was protecting his town ’ s statue of St. Pope John Paul II .
We thank God that Poland 's faithful Catholic men , real men , men who accept fatherhood , and who have placed their own bodies between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their ancestors .
And we also assure our brothers and sisters in the Polish pro-life movement that we have not forgotten them .
“ NIE ( Nyeh ) jestecie ( yest- ETCH-ye ) sami ( sA-mee ) !
” You are not alone !
We are with you .
We are praying for you .
We thank you for what you have done for unborn children and for your traditional Catholic culture .
From the bottom of my heart , dearest brothers and sisters in Poland , you are an amazing inspiration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You are one of the last nations on earth holding to the truth of Christ and defending defenseless unborn children – never give up !
You have led the way in the pro-life fight by fighting to protect the disabled from being killed in the wombs of their mothers .
You are standing strong to defend your churches and monuments .
You are our heroes .
Catholics around the world see what is happening in Poland , and we commit now to praying earnestly for you while you battle the Satanic forces that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soul of Poland .

We thank God that Poland's faithful Catholic men, real men, men who accept fatherhood, and who have placed their own bodies between the leftist onslaught of the churches and monuments of their ancestors
October 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Catholic Poland is in danger of losing her soul. Large groups of Polish young people who never knew Communist oppression but have been steeped since birth in a toxic brew of pop culture and cultural Marxism have taken to the streets to protest something that should be celebrated by us all: the decision of a Polish court that eugenic abortion is unconstitutional.
Furious, Poland’s once-marginal pro-abortion movement has taken to the streets, calling out to the nation’s Netflix generation like a demonic Pied Piper to demand the right to kill their disabled children — indeed, any unborn children. Unthinkable just five years ago, young Polish women are screaming obscenities on the street and declaring themselves willing to have sex with anyone and everyone and to abort any resulting child.
And instead of confining their protests to the public square, the far-left extremists and their disciples have taken their “war”— their word, not ours — to the nation’s Catholic churches and to monuments commemorating those Poles who died so that their generation could live.
In the past week, they have interrupted Masses, screaming blasphemies and obscenities, during the liturgy. They have vandalized churches and sacred monuments. Some demonstrators attacked a priest, exulting in the fact that their victim was a priest. Other demonstrators split open a young man’s head merely because he was protecting his town’s statue of St. Pope John Paul II.
We thank God that Poland's faithful Catholic men, real men, men who accept fatherhood, and who have placed their own bodies between the leftist onslaught of the churches and monuments of their ancestors. And we also assure our brothers and sisters in the Polish pro-life movement that we have not forgotten them. “NIE (Nyeh) jestecie (yest- ETCH-ye) sami (sA-mee)!” You are not alone! We are with you. We are praying for you. We thank you for what you have done for unborn children and for your traditional Catholic culture.
From the bottom of my heart, dearest brothers and sisters in Poland, you are an amazing inspiration to us here in the West. You are one of the last nations on earth holding to the truth of Christ and defending defenseless unborn children – never give up! You have led the way in the pro-life fight by fighting to protect the disabled from being killed in the wombs of their mothers. You are standing strong to defend your churches and monuments. You are our heroes. Catholics around the world see what is happening in Poland, and we commit now to praying earnestly for you while you battle the Satanic forces that are working to destroy the heart and soul of Poland.
Follow John-Henry John-Henry is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne and their eight children live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada. He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout North America, Europe and Asia. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum an annual strategy meeting for pro-life leaders worldwide. He co-founded Voice of the Family and serves on the executive of the Canadian National March for Life Committee, and the annual National Pro-Life Youth Conference. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party. John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--Pro-Biden ad shows police arresting pregnant teen on way to abortion

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Writing that “ the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett likely spells the death knell to Roe v. Wade , ” pro-Biden super PAC MeidasTouch this week released a scaremongering attack ad designed to instill fear in pro-abortion voters about a second term for President Donald Trump .
The ad , titled “ Traffic Stop , ” envisions a future in which pregnant teenagers will be taken from their families if they seek an abortion .
The 60-second ad features a mother and her daughter being stopped by police in the middle of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether they are headed for the border , before asking the girl whether she is pregnant .
They then drag her , crying for her mother , out of the vehicle , as the words “ Protect her rights ” appear on screen , followed by “ Biden/Harris 2020.
” Alluding to the discredited notion that a charismatic community Barrett belongs to inspired Margaret Atwood ’ s fictional dystopia in The Handmaid ’ s Tale , the super PAC ’ s caption under the YouTube video says , “ If Trump and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depictions of American dystopia from fiction movies and horror novels will be a reality .
This is what ’ s at stake.
” While the specter of a dystopian theocratic “ breeder regime ” is far-fetched , abortion is a critical issue in the presidential election next Tuesday .
The radically pro-abortion Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris , D-California , seeks to “ make Roe the law of the land , ” whereas President Trump has a long list of pro-life accomplishments .
Biden dedicated one section of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ Reproductive Health , ” which is generally a reference to abortion .
The former vice president under President Barack Obama said he “ will work to codify Roe v. Wade , and his Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate Roe v. Wade.
” Biden also said he wanted to repeal the so-called Hyde Amendment by reissuing “ guidance specifying that states can not refuse Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers and reverse the Trump administration ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Title X funds.
” The Democratic presidential candidate , in his Agenda for Women , also vowed to rescind the Mexico City Policy requiring foreign non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) not to “ perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning ” as a condition for receiving federal money .
The super PAC MeidasTouch was started this summer by the three Meiselas brothers : Ben , Brett , and Jordan .
Ben is the lawyer who represented pro-abortion , pro-Black Lives Matter former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick , and put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brett was a video editor for the Ellen DeGeneres show , and Jordan is a New York-based marketer .
Donations to MeidasTouch are processed by ActBlue , an organization that describes itself as “ a powerful online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot , progressive organizations , and nonprofits.
” Thus , ActBlue “ is available to Democratic candidates and committees , progressive organizations , and nonprofits that share our values for no cost besides a 3.95 percent processing fee on donations.
” Journalists attacking Amy Coney Barrett ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ heel

PETITION UPDATE (9/26/2020):
With President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we are closer than we have been in decades to seeing Roe vs. Wade overturned.
We now encourage the Senate to confirm Barrett as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Judge Barrett has a fantastic track recond on sanctity of life issues, has seven children, and is a devout believer. She is the perfect remedy for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's radical pro-abortionism.
Please READ the full story here: 'BREAKING: Trump nominates Catholic mom of 7 Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court'
And then, please SIGN this petition telling the High Court that it's now time to end the activist Roe vs. Wade judgment. Thank you!
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PETITION UPDATE (6/29/2020):
In a decision which has imperiled more abortion-minded women, sentenced more preborn to death, and upset pro-lifers across the nation,the United States Supreme Court decided 5-4 to strike down a Louisiana law requiring basic medical precautions in the event of abortion complications, with Chief Justice John Roberts reversing his own past decision to uphold a similar Texas law.
Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, which held that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional for the simple fact that it was “almost word-for-word identical” to the Texas one the court already struck down in 2016.
In his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged that he had “joined the dissent in Whole Woman’s Health and continue to believe that the case was wrongly decided. The question today however is not whether Whole Woman’s Health was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case.”
We call on the Supreme Court to stop supporting the culture of death and overturn Roe vs Wade, now.
PETITION UPDATE (1/20/2020):
Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C., this coming Friday, January 24th, for the March for Life. They will be praying for an end to Roe vs Wade, as the Supreme Court will hear a crucial, abortion-related case later this year in March. United our voices can change the course of history. Sign this petition TODAY! (LEARN MORE BELOW)
PETITION UPDATE (1/3/2020):
In advance of the Supreme Court's hearing arguments in an important abortion case later this year in March, 207 U.S. Senators and Representatives have signed amicus briefs supporting a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital nearby an abortion center.
Some of these supporting briefs also suggest that now is the time to reconsider Roe vs Wade as sound law.
Please SIGN this petition, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Roe vs Wade.
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More than 60 million Americans have been slaughtered in their mother's wombs as a result of Roe v. Wade. This activist, unconstitutional ruling in 1973 has left countless women emotionally and psychologically scarred.
It was believed by many that Roe would be overturned in 1992 with Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Despite having eight Republican-appointed judges at the time, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold it.
Since then, major gains have been made in the fight for life, and many lives have been saved.
However, Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, leaving millions of defenseless pre-born children vulnerable to murder.
According to a 2016 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35% of aborted babies are African American, despite black women only making up six percent of the U.S. population. 19% of aborted babies are Hispanic.
We thus again call on the court to do everything they can to end Roe vs Wade.
Now is the time for pro-lifers to join together and ensure that all of God's children have a right to life.
Roe v. Wade must come to an end!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-louisiana-abortion-regulations
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/over-200-congressmen-as-us-supreme-court-to-reconsider-roe-v-wade
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-members-file-competing-legal-briefs-in-key-scotus-abortion-case


lifesitenews--2020-10-30--US cardinal: Joe Biden’s positions on life, marriage, family are ‘not correct’

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In an interview with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN ’ The World Over last night , Cardinal Raymond Burke laid out the hierarchy of issues that should be topmost in Catholic voters ’ minds on election night , highlighting how Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden ’ s record is “ not correct ” in relation to life , marriage , and the family .
Prompted by Arroyo ’ s question about whether “ climate change , and religious freedom , and immigration , and abortion are all sort of equal , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hierarchy of goods ” voters should consider in casting their vote .
“ What we have to attend to are the most fundamental goods for the country , and the other goods follow from them , ” Burke said .
“ Number one has to be life , number two has to be the family , which is where life is welcomed , and the third has to be religious freedom in order that the home can be truly a little church in order that people can live their faith with integrity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fundamental issues , and the other things surely all have to be addressed , but if we don ’ t get it straight with regard to human life in regard to the family and religious freedom , there ’ s no future for our country , ” he said .
Responding to Biden ’ s presentation of himself as a devout Catholic who will free the nation “ from the forces of darkness , ” the Cardinal said that Biden , on account of his positions on life , marriage , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could deliver the country from darkness .
“ I would say not , ” Burke said .
Saying that he could not imagine how Biden could present himself as a devout Catholic , Burke pointed out that Biden “ has a record which is unfortunately perfect in promoting the attack on the innocent defenseless unborn.
” He named the politician ’ s pledge to force the Little Sisters of the Poor to provide insurance covering procedures contrary to the moral law and his support of gender ideology that attacks the family and religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our nation comes from the wholesale slaughter of the unborn , ” he said .
Burke concluded his discussion of Biden ’ s record with his response to Arroyo ’ s question , “ Would you deny Joe Biden communion , or any public figure who has this record ?
” “ Of course , ” he replied .
“ First , I would admonish them as I ’ ve done in the past … but then if they persist in this , then they can not present themselves for Holy Communion because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil which is a source scandal to everyone that endangers their own soul.
” Cardinal Burke : Joe Biden is not a Catholic in ‘ good standing ’ , should not receive Communion

PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this important petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
And, please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--Police use water cannons on anti-lockdown protestors in Rome

ROME , Italy , October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Anti-lockdown protesters , upset by Italy ’ s recent draconian measures supposedly intended to halt the spread of the coronavirus , were violently dispersed from Rome ’ s Piazza del Popolo .
Italy-based journalist Hannah Roberts tweeted a video of police shooting water cannons at peaceful protesters in Rome on the evening of October 27 .
Since Italy ’ s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that bars , restaurants , and cafés could not remain open past 6 p.m. , anti-lockdown protests have taken place around the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that violent soccer fans were responsible for the violence in Turin , the mafia for the violence in Naples , and the pro-life , pro-family , and political organization “ Forza Nuova ” for the violence in Rome .
The video posted by Roberts shows peaceful protesters being chased from the piazza with water cannons and tear gas .
Another video , produced by Guardian News , shows some protesters throwing firecrackers at police after they had been forced out of the piazza , though it is not clear whether both videos are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night .

Remarks attributed to Pope Francis (and, not denied by the Vatican) in support of homosexual civil unions have caused grave scandal to the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition which asks Pope Francis to clarify and rectify these heterodox and scandalous remarks on homosexual civil unions, and which will be delivered both to the Vatican and to the Papal Nuncio of the United States (the Pope's official representative in the U.S.).
As the last guarantor of the Faith, the Pope should clarify and rectify these remarks, which go against the perennial teaching of the Church, even including the teaching of his living predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
"What we have to create is a law of civil coexistence [meaning civil union law, for homosexuals]...," Pope Francis is reported to have remarked, in what is arguably his clearest statement of public support for a practice morally prohibited by official Catholic Church teaching.
In fact, the Church has been crystal clear in Her opposition to homosexual unions.
Just in 2003, Pope Saint John Paul II approved a document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, titled 'Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons' and written by Cardinal Ratzinger (now, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), which concludes with the following:
"The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions. The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society. Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behaviour, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity. The Church cannot fail to defend these values, for the good of men and women and for the good of society itself."
It could not be more clear: the Church is calling people to repentance, not to be left to indulge in grave sin.
Since becoming public, several senior prelates as well as other notable Catholic figures have voiced their opposition to these remarks attributed to the Pontiff.
Cardinal Raymond Burke stated: "It is a source of deepest sadness and pressing pastoral concern that the private opinions reported with so much emphasis by the press and attributed to Pope Francis do not correspond to the constant teaching of the Church, as it is expressed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition."
Cardinal Gerhard Müller commented: "Where there is tension between the plain and obvious Word of God and the infallible interpretation on the one hand, and private expressions of opinion even by the highest church authorities on the other, the principle always applies: in dubio pro DEO [When in doubt, be in favor of God]."
And, Catholic theologian and apologist Scott Hahn, without directly quoting Pope Francis, shared on Facebook the 'Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons,' published by the CDF in 1986, with the statement: "Holy Father, respectfully and humbly, I beg to differ... if that is indeed what you said. In any case, please clarify and rectify your statement, especially in view of the official teaching of our Lord through the magisterium of His Church."
But, the silence from the Vatican has been deafening, with no clarification forthcoming.
We must, therefore, ask the Pope for clarification in this serious matter.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition which asks Pope Francis to clarify and rectify remarks attributed to him in support of homosexual civil unions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
'Cdl. Burke: Pope’s homosexual civil union remarks ‘contrary’ to Scripture, Tradition' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/cardinal-burke-on-popes-homosexual-civil-union-remarks-contrary-to-the-teaching-of-sacred-scripture-and-sacred-tradition
'Cardinal says Catholics ‘can and should’ disagree with Pope’s ‘opinion’ on gay civil unions' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/cdl.mueller-popes-words-on-gay-civil-unions-purely-private-expression-of-opinion-which-every-catholic-can-and-should-freely-contradict
'Archbishop Vigano, Bishops Tobin and Strickland respond to Pope’s approval of homosexual civil unions' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/archbishop-vigano-and-bishops-tobin-strickland-respond-to-popes-approval-of-homosexual-civil-unions
'Pope’s comments on gay civil unions cause shockwaves around the world' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/deepest-sadness-cardinal-burke-condemns-pope-franciss-remarks-supporting-civil-unions


lifesitenews--2020-10-30--Biden laptop story is no ‘Russian disinformation,’ retired general says

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The narrative that Hunter Biden ’ s laptop is mere “ Russian disinformation ” could not be further from the truth , according to a retired general who knows the owner of the computer repair shop that turned in the laptop .
Earlier this month , the New York Post released the first in a series of bombshell reports about a laptop belonging to Hunter , the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , that was delivered to a Delaware computer repair shop and never picked up again .
The laptop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Hunter introduced his father to Vadym Pozharskyi , a top adviser to Burisma ’ s board , less than a year before the elder Biden , then vice president of the United States , openly pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor tasked with investigating the company ; as well as Hunter making millions off a deal to introduce representatives of a Chinese energy company to his father .
Biden allies in the mainstream media as well as Democrats such as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff have claimed the information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to influence the impending presidential election , a contention for which Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says no evidence exists , and which Hunter ’ s former business partner , Tony Bobulinski , vociferously denies .
( The mainstream media also extensively promoted a letter signed by more than 50 former intelligence officials claiming the story “ has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation , ” but the same letter admitted they had no actual evidence that it was . )
In fact , The Mac Shop owner John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own when he realized the relevance of the laptop ’ s contents ( which had become legally his after Hunter failed to retrieve it after 90 days ) to the attempted impeachment of President Donald Trump , according to retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop , who spoke with WorldNetDaily ’ s Jim Breslo .
Bishop says Isaac ’ s family contacted him in August for help publicizing the material , which had already been given to the FBI on the advice of Isaac ’ s father Steve , who is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laptop ( and , according to Bishop , asked unprompted whether it contained child porn ) .
However , to the Isaacs ’ shock , the laptop never came up during the impeachment proceedings , during which Trump was formally acquitted yet remained hounded by claims that he wanted Biden investigated for politics rather than evidence of wrongdoing .
That led them to reach out to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani , Trump ’ s personal attorney , who in turn gave the story to the New York Post .
Bishop told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the truth of Isaac ’ s story , and in the patriotism of his family .
While the Biden campaign has denied impropriety on the candidate ’ s part , they have not denied that the emails themselves are real , with even campaign spokeswoman Jenna Arnold admitting , “ I don ’ t think anybody ’ s saying that they are inauthentic or not.
” The campaign has denied impropriety on Biden ’ s part , despite corroboration from Bobulinski as well as documents obtained by Fox News that appear to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bill from the computer repair shop , as well as pictures and audio of Hunter himself .

Former Air Force Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop said he has the utmost confidence in the truth of the computer repair shop owner’s story, and in the patriotism of his family.
October 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The narrative that Hunter Biden’s laptop is mere “Russian disinformation” could not be further from the truth, according to a retired general who knows the owner of the computer repair shop that turned in the laptop.
Earlier this month, the New York Post released the first in a series of bombshell reports about a laptop belonging to Hunter, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, that was delivered to a Delaware computer repair shop and never picked up again. The laptop contained scores of emails and texts indicating that Hunter introduced his father to Vadym Pozharskyi, a top adviser to Burisma’s board, less than a year before the elder Biden, then vice president of the United States, openly pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor tasked with investigating the company; as well as Hunter making millions off a deal to introduce representatives of a Chinese energy company to his father.
Biden allies in the mainstream media as well as Democrats such as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff have claimed the information is part of a foreign intelligence operation to influence the impending presidential election, a contention for which Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says no evidence exists, and which Hunter’s former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, vociferously denies. (The mainstream media also extensively promoted a letter signed by more than 50 former intelligence officials claiming the story “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation,” but the same letter admitted they had no actual evidence that it was.)
In fact, The Mac Shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac got involved on his own when he realized the relevance of the laptop’s contents (which had become legally his after Hunter failed to retrieve it after 90 days) to the attempted impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop, who spoke with WorldNetDaily’s Jim Breslo.
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Bishop says Isaac’s family contacted him in August for help publicizing the material, which had already been given to the FBI on the advice of Isaac’s father Steve, who is a retired colonel. The FBI took the laptop (and, according to Bishop, asked unprompted whether it contained child porn).
However, to the Isaacs’ shock, the laptop never came up during the impeachment proceedings, during which Trump was formally acquitted yet remained hounded by claims that he wanted Biden investigated for politics rather than evidence of wrongdoing. That led them to reach out to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney, who in turn gave the story to the New York Post.
Bishop told Breslo that he has the utmost confidence in the truth of Isaac’s story, and in the patriotism of his family.
While the Biden campaign has denied impropriety on the candidate’s part, they have not denied that the emails themselves are real, with even campaign spokeswoman Jenna Arnold admitting, “I don’t think anybody’s saying that they are inauthentic or not.” The campaign has denied impropriety on Biden’s part, despite corroboration from Bobulinski as well as documents obtained by Fox News that appear to include Hunter Biden’s signature on a bill from the computer repair shop, as well as pictures and audio of Hunter himself.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--New Zealand voters say ‘yes’ in referendum to doctors helping to kill sick patients

WELLINGTON , New Zealand , October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A majority of New Zealand voters have agreed to the End of Life Choice Act coming into force , which will usher in euthanasia and assisted suicide .
Passed by Parliament in November 2019 , the End of Life Choice Act will be enacted after citizens voted in favor of it through a binding referendum that took place during the general election on October 17 .
Although the final tally will not be available until November 6 , preliminary referendum results reveal that 65.2 percent of voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is unlikely that the remaining special votes will significantly change the outcome .
The End of Life Choice Act provides for euthanasia and assisted suicide to anyone over the age of 18 who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and who is likely to die within six months .
According to the legislation , a person who requests to die must be “ in an advanced state of irreversible decline in physical capability ” and experience “ unbearable suffering that can not be relieved in a manner that the person considers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a disability or advanced age are not excluded from being approved , although these reasons alone are insufficient for eligibility .
There are no requirements for patients to receive palliative care before being given the lethal drugs , or is there provision for a cooling-off period .
Opponents of the legislation are concerned that vulnerable people will feel pressure to end their lives .
Family First director Mr Bob McCoskrie fears for the vulnerable .
“ They may come to feel euthanasia would be ‘ the right thing to do ; ’ they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ and do not want to be a ‘ burden ’ to their nearest and dearest , ” he stated .
Many doctors , lawyers , and palliative care specialists are opposed to the legislation .
If the final results favor a “ yes ” vote , then the End of Life Choice Act will become law within 12 months .

The End of Life Choice Act provides euthanasia and assisted suicide to anyone over the age of 18 who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and is likely to die within six months.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, October 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A majority of New Zealand voters have agreed to the End of Life Choice Act coming into force, which will usher in euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Passed by Parliament in November 2019, the End of Life Choice Act will be enacted after citizens voted in favor of it through a binding referendum that took place during the general election on October 17.
Although the final tally will not be available until November 6, preliminary referendum results reveal that 65.2 percent of voters are in favor of the Act. It is unlikely that the remaining special votes will significantly change the outcome.
The End of Life Choice Act provides for euthanasia and assisted suicide to anyone over the age of 18 who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and who is likely to die within six months.
According to the legislation, a person who requests to die must be “in an advanced state of irreversible decline in physical capability” and experience “unbearable suffering that cannot be relieved in a manner that the person considers tolerable.”
People with mental illness, a disability or advanced age are not excluded from being approved, although these reasons alone are insufficient for eligibility.
There are no requirements for patients to receive palliative care before being given the lethal drugs, or is there provision for a cooling-off period.
Opponents of the legislation are concerned that vulnerable people will feel pressure to end their lives.
Family First director Mr Bob McCoskrie fears for the vulnerable. “They may come to feel euthanasia would be ‘the right thing to do;’ they’ve ‘had a good innings’ and do not want to be a ‘burden’ to their nearest and dearest,” he stated.
Many doctors, lawyers, and palliative care specialists are opposed to the legislation.
If the final results favor a “yes” vote, then the End of Life Choice Act will become law within 12 months.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-30--Girl Scouts remove ‘political’ tweet congratulating pro-life Amy Coney Barrett

October 30 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — After an uproar from leftists on social media , the Girl Scouts removed a tweet congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on her appointment to the Supreme Court .
The tweet had celebrated female Supreme Court justices , including pictures of all five female justices in American history .
When the tweet was first published , pro-abortion Rep. Ayanna Pressley , D-Massachusetts , wrote , “ What kind of patch does one earn for uplifting a woman who is the antithesis of justice ?
” Others threatened to “ skip their cookies ” over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to spend my $ 100 Girl Scout Cookie budget on ingredients to make my own next year , ” tweeted one user .
Brianna Wu of the progressive Rebellion PAC was determined to forgo Girl Scout cookies even after the organization deleted the tweet .
“ Still skipping your cookies over this shameful decision , ” she said after thanking them for deleting the tweet .
In any case , after the backlash , the Girl Scouts deleted the post and apologized for it , explaining on Twitter , “ Earlier today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five women who have been appointed to the Supreme Court .
It was quickly viewed as a political and partisan statement which was not our intent and we have removed the post.
” “ Girl Scouts of the USA is a non-political , nonpartisan organization .
We are neither red nor blue , but Girl Scout GREEN .
We are here to lift up girls and women , ” said the Girl Scouts .
The group ’ s declaration that it is a “ non-political , nonpartisan organization ” contrasts with their long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with strongly partisan issues , such as Betty Friedan , Gloria Steinem , Hillary Clinton , the Population Council , and the ACLU .
While the Girl Scouts organization officially states it “ does not take a position or develop materials ” on issues like abortion , it does promote abortion , particularly through book recommendation , as the sister team Rochelle Focaracci and Lisa Larsson documented on their website “ Girl Scouts , Why Not ?
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City , Kansas , in 2017 issued a pastoral encyclical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process of transitioning away from the hosting of parish Girl Scouts troops and toward the chartering of American Heritage Girls troops.
” Previously , former Girl Scouts CEO Kathy Cloninger admitted that Girl Scouts partnered with Planned Parenthood to bring sexual information to its young scouts .
The close relationship with the abortion giant was also manifested in the fact that the Girls Scouts ’ official logo , legally protected by copyright , was allowed to be printed on the Planned Parenthood brochure “ Dating , Love , Sex , and HIV.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scouts have left untouched a political tweet from 2013 , sharing an article in which Hillary Clinton discusses the importance of “ female political leadership ” while “ mulling a run in the 2016 election.
” In another move that is only a hair ’ s breadth away from a political endorsement , the Girl Scouts included in its “ Journeys ” curriculum the book Bliss , which states , “ For a look at how double standards — and sexism — affected the 2008 presidential election coverage in the United States , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re Not Buying It.
” After removing the tweet featuring Justice Barrett earlier this month , many Twitter users lambasted the Girl Scouts for what they viewed as a spineless move .
“ New slogan .
‘ @ girlscouts — teaching girls to cower in fear before the social judgements of others.
’ It has a nice retro ring to it , ” tweeted Andrew Klavan of The Daily Wire .
Lawyer Victoria Toensing tweeted , “ Such a bad example @ girlscouts set for young girls .
They deleted Tweet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for it .
So our young girls learn to back down from criticism rather than to stand tall on principle.
” Journalist Clay Travis drove home just how radical the response to the Girl Scouts tweet had become .
“ Kappa Delta sorority , of which Amy Coney Barrett is an alum , also apologized and removed a post congratulating her on the Supreme Court nomination , ” he wrote .
“ Social media has truly gone insane .
”

At the same time, the Girl Scouts promote abortion and abortion supporters.
October 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — After an uproar from leftists on social media, the Girl Scouts removed a tweet congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on her appointment to the Supreme Court. The tweet had celebrated female Supreme Court justices, including pictures of all five female justices in American history.
When the tweet was first published, pro-abortion Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, wrote, “What kind of patch does one earn for uplifting a woman who is the antithesis of justice?”
Others threatened to “skip their cookies” over the tweet. “I’m going to spend my $100 Girl Scout Cookie budget on ingredients to make my own next year,” tweeted one user.
Brianna Wu of the progressive Rebellion PAC was determined to forgo Girl Scout cookies even after the organization deleted the tweet. “Still skipping your cookies over this shameful decision,” she said after thanking them for deleting the tweet.
In any case, after the backlash, the Girl Scouts deleted the post and apologized for it, explaining on Twitter, “Earlier today, we shared a post highlighting the five women who have been appointed to the Supreme Court. It was quickly viewed as a political and partisan statement which was not our intent and we have removed the post.”
“Girl Scouts of the USA is a non-political, nonpartisan organization. We are neither red nor blue, but Girl Scout GREEN. We are here to lift up girls and women,” said the Girl Scouts.
The group’s declaration that it is a “non-political, nonpartisan organization” contrasts with their long track record of promoting organizations and women associated with strongly partisan issues, such as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, the Population Council, and the ACLU.
While the Girl Scouts organization officially states it “does not take a position or develop materials” on issues like abortion, it does promote abortion, particularly through book recommendation, as the sister team Rochelle Focaracci and Lisa Larsson documented on their website “Girl Scouts, Why Not?
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, in 2017 issued a pastoral encyclical directing his flock to “begin the process of transitioning away from the hosting of parish Girl Scouts troops and toward the chartering of American Heritage Girls troops.”
— Article continues below Petition — URGENT PETITION: Tell the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade Show Petition Text 61375 have signed the petition. Let's get to 70000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition PETITION UPDATE (9/26/2020): With President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we are closer than we have been in decades to seeing Roe vs. Wade overturned. We now encourage the Senate to confirm Barrett as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Barrett has a fantastic track recond on sanctity of life issues, has seven children, and is a devout believer. She is the perfect remedy for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's radical pro-abortionism. Please READ the full story here: 'BREAKING: Trump nominates Catholic mom of 7 Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court' And then, please SIGN this petition telling the High Court that it's now time to end the activist Roe vs. Wade judgment. Thank you! __________________________________________________________________ PETITION UPDATE (6/29/2020): In a decision which has imperiled more abortion-minded women, sentenced more preborn to death, and upset pro-lifers across the nation,the United States Supreme Court decided 5-4 to strike down a Louisiana law requiring basic medical precautions in the event of abortion complications, with Chief Justice John Roberts reversing his own past decision to uphold a similar Texas law. Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, which held that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional for the simple fact that it was “almost word-for-word identical” to the Texas one the court already struck down in 2016. In his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged that he had “joined the dissent in Whole Woman’s Health and continue to believe that the case was wrongly decided. The question today however is not whether Whole Woman’s Health was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case.” We call on the Supreme Court to stop supporting the culture of death and overturn Roe vs Wade, now. PETITION UPDATE (1/20/2020): Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C., this coming Friday, January 24th, for the March for Life. They will be praying for an end to Roe vs Wade, as the Supreme Court will hear a crucial, abortion-related case later this year in March. United our voices can change the course of history. Sign this petition TODAY! (LEARN MORE BELOW) PETITION UPDATE (1/3/2020): In advance of the Supreme Court's hearing arguments in an important abortion case later this year in March, 207 U.S. Senators and Representatives have signed amicus briefs supporting a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital nearby an abortion center. Some of these supporting briefs also suggest that now is the time to reconsider Roe vs Wade as sound law. Please SIGN this petition, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Roe vs Wade. _____________________________________________________________________________ More than 60 million Americans have been slaughtered in their mother's wombs as a result of Roe v. Wade. This activist, unconstitutional ruling in 1973 has left countless women emotionally and psychologically scarred. It was believed by many that Roe would be overturned in 1992 with Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Despite having eight Republican-appointed judges at the time, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold it. Since then, major gains have been made in the fight for life, and many lives have been saved. However, Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, leaving millions of defenseless pre-born children vulnerable to murder. According to a 2016 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35% of aborted babies are African American, despite black women only making up six percent of the U.S. population. 19% of aborted babies are Hispanic. We thus again call on the court to do everything they can to end Roe vs Wade. Now is the time for pro-lifers to join together and ensure that all of God's children have a right to life. Roe v. Wade must come to an end! FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-louisiana-abortion-regulations https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/over-200-congressmen-as-us-supreme-court-to-reconsider-roe-v-wade https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-members-file-competing-legal-briefs-in-key-scotus-abortion-case Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
Previously, former Girl Scouts CEO Kathy Cloninger admitted that Girl Scouts partnered with Planned Parenthood to bring sexual information to its young scouts. The close relationship with the abortion giant was also manifested in the fact that the Girls Scouts’ official logo, legally protected by copyright, was allowed to be printed on the Planned Parenthood brochure “Dating, Love, Sex, and HIV.”
Fox News pointed out that the Girl Scouts have left untouched a political tweet from 2013, sharing an article in which Hillary Clinton discusses the importance of “female political leadership” while “mulling a run in the 2016 election.”
In another move that is only a hair’s breadth away from a political endorsement, the Girl Scouts included in its “Journeys” curriculum the book Bliss, which states, “For a look at how double standards — and sexism — affected the 2008 presidential election coverage in the United States, check out “Sexism Sells — But We’re Not Buying It.”
After removing the tweet featuring Justice Barrett earlier this month, many Twitter users lambasted the Girl Scouts for what they viewed as a spineless move.
“New slogan. ‘@girlscouts — teaching girls to cower in fear before the social judgements of others.’ It has a nice retro ring to it,” tweeted Andrew Klavan of The Daily Wire.
New slogan. “@girlscouts – teaching girls to cower in fear before the social judgements of others.” It has a nice retro ring to it. https://t.co/SGFKOCVQak — Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) October 29, 2020
Lawyer Victoria Toensing tweeted, “Such a bad example @girlscouts set for young girls. They deleted Tweet congratulating (Barrett) after getting criticism for it. So our young girls learn to back down from criticism rather than to stand tall on principle.”
Journalist Clay Travis drove home just how radical the response to the Girl Scouts tweet had become. “Kappa Delta sorority, of which Amy Coney Barrett is an alum, also apologized and removed a post congratulating her on the Supreme Court nomination,” he wrote. “Social media has truly gone insane.”
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