Sanctity of Life

[Sapphire Blue]

President pleased Supreme Court backs his defense of "sanctity of life"

WHITE HOUSE President Bush says he's pleased by today's Supreme Court ruling upholding a ban on a controversial abortion procedure.

The five-to-four decision says the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. The procedure is intended for abortions after 21 weeks of gestation.

The administration has defended the law as drawing a bright line between abortion and infanticide. Bush says today's decision "affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people's representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and humanity of America."

http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6391239&nav=1LFX

MATTHEW'S LIFE



The life and death of Matthew Shepard changed the way we talk about and deal with hate in the United States. For the past eight years, the legacy of this remarkable young man's life has challenged and inspired millions of individuals to erase hate in all forms. Although his life was short, it continues to have a great impact on both young and old alike.

The story of Matthew Shepard begins on December 1, 1976 when he was born prematurely to Judy and Dennis Shepard in the small city of Casper, Wyoming. Matthew attended school in Casper until his junior year of high school when he finished his primary education at The American School in Switzerland. His experience abroad fueled his love for travel. He took the opportunity to explore Europe and learn multiple languages including German and Italian.

Matthew was an optimistic and accepting young man. He always put his family and friends first and had a special gift of relating to almost everyone. He was the type of person that was very approachable and always looked to new challenges. Matthew had a great passion for equality and always stood up for the acceptance of people's differences. Throughout his life he expressed his love for acting by becoming very active in community theater both on and off stage.



Matthew's college career took him to a number of different universities and later ended up studying political science, foreign relations and languages at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He was extremely interested in politics and was chosen as the student representative for the Wyoming Environmental Council.

The horrific events that took place shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998 went against everything that Matthew embodied. Two men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, lead him to a remote area east of Laramie where they demonstrated unimaginable acts of hate. Matthew was tied to a split-rail fence where he was beaten and left to die in the cold of the night. Almost 18 hours later he was found by a cyclist who initially mistook him for a scarecrow.

Matthew died on October 12 at 12:53 am at a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. His entire family was by his side for last few days of his life. His funeral was attended by friends and family from around the world and gained the appropriate media attention that brought Matthew's story to the forefront of the fight against hate.

http://www.matthewshepard.org/site/PageServer?pagename=mat_Matthews_Life

[EFerrari]

1. K&R

[wicket]

3. And another

:kick:

[sinkingfeeling]

2. No, Mr. President, the decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of

five, white Catholic males, acting on their religious beliefs to meddle into the realm of medicine and women's lives."

[ThomCat]

6. Well said.

x(

It's going to be decades before we get the shit off the bench, and then it's going to take us a long time to clean up the messes this court causing.

[valerief]

4. If the fetus is female, is it okay to save the woman's life then? nt

[ThomCat]

7. You have to wonder.

After all, female lives are apparently not worth as much.

But then again, that girl child will grow up to be a sex object and property for some man, and the mother is probably past her peak, so there's more potential in the child. That makes the child more valuable to these assholes.
x(

[valerief]

10. Only more valuable if it gets born and doesn't die of melamine poisoning! nt

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Well, the fetus could get pregnant in the future, so we have to protect those future unborn children

(If you need the sarcasm smiley ... I can't help you.)

[EFerrari]

5. Kick

[WiseButAngrySara]

8. The sanctity of Life, and the compassion of humanity! Just like

everything else that B* utters, it is full of hypocrisy. And Matthew Shepard is one tiny, single, isolated example of the 'compassion of humanity'.

Casper Wyoming...I wonder if Cheney knew him or his family.

:kick: and R! for yet another great post, Sapphire Blue. Your posts are loved by many DUers.

[OneBlueSky]

9. "sanctity of life?" . . . Bush?? . . . could there be a bigger hypocrite? . . . n/t

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[Sapphire Blue]

11. ..

:kick:

[mdmc]

12. The DLC is just as pleased...

[Sapphire Blue]

13. ..

One more :kick:

[Deja Q]

14. Now that life is sacred, how about quality of life.

You guessed it, the offshoring vs globalization (or expansion vs migration) problem and the corporate sect's inability to reward good workers, but instead break their own rules while breaking them?

[Bluebear]

15. Another K/R here.

[JNelson6563]

16. Another excellent SB post!

You rock SB! :yourock:

Julie

[area51]

17. There is no sanctity of life in the nazi U.S.

... without gays being treated equal to straights, without help for the homeless, without much of a social safety net, without single-payer, universal healthcare. I am so tired of nazi party members claiming they're pro-life when they're not at all.