Today's Cultural Warfare Update, Episode I

Indianapolis judge orders parents not to expose their son to their religion - they're Wiccans;

Minnesotan judge takes dim view of encryption software;

Rare moment of parity: American Family Association sides with Wiccan couple in above story - good for them (seriously - credit where credit is due);

Air Force trying to crack down on abuse by fundamentalist evangelicals in the Air Force Academy;

American Family Association announces boycott of Ford Motor over fair treatment of queer employees;

FotF notes Kentucky court upholds their anti-marriage amendment; appeal will be pending;

FotF News Briefs include article supporting anti-birth-control pharmacists;

Another FotF News Brief: Kentucky judge sentencing drug and alcohol offenders to jail - or to attend worship services (go to church or go to jail?);

FotF news article and action item against the APA possibly endorsing marriage rights for gayfolk;

FotF rails against hate-crime legislation in Congress;

FotF congratulates Exxon/Mobil for again refusing to extend nondiscrimination language and DP benefits to queer employees;

FotF action item to support Tom DeLay and write letters complaining about the "slur" against him on Law and Order; includes action item to send NBC complaint letters;

FotF commentary: the fight on judges isn't over;

FotF action item against the "car wash" ad for a burger chain, featuring One Of Those Annoying Celebrities famous for being rich and stupid;

Today's Family News in Focus;

FotF's Citizen Magazine's cover story: Terri Schiavo

Citizen Magazine: seven bills they want their readership to support. Bills include a Constitutional anti-marriage amendment, bills to prohibit stem-cell research, anti-abortion-rights bills, and a bill to allow partisan activities by tax-exempt religious groups (but, as always, not by tax-exempt secular groups);

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Today's Cultural Warfare Update, Episode II

Citizen Magazine guide to "getting good judges on the bench";

Concerned Women for America decries failure of Bolton cloture vote as evidence that Democrats cannot be trusted, treating it as a violation of the judicial filibuster agreement;

Washington Times quotes CWA wonks - not always identifying them as such - a lot in an article about "reclaiming schools";

Denver Post article on fundamentalist plans to target Senators who compromised on the judicial issue;

CWA links to an article on "Godspy: faith on the edge" condemning gender reassignment;

Traditional Values Coalition attacks the transgendered, includes a Congressional action item;

TVC asks whether the APA has "gone insane" by considering endorsing marriage rights;

TVC "report" showing that homosexuality, feminism, and "sexual immorality" cause the collapse of civilisation;

Portland, ME paper talking about the "real battle" in the Senate still ahead.

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