Thursday, November 06, 2008

News Updates, 11/6

Roseanne Barr: Register Mormon, Catholic Churches, Judaism As PACs
The Mormon and Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues should be forced to register with the IRS as political action committees because they have "crossed the line between church and state" and "hate our country" and want nothing less than the "complete overthrow of the us [sic] government."
[First, all of the MSM should be registered as DNC PACs, shouldn't they?]

Obama may have tricky relations with Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two months ago, a Vatican official [Archbishop Raymond L Burke] branded the U.S. Democrats the "party of death" because of its pro-choice stand on abortion. His words failed to sway millions of Catholics who cast their vote for Barack Obama....

With the Help of Catholics…Obama’s Victory
November 5, 2008 (insidecatholic.com) - When the U.S. bishops hold their annual meeting in Baltimore next week, one item on the agenda will be approval of the new Order for the Blessing of the Child in the Womb....It couldn't come at a better time.

What's wrong with Catholic voters? What's wrong with Catholics? by Phil Lawler
Yesterday, according to the exit polls, between 53 and 54% of American Catholic voters cast their ballots for Barack Obama, despite the Democratic candidate's enthusiastic support for unrestricted legal abortion... Why? ... Among Catholic voters who attend Mass weekly, McCain won majority support: 54- 45%. Among those who do not attend weekly Mass, the margin for Obama was an overwhelming 61- 37%. Thus Obama drew his support from inactive Catholics. And unfortunately, most American Catholics are inactive....

Archbishop Chaput to Kmiec: You Wanted Obama, Now Lobby Him on Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Catholic apologists for Barack Obama pulled the wool over voters' eyes with their protests that he would have a pro-life administration and would seek to reduce abortions. Now that Obama has been elected, a top Catholic official is urging the Obama backers to make him make good on his word. During the election, the dueling between Catholic backers and Catholic opponents of Obama reached a fever pitch Groups like Catholics United and Catholics for the Common Good put up web sites, wrote editorials and sent out millions of mailings to voters to make them think pro-abortion candidate Obama would be pro-life president Obama. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver led the charge on the pro-life side against Pepperdine University professor Douglas Kmiec. In a letter to the editor to the web site Public Discourse, Chaput issued told Kmiec he would have to make good on his promises that Obama would reduce abortions and, in a more polite manner, told him to put up or shut up....
[Personally, I would like to see ardent, open, public supporters on Pro-death advocates excommunicated...]

Where is the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman?
Professor probes mystery over missing bones

“Contempt for the will of the people”
Same-sex marriage proponents won’t concede election, ask court to nullify Proposition 8

Mexican bishops condemn 'St. Death' devotion
...and St. Jude is not the patron saint of criminals

California stops gay marriage amid Obama victory
Voters also rejected limits on abortion in South Dakota

Catholic bishops congratulate Obama
Majority of Catholic voters opted for pro-abort president

Vatican: May God help Obama bring peace
Spokesman hopes president-elect will foster dignity

Pope Benedict urges Obama to build just world
Papal telegram delivered through U.S. ambassador

Black Pope could follow Barack Obama's election, says US archbishop
Wilton Daniel Gregory, 60, the Archbishop of Atlanta, said that in the past Pope Benedict XVI had himself suggested that the election of a black pontiff would "send a splendid signal to the world" about the universal Church....

Irish cardinal: Is EU really benefiting the Irish?
Does it mean intrusive bureaucracy, oppressive legislation?

How Obama lured millions of religious voters
Gains came most from Catholics who do not attend Mass

Obama's religious appeal reaches evangelicals
One quarter of them voted for president-elect

Issues & Politics
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Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama, says he expects change
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday congratulated Barak Obama on his election win - the first time an Iranian leader has offered such wishes to a US president-elect since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

An Open Letter to Barack Obama:
Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.?
Are you legally qualified to hold the Office of President?

Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by ‘foreign entity’
At Obama headquarters, what was originally believed to be a virus planted in a phishing attack turned out to something more ominous. After an investigation, the FBI and Secret Service issued a dire warning:
You have a problem way bigger than what you understand,” an agent told Obama’s team. “You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system.”

Barack Obama Pushes Abortion on Day One With Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama didn't wait 24 hours before making his first decision to promote abortion as the President-elect. Obama has offered the White House chief of staff position to pro-abortion Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, who has a 0 percent pro-life voting record....

Is Obama the secret son of Malcolm X? (Israeli Insider)
If Barack Hussein Obama II is Malcolm X's biological son and ideological heir, it would uniquely explain the mystery of why he was so generously helped by so many Arab and communist "friends in high places" long before he was a "somebody."

Missouri, the bellwether, backed the loser. What happened?

Putin may return to Kremlin in '09: report

U.S. Treasury teaches 'Islamic Finance 101'
Advisers, scholars to promote controversial Shariah funding

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