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WANT TO BE THE THE COOL AUNT?
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2009 at 11:24 am EST by Kortney Blythe

The National Sexuality Resource Center, a far left, radical sex-pedaling project of San Francisco State University, recently launched a website called coolaunt.org.

The purpose and message of this site is to encourage adults to be the “cool aunt” in a child’s life. The “cool aunt,” in their own words, is “someone who isn't afraid to answer the hard, funny and perplexing questions about sex.”

To some, this may sound harmless or even helpful. But beware. If you dig deeper, you’ll find that this “cool aunt” is really someone meant to undermine a child’s parents by teaching intimate sexual details and answering questions about sexual morality “when parents, teachers, ministers and other mentors couldn’t or wouldn’t deliver answers.”

Still, maybe you’re thinking this “cool aunt” figure could be a good supplementary guide for a child with questions about sex. Think again. After thorough reading of the website, one finds the descriptions and the words used to describe people who teach their children values and chastity to be revealing of the true intent of the “cool aunt” program — to counter the “fear-mongering forces that stigmatize sex.”

Fear-mongering? Really? According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a fearmonger is “one inclined to raise or excite alarms especially needlessly.” I’d say that when 1 in 4 people have a sexually transmitted disease, one-third of women get pregnant before age 20 and over 3,000 children are slaughtered per day (and all of this is the result of unbridled sex), the alarm needs to be sounded. Children should have a healthy fear of premarital sex. To assuage these godly fears is irresponsible, unrealistic and just plain evil.

The website goes on with the attacks on righteousness, claiming that a “cool aunt” is needed to “confront abstinence-only education myths at a time when years of shaming young people about sex have led to a dramatic rise in the rates of STIs and teen pregnancies.”

Confront abstinence-only myths? What myths? That abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent pregnancy and STDs? That’s an undeniable fact, not a myth. Come on!

And shaming has led to an increase in disease and pregnancy? WHAT SHAME? Have these people watched TV lately? Sit through five minutes of a teen drama series and it’s obvious we have NO shame! “You’re cute. I like you.” Cut to next scene: teenager 1 and teenager 2 are rolling on a bed, removing clothing, it is implied that they have intercourse. And that’s a tame example.

Plus, there should be shame attached to sin. If NSRC spent more time teaching sexual purity and less time fighting for a made-up “right to pleasure and sexuality,” maybe then we’d see less disease-ridden, depressed and lonely kids.

Speaking of what NSRC puts its efforts into, one of the themes it reiterates is teaching young people “sexual literacy.”

Sexual literacy? America’s public schools can’t even teach basic literacy and the NSRC thinks sexual literacy should be a priority? Give me a break. Picture this: a teacher says to a classroom of children, “Since we couldn’t get you to master the traditional subjects of reading, writing and arithmetic, this year we are switching to sexual literacy, abortion rights and gender issues.”

Think this is far-fetched? Think the NSRC is a fringe group that has no impact on society as a whole? Wrong. Just read the recently released UN report on sex, which advocates teaching masturbation to 5-year-olds.

As for being the “cool aunt,” you may not be viewed as “cool” any longer when the young person — whom you assured that sex is fun and no big deal — comes to you with herpes and a broken heart.

Telling a young person in this day and age to be chaste may result in rolled eyes and mockery, earning you labels such as “prude” or “goody-goody.” But is it such a bad thing? When I looked up the definition of “prude,” I found a description that I would proudly wear: “a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality, especially regarding sexual matters.”

But Kortney, thinking kids aren’t going to have sex is unrealistic. Noooooo, thinking that giving kids so-called “comprehensive sex education” will protect them from the consequences of premarital sex is unrealistic. How many years of unaffected (or increasing) statistics will it take before we wake up! Teaching sexual purity and the life-altering consequences of the alternative is the ONLY thing that works.

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NETCAST 57: CLOCKTOWER SHOWDOWN, BLOOD MONEY DOCUMENTARY
Posted: Wednesday September 2, 2009 at 6:20 pm EST by Kortney Blythe

We just uploaded this week's netcast. Click here to take a listen.

Netcast 57

Featured Band: Clocktower Showdown

What's new?

Maryland 40 Days for Life forum and worship recap

News & Commentary

"Blood Money" Documentary Exposes Business of Abortion

Huckabee Defends Ted Kennedy Remarks

Austin Woman Nearly Dies from Birth Control

Terri Schiavo's Father, Robert Schindler, dies

Choice Cuts

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards Comment on "Reproductive Healthcare"

Late-Term Abortionist Leroy Carhart Discuss "Religion and Abortion"

Amanda Marcotte Opine on "Abortion and Health Care"

Feature

September action items

March For Life Training and Activism update

Rock for Life

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VIDEO: COLLEGE PROFESSOR CALLS "ABORTION IS HOMICIDE" HOODIE "HATE SPEECH" Posted: Monday August 31, 2009 at 11:52 am EST by Erik Whittington
Watch and tell us what you think
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Go her! I wouldn't take it off either.
Whitney | August 31, 2009 12:21 pm

Homicide - the act of killing another human being.
Synonyms: Murder, Assassination, Killing
Notes: The general term for the killing of one person by another is homicide, murder is commonly used to refer to intentional homicides.
Abortion: The act of intentionally terminating pregnancy resulting in the destruction of the embryo/fetus.
So, Abortion is intentional. If abortion is homicide, and not JUST regular old homicide but INTENTIONAL homicide, then Abortion is murder.
Unfortunately for those who oppose women's reproductive freedom, Abortion is NOT classified as homicide in the USA. Therefore, your shirt is erroneous.
However, the Professor is correct in that it is hateful. It assigns an illegal connotation to a legal act.
Abortion is Wrong? Perfectly Acceptable. Those who perform abortions will rot in hell? I'm fine with that too. Abortion is Murder? Well, thats just not true.
Vlad | September 1, 2009 12:22 am

The term embryo / fetus used in your definition begs the question: What kind of entity is it that is in the embryo / fetal stage of development referred to it the definition? Well since humans can only beget humans that would make him/her a human being in his/her embryonic or fetal stage of development. Since all human beings are human persons (or at least should be but aren't because of a tyrannical US Supreme Court decision giving a mother the legal protection to pay an abortionist to kill her own child) therefore the definition of homicide does apply since it is one human being (abortionist) killing another (human child in utero).
Erik Whittington | September 3, 2009 2:34 pm

So, Erik, is abortion Murder?
And if so, are you prepared to call those who perform legal abortions murderers of children?
If so, the women who choose to have an abortion would also legally be complicit in such 'murder.'
I await your response.
Vlad | September 4, 2009 1:51 am

Homicide, murder, infanticide - all are fair and accurate descriptions of abortion. A govt. proclaiming something is legal does not change the definition of that thing. Hateful? Not nearly as hateful as the act of abortion.
liz andring | September 4, 2009 11:00 am

Hey Erik, hope you don't mind my answering this for you.
Hey Vlad, fetuses are babies, and hence, persons. Therefore, abortion is murder, and those who participate in it are murderers. However, many women feel forced into abortion by the fact that a baby would make it really frikkin' hard to continue with college, career, relationship or whatever. That doesn't make it right; it means that we need to provide more feasible alternatives to abortion (like adoption or creating a setting in which it is easier to simultaneously raise a child and support oneself).
Isaac K. | September 22, 2009 2:41 pm
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ANSWER THIS POLL AND WIN A FREE CD! Posted: Thursday August 27, 2009 at 12:23 pm EST by Kortney Blythe
Attention Rock for Lifers! We are currently planning the 2010 Rock for Life Training and Activism Weekend. If you're unfamiliar with this event watch this video to get a taste. This year's March for Life is on Friday, January 22. So, our question is: Are you more likely to attend events on the Wednesday and Thursday before the March and then leave Friday after the march or come to events Thursday, Friday and Saturday? Please write your answer in the comment section below to receive a free Palaris CD (Quantities are limited).
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I am Canadian and I regularly goto the March for Life in Canada's capital, Ottawa, Ontario. There is a very good chance that I will be going to the March itself. There are youth events that I try to make it too each year. I will try to make that as well. I have been to the March for Life in Washington D.C. a couple times, and even to the March for Choice as a protestor. I would love to go this year, but do not think that I will have the chance to go. God bless, Rob Koechl
Rob Koechl | August 27, 2009 2:40 pm

Thurs, Fri and Sat
Colleen Miner | August 27, 2009 2:44 pm

Coming from South Tx. Wednesday and Thursday before the March and then leave Friday after the march, sounds better to me.
Jeremy P. | August 27, 2009 2:59 pm

I'd say the Thurs/Fri/Sat option would work best, due to traveling and taking time off from work and school.
Rebecca | August 27, 2009 5:26 pm

thurs / friday / sat
sandi | August 27, 2009 6:03 pm

Definately come for Wednesday,Thursday, and Friday, leaving on Saturday. That would give us plenty of time to get back to Louisiana to recoup and start the new week. The less rushing through traffic the better!
Stephanie Andrus | August 27, 2009 7:09 pm

I'd say thursday friday saturday.
Kelly S | August 27, 2009 7:12 pm

I more likely to attend events Thursday, Friday and Saturday?
Christa | August 27, 2009 7:14 pm

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Definitely better
Cory Labrre | August 27, 2009 8:01 pm

I don't know if I would be able to make it or not, but if I could, I would like to go to the events for the whole weekend
JJ | August 27, 2009 8:13 pm

Since most people will have work or school on Wednesday and Thursday, I vote for the Thursday, Friday, Saturday lineup.
Jason | August 27, 2009 9:24 pm

Friday satureday sunday
Michael | August 27, 2009 9:50 pm

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
Courtney Cowley | August 27, 2009 10:06 pm

I would come fri sat and sun.
Leanne Snyder | August 27, 2009 10:38 pm

Thursday, Friday, & Saturday sounds best. I will be coming from Tyler, Texas.
Amanda | August 27, 2009 11:09 pm

Thursday, Friday, Saturday would work better for me. and i know that it'd also work better for most of my friends due to classes during the week ;)
Rebecca Cicione | August 27, 2009 11:10 pm

I wish I could go, but cannot due to bed rest for my pregnancy. Pray for our little girl!
kari | August 27, 2009 11:20 pm

My family would be much more likely to attend events held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thanks for taking the poll and getting people involved!
Naomi Q. | August 27, 2009 11:32 pm

We usually go to stuff before, and leave right after the March.
Anders Bergmann | August 27, 2009 11:38 pm

I am more likely to go to events Thursday Friday and Saturday
Jillian S. | August 27, 2009 11:48 pm

Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Lori Strunk | August 27, 2009 11:49 pm

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday!
Laurie Mason | August 27, 2009 11:52 pm

I would be more likely to attend the events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I know that Pittsburgh isn't that far in comparison to others, but taking off less school is important to succeeding. I really hope to finally be able to attend them this year!
Aimee B. | August 27, 2009 11:54 pm

More likely to come to events Thursday, Friday and Saturday, if I can make it to the march =]
Shara Guengerich | August 27, 2009 11:57 pm

I would be more likely to attend thursday firday saturday cause that incorporates the weekend and is more travel friendly.
brandon reinhardt | August 28, 2009 12:30 am

I'd probably leave on Friday after the march, unless I felt like hanging around.
Omar Syed | August 28, 2009 12:34 am

I would take Thursday-Saturday rather than earlier in the week.
Faith Furno | August 28, 2009 2:14 am

Wednesday and Thursday before the March and then leave Friday after the march
greg smith | August 28, 2009 6:19 am

I would love to go but I am in another country
Hailey | August 28, 2009 6:32 am

Hi from Portugal. Here we had two march for life. We are a small country, but the last one on th january 2007 we achieved 25.000 participants on a saturday!
joana bf | August 28, 2009 6:43 am

If I had the chance to come I would more likely come Thursday, Friday, and leave Saturday.
Charanna | August 28, 2009 8:16 am

I would come for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The more the better! :)
Amanda | August 28, 2009 8:38 am

Thurs, Fri, and Sat! Rock on!
Courtney Graves | August 28, 2009 9:14 am

Well, I go every year but since i live so close in Stafford, virginia i alwyas go right 4 the march never 4 the other events....Maybe this year ill go for day after... :)
Emily Clemente | August 28, 2009 9:43 am

If I am ever able to go again, the weekend works better for me. Hopefully, at some point in the near future, I will be able to bring my wife and kids out. I went the first two years (that RFL organized activities) and it was amazing!
Dan Unger | August 28, 2009 9:58 am

Thurs, Fri, Sat
Catherine B. | August 28, 2009 10:23 am

If able to do it, Wednesday - Friday would be best. Would be a great way to become especially energized for the march.
Mary B | August 28, 2009 10:38 am

Coming from MI the Thursday, Friday and Saturday would work the best.
Adriana Perry | August 28, 2009 10:47 am

thursday,friday and saturday
robert mokhiber | August 28, 2009 10:51 am

I am way more likely to be able to make it if it is thurs. fri. and sat because its one less day during the work week!
Sarah Dollard | August 28, 2009 11:03 am

I am more likely to attend Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Zoe Macknick | August 28, 2009 11:05 am

It is a lot easier to take less time off work and come on Thurs. Fri. and sat.
Christina | August 28, 2009 1:33 pm

I'm also from Canada so wed and thur and leave fri would be best
Jenn daniel | August 28, 2009 1:45 pm

I would attend Wednesday and Thursday before the march...
Alyssa Barski | August 28, 2009 6:25 pm

I would attend it on thur, fri & sat.
Stephanie mowry | August 28, 2009 7:01 pm

Since I go to school and work I think the Thurs-Sat options works best with work and school schedules.
Karen C. | August 28, 2009 7:24 pm

Thursday, Friday, & Saturday.
Jacob R | August 28, 2009 10:22 pm

Ideally I would love to be there Fri, Sat and Sunday. But Thurs to Sat is ok too.
pamela | August 29, 2009 12:56 am

Definatly Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Michelle Pachl | August 29, 2009 6:16 am

Probably thursday friday and saturday because of school and work schedules.
Jessica | August 29, 2009 9:24 am

I'd go to the events on Friday. I've been going to the March for years, and it would work out better for me, at least, for events surrounding Friday.
Khyli Roberts | August 29, 2009 6:21 pm

Definitely Thursday, Friday, Saturday! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Rebecca Gabryel | August 30, 2009 8:29 am

Weekends work better.
Ric | August 30, 2009 12:33 pm

Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Josif Walters | August 30, 2009 3:20 pm

Friday and Saturday would be better- I am a teacher and I know our school would get a better outcome if it was the weekend and they only had to take off one day.
Julie | August 30, 2009 8:28 pm

Thurs, Fri, and Sat are the best days for me to get off of work. Me and my group want to come this year for sure.
Darline Smith | August 30, 2009 9:51 pm

Thursday, Fri., Saturday better.
Pauline Pavlick | August 30, 2009 11:19 pm

For me, it is always better on a Friday or Saturday because of family committments during the week.
KJ Burke | August 31, 2009 12:10 am

Wed/Thur/Friday would be better
Erin | August 31, 2009 9:01 am

i think that the thurs. friday and saturday would fit schedules better.
rachael | August 31, 2009 6:05 pm

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday would be best.
John F Linge | August 31, 2009 7:10 pm

Well since i'm in school, i'd have to say Thursday/friday/saturday would be best.
Brayden Newberry | August 31, 2009 8:32 pm

Wed-Saturday, maybe sunday - don't know about that yet.
Eli Arnaout | August 31, 2009 9:36 pm

Last year was my first year going to The March. My friend has been going for years. Considering that the walk on Pennsylvania Ave is quite long...and quite a few of the younger event-goers come with older adults, the trip can be tiring. I'd say that most people (including myself) would be more likely to attend events BEFORE The March so they can go home and rest afterwards.
Amy | September 1, 2009 10:23 am

Thurs, Fri, Saturday
Kayleen | September 1, 2009 2:16 pm

Hi everyone! I'm deployed here in Iraq now. I don't when I'll be home again but when there is a pro-life event such as this I'll definitely go! I'd definitely like a copy of the music CD. Such would be a spiritual booster for me! If any of you would like to write to me here in Iraq, below is my mailing address: God bless you all always! KEN EBACHER C COMPANY, 303 MI BN FOB DELTA APO AE 09317
KEN EBACHER | September 1, 2009 3:38 pm

I may be going to just the March because my mom is expecting around the March.
Elizabeth Wherry | September 1, 2009 4:05 pm

I would be down for saturday... I am just saying... It would be cool to hit up pp on the busy day.
sean logue | September 3, 2009 3:48 am

we would probably have to go for just the march, unless something changed, but if something changed, we'd be there thursday through saturday.
Caity D. | September 5, 2009 12:56 pm

Wednesday and thursday
PJ Hanus | September 6, 2009 5:52 pm

Probably Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, if we manage to go.
Mary C. | September 9, 2009 10:27 pm

I would prefeer to come the Wednesday and Thursday prior to the walk on Friday and then go home. That is usually the best and safest way to attend such events. After a walk people are aroused, both in a positive and a negative way and usually the community would rather us leave after such an event. That is our experience in San Francisco for the West Coast Life Walk.
Dinah J. Marquez | September 19, 2009 1:47 pm

i would be more likely to go on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, just because its less busy for me.
Jon S. | September 24, 2009 11:03 am

thursday,Friday and Saturday
jessica | January 8, 2010 12:42 pm
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NEW RFL CHAPTER IN MAINE! Posted: Thursday August 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm EST by Kortney Blythe
Welcome, Peter Haag, to the Rock for Life chapter family! Here is his pro-life story. I am a 22 year old Maine native whose pro-life passion can be attributed to my mother's influence. Not only did she give me life, but she has always taught me to respect life in any and all forms. My first experience in the pro-life movement was in 1996 when I helped my mom campaign for a pro-life bill. This helped me to see abortion as more than just a word or concept. Later, when I was going through confirmation in the United Methodist Church, I went to a family assistance "fair" put on by the church, and Planned Parenthood was there! This didn't seem right to me or my mother, and we were angry. I then learned that my church's approach to abortion was to pray about it and if God gives the go-ahead, then it's ok to have an abortion. That was a major turning point for me, and I left the United Methodist denomination. After that my pro-life passion was a bit dormant. But it was reignited when I met Sarah (who's now one of my chapter members). She was pregnant and her daughter's father had abandoned her and broke his promise to marry her. Despite her obstacles, she chose life. My conversation with her plus the results of the 2008 election completely woke up the pro-life radical in me - which I am very glad for. I was turned on to Rock For Life by The Wrecking, a Rock for Life band. Darren, the drummer, was on the Netcast and that, plus the great news and commentary, totally turned me on to Rock for Life's approach of mixing the message with music. Apathy reigns in Maine. So, my goal with starting a chapter is to open the eyes of the people in my community. I want to show people that there are people dedicated to life and that abortion really does hurt everyone involved - women, babies and families. I want to to save children. I want to make a major difference in the lives of as many people as God allows me to. I want to listen to God's call and obey Him. I feel called to fight for those that have no voice - in the womb and outside.
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aw, i thought i was so unique with pro-life buttons on a pro-life hat idea, but i guess not. :( lol, jk, Welcome Peter! :D
Ada | August 27, 2009 9:31 pm

Representin Maine! Keep up the great work!
Jenna | August 28, 2009 8:00 am

i am a Cameroonian and aged 25 and always on the field to demonstrate in a march with my group members.
ngang elias warwh | August 29, 2009 3:52 am

Join a Pentecostal church in maine
Brandon | August 30, 2009 10:32 am

Didn't you hear? Republican's pulled out of New England about 10 years ago, left it for dead. Thats Blue Country now, sonny. Olympia Snowe is about all you GOPers in Maine have left, and she's a damn thoughtful moderate Republican. Too bad that to most of your looney toon base...SHE'S A RINO!!
Vlad | September 1, 2009 12:45 am

who cares if repubs pulled out, that's not the point. the point is to spread the pro-life message, convert hearts and minds to the pro-life cause and raise money for mothers who need resources to carry their baby to term. what a better place to do that than in the pro-abortion Northeast!
Erik Whittington | September 3, 2009 2:47 pm

"raise money for mothers who need resources to carry their baby to term."
What about after the child is born?
Are you raising money to pay for the support of those children?
How much have you raised?
How much of RFL's 'profit' (guffaw!) goes to women's charities?
I'd love to hear.
Vlad | September 4, 2009 1:56 am

Vlad, Yes and after. And to home for unwed mothers. Lots. we are non-profit so that question doesn't apply unless you are Planned Parenthood who is legally consider non-profit but actually makes a profit selling contraception that fails and abortions to their clients.
Erik Whittington | September 10, 2009 10:59 am
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PEACE BEGINS IN THE WOMB
Posted: Thursday August 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm EST by Kortney Blythe

by Kortney Blythe

Let’s get something straight: I don’t read fashion/gossip/women’s magazines. They’re junk. However, when I heard that the September 2009 issue of Glamour Magazine featured a picture of my good friend (and fellow abortion abolitionist) on page 207, I promptly bought a copy.

The editorial was not explicitly pro-abortion, as one might expect. Their reason for the editorial was “to prevent tragedies like the recent murder of abortion provider George Tiller” by talking about our differences. Thankfully, they acknowledged that both sides condemned the killing.

The editorial consists of “professional mediators” giving their advice on how to have “a more thoughtful and productive dialogue” on abortion. But the title, “It’s Time to Make Peace on Abortion,” begs the question: What kind of “peace” is possible while children in the womb are being violently ripped limb from limb?

Conflict attorneys, resolution specialists and restorative justice professors weighed in on ways to have productive conversations about abortion. Their advice in a nutshell: Respect the other side, share your personal stories, listen, stay calm, avoid buzzwords and realize the debate is worth it.

All fine and good advice, and especially impressive because most secular magazines treat abortion as a given right by running articles that 1.) assume all women are “pro-choice reproductive rights advocates” and 2.) treat pro-lifers like a radical, fringe group. Interestingly, in the March issue, Glamour featured the stories of women post-abortion. Let's hope they are smartening up to the fact most Americans believe abortion to be immoral.

I appreciate Glamour’s attempt to promote discussion on abortion. But the editorial falls short by its implication that we must “agree to disagree” on abortion. This attitude is unacceptable when the very lives of our fellow persons are at stake every day. So, yes, let’s “make peace on abortion” by restoring personhood to all human beings and making abortion unthinkable.

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It really comes down to this statement by Kourtney: "What kind of ?peace? is possible while children in the womb are being violently ripped limb from limb?" I will discuss reason with anyone willing to listen, though I find most pro-aborts unwilling to listen. But we need to avoid spending too much time preaching to the choir or to strident opponents. Instead, help change the culture by encouraging the choir to address the masses. As for the killing of Tiller, recipients of my email list got this on 6/5/09: Tiller and the Killer By now all of you have heard, read, and probably discussed the killing of notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller. The resulting cacophony from our left is annoying but predictable. But I think too many we count as among our own issue confusing public responses. I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Operation Rescue of Wichita, KS has been legally and peacefully going after Tiller for some time now. Though Tiller recently won a victory in court, Operation Rescue was by no means finished with him. Here's an excerpt from their 3/27/09 Press Release headlined "Tiller Found Not Guilty": We must remember that these are the weakest charges that could have been brought by the state. There were thirty criminal charges filed by former Attorney General Phil Kline, which were much stronger that were dismissed on jurisdictional grounds without having been considered on their merits. While we are disappointed by the verdict, we are far from surprised. We thank Assistant Attorney General Barry Disney for the job that he tried to do. He did the best he could with the hand he was dealt. We wish he had been dealt a stronger hand. We are committed to continuing our efforts to bring Tiller to justice and we are confident that justice will one day prevail. While Tiller's killer may have thought he was obtaining justice and protection for the murdered unborn, he actually denied public lawful justice and prevented little if any killing. He turned a baby killer, in the truest sense of the term, into a martyr for the false cause of "choice". He gave fuel to a rabidly liberal media to tar us all as potential "terrorists". And he gave opportunity for too many "pro-life leaders" to grovel for mainstream acceptance. Everyone who actually believes that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life understands that an abortionist is a contract killer. I don't know how many of our pro-life, religious, and cultural leaders have gone out of their way to strenuously denounce the killing of one hitman by another killer. I guess some have. But I think we owe it to the unborn, and to those deceived by the Culture of Death, to avoid contributing to the legitimization of contract killers by falling all over ourselves expressing regret for killers reaping what they've sown. Some people seem to believe that abortionists are such an endangered lot. I believe about a half dozen or so have actually been killed here in America. On the other hand, about 1/3 of the unborn have been killed by abortionists since 1973; tens of millions, several WWII holocausts. It is the unborn who are actually an endangered lot. Imagine if the unborn could defend themselves, turn the tables and take out 1/3 of the abortionists. Many of the remainder would find another line of work, I'm sure. Unfortunately, the unborn have no such "choice". Hell is unimaginable, and "forever" even more so. I wish that on no man, and I certainly hope to be the recipient of the Lord's mercy, too. So yes, let us pray for the repose of Tiller's soul. Then let us move on. Let us pray and work even more so for the repentance and reconciliation, or at least the cultural irrelevance, of the killers still walking as well as their collaborators and mouthpieces. That will save lives and souls!
Matt Marrazzo | August 28, 2009 9:06 am

Well said. Agree to disagree on who your favorite band is, not on whether or not a preborn person is any more or less of a person than anyone else.
Kevin | August 30, 2009 10:36 pm

"Everyone who actually believes that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life understands that an abortionist is a contract killer." Now thats just dangerous. NO CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED BY THESE DOCTORS. By overriding the justice system of the country whose constitution you are supposedly loyal to, you are just as bad as any petulant child who can't have his or her way. You are giving the crazies excuses when you call a doctor performing a legal abortion a 'baby killer.' Let me ask you this: If you're an unstable religious zealot and some pastor or minister or any kind of figure of whom you think highly tells you that these people are sinning, they are killing the innocent, they are murderers, CONTRACT KILLERS!, and they are running amok in YOUR community...well, what does that well armed imbalanced person do? Let the police handle it? No, they have been told the justice system is broken. Perhaps they need to do something themselves. Then they walk into a house of God and blow a man's brains out. Don't throw up those holier than thou hands with faux shock. Don't act like you had NO IDEA anyone would take it LITERALLY. You knew what you were doing.
Vlad | September 1, 2009 12:35 am

in the same speeches, articles and websites statements are made that the pro-life response is peace, charity, education, changing hearts, minds and laws while violence is ALWAYS condemned
Erik Whittington | September 3, 2009 2:45 pm

If I told you a murderer who would kill your children lives next door to you, and the police wouldn't arrest him because the community didn't mind him murdering children, would you let him continue to 'murder' or would you take matters into your own hands?
If you can't see how calling doctors performing legal abortions 'contract killers' is dangerous, then you're blind or ignorant Erik.
Its easy to say 'we condemn violence.' Its another to ACTUALLY ADOPT a language of love, forgiveness, and unity in achieving your goals. Calling doctors 'contract killers' has no place in an organization claiming to espouse the philosophies of Jesus Christ.
Vlad | September 4, 2009 1:53 am

Vlad, no one has called anyone contract killers. There you go again being liberal with the facts. Please don't preach Christian love to me until you practise it yourself.
Erik Whittington | September 10, 2009 11:01 am

Vlad, I'm curious as to why you frequent a pro-life website if you yourself are not tormented by the thought of so many innocent lives being "terminated" every day? I agree that we should not take the law into our own hands, God has placed this government over us for a reason, which is why we must fight to show this government the error of their ways. Just so you don't misunderstand, by fight, I mean speak for those with no voice, not with violence, but with love, forgiveness, and unity...
Andrea | September 12, 2009 4:59 pm

Vlad, if calling them what they are isn't part of a religion that is among other things centered around truth, then what is? Not saying anything so as to "lovingly" not offend anyone while something infinitely more offensive (to put it mildly) is happening right under their noses?
Isaac K. | September 22, 2009 2:47 pm
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NETCAST 56: CAVIEZEL & KARDASHIAN: CELEBRITIES TAKE ON ABORTION
Posted: Thursday August 27, 2009 at 10:05 am EST by Kortney Blythe

Listen to the RFL Netcast 056

Featured artist: Showbread

Showbread is a sassy, raw and creative band known for their satirical lyrics and eccentric outfits. In 2004, they played the Rock for Life stage at Cornerstone.

The band says of their newest release: "We in Showbread feel it is our most wonderful effort to date."

We want to thank Caleb Morgan at New Line Entertainment for sending us their new CD, "The Fear of God," to feature them on our netcast. Make sure you check out the Tooth & Nail Records release on iTunes or at any local music store. You can also watch Showbread videos on their YouTube channel.

What's new?

Erik talks about TOM FEST: the booth, his presentations and the Tragedy Ann reunion.

Chapters

New Maine Chapter! Hit up their myspace and facebook if you live nearby!

Check out our updated chapter list or e-mail Kortney if you're interesting in starting or joining a chapter.

News & Commentary

Hollywood Celebrity Kardashian Chooses Life

Are We Ready for a Market in Fetal Organs?

Movie Star Jim Caviezel Says Speaking for Pre-born Is More Important Than His Career

Happy 250th Birthday, William Wilberforce - A Hero's Legacy

Choice Cuts
Quotes from the culture on abortion

PRO-LIFE:
"We are in grave danger any time health care decisions are taken out of the hands of individual patients and their families and placed into the hands of government bureaucrats whose decisions are based on cutting costs rather than valuing the dignity and equal worth of every human life."
-Bobbly Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo

PRO-ABORTION:
"There was a discomfort I hadn't expected, my emotional reaction to watching abortions...Abortion involves weighty choices that, depending on how you view it, involve a life, or the potential for life...But my experience found a general discomfort when confronted with abortion as a physical reality, not a political idea."
-"Competing Emotions: When I watched an abortion for the first time, my reaction surprised me," Sarah Kliff, Newsweek Web Exclusive

Feedback

Jeff met a mother on tour in California at Spirit West Coast Monterey who works for a crisis pregnancy center. Jeff reads the letter she wrote to her aborted son.

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