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AUSTIN -- The Catholic diocese in which Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Sanchez grew up has banned him from speaking at church facilities because of his position favoring abortion rights. Bishop Edmond Carmody of Corpus Christi on Monday also said Democratic lieutenant governor candidate John Sharp is banned because of his abortion stance, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Sanchez and Sharp are both Roman Catholics who say they personally oppose abortion but would defend a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. "That's being schizophrenic about it," Carmody told the American-Statesman. "That's saying, 'In my own home, I respect life, but...

The U. S. Senate has condemned the Ninth Circuit Court's ruling on the Pledge of Allegience by a 99-0 margin.

Your Excellencies: As a Catholic psychiatrist and psychologist who have treated a significant number of priests from various dioceses and religious communities over the past 25 years for same-sex attraction (SSA or homosexuality) and for pedophilia and ephebophilia (homosexual behavior with adolescents), we believe that our particular expertise and those of our colleagues in the Catholic Medical Association may be of help to the American bishops as they seek to create effective long term strategies to prevent the recurrence of the problems in which the Catholic Church in the United States now finds itself enmeshed. Many have pointed out that...

Seven alleged al-Qaeda members accused of planning attacks against British and American warships in the Gibraltar Straits are due to appear in front of an examining magistrate in Casablanca. The lawyer for six of the accused says they will plead not guilty to all the charges. Three Saudi men, their Moroccan wives and another Moroccan man are being charged on nine counts, ranging from attempted murder to forging documents. The prosecution claims the Saudis, with the help of the Moroccans, planned to blow up Nato warships in the Straits of Gibraltar, as well as attack buses in Morocco and a...

GET THE EMAIL CHAINS ROLLING! Please sign the following petition to set aside the 9th Circuit Court's Ruling declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. SIGN THE PETITIONSET ASIDE THE 9TH CIRCUIT COURT'S RULING The insnaity MUST stop ... we must be the ones to halt it in its tracks. Pass on to all you know. Family, realitves, friends, neighbors, representatives, teachers, students, etc.

This is the first time I am posting, although I read Free Republic daily. I need your help and opinions. I am moving from Georgia to Michigan to live closer to my aging mother-in-law. I know nothing at all about the political environment in Michigan. I was born and raised in the south, and am a very conservative protestant. My in-laws are liberal democrats. I have children, so am interested in any info on the public school system (I know-gag)-but my husband still hasn't agreed to homeschooling. We will be moving to the Kalamazoo area. Any info and sources for...

Human rights groups are urging that mass gravesites in northern Afghanistan be immediately secured and investigated for evidence of possible war crimes involving United States military personnel. An Irish documentary maker has secretly filmed mass graves near the northern city of Mazar-e-sharif and interviewed witnesses who claim that container loads of prisoners were dumped in the desert. It's alleged that most suffocated in the sealed containers, but those left alive were shot on the spot. Key aspects of his claims are backed up by a detailed report from the group Physicians for Human Rights.--------- Compere: Tony Jones Reporter: Jonathan Harley...

BERLIN The German authorities have discovered leads to a possible attack on the annual Love Parade festival of techno music, drugs and nudity next month, according to the tabloid newspaper Bild. The police infiltrated a group of Arab terrorists who smuggled 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of explosives into Berlin with the help of Albanian Muslims for possible use in a car bomb, the paper said, citing a classified report from the Berlin police. According to Bild, the group is led by a Palestinian from Lebanon. A police spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report but said there was "no...

Today the 9th Circuit Court in a 5 to 4 ruling declared the US Constitution unconstitutional...especialy the 2nd,3rd,and 4th amendments."We think we have grounds for appeal," said Hyram Botluck a lawyer for Constitution, "but it will be a long process"Developing

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULT OF OPERATIONS OVERVIEW Salon Media Group, Inc. is an Internet media company that produces a total network of ten subject-specific, Websites, and two online communities - The Well and Table Talk. Salon was incorporated in July 1995 and launched its initial Websites in November 1995. Salon has averaged approximately 3.5-3.8 million unique visitors per month. A unique user is an individual visitor to Salon's network. Most of Salon's revenues are advertising revenues, derived from the sale of promotional space on its Websites. Services that have been offered range from...

This has to be one of the worst days I've witnessed in my 64 years on this earth.Thank you BILL CLINTON. Because of you and your corrupt criminal dealings we have seen what appears to be the beginning of the end of our FREE AMERICA. I thought I had seen the worst of your 8 years in office - but today's action by the Ninth Circuit Court claiming the Pledge of Allegiance is UNCONSTITUTIONAL is the stark result of your unethical, radical, socialist actions against this country. After all, YOU appointed a majority of those judges. You have left us...

The Open Source Russell Pavlicek Shred that paper AN OPINION IS a funny thing. Two intelligent individuals can look at a set of facts and develop two very different opinions about the matter. As someone who writes about his opinions, I hear from reasonable people with differing opinions every week. As the saying goes, it's all good. What annoys me, however, is a professionally written opinion that seems to ignore more facts than it acknowledges. Such is the case with a curious work titled "Opening the Open Source Debate," issued by a think tank called the Alexis de Tocqueville...

Anger is mounting at the sale to a New York financier of Young Nick's Head, a landmark described as part of the foundation of the nation.Gisborne people are threatening to occupy the landmark - the first piece of New Zealand seen by Captain James Cook and the government is understood to be planning talks to try to free some of the most sensitive land from American ownership.New York financier John Griffin has a contract to buy Young Nick's Head for $NZ4 million from it's private owners, subject to approval by the Overseas Investment Commission.Former NZ First Memeber of Parliament, Tu...

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

<p>Federal authorities have detained a Jordanian man they believe was a roommate of at least two of the Sept. 11 hijackers after a raid at a Southeast Baltimore home.</p> <p>Rasmi Al-Shannaq was taken into custody early Monday, apparently for overstaying his visa, according to law enforcement sources and news reports. He is believed to have lived last year with two of the hijackers who were on board American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon.</p>

I just heard on Sean Hannity's show that Bush has criticized the decision earlier this afternoon by the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, due to the phrase "under God."

TCS The counterattack has come. Months ago, some of us advocated "preemption" as the best U.S. security policy to replace "containment" and "deterrence." We predicted that, if adopted, it would eventually become far more controversial than those two Cold War strategies. Weeks ago, President Bush, adopted "preemption." And just days ago, the counterattacks began, most prominently in the lead editorial of the Sunday New York Times. Left unanswered, such counterattacks swiftly gain legitimacy. That's what happened to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative," which Ted Kennedy and the New York Times sneeringly (and effectively) dubbed "Star Wars." It took decades for...

A Modest Proposal For A New Constitutional Amendment: Amendment XXVII I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. II. The right of the several States to make laws regarding an establishment of religion shall not be abridged.

OTTAWA (CP) -- Canadian Blood Services are combing their records to trace blood donations from a gay man who lied about his sexual history, then taunted the service in a series of anonymous e-mails. The donor, who hasn't been publicly identified, was traced after the agency successfully went to court for an order to have the man's Internet provider identify him. The next step is to trace the products made from his blood, Ian Mumford, the agency's executive vice-president, said Wednesday. "That's going to take some time," he said. "We're talking about a number of years over which this has...