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But What About This, Barack?

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:18 AM

(AFP)

Sen. Barack Obama finally touched on abortion in the presidential debates last evening.

In last night’s debate, the Democratic presidential candidate glossed over his consistent support for abortion rights, his promise to sign into law the abortion lobby’s Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) legislation as his first act if elected president, and his commitment to nominate only pro-abortion judges to... READ MORE


 

Life-Less Presidential Debates

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:56 PM

(CNS/Reuters)

ProLifeBlogs.com is drawing attention to an online petition seeking to get Barack Obama and John McCain to discuss abortion and marriage in tonight’s debate.

The petition can be viewed here at the FRCAction website.

“From wars to rumors of wars and from financial meltdowns to rumors of further financial meltdowns, there are a lot of viable questions to ask the presidential candidates,” Permalink Filed under abortion, marriage, politics, presidential debate


 

Debating Just War

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:52 AM

Scene from the 1991 movie "Black Hawk Down" about U.S. intervention in Somalia's civil war.

Barack Obama and John McCain touched on a topic in last night’s presidential debate about which the Church is the leading expert: Just War doctrine.

The candidates were asked by moderator Tom Brokaw if “we can establish tonight the Obama doctrine and the McCain doctrine for the use of United States combat forces in situations where there’s a humanitarian crisis, but it does not affect our... READ MORE


 

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