As per the Pa Pro Life Coalition,
"3. Dismemberment Ban Legislation to be Introduced on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. The Pro-Life Caucus in the Pa. General Assembly will be introducing legislation to ban such abortions in Pa. The Pa. Health Department Annual Abortion Report indicated that approximately 2500 such abortions were committed in our state in 2013....contact your state legislators and urge them to support this life-saving legislation [From Bucks County, our state legislators can be contacted as follows: cstaats@pahousegop.com; tdavis@pahouse.net; gdigirol@pahousegop.com; Ffarry@pahousegop.com; Jgalloway@pahouse.net; boneill@pahousegop.com; spetri@pahousegop.com; mquinn@pahousegop.com; Ssantarsiero@pahouse.net; kwatson@pahousegop.com; sgreenleaf@pasen.gov; cmcilhinney@pasen.gov; bmensch@pasen.gov; rtomlinson@pasen.gov.]
"4. The Fight to Stop Funding for Planned Parenthood Continues. The efforts in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to stop funding PP through 'reprioritization language' are on hold because of the current Budget stalemate....We should renew our efforts to persuade Pa.'s Congressional Representatives to stop funding PP even at the risk of a 'government shutdown.' The most important reason for this position is the principle and the reality that actions speak louder than words....We are unwilling to risk temporary unpopularity to order to stop funding this thoroughly evil organization. Our organization is working with other pro-life organizations to prepare an apologetic that makes the case for stopping the funding of PP. This apologetic rebuts the arguments from some pro-life organizations that Congress should not resist President Obama on this issue."
Email Representative Fitzpatrick, Senator Casey, and Senator Toomey, asking for all federal funding of Planned Parenthood to stop. Email all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, asking for all state funding of Planned Parenthood to stop.
Since all but a handful of pharmacies - across the country - sell abortifacients and contraceptives....
St. John the Evangelist and St. Martin of Tours should not be advertising ShopRite, especially as Shop Rite even sells the notorious Plan B abortifacient!Email local parishes with bulletin advertisements for providers of contraceptives and abortifacients.
Our Lady of Angels (Trenton) should not be advertising Vizzoni's or Episcopo's.
Our Lady of Sorrows/St.Anthony (Trenton) should not be advertising Episcopo's.
St. Ann (Lawrenceville) should not be advertising McGrath's or Penlar.
St. Ephrem and St. Charles Borromeo should not be advertising Riccio's.
St. Thomas Aquinas should not be advertising Mat's.
Among OBGYNs with privileges in Catholic hospitals in the Archdiocese, there is/are
- a paucity of NFP-only physicians! (See Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #497 and #498. This blogger has been unable to identify any OBGYN in the directory of the Mercy Health System of Southeast Pa who is also on One More Soul's list of NFP only OBGYNs. St Mary Medical Center's directory includes one OB/GYN who can be found on the NFP-only list, but 27 others cannot be found. Holy Redeemer's physician directory includes one OB/GYN who can be found on the NFP-only list, but 21 others cannot. )
- privileges for IVF specialists! (See Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #499. Holy Redeemer's directory includes 6 physicians (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) from Reproductive Medicine Associates of Philadelphia and Abington Reproductive Medicine, where people can choose from a smorgasbord of morally excluded services.)
- privileges for associates of a practicioner reportedly involved with so-called fetal reduction! (See Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #470. St. Mary's directory includes three perinatologists (i.e., 1, 2, and 3) from Abington Perinatal Associates, where one associate is reported to be involved with fetal "reduction" (See # 1, # 2, and # 3.). )
As per Dr. Jeffrey Mirus, "the consistent approval bestowed on all mainstream Catholic organizations, no matter how far they had strayed from a true Catholic identity, has been the single most frustrating obstacle for those who have struggled to renew the Church." Email Archbishop Chaput.
(Local signatories to the above include Robert George of Princeton, Matthew J. Franck of the Witherspoon Institute, Joshua W. Schulz of De Sales, Colleen Sheehan of Villanova, and Daniel Mark of Villanova.)
The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of society's duty to defend the "true nature of marriage and the family" (#458) and "to created an environment conducive to the practice of chastity" (#494). Yet, we fail to demand a defense of marriage and the family, even from those elected officials who identify themselves as fellow Catholics!
As per the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, "The First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802, S. 1598) would bar the federal government from discriminating against individuals and organizations based upon their religious beliefs or moral convictions that marriage is the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage. The Act provides broad protections against adverse federal actions directed toward individuals and organizations that act on such beliefs." Representative Fitzpatrick is NOT among the 149 co-sponsors of HR2802; NEITHER Senator Casey NOR Senator Toomey are among the 37 co-sponsors of S1598. The USCCB has an "alert" for contacts to Fitzpatrick, Casey, and Toomey, re: the First Amendment Defense Act: http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/make-a-call?0&engagementId=113753
As per the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, "The State Marriage Defense Act would require....the federal government to honor the state marriage laws where people are actually living when determining whether they are legally married for purposes of federal rights, benefits, and privileges." Representative Fitzpatrick is NOT among the 37 co-sponsors of HR 824; NEITHER Senator Casey NOR Senator Toomey are among the 14 co-sponsors of S 435. The USCCB has an "alert" for contacts to Fitzpatrick, Casey, and Toomey, re: the State Marriage Defense Act: http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/make-a-call?2&engagementId=81348
As per the Family Research Council, the so-called "Equality Act" (S 1858 and HR 3185) "would essentially obliterate gender-specific designations in virtually every realm of public life in America and possibly even many private areas.
"The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference explains that "Changing the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) will jeopardize many churches and their charitable outreach if they continue to adhere to their religious beliefs. In other states, this law has closed Catholic adoption agencies and violated religious liberty....HB 1510/SB 974 exposes even more Pennsylvanians to discrimination based solely on their religious beliefs. Simply put, this legislation is intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith. " From Bucks County, Representatives Steve Santarsiero (D), Tina Davis (D) John Galloway (D), Scott Petri (R) Marguerite Quinn (R), and Kathy Watson (R) are among the 84 co-sponsors of HB 1510. While Galloway identifies as Catholic, the others have studied at Catholic schools (i.e., Santarsiero, MEd, Holy Family; Davis, Bachelors, LaSalle; Petri, JD, Villanova; Quinn, BA, St Joseph's, and Watson (studied at Villanova).). Senator Chuck McIlhinney (R), who identifies as Catholic, is among the 26 co-sponsors of SB 974. As per the Pennsylvania Family Council, "Stand for true tolerance: oppose Senate Bill 974 and House Bill 1510."
As per the NY Times,
- "Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally 'boy play,' and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records....The policy of instructing soldiers to ignore child sexual abuse by their Afghan allies is coming under new scrutiny, particularly as it emerges that service members like Captain Quinn have faced discipline, even career ruin, for disobeying it....the Army relieved Captain Quinn of his command and pulled him from Afghanistan....the Army is also trying to forcibly retire Sgt. First Class Charles Martland....'The Army contends that Martland and others should have looked the other way (a contention that I believe is nonsense),' Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who hopes to save Sergeant Martland’s career, wrote...to the Pentagon’s inspector general" (U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies, 9/21/15). The Family Research Council has an online petition for the Senate and House Armed Services Committees:
"I, the undersigned, urge you to pressure the Pentagon to clear Sgt. Charles Martland's record on the matter concerning his intervention to protect a young Afghan boy from sexual abuse. I also ask that you investigate the policy concerning the ability of U.S. military personnel to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation."
By the way, does anyone EVER see the following resources in parish bulletins, on parish websites, or in parish vestibules?
- The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference's "alerts",
- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' "Alerts Central"
- 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.)?
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