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LifeSiteNews.com and Other Innocent Emailers Hurt by Overly Aggressive Anti-Spam Measures

LifeSiteNews.com, May 3, 2004 - While the tiny number of businesses known to be sending most unsolicited junk email (spam) through the Internet are strangely still escaping penalties, shotgun approach anti-spam measures implemented by Internet service providers are making life difficult for innocent emailers.

LifeSiteNews.com experienced serious problems three times last week, on the 27th, 29th and 30th of April, after automated anti-spam measures incorrectly placed LifeSiteNews.com's subscriber-based news service in the category of spam. As well, LifeSiteNews.com is having more email stopped by automated anti-spam systems in place at subscribers' Internet service providers. Other organizations are experiencing the same problem.

We are taking measures to hopefully prevent this from happening again in the future. In the meantime we strongly encourage our subscribers to assist us.

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Lastly, all LifeSiteNews.com readers should encourage Internet companies and government authorities to get serious about charging and punishing the mass spammers. They are choking the Internet and creating billions of dollars of expenses for others with their porn, Viagra, cheap drugs, get rich quick and other objectionable emails.

See previous LifeSiteNews.com story:
Unsolicited Email Threatens to Overwhelm the Internet
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jun/03061708.html

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LifeSiteNews.com and Pro-family Groups Subject to Intimidation From Gay Rights Leaders

Psychological warfare 'jamming' technique seeks to instill doubt in minds of pro-family persons

Toronto, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Since the passage into Canadian law last week of the homosexual hate crime Bill C-250, LifeSiteNews.com and other pro-family groups in Canada have been subject to some intimidating communications from homosexual activists. The emails, and ones received over the last few years from other activists bear a similar slant, all suggesting LifeSiteNews.com, by reporting news on the homosexual issue that balances the mainstream media's bias, is 'hateful' and out of touch with the rest of the world. The tactic is a well known psychological warfare technique known as 'jamming'.

See the rest of this LifeSiteNews.com Special Report at
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/may/040503a.html

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US Catholic Leaders Refuse Explicit Papal Directive on Nutrition and Hydration

Will "Study" Life and Death Issue for a Year

TAMPA BAY, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Last month Pope John Paul II stated unequivocally that a person who is ill always has the right to food and water, even if it must be administered to him through a feeding tube. The Pope made it clear that removal of nutrition and hydration from patients in a vegetative state who are not otherwise dying is "gravely immoral". In Catholic language that means it is unambiguously forbidden.

The reaction of some prominent Catholic ethicists has been a reflection of the divide in medical ethics between the teaching of the Church and modern bioethics. Father John Paris, bioethics professor at Boston College, in an incredibly blunt statement of defiance, said the pope's remarks will have little impact. "I think the best thing to do is ignore it, and it will go away," Paris said. "It's not an authoritative teaching statement."

Father John Strynkowski, executive director of the secretariat for doctrine and pastoral practices, said that the USCCB office will "study" the pope's statement, but until they have finished, no changes in practice will likely be made in Catholic hospitals. His comments would seem to indicate that if the Pope's instruction were to be taken at face value, changes to policy would need to be made. "What's involved is a process of study and reflection, looking at the pope's statement in the light of previous statements," Strynkowski said. "Theologians will have to study that whole chain of documents." The process, he said, may take as much as a year.

The refusal to obey clear instructions from high authority in the Catholic hierarchy on key issues is not new to the Church in North America. Strynkowski's comments follow closely on the heels of the latest denial of official Vatican directives from Theodore Cardinal McCarrick. In response to high level directives on refusing pro-abortion politicians communion, McCarrick gave an almost identical comment to Fr. Paris' in an interview, "I don't think it was his eminence's (Arinze's) official opinion… this was not something that he reported as an official or even a personal statement."

St.Petersburg Times Online:
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/01/Tampabay/At_pope_s_word__n...

To read LifeSiteNews.com coverage of McCarrick's correction of Arinze:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/apr/04043002.html

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Pro-life Groups Work to Have Merck Pharmaceuticals Reconsider Abortion-Tainted Vaccines

27 babies deliberately aborted in controlled setting in order to extract live virus

NORTH BRANCH, NJ, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Human Life International and Children of God for Life joined forces as a Merck Shareholder Meeting last month winning enough votes to have their pro-life resolution considered.

"As stockholders in Merck we are particularly distressed at the violation of human rights that occurred in the early 1960s in the development of two cell lines, the RA 27/3 and the WI-38, which were used to create the MMR vaccine. We are even more distressed that this same pattern of human rights violations continues to take place with the PER-C6 cell line that Merck has taken license for in developing a new AIDS vaccine", said HLI's Fr. Euteneuer in his opening statements at the annual Merck Shareholder meeting on April 27th in North Branch, NJ.

He continued a relentless pounding of Merck's unethical behavior by admonishing the board, "The RA 27/3 obtained its tissue from the last in a line of 27 babies who were deliberately aborted in a controlled setting in order to extract the live virus. These cell lines were thus created at the cost of dozens of innocent human lives with the full knowledge of Merck researchers."

The room fell silent as Fr. Euteneuer concluded, "We ask Merck for two things: full disclosure about the nature of Merck's involvement in this gruesome business, and the withdrawal of the unethical vaccine from the market as soon as possible."

Debbie Vinnedge of Children of God for Life who surprised the fidgeting board members by stating, "On behalf of over half a million parents and medical professionals nationwide who have joined our Campaign for Ethical Vaccines, I would like to begin by thanking you Mr. Gilmartin and the members of the Board for bringing your ethically produced single dose measles and mumps vaccines back to the market last summer."

While the chairman of the meeting ignored the pro-lifers several shareholders told the meeting they were shocked by the revelations and demanded action. At the end of the meeting the pro-lifers had more than the necessary votes to continue to pursue the pro-life resolution.

Despite the victory, perhaps one of the most troubling aspects about the shareholder meeting came from the company's own admission that they had partnered with the Bill Gates Foundation, one of the larger supporters of Planned Parenthood worldwide, in order to fight the HIV epidemic in Africa. Merck intends to use the aborted fetal cell line PER C6 to develop its new HIV vaccine.

Read HLI's Full Statementt:
http://hli.org/merck_merck_meeting2004.html

Read Children of God for Life's Statement
http://www.cogforlife.org/merck2004boardstatement.htm

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Fort Wayne Bishop Bans Pro-Abortion Governor from High School Commencement

FORT WAYNE, May 3, 2004, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bishop John M. D'Arcy has twice in as many weeks, exercised his episcopal authority to prohibit pro-abortion speakers at educational institutions in his diocese. Just last Thursday, the University of St. Francis withdrew an invitation to pro-abortion doctor and media commentator, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, when the bishop objected to her presence.

Today, the diocese has again issued a statement to the effect that pro-abortion speakers, even those as important as the governor of the state, are not welcome to speak to students at St. Joseph Catholic high school. This time the members of the department of theology of Saint Joseph High School alerted the bishop to the fact that the school's administration had invited Governor Joseph Kernan, an alumnus of the school, to speak at this year's commencement. Unlike the university, the high school is directly under the jurisdiction of the diocese and the bishop has instructed the school to withdraw the invitation.

Kernan, Indiana's first Catholic governor, has been criticized by pro-life groups such as LifeDynamics for his pro-abortion position. Kernan is currently facing an election race against a strong pro-life candidate, Eric Miller, and was contacted by Bishop D'Arcy about his views on abortion. The bishop wrote, "Governor Kernan in conversation with me some years ago, as well as in recent press accounts, made clear his convictions about unborn life. Unfortunately, these convictions are not reflected in public policy regarding the legal protection of the unborn."

Said Bishop D'Arcy, "A bishop is bound to speak the truth in his actions as well as in his words. Saint Joseph High School is a Catholic school and stands for the truths of the Church. We expect our students and ourselves to apply the truths of our faith to the decisions of daily life."

To read about Bishop D'Arcy's previous pro-life/pro-family actions:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/apr/04042905.html

Forceful Catholic Response from Bishop and Newman Society Cancels Offensive Play at Catholic Campuses:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/feb/04021803.html

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Court Revokes Ontario Film Board's Authority to Censor Pornographic Films

TORONTO, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Ontario Superior Court Friday rescinded the Ontario Film Review Board's authority to censor films. The Review Board was sued by the Glad Day Bookstore in 2000 after the bookstore was charged for distributing an unapproved homosexual pornographic film imported from the U.S.

Normally, all films must be submitted to the Review Board for rating. The Film Review Board still has the authority to rate films such as PG for parental guidance, or R for restricted to adults 18 years of age or older. The court ruling disqualifies them, however, from censoring films.

An earlier court decision ruled in favour of the Review Board; for contravening the Theatres Act, Glad Day's owner, John Scythes, faced $25,000 in fines and a possible six months in prison, while the store could have been levied fines in excess of $100,000.

The Glad Day Bookstore and their lawyers, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, argued that the Review Board's powers were unconstitutional. They took issue with the Review Board's authority to censor films -- the Film Review Board could compel distributors to make cuts to their movies in order for them to receive approval.

The court also criticized the Film Review Board for its "ineffectiveness," as it censors almost exclusively pornographic-content films. According to the Globe and Mail, the Review Board censored 152 films in 2000, 146 of which were pornographic.

The Ontario Liberals have 30 days to file an appeal in the courts or re-write the Theatres Act to incorporate the directive mandated by the court.

Read Globe and Mail coverage: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPPrint/L...

Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage, "CRTC Controls Religion, Can't Control Hard-Core Porn," at: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/apr/010402.html

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Liberals Poll Ontarians on Opinion about Possibility of "Scary" Evangelical Christians in Government

OTTAWA, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is demanding an apology from the Prime Minister, and is demanding that the Liberal party's pollster be fired. The Liberals are polling Ontario residents, asking them if they are "more or less likely to vote for the Conservative/Alliance if they knew it had been taken over by Evangelical Christians," according to a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin from EFC president Bruce Clemenger.

"…[T]here are people running for Harper that hold socially conservative views," spokesman for the federal Liberals, Steven McKinnon told the Calgary Herald. "We think it is entirely appropriate to ask Canadians how they feel about these views."

The EFC reported that no response has yet been received from the Prime Minister's office.

"They are trying to give people the wrong impression of the Conservative Party," said Conservative leader Steven Harper's spokesman Tim Armour. "We've got a party that is racially and religiously diverse, and a caucus that is one of the more diverse caucuses in Parliament."

EFC communications director Gail Reid said the poll makes evangelical Christians appear "suspicious. We don't feel we are scary. There's enough statistics to show we make a very positive contribution."

The Herald reports that Statistics Canada data confirms church-goers of all stripes are more active in their communities through volunteerism, donations, and healthier families.

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Scottish Doctors Sterilize up to 400 Girls Without Parental Notification

EDINBURGH, May 3, 2004, (LifeSiteNews.com) - As many as four hundred girls, some as young as 14, have been sterilized by doctors in Scotland at public expense, without their parents' knowledge. The programme was part of an effort by public health officials to stem the growing number of teenage pregnancies. The method used was a contraceptive implant, Implanon, that releases hormones into the blood stream. Similar to Norplant, a favorite tool of groups working to sterilize populations in the developing world through United Nations-sponsored programmes,

Tory health spokesman in the Scottish parliament has heavily criticized the action saying that he opposes the sterilization of young girls without parental knowledge or consent. He called modern sex education programmes "how-to" instruction without emphasis on "responsibility and respect for each other." He said, "It's about time we educated our young children to take responsibility and understand they take tremendous risks when they take part in sexual activity. Casual sex, particularly with under-age drinking, is leading to a huge explosion in the transfer of diseases, not to mention pregnancy."

Implanon works by releasing progesterone into the blood stream for up to three years. It is not known what long-term effect this has on adolescent girls. Implanon's website obliquely warns women who "have recently had a thrombosis (blood clot) in the leg or the lung should discuss this method with their doctor before use." Blood clots related to a birth control "patch" were cited as the cause of death of Zakiya Kennedy in early April.

Dr Trevor Stammers, of the Family Education Trust, said: "I do not believe a doctor who does this to an under-16-year-old girl without her parents' knowledge is acting in an ethically acceptable way. Doctors are giving carte blanche to me to have sex with under-age girls."

Read New Scotsman coverage:
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=501292004

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Speaker Spurned by US Catholic University for Abortion Stance Exposed for False Denial

MANASSAS, VA, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Former ABC News medical reporter Nancy Snyderman has complained that University of St. Francis officials were too hasty to cancel her commencement address last week due to her pro-abortion stance. As LifeSiteNews.com previously reported, acting upon concerns raised by Bishop John D'Arcy about remarks Snyderman made on ABC's "Good Morning America" on October 30, 1997, the University of St. Francis withdrew its invitation to Snyderman just four days before its commencement ceremony.

However, in media interviews Snyderman claimed she only reports on medical issues objectively, and D'Arcy and the university had no inkling of her personal views.

"To assume you know what someone thinks or stands for is very dangerous," Snyderman said. A Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial said the University of St. Francis acted "shamefully and based on questioned reasoning" in response to "neutral words on a long-ago newscast." Other news articles seemed to accept Snyderman's claim that she had only reported objectively from a scientific point of view.

However, the Cardinal Newman Society, a Catholic group which keeps tabs on Catholic universities maintaining faithfulness to the Catholic faith acquired a transcript of the ABC News broadcast in question which clearly confirms the concerns of the University.

"Snyderman is playing innocent while trying to embarrass the University of St. Francis and Bishop D'Arcy," said Cardinal Newman Society president Patrick J. Reilly. "But her reporting on national television was clearly biased in favor of 'selective abortion' to kill off a few of the McCaughey septuplets. How can a Catholic institution ignore that?"

In fact, the ABC News transcript of Snyderman's 1997 report, obtained by Cardinal Newman Society, reveals Snyderman's opinionated exchange with "Good Morning America" host Charles Gibson about the news that Bobbi McCaughey of Des Moines, Iowa, was expecting seven children.

Asked by Gibson about the septuplets' chances of survival, Snyderman replied that technology is improving: "But I think it's really high time that we look at survivability with quality of life. …[T]he risk for neurological complications, heart complications, severe learning [sic] and mental retardation, those stakes climb higher and higher. And at least for a mother and a doctor, I think the tradeoff is many times not worth it. Now, I know it's an unsavory thought for a lot of people, but selective abortion, where you literally think about not which fetuses to get rid of but how many to get rid of, is something that we really need to talk about openly in situations like this."

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Bishop of Fort Wayne Refuses Honorary Degree Because of Pro-Abortion Speaker
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/apr/04042905.html
National Study Reveals Pro-Abortion Related Activity At US Catholic Colleges Since 1999
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/apr/04042903.html

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United Church and Labour Union Join Homosexual Activists in Voter Drive for Gay Marriage

OTTAWA, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Homosexual activist groups in Canada have launched a campaign to elect only legislators who support homosexual marriage. The activists will be polling candidates and targeting members of parliament who have defended the traditional family for defeat and supporting those who have pushed the radical redefinition of marriage.

In addition to the homosexual activist groups behind the campaign several other groups are listed as supporting the campaign. They are:

United Church of Canada Choice
Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Psychological Association
Canadian Federation of Students
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Chinese Canadian National Council
Family Services Association of Toronto

The campaign announced that they will be backing Liberal MP Andy Scott in Fredericton and Stephen Owen in Vancouver Quadra, and to defeat Dennis Mills in Toronto Danforth.

The United Church, explained its participation in the political campaign saying "We believe that Christian morality and religious principles require that same-sex couples have access to the same marriage rights as opposite-sex couples. We have written each of our over 3,000 congregations to ask them to work together with Canadians for Equal Marriage to make this a reality."

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No Homosexual Pastors says Methodist Church

PITTSBURGH, May 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The United Methodist Church's (UMC) Judicial Council ruled to uphold the church's stance, namely that "Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in The United Methodist Church," according to their Book of Discipline. The controversy has surrounded the United Methodist Church's General Conference this past weekend over the appointment of an openly homosexual woman as pastor of a Seattle church.

Pastor Karen Dammann was acquitted of a "Chargeable Offense," defined as "practices incompatible with Christian teaching" in the Book of Discipline, by a lower tribunal in Seattle. Although the decision of the UMC's highest court does not reverse the lower tribunal's ruling, it does affirm the ability of future councils to discipline persons who are actively involved in homosexuality.

The conference, which occurs every four years, addresses legislative issues within the 8.3-million member congregation, America's third-largest religious group.

Read the Washington Post coverage of the event: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59735-2004May...

Read the ruling from the UMC web-site: http://www.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=17&mid=4391

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-asecmetsessi...

Utah Hospitals Grapple with New Law Prohibiting Public Funding for Abortions
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05012004/utah/utah.asp

'Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth'
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Religion Makes the Media Squirm More Than Any Other Subject
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Berkshire's Buffett, Apple's Jobs Join Kerry Advisers
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=71000001&refer=us&s...

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