Catholic Fire

Kansans for Life KS Supreme Court Refuses Tiller Request Lifesite News Outstanding Pro-Life U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde Died Today at Age 83 Following Debate, Republican Pro-life Candidates Poised for Success Gay Pride Clubs Erupt in Catholic Schools in Board Embroiled in Homosexuality Controversy British Clergy Say Blair Must Renounce Anti-Life, Anti-Family Views Before Becoming Catholic Archbishop Under Fire for Church Teaching on Homosexuality Supported by Catholic Parents Pro-life Blogs Free pro-life handbook from Focus on the Family CNN/YouTube Republican Debate: A Few Questions, A Few Answers Pro-life with Christ ALL 4D Ultrasound video Jill Stanek Tribute to Henry Hyde

Most of the attention on the straw poll at last week's Values Voter Republican Presidential Debate was on the big winner – Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor deserves the recognition he got from the delegates at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. He entered the contest as the favorite of 35 percent of the delegates from pro-family organizations. But he finished the debate as the favorite of 63 percent. That was quite an accomplishment. There was, however, a big loser in the debate – one of the four GOP presidential candidates who decided not to show up. The big loser was Fred Thompson, who entered the evening as the favorite of 15 percent of those in attendance. When the evening was over, he had the support of just 4 percent. No other candidate lost anywhere near that kind of support as a result of his performance or, in Thompson's case, his non-performance. He also lost me. My Comments: I wasn't able to see it this last time, but my fav...

Here we are at debate #3, but has anyone heard a Republican besides Mitt Romney utter their one-time favorite word “family?” In fact, most of the top Republican presidential nominees are studiously avoiding the biggest social problem of our time, namely, family breakdown. There’s a good reason for this, of course; aside from Romney, the leading candidates, whether committed to running or only flirting, are divorced, and at least one of them has a marital history that verges on the baroque. It’s understandable that a presidential contender would want to avoid reminding voters about a messy personal history. [More]

After watching tonight's Republican debates, I felt pretty good about most of the candidates. However, I was most concerned about the way they answered the embryonic stem cell research and the abortion (Roe V. Wade) questions . The candidates that I did not feel I could support at this point in time based on the way they have answered the questions tonight are: Senator McCain, Rudy Giuliani, and Governor Romney. All of the above said, "Yes" when questioned about whether or not they approved of embryonic stem cell research. Rudy Giuliani qualified his answer, "Yes, with limitations." I will also say that the way that Romney's response to the question made me wonder whether or not he really understood the question which was repeated to him. Although he replied "Yes" he had a few qualifiers which made it difficult to understand exactly what he meant. The candidates I felt most comfortable with based upon the way they responded to all of the questions ...