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12-year-old steals day with pro-life speech
WND ^
| 02-16-09
| By Chelsea Schilling
Posted on 02/17/2009 9:18:00 AM PST by nbhunt
Despite facing threats of disqualification, a 12-year-old girl took first place in a speech contest when she eloquently argued for the rights of unborn children – after an offended judge quit.
"What if I told you that right now, someone was choosing if you were going to live or die?" the seventh-grader begins in a video recording of her speech on YouTube. "What if I told you that this choice wasn't based on what you could or couldn't do, what you'd done in the past or what you would do in the future? And what if I told you, you could do nothing about it?"
The girl, a student at a Toronto school identified only as "Lia," continued:
"Fellow students and teachers, thousands of children are right now in that very situation. Someone is choosing without even knowing them whether they are going to live or die.
"That someone is their mother. And that choice is abortion."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Religion
KEYWORDS: prolife
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One smart 12 year old. How proud her mother must be to have such a young lady.
See Lia's speach at:
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89135
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:18:00 AM PST
by
nbhunt
To: nbhunt
“...and a little child shall lead them”.
2
posted on
02/17/2009 9:19:14 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
To: nbhunt
Bookmark for later viewing.....
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:20:40 AM PST
by
SouthernBoyupNorth
("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
To: nbhunt; All
Bumper Sticker: “Smile! Your mom was Pro-Life”
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:21:17 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective.)
To: nbhunt
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:23:53 AM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
To: nbhunt
after an offended judge quit. Oh, poor baby.
Did da bad ol' 12 year old girl make you cwy?
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:26:37 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: nbhunt
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:29:15 AM PST
by
silverleaf
("Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury" - Screwtape)
To: AuntB
she’s way above mr obama’s pay grade, isn’t she?
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:29:56 AM PST
by
silverleaf
("Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury" - Screwtape)
To: nbhunt
Lia's father later revealed that the judges had a "big disagreement." One was offended by the speech and voluntarily stepped down...If the girl wrote an impassioned defense of the attacks of 9/11, why do I have a feeling this same judge would have been brought to tears because of her bravery in trying to see that we're all human and defying former President Bush's illegal war?
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:30:17 AM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
To: Darkwolf377
Yes. Some folks love the idea of “speaking truth to power” — until the uncomfortable truths are aimed at them.
10
posted on
02/17/2009 9:34:07 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(American Revolution II -- overdue)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:34:51 AM PST
by
4woodenboats
(Biden predicted a disaster would happen when Omyazz got elected. He meant DAILY disasters.)
To: nbhunt
She continues, "No, fetuses are definitely humans – knit together in their mother's womb by their wonderful Creator who knows them all by name."That statement or the one on responsibilities was probably what sent that judge into orbit.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:37:36 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: nbhunt
Liberals can dish it out, but definitely can not take it.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:39:36 AM PST
by
txnativegop
(God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
To: nbhunt
Just when you though that the younger generation was hopeless, helpless and clueless; along comes a shining example of why God created them.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:42:45 AM PST
by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners.)
To: nbhunt
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:44:13 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. Margret Thatcher)
To: nbhunt
i knew the 1.2-1.4m/year US abortions number... but i didn’t know the 45m/year worldwide number. that’s just freaking nuts
very well done, young lady. you’re giving me a glimmer of hope for the intelligence of the upcoming crop
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:45:23 AM PST
by
sten
To: Skooz
I have a feeling that the judge was a woman. May have had an abortion herself.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:47:09 AM PST
by
murron
(Proud Marine Mom)
To: ClearCase_guy
Indeed. BTW - I agree with your tagline.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:47:51 AM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: nbhunt
“That someone is their mother. And that choice is abortion.””
“That someone is HIS OR HER mother. And that choice is abortion.”
Just a pet peeve. It’s a speaking comeptition, after all.
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posted on
02/17/2009 9:49:45 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
To: AuntB
“Just...wow.”
-My sentiments exactly!!!!
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