I’m Back

Sorry I have been MIA.  I just had my 4th sweet baby about a month ago and I am finally getting the hang of things.  As I have been catching pieces of news here and there and getting caught up reading all my favorite news sites I’m sadder than ever for our nation.  Things are worse than I want to believe, however, as depressing as things are here are 2 little bits of good “news.”

FIRST:

Texas lawmakers approve bills requiring ultrasound before abortion.  Read more: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-08/politics/texas.sonogram_1_abortion-procedure-joe-pojman-ultrasound?_s=PM:POLITICS  (my apologies that the the article is pro-choice leaning but that’s what you can expect it is from CNN)

According to the article the House measure requires 24 hours to pass after the ultrasound before a woman can have an abortion, while the Senate version allows just two hours.  Personally I think the better thing would be for the woman to have to watch the ultrasound as she has an abortion.  I know it sounds morbid but hear me out.  It would be terribly gruesome to make a mother watch her newborn baby be killed in front of her eyes but is this not the same thing???  Or wouldn’t the very best thing be to make getting an abortion flat out illegal like murdering is.  We are living in this consequenceless society and it is destroying us.  Women, girls, and even the “accidental” fathers, need to be made aware that murder has consequences and they need to face those consequences.  I am proud of Texas and the moral law makers there that are taking any steps that they can to protect life. 

SECOND:

Orrin Hatch, Morality in Media want President Obama to resume prosecution of pornographers.  Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700132174/Orrin-Hatch-Morality-in-Media-want-President-Obama-to-resume-prosecution-of-pornographers.html

Apparently since Eric Holder was appointed as attorney general, the Justice Department has continued to prosecute cases that were in the pipeline, but it hasn't launched any new ones.  One of the most society degrading industries in the world isn’t being prosecuted by our government, instead the the Obama administration is pushing agendas like removing swings from from playgrounds, making stipulations for parents on what foods they can pack in their kids school lunches, and taking time to write “funny” speeches for the White House Correspondence dinner.  If you want to experience what tacky really is you can listen to a portion of the address by, going here, it’s appalling.  But as not to end on such a disappointing note, I commend those senators who are asking President Obama to resume prosecution of pornographers.

As I stare at the face of my month old baby angel girl, I am grateful for the moral law makers, to those few I say, “thank you!”

Discrimination……Who is discriminating?

Safoorah Khan had taught middle school math for only nine months in this tiny Chicago suburb when she made an unusual request. She wanted three weeks off for a pilgrimage to Mecca.

The school district, faced with losing its only math lab instructor during the critical end-of-semester marking period, said no. Khan, a devout Muslim, resigned and made the trip anyway.

Justice Department lawyers examined the same set of facts and reached a different conclusion: that the school district’s decision amounted to outright discrimination against Khan. They filed an unusual lawsuit, accusing the district of violating her civil rights by forcing her to choose between her job and her faith.

Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-sues-on-behalf-of-muslim-teacher-triggering-debate/2010/07/28/ABfSPtEB_story.html

My husband is a very devout member of our faith and he has requested several times at his job to have Sundays off so he can attend church.  However, he has repeatedly been scheduled to work on Sundays.  According to the Justice Department this is discrimination against my husband and he is being forced to chose between his job and faith.  I’m sure that there are a millions of others in this country, of many different faiths, who have often had to work on their Sabbath day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, or something like a baptism of christening of a family member, etc. (I am not a world religion expert so I am just listing the religious holidays and events that I am familiar with). So why is this specific case worth spending tax-payer dollars on?  And if the Justice Department doesn’t look into the case of my husbands employer being discriminatory I am going to assume the Justice Department is discriminating against my husband, or else why do they not consider his situation as serious as they do Ms. Khans?