Religion
The 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America grants freedom of worship, speech & press; the right to petition the government & to assemble peaceably. Specifically with regard to "religion" it states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Many on the left have tried for at least 50 years to re-write history with regard to "separation of church and state" and to downgrade the religious beliefs of the founding fathers. This quote should satisfy both questions: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports ... and let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." George Washington, Farewell Speech, 9/17/1796 (from "Being George Washington"). The Liberty Institute lists the many & varied current activities to attempt to eliminate Religious Freedom in America. A study in the American Journal of Epidemiology by researchers at the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center found that the secret to sustained happiness lies in participating in religion. “The church appears to play a very important social role in keeping depression at bay and also as a coping mechanism during periods of illness in later life,” an author of the study said.

The Vice Presidential Debate Revealed a Powerful Pro-Life Argument

10/29/24
from WordonFire,
10/22/24:
The recent vice presidential debate was watched by forty million Americans. Like past vice presidential debates, this one is unlikely to make much difference in the outcome of the election. But it may be remembered for a different reason: It brought to the foreground the troubling reality of post-birth abortion. It also provided pro-lifers an opportunity to make a powerful argument against the pro-choice position. At issue was Minnesota’s repeal of its born-alive infant protection language in 2022, which Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, signed. The language was altered as follows: “All reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice, including the compilation of appropriate medical records, shall be taken by the responsible medical personnel to preserve the life and health of the born alive infant care for the infant who is born alive.” The duty to preserve the life and health of the infant born alive (in a botched abortion or otherwise) is removed and in its place is a mere duty to provide comfort “care”—i.e., make the dying infant comfortable. We know at least a couple dozen babies, including some with non-fatal diagnoses, were born alive and left to die after botched abortions in Minnesota over the past decade or so. And we know that this phenomenon is not isolated to Minnesota. Pro-life activist and former nurse Jill Stanek Jill Stanek testified as a witness to the practice in Illinois. And former Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam explicitly countenanced post-birth infant-killing by omission. In the vice presidential debate, vice presidential candidate JD Vance asked Walz about the Minnesota law, suggesting it permitted the barbaric practice of infanticide. However, Mr. Walz denied that and insisted that that wasn’t true and a misinterpretation. Let us take Walz’s claim at face value for a moment. If Walz isn’t lying, he believes that the right to terminate a pregnancy does not equal a right to a dead baby. What would that logically imply? If the “right to terminate a pregnancy”—the euphemistic formulation of the right commonly invoked by pro-choicers—does not equal a right to a dead baby, then it logically follows that the right to terminate a pregnancy is secure in any state that protects a right to give birth. For, giving birth is the natural termination of a pregnancy. Walz’s denial logically implies that “reproductive freedom” is in fact secure across the country. More From WordonFire:


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