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Re-claim the (Pro-life) Dream

Posted by Matt on Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Ok, pro-lifers. It’s time to act! Time to re-claim the pro-life movement!
It’s time to take back the pro-life movement from politicians and politico-religious organizations whose statements are more reflective of a political party line, than of a genuine pro-life position.
Decades have passed since Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton that made abortion [...]

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Posted by Matt on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

In addition to keeping up with Catholicsphere via RSS Feed, you can also follow on Facebook and/or Twitter (shorter, more regular messages and updates get posted to those services).
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Welcome!

Posted by Matt on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Welcome to the re-launched Catholicsphere!
I had started another blog — The Squiggly Line of Thought – to comment on a wider variety of topics, but then decided to merge that blog and this one to form something new.
While Catholicsphere seeks to provide commentary and insight on a variety of topics (not just “religious” or “spiritual” items) [...]

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Archive for the ‘Relationships’ Category

Raising Girls That Pimps and Thugs Will Hate

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

I posted the following in October 2006 … and am reposting it as Father’s Day is celebrated tomorrow …
This is a great series by Columnist Doug Giles:
Raising Girls That Pimps and Thugs Will Hate, Part 1
Raising Girls That Pimps and Thugs Will Hate, Part 2
Raising Girls That Pimps and Thugs Will Hate, Part 3
Some of [...]

Prepare for dating: early and often

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

[The following post is from the archives ... which I will be re-posting periodically.  Originally posted May 3rd, 2007.]
If there’s one thing I can teach my kids about dating and relationships, it would be to go slow. That can be tough in an “I want it all and I want it now” culture. But, I [...]