Are Pro-lifers Now Officially 'Right Wing' Extremists?
The Catholic News Agency reported this week that, according to a Homeland Security Report issued to law enforcement agencies this week, abortion opponents are as great a threat to national security in the immediate future as white supremacists. The report warns of the possible threat to national security posed by "groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration." The Thomas More Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with Homeland Security requesting the basis for its report. According to the Law Center, the Report goes further by singling out military veterans as particul arly concerning. The head of the American Legion called the document "incomplete, and, I fear, politically-biased" since it warns that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be recruited by right-wing groups for possible terrorist attacks. It's preposterous that those who stand to protect life from con...