Pro-Life
Beware misleading negative campaign phone calls
By Tom Quiner The negative campaigning begins. A group calling themselves Iowa Pro-Life Action is making robo calls suggesting that Newt Gingrich is not pro life. The Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life, the largest pro life group in the state, set the record straight with a press release today. Jenifer Bowen said: “A…
Read MoreShould public policy be molded by religion?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71NT42QtD64] “We have to give voice in public policy to keeping with the values of the Word.” The person who made this comment was referring to the Gospel values embedded in Christianity. If I understand correctly, the speaker is saying that our faith must project its values onto the larger society by…
Read MoreAnalyzing Gingrich’s “baggage”
By Tom Quiner One of three men will be elected President of the United States in eleven months: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or Newt Gingrich. Could one of the lower tier candidates like Michele Bachman or Rick Santorum experience a resurgence and win the presidency? It is possible, but unlikely at this stage in the…
Read MoreIntroducing Lucille Katherine …
By Tom Quiner My wife and I adopted a baby yesterday. To be more precise, we “spiritually adopted” a baby who was conceived this month. We named her Lucille Katherine. We will never meet this little girl. But by committing to spiritually adopt her, we have embarked on a 9 month journey of daily prayer…
Read MoreIs a bug more important than a person?
By Tom Quiner The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added a moth-like butterfly, the Poweshiek skipperling, as a candidate to the federal endangered species list. You can be fined and potentially imprisoned if you kill this bug. If you end the life of a boy or girl in a woman’s womb via abortion, you…
Read More“Tenacity of protestors is to be admired”
By Tom Quiner The pro life protesters took over city parks around the nation. They were loud and profane. They called themselves the 99.5, which represents the percentage of our population not aborted each year. They protest in defense of the .5% preborn who have no rights and are aborted each year. At their encampment…
Read MoreWhat kind of person is Nancy Pelosi?
By Tom Quiner I am awed by the beauty of the Catholic faith. Critics of Catholicism typically don’t know Catholicism. I know how that goes, because I wasn’t Catholic for half of my life. I was critical with aspects of Catholicism before I became Catholic. The more I learn about my faith, the more I…
Read MoreModern man’s struggle to be humane
By Tom Quiner How could this happen? I refer to the tragic child molestation accusations at Penn State. Children and adolescents have once again gotten caught in the cross hairs of modern man’s self absorption with gratification. The carnage in the wake of America’s assault on the defenseless is beyond human calculation. We were shocked…
Read MoreOccupy Planned Parenthood
By Tom Quiner The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement receives lavish attention from the media. Frankly, they deserve it. It is a big story. There is another big story which receives almost no media attention: the 40 Days for Life movement. The folks participating in this movement are quite a bit different than those in…
Read MoreAmerica’s youth pour into the pro-life movement
By Lisa Bourne The 39th March for Life will take place January 23, 2012. The time to sign up for the annual trip to the March with Iowans for LIFE is now. Often called a pilgrimage, making the trip to the March with the pro-life organization is not only a way to be heard and…
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