You knew it was coming. You hoped it wasn’t, but in a society as debauched as ours, it is hardly surprising.
[ABCNews] Angie Jackson says nothing is off-limits on Twitter, not even the details of her abortion [to] chronicle her experience taking RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill, in an attempt to “demystify” abortion for other women.
Already the mother of a 4-year-old son with special needs, Jackson, who lives in Tampa, Fla., with her boyfriend, said that after a difficult and life-threatening first pregnancy her doctors advised her to not get pregnant again.
“I had made a decision when my son was born to try to not get pregnant again, and if that failed I’d planned that I would get an abortion if I needed one,” Jackson said.
“It’s not that bad. It’s not killing a child.” she says in her YouTube post.
I’m not sure what is mystifying about the abortion drug, unless it’s the idea that it’s either safe, painless, or doesn’t kill a child. One has to be willfully ignorant to gloss over the basic science and purpose of RU-486.
Jackson adds, “I’m not trying to ignite a culture war, I’m just offering one person’s personal experience and true story.”
Here is where the story starts to unravel. Jackson’s Twitter handle is “AntiTheistAngie” — not atheist, anti-theist. She signs off her posts, “Hope everyone has a Godless day”. People who are “not trying to ignite a culture war” don’t throw grenades. I don’t believe in little green men, but I don’t spend much time and energy trying to debunk those who do.
These events originally happened to me on April 21, 2009.
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It was a day like today.
It was neither especially warm nor cold. It was slightly overcast, but nothing to speak of. The work day had been especially average, with nothing particular to recommend it. Things were quiet, no dramas unfolded.
It was a day like today.
We were walking down the street. I had heard snippets, but I wasn’t paying particular attention. Small details flitted through my mind. It didn’t even have to do with me, just a friend of an acquaintance, really. She was on her way to pick her up after the procedure.
It was a day like today.
She turned to me. “You’re pro-choice, right?” So cavalier. A heartbeat passed. Then two. “No. Pro-life.” A taxi blocked the crosswalk. The light changed. I added, “I just think everyone deserves the chance to live.”
On April 4, 2009 at 9:00am there will be a Rally and Press Conference in front of the City Hall in Oakland, California. On this 41st anniversary of the slaying of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Pro-Life and Christian leaders will stand in support and unity for another civil rights leader, Pastor Walter Hoye, who was arrested for standing in front of an abortion facility with a sign reading, “Jesus loves you and your baby, let us help you.”
By Rick on March 31st, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.”Charles Dickens wrote this in the Tale of Two Cities back in 1859.
He might as well describe Notre Dame, Indiana this summer as people from all walks life will unite in solidarity with the poorest in American society - the children who do not even have their mother’s love and have been deprived of their chance and right to live. They are being executed in cruel and barbaric ways – vacuumed to pieces, chemically burned, et. al. And that has been audaciously promoted by the president by removing the right of conscience for Christian health care workers, reversing the Hyde amendment and thus using Medicaid dollars to pay for abortion and covering abortion
By Ben Trovato on March 27th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
We have four new children in our family.
We spiritually adopted four children conceived on the feast of the Annunciation, and due to be born on Christmas day, but who are at risk of being aborted.
We do not know who or where these unborn children are, but we will pray for them every day from now to Christmas. Anna initiated this with the pro-Life group she has established in the parish, and Ant, Bernie and I have all joined and adopted a child each.
You could do the same. The idea was Bishop Fulton Sheen’s and there’s a www site explaining the details.
By Rick on March 14th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
This post might make me look like a nut; but, if it will inspire at least 1 person to venture out and protect the unborn, to keep God from being offended, then it will all be worth it.
In earlier posts, I’ve written about our campaign to save the unborn and all the troubles that it brought.Now I want to share what I thought are consolations that came my way because of that.The way I see it is that, if you put yourself on the line for God, then God will reward you – even in the here and now.
First of all, I woke up one day with the certainty that I shall meet the Blessed Mother that very day.I did not feel scared or apprehensive.I anticipated the event with peace.I was off that day, so I went to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
By Rick on March 14th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
These are friends from a prayer group who tried to save the mothers and their children from abortion. On many Saturdays, we stood and prayed at the entrances of the abortion mill hoping to change the mother’s choice. We know that the mother herself is a victim; probably abandoned by the boyfriend. We just want her to consider options before she makes matters worse. Women have been known to go nuts on the anniversary of their unborn child’s demise. We showed a picture of a fetus at 8 weeks to inform the mother that it is a child and not a mass of undifferentiated cells. She’s not popping a zit but killing her son or daughter. During those days:
Cars passed and honked in support; others yelled in disapproval.
A lady turned around, stopped at a convenience store & bought us bottled water. “It’s the least I can do”, she said.
By Rick on March 9th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
To grow in the spiritual life, one needs direction. General spiritual guidance is provided in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Specific guidance needs to be arranged with a director preferably with a priest because of his training. The specific guidance is absolutely necessary when discerning a calling or making decisions like supporting a certain law. It is required for priests and religious.
When I was at the order and had to take classes in different schools, I changed directors every year. It is cheaper than making long distance calls and also the non-verbal communication is essential during the session.
That may sound like common sense, but not when one considers the position of the Archbishop of the nation’s capital. In a statement, he says that the spiritual direction for Catholic politicians who publicly support abortion, “can best be made by the bishop in the person’s home diocese with whom he or she presumably is in conversation.” It is like the politician from CA who works in DC for a year is suppose to be guided by her bishop in CA even if she commits scandal in DC – like supporting abortion despite the explicit prohibition of the Pope himself.
The problem with the right to life issues is that only one party is considered and others are overlooked e.g. the mother but not the child and in this case the visiting politician but not the resident parishioners.
Correct me if I am wrong, but what some bishops don’t get or refuse to understand is the impact of the politician’s reception of the Eucharist to the faith community. The politician who defies the bishops’ and pope’s teaching, guidance and orders about defending life goes and receives the Communion as though she did nothing wrong or
By Rick on March 7th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
The late Ferdinand Marcos was having lunch with the late Cardinal Sin. He started small talk to the Prelate by saying, “You should admire the Americans. Hours after the election, they already know who won.” The Cardinal nonchalantly responded, “You need to admire your people more. Even before the election, they already know who won.” Sin had kept normal relations with Marcos even if the latter’s regime has been accused of murder, corruption and fraud. He did not withhold Holy Communion from Ferdinand probably because none of the accusations stuck. I do know that Sin ended his Masses saying, “We are not afraid to face the firing squad…” His courage was contagious. When the opposition barricaded themselves in a fort & were about to be massacred by government’s troops, the cardinal called on the faithful to form a human shield and separate the combatants. More than a million stood in harms way – kneeling on the streets, praying the Rosary, holding the Bible and singing Christian hymns.
Courage is a basic habit of moral or decent men – just like justice, prudence & temperance. The word comes from”cor” or heart – the common metaphor for the source of love. Love makes one brave. Consider a mother charging into a burning building when she sees her child in there. Another word for it is fortitude, which comes from “fortis” meaning strength. To have fortitude is not to be a push over, is to be immovable or relentless.
By Rob Kaiser on February 12th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
Creative Minority Report is a Catholic Dad blog. From there we get the following video. May we teach all of our children to stand up and witness as this child.
If you are anywhere near Oakland California, please go to this rally on April 4th. Below is a summary of the information. For more details go to 
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