Today's Cultural Warfare Update
Oct. 3rd, 2005 12:36 pmSignature-gathering irregularities appearing in Massachusetts anti-marriage drive;
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes marriage-rights bill passed by California legislature - includes ACTION ITEM to thank him;
Focus on the Family clarification: The California-based American Baptist Churches USA _does_ have the anti-gay stance they want, but does not (as is typical with Baptist denominations) demand all member churches follow the national organisation's lead; the churches leaving are leaving because they demanded that the national church _do_ start requiring anti-gay positions from member churches;
"Alliance Defense Fund," an anti-gay organisation focused on fighting marriage rights, sues Utah mayor over DP benefits for same-sex couples, arguing they are illegal under their state DOMA;
Texas state judge orders 17 year old not to have sex;
Attempt to overturn Wheedon Amendment fails in DC court;
Senate passes resolution to support "Under God" version of the Pledge of Allegiance;
Dobson: Tom DeLay inditement is "a trumped-up political witch hunt" at "one of America's leading advocates of family values";
Focus on the Family action item for FIVE bills in Wisconsin; one bans embryonic stem-cell research; one expands the rights of heath care professionals to refuse care they dislike ("conscience clause" expansion); there's a "fetal pain" bill, an abstinence-education bill, and a bill about umbilical-cord stem cells;
Judge in Oregon rules nude dancing falls under the first amendment;
Netherlands triad gets one collective CU - fundamentalists go, "See? SEE?!";
Concerned Women for America unsure about new Supreme Court nominee;
Christian Post reports mixed reaction amoungst fundamentalist groups for new nominee;
CWA condemns abortion-services provider offering free services to Katrina victims;
Agape Press reports Massachusetts ministers across the state dedicating their Sunday sermons to overturning marriage rights in the state;
Faith and Freedom network declares Seattle Art Museum sculpture a "monument to pedophiliac grooming."
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes marriage-rights bill passed by California legislature - includes ACTION ITEM to thank him;
Focus on the Family clarification: The California-based American Baptist Churches USA _does_ have the anti-gay stance they want, but does not (as is typical with Baptist denominations) demand all member churches follow the national organisation's lead; the churches leaving are leaving because they demanded that the national church _do_ start requiring anti-gay positions from member churches;
"Alliance Defense Fund," an anti-gay organisation focused on fighting marriage rights, sues Utah mayor over DP benefits for same-sex couples, arguing they are illegal under their state DOMA;
Texas state judge orders 17 year old not to have sex;
Attempt to overturn Wheedon Amendment fails in DC court;
Senate passes resolution to support "Under God" version of the Pledge of Allegiance;
Dobson: Tom DeLay inditement is "a trumped-up political witch hunt" at "one of America's leading advocates of family values";
Focus on the Family action item for FIVE bills in Wisconsin; one bans embryonic stem-cell research; one expands the rights of heath care professionals to refuse care they dislike ("conscience clause" expansion); there's a "fetal pain" bill, an abstinence-education bill, and a bill about umbilical-cord stem cells;
Judge in Oregon rules nude dancing falls under the first amendment;
Netherlands triad gets one collective CU - fundamentalists go, "See? SEE?!";
Concerned Women for America unsure about new Supreme Court nominee;
Christian Post reports mixed reaction amoungst fundamentalist groups for new nominee;
CWA condemns abortion-services provider offering free services to Katrina victims;
Agape Press reports Massachusetts ministers across the state dedicating their Sunday sermons to overturning marriage rights in the state;
Faith and Freedom network declares Seattle Art Museum sculpture a "monument to pedophiliac grooming."
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