Pro-Life
Planned Parenthood is the new “back alley”
By Jenifer Bowen It would be remiss of us to allow Joy Corning’s letter to the editor in The Des Moines Register yesterday which she said is to “quell misconceptions about Planned Parenthood” to go unchallenged. Pro-lifers can agree with one thing Corning says: “Sometimes we humans avoid facing facts that should shed light on…
Read MoreLiberals’ tragic leap of faith
By Tom Quiner A letter writer self-identified herself as a liberal Catholic in a recent letter to the editor in The Des Moines Register. Her rant, for that is what is was, included this line: “Since when do we, as fellow Christians, take up the charge to bash one another?” She was critical of a…
Read MoreWar on the conscience
By Tom Quiner Should a Catholic be required by force of law to aid and abet abortion? Before you answer, consider what Catholics believe. Here is what paragraph 2271 says in the Catholic Catechism: “Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and…
Read MoreDes Moines’ shrill side strikes back
by Tom Quiner As the title of this blogpost, I have borrowed a headline that appeared in today’s Des Moines Register on their op-ed page. It is the headline used for a column written by Rekha Basu. In her piece, Ms. Basu attacks Dowling Catholic High School for allowing an alum to withdraw her name…
Read MoreRespect
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nFW84VS04&feature=player_embedded#!] What is the essence of being human? One quality immediately hits me. It’s the ability to respect. It’s the ability to respect human life. It’s the ability to respect our neighbors, to love them as ourselves. It’s the ability to respect our environment, to be good stewards of this great land.…
Read MoreThe tyranny of tolerance
By Tom Quiner I bet you’re like me. You have friends, family, acquaintances with same-sex attractions. You love them regardless. You want them to be safe. You want them to be happy. For many people of faith, there’s more to it, though. They care about their soul. They worry that acting on same-sex impulses threatens…
Read MorePeace begins in the womb
By Tom Quiner If a society allows the weakest in society to be exterminated without raising a finger, anything is possible. For a generation, America has turned its back on our most vulnerable little ones with unfettered abortion “rights” at the expense of the pre-born. Does it matter? The Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade Supreme…
Read MoreThe new Emancipation Proclamation
By Tom Quiner Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and a president who was a member of the Democratic Party signed it into law. Years later, another Democratic Party President said he simply didn’t like the law, so he refused to enforce it. End of story. Today, a Congressman from South Carolina, James…
Read MoreJohn the Baptist. Barack Obama. Melissa Ohden. Rick Santorum.
By Tom Quiner Do you know who John the Baptist is? The Catholic Church considers him the greatest and last in the line of the prophets. He was the voice in the wilderness paving the way for Jesus, the Christ. He did something interesting while still in his mother’s womb. I quote the King James…
Read MoreLife is beautiful
By Tom Quiner I witnessed something extraordinary a week ago. In many respects, it was life-changing. More on it in a minute. It made me think of a wonderful story told by the late Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Dr. Peale was a minister and author of the classic book, “The Power of Positive Thinking.” Dr.…
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