Saturday, June 5, 2010

New Poll Shows Public Support for Life Continues to Increase

In a news story on May 14, 2010, the Gallup organization reported-as was true in 2009-that more Americans call themselves "pro-life" than "pro-choice." In a graph embedded in the article, the overall "pro-life" trend is very evident.

In 1996 only 33 percent of Americans called themselves "pro-life" while 56 percent claimed to be "pro-choice." In the May 3-6, 2010 survey, 47 percent report that they are "pro-life" but only 45 percent assert a "pro-choice" stance.

Gallup also reported: "All age groups have become more attached to the pro-life label since 2005, with particularly large increases among young adults and those aged 50 to 64 years in the latest period between 2007/2008 and 2009/2010."

You can review the news story from which this was taken here.

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I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".