The Pro-Life Legacy of Bishop McDonald

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The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock announced today that former Bishop Andrew McDonald passed away at the age of 90.

Bishop McDonald served in Little Rock from 1972 to 2000. While he may be remembered for his years of ministry as a Catholic priest and bishop, I want to highlight an important legacy he leaves behind: His pro-life work.

Bishop McDonald stood for life during a time when many believed abortion “on demand and without apology” was inevitable. He organized the Respect Life office at the diocese, and he helped lead the annual March for Life in Little Rock.

Bishop McDonald was also a supporter of the Unborn Child Amendment—now Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution—preventing public funds from being used to pay for abortion. In 1988 I helped lead the effort to pass the Unborn Child Amendment, and was able to start Family Council in part because the amendment campaign succeeded.

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FRC: Understanding Windsor

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Still don’t understand all the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 United States v. Windsor decision? You aren’t alone.

Fortunately, Family Research Council has put together a brief report outlining the Windsor ruling–which struck part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The report points out:

“Dissenting justices criticized the majority for its attack upon the motives behind the law. Chief Justice Roberts said that the facts are ‘hardly enough to support a conclusion that the ‘principal purpose’ of the 342 Representatives and 85 Senators who voted for it, and the President [Bill Clinton] who signed it, was a bare desire to harm’ … Justice Scalia likewise … explained that to defend traditional marriage is not to condemn, demean, or humiliate those who would prefer other arrangements, any more than to defend the Constitution of the United States is to condemn, demean, or humiliate other constitutions.”

The report also addresses looming questions for state and federal agencies in the wake of the ruling.

You can read the entire report here.

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Giving Our Kids a Worldview Boost

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The late Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center, spoke back in 2011 about the widening age-range of adolescence. What was once a developmental period spanning the teenage years now lasts through a person’s late 20’s.

Chuck Colson recommends teens and young adults need a worldview boost to propel them toward full-fledged adulthood. Listen below.

[audio:http://www.breakpoint.org/images/content/breakpoint/audio/2014/033114_BP.mp3|artists=Chuck Colson & John Stonestreet|titles=Giving Our Kids a Worldview Boost]

Click here to visit Breakpoint.org.

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