Many teen age girls who want to have children but can’t afford it have them and don’t live with their boy friends to get welfare to support them.
Others noted that if they married, their official household income would rise, which could cost them government benefits like food stamps and child care. MORE
Now, there is so much demand for water in Southern Californian cities, that many farmers are opting to sell their water rights to urban dwellers – not just at a premium, but at an unbelievable and unprecedented rate. MORE
Suspected for years of plotting to dismantle the U.S. electric grid, American officials have confirmed that Iranian military brass have endorsed a nuclear electromagnetic pulse explosion that would attack the country’s power system. MORE
The West Coast would see the loss of Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The Russians (and their allies the Chinese and North Koreans) will cut off the pipeline and annex Alaska, driving southward into the country east of the Rockies and cutting the nation in half. They could then seize the Mississippi and all of the arable heartland of the Midwest. The invaders would also want the Imperial Valley in CA, and all of the oil of the Gulf States. MORE
Moreover, the penalty of life imprisonment, as well as those for the duration entail the impossibility for the prisoner to project a future release may be considered penalties covert death, since with them does not deprive the offender of liberty but attempt to deprive him of hope. But although the penal system can be collected time offenders, can never take their hope.
As I said in my speech on 23 October, “the death penalty involves the denial of love of enemies, preached the Gospel. All Christians and people of good will, are obliged not only to fight for the abolition of the death penalty , legal or illegal, and in all its forms , but also that prison conditions are better, in respect of the dignity private human freedom” people. MORE
So this is what you get for serving the Catholic Church faithfully for over 30 years: I have witnessed a lot of Catholic nonsense but what Patricia Jannuzzi has suffered is sickening. THE HEADLINE IS WRONG, HER FB POST WAS NOT AN ANTI-GAY RANT, IT WAS A DEFENSE OF CATHOLIC COMMON SENSE.
“The ‘slow extinction’ of Western civilization is beginning to accelerate,” McCain wrote. “If a Catholic teacher at a Catholic school is not free to express Catholic teaching, who among us is truly free? MORE
Remember when France would not help during the Afghanistan war. The slogan became, ‘what is the difference between American fries and French fries?’… C. She wouldn’t put out. What a difference a war makes.
Once a source of irritation for the United States, France has nudged aside Britain to become the US military’s key European partner. The growing ties between the two militaries were on display this month when France’s top military officer, General Pierre de Villiers, hosted his US counterpart,…MORE
This Friday, a rare total solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Greenland, Europe, and North Africa. Not only is this the only total solar eclipse in 2015, but it’s the last of its kind for another 19 years. There are a few things that makes this eclipse so rare: (Sadly for the US, the eclipse won’t be visible from North America but here’s how to watch liveonline.) MORE
It used to be common knowledge that baking soda could easily cure a common cold, as well as assist in numerous other ailments. What happened to all that information? Additionally, I have come across people who have swore it to rid their cancer and then I came across this following written piece that was quite intriguing…MORE
La ceremonia ha comenzado con total normalidad. Las fotos corresponden a los primeros 5 minutos de la misma. El blog irá publicando más fotografías. MORE
According to “Religion & Ethics,” PBS TV 90% of American Catholics like (pope) Francis, and 70% of all other American faiths like him. When you stop and think of the fact that he’s only been in office 2 years. At this rate he could surpass John Paul II in popularity if he could be in office for 25 years. What wasn’t mention in the poll was that the minority of conservative Catholics dislike for him has also grown as well. I would have to conclude that he’s doing even better world wide with the same groups of people with the exception of the Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and other similar religions.
Who would not want to know who their real Mom is or their real Dad.
Heather Barwick, who has come out against gay marriage despite having a lesbian mom. A South Carolina woman’s new essay about being raised by her lesbian mom contains a surprising revelation: she opposes marriage equality. My mom raised me with her same-sex partner back in the ’80s and ’90s,”…MORE
Jews living in Iran are better off than most Countries in the World
Today life in Iran is very good for the remaining 20,000 Jews who live there. During the time of the Shah there were approximately one hundred thousand Jews, but they were subject to persecution and experienced anti-Semitism. Although you might think that the Jewish life would get worse after Khomeini and the Islamic revolution, it actually improved. MORE
Friends there is no good reason to object to Christ’s Return. Looking at you, Methodists
The final approval by a majority of the 171 regional bodies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) enshrines a change recommended last year by the church’s General Assembly. The vote amends the church’s constitution to broaden marriage from being between “a man and a woman” to “two people, traditionally a man and a woman.” MORE