how so? On Feb 17, 7:59 pm, "J.C." <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure the speech was magnificent; however, it isn't entirely > factual. > > On Feb 17, 3:07 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > poor libs just cannot stands opposing points of view. even from a 12 > > yr old girl. how pitiful. > > > On Feb 17, 6:21 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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." > > > > Despite Lia's enthusiasm for her topic, her teacher "strongly > > > encouraged" her to select a different one for her class presentation > > > or she would be considered ineligible for an upcoming speech contest. > > > > "[S]everal teachers discouraged her from picking the topic of > > > abortion; she was told it was 'too big,' 'too mature' and 'too > > > controversial,'" her mother wrote. "She was also told that if she went > > > ahead with that topic, she would not be allowed to continue on in the > > > speech competition." > > > > Lia's mother continued, "Initially, I tried helping her find other > > > topics to speak on, but, in the end, she was adamant. She just felt > > > she wanted to continue with the topic of abortion. So she forfeited > > > her chance to compete in order to speak on something she was > > > passionate about." > > > > Lia's teacher was so impressed by the speech that she allowed her > > > student to advance as the winner. Lia presented her speech to judges > > > in front of her entire school on Feb. 10. > > > > The school principal and teachers called Lia's presentation the > > > "obvious winner" – but the judges suddenly disqualified her the > > > following day "because of the topic and her position on abortion," her > > > mother said. > > > > Lia's father later revealed that the judges had a "big disagreement." > > > One was offended by the speech and voluntarily stepped down while the > > > others reversed their earlier decision – declaring her the winner. > > > > Now Lia plans to take her message of life to a regional speech > > > competition, and more than 100,000 visitors have viewed her > > > presentation online. > > > > "Why do we think that just because a fetus can't talk or do what we > > > do, it isn't a human being yet?" She asks in the video. "Some babies > > > are born after only five months. Is this baby not human? > > > > "We would never say that. Yet abortions are performed on 5-month-old > > > fetuses all the time. Or do we only call them humans if they're > > > wanted?" > > > > She continues, "No, fetuses are definitely humans – knit together in > > > their mother's womb by their wonderful Creator who knows them all by > > > name." > > > >http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89135-Hide quoted > > >text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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