Today's Cultural Warfare Update, Part II
Mar. 23rd, 2007 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdIn organisational news, the AFA points to CultureDefense.org, a new theocon organisation of the usual sort - presumably. Right now, it's stupid and broken because whoever is running it hasn't finished figuring out WordPress and there are still labels like "META" and notes about how this is the default sample page and such. But that'll be filled in later, no doubt.
Also, it looks like AgapePress - the American Family Association's theoconservative news organisation - has reinvented itself as One News Now. I saw no announcement, per se', but I've noticed the same employees, slant, and rhetoric. I presume it wants to look more independent than AgapePress did - or they've decided that AgapePress is too well known as the AFA house organ, so are trying to come up with something new. It'd probably help if their graphic look wasn't straight out of 1994.
But now, today's news, second part.
Concerned Women for America cheer General Pace's condemnation of GBLT people as immoral;
CWA's version of the Deerfield, Illinois school "Pro-'Gay' Propaganda" story seen in the Focus on the Family section of the previous CWU;
CWA lists HPV vaccine as maybe it's first state priourity - so I guess it's not just Focus on the Family moving towards outright opposition to an anti-cancer vaccine;
Concerned Women for America's "talking points" against the HPV (anti-cervical-cancer vaccine);
CWA's Janice Shaw Crouse pushes the idea that women don't really want careers and allege that women are abandoning careers for babies en masse;
LifeSite has an ACTION ITEM to protest the court decision striking down COPA as unconstitutional; also quotes Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber saying that government needs to "protect children" through intervention;
LifeSite goes after Mitt Romney as part of the whole Terri Schievo thing - yes, that's still going;
CWA talks about how the HPV anti-cervical-cancer vaccine is bad because it "could give a false sense of security to girls in making responsible and moral decisions regarding their sexual integrity and personal health";
Ohio governor drops abstinence-only education; and as a note, Ken Blackwell - failed Republican candidate for Ohio governor and architect of the Republican capture of Ohio in 2004, is now "a fellow with the Buckeye Institute in Columbus and Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.";
Family Research Council wants more Bible study classes in public schools since official organised prayer is still out; says it's required for good citizenship. "The time has come for our nation to experience a true revelation on the Bible's relevance--not only to our personal lives but to our identity as Americans";
FRC president Tony Perkins got to write an op-ed in Stars and Stripes commending General Pace for his attack on the morality of GBLT soldiers, and rightly points out that lesbian and gay people are banned outright from military service. He, of course, thinks this is a good thing; says that allowing any GBLT people in the military could destroy it; that sexual orientation is something that can be easily "changed" or "avoided," and on, and on, and on;
AFA ACTION ITEM talking about how amending Federal hate crimes law to include attacks on GBLT people will "be the first step toward limiting your freedom to speak out against open homosexual activity." The key point of this, of course, being that they want queers gone, or at least back in the closet;
A second version of the AFA ACTION ITEM against the same bill;
Virginia passes law mandating internet "filtering" for all libraries receiving state funds;
The Sacramento (CA)-based Pacific Justice Institute brings a lawsuit against Seattle mayor Greg Nickels; OneNewsNow is brought to you buy American Family News Network, and their rhetoric is theoconservative standard (lots of "pro-family" references and scare-quote around words like "marriage" where GBLT people are involved), so I think we've got their slant;
OneNewsNow pushes the "women are abandoning careers for homemaking" line, and also claims growing international co-operation with theological conservatives;
Courtesy![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cubes; after six hours of public testimony, the Largo, Florida city council takes five minutes to confirm firing of Steve Stanton, who is undergoing gender reassignment; this is the blog entry which was being updated throughout the testimony;
Traditional Values Coalition rails against the "Pro-Homosexual/Drag Queen 'Hate Crimes' Bill Introduced";
TVC rails again about the hate crimes legislation amendment which would add sexual orientation to existing hate-crimes law; they call it "anti-Christian" and claim it would "make it illegal to publicly express the dictates of their religious beliefs"; this illustration for the story is their new "comic strip" containing a photoshop put-together of a baby with a naked gay man, so you've got the paedophilia angle in there as well;
Traditional Values Coalition: "homosexuality kills, pure and simple." This is part of their continuing effort to make sure that queers are seen solely as diseased perverts;
TVC ACTION ITEM against Montel Williams for a show critical of "ex-gay" conversion therapy quackery;
TVC does more diseased-fags rhetoric, this time against GBLT people in the military and supporting General Pace's commentary against gay people.
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What about the Morality of Homosexual Behavior?
General Pace Plants His Flag on Moral Ground
Concerned Women for America
3/19/2007
By Janice Shaw Crouse
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12601/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm
Pity poor Peter Pace. When asked point blank by the Chicago Tribune if he thought that homosexual behavior was immoral, he had the temerity, the audacity, the impertinence, the gall and the bad judgment to respond - get this - in the affirmative. Predictably, he set off shock waves among the politically correct. Can you imagine someone of his level of experience -- you don't get to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff overnight or by making off-the-cuff remarks -- painting himself into such a corner? What was he thinking, poor fellow? Surely he knows better than to give his personal opinions when asked for his personal beliefs on a matter.
I suppose it just goes to show what can happen to a person's thinking if he spends his professional life in the military with all those rules and stuff about obeying orders. Too much Marine discipline can influence the way you think. I mean, calling homosexual behavior immoral is so old fashioned, so rigid, so moralistic, so Judeo-Christian. What a throwback to the antiquated ideas of the nineteenth century or earlier. You have to wonder how someone at his level could be such a quaint, old fashioned, fuddy-duddy straight arrow.
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In the face of all the self-righteous outrage, General Pace has refused to issue a fake apology. His decision was supported by Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) who said, "We should not expect someone as qualified, accomplished and articulate as General Pace to lack personal views on important moral issues. In fact, we should expect that anyone entrusted with such great responsibility will have strong moral views." Such views are part of our nation's history all the way back to George Washington. We used to call leaders with strong morals "statesmen."
Marines don't retreat without orders. It would be a crime if General Pace were given such orders in this case. The Marine motto is "Semper Fidelis" - Latin for "Always faithful." As the daughter of a Marine, I am proud of General Pace for being faithful to Biblical truth as well as having the courage to espouse sound military policy.
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CWA: School Tells Kids to Hide Pro-‘Gay’ Propaganda From Parents
Concerned Women for America
3/13/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12546/MEDIA/family/index.htm
Washington, D.C. — In a shocking and brazen act of governmental abuse of parental rights, Deerfield High School (DHS) in Deerfield, Illinois, has required fourteen-year-old freshmen to attend a “Straight Gay Alliance Network” (GSA) panel discussion led by “gay” and “lesbian” upperclassmen during a “freshman advisory” class which secretively featured inappropriate discussions of a sexual nature in promotion of high-risk homosexual behaviors.
Not only has DHS required that its young and impressionable freshmen be exposed to radical homosexual propaganda, the school has further required that students sign a “confidentiality agreement” promising not to tell anyone – including their own parents – about the discussion.
Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues with Concerned Women for America (CWA), said of the scandal: “This is unbelievable. It’s not enough that students at Deerfield High are being exposed to improper and offensive material relative to unhealthy and high-risk homosexual behaviors, but they’ve essentially been told by teachers to lie to their parents about it.
“This goes to the heart of the homosexual agenda. The professional propagandists in the ‘gay-rights’ lobby know the method all too well. If you can maintain control of undeveloped and impressionable youth and spoon-feed them misinformation, lies and half-truths about dangerous, disordered and extremely risky behaviors, then you can control the future and ensure that those behaviors are not only fully accepted, but celebrated. That’s what homosexual activists from GSA are attempting to do, and that’s what DHS is clearly up to as well.”
Dr. George Fornero, superintendent of DHS’ Dist. 113, told CWA that the district “made a mistake” by requiring children to sign the confidentiality agreement and that it would be entirely aboveboard and honest with parents in the future. However, as Barber noted, the damage has already been done: “Until DHS and other government schools across the country are made to stop promoting the homosexual agenda, kids will continue to be exposed to — and encouraged to participate in — a lifestyle that places them at high risk for life-threatening disease, depression and spiritual despair,” said Barber.
Remarkably, even after the school district’s surreptitious actions were exposed, parents were nonetheless told that they were not welcome to sit in on the “freshman advisory” and were not permitted to have access to materials used in compiling its activist curriculum.
For Information Contact:
Stacey Holliday
(202) 488-7000
media.cwfa.org
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CWA: State Activists Tackle Social Issues
Not all the action is in D.C. – State bills debate tough issues
Concerned Women for America
3/22/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12618/MEDIA/misc/index.htm
Washington, D.C. — Abortion limits, HPV vaccine mandates, approval of sexual aberrations and even the twice-dead Equal Rights Amendment are among the issues being debated and decided by states that directly impact families. Concerned Women for America (CWA) has experts available at both the national and state levels to discuss how these bills would harm or help families.
CWA President Wendy Wright said, “State legislatures and governors have a tremendous impact on moral issues, and they are grappling now with a variety of bills that will protect or harm life and liberty. Advocates for family and ethical values can influence the direction of our country by promoting moral laws in their states. CWA provides information on what these bills would do and networks for people to join to learn about and influence these issues.”
Current state legislation that would affect families include:
HPV vaccine mandates/regulations
Abortion regulation
“Hate crimes”
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Polygamy
Religious freedoms
Human trafficking and prostitution
Marriage
Illegal immigration
Sex offender regulations
Embryonic stem cell research
Human cloning
To schedule an interview with our national or local CWA experts, please contact Stacey Holliday at (202) 488-7000, extension 126.
For Information Contact:
Stacey Holliday
(202) 488-7000
media.cwfa.org
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Talking Points: The HPV Vaccine
CWA urges lawmakers to resist mandating this vaccine.
Concerned Women for America
2/12/2007
By Penny Harrington
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12333/CWA/misc/index.htm
1. It is a governmental overreach. Bills being introduced to mandate the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for young girls prohibit any female student from enrolling in the sixth grade unless she has received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. While there is no objection to the new vaccine that protects against certain strains of HPV, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can cause cervical cancer in women, proponents of the vaccine wrongly wish to compel every young girl from 9-11 years old to be vaccinated before she attends school. Clearly, a mandate that 11-year-olds receive an immunization for an STD as a prerequisite for school attendance is an overreach by the state.
2. A family decision, not a state decision. Because HPV is spread only through sexual contact, no child is going to be infected with HPV by sitting in a classroom. Therefore, this vaccine should not be listed among those immunizations required for school attendance. Even an opt-out clause is merely the state placing an improper burden on the parents who will feel they must follow the general guidelines of the law rather than search out a way to object on moral or religious grounds. This must be a family's decision, not the state's.
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Off-ramping: Women jumping off the career track
By Janice Shaw Crouse
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Send an email to Janice Shaw Crouse
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2007/03/22/off-ramping_women_jumping_off_the_career_track
The public square is still filled with those who argue that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to employment; even more believe women face a glass ceiling when it comes to promotion. New facts, though, indicate that the playing field at work is quite level; indeed, in some instances women have a distinct advantage both in hiring and in promotion. Studies also show that highly-qualified women can jump off the fast track and then catch up when they are ready to jump back on. It’s called “off-ramping;” increasingly, talented women who want to balance career and family are taking that route.
Thirty years ago, women earned far less than 10 percent of the medical, law and M.B.A. degrees awarded in the U.S., now they earn at least 40 percent of those advanced degrees. The big accounting firm, Ernst & Young claims that at least half of their new hires are women. Among workers under age 30, according to the Census Bureau, slightly over 25 percent of men hold bachelor’s degrees as compared with slightly over 32 percent of women. These credentials prove an open door for women to have lucrative careers, many with a distinct advantage over their male competitors.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Protecting Children from Porn as Violating Free Speech
By Peter J. Smith
LifeSite
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032207.html
PHILADELPHIA, March 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A US district court judge stuck down a 1998 law passed by Congress against Internet pornography that made it a crime for commercial website operators to let children under 18 view pornographic materials.
Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr., who presided over the four-week trial last fall, ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) violated a constitutional right to free speech.
The judge ruled that while the law intends to protect children from commercial pornography, parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not impinge upon the rights of others to unrestricted access to pornography.
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COPA would have criminalized US-based websites that allow children to access material deemed "harmful to minors" according to "contemporary community standards." The law required pornographic sites to require a credit card number or other proof of age, and remove "teaser" pornographic images from their access pages.
Penalties included a $50,000 fine and up to six months in prison, however the ACLU representing a cadre of "sexual health" sites, Salon.com, obgyn.net, the Philadelphia Gay News, and others objected that more than just pornographers would be subject to the restrictions of COPA.
"This law was carefully crafted to address hardcore pornography and raise a wall of protection between children and these hardcore pornographers who seek to exploit them by exposing them to this obscene material," Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues for Concerned Women for America (CWA) told LifeSiteNews.com.
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"Parents can't be everywhere at once, we need additional layers of protection. COPA is a very basic, non-restrictive, and common-sense way to protect these children from hard-core pornographers."
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Politicians Still Wrong on Terri Schiavo Case Two Years Later
by Bobby Schindler
March 22, 2007
LifeSite
LifeNews.com Note: Bobby Schindler is the brother of Terri Schiavo, who was killed by her former husband Michael two years ago this month. Bobby and the rest of the Schindler family now run a foundation dedicated to helping disabled patients like her.
http://www.lifenews.com/bio2039.html
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently stated, "My view was a case like this would normally be left in the hands of a court."
Romney was referring to the attempt by Congress to help save the life of my sister, Terri Schiavo. He mistakenly assumed passing the buck on this issue would gain him political capital. He could not be more wrong, morally or politically.
Thomas Jefferson said, "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government." Sadly, many of our politicians have abandoned this basic principle, and in so doing have abdicated their most crucial role as public servants.
But not all of the blame lies with them. Romney's comments and similar remarks made by other politicians about Terri's situation have, in my opinion, been prejudiced by a media that have oversimplified what Congress did by spinning it as "meddling in a private family affair."
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Canada's Conservative Government Distributes $300 Million to Provinces for Controversial HPV Vaccination
Concerns that provinces could follow example of some US states and mandate vaccine for young girls
By Meg Jalsevac
LifeSite
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032106.html
OTTAWA, March 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s federal government 2007-2008 budget, announced yesterday by the Harper Conservatives, includes $300 million to be distributed to the individual provinces to fund the new HPV vaccination – a vaccination aimed at preventing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer in women.
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CWA also states such a vaccination could give a false sense of security to girls in making responsible and moral decisions regarding their sexual integrity and personal health. “There is concern that a vaccine involving STDs may give those receiving the immunization a false sense of protection against such diseases, particularly if they are not adequately informed about the vaccine's limitations. It is important, but unfortunately not required, that recipients receive a strong abstinence message so that they understand that the only real protection from the broad range of STDs comes from refraining from sexual activity prior to marriage.”
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Gov. to end abstinence program
But births to teens down, backers argue
BY JON CRAIG
Cincinnati Enquirer
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/NEWS01/703230419/1077/COL02
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed $53 billion budget eliminates an abstinence-only sex-education program.
Removal of $1 million in state aid over two years marks a shift in Ohio support for abstinence-only programs, which advocates call a national model.
The federally subsidized program encourages schoolchildren to abstain from sex until they're married.
Strickland said he thinks abstinence programs don't work well in the long run and does not plan to apply for federal money after current funding ends Sept. 30.
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Ken Blackwell, the former Cincinnati mayor whom Strickland defeated for governor last year, stressed the importance of abstinence-only education Thursday before a speech about marriage.
"Unless you're totally giving up on character development of our young people, abstinence education is a must," Blackwell said. "I believe that young people of character can overtake instincts to engage in premarital sex."
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Time for God
March 23, 2007 - Friday
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU07C15&f=PG03I03
"It's not just 'The Good Book'," said Georgia State Sen. Tommie Williams. "It's a good book." Williams was referring to the Bible in an interview about the state's decision to introduce Bible literary classes in the public schools. The movement to bring the world's best-selling book back into the classroom is gaining ground across the U.S., demonstrated, in large part, by a thoughtful Time magazine cover story on the subject. The article, "The Case for Teaching the Bible," argues that the social and cultural benefits of secular Bible classes outweigh any hypersensitivity about Church and State. Drawing on polls that show over 60% of Americans favor teaching about Scripture in a secular setting like public schools, writer David van Beima discusses the consequences of our nation's Biblical illiteracy. Among them, he notes the lack of knowledge and understanding about Western civilization at large. Van Beima writes, "[In the end], what is required in teaching the Bible in our public schools is patriotism: a belief that we live in a nation that understands the wisdom of its Constitution clearly enough to allow the most important book in its history to remain vibrantly accessible for everyone." What was lost in the sweeping 1963 Supreme Court case that removed prayer from public schools is the reality that the Constitution does not bar an objective treatment of the Bible and religion in schools. It encourages it. Yet the case triggered a mass exodus of any reference to Christianity in education. The time has come for our nation to experience a true revelation on the Bible's relevance--not only to our personal lives but to our identity as Americans.
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Our Founding Fathers would applaud Gen. Pace
This Op-Ed originally appeared in the March 23, 2007 edition of Stars and Stripes.
by Tony Perkins
Family Research Council
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PV07C01&f=WX06L01
Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be commended for speaking out against allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. His views may have scandalized gay-rights activists and the media elite, but they reflect the convictions of those in the armed forces and a majority of the American public. The Military Times reports that 59 percent of active-duty military subscriber respondents oppose allowing open homosexuals to serve in the military and less than a year ago a Gallup poll indicated that over 50 percent of Americans thought homosexuality was immoral.
Contrary to the perception given by some in the media, the "don't ask, don't tell policy under President Clinton did not make even closeted homosexuality acceptable in the military. The National Defense Authorization Act of 1994 that Clinton signed states: "The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
In an interview, Sen. Hillary Clinton said that no one should be excluded from the military because of "who they are." But homosexuality is not an immutable characteristic like race; it is a sexual behavior that can be avoided and even changed. She called for allowing homosexuals in the military, and said that the Uniform Code of Military Justice should decide what conduct is "inappropriate or unbecoming."
Sen. Clinton appears unaware that sodomy remains a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (Section 925, Article 125), which states that "any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."
The prohibition of homosexual behavior in the armed forces goes back to the earliest days of our country. The Continental Congress expected military leaders to be vigilant to "discountenance and suppress all dissolute, immoral, and disorderly practices." At Valley Forge in 1778, George Washington, then commander of the Continental Army, approved the swift dismissal of a soldier for homosexual activity.
Perhaps the only weakness in Pace's remarks was that he mentioned the immorality of homosexual behavior without explaining that such behavior would directly undermine the effectiveness of the military as a fighting force. As a Marine Corps veteran, I am aware of how little privacy the troops have when they live, sleep and shower together. In addition, the potential for destructive personal relationships among soldiers threatens a basic principle of military life: the need for unit cohesion.
Some who favor homosexuals in the military argue for such a policy based on the recruiting needs of the services. It is naive to think that out of the 2 percent of the population that is homosexual or bisexual [some data show], the small number that might enlist would make up for that part of the remaining 98 percent who might be deterred from enlisting by such a policy.
Homosexuals who genuinely wish to serve their country can and do find many ways to do so - as civilians. America's armed forces exists, however, to fight and win wars - not to conduct politically correct social experiments.
This Op-Ed originally appeared in the March 23, 2007 edition of Stars and Stripes.
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American Family Association ACTION ALERT
March 20, 2007
http://www.afa.net/hatecrimesbill032007.htm
Video shows activity that would receive even more protection under new "hate crimes" law
If you protest the kind of public activity shown on this video, the proposed federal "hate crimes" law may be the first step toward limiting your freedom to speak out against open homosexual activity.
A new "hate crimes" bill further protecting homosexual activity has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act would increase protection for the kind of activity shown on this video.
The bill is the first step toward silencing any opposition to the homosexual lifestyle. This video will show you the kind of activity this bill protects. The video was shot during an actual homosexual pride parade in Dallas.
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If this "hate crimes" bill is passed, and you publicly protest, complain or oppose the type of activity in this video, your action could be eventually construed to be subject to prosecution for a criminal act.
To stop this bill, please take these actions today.
Take Action
Click here to send an e-mail to your representative asking him or her to strongly oppose the "hate crimes" bill.
Please forward this e-mail to friends and family. The average person has no clue about this "hate crimes" bill. The only way we have of getting the word out is with the help of individuals like you.
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House of Representatives set to vote on “hate crimes” giving homosexuals special rights
American Family Association
ACTION ALERT
Contact Your Representative In Opposition to HR 254 Today!
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=9395716&type=CO
The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on HR 254, which establishes “hate crime” legislation. HR 254 will create new special rights for homosexuals under the guise of enhancing law enforcement. It would make “sexual orientation” a protected class alongside race, religion and gender.
The only way this bill can be defeated is with a real grassroots uprising by those who care about the future of their children, families and marriages!
The intent of this law is to force the acceptance and approval of homosexuality on every American, regardless of their religious views. Here is a short summary of HR 254.
For a more in-depth review of where we are headed, click here.
Here is a partial list of what homosexual activists are trying to force on every American. While HR 254 will not, in and of itself, accomplish these goals, it will open the door to such regulations. Once the elephant gets its trunk under the tent, the way is open for the elephant to move inside and do whatever he wants.
* Preaching that homosexuality is a sin from the pulpit will result in the preacher being charged with “hate speech.”
* Churches will have their tax-exempt status revoked if they oppose homosexuality.
* Homosexual marriage will be legalized and recognized in all states.
* Polygamy will be legalized.
* Landlords will be forced to rent to homosexuals.
* Scouts, and all non-profit organizations, will be required to hire homosexuals as leaders.
* Biblical language used to define homosexuality will be considered “hate speech.” City officials have already had a billboard removed in Long Island, NY, because it was classified as “hate speech.” The billboard read: “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” (Leviticus 20:13)
* Employees will not be allowed to say anything negative about homosexuality in their workplaces.
* Classes promoting the homosexual lifestyle will be included in school curricula beginning with the lower grades.
* Employers will be forced to hire homosexuals.
* Adoption by homosexuals will be legalized in every state.
To read HR 254, click here.
Let me say again: HR 254 will not, in and of itself, accomplish everything the homosexual activist’s desire. But it is the first step is to position their cause where they can achieve all their goals.
If they are successful with HR 254, rest assured they will pursue their next goal and will not stop until they achieve all their goals.
Take Action
Enter your zip code above or below and click “GO” to create and send the e-mail to your representative urging him or her to vote AGAINST HR 254. It all boils down to who is dedicated to their cause more — homosexual activists or Christians. Right now the homosexual activists are winning.
Please forward this to all your friends and family. The only way to stop this onslaught on Christian values and Christianity is a national uprising against HR 254, saying enough is enough!
Thanks for caring enough to get involved. If you consider our efforts worth supporting, would you consider making a small donation to help us continue? Thanks.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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Virginia gets its library protection for children
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/va_gets_its_library_protection_for_children.php
The Family Foundation of Virginia says it's seen its top priority of this legislative session accomplished, with the signing by the state's governor yesterday of a bill that makes it mandatory for public libraries to install Internet filters if they receive state funding.
The bill, signed into law by Governor Tim Kaine, will also provide monies through a fund of $190,000 to help offset the cost of libraries acquiring filtering technology, while waiting for federal funds. The Virginia legislation, which passed the Legislature with a 33-7 majority several weeks ago, is modeled after the U.S. Children's Internet Protection Act.
Family Foundation spokesperson Victoria Cobb says her group is extremely pleased to see a common-sense measure finally become law, without the long-running argument of filters prohibiting free speech for minors or adults.
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Mayor's anti-DOMA effort meets legal opposition
Allie Martin
OneNewsNow.com
March 23, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/mayors_anti-doma_effort_meets_.php
The Pacific Justice Institute is challenging the mayor of Seattle for recognizing and promoting same-sex "marriage."
Three years ago, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels issued an executive order recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions for the purpose of providing employee benefits and supporting the legalization of same-sex unions in Washington State. The mayor's action came despite the fact that state lawmakers had approved a Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which limits marriage to one man and one woman.
Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) had sought legal action to stop Nickles from defying the state DOMA law, but that lawsuit was delayed while the Washington Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the law. With that court's upholding of the DOMA last summer, PJI's case now moves forward.
Kevin Snider, chief counsel with the Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute, says the mayor's motives are clear. He points out that in the "wind-up" to his executive order, Nickels voices his support for "gay marriage" and his desire for marriage laws to be changed.
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Pro-family group says 'radical feminist ideal being modified'
OneNewsNow
by Jim Brown
March 23, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/profamily_group_says_radical_f.php
Pro-family groups and activists are hoping the growth of their movement in countries like Poland will spread to the rest of Europe and beyond.
More than 40 pro-family groups are sponsoring the World Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, Poland. Participants at the May event plan to discuss strategies for protecting children and traditional marriage and address issues like declining birth rates and the impact of pornography on family unity.
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"The radical feminists' ideal of work rather than family, of career rather than marriage, is now being modified," Fagan said. "They can see that you can't have both at the same time; you've got to make a priority between one and the other. And I think increasingly we see here in the United States that more and more women are choosing to put the family and the marriage and the children first -- it's not to abandon career, but it is to get the priorities correct."
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Steve Stanton makes his case
March 23, 2007
TampaBay.com
http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2007/03/largo_police_cl.html
12:05 a.m.
Decision is final: Stanton is fired
After six hours of speakers, commissioners take less than five minutes to reaffirm a decision to fire Steve Stanton. Voting to dismiss Stanton were Mary Gray Black, Andy Guyette, Gigi Arntzen, Harriet K. Crozier and Gay Gentry. Mayor Pat Gerard and Commissioner Rodney Woods dissented.
12 a.m.
Motion made to terminate Stanton
Commissioner Mary Gray Black made a motion to accept the resolution to terminate the city's contract with Stanton. Commissioner Andy Guyette seconded the motion and indicated he had lost the ability to trust Stanton. "Without trust, there's no longer a foundation for a relationship," he said.
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10:10 p.m.
Commissioners hear from detractors
Several speakers in a row endorsed the firing of Stanton.
One Largo resident complained that Stanton had made a "laughingstock" out of the city, adding "Who would want to live in a weirdo town but a bunch of weirdos?"
The Rev. Charlie Martin, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks said Stanton and his attorney had played "the race card" by focusing on Stanton's status as a transgender as opposed to his inferior performance. Martin told commissioners they could fire Stanton without cause and urged them to relieve him of his duties as city manager.
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Pro-Homosexual/Drag Queen ‘Hate Crimes’ Bill Introduced
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3052
March 22, 2007 – Far left Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has once again introduced his so-called “hate crimes” bill to provide special federal protection for homosexuality, cross-dressing, and transsexualism.
H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, is a rehash of his 2005 bill, according to sources in Congress.
H.R. 1592 claims there is an epidemic of “hate” against homosexuals and cross-dressers that is so pervasive throughout our nation, that local law enforcement officials are overwhelmed in dealing with the problem.
In addition, Conyers’ and his congressional cohorts claim – without any evidence whatsoever – that homosexuals, cross-dressers, etc., are so persecuted in their home states that they are fleeing into neighboring states to avoid persecution.
[Editor's note: This Update has linked to a variety of stories documenting migration of GBLT people away from particularly hostile states like Virginia.]
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TVC Issues Press Release On Conyers’ Bill
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3051
March 21, 2007 -- As Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) introduces the anti-Christian hate crimes bill (Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act) in Congress this week, only one person can stop it – President George W. Bush and his veto pen.
[Insert paedophilia-implying TVC comic strip here; URL:
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/comics/032207/index.php ]
“Sadly, this new Congress will probably vote in both the House and the Senate to pass this anti-Christian hate crimes bill,” said Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “If there was ever a bill which needed to be vetoed – this is it.
“Most Christians might as well rip the pages which condemn homosexuality right out of their Bibles because this bill will make it illegal to publicly express the dictates of their religious beliefs.
“It will elevate homosexuality, which is defined by how its adherents engage in sex, to the same level of those who have fought hard and sacrificed to end discrimination based on race and other factors.
“According to Conyers’ ‘Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act,’ homosexuals, cross-dressers and other minority groups are so fearful that they are fleeing across state lines to avoid persecution by violent hate mongers. Conyers’ bill claims that these homosexuals and cross-dressers also can’t buy goods or services in their home states because of this persecution.
“The fact is that Conyers’ so-called hate crimes bill is a fraud and designed for only one purpose: to add homosexuals, cross-dressers drag queens and transsexuals as federally-protected minority groups. There is no ‘epidemic’ of hate crimes – and no mass migration of homosexuals and cross-dressers across state lines.
“The FBI’s 2005 hate crimes statistics reveal that one-third of the cases of so-called “sexual orientation” bias, were nothing more than name-calling. There were a total of 1,171 such cases. Of those, 301 were listed as “intimidation,” defined in law as name-calling or threats.
“The ultimate objective of this legislation is to claim that ‘hate speech’ – criticism of homosexuality – incites individuals to violence and must be suppressed and punished. This will violate the First Amendment rights of any person or group that opposes the normalization of homosexuality in our culture.
We oppose passage of this dangerous anti-Christian bill and urge President Bush to veto it.
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NBC/HRC JOINT EFFORT TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY MEANS NEXT GENERATION’S “TRUE COLOR” WILL BE BLACK
Homosexuality Still Greatest Predictor of HIV/AIDS Death
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3031
March 9, 2007 - Washington, DC – The Traditional Values Coalition released the following statement today after the homosexual lobby Human Rights Campaign announced it would unveil its new promotion tour on the NBC Today Show on Monday. The spokesperson for the new campaign will be singer Cyndi Lauper.
“NBC is performing a great public disservice by promoting homosexuality on its popular morning show. It is one thing for Cyndi Lauper and her HRC handlers to promote this behavior-based lifestyle as ‘edgy’ and ‘cool.’ But it is an entirely different matter when the network which warns us regularly about the hazards of practically everything ignores the substantial health risks of engaging in homosexual behavior.
“For many confused young people, homosexuality kills, pure and simple. Setting aside the moral considerations, it is a great risk to public health, and NBC has a responsibility to its viewers to warn them about it not cheer mindlessly for the epidemic.
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Montel Williams Show To Smear Ex-Gay Ministries
Focus on the Family
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3034
March 15, 2007 – On his March 15 show, Montel Williams will feature “Homosexuality … Can It Be Cured?” His show is a set up to smear ex-gay ministries. It features “Mike” the male prostitute who outed Pastor Ted Haggard, two homosexuals who claim they were harmed by therapy to help them overcome same-sex attractions; Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International; and therapist Richard Cohen.
Montel Williams’ “after care” director, Dr. Alicia Salzar will also be on the show to promote her new video, “Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-gay Movement,” which attacks efforts to help homosexuals overcome their same-sex desires.
“Just knowing that Salzar is Williams’ after care director reveals how biased the show will be against ex-gay ministries,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “We urge our supporters to watch the show and flood Williams’ office with complaints about the obvious smear directed against legitimate ex-gay ministries.”
TAKE ACTION: After watching the show, write a letter of protest against this smear job against ex-gay ministries and therapists who are treating unwanted homosexuality. Use TVC’s Homosexual Urban Legend materials in your letter. Contact Williams here: Montel Williams
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TVC Chairman Urges Support Of General Pace
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3038
March 15, 2007 -- General Peter Pace Need Not Apologize For His Comments About Homosexual Behavior
By TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Shortly after Joint Chief of Staff Chairman General Peter Pace made comments about homosexuals serving openly in the military, radical homosexual web sites around the world were expressing outrage and demanding an apology or his resignation.
General Pace told the Chicago Tribune: “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.”
The general noted that he supports the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that requires the removal of openly-admitted homosexuals from the military. Pace considers homosexual conduct on the same level as adultery. He doesn’t believe the military should condone either behavior.
General Pace has now expressed regret that he didn’t focus more on current military policy than his personal beliefs. However, the general has no reason to apologize for his own moral beliefs about homosexual behaviors.
[...]
George Washington ordered the court martial of a man judged guilty of sodomy. He described his feelings about sodomy as “abhorrence” and “detestation.”
Our nation’s laws and the military code of justice were both fashioned upon biblical principles. William Blackstone, whose Commentaries on the Law were used as the basis of our own laws, described sodomy as an “infamous crime against nature” – a behavior that ought to be “strictly and impartially punished.”
General Pace’s views on homosexual conduct are correct and his discussion of the morality of homosexuality is much needed in this age of “tolerance.”
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Homosexual sodomy, for example, results in the spread of a whole range of diseases – including HIV. How effective can our military be if male-to-male STDs spread throughout a unit?
As Colonel Ron Ray noted in Military Necessity And Homosexuality that military effectiveness will be damaged because of a “breakdown of mutual trust and cohesion, and from the absence of key personnel due to injury or medical disability [due to diseases]. The evidence shows plainly that homosexuals as a group are an unnecessary medical risk for the military.”
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Also, it looks like AgapePress - the American Family Association's theoconservative news organisation - has reinvented itself as One News Now. I saw no announcement, per se', but I've noticed the same employees, slant, and rhetoric. I presume it wants to look more independent than AgapePress did - or they've decided that AgapePress is too well known as the AFA house organ, so are trying to come up with something new. It'd probably help if their graphic look wasn't straight out of 1994.
But now, today's news, second part.
Concerned Women for America cheer General Pace's condemnation of GBLT people as immoral;
CWA's version of the Deerfield, Illinois school "Pro-'Gay' Propaganda" story seen in the Focus on the Family section of the previous CWU;
CWA lists HPV vaccine as maybe it's first state priourity - so I guess it's not just Focus on the Family moving towards outright opposition to an anti-cancer vaccine;
Concerned Women for America's "talking points" against the HPV (anti-cervical-cancer vaccine);
CWA's Janice Shaw Crouse pushes the idea that women don't really want careers and allege that women are abandoning careers for babies en masse;
LifeSite has an ACTION ITEM to protest the court decision striking down COPA as unconstitutional; also quotes Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber saying that government needs to "protect children" through intervention;
LifeSite goes after Mitt Romney as part of the whole Terri Schievo thing - yes, that's still going;
CWA talks about how the HPV anti-cervical-cancer vaccine is bad because it "could give a false sense of security to girls in making responsible and moral decisions regarding their sexual integrity and personal health";
Ohio governor drops abstinence-only education; and as a note, Ken Blackwell - failed Republican candidate for Ohio governor and architect of the Republican capture of Ohio in 2004, is now "a fellow with the Buckeye Institute in Columbus and Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.";
Family Research Council wants more Bible study classes in public schools since official organised prayer is still out; says it's required for good citizenship. "The time has come for our nation to experience a true revelation on the Bible's relevance--not only to our personal lives but to our identity as Americans";
FRC president Tony Perkins got to write an op-ed in Stars and Stripes commending General Pace for his attack on the morality of GBLT soldiers, and rightly points out that lesbian and gay people are banned outright from military service. He, of course, thinks this is a good thing; says that allowing any GBLT people in the military could destroy it; that sexual orientation is something that can be easily "changed" or "avoided," and on, and on, and on;
AFA ACTION ITEM talking about how amending Federal hate crimes law to include attacks on GBLT people will "be the first step toward limiting your freedom to speak out against open homosexual activity." The key point of this, of course, being that they want queers gone, or at least back in the closet;
A second version of the AFA ACTION ITEM against the same bill;
Virginia passes law mandating internet "filtering" for all libraries receiving state funds;
The Sacramento (CA)-based Pacific Justice Institute brings a lawsuit against Seattle mayor Greg Nickels; OneNewsNow is brought to you buy American Family News Network, and their rhetoric is theoconservative standard (lots of "pro-family" references and scare-quote around words like "marriage" where GBLT people are involved), so I think we've got their slant;
OneNewsNow pushes the "women are abandoning careers for homemaking" line, and also claims growing international co-operation with theological conservatives;
Courtesy
cubes; after six hours of public testimony, the Largo, Florida city council takes five minutes to confirm firing of Steve Stanton, who is undergoing gender reassignment; this is the blog entry which was being updated throughout the testimony;Traditional Values Coalition rails against the "Pro-Homosexual/Drag Queen 'Hate Crimes' Bill Introduced";
TVC rails again about the hate crimes legislation amendment which would add sexual orientation to existing hate-crimes law; they call it "anti-Christian" and claim it would "make it illegal to publicly express the dictates of their religious beliefs"; this illustration for the story is their new "comic strip" containing a photoshop put-together of a baby with a naked gay man, so you've got the paedophilia angle in there as well;
Traditional Values Coalition: "homosexuality kills, pure and simple." This is part of their continuing effort to make sure that queers are seen solely as diseased perverts;
TVC ACTION ITEM against Montel Williams for a show critical of "ex-gay" conversion therapy quackery;
TVC does more diseased-fags rhetoric, this time against GBLT people in the military and supporting General Pace's commentary against gay people.
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What about the Morality of Homosexual Behavior?
General Pace Plants His Flag on Moral Ground
Concerned Women for America
3/19/2007
By Janice Shaw Crouse
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12601/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm
Pity poor Peter Pace. When asked point blank by the Chicago Tribune if he thought that homosexual behavior was immoral, he had the temerity, the audacity, the impertinence, the gall and the bad judgment to respond - get this - in the affirmative. Predictably, he set off shock waves among the politically correct. Can you imagine someone of his level of experience -- you don't get to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff overnight or by making off-the-cuff remarks -- painting himself into such a corner? What was he thinking, poor fellow? Surely he knows better than to give his personal opinions when asked for his personal beliefs on a matter.
I suppose it just goes to show what can happen to a person's thinking if he spends his professional life in the military with all those rules and stuff about obeying orders. Too much Marine discipline can influence the way you think. I mean, calling homosexual behavior immoral is so old fashioned, so rigid, so moralistic, so Judeo-Christian. What a throwback to the antiquated ideas of the nineteenth century or earlier. You have to wonder how someone at his level could be such a quaint, old fashioned, fuddy-duddy straight arrow.
[...]
In the face of all the self-righteous outrage, General Pace has refused to issue a fake apology. His decision was supported by Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) who said, "We should not expect someone as qualified, accomplished and articulate as General Pace to lack personal views on important moral issues. In fact, we should expect that anyone entrusted with such great responsibility will have strong moral views." Such views are part of our nation's history all the way back to George Washington. We used to call leaders with strong morals "statesmen."
Marines don't retreat without orders. It would be a crime if General Pace were given such orders in this case. The Marine motto is "Semper Fidelis" - Latin for "Always faithful." As the daughter of a Marine, I am proud of General Pace for being faithful to Biblical truth as well as having the courage to espouse sound military policy.
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CWA: School Tells Kids to Hide Pro-‘Gay’ Propaganda From Parents
Concerned Women for America
3/13/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12546/MEDIA/family/index.htm
Washington, D.C. — In a shocking and brazen act of governmental abuse of parental rights, Deerfield High School (DHS) in Deerfield, Illinois, has required fourteen-year-old freshmen to attend a “Straight Gay Alliance Network” (GSA) panel discussion led by “gay” and “lesbian” upperclassmen during a “freshman advisory” class which secretively featured inappropriate discussions of a sexual nature in promotion of high-risk homosexual behaviors.
Not only has DHS required that its young and impressionable freshmen be exposed to radical homosexual propaganda, the school has further required that students sign a “confidentiality agreement” promising not to tell anyone – including their own parents – about the discussion.
Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues with Concerned Women for America (CWA), said of the scandal: “This is unbelievable. It’s not enough that students at Deerfield High are being exposed to improper and offensive material relative to unhealthy and high-risk homosexual behaviors, but they’ve essentially been told by teachers to lie to their parents about it.
“This goes to the heart of the homosexual agenda. The professional propagandists in the ‘gay-rights’ lobby know the method all too well. If you can maintain control of undeveloped and impressionable youth and spoon-feed them misinformation, lies and half-truths about dangerous, disordered and extremely risky behaviors, then you can control the future and ensure that those behaviors are not only fully accepted, but celebrated. That’s what homosexual activists from GSA are attempting to do, and that’s what DHS is clearly up to as well.”
Dr. George Fornero, superintendent of DHS’ Dist. 113, told CWA that the district “made a mistake” by requiring children to sign the confidentiality agreement and that it would be entirely aboveboard and honest with parents in the future. However, as Barber noted, the damage has already been done: “Until DHS and other government schools across the country are made to stop promoting the homosexual agenda, kids will continue to be exposed to — and encouraged to participate in — a lifestyle that places them at high risk for life-threatening disease, depression and spiritual despair,” said Barber.
Remarkably, even after the school district’s surreptitious actions were exposed, parents were nonetheless told that they were not welcome to sit in on the “freshman advisory” and were not permitted to have access to materials used in compiling its activist curriculum.
For Information Contact:
Stacey Holliday
(202) 488-7000
media.cwfa.org
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CWA: State Activists Tackle Social Issues
Not all the action is in D.C. – State bills debate tough issues
Concerned Women for America
3/22/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12618/MEDIA/misc/index.htm
Washington, D.C. — Abortion limits, HPV vaccine mandates, approval of sexual aberrations and even the twice-dead Equal Rights Amendment are among the issues being debated and decided by states that directly impact families. Concerned Women for America (CWA) has experts available at both the national and state levels to discuss how these bills would harm or help families.
CWA President Wendy Wright said, “State legislatures and governors have a tremendous impact on moral issues, and they are grappling now with a variety of bills that will protect or harm life and liberty. Advocates for family and ethical values can influence the direction of our country by promoting moral laws in their states. CWA provides information on what these bills would do and networks for people to join to learn about and influence these issues.”
Current state legislation that would affect families include:
HPV vaccine mandates/regulations
Abortion regulation
“Hate crimes”
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Polygamy
Religious freedoms
Human trafficking and prostitution
Marriage
Illegal immigration
Sex offender regulations
Embryonic stem cell research
Human cloning
To schedule an interview with our national or local CWA experts, please contact Stacey Holliday at (202) 488-7000, extension 126.
For Information Contact:
Stacey Holliday
(202) 488-7000
media.cwfa.org
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Talking Points: The HPV Vaccine
CWA urges lawmakers to resist mandating this vaccine.
Concerned Women for America
2/12/2007
By Penny Harrington
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/12333/CWA/misc/index.htm
1. It is a governmental overreach. Bills being introduced to mandate the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for young girls prohibit any female student from enrolling in the sixth grade unless she has received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. While there is no objection to the new vaccine that protects against certain strains of HPV, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can cause cervical cancer in women, proponents of the vaccine wrongly wish to compel every young girl from 9-11 years old to be vaccinated before she attends school. Clearly, a mandate that 11-year-olds receive an immunization for an STD as a prerequisite for school attendance is an overreach by the state.
2. A family decision, not a state decision. Because HPV is spread only through sexual contact, no child is going to be infected with HPV by sitting in a classroom. Therefore, this vaccine should not be listed among those immunizations required for school attendance. Even an opt-out clause is merely the state placing an improper burden on the parents who will feel they must follow the general guidelines of the law rather than search out a way to object on moral or religious grounds. This must be a family's decision, not the state's.
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Off-ramping: Women jumping off the career track
By Janice Shaw Crouse
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Send an email to Janice Shaw Crouse
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2007/03/22/off-ramping_women_jumping_off_the_career_track
The public square is still filled with those who argue that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to employment; even more believe women face a glass ceiling when it comes to promotion. New facts, though, indicate that the playing field at work is quite level; indeed, in some instances women have a distinct advantage both in hiring and in promotion. Studies also show that highly-qualified women can jump off the fast track and then catch up when they are ready to jump back on. It’s called “off-ramping;” increasingly, talented women who want to balance career and family are taking that route.
Thirty years ago, women earned far less than 10 percent of the medical, law and M.B.A. degrees awarded in the U.S., now they earn at least 40 percent of those advanced degrees. The big accounting firm, Ernst & Young claims that at least half of their new hires are women. Among workers under age 30, according to the Census Bureau, slightly over 25 percent of men hold bachelor’s degrees as compared with slightly over 32 percent of women. These credentials prove an open door for women to have lucrative careers, many with a distinct advantage over their male competitors.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Protecting Children from Porn as Violating Free Speech
By Peter J. Smith
LifeSite
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032207.html
PHILADELPHIA, March 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A US district court judge stuck down a 1998 law passed by Congress against Internet pornography that made it a crime for commercial website operators to let children under 18 view pornographic materials.
Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr., who presided over the four-week trial last fall, ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union that the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) violated a constitutional right to free speech.
The judge ruled that while the law intends to protect children from commercial pornography, parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not impinge upon the rights of others to unrestricted access to pornography.
[...]
COPA would have criminalized US-based websites that allow children to access material deemed "harmful to minors" according to "contemporary community standards." The law required pornographic sites to require a credit card number or other proof of age, and remove "teaser" pornographic images from their access pages.
Penalties included a $50,000 fine and up to six months in prison, however the ACLU representing a cadre of "sexual health" sites, Salon.com, obgyn.net, the Philadelphia Gay News, and others objected that more than just pornographers would be subject to the restrictions of COPA.
"This law was carefully crafted to address hardcore pornography and raise a wall of protection between children and these hardcore pornographers who seek to exploit them by exposing them to this obscene material," Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues for Concerned Women for America (CWA) told LifeSiteNews.com.
[...]
"Parents can't be everywhere at once, we need additional layers of protection. COPA is a very basic, non-restrictive, and common-sense way to protect these children from hard-core pornographers."
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Politicians Still Wrong on Terri Schiavo Case Two Years Later
by Bobby Schindler
March 22, 2007
LifeSite
LifeNews.com Note: Bobby Schindler is the brother of Terri Schiavo, who was killed by her former husband Michael two years ago this month. Bobby and the rest of the Schindler family now run a foundation dedicated to helping disabled patients like her.
http://www.lifenews.com/bio2039.html
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently stated, "My view was a case like this would normally be left in the hands of a court."
Romney was referring to the attempt by Congress to help save the life of my sister, Terri Schiavo. He mistakenly assumed passing the buck on this issue would gain him political capital. He could not be more wrong, morally or politically.
Thomas Jefferson said, "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government." Sadly, many of our politicians have abandoned this basic principle, and in so doing have abdicated their most crucial role as public servants.
But not all of the blame lies with them. Romney's comments and similar remarks made by other politicians about Terri's situation have, in my opinion, been prejudiced by a media that have oversimplified what Congress did by spinning it as "meddling in a private family affair."
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Canada's Conservative Government Distributes $300 Million to Provinces for Controversial HPV Vaccination
Concerns that provinces could follow example of some US states and mandate vaccine for young girls
By Meg Jalsevac
LifeSite
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032106.html
OTTAWA, March 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s federal government 2007-2008 budget, announced yesterday by the Harper Conservatives, includes $300 million to be distributed to the individual provinces to fund the new HPV vaccination – a vaccination aimed at preventing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer in women.
[...]
CWA also states such a vaccination could give a false sense of security to girls in making responsible and moral decisions regarding their sexual integrity and personal health. “There is concern that a vaccine involving STDs may give those receiving the immunization a false sense of protection against such diseases, particularly if they are not adequately informed about the vaccine's limitations. It is important, but unfortunately not required, that recipients receive a strong abstinence message so that they understand that the only real protection from the broad range of STDs comes from refraining from sexual activity prior to marriage.”
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Gov. to end abstinence program
But births to teens down, backers argue
BY JON CRAIG
Cincinnati Enquirer
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/NEWS01/703230419/1077/COL02
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed $53 billion budget eliminates an abstinence-only sex-education program.
Removal of $1 million in state aid over two years marks a shift in Ohio support for abstinence-only programs, which advocates call a national model.
The federally subsidized program encourages schoolchildren to abstain from sex until they're married.
Strickland said he thinks abstinence programs don't work well in the long run and does not plan to apply for federal money after current funding ends Sept. 30.
[...]
Ken Blackwell, the former Cincinnati mayor whom Strickland defeated for governor last year, stressed the importance of abstinence-only education Thursday before a speech about marriage.
"Unless you're totally giving up on character development of our young people, abstinence education is a must," Blackwell said. "I believe that young people of character can overtake instincts to engage in premarital sex."
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Time for God
March 23, 2007 - Friday
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU07C15&f=PG03I03
"It's not just 'The Good Book'," said Georgia State Sen. Tommie Williams. "It's a good book." Williams was referring to the Bible in an interview about the state's decision to introduce Bible literary classes in the public schools. The movement to bring the world's best-selling book back into the classroom is gaining ground across the U.S., demonstrated, in large part, by a thoughtful Time magazine cover story on the subject. The article, "The Case for Teaching the Bible," argues that the social and cultural benefits of secular Bible classes outweigh any hypersensitivity about Church and State. Drawing on polls that show over 60% of Americans favor teaching about Scripture in a secular setting like public schools, writer David van Beima discusses the consequences of our nation's Biblical illiteracy. Among them, he notes the lack of knowledge and understanding about Western civilization at large. Van Beima writes, "[In the end], what is required in teaching the Bible in our public schools is patriotism: a belief that we live in a nation that understands the wisdom of its Constitution clearly enough to allow the most important book in its history to remain vibrantly accessible for everyone." What was lost in the sweeping 1963 Supreme Court case that removed prayer from public schools is the reality that the Constitution does not bar an objective treatment of the Bible and religion in schools. It encourages it. Yet the case triggered a mass exodus of any reference to Christianity in education. The time has come for our nation to experience a true revelation on the Bible's relevance--not only to our personal lives but to our identity as Americans.
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Our Founding Fathers would applaud Gen. Pace
This Op-Ed originally appeared in the March 23, 2007 edition of Stars and Stripes.
by Tony Perkins
Family Research Council
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PV07C01&f=WX06L01
Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be commended for speaking out against allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. His views may have scandalized gay-rights activists and the media elite, but they reflect the convictions of those in the armed forces and a majority of the American public. The Military Times reports that 59 percent of active-duty military subscriber respondents oppose allowing open homosexuals to serve in the military and less than a year ago a Gallup poll indicated that over 50 percent of Americans thought homosexuality was immoral.
Contrary to the perception given by some in the media, the "don't ask, don't tell policy under President Clinton did not make even closeted homosexuality acceptable in the military. The National Defense Authorization Act of 1994 that Clinton signed states: "The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
In an interview, Sen. Hillary Clinton said that no one should be excluded from the military because of "who they are." But homosexuality is not an immutable characteristic like race; it is a sexual behavior that can be avoided and even changed. She called for allowing homosexuals in the military, and said that the Uniform Code of Military Justice should decide what conduct is "inappropriate or unbecoming."
Sen. Clinton appears unaware that sodomy remains a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (Section 925, Article 125), which states that "any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."
The prohibition of homosexual behavior in the armed forces goes back to the earliest days of our country. The Continental Congress expected military leaders to be vigilant to "discountenance and suppress all dissolute, immoral, and disorderly practices." At Valley Forge in 1778, George Washington, then commander of the Continental Army, approved the swift dismissal of a soldier for homosexual activity.
Perhaps the only weakness in Pace's remarks was that he mentioned the immorality of homosexual behavior without explaining that such behavior would directly undermine the effectiveness of the military as a fighting force. As a Marine Corps veteran, I am aware of how little privacy the troops have when they live, sleep and shower together. In addition, the potential for destructive personal relationships among soldiers threatens a basic principle of military life: the need for unit cohesion.
Some who favor homosexuals in the military argue for such a policy based on the recruiting needs of the services. It is naive to think that out of the 2 percent of the population that is homosexual or bisexual [some data show], the small number that might enlist would make up for that part of the remaining 98 percent who might be deterred from enlisting by such a policy.
Homosexuals who genuinely wish to serve their country can and do find many ways to do so - as civilians. America's armed forces exists, however, to fight and win wars - not to conduct politically correct social experiments.
This Op-Ed originally appeared in the March 23, 2007 edition of Stars and Stripes.
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American Family Association ACTION ALERT
March 20, 2007
http://www.afa.net/hatecrimesbill032007.htm
Video shows activity that would receive even more protection under new "hate crimes" law
If you protest the kind of public activity shown on this video, the proposed federal "hate crimes" law may be the first step toward limiting your freedom to speak out against open homosexual activity.
A new "hate crimes" bill further protecting homosexual activity has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act would increase protection for the kind of activity shown on this video.
The bill is the first step toward silencing any opposition to the homosexual lifestyle. This video will show you the kind of activity this bill protects. The video was shot during an actual homosexual pride parade in Dallas.
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If this "hate crimes" bill is passed, and you publicly protest, complain or oppose the type of activity in this video, your action could be eventually construed to be subject to prosecution for a criminal act.
To stop this bill, please take these actions today.
Take Action
Click here to send an e-mail to your representative asking him or her to strongly oppose the "hate crimes" bill.
Please forward this e-mail to friends and family. The average person has no clue about this "hate crimes" bill. The only way we have of getting the word out is with the help of individuals like you.
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House of Representatives set to vote on “hate crimes” giving homosexuals special rights
American Family Association
ACTION ALERT
Contact Your Representative In Opposition to HR 254 Today!
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=9395716&type=CO
The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on HR 254, which establishes “hate crime” legislation. HR 254 will create new special rights for homosexuals under the guise of enhancing law enforcement. It would make “sexual orientation” a protected class alongside race, religion and gender.
The only way this bill can be defeated is with a real grassroots uprising by those who care about the future of their children, families and marriages!
The intent of this law is to force the acceptance and approval of homosexuality on every American, regardless of their religious views. Here is a short summary of HR 254.
For a more in-depth review of where we are headed, click here.
Here is a partial list of what homosexual activists are trying to force on every American. While HR 254 will not, in and of itself, accomplish these goals, it will open the door to such regulations. Once the elephant gets its trunk under the tent, the way is open for the elephant to move inside and do whatever he wants.
* Preaching that homosexuality is a sin from the pulpit will result in the preacher being charged with “hate speech.”
* Churches will have their tax-exempt status revoked if they oppose homosexuality.
* Homosexual marriage will be legalized and recognized in all states.
* Polygamy will be legalized.
* Landlords will be forced to rent to homosexuals.
* Scouts, and all non-profit organizations, will be required to hire homosexuals as leaders.
* Biblical language used to define homosexuality will be considered “hate speech.” City officials have already had a billboard removed in Long Island, NY, because it was classified as “hate speech.” The billboard read: “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” (Leviticus 20:13)
* Employees will not be allowed to say anything negative about homosexuality in their workplaces.
* Classes promoting the homosexual lifestyle will be included in school curricula beginning with the lower grades.
* Employers will be forced to hire homosexuals.
* Adoption by homosexuals will be legalized in every state.
To read HR 254, click here.
Let me say again: HR 254 will not, in and of itself, accomplish everything the homosexual activist’s desire. But it is the first step is to position their cause where they can achieve all their goals.
If they are successful with HR 254, rest assured they will pursue their next goal and will not stop until they achieve all their goals.
Take Action
Enter your zip code above or below and click “GO” to create and send the e-mail to your representative urging him or her to vote AGAINST HR 254. It all boils down to who is dedicated to their cause more — homosexual activists or Christians. Right now the homosexual activists are winning.
Please forward this to all your friends and family. The only way to stop this onslaught on Christian values and Christianity is a national uprising against HR 254, saying enough is enough!
Thanks for caring enough to get involved. If you consider our efforts worth supporting, would you consider making a small donation to help us continue? Thanks.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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Virginia gets its library protection for children
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/va_gets_its_library_protection_for_children.php
The Family Foundation of Virginia says it's seen its top priority of this legislative session accomplished, with the signing by the state's governor yesterday of a bill that makes it mandatory for public libraries to install Internet filters if they receive state funding.
The bill, signed into law by Governor Tim Kaine, will also provide monies through a fund of $190,000 to help offset the cost of libraries acquiring filtering technology, while waiting for federal funds. The Virginia legislation, which passed the Legislature with a 33-7 majority several weeks ago, is modeled after the U.S. Children's Internet Protection Act.
Family Foundation spokesperson Victoria Cobb says her group is extremely pleased to see a common-sense measure finally become law, without the long-running argument of filters prohibiting free speech for minors or adults.
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Mayor's anti-DOMA effort meets legal opposition
Allie Martin
OneNewsNow.com
March 23, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/mayors_anti-doma_effort_meets_.php
The Pacific Justice Institute is challenging the mayor of Seattle for recognizing and promoting same-sex "marriage."
Three years ago, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels issued an executive order recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions for the purpose of providing employee benefits and supporting the legalization of same-sex unions in Washington State. The mayor's action came despite the fact that state lawmakers had approved a Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which limits marriage to one man and one woman.
Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) had sought legal action to stop Nickles from defying the state DOMA law, but that lawsuit was delayed while the Washington Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the law. With that court's upholding of the DOMA last summer, PJI's case now moves forward.
Kevin Snider, chief counsel with the Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute, says the mayor's motives are clear. He points out that in the "wind-up" to his executive order, Nickels voices his support for "gay marriage" and his desire for marriage laws to be changed.
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Pro-family group says 'radical feminist ideal being modified'
OneNewsNow
by Jim Brown
March 23, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/profamily_group_says_radical_f.php
Pro-family groups and activists are hoping the growth of their movement in countries like Poland will spread to the rest of Europe and beyond.
More than 40 pro-family groups are sponsoring the World Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, Poland. Participants at the May event plan to discuss strategies for protecting children and traditional marriage and address issues like declining birth rates and the impact of pornography on family unity.
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"The radical feminists' ideal of work rather than family, of career rather than marriage, is now being modified," Fagan said. "They can see that you can't have both at the same time; you've got to make a priority between one and the other. And I think increasingly we see here in the United States that more and more women are choosing to put the family and the marriage and the children first -- it's not to abandon career, but it is to get the priorities correct."
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Steve Stanton makes his case
March 23, 2007
TampaBay.com
http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2007/03/largo_police_cl.html
12:05 a.m.
Decision is final: Stanton is fired
After six hours of speakers, commissioners take less than five minutes to reaffirm a decision to fire Steve Stanton. Voting to dismiss Stanton were Mary Gray Black, Andy Guyette, Gigi Arntzen, Harriet K. Crozier and Gay Gentry. Mayor Pat Gerard and Commissioner Rodney Woods dissented.
12 a.m.
Motion made to terminate Stanton
Commissioner Mary Gray Black made a motion to accept the resolution to terminate the city's contract with Stanton. Commissioner Andy Guyette seconded the motion and indicated he had lost the ability to trust Stanton. "Without trust, there's no longer a foundation for a relationship," he said.
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10:10 p.m.
Commissioners hear from detractors
Several speakers in a row endorsed the firing of Stanton.
One Largo resident complained that Stanton had made a "laughingstock" out of the city, adding "Who would want to live in a weirdo town but a bunch of weirdos?"
The Rev. Charlie Martin, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks said Stanton and his attorney had played "the race card" by focusing on Stanton's status as a transgender as opposed to his inferior performance. Martin told commissioners they could fire Stanton without cause and urged them to relieve him of his duties as city manager.
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Pro-Homosexual/Drag Queen ‘Hate Crimes’ Bill Introduced
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3052
March 22, 2007 – Far left Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has once again introduced his so-called “hate crimes” bill to provide special federal protection for homosexuality, cross-dressing, and transsexualism.
H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, is a rehash of his 2005 bill, according to sources in Congress.
H.R. 1592 claims there is an epidemic of “hate” against homosexuals and cross-dressers that is so pervasive throughout our nation, that local law enforcement officials are overwhelmed in dealing with the problem.
In addition, Conyers’ and his congressional cohorts claim – without any evidence whatsoever – that homosexuals, cross-dressers, etc., are so persecuted in their home states that they are fleeing into neighboring states to avoid persecution.
[Editor's note: This Update has linked to a variety of stories documenting migration of GBLT people away from particularly hostile states like Virginia.]
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TVC Issues Press Release On Conyers’ Bill
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3051
March 21, 2007 -- As Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) introduces the anti-Christian hate crimes bill (Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act) in Congress this week, only one person can stop it – President George W. Bush and his veto pen.
[Insert paedophilia-implying TVC comic strip here; URL:
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/comics/032207/index.php ]
“Sadly, this new Congress will probably vote in both the House and the Senate to pass this anti-Christian hate crimes bill,” said Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “If there was ever a bill which needed to be vetoed – this is it.
“Most Christians might as well rip the pages which condemn homosexuality right out of their Bibles because this bill will make it illegal to publicly express the dictates of their religious beliefs.
“It will elevate homosexuality, which is defined by how its adherents engage in sex, to the same level of those who have fought hard and sacrificed to end discrimination based on race and other factors.
“According to Conyers’ ‘Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act,’ homosexuals, cross-dressers and other minority groups are so fearful that they are fleeing across state lines to avoid persecution by violent hate mongers. Conyers’ bill claims that these homosexuals and cross-dressers also can’t buy goods or services in their home states because of this persecution.
“The fact is that Conyers’ so-called hate crimes bill is a fraud and designed for only one purpose: to add homosexuals, cross-dressers drag queens and transsexuals as federally-protected minority groups. There is no ‘epidemic’ of hate crimes – and no mass migration of homosexuals and cross-dressers across state lines.
“The FBI’s 2005 hate crimes statistics reveal that one-third of the cases of so-called “sexual orientation” bias, were nothing more than name-calling. There were a total of 1,171 such cases. Of those, 301 were listed as “intimidation,” defined in law as name-calling or threats.
“The ultimate objective of this legislation is to claim that ‘hate speech’ – criticism of homosexuality – incites individuals to violence and must be suppressed and punished. This will violate the First Amendment rights of any person or group that opposes the normalization of homosexuality in our culture.
We oppose passage of this dangerous anti-Christian bill and urge President Bush to veto it.
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NBC/HRC JOINT EFFORT TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY MEANS NEXT GENERATION’S “TRUE COLOR” WILL BE BLACK
Homosexuality Still Greatest Predictor of HIV/AIDS Death
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3031
March 9, 2007 - Washington, DC – The Traditional Values Coalition released the following statement today after the homosexual lobby Human Rights Campaign announced it would unveil its new promotion tour on the NBC Today Show on Monday. The spokesperson for the new campaign will be singer Cyndi Lauper.
“NBC is performing a great public disservice by promoting homosexuality on its popular morning show. It is one thing for Cyndi Lauper and her HRC handlers to promote this behavior-based lifestyle as ‘edgy’ and ‘cool.’ But it is an entirely different matter when the network which warns us regularly about the hazards of practically everything ignores the substantial health risks of engaging in homosexual behavior.
“For many confused young people, homosexuality kills, pure and simple. Setting aside the moral considerations, it is a great risk to public health, and NBC has a responsibility to its viewers to warn them about it not cheer mindlessly for the epidemic.
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Montel Williams Show To Smear Ex-Gay Ministries
Focus on the Family
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3034
March 15, 2007 – On his March 15 show, Montel Williams will feature “Homosexuality … Can It Be Cured?” His show is a set up to smear ex-gay ministries. It features “Mike” the male prostitute who outed Pastor Ted Haggard, two homosexuals who claim they were harmed by therapy to help them overcome same-sex attractions; Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International; and therapist Richard Cohen.
Montel Williams’ “after care” director, Dr. Alicia Salzar will also be on the show to promote her new video, “Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-gay Movement,” which attacks efforts to help homosexuals overcome their same-sex desires.
“Just knowing that Salzar is Williams’ after care director reveals how biased the show will be against ex-gay ministries,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “We urge our supporters to watch the show and flood Williams’ office with complaints about the obvious smear directed against legitimate ex-gay ministries.”
TAKE ACTION: After watching the show, write a letter of protest against this smear job against ex-gay ministries and therapists who are treating unwanted homosexuality. Use TVC’s Homosexual Urban Legend materials in your letter. Contact Williams here: Montel Williams
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TVC Chairman Urges Support Of General Pace
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3038
March 15, 2007 -- General Peter Pace Need Not Apologize For His Comments About Homosexual Behavior
By TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Shortly after Joint Chief of Staff Chairman General Peter Pace made comments about homosexuals serving openly in the military, radical homosexual web sites around the world were expressing outrage and demanding an apology or his resignation.
General Pace told the Chicago Tribune: “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.”
The general noted that he supports the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that requires the removal of openly-admitted homosexuals from the military. Pace considers homosexual conduct on the same level as adultery. He doesn’t believe the military should condone either behavior.
General Pace has now expressed regret that he didn’t focus more on current military policy than his personal beliefs. However, the general has no reason to apologize for his own moral beliefs about homosexual behaviors.
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George Washington ordered the court martial of a man judged guilty of sodomy. He described his feelings about sodomy as “abhorrence” and “detestation.”
Our nation’s laws and the military code of justice were both fashioned upon biblical principles. William Blackstone, whose Commentaries on the Law were used as the basis of our own laws, described sodomy as an “infamous crime against nature” – a behavior that ought to be “strictly and impartially punished.”
General Pace’s views on homosexual conduct are correct and his discussion of the morality of homosexuality is much needed in this age of “tolerance.”
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Homosexual sodomy, for example, results in the spread of a whole range of diseases – including HIV. How effective can our military be if male-to-male STDs spread throughout a unit?
As Colonel Ron Ray noted in Military Necessity And Homosexuality that military effectiveness will be damaged because of a “breakdown of mutual trust and cohesion, and from the absence of key personnel due to injury or medical disability [due to diseases]. The evidence shows plainly that homosexuals as a group are an unnecessary medical risk for the military.”
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Date: 2007-03-25 05:07 pm (UTC)