An article in Wednesday’s Albany Times-Union carried the deceptive title "35 years pass, but not debate: Demonstrations mark 1973 high court ruling affirming right to abortion." Instead of covering any of the various pro-life or pro-choice demonstrations over the past few days, the Times-Union spent the bulk of article discussing a ceremony at a new Planned Parenthood facility in Albany where local clergy "blessed" the clinic. Only two sentences mentioned that "Capital Region activists joined voices with their counterparts nationwide to mark the day" and that the annual March for Life was being held in Washington, DC.
The article, written by Times-Union staff writer Carol DeMare, quoted several "pro-choice" clergy who took part in the "blessing" ceremony. Rev. Larry Phillips of Schenectady, New York's Emmanuel-Friedens Church described the new Planned Parenthood center as "sacred and holy ... where women's voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers ... sacred ground where the violent voices of hatred and oppression are quelled."
Another pastor, the Rev. Bill Levering, also from a Schenectady church, coated pro-choice language in quasi-religious terms. "There are some decisions that are left to the individual. Even God respects the right of privacy. We make women into children when we say they cannot control their own bodies."
A Jewish rabbi blew the shofar during the half-hour ceremony, and declared its sound represented "a renewal of commitment to keep reproductive rights in the hands of women."
The article only quoted one critic of this ceremony, Kathleen Gallagher of the New York State Catholic Conference. She called the blessing "hypocritical" and pointed out that "abortion proponents have been saying this is not a religious issue, you should keep religion out of this, and now all of a sudden they turn around and decide to bless an abortion clinic to gain respect for a procedure everybody knows is not worthy of respect."
Besides the various "pro-choice" clergy, the Times-Union article cited Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Linda Scharf a total of five times.
[H/t to Dawn Eden of The Dawn Patrol and Damian G of the Conservathink blog].
—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Pro-Choice Clergy Mark ‘Roe’ Anniversary By ‘Blessing’ Abortion
January 24, 2008 - 13:53 ET by vrwc13I wonder if they all gathered around the "dump chute" out back where all the babies body parts are dumped out into a bin?
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But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13
"When the time comes, as it
January 24, 2008 - 13:58 ET by rbosque"When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome
moment, the final judgment, I've often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it
is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone
standing before God -- and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can
imagine. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be
alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in
this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world -- and they
will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God,
'Spare him, because he loved us!'"
Congressman Henry Hyde
..and what a chorus it will
January 24, 2008 - 14:03 ET by vrwc13..and what a chorus it will be...
"The incidence and reasons for induced abortion vary regionally. It has been estimated that approximately 46 million abortions are performed worldwide every year." wiki
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But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13
Who knew Henry Hyde was so
January 24, 2008 - 14:09 ET by motherbeltWho knew Henry Hyde was so eloquent?
Wow! What a thought!
Rep. Henry Hyde
January 24, 2008 - 15:14 ET by easygoerThat is beautiful and so very true.
This is a repost from aways back;
My father was a physician. One night when I was around twelve, shortly
after Roe v. Wade, my dad took me into the area in the hospital where
abortions were executed. I saw trash bins half full with fetuses,some
of them perfectly formed. My dad's intention was to shock me and he
certainly succeeded.It's something I'll never forget.
→ Lord, forgive us
January 24, 2008 - 13:59 ET by Cool ArrowFather in Heaven, please forgive the USA for allowing this blasphemy to prosper within our shores. Please do not judge us according to what we deserve. Show us how to stop it.
In Jesus' name
Amen.
Scripture says all nations
January 25, 2008 - 13:15 ET by misterbee241Scripture says all nations will be judged. The US will be among them. How we've allowed this holocaust to go on and even make it a constitutional right is beyond me.
And a rabbi blowing a shofar? Does he know anything about his own history? Over the millenia tyrants and despots and other evil doers have tried to eradicate the Jews. Why is he not standing AGAINST abortion? Here we are killing millions of Americans every year and he and the other "clergy" celebrate it?
I wonder who their god really is - Baal or Molech? Both required child sacrifice.
I believe God has sent this nation many wake-up calls over the years but we refuse to listen just as Israel refused to listen to the prophets in the OT. God is patient but his patience is not infinite.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Remember
January 24, 2008 - 14:00 ET by c5thenIt is not your clothes or a piece of paper or what you call yourself that matters. What matters is your convictions and values and if you will allow your actions to flow from them and not the other way around.
We see here that even supposed clergy of a Christian and Jewish denomination can be posers and doing the work of Satan.
Blessing the place where babies are murdered and calling it sacred? How much more of an abomination can you get?
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
Woe to those who call evil good
January 24, 2008 - 14:08 ET by vrwc13Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter. Isaiah 5:20
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I'm guessing the
January 24, 2008 - 14:03 ET by motherbeltI'm guessing the Emmanuel-Friedens church was founded by two guys with the last names Emmanuel and Friedens.
I simply cannot believe these guys asked God to bless an aborion clinic.(After all, they have no power to "bless" anything...all they can do is ask for His blessing on it.
BRRRRRP! BRRRRRP! BRRRRRP! (sound of duct tape being pulled off roll).....
...they asked the "god" of this world...
January 24, 2008 - 14:13 ET by vrwc13...they asked the "god" of this world...and I am sure he is pleased...
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It's only a "baby" if it has a "mother" who wants it. If not, it's a "fetus" and a "woman." Got it? motherbelt
The arrogant and self
January 24, 2008 - 17:46 ET by dscottThe arrogant and self righteous never have a problem with blaspheming God's name in order to cover their own sins. The fact that they could actually perform that double think to terminate a child's life in order to give someone else the "freedom of choice" is mind boggling.
I'd hate to be in their shoes on Judgement Day! But that's point isn't it, they don't believe in judgement, they don't believe a Loving God would punish people who so wantonly inflict pain and suffering on others. They don't believe there is such a thing as Justice where someone is held accoutable for all the pain and suffering they so selfishly inflicted on others over their life time. "Vengence is Mine and I will repay"
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
"...where women are treated
January 24, 2008 - 14:09 ET by richflanj"...where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers ... sacred ground where the violent voices of hatred and oppression are quelled."
And where unborn children are cut up like poultry and thrown out with the garbage. Enough said.
Sacred ground????
January 24, 2008 - 14:17 ET by motherbeltsacred ground
If that doesn't raise the bile in your throat, nothing will.
That's the last phase of the campaign for abortion.
Stage One: Tolerance: not your business.
Stage Two: Acceptance: every woman has to decide what's right for her situation.
Stage Three: Celebration: It's a beautiful, sacred thing.
If this isn't rock bottom, I don't know what is.
motherbelt
January 25, 2008 - 02:17 ET by easygoerYou got that right.
Disgusting
January 24, 2008 - 14:16 ET by sentforth5Thank you, Matthew, for this piece. These imposters in no way represent Our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus. As a member the clergy let me oficially say that these people are in no way Christians.
God told Jeremiah," Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..."
These would-be preachers are here on satan's behalf.
this story?
January 24, 2008 - 14:22 ET by seaniepI am fairly new here, but isn't this site supposed to be about liberal bias in the media, not just silly liberal behavior?
Welcome!
January 24, 2008 - 14:32 ET by sentforth5Media Research Center is formal, and NB is a little less.
I'm relatively new, too, but mostly I just speak me mind! Nobody has jumped me so far.
NewsBusters is many things to many people.
Note to self : Jump on sean
January 24, 2008 - 18:23 ET by Dan The Man 2Note to self : Jump on sean and sent forth at earliest opportunity.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
→ Yes, seaniep
January 24, 2008 - 14:32 ET by Cool ArrowIt's where we expose those whose consciences are seared as with a hot iron.
sean???
January 24, 2008 - 14:35 ET by LionKingDid you read the first sentence? It refers to a decpetive headline. Deception is one of the many tools that the MSM uses to achieve its biased reporting.
Lying is another tool. </sarc...
Compare the coverage, see the bias.
January 24, 2008 - 14:36 ET by richflanjCompare the level of the coverage, and the nonaggressive, almost reverential tone of the media in this story. Then look at the non-coverage of the March for Life.
There, my friend, is the bias, slapping you, me, and all of us in the face.
That is the point
January 24, 2008 - 14:50 ET by KC MulvilleOn the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, what did this liberal news outlet choose to report on? Did they report on the large demonstrations and marches against abortion around the country? Did they report on the medical advances that have allowed pregnant women to see the entity they're contemplating on killing?
This is a case where the media's liberal bias induced them to be complicit with the pro-abortion agenda. Planned Parenthood wanted to use the media, and the media willingly obeyed. And why do we pay attention to it? Because the only way to rebut this media manipulation is to expose it.
Well this is about an
January 24, 2008 - 15:14 ET by motherbeltWell this is about an article in the Albany Times Union, which shows what they consder to be news, and what they consider worthy of coverage, and of space in their newspaper.
What a paper chooses to cover reflects its biases.
It would be interesting fo find out what kind of coverage they gave to the annual "March for Life" in Washington DC a few days ago.
The “Sacrament” of Abortion
January 24, 2008 - 14:20 ET by lotrThe “Sacrament” of Abortion
http://www.hli.org/s...
I'm not devoutly religious,
January 24, 2008 - 14:24 ET by Chris NormanI'm not devoutly religious, but this is just stomach churningly sick and twisted.
Chris, I think yours just got filled up a little bit...
January 24, 2008 - 14:29 ET by vrwc13“There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus”
Blaise Pascal
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The Demonic Abortion Industry
January 24, 2008 - 14:24 ET by lotrThe Demonic Abortion Industry
http://www.hli.org/s...
Unbelievable !! T
January 24, 2008 - 14:30 ET by USA4freedomUnbelievable !!
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day
The biggest threat to the church is fake Christians
January 24, 2008 - 14:42 ET by candanceIn another 50 years, liberals will be using this as "proof" that the church and Republicans in general justified abortion while their nuanced, compassionate party was undecided - just like they've done with slavery, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans.
Mark my words. Your grandchildren will see THIS in history books but not the bloodthirsty speeches of Whoopi Goldberg and Hillary Clinton.
wheat and tares will be
January 24, 2008 - 15:04 ET by TruthMongerwheat and tares will be the only history that matters:)
...women are moral decision-makers...
January 24, 2008 - 14:49 ET by vrwc13"Clergy have long supported Planned Parenthood's mission and believe ***women are moral decision-makers***, and they trust their right to make a personal decision based on their moral beliefs..." (from the article)
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and ***you will be like God***, knowing good and evil." Genesis 3
***Same lie, same liar, different day***.
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But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13
Maybe "doctrine" isn't such
January 24, 2008 - 14:50 ET by tracheostomyMaybe "doctrine" isn't such a 4-letter word after all.
How will we know the difference between these "Christians" and another?
Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our
common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to
contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the
saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this
condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness
and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Methinks Jude may have ran into someone who claimed a "common salvation" and the incident caused him to change his letter into a warning. The real riddle to this last verse is, how could they deny Christ if they claimed to be Christians?
Remember Matt 7:15.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
You gotta love...
January 24, 2008 - 15:06 ET by candanceThe way they simply describe it as a "high court ruling" and don't admit to the fact that when the Supreme Court ruled on the case, there was no act of Congress or any federal precedent for them to interpret they simply made the decision pre-emptively to stop Congress or anyone from voting on it.
Amazing how Stare Decisis
January 24, 2008 - 18:05 ET by dscottAmazing how Stare Decisis never comes into play when Liberals want the Law changed to their social agenda? 200 years of settled law and legal practice reflecting the social values of the people, changed by the stroke of the gavel. 200 years of legal precedence saying the only time the baby's life was sacrificed was when it would result in the death of the mother. Never mind self governance, never mind that all laws could only be written by the people's representatives in the legislature. Never mind, we the nine unelected, unaccountable judges of the SCOTUS can write any law we wish just by interpreting words to our own purposes using clever rhetoric to strain gnats and then swallow camels.
Roe v Wade decision
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2603.html
The court issued its decision in January 1973: By a majority vote of 7-2, the court voted to strike down the Texas law. Justices Byron White (John F. Kennedy) and William Rehnquist (one of Nixon's new appointees) dissented.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
The blood god of abortion
January 24, 2008 - 15:08 ET by greenfairieThese paganists claim to represent Christianity and Judaism but they don't worship God, they worship the blood god of abortion.
→ blood god = Molech
January 24, 2008 - 15:12 ET by Cool ArrowLetting the children "pass through the fire to Molech" was an abomination before God in the days of old Israel.
Molech was the god of pleasure. Guess that equates pretty well to "god of carefree living"
Excommunication? The
January 24, 2008 - 16:32 ET by wiwfExcommunication?
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
one sided
January 24, 2008 - 17:04 ET by WesenJeremiah 23 is a good companion piece for this article.
FREE Donna Holman.
update
January 24, 2008 - 19:28 ET by WesenDonna Holman is currently serving a 30 days sentence. On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade she finished an 8 day water fast. The jail has her in the psyc ward because she was not eating. I saw her last night and she looks and feels great, her spirits are high, and she has been witnessing to the inprisoned women ant their captors. Donna's release date is Valentine's Day, though she could get out as early as Feb. 3rd counting good-time and time served.
dan holman
This is why......
January 24, 2008 - 19:17 ET by MendolI love to send articles like this to my family so they can see why I converted to Catholic
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 13.
January 24, 2008 - 22:40 ET by Keith2 Corinthians 11:13-15
13. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
The reason that you need to know that you are saved and the reason you need to do it the "bible way", Acts 2:4, Acts 2:38, is because Satan has ministers too. They are the "health and wealth" guys who never mention SIN, they are the pro choice liars that lead silly people away from the truth unto lies.
Most of the ones in the democrat party are now engaged in trying to turn people away from their proper aversion to homosexuality and abortion. They lyingly state that not feeding the poor is a sin of equal stature, this is a lie as well.
When the apostles told a woman that she was wasting her expensive oil by anointing Jesus and that the money would be better spent on the poor, Jesus ridiculed the suggestion. He even elevated the woman's action to the level of SCRIPTURE by declaring that from that day forth whenever they talked about him, they'd talk about HER! (Matt 14:1-9)
"For if you truly amend
January 25, 2008 - 01:43 ET by rbosque"For if you truly amend your
ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice one with another,
if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow,
or shed innocent blood
in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your
fathers for ever.
Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder,
commit adultery,
swear falsely, burn incense to Ba'al, and go after other gods that you have not
known,
and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say,
'We are delivered!'--only to go on doing all these abominations?"
Jeremiah 7:5-10
God's position on abortion
January 25, 2008 - 13:34 ET by lotr"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart." -- Job 1:21
"Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One form us both within our mothers? -- Job 31:15
"For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb." -- Psalm 139:13
"When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit." -- Luke 1:41
"You shall not murder." -- Deuteronomy 5:17
Emmanuel-Friedans church is
January 25, 2008 - 13:12 ET by misterbee241Emmanuel-Friedans church is a GLBT friendly liberal church so it's no surprise they are pro-abortion.
Here is their "about us" page: http://www.timesunio...
Go here: http://www.1-body.co... And scroll down to Schenectady.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
I view abortion as trying to
January 25, 2008 - 18:38 ET by fiddledancer@restI view abortion as trying to fix a mistake with a murder.
fiddle... So do I.
January 25, 2008 - 18:44 ET by bigtimerfiddle...
So do I.
Satan and abortion
January 25, 2008 - 20:01 ET by johnbarryThe pro abortionists are part of Satan’s army on earth. This army includes the Democratic Party amongst its ranks. Clergymen who advocate abortion forfeit the right to be referred to as clergy. They have set their face against the Fifth Commandment. They are working against God. They have joined the satanic onslaught. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul"-Mark 8:36. These "clergy" are giving scandal. Scandal is given whenever the Commandments of God or of His Church are publicly broken. No wonder our Lord cried out: "Woe to the world because of scandals!" St. Matthew, 18:7.Infanticide was one of the major reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire.