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HHS weighs declaring access to abortion a “public health emergency’

  In response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the Department of Health and Human Services is weighing the possibility of declaring  a “public health emergency” more evidence of a concerted effort by the Biden administration to expand abortion access nationwide. “There are...
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Rihanna’s Super Bowl pregnancy announcement is an unexpected pro-life moment

      When Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl halftime show this week, she shocked the world by revealing a baby bump. While her performance itself may not have been altogether family-friendly, Rihanna has recently surprised onlookers by being an advocate for...
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The Chaste Man’s Casting Couch

  The “casting couch” is code for men in positions of authority in Hollywood and on Broadway using their power to extract sex from aspiring actresses in exchange for acting roles. Call it rape with a bow on it. Psychobabblers tell us rape is about power, not sex. Bullocks....
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Shattered at the Foot of the Holy Mountain

  [The following is based on a sermon preached at Trinity Anglican Seminary, 5 June 2024.]    Lectionary : Deut 5:6-21 Ps 81:1-10(11-16) 2 Cor 4:1-12 Mark 2:23-28    There is a FoxTrot comic from 1988 in which Peter, the athletic older brother, asks his nerdy younger brother...
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