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<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bz1kplegkk/s3izuux02hi/aaaaaaaasbc/hook3kpwm54/s1600-h/thomasmoreheader-785001.gif> *Rockford Tables Proposed Bubble Zone Ordinance: 'On Hold' as City Considers New Arguments, Implications*
*ROCKFORD, Ill.,** **Feb. 9** /Christian Newswire/ -- City of Rockford officials have tabled its recently proposed "bubble zone" ordinance for two months as they consider new objections from the Chicago-based Thomas More Society and local pro-life activists. Yesterday, attorneys from the Thomas More Society sent a letter to Rockford's mayor and aldermen respectfully urging them to reject the bubble zone measure as ill-advised and unconstitutional. Additionally, pro-life activists assert that enacting the bubble zone ordinance would overlook and validate the grossly objectionable activities on the part of the Northern Illinois Women's Center, Rockford's abortion clinic with its notorious history of displaying obscene images and harassing protesters. Clinic window displays feature a host of anti-Christian symbols including a rubber chicken covering the body of Jesus Christ on a crucifix, images of Jesus Christ making an explicit gesture with the words "Even Jesus Hates You," and more rubber chickens dangling from nooses. A nun doll in a miniature casket appears in another window, along with crudely hand-drawn signs slandering priests and other pro-life sidewalk counselors as HIV-positive perverts and child molesters.
"We've been involved in federal litigation with both the clinic proprietor, his thug ally, and Rockford for two years now, and while we had hoped to settle and compromise with the city, this proposed 'bubble zone' ordinance represented a major setback. Yet we're now pleased that, at least, discussions about the negative impact and patent illegality of the ordinance are moving forward," said Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society. "This two month delay is a legal victory, albeit a modest one, as prospects for passage of the bubble zone proposal have been dimmed, if not wholly curtailed. We trust that City council members will carefully reconsider this unwise, unwelcome, ill-timed and illicit proposal."
In the law firm's letter to Rockford officials, Brejcha detailed how this new ordinance, if adopted, would infringe the free speech rights of peaceful sidewalk counselors. Moreover, it is really "anti-choice," as it deprives expectant mothers of any genuine chance to make free, fully informed choices. Finally, Illinois' Labor Dispute Act, which precludes municipal regulation of labor picketing, would render Rockford's bubble-zone "viewpoint-discriminatory" and illegal.
Pro-life advocate Kevin Rilott sent another letter to the city stating that its officials should refrain from putting their stamp of approval on the hateful, obscene and intimidating images displayed by the abortion clinic. Rilott wrote, "Is this really the type of bigotry...the Rockford City council wants to protect, promote, and defend with it's [sic] bubble zone?"
The Thomas More Society has represented pro-life activists in Rockford for several years in both federal and state courts. The pending civil rights lawsuit Rilott v. Rockford et al (No. 08 CV 50045) alleges hate crimes by the abortion clinic proprietor, Wayne Webster, and his ally, Keith Sterkeson, as well as defacement of a pro-life "bus bench" ad by a Rockford bus driver.
IMAGES AVAILABLE: Photos of obscene signs in window of Northern Illinois Women's Center Photos from Rockford City Council meeting
**About the Thomas More Society Founded in 1997, the Thomas More Society is a not- for-profit, public interest law firm based in Chicago and dedicated to fighting for the rights and dignity of all human beings, from conception until natural death. The Society vigorously defends clients in state and federal courtrooms around the country, addressing vital issues across the pro-life spectrum, including pregnancy discrimination, end-of-life health care, the right of conscientious objection for medical workers, freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and peaceable nonviolent protest.
As a public interest law firm, the Thomas More Society is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, supported solely by private donations. Visitwww.thomasmoresociety.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103024801750&s=17653&e=001fcm6ywttc1c_pngmbnd6xtsdyafd-zfyaajudyleg7wwqibxt3klkbjqvrm_q43aphmf6xyhsqetctomfgcjwq7of5refwl0exzipf8c4mnvy5yrispchawqwho_wuwx> for more information.*
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*Its president, Archbishop Fisichella, no longer has the trust of some of its members. All because of one of his articles published in "L'Osservatore Romano," approved by the secretariat of state. The scholar Michel Schooyans' broadside against the false "compassion" that justifies everything by Sandro Magister * ** * ROME, February 8, 2010 – In a few days, from February 11 to 13, a meeting will be held at the Vatican of the pontifical academy for life, the president of which is Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella.* * * ***Read this article here: http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1342048?eng=y*
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*MEDIA ADVISORY,** **Feb. 9** /Christian Newswire/ -- World Congress of Families enthusiastically endorses the upcoming "Day of Purity" (February 12).
WCF Managing Director Larry Jacobs comments: "With the culture -- including the news and entertainment media, public education, and government -- constantly pushing teen sexual experimentation, it's refreshing to have a day specifically dedicated to promoting premarital abstinence."
Jacobs continued: "'Day of Purity' is a project of Liberty Counsel, which is to be commended for its contribution here." **Click here*<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cws4pwt3qlkvc1kwparkyywz-jknxigdeprwrbfgujj_grfduuwhcfppm6pdj8hzdiiqemtvouvnun44kxyulsjpiteccwambt1-0lrqyejqk4maqdaq3v168iqp7bz0ji4=> * for the Day of Purity website.
Over 300 secondary schools, colleges and universities in 44 states are participating in "Day of Purity," as well as hundreds of churches, ministries and civic organizations, including American Family Association, a World Congress of Families Partner.
"The message of 'Day of Purity' is truly countercultural," Jacobs observed. "The culture tells teens it doesn't matter what they do, as long as they use a condom. The dubious wisdom of this approach may be seen in skyrocketing rates of venereal disease, teen abortions and out-of-wedlock births; not to mention the high rates of teen depression and mental illness."
That 3 million American teen-agers contract a sexually transmitted disease each year would suggest that "safe-sex" is the quintessential oxymoron.
"Day of Purity" is very much in keeping with the Amsterdam Declaration, adopted at the conclusion of World Congress of Families V (August 10-12, 2009), which calls for policies that will, "protect the physical, mental, social and spiritual development of children." **Click here*<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwtfda8hnr8dzxjrx1zrhgtfklzupzlxnb6kqsc9ya_cl-ozx1huj1oqzgsz6eofuopzwdidw7-mxyhahg1k10ey644p_vl-bdsnfu0bldyvhd8xr58-yr3wgvk2sukaocfw30vwchgpuq==> * to read the Amsterdam Declaration in its entirety.
**Click here*<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwvpiwf0ddd8ke02zsopbyedljwsjskkvv4u4etvz_6r9xbidxww3wxsmhz2rw3qkogfmy99l30smhmmrjppaqhcquve6i-hhod0yhzcmk1rtjwu5mjsf-rdkwas13xk9tzjkpyztb0nynnfs0xwyzac6jxw1xmry6lhrt-ebnseamv8khv9rwnb86iuab1vskm=> * to read, "Sexuality: A Litmus Test For Culture" by Dr. Allan C. Carlson, founder and International Secretary of the World Congress of Families.
For more information on World Congress of Families, go to** www.worldcongress.org*<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwvlswjj6r-w5_xqej-vdhyry_035i5qr8hflqhyg8iurlf7kf0lkarbadgtb1p0gp15jr7ennjyhjusbs7xp2msffndhhktj2w5lrox_83nag==> *. To schedule an interview with Larry Jacobs, contact Don Feder at 508- 405-1337 or **dfeder@rcn.com* <dfeder@rcn.com>* .
**The World Congress of Families (WCF) is an international network of pro-family organizations, scholars, leaders and people of goodwill from more than 60 countries that seek to restore the natural family as the fundamental social unit and the 'seedbed' of civil society (as found in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948). The WCF was founded in 1997 by Allan Carlson and is a project of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society in Rockford, Illinois (www.profam.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwtwu3q8tddvnqradwex1khj_f241jppsrumqco5j94-paav_hrt1kx57citltq49o6knsumhyqfoytwzwjsbp80swav2erycac=>). To date, there have been five World Congresses of Families Prague (1997), Geneva (1999), Mexico City (2004) and Warsaw, Poland (2007). The fifth World Congress of Families was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 10-12, 2009 ( www.worldcongress.nl<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwv14louiz8jf5ysfhialalhnzgko0yovjppt9ob_g6ho64ghdpqirhyiuxgzs4oxv1epq9pggipxggiohefq8mya62um3e-mynq51yhb6s6_w==> and www.worldcongress.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103023132099&s=17653&e=0014jajegt4cwvlswjj6r-w5_xqej-vdhyry_035i5qr8hflqhyg8iurlf7kf0lkarbadgtb1p0gp15jr7ennjyhjusbs7xp2msffndhhktj2w5lrox_83nag==> ).*
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Pray to Know the Truth  June 22, 1994 R. Dear Jesus, just as I look at a beautiful tree so ardently sculptured by the hand of God, I submit myself to You and ask You to mold me into Your creative art. I want to operate as You do within me. Come, Lord, please possess my soul and work from my being. I want to live to draw souls close to You. I want to live for Your love. I am not perfect, Lord. When I think I am perfect or I think I should be perfect, I have a problem. It is in the truth that I am set free. I make mistakes and I am sorry, because I offend You and offend others. Help me, Lord, to see the truth. Holy Spirit, open my eyes and heart to the blindness I have and help me to see more and more what I need to see to please You. I am Yours, Jesus. I consecrate myself to the hearts of Jesus and Mary and ask for help to answer Your call.
Jesus: Little one, little one, you indeed are not perfect, but in your faults I still love you. Pray to know the truth. Pray to please Me. Pray for My strength. I am always with you. Focus on Me, intimately united to you at every moment in your heart. Satan constantly wants you to focus on your faults or promote your ego. Live only to love and serve Me. Live to draw others to heaven. I am your God. I am your Jesus. I am with you. Let go. Try to live only to serve Me. Pray that you live to spread My love. Live by truth. Satan wants to deceive you. Be not swallowed up by him. Posted via email from deaconjohn's posterous
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Mary Vitamin for February 9th Topic : Our Lady of Lourdes (Feb 11) Quote: "Penance, Penance, Penance" The words of Our Lady of Lourdes Meditation: During one of the apparitions of Our Lady to Saint Bernadette, Our Lady requested that Bernadette go to the "spring". Thinking the Beautiful Lady meant the River Gave, St. Bernadette headed towards the river which flowed in front of the Grotto. Our Lady corrected Bernadette and sent her to the back of the Grotto and told the young girl: "Go drink at the spring and wash yourself in it." And "Kiss the ground as a penance for sinners." At this apparition, the crowd became disgusted with Bernadette’s behavior, and even their own, that they could have followed this poor girl to the grotto to watch this humiliation. One of the main messages of Lourdes is penance. What type of penance did Our Lady give to Bernadette? The practice of humility. Resolution: I will try to practice the penance that Our Lady of Lourdes requests by asking Our Lady to send me an opportunity to be humble. I will remember, when the opportunity comes, that St. Bernadette in an effort to follow Our Lady exactly, was willing to wipe mud on her face in front of the crowd. Marian Vow: "St. Maximilian, whom Pope Paul VI called, in beatifying him, Francis come alive again for our age, that is, because of his perfect imitation of our Blessed Father, said: Penance, penance, penance! the Immaculate repeated this to Bernadette. And is not this the goal of our Order, the Order of Penitents?â" I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thanks be to God for graces received. DOCTOR SAYS MANY ARE CURED AT LOURDES Invites Physicians to Attend Congress for Their Own Healing
LOURDES, France, FEB. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The former head of the Lourdes Medical Bureau is affirming that all people can receive a cure at Our Lady's shrine if they pray and hope for it with perseverance. Doctor Patrick Theillier, who retired from leadership of the bureau last year, stated this in an interview with France Catholique. The cure, he explained, "might not be as spectacular as to be considered a miracle." However, the physician added, it can affect "in a profound and lasting way the person who experiences it, in all his being, body, soul and spirit." Doctor Theillier affirmed that "these cures are truly innumerable." Continue reading here: http://www.zenit.org/article-28292?l=english DOCTOR__._,_.___ Posted via email from deaconjohn's posterous
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