Today's Cultural Warfare Update
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solarbirdGBLT-rights bill opponent Bill Finkbeiner decides to support GBLT civil rights bill;
Iranian television shows "death to Israel, death to Jews, death to America" rally from Mecca, courtesy Our Friends, the Saudis;
FotF's analysis of the first day of Alito hearings: Alito does "superbly"; includes ACTION ITEM against any filibuster;
FotF demands Howard Stern be reigned in, includes ACTION ITEM to demand broadcast regulation be extended to satellite programming;
New Jersey passes bill allowing same-sex partner access to health care under some unstated circumstances, some control over estate of deceased partners; FotF unhappy;
FotF attacks Democratic senators' questioning of Alito; Brownback attacks Roe v. Wade; includes the usual ACTION ITEM against any filibuster;
Private fundamentalist Christian school sues University of California over not accepting creationism classes as science;
American Family Association, Focus on the Family, other fundamentalist groups tell Ford to stop "supporting homosexual activism" or face co-ordinated boycott;
Link to copy of said letter, hosted by AFA website;
Focus on the Family analysis of day two of Alito questioning: "Hail Mary"s and "dead horses";
AFA newsbrief calls the Washington Post the "house organ" of the GBLT-rights movement;
AFA: "Study Shows Increase in Homosexual Experimentation" - they say it like it's a bad thing ( -_^ );
Concerned Women for America spin on "Concerned Alumni of Princeton": not just Alito, but the group itself was not actually against women and minourities being at Princeton, it was all about the ROTC, which is complete bullshit;
Traditional Values Coalition action item to tell senators to confirm Alito;
SECTION TVC action item to confirm Alito; there are about a dozen different Alito-coverage stories from TVC, I'm not bringing them all over here, but they're on traditionalvalues.org;
Family Research Coalition: "HEY! LOOKIT ME! LOOKIT ME!";
FotF starts pro-Alito radio ad campaign in Rhode Island;
Faith and Freedom Network vows to continue fighting GBLT rights in Washington State, saying that Finkbeiner's switch on his planned vote doesn't guarantee any passage;
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Gay-rights bill picks up key vote in state Senate
By Andrew Garber
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
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OLYMPIA — Democrats seemingly have the votes to pass gay-rights legislation — after more than 20 years of trying — because of Republican Sen. Bill Finkbeiner's decision Monday to support the measure.
Yet key Democrats say the bill's approval isn't a lock.
"As soon as you gain somebody, you start to lose somebody else," said Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, a gay lawmaker and longtime sponsor of the legislation. "Once again, when this makes it to the Senate floor, we won't know whether we absolutely have the votes until the votes are taken."
Democrats also say a state Supreme Court decision on gay marriage that could come any time might complicate the issue.
[...]
"I've endorsed him in the past but won't be endorsing him in the new election. I'll be looking for a primary opponent," said the Rev. Joseph Fuiten, pastor of Cedar Park Assembly of God Church in Bothell.
Fuiten is chairman of the Faith and Freedom Network, which opposes the gay-rights measure. He sees it as a steppingstone to gay marriage. "I just find this really unfortunate," Fuiten said. "He's abandoning the views of his constituents."
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Iranian Pilgrims in Mecca Shout "Death to America, the Great Satan" in an Anti-American Rally
1/9/2006
Clip No. 991
The Middle East Media Research Institute
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=991
Following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, and on Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006.
Crowd: Israel is the enemy of Allah.
Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Man: (Chopped off) from the land of the believers.
Crowd: From the land of the believers.
Man: The Audience will now split into two groups: One group will settle the score with America, and the other will settle the score with Israel. This group now: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to America!
Man: Death to Israel!
Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America!
Man: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to America!
Man: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!
Man: All together now: Death to America! Death to Israel!
Crowd: Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!
[...]
Speaker: Today, the impure world Zionism, in the modern Age of ignorance, has emerged with the same (polytheistic) ideology, but with new methods. It wants to take over the fields of economy, of culture, and politics, as well as the military, throughout the world.
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ALITO DOES 'SUPERBLY' ON FIRST DAY OF QUESTIONING
Senate Democrats look to knock out his nomination.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 10, 2006
by Pete Winn, associate editor
SUMMARY: Senate Democrats look to knock out his nomination
-- but fail to land any blows.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039161.cfm
Today was day two of the Senate Judiciary Committee's
hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel
Alito -- and longtime conservative court observers
expected it would be when liberals would launch their
assault.
Sean Rushton, executive director of the Committee for
Justice, said it didn't really happen.
"We keep waiting for the big frontal assault to begin," he
said, "but we haven't seen much of it."
At a late morning news conference, Sens. Edward Kennedy,
D-Mass., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., joined other Democrats
on the Judiciary Committee in accusing Alito of not being
"forthcoming."
[...]
TAKE ACTION: Let your senators know you want an up-or-down
vote by the full Senate on the nomination of Samuel Alito.
You can find contact information in the CitizenLink Action
Center.
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Howard Stern Now Uncensored on Satellite Radio
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 10, 2006
from staff reports
SUMMARY: Pro-family experts call on the federal government
to rein him in.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039157.cfm
Controversial shock-jock Howard Stern made his completely
uncensored debut on satellite radio Monday. His sexually
explicit talk show has some wondering if the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) should begin regulating
satellite programs in the same manner as broadcast
outlets.
Sirius Satellite Radio hyperbolically called the debut of
Howard Stern's uncensored talk show, "The biggest day in
radio since the first day in radio."
[...]
"I'm kind of wondering what Howard Stern is going to do to
promote his show, because he's already scraped the bottom
of the garbage pail on his regular FM radio show," he
said. "To attract new listeners via shock, he's going to
have to turn the garbage can upside down and beat on the
outside, I guess."
The FCC only lightly regulates content on broadcast radio
and television, but it places essentially no restrictions
on satellite programs.
[...]
"The Justice Department has regulatory authority over all
obscene material, and they therefore have prosecution
authority," he said.
[...]
TAKE ACTION: Ask the FCC to place the same restrictions on
indecency and obscenity on satellite programs as are
placed on broadcast TV and radio. You can find contact
information in our Action Center.
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New Jersey Expands Rights of Gay Couples
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
January 10, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
The New Jersey Legislature voted Monday to give same-sex
couples some of the same benefits as married couples,
including access to health benefits and the right to be
involved in matters after a partner has died, Reuters
reported.
Acting Gov. Richard Codey is expected to sign both bills
into law.
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DEMOCRATS TURN TO 'UGLY TACTICS' AND THEATRICS
With no ammunition to stop the president's nominee, senators turn nasty.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 11, 2006
by Pete Winn, associate editor
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039175.cfm
The second day of questioning for President Bush's nominee
to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, brought some high
theatrics from Democrats.
Today's hearing focused sharply on the issues of abortion
and the nominee's membership in an alumni group two
decades ago that opposed admitting women or minorities to
his alma mater, Princeton University.
It was also a day when the nominee's wife reportedly left
the hearing room in tears, and a Republican senator
apologized for the rough way his Democratic colleagues had
treated her husband.
"The intensity level of the attacks went up today, even
though the subject matter remained the same," said Bruce
Hausknecht, judicial analyst at Focus on the Family.
He said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., got especially
heated about the Princeton group saying that since it
supported discrimination, the committee's chairman, Sen.
Arlen Specter, R-Pa., should immediately hold a
closed-door meeting to issue a subpoena for the group's
documents, which are housed at the Library of Congress.
Specter flatly rejected the request.
[...]
For example, after Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's
second-ranked Democrat, told Alito he was "concerned" that
the judge's position on abortion might leave its future in
doubt, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., took part of his time
to shoot back.
"Clearly, some precedents are undeserving of respect," he
said, "because they're repugnant to the Constitution."
A pro-family conservative, Brownback told Alito he thought
the Supreme Court should be open to reconsidering or
overturning cases that may have been wrongly decided, even
if they are considered what he called, "super-duper
precedents." That includes Roe v. Wade.
[...]
TAKE ACTION: If you haven't done so already, now is the
time to call your senators and let them know you want a
fair hearing and an up-or-down vote on the floor of the
Senate on Samuel Alito. You can find contact information
and send e-mail through the CitizenLink Action Center.
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Christian School Sues the University of California
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 11, 2006
from staff reports
SUMMARY: The college refuses to accept credits for certain
classes.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039173.cfm
The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
and Calvary Chapel School are suing the University of
California (UC), because they say the university
discriminates against students with a Christian worldview.
UC is refusing to accept high school credits for courses
that it says don't "adequately teach the subject matter."
Ken Smitherman, president of ACSI, told Family News in
Focus that many courses are being excluded.
"There are basically five subject areas that have been
impacted," he said, "including history, English
literature, social studies, religion and ethics, and
science."
Among the courses not approved is one that addresses
biblical authority and another that challenges evolution.
Smitherman said that discriminates against qualified
students.
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Pro-Family Groups Ask Ford to Reconsider Gay Stance
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
January 11, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
A letter to Ford Motor Company, signed by 42 groups
including Focus on the Family, asks it to make a
commitment to family values and stop supporting homosexual
activists -- or otherwise face the possibility of another
boycott.
"We can not, and will not, sit by as Ford supports an
agenda aimed at the destruction of the family. We strongly
suggest that Ford remove itself from involvement in the
culture war and apply its resources to building the best
product possible," the letter states. "This policy would
benefit not only Ford, your employees and your dealers,
but society as a whole."
The American Family Association (AFA) began a boycott of
Ford last spring after learning that the company
advertised in gay publications. At the request of several
Ford dealers, the boycott was suspended for six months
while the two sides tried to work out a compromise. In
early December of 2005, Ford told AFA it would stop
running the ads, but a week later the company
flip-flopped.
"After meeting with seven homosexual leaders and without
any input form thousands of their dealers who stand to be
adversely affected by Ford's decision, Ford made the
decision to renege on actions they told AFA they would
take," said Don Wildmon, chairman of AFA, one of the
groups behind the letter. "Ford's support for these groups
pushing homosexual marriage can only hurt dealers across
the country."
FOR MORE INFORMATION: To read the full text of the letter
to Ford and to see the 42 groups that signed it, visit the
AFA Web site.
http://www.afa.net/fordletter.asp
(NOTE: Referral to Web sites not produced by Focus on the
Family is for informational purposes only and does not
necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites'
content.)
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Letter to Ford Motor Company
American Family Association
http://www.afa.net/fordletter.asp
January 10, 2006
Chrm . Bill Ford
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn , MI 48126-2798
Dear Chrm. Ford,
On November 28, Ford Motor Company and American Family Association worked out a representation concerning Ford's support of groups promoting the homosexual agenda including homosexual marriage. Ford's representations seemed to AFA a very reasonable and attainable goal.
Here is what Ford's representation included:
* Ford would not renew current promotions or create future incentives that give cash donations to homosexual organizations based on the purchase of a vehicle.
* Ford would stop giving cash and vehicle donations or endorsements to homosexual social activities such as Gay Pride parades.
* Ford would not make corporate donations to homosexual organizations that, as part of their activities, engage in political or social campaigns to promote civil unions or same-sex marriage.
* Ford would cease all advertising in homosexual websites and media outlets (magazines, television, radio) in the U.S. with the exception of a small amount to be used by Volvo. The Volvo ads would be the same ads used in the general media and not aimed at the homosexual community specifically.
* When homosexual groups opposed Ford's actions, seven homosexual leaders met with Ford. At that meeting, Ford repudiated your representations and issued a public letter strongly supporting the homosexual groups.
Ford made this decision at the request of only seven homosexual leaders and without any input from your thousands of dealers who stand to be adversely affected by your decision. Why would Ford put the interests of seven homosexual groups ahead of the interests of all your dealers? Evidently you consider seven homosexual leaders more important than your thousands of dealers. Your support for these groups pushing homosexual marriage can only hurt your dealers.
We strongly suggest that Ford remove itself from involvement in the cultural war and apply its resources to building the best product possible. It ill serves the purpose of Ford to take sides in the cultural war. It is a no-win situation. When you favor one side, you alienate the other. Leave the cultural battles to the various groups pro and con and to the politicians. Apply your energy and your resources to building better automobiles. This policy would benefit not only Ford, your employees and your dealers, but society as a whole.
It is our request that Ford retract its rejection of the representation. We can not, and will not, sit by as Ford supports a social agenda aimed at the destruction of the family.
We ask that you respond to our request by January 20. If we do not hear from you by that date, we will assume that Ford does not intend to honor its representations to AFA. Should you decide to respond, please do so by letter since we can no longer trust Ford to keep its verbal word.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon , Chairman
American Family Association
Other signatories include:
Tony Perkins, President
Family Research Council
Dr. James Dobson, Founder and Chairman
Focus On The Family
Gary Bauer, President
American Values
Dr. D. James Kennedy, President
Coral Ridge Ministries
Dr. Richard Land, President
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
The Southern Baptist Convention
Paul Weyrich, National Chairman
Coalitions for America
Beverly LaHaye, Founder and Chairman
Concerned Women for America
Dr. Gary Cass, President
Center for Reclaiming America
Rev. Ted Haggard, President
National Association of Evangelicals
Phil Burress, President
Citizens for Community Values
Curt Smith, President
Indiana Family Institute
Janet Folger, President
Faith2Action
Bobbie Patray, President
Tennessee Eagle Forum
Judie Brown, President<
American Life League, Inc.
Dr. Leo Godzich, Chairman
National Association of Marriage Enhancement
R. Allen Angell, President
Constituent Voice
Kelly Shackelford, President
Free Market Foundation
Gary Glenn, President
American Family Association of Michigan
Russell Johnson, Chairman
Ohio Restoration Project
Alan Chambers, President
Exodus International
Diane Gramley, President
American Family Association of Pennsylvania
Dr. Kenneth Hutcherson, President
Mayday for Marriage
Micah Clark, Executive Director
American Family Association of Indiana
Dr. Rick Scarborough, President
Vision America
Gregory B. Darby, Founder & President
Christian Interactive Network
John Uhlmann, Chairman
Our Shared American Identity Foundation
Ron Shuping, Senior Vice President of Programming
The Inspiration Television Networks
Dr. Keith Wiebe, President
American Association of Christian Schools
Tom Shields, Chairman
Coalition for Marriage and Family
Dr. Laurence White, President
The American Restoration Project
Larry Cirignano, Executive Director
CatholicVote.org
Keith Wiebe, Jr., President
West Virginia Family Foundation
Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel
Liberty Counsel
Kristian M. Mineau, President
Massachusetts Family Institute
Douglas Stiegler, Executive Director
Association of Maryland Families
Colin A. Hanna, President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Carol L. Wagstaff, M.A., Executive Director
Living Stones Ministries
David Kyle Foster, President/Executive Director
Mastering Life Ministries
Curt Smith, President
Indiana Family Institute
Al Laws, Jr., Chief Executive Officer
Win Family Services, Inc.
Peter LaBarbera
Illinois Family Institute
William G. Owens, President
Coalition of African-American Churches
Jerry Flowers, Executive Director
RealMarriage.Org
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Democrats Hammer Alito on Abortion
by Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst
Focus on the Family
*** CitizenLink Special Report ***
Jan. 11, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
SUMMARY: Dead horses and "Hail Mary's" abound in the third
day of the hearings.
Today's hearings began with committee Chairman Sen. Arlen
Specter, R-Pa., offering his hope that today might be the
final day of questioning of Judge Samuel Alito. Sen.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the ranking Democrat, quickly
disabused the chairman of any such notion, and
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy's later
posturing on a documents issue threatened further delay.
In between Democrats' attacks on Alito's credibility and
integrity -- attacks disguised as questions -- we actually
heard something informative about the nominee's view of
judging.
In response to Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback's
question on the nominee's judicial philosophy, Alito
explained: "First of all, senator, I think the
Constitution means something. And I don't think it means
whatever I might want it to mean or whatever any other
member of the judiciary might want it to mean. It has its
own meaning. And it is the job of a judge, the job of a
Supreme Court justice, to interpret the Constitution, not
distort the Constitution, not add to the Constitution or
subtract from the Constitution."
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the former pro-lifer turned
pro-abortion, tried unsuccessfully to garner a good sound
bite from Alito by pressing him, not once but twice, to
use the phrase "settled law" in reference to Roe v. Wade.
Alito appears unwilling to concede anything other than the
obvious status of Roe as a 33-year precedent that's been
addressed and re-affirmed in subsequent Supreme Court
decisions.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., later tried again to
force the words "well settled" out of Alito's mouth or
explain why not. Alito pointed out that characterizing Roe
in that fashion tells all future litigants that they can't
get a fair hearing in his court on that subject.
The most intriguing moment of the day occurred when
Kennedy once again brought up Alito's 1985 reference to
the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) group. Kennedy
demanded that Specter issue a subpoena to obtain that
organization's documents, implying that Alito was being
untruthful about his lack of awareness of some of the more
controversial aspects of the group's magazine. Specter and
Kennedy then engaged in a heated exchange over whether
Specter had ever received a letter making the request from
Kennedy. After Kennedy threatened that Specter would hear
his request "again and again and again" and tie up the
committee with multiple votes on the issue, Specter
announced he was not concerned with the Massachusetts
senator's threats -- and continued the hearing.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R -Iowa, followed Kennedy by
apologizing on behalf of the committee for its repetitive
questioning. "I think several horses have been beaten to
death" he said, and then turned to football analogies:
"And you're going to keep getting these last-minute 'Hail
Mary's' thrown at you. So just bear with us."
Kennedy's tantrum was quickly dealt with after the noon
break, when Specter announced that committee staffers were
on their way to pick up the CAP documents. Those
documents, by the way, had been reviewed by the New York
Times last November and dismissed in an article as
uninformative on the subject of this nomination, a fact
that Specter pointedly included in his remarks.
More questioning is anticipated of the nominee tomorrow,
followed on Friday by panels of third-party witnesses
testifying for or against the nominee.
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Commentary & News Briefs
January 12, 2006
Compiled by Jody Brown
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/122006h.asp
[...]
..A media watchdog group has charged the Washington Post with being a cheerleader for the homosexual movement. Accuracy in Media director Cliff Kincaid says in the past weeks the Post has emerged as a proponent of the homosexual movement -- and the vehicle being used, he says, is the homosexual cowboy film Brokeback Mountain. He says he has counted nine Post stories in six days regarding the movie. "It's just unbelievable. It's an avalanche of very sympathetic coverage," says Kincaid. "People, clearly, who are reading the paper and see this have to be offended as well." This is not the first time Kincaid has leveled the "pro-homosexual" charge at the newspaper. The Accuracy in Media spokesman contends the Post has acted like a "virtual house organ" for the homosexual rights movement. "They clearly want to generate interest in the film and get people out to see it so that it will make a big splash and pave the way for even more explicit homosexual movies," he says. [Bill Fancher]
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Study Shows Increase in Homosexual Experimentation
By AFA Journal
January 11, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/112006f.asp
(AgapePress) - According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more women are experimenting with homosexual activity.
The report was based on data collected in 2002 in the National Survey of Family Growth. It found 11 percent of women said they had had a sexual experience with another woman. That is compared to 4 percent of women who said the same thing in a 1992 survey.
Younger women, however, were even more likely to experiment with homosexuality. According to an article in the Washington Post, 14 percent of women in their late teens and 20s claimed to have had a same-sex experience.
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Judge Alito and Concerned Alumni of Princeton
Concerned Women for America
1/11/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/9890/LEGAL/scourt/index.htm
* The reason Sam Alito was involved with CAP was because Princeton kicked the ROTC off campus in 1970. In Alito's view, Princeton was blameworthy for thinking that it was "too good for the military."
** Alito was a member of Army ROTC while at Princeton. He thus knew from firsthand experience how ROTC can open doors for students who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend an elite Ivy League institution like Princeton.
** The very first issue of CAP's biweekly newspaper, the Prospect, contained an article about Princeton's efforts to run ROTC off campus.
** A 1985 article from the Princeton Packet, a university newspaper, confirms that one of the principal reasons CAP was formed was because of "a campaign to eliminate the Army ROTC program." See Charles Stile, A Conservative Voice Targets the University, Princeton Packet, Feb. 12, 1985.
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Urge Your Senators To Confirm Judge Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court
Traditional Values Coalition
[Ed. Note: This November-dated action item has been renewed and bumped to the top of the TVC page]
http://capwiz.com/traditional/issues/alert/?alertid=8220416&type=CO
November 8, 2005 – Send a CapWiz letter to your two U.S. Senators today asking that they support the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Alito is well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. He has spent the past 15 years as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and has proven to be a genuine judicial conservative who will not legislate from the bench. He served in the Reagan Justice Department with distinction and later was a U.S. Attorney in New Jersey who prosecuted white collar crime, the Mafia, and violations of civil rights.
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ACTION ALERT: Contact Senators Today In Support Of Judge Alito
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2566
January 12, 2006 – Judge Samuel Alito is well qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. TVC is urging its readers to send an email letter today to their two U.S. Senators in support of a fair up or down vote in the full Senate next week.
Senate staff has informed TVC that MoveOn.org, People for the American Way and other radical liberal interest groups began flooding Senate offices on Jan. 11 with calls and emails opposing Judge Alito. As you can see, it is very important that your Senators hear from you as soon as possible. Use TVC’s CapWiz to contact them: Urge Your Senators To Confirm Judge Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court.
If you’re in a state of a Senate Judiciary Committee member, it is extremely important that you email and call them! The Senate Judiciary Committee membership list is posted here: United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary.
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Tony Perkins Available to Speak on Alito Hearings
January 10, 2006 - Tuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2006 CONTACT: Amber Hildebrand, (202) 393-2100
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06A09&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. - Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, and attorney Cathy Cleaver-Ruse, Senior Legal Fellow for Family Research Council, are available today to comment on Judge Samuel Alito's Senate confirmation hearings.
Tony Perkins was present at this morning's hearings and has released the following statement:
"The questions and statements made by the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee underscore their view of an inflated role of the court in our system of government.
"They continually seek to shift responsibility from the legislative branch of government to the judicial branch of government. They know very well that the majority of voters would not return them to the halls of power if the Congress rather than the court could be held responsible for their anti-family policies.
"Judge Alito seemed very comfortable in answering the various questions and did not back away from his previous decisions but sought to explain the circumstances surrounding those decisions and statements to members of the committee."
Tony Perkins is available for comment on the Alito hearings all week. Please contact the FRC press office at 202.393.2100.
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FRC Launches Alito Ad Campaign in Rhode Island
January 9, 2006 - Monday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9, 2005
CONTACT: The FRC Press Office at 202.393.2100
FOR RADIO: J.P. Duffy
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06A07&f=PG03I03
RADIO AD URGES FAIR HEARING, FAIR VOTE FOR SAM ALITO
Washington, D.C. - Today Family Research Council announced the launch of a Rhode Island radio campaign calling on Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) to give Judge Alito a fair hearing and a fair vote. The radio spots will run statewide all this week on WADK, WCNX, WAKX , WPRO, WLKW, WOON, and WWKX.
The ad stresses Alito's background, his education, and his exemplary record. However, as the ad points out, "Now a handful of special interest groups say that's not enough. They say they'll do 'whatever it takes' to stop him. They question his commitment to civil rights. They say there are too many Catholics on the court. Haven't we been down this ugly road before?"
The ad concludes by urging Rhode Island voters to call Senator Chafee and tell him that Sam Alito deserves a fair hearing and a fair vote.
To download the audio of the radio ads, go to www.frc.org.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Could They Be Wrong on Gay Civil Rights Bill?
Faith and Freedom Network
http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2006/01/could-they-be-wrong-on-gay-civil.html
The proclamation is coming from far and wide. Liberal secularists are sensing victory and the media is all but declaring it.
Sen. Bill Finkbeiner’s decision to switch on the matter has dominated the Washington State (and beyond) news during the past few days.
The Republican from Kirkland, who voted against HB1515 last session, has announced that he will vote in favor of gay civil rights this session. This has led the press and Governor Gregoire to all but declare victory.
The assumption is, of course, that everyone else will vote as they did last time.
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Iranian television shows "death to Israel, death to Jews, death to America" rally from Mecca, courtesy Our Friends, the Saudis;
FotF's analysis of the first day of Alito hearings: Alito does "superbly"; includes ACTION ITEM against any filibuster;
FotF demands Howard Stern be reigned in, includes ACTION ITEM to demand broadcast regulation be extended to satellite programming;
New Jersey passes bill allowing same-sex partner access to health care under some unstated circumstances, some control over estate of deceased partners; FotF unhappy;
FotF attacks Democratic senators' questioning of Alito; Brownback attacks Roe v. Wade; includes the usual ACTION ITEM against any filibuster;
Private fundamentalist Christian school sues University of California over not accepting creationism classes as science;
American Family Association, Focus on the Family, other fundamentalist groups tell Ford to stop "supporting homosexual activism" or face co-ordinated boycott;
Link to copy of said letter, hosted by AFA website;
Focus on the Family analysis of day two of Alito questioning: "Hail Mary"s and "dead horses";
AFA newsbrief calls the Washington Post the "house organ" of the GBLT-rights movement;
AFA: "Study Shows Increase in Homosexual Experimentation" - they say it like it's a bad thing ( -_^ );
Concerned Women for America spin on "Concerned Alumni of Princeton": not just Alito, but the group itself was not actually against women and minourities being at Princeton, it was all about the ROTC, which is complete bullshit;
Traditional Values Coalition action item to tell senators to confirm Alito;
SECTION TVC action item to confirm Alito; there are about a dozen different Alito-coverage stories from TVC, I'm not bringing them all over here, but they're on traditionalvalues.org;
Family Research Coalition: "HEY! LOOKIT ME! LOOKIT ME!";
FotF starts pro-Alito radio ad campaign in Rhode Island;
Faith and Freedom Network vows to continue fighting GBLT rights in Washington State, saying that Finkbeiner's switch on his planned vote doesn't guarantee any passage;
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Gay-rights bill picks up key vote in state Senate
By Andrew Garber
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
Long URL elided
OLYMPIA — Democrats seemingly have the votes to pass gay-rights legislation — after more than 20 years of trying — because of Republican Sen. Bill Finkbeiner's decision Monday to support the measure.
Yet key Democrats say the bill's approval isn't a lock.
"As soon as you gain somebody, you start to lose somebody else," said Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, a gay lawmaker and longtime sponsor of the legislation. "Once again, when this makes it to the Senate floor, we won't know whether we absolutely have the votes until the votes are taken."
Democrats also say a state Supreme Court decision on gay marriage that could come any time might complicate the issue.
[...]
"I've endorsed him in the past but won't be endorsing him in the new election. I'll be looking for a primary opponent," said the Rev. Joseph Fuiten, pastor of Cedar Park Assembly of God Church in Bothell.
Fuiten is chairman of the Faith and Freedom Network, which opposes the gay-rights measure. He sees it as a steppingstone to gay marriage. "I just find this really unfortunate," Fuiten said. "He's abandoning the views of his constituents."
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Iranian Pilgrims in Mecca Shout "Death to America, the Great Satan" in an Anti-American Rally
1/9/2006
Clip No. 991
The Middle East Media Research Institute
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=991
Following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, and on Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006.
Crowd: Israel is the enemy of Allah.
Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Man: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Crowd: May the hands of the infidels be chopped off.
Man: (Chopped off) from the land of the believers.
Crowd: From the land of the believers.
Man: The Audience will now split into two groups: One group will settle the score with America, and the other will settle the score with Israel. This group now: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to America!
Man: Death to Israel!
Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America!
Man: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to America!
Man: Death to America!
Crowd: Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!
Man: All together now: Death to America! Death to Israel!
Crowd: Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to America! Death to Israel!
[...]
Speaker: Today, the impure world Zionism, in the modern Age of ignorance, has emerged with the same (polytheistic) ideology, but with new methods. It wants to take over the fields of economy, of culture, and politics, as well as the military, throughout the world.
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ALITO DOES 'SUPERBLY' ON FIRST DAY OF QUESTIONING
Senate Democrats look to knock out his nomination.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 10, 2006
by Pete Winn, associate editor
SUMMARY: Senate Democrats look to knock out his nomination
-- but fail to land any blows.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039161.cfm
Today was day two of the Senate Judiciary Committee's
hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel
Alito -- and longtime conservative court observers
expected it would be when liberals would launch their
assault.
Sean Rushton, executive director of the Committee for
Justice, said it didn't really happen.
"We keep waiting for the big frontal assault to begin," he
said, "but we haven't seen much of it."
At a late morning news conference, Sens. Edward Kennedy,
D-Mass., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., joined other Democrats
on the Judiciary Committee in accusing Alito of not being
"forthcoming."
[...]
TAKE ACTION: Let your senators know you want an up-or-down
vote by the full Senate on the nomination of Samuel Alito.
You can find contact information in the CitizenLink Action
Center.
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Howard Stern Now Uncensored on Satellite Radio
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 10, 2006
from staff reports
SUMMARY: Pro-family experts call on the federal government
to rein him in.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039157.cfm
Controversial shock-jock Howard Stern made his completely
uncensored debut on satellite radio Monday. His sexually
explicit talk show has some wondering if the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) should begin regulating
satellite programs in the same manner as broadcast
outlets.
Sirius Satellite Radio hyperbolically called the debut of
Howard Stern's uncensored talk show, "The biggest day in
radio since the first day in radio."
[...]
"I'm kind of wondering what Howard Stern is going to do to
promote his show, because he's already scraped the bottom
of the garbage pail on his regular FM radio show," he
said. "To attract new listeners via shock, he's going to
have to turn the garbage can upside down and beat on the
outside, I guess."
The FCC only lightly regulates content on broadcast radio
and television, but it places essentially no restrictions
on satellite programs.
[...]
"The Justice Department has regulatory authority over all
obscene material, and they therefore have prosecution
authority," he said.
[...]
TAKE ACTION: Ask the FCC to place the same restrictions on
indecency and obscenity on satellite programs as are
placed on broadcast TV and radio. You can find contact
information in our Action Center.
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New Jersey Expands Rights of Gay Couples
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
January 10, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
The New Jersey Legislature voted Monday to give same-sex
couples some of the same benefits as married couples,
including access to health benefits and the right to be
involved in matters after a partner has died, Reuters
reported.
Acting Gov. Richard Codey is expected to sign both bills
into law.
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DEMOCRATS TURN TO 'UGLY TACTICS' AND THEATRICS
With no ammunition to stop the president's nominee, senators turn nasty.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 11, 2006
by Pete Winn, associate editor
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039175.cfm
The second day of questioning for President Bush's nominee
to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, brought some high
theatrics from Democrats.
Today's hearing focused sharply on the issues of abortion
and the nominee's membership in an alumni group two
decades ago that opposed admitting women or minorities to
his alma mater, Princeton University.
It was also a day when the nominee's wife reportedly left
the hearing room in tears, and a Republican senator
apologized for the rough way his Democratic colleagues had
treated her husband.
"The intensity level of the attacks went up today, even
though the subject matter remained the same," said Bruce
Hausknecht, judicial analyst at Focus on the Family.
He said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., got especially
heated about the Princeton group saying that since it
supported discrimination, the committee's chairman, Sen.
Arlen Specter, R-Pa., should immediately hold a
closed-door meeting to issue a subpoena for the group's
documents, which are housed at the Library of Congress.
Specter flatly rejected the request.
[...]
For example, after Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's
second-ranked Democrat, told Alito he was "concerned" that
the judge's position on abortion might leave its future in
doubt, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., took part of his time
to shoot back.
"Clearly, some precedents are undeserving of respect," he
said, "because they're repugnant to the Constitution."
A pro-family conservative, Brownback told Alito he thought
the Supreme Court should be open to reconsidering or
overturning cases that may have been wrongly decided, even
if they are considered what he called, "super-duper
precedents." That includes Roe v. Wade.
[...]
TAKE ACTION: If you haven't done so already, now is the
time to call your senators and let them know you want a
fair hearing and an up-or-down vote on the floor of the
Senate on Samuel Alito. You can find contact information
and send e-mail through the CitizenLink Action Center.
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Christian School Sues the University of California
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
January 11, 2006
from staff reports
SUMMARY: The college refuses to accept credits for certain
classes.
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039173.cfm
The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
and Calvary Chapel School are suing the University of
California (UC), because they say the university
discriminates against students with a Christian worldview.
UC is refusing to accept high school credits for courses
that it says don't "adequately teach the subject matter."
Ken Smitherman, president of ACSI, told Family News in
Focus that many courses are being excluded.
"There are basically five subject areas that have been
impacted," he said, "including history, English
literature, social studies, religion and ethics, and
science."
Among the courses not approved is one that addresses
biblical authority and another that challenges evolution.
Smitherman said that discriminates against qualified
students.
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Pro-Family Groups Ask Ford to Reconsider Gay Stance
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
January 11, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
A letter to Ford Motor Company, signed by 42 groups
including Focus on the Family, asks it to make a
commitment to family values and stop supporting homosexual
activists -- or otherwise face the possibility of another
boycott.
"We can not, and will not, sit by as Ford supports an
agenda aimed at the destruction of the family. We strongly
suggest that Ford remove itself from involvement in the
culture war and apply its resources to building the best
product possible," the letter states. "This policy would
benefit not only Ford, your employees and your dealers,
but society as a whole."
The American Family Association (AFA) began a boycott of
Ford last spring after learning that the company
advertised in gay publications. At the request of several
Ford dealers, the boycott was suspended for six months
while the two sides tried to work out a compromise. In
early December of 2005, Ford told AFA it would stop
running the ads, but a week later the company
flip-flopped.
"After meeting with seven homosexual leaders and without
any input form thousands of their dealers who stand to be
adversely affected by Ford's decision, Ford made the
decision to renege on actions they told AFA they would
take," said Don Wildmon, chairman of AFA, one of the
groups behind the letter. "Ford's support for these groups
pushing homosexual marriage can only hurt dealers across
the country."
FOR MORE INFORMATION: To read the full text of the letter
to Ford and to see the 42 groups that signed it, visit the
AFA Web site.
http://www.afa.net/fordletter.asp
(NOTE: Referral to Web sites not produced by Focus on the
Family is for informational purposes only and does not
necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites'
content.)
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Letter to Ford Motor Company
American Family Association
http://www.afa.net/fordletter.asp
January 10, 2006
Chrm . Bill Ford
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn , MI 48126-2798
Dear Chrm. Ford,
On November 28, Ford Motor Company and American Family Association worked out a representation concerning Ford's support of groups promoting the homosexual agenda including homosexual marriage. Ford's representations seemed to AFA a very reasonable and attainable goal.
Here is what Ford's representation included:
* Ford would not renew current promotions or create future incentives that give cash donations to homosexual organizations based on the purchase of a vehicle.
* Ford would stop giving cash and vehicle donations or endorsements to homosexual social activities such as Gay Pride parades.
* Ford would not make corporate donations to homosexual organizations that, as part of their activities, engage in political or social campaigns to promote civil unions or same-sex marriage.
* Ford would cease all advertising in homosexual websites and media outlets (magazines, television, radio) in the U.S. with the exception of a small amount to be used by Volvo. The Volvo ads would be the same ads used in the general media and not aimed at the homosexual community specifically.
* When homosexual groups opposed Ford's actions, seven homosexual leaders met with Ford. At that meeting, Ford repudiated your representations and issued a public letter strongly supporting the homosexual groups.
Ford made this decision at the request of only seven homosexual leaders and without any input from your thousands of dealers who stand to be adversely affected by your decision. Why would Ford put the interests of seven homosexual groups ahead of the interests of all your dealers? Evidently you consider seven homosexual leaders more important than your thousands of dealers. Your support for these groups pushing homosexual marriage can only hurt your dealers.
We strongly suggest that Ford remove itself from involvement in the cultural war and apply its resources to building the best product possible. It ill serves the purpose of Ford to take sides in the cultural war. It is a no-win situation. When you favor one side, you alienate the other. Leave the cultural battles to the various groups pro and con and to the politicians. Apply your energy and your resources to building better automobiles. This policy would benefit not only Ford, your employees and your dealers, but society as a whole.
It is our request that Ford retract its rejection of the representation. We can not, and will not, sit by as Ford supports a social agenda aimed at the destruction of the family.
We ask that you respond to our request by January 20. If we do not hear from you by that date, we will assume that Ford does not intend to honor its representations to AFA. Should you decide to respond, please do so by letter since we can no longer trust Ford to keep its verbal word.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon , Chairman
American Family Association
Other signatories include:
Tony Perkins, President
Family Research Council
Dr. James Dobson, Founder and Chairman
Focus On The Family
Gary Bauer, President
American Values
Dr. D. James Kennedy, President
Coral Ridge Ministries
Dr. Richard Land, President
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
The Southern Baptist Convention
Paul Weyrich, National Chairman
Coalitions for America
Beverly LaHaye, Founder and Chairman
Concerned Women for America
Dr. Gary Cass, President
Center for Reclaiming America
Rev. Ted Haggard, President
National Association of Evangelicals
Phil Burress, President
Citizens for Community Values
Curt Smith, President
Indiana Family Institute
Janet Folger, President
Faith2Action
Bobbie Patray, President
Tennessee Eagle Forum
Judie Brown, President<
American Life League, Inc.
Dr. Leo Godzich, Chairman
National Association of Marriage Enhancement
R. Allen Angell, President
Constituent Voice
Kelly Shackelford, President
Free Market Foundation
Gary Glenn, President
American Family Association of Michigan
Russell Johnson, Chairman
Ohio Restoration Project
Alan Chambers, President
Exodus International
Diane Gramley, President
American Family Association of Pennsylvania
Dr. Kenneth Hutcherson, President
Mayday for Marriage
Micah Clark, Executive Director
American Family Association of Indiana
Dr. Rick Scarborough, President
Vision America
Gregory B. Darby, Founder & President
Christian Interactive Network
John Uhlmann, Chairman
Our Shared American Identity Foundation
Ron Shuping, Senior Vice President of Programming
The Inspiration Television Networks
Dr. Keith Wiebe, President
American Association of Christian Schools
Tom Shields, Chairman
Coalition for Marriage and Family
Dr. Laurence White, President
The American Restoration Project
Larry Cirignano, Executive Director
CatholicVote.org
Keith Wiebe, Jr., President
West Virginia Family Foundation
Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel
Liberty Counsel
Kristian M. Mineau, President
Massachusetts Family Institute
Douglas Stiegler, Executive Director
Association of Maryland Families
Colin A. Hanna, President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Carol L. Wagstaff, M.A., Executive Director
Living Stones Ministries
David Kyle Foster, President/Executive Director
Mastering Life Ministries
Curt Smith, President
Indiana Family Institute
Al Laws, Jr., Chief Executive Officer
Win Family Services, Inc.
Peter LaBarbera
Illinois Family Institute
William G. Owens, President
Coalition of African-American Churches
Jerry Flowers, Executive Director
RealMarriage.Org
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Democrats Hammer Alito on Abortion
by Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst
Focus on the Family
*** CitizenLink Special Report ***
Jan. 11, 2006
[Received in email; no URL]
SUMMARY: Dead horses and "Hail Mary's" abound in the third
day of the hearings.
Today's hearings began with committee Chairman Sen. Arlen
Specter, R-Pa., offering his hope that today might be the
final day of questioning of Judge Samuel Alito. Sen.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the ranking Democrat, quickly
disabused the chairman of any such notion, and
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy's later
posturing on a documents issue threatened further delay.
In between Democrats' attacks on Alito's credibility and
integrity -- attacks disguised as questions -- we actually
heard something informative about the nominee's view of
judging.
In response to Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback's
question on the nominee's judicial philosophy, Alito
explained: "First of all, senator, I think the
Constitution means something. And I don't think it means
whatever I might want it to mean or whatever any other
member of the judiciary might want it to mean. It has its
own meaning. And it is the job of a judge, the job of a
Supreme Court justice, to interpret the Constitution, not
distort the Constitution, not add to the Constitution or
subtract from the Constitution."
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the former pro-lifer turned
pro-abortion, tried unsuccessfully to garner a good sound
bite from Alito by pressing him, not once but twice, to
use the phrase "settled law" in reference to Roe v. Wade.
Alito appears unwilling to concede anything other than the
obvious status of Roe as a 33-year precedent that's been
addressed and re-affirmed in subsequent Supreme Court
decisions.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., later tried again to
force the words "well settled" out of Alito's mouth or
explain why not. Alito pointed out that characterizing Roe
in that fashion tells all future litigants that they can't
get a fair hearing in his court on that subject.
The most intriguing moment of the day occurred when
Kennedy once again brought up Alito's 1985 reference to
the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) group. Kennedy
demanded that Specter issue a subpoena to obtain that
organization's documents, implying that Alito was being
untruthful about his lack of awareness of some of the more
controversial aspects of the group's magazine. Specter and
Kennedy then engaged in a heated exchange over whether
Specter had ever received a letter making the request from
Kennedy. After Kennedy threatened that Specter would hear
his request "again and again and again" and tie up the
committee with multiple votes on the issue, Specter
announced he was not concerned with the Massachusetts
senator's threats -- and continued the hearing.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R -Iowa, followed Kennedy by
apologizing on behalf of the committee for its repetitive
questioning. "I think several horses have been beaten to
death" he said, and then turned to football analogies:
"And you're going to keep getting these last-minute 'Hail
Mary's' thrown at you. So just bear with us."
Kennedy's tantrum was quickly dealt with after the noon
break, when Specter announced that committee staffers were
on their way to pick up the CAP documents. Those
documents, by the way, had been reviewed by the New York
Times last November and dismissed in an article as
uninformative on the subject of this nomination, a fact
that Specter pointedly included in his remarks.
More questioning is anticipated of the nominee tomorrow,
followed on Friday by panels of third-party witnesses
testifying for or against the nominee.
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Commentary & News Briefs
January 12, 2006
Compiled by Jody Brown
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/122006h.asp
[...]
..A media watchdog group has charged the Washington Post with being a cheerleader for the homosexual movement. Accuracy in Media director Cliff Kincaid says in the past weeks the Post has emerged as a proponent of the homosexual movement -- and the vehicle being used, he says, is the homosexual cowboy film Brokeback Mountain. He says he has counted nine Post stories in six days regarding the movie. "It's just unbelievable. It's an avalanche of very sympathetic coverage," says Kincaid. "People, clearly, who are reading the paper and see this have to be offended as well." This is not the first time Kincaid has leveled the "pro-homosexual" charge at the newspaper. The Accuracy in Media spokesman contends the Post has acted like a "virtual house organ" for the homosexual rights movement. "They clearly want to generate interest in the film and get people out to see it so that it will make a big splash and pave the way for even more explicit homosexual movies," he says. [Bill Fancher]
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Study Shows Increase in Homosexual Experimentation
By AFA Journal
January 11, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/112006f.asp
(AgapePress) - According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more women are experimenting with homosexual activity.
The report was based on data collected in 2002 in the National Survey of Family Growth. It found 11 percent of women said they had had a sexual experience with another woman. That is compared to 4 percent of women who said the same thing in a 1992 survey.
Younger women, however, were even more likely to experiment with homosexuality. According to an article in the Washington Post, 14 percent of women in their late teens and 20s claimed to have had a same-sex experience.
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Judge Alito and Concerned Alumni of Princeton
Concerned Women for America
1/11/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/9890/LEGAL/scourt/index.htm
* The reason Sam Alito was involved with CAP was because Princeton kicked the ROTC off campus in 1970. In Alito's view, Princeton was blameworthy for thinking that it was "too good for the military."
** Alito was a member of Army ROTC while at Princeton. He thus knew from firsthand experience how ROTC can open doors for students who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend an elite Ivy League institution like Princeton.
** The very first issue of CAP's biweekly newspaper, the Prospect, contained an article about Princeton's efforts to run ROTC off campus.
** A 1985 article from the Princeton Packet, a university newspaper, confirms that one of the principal reasons CAP was formed was because of "a campaign to eliminate the Army ROTC program." See Charles Stile, A Conservative Voice Targets the University, Princeton Packet, Feb. 12, 1985.
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Urge Your Senators To Confirm Judge Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court
Traditional Values Coalition
[Ed. Note: This November-dated action item has been renewed and bumped to the top of the TVC page]
http://capwiz.com/traditional/issues/alert/?alertid=8220416&type=CO
November 8, 2005 – Send a CapWiz letter to your two U.S. Senators today asking that they support the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Alito is well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. He has spent the past 15 years as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and has proven to be a genuine judicial conservative who will not legislate from the bench. He served in the Reagan Justice Department with distinction and later was a U.S. Attorney in New Jersey who prosecuted white collar crime, the Mafia, and violations of civil rights.
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ACTION ALERT: Contact Senators Today In Support Of Judge Alito
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2566
January 12, 2006 – Judge Samuel Alito is well qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. TVC is urging its readers to send an email letter today to their two U.S. Senators in support of a fair up or down vote in the full Senate next week.
Senate staff has informed TVC that MoveOn.org, People for the American Way and other radical liberal interest groups began flooding Senate offices on Jan. 11 with calls and emails opposing Judge Alito. As you can see, it is very important that your Senators hear from you as soon as possible. Use TVC’s CapWiz to contact them: Urge Your Senators To Confirm Judge Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court.
If you’re in a state of a Senate Judiciary Committee member, it is extremely important that you email and call them! The Senate Judiciary Committee membership list is posted here: United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary.
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Tony Perkins Available to Speak on Alito Hearings
January 10, 2006 - Tuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2006 CONTACT: Amber Hildebrand, (202) 393-2100
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06A09&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. - Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, and attorney Cathy Cleaver-Ruse, Senior Legal Fellow for Family Research Council, are available today to comment on Judge Samuel Alito's Senate confirmation hearings.
Tony Perkins was present at this morning's hearings and has released the following statement:
"The questions and statements made by the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee underscore their view of an inflated role of the court in our system of government.
"They continually seek to shift responsibility from the legislative branch of government to the judicial branch of government. They know very well that the majority of voters would not return them to the halls of power if the Congress rather than the court could be held responsible for their anti-family policies.
"Judge Alito seemed very comfortable in answering the various questions and did not back away from his previous decisions but sought to explain the circumstances surrounding those decisions and statements to members of the committee."
Tony Perkins is available for comment on the Alito hearings all week. Please contact the FRC press office at 202.393.2100.
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FRC Launches Alito Ad Campaign in Rhode Island
January 9, 2006 - Monday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9, 2005
CONTACT: The FRC Press Office at 202.393.2100
FOR RADIO: J.P. Duffy
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06A07&f=PG03I03
RADIO AD URGES FAIR HEARING, FAIR VOTE FOR SAM ALITO
Washington, D.C. - Today Family Research Council announced the launch of a Rhode Island radio campaign calling on Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) to give Judge Alito a fair hearing and a fair vote. The radio spots will run statewide all this week on WADK, WCNX, WAKX , WPRO, WLKW, WOON, and WWKX.
The ad stresses Alito's background, his education, and his exemplary record. However, as the ad points out, "Now a handful of special interest groups say that's not enough. They say they'll do 'whatever it takes' to stop him. They question his commitment to civil rights. They say there are too many Catholics on the court. Haven't we been down this ugly road before?"
The ad concludes by urging Rhode Island voters to call Senator Chafee and tell him that Sam Alito deserves a fair hearing and a fair vote.
To download the audio of the radio ads, go to www.frc.org.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Could They Be Wrong on Gay Civil Rights Bill?
Faith and Freedom Network
http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2006/01/could-they-be-wrong-on-gay-civil.html
The proclamation is coming from far and wide. Liberal secularists are sensing victory and the media is all but declaring it.
Sen. Bill Finkbeiner’s decision to switch on the matter has dominated the Washington State (and beyond) news during the past few days.
The Republican from Kirkland, who voted against HB1515 last session, has announced that he will vote in favor of gay civil rights this session. This has led the press and Governor Gregoire to all but declare victory.
The assumption is, of course, that everyone else will vote as they did last time.
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Date: 2006-01-12 10:39 pm (UTC)The rest is just more depressing than I can possibly imagine.
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Date: 2006-01-13 02:10 am (UTC)Cathy
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Date: 2006-01-13 05:15 am (UTC)