Today's Cultural Warfare Update
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solarbirdBothell-Kenmore Reporter story on Faith and Freedom Network's Joe Fuiten;
Faith and Freedom Network's letter and endorsement slate for the judicial races this fall; the plan is to get as much turnout as possible in the low-turnout primary and get several fundamentalist and fundamentalist-supportive judges past 50% in the primary so they don't even appear in the general election, where there is higher turnout and people pay more attention;
Concerned Women for America says the FDA "oversteps authority" by approving Plan B (the morning-after birth control pill) for over-the-counter sales to women over 18;
CWA's Janet LaRue: if President Bush doesn't get every judge on every court he wants, the terrorists win - no, really, that's literally what she's saying;
CWA again pitches the lie that birth control - specifically Plan B, but they do this for most forms of birth control - actually cause abortions;
CWA "talking points" against Plan B (emergency birth control);
Concerned Women for America's Robert Knight promotes the AFA boycott of Ford, talks about Ford's "homosexual advocacy";
Family Research Council files amicus brief against marriage rights in Maryland Court of Appeals;
FRC ACTION ITEM demanding South Carolina politicians support an anti-marriage constitutional amendment;
FRC ACTION ITEM calling for support for Idaho anti-marriage constitutional amendment vote;
FRC ACTION ITEM calling for support for Tennessee anti-marriage constitutional amendment vote;
FRC ACTION ITEM to download their Arizona voter's guide listing who supports the fundamentalist social agenda;
FRC demands immediate Senate approval of all Bush judicial nominees;
FRC ACTION ITEM to support Oregon parental notification initiative;
Sean Hannity (of "Hannity & Colmes") to speak at the fundamentalist political confab, the "Values Voters Summit" later this September in DC. It's a big Family Research Council/Focus on the Family/American Family Association/etc action confab to co-ordinate plans for the fall election;
American Family Association claims Wal-Mart is joining a "homosexual marriage group" by signing up with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce; includes ACTION ITEM to condemn Wal-Mart for dealing in any way with lesbian and gay people;
AFA ACTION ITEM to continue Ford boycott, sign anti-Ford petitions, etc, all over Ford's advertising in publications that target lesbian and gay consumers;
AFA of Pennsylvania wants gay and lesbian professors banned from university campuses - the ban should be comprehensive, ala the Boy Scouts of America ban; the AFA's Agape Press runs article supporting it;
AFA/Agape Press: to be a real Christian, you _must_ fight in the culture wars;
Conservative Judaism considers allowing openly gay rabbis;
Institute for Canadian Values condemns sex-education book in Manitoba reportedly under consideration; no idea whether it actually is or what it actually says;
Canada Family Action Coalition reports that 45 American states have "banned homosexual marriage," so Canada should too.
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The Political Pastor
Jue Fuiten, the son of rural ministers, promotes voter registration
and speaks out on gay marriage while leading a Bothell congregation
by Joshua Adam Kicks
Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
[No URL; received in paper mail]
Pastor Joe Fuiten says he dreamt of becoming President of the United States for years, starting in the fifth grade.
In 2004, he finally made it to the White House, but it wasn't as commander in chief. Instead, Fuiten was invited to attend the National Day of Prayer as director of the Washington Social Conservatives for the Bush-Cheney election committee.
Fuiten traded his presidential aspirations for the ministry when he was in college, but his passion for politics never went away. Today, the Bothell pastgor is considered one of the most influential evangelical conservatives in Washington.
Although Fuiten can't openly endorse a political party or individual candidate while preaching to his congregation at Cedar Park Assembly of God, there is nothing to stop him from impacting people's political decisions. He is free to use his title and the name of his church while making endorsements, without the risk of losing Cedar Park's tax-exempt status.
During elections, Fuiten leads voter-registration campaigns that start by handing out forms to his congregation members. He also posts his candidate preferences on a Web site (www.pastor-picks.com). His choices are almost exclusively Republican.
Fuiten doesn't hide his desire to see that the law reflects Christian values. He is perhaps the most proactive figure in the state when it comes to pushing that envelope. Yet, despite Fuiten's ability to flex his evangelical muscle, he is surprisingly open to differing viewpoints, and has even banded together with non-Christian religious groups when there is common ground.
In February, he voiced support for a group of Muslims who objected to Muslims who objected to brochures that featured excerpts from the Koran. Fuiten claimed he was denouncing the intolerance shown to a minourity religion.
The Root of Fuiten's Beliefs
Fuiten's conservative, religious pedigree dates way back. He grew up in rural Oregon with parents who were Assembly of God ministers. His family lived for years in a parsonage that was attached directly to a church.
Fuiten earned a degree in political science from Willamette University, a school he describes as "the place aspiring politicians went to school." While in college, he was elected chairman of the College Republicans of Oregon, as well as student-body president. He also completed an internship with the Oregon Legislature, working on the Oregon Motorist Information Act of 1971.
Fuiten said his calling to the ministry came on a Friday night while praying and reading the Bible. He recalled, "I said to the Lord, 'I'm going to sit here and read this Bible until you talk to me.'" A passage, from Daniel 12:3, reads, "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever."
Fuiten said he knew exactly what he was meant to do after reading that passage. Although he was still involved in politics, he became licensed as a minister, and helped found the Willamette Christian Body on campus. Fuiten was even at the cutting edge of the Christian-rock movement, having founded the Sweet Jesus, Prince of Peace Rock Festival in 1971.
Ten years after interning with the Oregon Legislature and producing concerts that rocked for Jesus, Fuiten found himself as the senior pastor at Cedar Park Assembly of God. The church has grown considerably since then, and how includes about 5,000 members and 300 employees. it also includess a 1,500-student school, several counseling centers, an auto shop for low-income car owners and a cemetery.
A person can sense that Fuitetn is a history buff just from taking a look at his office. One of the longest walls in the room is lned from ceiling to floor with books on history and theology. A display case at one end is filled with artifacts dating back to the earliest days of civilisation. Fuiten acquired most of them during trips to the Middle East. There are laps from the Byzantine, Greek, and Roman empires, coins from the Justinian era, and arrows and nails from pre-Christian days.
Fuiten has written two books that interpret history from a Christian perspective - "Chaos and the End of Time," an approach to history based on Daniel's revelations, and "Revence of Ephesus," which compares the societal issues of the first century with those of modern times.
Same-sex marriage
Last December, a poll was conducted by Elway Research Group to gauge support for same-sex marriage in the state of Washington. Fifty-five percent of those polled indicated opposition. This was an increase from a 2004 Seattle Times poll that showed only 44 percent opposition.
A second question from the survey asked what impact the state Supreme Court's decision would have on upcoming elections; 54 percent of those polled said they were less likely to re-elect a justice who overturned the act.
The Elway poll was conducted at the same time that Washington's highest court was hearing argumentss over the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) from 1998. The court ruled 5-4 to uphold DOMA on July 26.
The poll was conducted by Elway was paid for by the Faith and Freedom Network, chaired by Fuiten, who made sure the results reached legislators and justices before the Supreme Court decision was made.
"I wanted them to recognise that there is little support for gay marriage in Washington," he said.
That wasn't the only thing Fuiten did to influence the court's decision. He also acted as a third-party intervener in the case and sponsored a rally in Olympia. With an estimated 10,000 participants, the demonstration was one of the largest ever held in the state's capitol.
Fuiten said his main beef with state-sponsoured marriage for same-sex cuoples is that it would give benefits to people who don't need them.
"What interest does the government have in incentivising homosexual marriage?" Fuiten asked. "My answer is, none. It's a matter of what's in the interest of society. This goes back to the Greeks."
Fuiten claims that same-sex couples are rarely capable of raising stable children, and shouldn't be rewarded with benefits the way heterosexual couples are. Yet he stops short of saying gays should be prohibited from forming civil unions or living together.
"If gay people want to live together, who cares?" he said. "If a church wants to bless them, who cares? It's not an issue of personal freedom, it's public policy."
Longtime gay activist Bill Debay, of the public-awareness group Don't Amend, argues that same-sex couples are perfectly suited for raising children and deserve all the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Dubay said Fuiten "wants strong families and talks about making families secure for kids. Why should my family be less secure than his family? The government should have an interest in the security of all families, regardless of the sexual orientation of the parents."
Nationwide polls conducted by Pew Research Centre show that a majority of Americans are opposed to same-sex marriage but favour giving homosexuals certain rights related to marriage. Benefits for married couples number in the hundreds in the state of Washington. Dubay said homosexuals are entitled to all, rather than some, of these rights.
[More in newspaper]
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Faith and Freedom
Network and Foundation
August 21, 2006
[Received in paper mail; no URL]
Dear Friends of Faith and Freedom,
DO YOU KNOW YOUR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES?
In the past, people haven't paid much attention to who was elected to our courts. However, in recent years it has become abundently clear that some judges, including some State Supreme Cout justices, have become activists - judicial activists.
Rather than administering the law, they have begun administering their own agenda, under the guise of fairness, engineering the outcome of important court ccases.
We have enclosed a copy of our first ever Non-Partisan Judicial Voter Education Guide for Washington State, [Ed. Note: Judicial elections in Washington State are all non-partisan.]
This will help you make an informed vote on Tuesday, September 19th. Any candidate who receives more than a 50% vote in the Primary will appear alone on the general election ballot in November, virtually assuring election.
Vote in the Primary. Vote your values. Your action can change the judicial landscape in Washington State. But we must act now!
We have sent this Non-Partisan Judicial Voter Guide to you because we know you care and will act. We want to send it to tens of thousands more across the State, but we need your immediate help.
We need an additional $21,000 to cover the State with a mass mailing. And it must happen before the September 19th Primary.
Would you please make the most generous tax-deductible contribution you can make within the next two weeks? [Ed. Note: They aren't 501(c)(3), I don't know what they're doing claiming these are deductible. it's not the first time, either.] You can donate online through our website or put a check in the mail.
We have a real opportunity to make a difference. Let's not miss the opportunity.
You may also download the Guide from our website, www.faithandfreedom.us, and distribute them to your church and friends.
God bless you.
Gary Randall
President
DO YOU KNOW YOUR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES?
A Faith and Family Perspective by
Faith and Freedom Network
Non-Partisan Voter Education Guide
Position and Candidate - Questionnaire
State Supreme Court Justice Position #2
Stephen Johnson +
Michael Johnson -
Richard Smith -
Norman J. Ericson -
Susan Owens -
State Supreme Court Justice Position #8
John Groen +
Gerry Alexander -
State Supreme Court Justice Position #9
Jeanette Burrage +
Tom Chambers -
Court of Appeals Division I District #3 Position #1
Jeff Teichert +
Mary Kay Becker -
Court of Appeals Division II District #1 Position #3
Christine Quinn-Brintnall +
Beth Jenson +
Court of Appeals Division II District #3 Position #1
Brent D. Boger +
Joel Penoyar -
Key: + Fully answered questionnaire. Good record on social issues.
- Refused to return questionnaire or did not return questionnaire fully completed. Bad record on social issues.
Please use for educational purposes only. These are not endorsements. To view criteria, please turn over page.
Most judges are elected in the primary election: Tuesday, September 19th.
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CWA: FDA Oversteps Authority by Approving Non-Prescription Access to Morning-After Pill
Concerned Women for America
8/24/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11378/MEDIA/life/index.htm
Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America (CWA) strongly opposes today’s decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Plan B, the morning-after pill, as a non-prescription drug. This decision allows anyone over 18 to purchase the drug without a prescription, thereby making the drug accessible to minors who can easily obtain the drug from those meeting the age requirement. The FDA has overstepped its authority in this decision and the result will be young teens who get a high dose drug without their parent’s knowledge or physician’s oversight.
“The FDA’s decision today will have a detrimental affect on women and parents around the country,” says President Wendy Wright. “If the FDA thinks that enacting an age restriction will work, or that the drug company will enforce it when it has already announced it has no intention of enforcing it, then they are living in a dream world. Enforcement requires a penalty for violating the restriction. The FDA has no authority or ability to enforce an age-restriction, and Barr, the Plan B drug maker, has neither the ability nor the willingness. The most it could do is not supply the drug to a violator—something that will never happen.
[More at URL]
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Winning the War Requires Winning on Judges
by Jan LaRue, Esq. (Janet LaRue is a Concerned Women for America wonk)
Human Events
Posted Sep 07, 2006
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16873
If Osama bin Laden watches the Republicans’ efforts to win the war over judges and equates it with their commitment to win the real war, he’d swap his cave for a condo in Kabul or Karachi and start broadcasting live from his sundeck.
[...]
President Bush announced on August 30 that he had sent five appeals court nominations back to the Senate: Terrence Boyle, William Haynes, William Myers, Michael Wallace and Norman Smith. A White House spokesperson said, “The president is pleased to re-nominate these qualified individuals to the bench and believes they should be confirmed as soon as the Senate reconvenes.”
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Uncovering Lies
Concerned Women for America
8/25/2006
By Wendy Wright and Jody Porowski
What Pro-abortionists Don't Want You to Know About the Morning-After Pill
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11112/CWA/life/index.htm
On May 6, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to make the morning-after pill, also known as Plan B, available over-the-counter (OTC) without a prescription. Proponents of the morning-after pill fought back, alleging that "politics trumped science." But do their claims stand up to scrutiny?
Claim #1: The morning-after pill does NOT cause an abortion.
Web sites that promote the morning-after pill claim that it "will not cause an abortion." However, they also state that one way that the morning-after pill can prevent pregnancy is by inhibiting implantation in the uterus. They fail to say what is inhibited from implanting. It is an embryo, a human in the earliest stage of life. Embryos contain 23 chromosomes from the mother and 23 chromosomes from the father - the full genetic information of a distinct human being.1 This "inhibition" caused by the morning-after pill terminates a human life.2
Claim #2: The morning-after pill has been adequately tested and is safe for all users.
The FDA declined to approve the morning-after pill to be available over-the-counter (OTC) because it has not been adequately tested to ensure that this high level of hormones can be used safely by adolescents, who constitute a target market for the drug. As the owner of Plan B admits, there are no data on what occurs in an overdose.3 This could occur if a young woman decides to take an extra dose when she experiences the common side effect of vomiting or, in her belief, to increase its effectiveness. It is currently unknown whether a maximum, safe, daily, monthly, or yearly dose exists.
Promoters have not conducted the necessary studies, yet claim that it's been proven safe.
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Talking Points on the Morning-After Pill (MAP)
Concerned Women for America
8/25/2006
By Wendy Wright
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/5621/CWA/life/index.htm
Why the Morning-After Pill should not be available without a prescription.
Facts:
The morning-after pill (MAP) lacks testing for safety to women. Access to the drug over-the-counter, or without a prescription, would prompt use among consumers who, unknowingly, have medical conditions that put them at high risk of life-threatening complications. It could be slipped to women without their knowledge, and statutory rapists would rely on it to cover up their abuse of adolescents. In areas that allow easy access, the sexually transmitted disease rates have skyrocketed. The drug owner encourages multiple sex partners (putting women at risk of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs), and endorses frequent use of the drug, though it has not conducted studies on multiple use. Morning-after pill promoters have been found guilty of overstating the efficacy of the drug and understating the risks to women.
[More at URL]
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Ford Sales Drop 11.6% as Homosexual Advocacy Continues (2:54)
Concerned Women for America
9/6/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11472/CWA/misc/index.htm
Ford Motor Company’s sales continue to slump while sales at General Motors and Chrysler are showing a rebound. With each of Detroit’s Big Three battling high gasoline prices and a stock of larger SUVs, could Ford’s unapologetic support of homosexual “marriage” despite complaints from dealers and customers be the root cause of its slipping sales? Bob Knight, Director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute, has this update. Click here to listen.
For more information on Ford’s anti-family policies, visit www.boycottford.com.
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To: Friends of Family Research Council
From: Tony Perkins, President
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
Please forward this to your Friends and Family!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA06I10#WA06I10
[...]
FRC on the Front Line
Yesterday, FRC, with the help of our good friends at Alliance Defense Fund, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals (the highest state court in Maryland) in defense of marriage. As in so many other states, homosexual activists are asking the courts to do what they could never accomplish in the legislature - overturn society's oldest and Biblically-ordained institution, marriage. The homosexual activists seek to re-define marriage to include relationships besides one man and one woman. Since the battle is being waged in the courts rather than the legislature, FRC is helping to make the case that "same-sex" marriage is not marriage. It's something radically different, and it is entirely rational for state legislature not to permit same-sex couples to marry. "Same-sex" couples are not the same as "opposite-sex" couples, either in terms of procreation, optimal child-rearing, fidelity, stability, etc. Thus, it is not "discriminatory" for state legislatures to refuse to redefine the institution of marriage so that homosexual couples can participate in it. The battle for marriage is far from over. That is why FRC, along with our allies, continues to defend marriage wherever a tyrannical judge or careless politician puts it at risk.
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Contact your South Carolina State Senator and ask them to support the marriage amendment
South Carolina elected officials need to support the marriage amendment
September 8, 2006 - Friday
South Carolina (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I04&f=PG03I03
Last summer, South Carolina residents were effective in shutting down the switchboard in Washington, D.C., by calling Senators Graham and Hollings regarding the Federal Marriage Amendment. We urge you now to call your state senator and encourage them to support the state constitutional marriage amendment, H. 3133.
Introduced by Representative Greg Delleney, H. 3133 is a constitutional amendment that will strengthen marriage by defining it as a union between one man and one woman. It also states that any same sex union recognized outside of the state is void in South Carolina.
[More at URL]
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Your help is needed to protect marriage in Idaho
Effort to defend traditional marriage underway in Idaho
September 8, 2006 - Friday
Idaho (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I05&f=PG03I03
In November the people of Idaho will be asked to vote to protect traditional marriage and family by amending Idaho's Constitution to state that: "A marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state."
Marriage and family as it has been known for centuries is under increasing assault across the country by activist judges. When the citizens of Idaho vote to protect the traditional and historic definition of marriage, it will be more difficult for any court to redefine it.
Affording marriage and family, the cornerstone of civilization, constitutional protection is the right thing to do. This battle is about the future of Idaho's families. It is about our children, grandchildren and the generations to come.
[More at URL]
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Tennessee marriage amendment needs your help
September 8, 2006 - Friday
Tennessee (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I06&f=PG03I03
The Family Action Council of Tennessee and its 501c4 arm, Family Action of Tennessee, are conducting a campaign to pass a marriage amendment to the Tennessee Constitution. The website, RealMarriage.org is being utilized to conduct grassroots activism and public media to educate voters regarding the marriage amendment.
The grassroots strategy is to establish a network of churches in all 95 counties that will distribute educational information regarding marriage and conduct voter registration efforts wherever possible. Presently, this effort is focused on the 50 most populous counties in which 87 percent of the state's population resides. This effort is led by a state grassroots coordinator and three other grassroots coordinators in each geographical division of the state.
The media campaign is focused on women, seniors, and people in middle Tennessee, the demographic groups most affected by the deceptive messages of the amendment's proponents. Targeted radio, print and cable television will be used primarily to educate and quiet these groups.
[More at URL]
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Register online for the 2006 Center for Arizona Policy voter guide
Arizona voter guides are available through the Center for Arizona Policy
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I02&f=PG03I03
Voting for the September 12th Arizona Primary Election has started. To help you cast an informed vote, our friends at The Center for Arizona Policy have created a free online Voter Guide. Candidates for federal and state office were asked questions about abortion, educational choice, taxation and marriage. The guide is factual, impartial and non-partisan. The interactive guide walks you through answering the same questions that the candidates answered, and makes it easy to compare your answers to those given by both state and federal candidates. The online guide also lets you print out a "My Choices" page to take with you to facilitate your voting.
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FRC Urges Senate Leadership to Act on Judicial Nominees
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2006 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Bethanie Swendsen, (866) FRC-NEWS
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06I01&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. -Thomas McClusky, FRC's Vice President for Government Affairs, released the following statements in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN):
"On behalf of the families represented by Family Research Council, I urge you to make the confirmation of judicial nominees a priority for your office during the remaining weeks of the legislative year. Doing so will ensure that well-qualified men and women fill the ranks of our judicial system. A failure to do so will have a chilling effect upon other well-qualified candidates who may expect, in exchange for committing to a lifetime of judicial service, years of Senate inaction and public derision.
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Visit the Protect our Teen Daughters Website and support parental notification in Oregon
Oregon should pass parental notification to protect our daughters
September 1, 2006 - Friday
Oregon (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I01&f=PG03I03
Currently there are 35 states that have parental notification laws. With your support, Oregon will join that group of states protecting young girls by passing Ballot Measure 43. Oregon voters will decide on November 7th whether to require girls aged 15 through 17 to notify their parents before they can obtain an abortion. The campaign that is underway is Protect Our Teen Daughters - click here for the website.
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Sean Hannity Joins FRC Action Values Voters Summit
August 29, 2006 - Tuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2006 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Bethanie Swendsen, (202) 393-2100
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06H07&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. - Today, FRC Action announced that Sean Hannity, Co-Host of "Hannity & Colmes" and host of "The Sean Hannity Show," will join the line-up of speakers at the first annual Washington Briefing: Values Voter Summit, which will be held September 22-24, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C.
FRC Action President Tony Perkins and co-sponsors Dr. James Dobson, Gary Bauer and Don Wildmon will also be joined by Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Governor Mitt Romney, Sens. George Allen and Sam Brownback, Governor Mike Huckabee, Reps. Mike Pence and Marilyn Musgrave and many more.
[More at URL]
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Wal-Mart asks for, and receives, permission to join homosexual marriage group
Read "Wal-Mart Partners With Gay and Lesbian Group"
Online as of 10 September 2006
http://www.afa.net/Petitions/IssueDetail.asp?id=210
Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, has asked for and received permission to join the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The NGLCC is a leading promoter of homosexual marriage.
Although Wal-Mart has never excluded homosexuals from being employees, customers, or suppliers, the company wanted to be more closely identified with promoting the homosexual agenda. Wal-Mart is now a "corporate member" of the NGLCC, putting their approval on the NGLCC's efforts to abolish the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. A Wal-Mart vice president will serve as an advisor to the NGLCC, helping them promote homosexual marriage.
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Ford Sales Drop 11.6%. Homosexual Groups More Important Than Support For Employees, Dealers.
American Family Association
September 5, 2006
http://afa.net/aa090606.asp
Homosexuals give Ford no public support despite falling sales due to AFA boycott
The boycott of Ford Motor Company continues to be effective. Sales in August dropped 11.6%. This follows drops of 5% in March, 7% in April, 2% in May, 6.8% in June and 4.1% in July.
Ford is taking several actions to halt falling sales, but none of them include ending financial support for homosexual groups promoting same-sex marriage. Ford lost $1.4 billion in the first half of the year.
Rather than save money by cutting financial support to homosexual groups, Ford plans to cut production by 21%, trim the number of dealers, reportedly is seeking a merger or alliance with another auto maker, studying taking the company private, and considering selling their Jaguar, Volvo and Land Rover units.
[More at URL]
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Penn. Activist Cites Statistics, Arrest in Suggesting Ban on Homosexual Profs
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 8, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006f.asp
(AgapePress) - A Pennsylvania pro-family group suggests that the recent arrest of a University of Pennsylvania professor on child sex charges should cause the school to consider banning homosexual professors, just as the Boy Scouts ban homosexual troop leaders.
Penn professor Lawrence Scott Ward was arrested last month at Washington Dulles International Airport after customs agents searching his luggage found three DVDs depicting him having sex with teenage boys. It is the third time Ward has faced sex charges involving young men. He was arrested in 1999 for solicitation, but was allowed by the school to keep his job.
Diane Gramley, who heads the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, says the school may want to consider banning homosexual professors, given a study by the homosexual magazine The Advocate.
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In the Fight
The Church and Culture: Never Give Up
By Matt Friedeman
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 8, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006mf.asp
(AgapePress) - An article by Stan Guthrie in Christianity Today recently juxtaposed the positions of the culture war nicely. You can either concern yourselves with individuals or concern yourself with the broader culture.
Or both.
The latter is the only real option for the Christian. Some, weary of the fecklessness of political solutions, are converting to an "act locally" style of compassionate outreach in their neighborhoods. Still others have launched an all-out attempt to win back the culture, forgetting about personal involvement at a practical, local level. Both of these approaches, of course, are deficient for believers seeking to be "salt and the light" as Jesus commanded.
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Commentary & News Briefs
September 8, 2006
Compiled by Jenni Parker
American Family Association/Agape Press
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006h.asp
...A leader of the conservative branch of Judaism is traveling the United States to prepare synagogues for a potentially divisive change: allowing the ordination of openly homosexual rabbis. Rabbi Jerome Epstein, executive vice president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, says a committee of scholars who interpret Jewish law will likely loosen the current prohibition when they vote in December. But he expects the scholars to also let synagogues that believe Jewish law condemns same-sex relationships hire only heterosexual rabbis. In recent years, many Conservative Jews have joined the more liberal Reform stream, which has surpassed the Conservative branch as the largest in America. The Reform movement ordains homosexuals. For Conservative Jews seeking more rigorous observance, the Orthodox branch has become a popular choice. The Orthodox strictly adhere to Jewish law, prohibiting women and homosexuals from becoming rabbis. [AP]
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Institute strongly condemns "irresponsible" sex education curriculum
Date: Sep 08, 2006
Institute for Canadian Values
http://canadianvalues.ca/news.aspx?aid=224
OTTAWA - The Institute for Canadian Values is condemning in the strongest possible terms what it calls an irresponsible and gratuitously obscene sex education curriculum reportedly being considered for use in Manitoba high schools.
"This book, entitled 'The Little Black Book – A Book on Healthy Sexuality Written by Grrrls (sic) for Grrrls', purports to be a guide to healthy emotional development and sexuality," said Joseph Ben-Ami, Executive Director of the Institute for Canadian Values. "In reality, it is a thinly veiled propaganda piece that undermines healthy parent-child relationships, substitutes voodoo myths for actual science, and provides advice that, if followed, will certainly result in real and serious harm to those who follow it."
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5 states ban homosexual marriage
Canada Family Action Coalition
Online as of 10 September 2006
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/45-states-ban.htm
US judges can do justice on marriage matter, what is wrong with many Canadian judges.
And why is it that provincial judges can change our Constitution when it is almost impossible for citizens to do so?
Canada needs to restore man/woman marriage and stop the decay of society based on a false premise of diversity, equality and so called human rights.
-- CFAC
Wash. state court upholds ban on gay marriage
At stake was the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act
The Associated Press
July 26, 2006
Original Article
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Supreme Court ruled against gay marriage Wednesday, upholding the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act. The 38 plaintiffs in the case - 19 gay and lesbian couples seeking to marry - challenged the constitutionality of the 1998 law, which limits marriage to heterosexual couples. Judges in King and Thurston counties overturned the law in 2004, citing the state constitution's "privileges and immunities" section. The state appealed, and the cases were consolidated for state Supreme Court review.
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Faith and Freedom Network's letter and endorsement slate for the judicial races this fall; the plan is to get as much turnout as possible in the low-turnout primary and get several fundamentalist and fundamentalist-supportive judges past 50% in the primary so they don't even appear in the general election, where there is higher turnout and people pay more attention;
Concerned Women for America says the FDA "oversteps authority" by approving Plan B (the morning-after birth control pill) for over-the-counter sales to women over 18;
CWA's Janet LaRue: if President Bush doesn't get every judge on every court he wants, the terrorists win - no, really, that's literally what she's saying;
CWA again pitches the lie that birth control - specifically Plan B, but they do this for most forms of birth control - actually cause abortions;
CWA "talking points" against Plan B (emergency birth control);
Concerned Women for America's Robert Knight promotes the AFA boycott of Ford, talks about Ford's "homosexual advocacy";
Family Research Council files amicus brief against marriage rights in Maryland Court of Appeals;
FRC ACTION ITEM demanding South Carolina politicians support an anti-marriage constitutional amendment;
FRC ACTION ITEM calling for support for Idaho anti-marriage constitutional amendment vote;
FRC ACTION ITEM calling for support for Tennessee anti-marriage constitutional amendment vote;
FRC ACTION ITEM to download their Arizona voter's guide listing who supports the fundamentalist social agenda;
FRC demands immediate Senate approval of all Bush judicial nominees;
FRC ACTION ITEM to support Oregon parental notification initiative;
Sean Hannity (of "Hannity & Colmes") to speak at the fundamentalist political confab, the "Values Voters Summit" later this September in DC. It's a big Family Research Council/Focus on the Family/American Family Association/etc action confab to co-ordinate plans for the fall election;
American Family Association claims Wal-Mart is joining a "homosexual marriage group" by signing up with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce; includes ACTION ITEM to condemn Wal-Mart for dealing in any way with lesbian and gay people;
AFA ACTION ITEM to continue Ford boycott, sign anti-Ford petitions, etc, all over Ford's advertising in publications that target lesbian and gay consumers;
AFA of Pennsylvania wants gay and lesbian professors banned from university campuses - the ban should be comprehensive, ala the Boy Scouts of America ban; the AFA's Agape Press runs article supporting it;
AFA/Agape Press: to be a real Christian, you _must_ fight in the culture wars;
Conservative Judaism considers allowing openly gay rabbis;
Institute for Canadian Values condemns sex-education book in Manitoba reportedly under consideration; no idea whether it actually is or what it actually says;
Canada Family Action Coalition reports that 45 American states have "banned homosexual marriage," so Canada should too.
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The Political Pastor
Jue Fuiten, the son of rural ministers, promotes voter registration
and speaks out on gay marriage while leading a Bothell congregation
by Joshua Adam Kicks
Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
[No URL; received in paper mail]
Pastor Joe Fuiten says he dreamt of becoming President of the United States for years, starting in the fifth grade.
In 2004, he finally made it to the White House, but it wasn't as commander in chief. Instead, Fuiten was invited to attend the National Day of Prayer as director of the Washington Social Conservatives for the Bush-Cheney election committee.
Fuiten traded his presidential aspirations for the ministry when he was in college, but his passion for politics never went away. Today, the Bothell pastgor is considered one of the most influential evangelical conservatives in Washington.
Although Fuiten can't openly endorse a political party or individual candidate while preaching to his congregation at Cedar Park Assembly of God, there is nothing to stop him from impacting people's political decisions. He is free to use his title and the name of his church while making endorsements, without the risk of losing Cedar Park's tax-exempt status.
During elections, Fuiten leads voter-registration campaigns that start by handing out forms to his congregation members. He also posts his candidate preferences on a Web site (www.pastor-picks.com). His choices are almost exclusively Republican.
Fuiten doesn't hide his desire to see that the law reflects Christian values. He is perhaps the most proactive figure in the state when it comes to pushing that envelope. Yet, despite Fuiten's ability to flex his evangelical muscle, he is surprisingly open to differing viewpoints, and has even banded together with non-Christian religious groups when there is common ground.
In February, he voiced support for a group of Muslims who objected to Muslims who objected to brochures that featured excerpts from the Koran. Fuiten claimed he was denouncing the intolerance shown to a minourity religion.
The Root of Fuiten's Beliefs
Fuiten's conservative, religious pedigree dates way back. He grew up in rural Oregon with parents who were Assembly of God ministers. His family lived for years in a parsonage that was attached directly to a church.
Fuiten earned a degree in political science from Willamette University, a school he describes as "the place aspiring politicians went to school." While in college, he was elected chairman of the College Republicans of Oregon, as well as student-body president. He also completed an internship with the Oregon Legislature, working on the Oregon Motorist Information Act of 1971.
Fuiten said his calling to the ministry came on a Friday night while praying and reading the Bible. He recalled, "I said to the Lord, 'I'm going to sit here and read this Bible until you talk to me.'" A passage, from Daniel 12:3, reads, "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever."
Fuiten said he knew exactly what he was meant to do after reading that passage. Although he was still involved in politics, he became licensed as a minister, and helped found the Willamette Christian Body on campus. Fuiten was even at the cutting edge of the Christian-rock movement, having founded the Sweet Jesus, Prince of Peace Rock Festival in 1971.
Ten years after interning with the Oregon Legislature and producing concerts that rocked for Jesus, Fuiten found himself as the senior pastor at Cedar Park Assembly of God. The church has grown considerably since then, and how includes about 5,000 members and 300 employees. it also includess a 1,500-student school, several counseling centers, an auto shop for low-income car owners and a cemetery.
A person can sense that Fuitetn is a history buff just from taking a look at his office. One of the longest walls in the room is lned from ceiling to floor with books on history and theology. A display case at one end is filled with artifacts dating back to the earliest days of civilisation. Fuiten acquired most of them during trips to the Middle East. There are laps from the Byzantine, Greek, and Roman empires, coins from the Justinian era, and arrows and nails from pre-Christian days.
Fuiten has written two books that interpret history from a Christian perspective - "Chaos and the End of Time," an approach to history based on Daniel's revelations, and "Revence of Ephesus," which compares the societal issues of the first century with those of modern times.
Same-sex marriage
Last December, a poll was conducted by Elway Research Group to gauge support for same-sex marriage in the state of Washington. Fifty-five percent of those polled indicated opposition. This was an increase from a 2004 Seattle Times poll that showed only 44 percent opposition.
A second question from the survey asked what impact the state Supreme Court's decision would have on upcoming elections; 54 percent of those polled said they were less likely to re-elect a justice who overturned the act.
The Elway poll was conducted at the same time that Washington's highest court was hearing argumentss over the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) from 1998. The court ruled 5-4 to uphold DOMA on July 26.
The poll was conducted by Elway was paid for by the Faith and Freedom Network, chaired by Fuiten, who made sure the results reached legislators and justices before the Supreme Court decision was made.
"I wanted them to recognise that there is little support for gay marriage in Washington," he said.
That wasn't the only thing Fuiten did to influence the court's decision. He also acted as a third-party intervener in the case and sponsored a rally in Olympia. With an estimated 10,000 participants, the demonstration was one of the largest ever held in the state's capitol.
Fuiten said his main beef with state-sponsoured marriage for same-sex cuoples is that it would give benefits to people who don't need them.
"What interest does the government have in incentivising homosexual marriage?" Fuiten asked. "My answer is, none. It's a matter of what's in the interest of society. This goes back to the Greeks."
Fuiten claims that same-sex couples are rarely capable of raising stable children, and shouldn't be rewarded with benefits the way heterosexual couples are. Yet he stops short of saying gays should be prohibited from forming civil unions or living together.
"If gay people want to live together, who cares?" he said. "If a church wants to bless them, who cares? It's not an issue of personal freedom, it's public policy."
Longtime gay activist Bill Debay, of the public-awareness group Don't Amend, argues that same-sex couples are perfectly suited for raising children and deserve all the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Dubay said Fuiten "wants strong families and talks about making families secure for kids. Why should my family be less secure than his family? The government should have an interest in the security of all families, regardless of the sexual orientation of the parents."
Nationwide polls conducted by Pew Research Centre show that a majority of Americans are opposed to same-sex marriage but favour giving homosexuals certain rights related to marriage. Benefits for married couples number in the hundreds in the state of Washington. Dubay said homosexuals are entitled to all, rather than some, of these rights.
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Faith and Freedom
Network and Foundation
August 21, 2006
[Received in paper mail; no URL]
Dear Friends of Faith and Freedom,
DO YOU KNOW YOUR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES?
In the past, people haven't paid much attention to who was elected to our courts. However, in recent years it has become abundently clear that some judges, including some State Supreme Cout justices, have become activists - judicial activists.
Rather than administering the law, they have begun administering their own agenda, under the guise of fairness, engineering the outcome of important court ccases.
We have enclosed a copy of our first ever Non-Partisan Judicial Voter Education Guide for Washington State, [Ed. Note: Judicial elections in Washington State are all non-partisan.]
This will help you make an informed vote on Tuesday, September 19th. Any candidate who receives more than a 50% vote in the Primary will appear alone on the general election ballot in November, virtually assuring election.
Vote in the Primary. Vote your values. Your action can change the judicial landscape in Washington State. But we must act now!
We have sent this Non-Partisan Judicial Voter Guide to you because we know you care and will act. We want to send it to tens of thousands more across the State, but we need your immediate help.
We need an additional $21,000 to cover the State with a mass mailing. And it must happen before the September 19th Primary.
Would you please make the most generous tax-deductible contribution you can make within the next two weeks? [Ed. Note: They aren't 501(c)(3), I don't know what they're doing claiming these are deductible. it's not the first time, either.] You can donate online through our website or put a check in the mail.
We have a real opportunity to make a difference. Let's not miss the opportunity.
You may also download the Guide from our website, www.faithandfreedom.us, and distribute them to your church and friends.
God bless you.
Gary Randall
President
DO YOU KNOW YOUR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES?
A Faith and Family Perspective by
Faith and Freedom Network
Non-Partisan Voter Education Guide
Position and Candidate - Questionnaire
State Supreme Court Justice Position #2
Stephen Johnson +
Michael Johnson -
Richard Smith -
Norman J. Ericson -
Susan Owens -
State Supreme Court Justice Position #8
John Groen +
Gerry Alexander -
State Supreme Court Justice Position #9
Jeanette Burrage +
Tom Chambers -
Court of Appeals Division I District #3 Position #1
Jeff Teichert +
Mary Kay Becker -
Court of Appeals Division II District #1 Position #3
Christine Quinn-Brintnall +
Beth Jenson +
Court of Appeals Division II District #3 Position #1
Brent D. Boger +
Joel Penoyar -
Key: + Fully answered questionnaire. Good record on social issues.
- Refused to return questionnaire or did not return questionnaire fully completed. Bad record on social issues.
Please use for educational purposes only. These are not endorsements. To view criteria, please turn over page.
Most judges are elected in the primary election: Tuesday, September 19th.
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CWA: FDA Oversteps Authority by Approving Non-Prescription Access to Morning-After Pill
Concerned Women for America
8/24/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11378/MEDIA/life/index.htm
Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America (CWA) strongly opposes today’s decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Plan B, the morning-after pill, as a non-prescription drug. This decision allows anyone over 18 to purchase the drug without a prescription, thereby making the drug accessible to minors who can easily obtain the drug from those meeting the age requirement. The FDA has overstepped its authority in this decision and the result will be young teens who get a high dose drug without their parent’s knowledge or physician’s oversight.
“The FDA’s decision today will have a detrimental affect on women and parents around the country,” says President Wendy Wright. “If the FDA thinks that enacting an age restriction will work, or that the drug company will enforce it when it has already announced it has no intention of enforcing it, then they are living in a dream world. Enforcement requires a penalty for violating the restriction. The FDA has no authority or ability to enforce an age-restriction, and Barr, the Plan B drug maker, has neither the ability nor the willingness. The most it could do is not supply the drug to a violator—something that will never happen.
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Winning the War Requires Winning on Judges
by Jan LaRue, Esq. (Janet LaRue is a Concerned Women for America wonk)
Human Events
Posted Sep 07, 2006
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16873
If Osama bin Laden watches the Republicans’ efforts to win the war over judges and equates it with their commitment to win the real war, he’d swap his cave for a condo in Kabul or Karachi and start broadcasting live from his sundeck.
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President Bush announced on August 30 that he had sent five appeals court nominations back to the Senate: Terrence Boyle, William Haynes, William Myers, Michael Wallace and Norman Smith. A White House spokesperson said, “The president is pleased to re-nominate these qualified individuals to the bench and believes they should be confirmed as soon as the Senate reconvenes.”
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Uncovering Lies
Concerned Women for America
8/25/2006
By Wendy Wright and Jody Porowski
What Pro-abortionists Don't Want You to Know About the Morning-After Pill
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11112/CWA/life/index.htm
On May 6, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to make the morning-after pill, also known as Plan B, available over-the-counter (OTC) without a prescription. Proponents of the morning-after pill fought back, alleging that "politics trumped science." But do their claims stand up to scrutiny?
Claim #1: The morning-after pill does NOT cause an abortion.
Web sites that promote the morning-after pill claim that it "will not cause an abortion." However, they also state that one way that the morning-after pill can prevent pregnancy is by inhibiting implantation in the uterus. They fail to say what is inhibited from implanting. It is an embryo, a human in the earliest stage of life. Embryos contain 23 chromosomes from the mother and 23 chromosomes from the father - the full genetic information of a distinct human being.1 This "inhibition" caused by the morning-after pill terminates a human life.2
Claim #2: The morning-after pill has been adequately tested and is safe for all users.
The FDA declined to approve the morning-after pill to be available over-the-counter (OTC) because it has not been adequately tested to ensure that this high level of hormones can be used safely by adolescents, who constitute a target market for the drug. As the owner of Plan B admits, there are no data on what occurs in an overdose.3 This could occur if a young woman decides to take an extra dose when she experiences the common side effect of vomiting or, in her belief, to increase its effectiveness. It is currently unknown whether a maximum, safe, daily, monthly, or yearly dose exists.
Promoters have not conducted the necessary studies, yet claim that it's been proven safe.
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Talking Points on the Morning-After Pill (MAP)
Concerned Women for America
8/25/2006
By Wendy Wright
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/5621/CWA/life/index.htm
Why the Morning-After Pill should not be available without a prescription.
Facts:
The morning-after pill (MAP) lacks testing for safety to women. Access to the drug over-the-counter, or without a prescription, would prompt use among consumers who, unknowingly, have medical conditions that put them at high risk of life-threatening complications. It could be slipped to women without their knowledge, and statutory rapists would rely on it to cover up their abuse of adolescents. In areas that allow easy access, the sexually transmitted disease rates have skyrocketed. The drug owner encourages multiple sex partners (putting women at risk of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs), and endorses frequent use of the drug, though it has not conducted studies on multiple use. Morning-after pill promoters have been found guilty of overstating the efficacy of the drug and understating the risks to women.
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Ford Sales Drop 11.6% as Homosexual Advocacy Continues (2:54)
Concerned Women for America
9/6/2006
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/11472/CWA/misc/index.htm
Ford Motor Company’s sales continue to slump while sales at General Motors and Chrysler are showing a rebound. With each of Detroit’s Big Three battling high gasoline prices and a stock of larger SUVs, could Ford’s unapologetic support of homosexual “marriage” despite complaints from dealers and customers be the root cause of its slipping sales? Bob Knight, Director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute, has this update. Click here to listen.
For more information on Ford’s anti-family policies, visit www.boycottford.com.
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To: Friends of Family Research Council
From: Tony Perkins, President
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
Please forward this to your Friends and Family!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA06I10#WA06I10
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FRC on the Front Line
Yesterday, FRC, with the help of our good friends at Alliance Defense Fund, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals (the highest state court in Maryland) in defense of marriage. As in so many other states, homosexual activists are asking the courts to do what they could never accomplish in the legislature - overturn society's oldest and Biblically-ordained institution, marriage. The homosexual activists seek to re-define marriage to include relationships besides one man and one woman. Since the battle is being waged in the courts rather than the legislature, FRC is helping to make the case that "same-sex" marriage is not marriage. It's something radically different, and it is entirely rational for state legislature not to permit same-sex couples to marry. "Same-sex" couples are not the same as "opposite-sex" couples, either in terms of procreation, optimal child-rearing, fidelity, stability, etc. Thus, it is not "discriminatory" for state legislatures to refuse to redefine the institution of marriage so that homosexual couples can participate in it. The battle for marriage is far from over. That is why FRC, along with our allies, continues to defend marriage wherever a tyrannical judge or careless politician puts it at risk.
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Contact your South Carolina State Senator and ask them to support the marriage amendment
South Carolina elected officials need to support the marriage amendment
September 8, 2006 - Friday
South Carolina (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I04&f=PG03I03
Last summer, South Carolina residents were effective in shutting down the switchboard in Washington, D.C., by calling Senators Graham and Hollings regarding the Federal Marriage Amendment. We urge you now to call your state senator and encourage them to support the state constitutional marriage amendment, H. 3133.
Introduced by Representative Greg Delleney, H. 3133 is a constitutional amendment that will strengthen marriage by defining it as a union between one man and one woman. It also states that any same sex union recognized outside of the state is void in South Carolina.
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Your help is needed to protect marriage in Idaho
Effort to defend traditional marriage underway in Idaho
September 8, 2006 - Friday
Idaho (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I05&f=PG03I03
In November the people of Idaho will be asked to vote to protect traditional marriage and family by amending Idaho's Constitution to state that: "A marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state."
Marriage and family as it has been known for centuries is under increasing assault across the country by activist judges. When the citizens of Idaho vote to protect the traditional and historic definition of marriage, it will be more difficult for any court to redefine it.
Affording marriage and family, the cornerstone of civilization, constitutional protection is the right thing to do. This battle is about the future of Idaho's families. It is about our children, grandchildren and the generations to come.
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Tennessee marriage amendment needs your help
September 8, 2006 - Friday
Tennessee (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I06&f=PG03I03
The Family Action Council of Tennessee and its 501c4 arm, Family Action of Tennessee, are conducting a campaign to pass a marriage amendment to the Tennessee Constitution. The website, RealMarriage.org is being utilized to conduct grassroots activism and public media to educate voters regarding the marriage amendment.
The grassroots strategy is to establish a network of churches in all 95 counties that will distribute educational information regarding marriage and conduct voter registration efforts wherever possible. Presently, this effort is focused on the 50 most populous counties in which 87 percent of the state's population resides. This effort is led by a state grassroots coordinator and three other grassroots coordinators in each geographical division of the state.
The media campaign is focused on women, seniors, and people in middle Tennessee, the demographic groups most affected by the deceptive messages of the amendment's proponents. Targeted radio, print and cable television will be used primarily to educate and quiet these groups.
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Register online for the 2006 Center for Arizona Policy voter guide
Arizona voter guides are available through the Center for Arizona Policy
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I02&f=PG03I03
Voting for the September 12th Arizona Primary Election has started. To help you cast an informed vote, our friends at The Center for Arizona Policy have created a free online Voter Guide. Candidates for federal and state office were asked questions about abortion, educational choice, taxation and marriage. The guide is factual, impartial and non-partisan. The interactive guide walks you through answering the same questions that the candidates answered, and makes it easy to compare your answers to those given by both state and federal candidates. The online guide also lets you print out a "My Choices" page to take with you to facilitate your voting.
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FRC Urges Senate Leadership to Act on Judicial Nominees
September 6, 2006 - Wednesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2006 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Bethanie Swendsen, (866) FRC-NEWS
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06I01&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. -Thomas McClusky, FRC's Vice President for Government Affairs, released the following statements in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN):
"On behalf of the families represented by Family Research Council, I urge you to make the confirmation of judicial nominees a priority for your office during the remaining weeks of the legislative year. Doing so will ensure that well-qualified men and women fill the ranks of our judicial system. A failure to do so will have a chilling effect upon other well-qualified candidates who may expect, in exchange for committing to a lifetime of judicial service, years of Senate inaction and public derision.
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Visit the Protect our Teen Daughters Website and support parental notification in Oregon
Oregon should pass parental notification to protect our daughters
September 1, 2006 - Friday
Oregon (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06I01&f=PG03I03
Currently there are 35 states that have parental notification laws. With your support, Oregon will join that group of states protecting young girls by passing Ballot Measure 43. Oregon voters will decide on November 7th whether to require girls aged 15 through 17 to notify their parents before they can obtain an abortion. The campaign that is underway is Protect Our Teen Daughters - click here for the website.
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Sean Hannity Joins FRC Action Values Voters Summit
August 29, 2006 - Tuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2006 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Bethanie Swendsen, (202) 393-2100
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06H07&f=PG03I03
Washington, D.C. - Today, FRC Action announced that Sean Hannity, Co-Host of "Hannity & Colmes" and host of "The Sean Hannity Show," will join the line-up of speakers at the first annual Washington Briefing: Values Voter Summit, which will be held September 22-24, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C.
FRC Action President Tony Perkins and co-sponsors Dr. James Dobson, Gary Bauer and Don Wildmon will also be joined by Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Governor Mitt Romney, Sens. George Allen and Sam Brownback, Governor Mike Huckabee, Reps. Mike Pence and Marilyn Musgrave and many more.
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Wal-Mart asks for, and receives, permission to join homosexual marriage group
Read "Wal-Mart Partners With Gay and Lesbian Group"
Online as of 10 September 2006
http://www.afa.net/Petitions/IssueDetail.asp?id=210
Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, has asked for and received permission to join the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The NGLCC is a leading promoter of homosexual marriage.
Although Wal-Mart has never excluded homosexuals from being employees, customers, or suppliers, the company wanted to be more closely identified with promoting the homosexual agenda. Wal-Mart is now a "corporate member" of the NGLCC, putting their approval on the NGLCC's efforts to abolish the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. A Wal-Mart vice president will serve as an advisor to the NGLCC, helping them promote homosexual marriage.
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Ford Sales Drop 11.6%. Homosexual Groups More Important Than Support For Employees, Dealers.
American Family Association
September 5, 2006
http://afa.net/aa090606.asp
Homosexuals give Ford no public support despite falling sales due to AFA boycott
The boycott of Ford Motor Company continues to be effective. Sales in August dropped 11.6%. This follows drops of 5% in March, 7% in April, 2% in May, 6.8% in June and 4.1% in July.
Ford is taking several actions to halt falling sales, but none of them include ending financial support for homosexual groups promoting same-sex marriage. Ford lost $1.4 billion in the first half of the year.
Rather than save money by cutting financial support to homosexual groups, Ford plans to cut production by 21%, trim the number of dealers, reportedly is seeking a merger or alliance with another auto maker, studying taking the company private, and considering selling their Jaguar, Volvo and Land Rover units.
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Penn. Activist Cites Statistics, Arrest in Suggesting Ban on Homosexual Profs
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 8, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006f.asp
(AgapePress) - A Pennsylvania pro-family group suggests that the recent arrest of a University of Pennsylvania professor on child sex charges should cause the school to consider banning homosexual professors, just as the Boy Scouts ban homosexual troop leaders.
Penn professor Lawrence Scott Ward was arrested last month at Washington Dulles International Airport after customs agents searching his luggage found three DVDs depicting him having sex with teenage boys. It is the third time Ward has faced sex charges involving young men. He was arrested in 1999 for solicitation, but was allowed by the school to keep his job.
Diane Gramley, who heads the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, says the school may want to consider banning homosexual professors, given a study by the homosexual magazine The Advocate.
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In the Fight
The Church and Culture: Never Give Up
By Matt Friedeman
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 8, 2006
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006mf.asp
(AgapePress) - An article by Stan Guthrie in Christianity Today recently juxtaposed the positions of the culture war nicely. You can either concern yourselves with individuals or concern yourself with the broader culture.
Or both.
The latter is the only real option for the Christian. Some, weary of the fecklessness of political solutions, are converting to an "act locally" style of compassionate outreach in their neighborhoods. Still others have launched an all-out attempt to win back the culture, forgetting about personal involvement at a practical, local level. Both of these approaches, of course, are deficient for believers seeking to be "salt and the light" as Jesus commanded.
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Commentary & News Briefs
September 8, 2006
Compiled by Jenni Parker
American Family Association/Agape Press
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/82006h.asp
...A leader of the conservative branch of Judaism is traveling the United States to prepare synagogues for a potentially divisive change: allowing the ordination of openly homosexual rabbis. Rabbi Jerome Epstein, executive vice president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, says a committee of scholars who interpret Jewish law will likely loosen the current prohibition when they vote in December. But he expects the scholars to also let synagogues that believe Jewish law condemns same-sex relationships hire only heterosexual rabbis. In recent years, many Conservative Jews have joined the more liberal Reform stream, which has surpassed the Conservative branch as the largest in America. The Reform movement ordains homosexuals. For Conservative Jews seeking more rigorous observance, the Orthodox branch has become a popular choice. The Orthodox strictly adhere to Jewish law, prohibiting women and homosexuals from becoming rabbis. [AP]
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Institute strongly condemns "irresponsible" sex education curriculum
Date: Sep 08, 2006
Institute for Canadian Values
http://canadianvalues.ca/news.aspx?aid=224
OTTAWA - The Institute for Canadian Values is condemning in the strongest possible terms what it calls an irresponsible and gratuitously obscene sex education curriculum reportedly being considered for use in Manitoba high schools.
"This book, entitled 'The Little Black Book – A Book on Healthy Sexuality Written by Grrrls (sic) for Grrrls', purports to be a guide to healthy emotional development and sexuality," said Joseph Ben-Ami, Executive Director of the Institute for Canadian Values. "In reality, it is a thinly veiled propaganda piece that undermines healthy parent-child relationships, substitutes voodoo myths for actual science, and provides advice that, if followed, will certainly result in real and serious harm to those who follow it."
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5 states ban homosexual marriage
Canada Family Action Coalition
Online as of 10 September 2006
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/45-states-ban.htm
US judges can do justice on marriage matter, what is wrong with many Canadian judges.
And why is it that provincial judges can change our Constitution when it is almost impossible for citizens to do so?
Canada needs to restore man/woman marriage and stop the decay of society based on a false premise of diversity, equality and so called human rights.
-- CFAC
Wash. state court upholds ban on gay marriage
At stake was the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act
The Associated Press
July 26, 2006
Original Article
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington Supreme Court ruled against gay marriage Wednesday, upholding the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act. The 38 plaintiffs in the case - 19 gay and lesbian couples seeking to marry - challenged the constitutionality of the 1998 law, which limits marriage to heterosexual couples. Judges in King and Thurston counties overturned the law in 2004, citing the state constitution's "privileges and immunities" section. The state appealed, and the cases were consolidated for state Supreme Court review.
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Date: 2006-09-11 08:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-11 03:37 pm (UTC)Susan Owens
Gerry Alexander
Tom Chambers
Vote for these people and only these people. It's a bit disappointing in the case of Gerry Alexander, who voted to deny recognition of marriage for same-sex couples, but his opponent would be much worse on that and every other issue. Owens and Chambers both voted the right way, so it's really important to make sure they both get through. In the case of Owens, she has two "Johnsons" running against her, and voters have a history of voting for people with that name because it sounds familiar, and there are five candidates total in the race, meaning it will be harder for her incumbency and name familiarity to carry the election.
The election is one week from tomorrow.
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Date: 2006-09-11 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 11:42 pm (UTC)