| Click here to View Full Text, With Photos, of all Today's Stories On One Page The LSN Christmas fundraiser total is now $95,166. $54,484 is still needed to reach our goal of a minimum of $150,000. Thank you to the latest donors! Yesterday’s story of young Lia Mills has been inspiring many readers. Some very good news stories today about the US budget bill, removal of an abortion provision from the Senate defense bill and Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s remarkable press conference. Also note the encouraging effort by a group of black pastors who have sponsored a Festival of Life as the next step in the civil rights movement. Bishop Olmsted’s press conference is a must see item. This bishop does not follow the avoidance “No comment” rule that is disturbingly followed by many bishops in response to media calls on controversial moral issues. Olmsted believes that a religious leader is obliged to openly respond to media questioning and to use these public encounters as an opportunity to teach, regardless of hard questions. A Canadian Supreme court ruling does not bode well for the cause of protecting the lives of embryonic humans. The fallout from the US Senate passage of the repeal of the military’s Don’t ask, don’t tell policy is growing and worrisome. See Rabbi Levin’s very frank remarks to LifeSiteNews today. Also note the significant items on this issue in today’s newsbytes. Steve Jalsevac
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