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Recently the news seems to be brimming with reports of presidents making stands for what they believe is right. Just a few to note:
- President Elias Antonio Saca of El Salvador recently made the following comment: “We are an army of defenders of our Christian faith, we are an army opposed to abortion.”
(Lifesitenews.com, SAN SALVADOR, May 2, 2007)
- President Giorgio Napolitano wrote that "...Italy will not leave Archbishop Bagnasco alone..." in reference to threats made against the Archbishop for his opposition to homosexuality.
(Lifesitenews.com, ROME, May 1, 2007)
- President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic came out against the "religion" of Environmentalism saying it is: "a way of introducing new forms of statism, new forms of masterminding human society from above."
(Lifesitenews.com, LONDON, March 12, 2007)
- President Lech Kaczynski of Poland has come out against homosexuality many times, from his banning of a "gay" pride march, to his statement regarding homosexuality: “If that kind of approach to sexual life were to be promoted on a grand scale, the human race would disappear.”
(Lifesitenews.com, DUBLIN, February 21, 2007)
(Lifesitenews.com, BERLIN, Germany, March 10, 2006)
(Lifesitenews.com, BRUSSELS, October 26, 2005)
- President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia vetoed a bill of EU demands to put "sexual orientation" into anti-discrimination and employment laws. The Latvian Parliament also refused the demands (previous to the veto).
(Lifesitenews.com, LATVIA, June 22, 2006)
(Lifesitenews.com, LATVIA, June 16, 2006)
- President Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua signed a bill eliminating the "therapeutic abortion" exception in their code, hence, banning all abortion (including in cases of rape and even if doctors certify a risk to 'life or health'). The bill was signed after passing the National Assembly with a vote of 52 in favor, 9 abstentions, and 0 against. You read it right: all abortion banned. ZERO against.
(Lifesitenews.com, MANAGUA, November 20, 2006)
Note that though all of the links I gave were to LifeSiteNews coverage, there has been coverage by other news agencies that you can easily find with about ten minutes of Google searching.
Pretty amazing stuff, though, isn't it? So, now that we've seen other countries' presidents make their stands, let's see what a couple of other presidents are doing:
- President Michelle Bachelet of Chile signed a decree authorizing the distribution of "morning-after" pills to girls 14 and up without parental consent.
(Lifesitenews.com, SANTIAGO, Chile, January 31, 2007)
- President George Walker Bush of the United States of America said at a press conference that he supported the decision of FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach to allow the Plan B over-the-counter early abortion pill to be sold to women over 18 without a prescription. He also said: "I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe."
(Lifesitenews.com, WASHINGTON, August 21, 2006)
Originally, I put the following at the begriming of the post, but after some thought, I moved it to the end. Better to prove my point, then make it, in this case:
"I am consistently amused by people who call the United States of America "God's Country." I'm not sure we're the worst country on the chart, but I wouldn't call us God's Country. Not by a long shot."
Labels: Politics
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