New York, January 27 (C-FAM) Hungarian leaders have passed a law protecting the
traditional family, defying ongoing criticism that their new constitution would
curtail abortion and homosexuality.
The new law says the family, based upon marriage of a man and a woman whose mission
is fulfilled by raising children, is an "autonomous community...established
before the emergence of law and the State" and that the State must respect
it as a matter of national survival. It says "Embryonic and foetal life
shall be entitled to protection and respect from the moment of conception,"
and the state should encourage "homely circumstances" for child
care. It obliges the media to respect marriage and parenting and assigns parents,
rather than the State, primary responsibility for protecting the rights of the
child. The law enumerates responsibilities for minors, including respect and
care for elderly parents.
The purpose of the law is "to create a predictable and safe regulatory
environment for family protection and the promotion of family welfare, and to
enforce the Fundamental Law" the nation's new constitution, which came
into force on January 1st and was passed by a vote of 262-44 last April. Read entire article
NEW YORK, January 27 (C-FAM) A left leaning coalition within the Uruguayan Senate recently approved a bill that would legalize abortion within the first trimester of pregnancy. The bill narrowly passed by three votes, with seventeen senators in favor of the legislation and fourteen against. Last November, a similar bill was defeated by a coalition of conservatives using the San José Articles to defend the right to life and to refute claims that there exists an international right to abortion. During the debate, Senator Carlos Moreira expressed that the “right to life begins at conception as affirmed by the San José Articles” and said that if the bill were made into law, it would be violating treaties guaranteeing the right to life internationally. The San Jose Articles is a document drafted by leading scholars that makes clear there is no international right to abortion and that governments should use existing international treaties to guarantee protection for unborn life.
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In an email received Ben Stein comments on place of God in society today.Click here to read
I’ve read many term papers in my day. Most of
them are no more than a patchwork of quotes.
That’s because college students are smart enough
to know that they really can’t say much on their
own authority–to make their case, they have to lean on the
authority of others more learned than themselves.
That’s exactly how the scribes and Pharisee’s taught in Jesus’
day. “Rabbi Abraham says this. . . Rabbi Gamaliel says that…
So when a new young rabbi appears in Capernaum, this is what people expect. They
are in for a surprise: he quotes no one else except God’s Word. That’s because there is
no one more learned than He. In fact, he happens to be God’s Word made flesh. Read this
commentary for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In an email received Ben Stein comments on place of God in society today. Click here to read 
