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Modest dresses in church
don't need to be frumpy

To the editor:

How wonderful to see the modestly dressed bride and wedding party in the Special Section: Catholic Marriage [print edition only]. Brides may find difficulty in buying a modest dress because most stores supply the strapless or spaghetti strap gowns. While finding a modest dress may be a challenge, it is not impossible.

Our daughter was married two years ago in a beautiful, elegant, and modest gown. Her bridesmaids wore dresses with moderately scoped necklines and sleeveless. Consequently, we had shawls made to match their dresses.

When we approach the altar, we must remember we are in a sacred space requiring respectful dress. Most religious shrines and basilicas have modest dress code required of all people who enter.

Don't be mistaken: being "modest" doesn't mean dressing "frumpy"! Whether it is a wedding, Confirmation, funeral, Baptism . . . or Sunday Mass, we can create a tasteful style that accentuates the grace and beauty of our femininity. We can dress fashionably while still maintaining our dignity!

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Phyllis Riordan, Madison

Stop murders in America

To the editor:

In the U.S.A. today, we live, but we live to kill. We live to kill any American citizen we can get our hands on, that is, those in human embryonic stem cell research, those in the contraceptive mentality, those aborted in surgery/chemicals/herbs, those forcibly killed/left to die who survive abortions, those mother who die from abortions, those who ask for assisted suicide, and those, like Terri Shiavo, who can live with their parents, but are starved to death by healthcare workers.

I have listed acts of murder. We murder our own citizens, left and right. Because we do not abhor murdering our own citizens, we are not holding life as sacred.

We have rewritten that which states we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America. We have rewritten it with these murders. I am calling on all in America to stop these murders and to help each other live.

We are created in the image and likeness of God, Who is Love. Let us love God, our Creator, and His creatures, our fellow human beings.

Jeanne Breunig, Middleton

Girls receive samples of pill

To the editor:

I'm very disturbed by the news that Planned Parenthood is giving samples of the morning-after pill to minor girls, and using $272 million of our taxes to do it.

Any girl, even as young as 10 years, can obtain birth-control and abortion through Planned Parenthood, without parent permission. Parents are placing their physically developing daughters on these drugs, not realizing the harmful effects which are written on the manufacturer's form.

Today, one-sixth of women are considered toxic as chemicals remain in their systems. Ninety percent of newborns when tested have large levels of chemicals in their bodies which are affecting brain development.

Some women I know who have been on these drugs cannot become pregnant, are miscarrying, having still-births, and giving birth to low birth-weight premature infants which also causes developmental problems.

Why does this world believe it is morally right to sacrifice women and children? For the love of your daughters, children, and future grandchildren, speak to them and protect them.

Is Planned Parenthood telling your daughters the health risks? Are their doctors? These people need to be held accountable for the harm they're causing.

Laurie Favreau, Janesville

Thanks for coverage

To the editor:

This is just a note of thanks for your coverage of our 2007 version of Catholics at the Capitol. The large turnout and good reputation our event enjoys is due in part because you and the other papers publicize the event ahead of time and cover it so thoroughly when it happens. Your account of the day's activities also brings the event to those who cannot attend.

I look forward to our continued collaboration on issues of interest to Catholics in the years ahead. Thanks again for all you do.

John Huebscher, executive director,
Wisconsin Catholic Conference, Madison