JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

A recent news report states “the Christian right” or “social conservative interest” groups are not very pleased with Senator Bill Frist, a man who is alleged to be on their side.

It’s the Christmas season, and those who would corrupt the Christian message are in high gear. At the same time, though, Christians are being more vigilant this year than ever about defending their rights to publicly celebrate Christ’s birth.

Thanks to the phenominal work of our own Gualberto Garcia Jones, legal scholar and activist par excellence, a legal brief was filed a few days ago in defense of human beings who depend on their mothers for survival while in the womb.

Ah, the eternal optimist I am. Since I was tied to my desk (figuratively, I assure you) and unable to accompany my colleagues who were going to the Supreme Court, where two abortion-related cases were being heard on Nov.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which regulates methods of abortion, has mounted its own investigation.

It is always astounding to me to read a headline claiming that the majority of Americans are willing to limit the killing of innocent children.

A research study recently released to the United Nations has revealed that globally there are at least 200 million more males than females – because of what one researcher has termed “gendercide”

As we celebrate Thanksgiving and begin our preparation for the birth of the Christ Child, I wish each of you who read this blog a most blessed and spiritually productive experience.

Some days it seems as though the world has turned completely upside down; nothing makes sense. I just experienced a couple of those days and it has left me nearly – but not totally – speechless.

Debating about the nominees to the Supreme Court takes up tons of printer’s ink and hours of talking head time on television, but a careful reflection on the root problem tells us that perhaps America needs to take a close look at what the Supreme Court actually is and where it fits in.