Our Church
August 30, 2010 Italian politicians rip visiting Qaddafi’s appeal for Islam
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http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=7388
A visit to Italy by Muammar Qaddafi has sparked criticism from critics who objected to the Libyan leader’s staged plea for Italians to convert to Islam.
Upon arriving in Rome on August 30, Qaddafi distributed copies of the Qu’ran to a group of women who had been recruited to meet him at the airport, and delivered an address encouraging them to consider Islam. Rocco Buttiglione, a leader of the Christian Democratic party, commented that a Christian leader would never be allowed to make a similar appeal in a predominantly Muslim country.
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August 30, 2010 A British gay-rights activist is pushing to lower the age of consent for sexual activity to 14. Peter Tatchell argues that the move would reduce the rate of criminal molestation of children. http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otr.cfm?id=537
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Our Country
American voters think abortion is too easy, poll finds
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By a huge plurality, American voters believe that abortion is too readily available, a new national poll has found.
In a Rasmussen survey, 48% of those questioned said that it is too easy to procure an abortion; only 15% said that it is too difficult, while the remainder said that they felt the ease of access to abortion was about right, or were unsure.
The Rasmussen report found that women were more likely than men to say that abortion is too readily available—undermining the widely held opinion that women oppose restrictions on abortion.
Rasmussen also found that among likely voters, those who held pro-life views were twice as likely as their pro-abortion counterparts to consider the issue crucial to their decision when choosing a political candidate to support on Election Day.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=7266
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US fertility rate drops below replacement level
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The birthrate in the United States fell 2% in 2008 and is now below the population replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, according to a report released April 6 by the National Center for Health Statistics. “The 2008 preliminary estimate of the total fertility rate (TFR) was 2,085.5 births per 1,000 women, 2 percent lower than the rate in 2007 (2,122.5),” according to the report.