Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem,
summoning their elders, their leaders,
their judges, and their officers.
When they stood in ranks before God,
Joshua addressed all the people:
“If it does not please you to serve the LORD,
decide today whom you will serve,
the gods your fathers served beyond the River
or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now dwelling.
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
But the people answered,
“Far be it from us to forsake the LORD
for the service of other gods.
For it was the LORD, our God,
who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt,
out of a state of slavery.
He performed those great miracles before our very eyes
and protected us along our entire journey
and among the peoples through whom we passed.
Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.”
As per LifeNews.Com, "Planned Parenthood aborts more preborn babies than any other group in Pennsylvania and the U.S....Whether Planned Parenthood’s Pennsylvania affiliates are selling aborted babies’ body parts or not, it’s important to remember: They are making a profit killing babies in the womb. And that’s a tragedy we all should be working to end" (8/21/15). As per C-Fam: the Center for Family and Human Rights, "Planned Parenthood Skirts Laws Around the Globe"! (8/20/15). Priests for Life has called for today to be the start of a "Week of Prayer and Fasting to End Abortion and the Evils of Planned Parenthood."
- Email Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, asking for a moratorium on all state funding of Planned Parenthood.
- The Family Research Council is calling for a federal moratorium on funding for Planned Parenthood; elected officials must stop voting for such mechanisms as "continuing resolutions" that fund Planned Parenthood! Email Representative Fitzpatrick, Senator Casey, and Senator Toomey, asking if they will commit to stop such.
(NOTE: The email links may work better directly from the web site, than from this email.).
With regard to federal concerns, current alerts from Catholic leadership* support:
- "Investigate and Defund Planned Parenthood"
- HR940 (Health Care Conscience Rights Act),
- HR1150 (The Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2015),
- HR824 / S435 (State Marriage Defense Act),
- S1553 (Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act),
- HR2802 / S1598 (First Amendment Defense Act (FADA)) [See Women Speak for Themselves.],
- HR1299 / S667 (Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act),
- S1177 ("Urge your Senator to support the provisions in The Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) so as to improve equitable services for students and teachers in religious, private and independent schools!"),
- Criminal Justice Reform,
- Fostering Peace/Endorsement of P5+1 Negotiations with Iran, as well as
- "meaningful and compassionate immigration reform legislation", and
- passage of HR 7 in the Senate.
*You
can find "alerts" about federal concerns at the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference's "alerts" and the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' "ALERTS CENTRAL." The USCCB also notes that "Action alerts for pro-life issues can also be found through our partner organization, the "National Committee for the Human Life Amendment" (NCHLA), and that "Action alerts for issues related to immigration reform can be found through the USCCB-led Catholic coalition, "Justice for Immigrants."
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) posts additional alerts on state concerns at https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns.
Our Holy Father is a Great Champion of Life and Marriage/Family in These Troubled Times
As for ourselves? Not so much. Largely because we have asked for too little, we have heretofore witnessed our representative in the U.S. House and our two U.S. Senators failing to step up to defend marriage/family. At this time, none of them are even co-sponsoring the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA)! (See the 145 co-sponsors of HR2802 and the 36 co-sponsors of S1598.)
Other News Items
- "Ellen Page ambushes Ted Cruz at Iowa State Fair"
- "A More Scandalous Relationship: Catholic Colleges and Planned Parenthood"
- "Planned Parenthood’s pathetic ‘3 percent’ lie"
- "Pro Family Policies: To Strengthen Families and Give Kids a Better Shot at the American Dream"
- "Why the 'Catholic' 'Pro-Life' Case for the Bomb Fails"
- "Why I will keep fighting the culture war about sexuality"
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