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Apr 05, 2024

ONE weekly roundup of news that you need to know, that values your time and peace!

Heads up AZ! This will be on your ballot in November.
The amendment would extend elective abortion through the second trimester of pregnancy and legalize many abortions until the moment of birth saying, “every individual has a fundamental right to abortion.”
Quick suggestion…contact your parish and ask them to talk about it!! This is exactly what happened in Ohio, and it passed with flying colors sadly.
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In 2019, New York passed legislation that practically overnight eliminated religious exemptions from the CDC’s vaccine schedule, impacting over 26,000 children.
This prompted Jennifer Harrison to begin homeschooling her two boys. She subsequently decided to move to Florida, and alerted her local school system as a courtesy.
They continued to contact her requiring more documentation, despite her citation of NY law that it was no longer needed. She contacted HSLDA lawyers just in case, and notified the NY school district.
Unbeknownst to her, they reported her to CPS, who opened a case against her. She did a zoom interview with them where they asked her children unrelated to schooling questions, and forced her to show proof that she was in Florida.
HSLDA sent a letter informing them they had no jurisdiction over Jennifer and that their case was unfounded, urging them to close it. 45 days later, they did in fact close the case.
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In a semi related story…The Epoch Times tells the story of Renae Zentz. Zenith, the mom of six and grandmother of four runs Family Lyceum. The children enrolled in Family Lyceum go to school two or three days a week and homeschool the rest of the time.
Sharing how she feels about parents and teachers, Mrs. Zentz says: “We really feel like the parent is the primary mentor. The family is more important than the teacher in the schoolroom.
With a heavy focus on literature and history, Zentz believes in traditional values saying, “People think of us as kind of like your old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse. We support what I consider the traditional American values that the Founding Fathers would have agreed on, and really everyone at one point, which I define simply as God, family, and country.”
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Zoraya ter Beek who lives in a Dutch town near the border of Germany, doesn’t have a terminal illness. No, she says she has been hobbled by her depression and autism and borderline personality disorder. She’s simply tired of living—despite, being in love with her boyfriend, a 40-year-old IT programmer, and living in a nice house with their two cats.
She explains the process saying, “The doctor really takes her time. It is not that they walk in and say: lay down please! Most of the time it is first a cup of coffee to settle the nerves and create a soft atmosphere. Then she asks if I am ready. I will take my place on the couch. She will once again ask if I am sure, and she will start up the procedure and wish me a good journey. Or, in my case, a nice nap, because I hate it if people say, ‘Safe journey.’ I’m not going anywhere.” The doctor will then administer a sedative, followed by a drug that will stop ter Beek’s heart.
Since this practice has been legalized in multiple countries, the numbers have risen significantly, suggesting a social contagion glamorizing suicide.
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I’ve had some overdue books in my time…but 37 years might take the cake!
“Psychedelics” by Bernard Aaronson and Humphry Osmond, published in 1970, was anonymously returned to Riverside Library and Cultural Center in Weld County, Colorado, on March 13 via drop box. The returner added a post it note inside that reads, “Sorry so late! It’s been a long, strange trip,” beside a drawing of a smiley face.
James Melena, community relations and marketing manager for High Plains Library District, noted an interesting point. The book was tagged as young adult.
“If you actually open up this book and read a little bit, even for a minute or two, you‘ll realize that it’s college-level psychology,” he said. “When we think of young adults nowadays, we think of books like ’The Hunger Games,‘ so it really might be just showing a sign of the times that the term ’young adult' meant a lot more, or meant something very different, back then.”
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