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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:19:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/ https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:44:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11085 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Touchstone Magazine – Mere Comments Download the San Jose articles (.pdf). This relates to a press conference yesterday. At the end you will find a link for the San Jose Articles. It is a strong and impressive statement of principle, with impressive signatories. PRESS ADVISORY, October 5, 2011 UN Officials Wrong. No Right to Abortion.New […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/john-finnis-on-the-moral-status-of-the-fetus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/john-finnis-on-the-moral-status-of-the-fetus/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:52:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8102 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the American Catholic blog. Look at the clear thinking going on, the direct challenge to secularists and others working to establish the culture of death. Then compare this to our preoccupation with global warming and other dubious fads, the confusion (as the essay below states) between morality and moral status in our didactic discourse, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/john-finnis-on-the-moral-status-of-the-fetus/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-unless-we-all-matter/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-unless-we-all-matter/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:45:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5857 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The Source “God loves each of us, as if there were only one of us.” – St. Augustine. If you want to accurately predict what could soon go wrong in society, just read the professional journals.  Case in point: A bioethicist named Alasdair Cochrane, a deep thinker at the Centre for the Study of Human […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-unless-we-all-matter/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:17:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5823 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Let me offer you a thought experiment. Yesterday on the Orthodox Church in America’s website there was an interesting press release recounting a “discussion between members of the Holy Synod of Bishops [of the OCA] and a number of congressmen during a late-January 2010 meeting in the US capital” (OCA Holy Synod members share human […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/feed/ 15 https://www.aoiusa.org/u-s-ambassador-praises-egypts-freedom-of-the-press-and-human-rights-copts-say-otherwise/ https://www.aoiusa.org/u-s-ambassador-praises-egypts-freedom-of-the-press-and-human-rights-copts-say-otherwise/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:41:34 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5093 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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A friend sent me this translation of an original article in Arabic here. During her visit to Tanta University Scobey praises Freedom of the Press and Human Rights in Egypt Monday 14th of December 2009 Gharbia: Hend Adel Margaret Scobey, the United States of America’s Ambassador to Egypt affirmed that there is no differentiation between […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/u-s-ambassador-praises-egypts-freedom-of-the-press-and-human-rights-copts-say-otherwise/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:05:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4888 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Here’s an introductory clip from Forum 18’s “TURKEY: Religious freedom survey, November 2009”: Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council May 2010 Universal Periodic Review of Turkey, Forum 18 News Service has found that the country continues to see serious violations of international human rights standards on freedom of religion or belief. A long-standing crucially […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/4518/ https://www.aoiusa.org/4518/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:00:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4518 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Occasional commentator to AOI blog and human rights activist Wesley J. Smith warns in a recent article that, “society’s belief in the unique moral value and importance of human life is under unprecedented assault…Most people still believe in human exceptionalism and are unaware that powerful social and cultural forces are working diligently to dismantle the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/4518/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/using-human-rights-to-squelch-free-speech/ https://www.aoiusa.org/using-human-rights-to-squelch-free-speech/#respond Tue, 05 May 2009 17:14:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2073 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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In the June issue of Reason Magazine, Ezra Levant details his long and unnecessary struggle with Canadian human rights watchdogs over charges that he insulted a Muslim extremist, who claimed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. This sorry episode also cost Levant, the former publisher of Canada’s Western Standard magazine, about $100,000. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/using-human-rights-to-squelch-free-speech/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1443 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Our culture is at a crossroad about the value of human life, argues author and human rights activist Wesley J. Smith in an interview with Kevin Allen on the “Illumined Heart” podcast (Ancient Faith Radio). Do we value human life simply because it is human, or do we value it based on notions and definitions […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1291 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Greek Orthodox Metropoiltan Iakovos has issued a “call to action” on an Illinois bill that right-to-life advocates describe as a state level Freedom of Choice Act. The metropolitan has posted a clear and forceful letter on the Metropolis of Chicago Web site condemning the proposed HB 2354 as unjust and a violation of “the very […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/congratulations-to-wesley-j-smith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/congratulations-to-wesley-j-smith/#respond Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:57:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=337 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The Human Life Foundation awarded its “Great Defender of Life” to Wesley J. Smith last month for his tireless work in defense of human life. I’ve admired Mr. Smith’s work for years, have read most of his books, and even reviewed one for Town Hall a few years back. His books are invaluable in keeping […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/congratulations-to-wesley-j-smith/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-human-rights-not-absolute/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-human-rights-not-absolute/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:47:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=64 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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In Russia Profile, Andrei Zolotov Jr. reports on the Russian Orthodox Council of Bishops and its adoption of a new work titled, “The Bases of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Teaching on Dignity, Liberty and Human Rights.” Zolotov says it’s no accident that this report surfaces at a time when Russia and the European Union are […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-human-rights-not-absolute/feed/ 2