Friday, March 16, 2012
Protesters gathered at Rick Santorum's rally in Arlington Heights.
Two men who kissed one another were kicked out of presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s rally Friday evening at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights. Santorum was 15 minutes into his speech when the two men shouted and got the attention of the crowd. They exchanged a kiss, prompting guards to eject them and the crowd to chant “U-S-A” while they were leaving the gym. When asked whether the kiss was a public display of affection or merely a symbolic act, Timothy Tross of Lombard and Ben Clifford of Algonquin, declined to comment. “I don’t think the message should be about what my sexuality is,” Tross said. “It’s the message that he’s saying about sexuality that matters.” About 50 protesters lined the street before the rally with …
Democratic representative of Illinois' 9th Congressional District shows up at Romney campaign stop to protest.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s stance on Planned Parenthood was questioned at his first campaign stop in Illinois, when U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky showed up to protest his stance on Planned Parenthood. While Romney talked to supporters inside a Rosemont diner about jobs and the economy, Schakowsky stood outside with a group holding signs that read, “Keep Your Mitt(s) Off Birth Control.” Schakowsky said she was motivated to come out to protest because of Romney’s recent remarks on Planned Parenthood. “Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that,” he told supporters at a campaign stop in Missouri on Wednesday, saying the reduction would be part of his plan to reduce federal debt. Later, Romney told Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-…
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor makes Friday morning campaign stop in Rosemont.
Shaking hands and smiling for cell phone cameras at a Rosemont diner Friday morning, presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised supporters that he would put Americans back to work. “The No. 1 issue in America is the strength of our economy,” he said. “And on that issue, this president’s a lightweight. Now it’s not because he’s not smart, it’s because he never worked in the free economy. He’s never had a job in the free economy. It’s hard to create a job if you’ve never had one.” Romney made his first campaign stop in Illinois at Pancakes Eggcetera shortly after 7 a.m. Friday. While U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky led a protest against Romney's stance on Planned Parenthood in front of the diner, Romney greeted fans in the restaurant's parking …
Russell Palmer
12:20 am on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Jon, nay, but you have been deluded by you false gods, who want to belittle Jesus Christ, God's Son, who was willing to make such a sacrifice. Man did not take Jesus life, He gave it for man. more ›