Today's Cultural Warfare Update

New Presidential Spokesman Tony Snow has a history of misrepresenting evolutionary theory and promoting "intelligent design";

Seattle Times article on the Discovery Institute's attempt to spin the Dover decision as hard as possible;

I've never heard of the National Bible Reading Marathon, but they claim this is the 17th year. Basically they go out and read the bible cover-to-cover, out loud, around the clock, at government buildings;

Mission America and Linda Harvey are getting Focus on the Family plus for their anti-gay "homosexual activism" audits of public schools - warning you to watch for "code phrases" such as "safe schools" - and are clearly getting more sympathetic to the exodus idea of pulling students out of public schools that aren't sufficiently anti-gay;

Mission America's own statement on the matter quotes, without attribution, what appear to be several Paul Cameron figures I've seen before; items one and two on their lists of things to watch out for are anti-bullying programmes that include protection against bullying for GBLT students, and any anti-discrimination policy protecting GBLT students or teachers; in a separate list, any HIV/AIDS programme and/or safer-sex programme is considered a warning flag;

Focus on the Family ACTION ITEM to support Referendum 65 signature gathering; includes pointer to the Faith and Freedom Network website and instructions to download signature forms; they quote Tim Eyman as saying that if HB2661 stands, the courts will "impose" same-sex marriage;

FotF finds a movie Wal-Mart is carrying that they hate even more than Brokeback Mountain;

FotF runs story on Mitt Romney's abstinence-only education programme;

FotF attacks Missouri initiative to back stem-cell research, calling it "pro-cloning";

Family Research Council ACTION ITEM to urge veto of abortion-access bill in Hawai'i; it allows abortions to be performed in clinics;

Souther Baptist Convention to consider "exodus" from public schools again; the American Family Association is giving the idea friendly coverage;

LifeSite covers more anti-gay testimony in Massachusetts regarding marriage rights there, continuing the "gay parents are child abusers" theme;

American Family Association/Agape Press coverage of the school banning the anti-gay T-shirt; see previous CWUs for previous coverage and discussion of the short;

AFA/Agape Press celebrates cancellation of a Gay Pride parade in Charlotte Pride parade, talks about how they've forced it "back into the closet" through what appears to be consistent harassment of attendees; this story has appeared (with more detail) in previous CWUs and is, yes, the same story; this is the AFA version; they also claim to have gotten a local Gay-Straight Alliance club (not named, but I suspect this is what they mean) banned at local schools; describes the parade as "the gates of Hell";

AFA report supporting an Arlington County, Virginia business which actively discriminated against a lesbian employee; the county found that the business had acted in violation of county law; they're preparing a lawsuit;

Concerned Women for America's Robert Knight has a much longer story supporting the anti-gay business owner;

Concerned Women for America join "School Risk Audit" to examine schools; see above for details, but basically, if you support GBLT students in any way (inclusion in anti-bullying programmes, anti-discrimination protections, HIV/AIDS awareness, anything) then you are supporting the "Gay Agenda"; CWA's Robert Knight writes about the effort in this article;

Traditional Values Coalition links to the web-based Post-Chronicle's opinion column demanding a new "Greatest Generation" to ban abortion, homosexuality, and take on other issues;

TVC ACTION ITEM to demand veto of abortion bill in Hawai'i; it's the same bill as described above, the fundamentalist groups are unifying their times for greater effect;

TVC ACTION ITEM to support the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA), which requires employers take "reasonable accommodations" to adjust to religious needs of employees; also to demand a vote on the Broadcast Indecency Act (HR 310);

TVC article supporting anti-gay student T-shirt, condemning school for banning it as disruptive; see above, and discussion in earlier Cultural Warfare Updates;

REAL Women of Canada discuss PM Harper's promised re-vote on C-38 and marriage rights in Canada; they call it the "last opportunity to return the traditional definition of marriage to our country";

REAL plugs French Conservative report against marriage rights and reproductive rights for lesbian and gay couples; they are, of course, very supportive of it;

Faith and Freedom Network article supporting the Pope's Good Friday prayer condemning, well, all sorts of things, says God is angry about lesbian and gay marriage rights, more;

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As annathepiper points out, this is just fucking pathetic. And, idly, the whole $100 rebate in exchange for the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge thing? Apparently they've decided that a $300 rebate was too much, and that Americans can be bought for a lot less than that.

Anna has covered all of this in plenty of detail. I'm just echoing the contempt.