Today's Cultural Warfare Update
Jun. 22nd, 2007 12:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdHey, I'm kind of caught up now! Canadians should be aware that REAL Women of Canada has sent out a rare ACTION ITEM; see below. Also, you've got your very own creationism "natural history" museum now; go you. Or something. Americans have a good dose of red meat courtesy of the Traditional Values Coalition digging out some hard-core diseased-perverts language with just a sprinkling of child-rape on top. Tasty.
And now, today's news.
Focus on the Family applauds Republican-controlled New York State Senate for not taking up the marriage bill passed by the Assembly;
FotF happy that Mr. Bush plans to veto any bill expanding embryonic stem-cell research;
FotF ACTION ITEM against Oregon embryonic stem-cell research bill; they call it a "Clone and Kill Bill," which seems to be their new rhetoric on the matter;
FotF ACTION ITEM applauds Mr. Bush for vetoing S.5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, urges readers to thank Mr. Bush for his veto;
FotF glad that Colombia bill granting limited benefits to same-sex partners fails, praying that "the pro-family majority of Colombia would continue to speak out and 'oppose any further attempts to win passage of bills like this that aim to devalue the institution of marriage and God's design for the family'";
A rare moment where I'm kind of in agreement with Focus on the Family regarding a social issue, in that they protest a (dropped) "hate crime" charge against a student; I don't think it should have been brought at all; I am personally very iffy on hate crime laws, and am, of course, stridently opposed to hate-speech laws;
FotF: "Two Colleges, One City Trying to Skirt Michigan Marriage Amendment" by finding ways to offer benefits in ways that don't exclude GBLT people; Focus is opposed, of course;
CBS and FOX refuse condom ads on the basis that they promote contraception; Focus on the Family is thrilled;
FotF upset that Congress is getting ready to kill the Mexico City and abstinence-only foreign aid policies, and are hoping for Bush vetoes;
Anti-gay student activist and campaign worker for presidential candidate Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is outed;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM against adding sexual orientation to Federal hate-crimes law, calling it the result of "a small group of homosexual activists [taking] away our freedoms";
American Family Association's OneNewsNow service accuses Democrats of anti-white racism in blocking some of Mr. Bush's judicial nominees;
Gary Bauer, now of American Values, formerly of the Focus on the Family spinoff the Family Research Council, calls for Federal spying on mosques;
Creationism is showing up in Europe; the E.U. is not amused;
Alliance Defense Fund's paper on adding sexual orientation (which, I note again, includes heterosexuality) to Federal hate crimes law condemns it for "legislative
vindication of sexually harmful and injurious immoral behavior";
Traditional Values Coalition condemns GBLT civil rights efforts as "hijack[ing] the civil rights movement";
TVC: "Should we remind Pelosi that science was used for incredibly evil purposes by Nazi doctors on their grisly experiments with Jewish prisoners?";
TVC ACTION ITEM against the Centres for Disease Control because they target GBLT people in their AIDS-prevention programmes in ways other than "stop being fags";
TVC ACTION ITEM urging spread of a report by a Dr. Sharon Quick, who is with the American Academy of Medical Ethics, which is an anti-abortion medical group opposed to abortion in all circumstances, and has testified in opposition to Plan B/emergency contraception; the report attempts to discredit a 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics report on same-sex marriage adoptions, showing that children of same-sex couples do just fine. TVC links to it, and to their complete set of anti-gay slander pages, including the "all queers are child molesters" newtype blood libel;
TVC ACTION ITEM calls gender-reassignment "madness" - TVC's official position on people with gender identity disorder is that they should be involuntarily institutionalised as delusional - and extensively quotes a Dr. Theron Bowers condemning a recent Newsweek story on transgendered people;
TVC condemns GBLT groups for opposing the nomination of "reparative-therapy"/ex-gay quackery supporter Dr. James Holsinger to be the new Surgeon General; TVC plays up the "diseased fags" rhetoric, even digging up the old "The Health Risks of Gay Sex" pamphlet, which reaches all the way back to the fraud leader Paul Cameron, whose other words include pamphlets calling for the death penalty for queers. (The pamphlet is not written by Dr. Cameron, nor does it quote him directly, but many of the claims are restatements of claims originally made by Dr. Cameron, based on fraudulent research.) "The Health Risks of Gay Sex" includes assertions that queers can't have stable relationships, die 20 years earlier than straights, are crazy, loaded up with STDs, gay men can't control their bowels, it'll all lead to paedophilia and child rape, and on, and on, and on;
Canada Family Action Coalition rails against legalised "sodomy" and proclaims, "The religion and beliefs of the 'sexually liberated' are being forced upon you. But your religion and beliefs are being criminalised if they are not liberal and 'tolerant.' What are you going to do about it?";
Canada Family Action Coalition and WorldNetDaily condemn GBLT Pride Parade organisers for not letting anti-gay protesters be part of the parade;
CFAC re-runs Telegraph article headlined, "Teaching benefits of marriage in school 'is anti-gay'," leaving out that it's specifically a question of championing heterosexual marriage only, at the expensive of lesbian and gay relationships, that was called into question;
CFAC's Quotables declares evolutionary theory to be a "faith" and "not a science," in promoting Alberta's "Creation Science Museum";
REAL Women of Canada ACTION ITEM to flood CBC News website with votes for "Abolish abortion" and "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage" to the Great Canadian Wish List vote; deadline is 1 July. The idea is to "keep... the issue alive in the minds of the people."
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N.Y. Assembly OKs Gay-Marriage Bill
Republican-led Senate will not take up legislation that could have 'disastrous implications.'
by Jennifer Mesko, associate editor
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004880.cfm
The New York state Assembly voted 85-61 on Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage. The Republican-led Senate is not expected to consider the bill this session, which ends Thursday.
The legislation, sponsored by Manhattan Democrat Daniel O'Donnell, the openly gay brother of Rosie O'Donnell, and supported by Gov. Eliot Spitzer, was approved after an emotional three-hour debate, The Associated Press reported.
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In a memo to all Assembly members, the Catholic Conference of New York said "marriage is not some political term of art that can be re-imagined or redefined according to the whims of the popular culture."
"Recognizing same-sex unions will only serve to devalue marriage even more than what has already occurred in recent years. … Same-sex 'marriage' furthers a societal disconnect between procreation and marriage while promoting the notion that a nontraditional family structure serves a child as well as a traditional one. We believe this will have disastrous implications for society," the group wrote.
[More at URL]
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Senator Plans to Add Stem-Cell Research to Spending Bill
Lawmakers hope controversial legislation would be veto-proof.
from staff reports
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004879.cfm
Unable to expand embryonic stem-cell research on its own merits, House and Senate leaders are trying to tie it to must-pass legislation. It is reported that one possible target is a Health and Human Services appropriations spending plan that funds social programs for the poor.
On pro-life issues, President Bush is firm and consistent. Today, he used the third veto of his presidency to turn down a bill to use taxpayer money to destroy embryos for research.
Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee said if leading Senate stem-cell research proponent Tom Harkin of Iowa is looking to get the entire Health and Human Services appropriations bill also vetoed, then this would be a way to do it.
“Senator Harkin can grandstand some more on this issue if he wants, but the fact is that the president has said he will veto any bill that weakens any of the existing pro-life policies," he told Family News in Focus.
[More at URL]
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Oregon Lawmakers to Vote on Clone-and-Kill Bill Thursday
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004882.cfm
A crucial vote on a clone-and-kill bill in Oregon has been rescheduled for Thursday – presumably because support for this life-destroying bill did not have enough votes to get it passed.
Legislators in Oregon were expected to vote on HB 2801 today. The bill would make state tax dollars available to embryonic stem-cell researchers who want to clone-and-kill human embryos.
If you live in Oregon, there is still time to call your legislator and ask him or her to vote "No" on HB 2801. Call the Capitol Switch Board at (800) 332-2313.
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Bush Vetoes Embryonic Stem-Cell Bill, Promotes Ethical Research
President said he wants HHS to pursue alternatives.
by Wendy Cloyd, assistant editor
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004881.cfm
President Bush announced his veto today of S.5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, passed by Congress this month. The legislation would have forced taxpayers to pay for research using stem cells taken from destroyed human embryos.
During the ceremony in the East Room of the White House, he also issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to promote research that does not destroy life.
Bush said his duty as president is to ensure that stem-cell research is ethically responsible, such as using adult stem cells.
"This careful approach is producing results," he said. "It has contributed to proven therapeutic treatments in thousands of patients with many different diseases. It's opening the prospect of new discoveries that could transform lives."
He said his executive order will make it more likely that such advances continue and will support his policy of advancing stem-cell research "in a way that is ambitious, ethical and effective."
"Congress has sent me a bill that would overturn this policy," Bush said. "If this legislation became law, it would compel American taxpayers – for the first time in our history – to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos.
"I made it clear to Congress and to the American people that I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line. Last year, Congress passed a similar bill. I kept my promise by vetoing it. And today, I'm keeping my word again: I am vetoing the bill that Congress has sent."
Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, was at the White House ceremony.
"The quote that really caught my attention was, 'I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line,' " Daly related. "He was very forthright about it -- very staunch, no equivocation. I think it really shows, on the core issues, this president really gets the pro-life agenda."
Dr. James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action, said President Bush has proven once again he’s a man who deeply cherishes the sanctity of all human life.
"His veto today of a bill that would have led to dissection of young innocents in the name of suspect science solidifies his already-strong record as one of our nation’s most pro-life presidents," Dobson said. “More than just saying ‘no’ to using taxpayer funds as an incentive for destructive embryonic stem-cell research, though, Mr. Bush also signed an executive order to further encourage the development of ethical stem-cell therapies."
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Victory for Marriage in Latin America -- For Now
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004883.cfm
Pro-family lawmakers in Colombia defeated legislation that would have given the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples, LifeSiteNews.com reported.
In a rare move, Sen. Manuel Virguez Piraquive made a motion to allow lawmakers to cast individual votes instead of voting according to party line. The move allowed the bill to be voted down.
If it had passed, the legislation would have made Colombia the first country in Latin America to provide benefits including health insurance and inheritance rights to homosexual couples.
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The prayer, he said, is that the pro-family majority of Colombia would continue to speak out and "oppose any further attempts to win passage of bills like this that aim to devalue the institution of marriage and God's design for the family."
[More at URL]
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Charges Against Student Accused of Hate Crime Dropped
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004884.cfm
A felony hate-crime charge against an Illinois teen who passed out fliers with an objectionable anti-homosexual message have been dismissed, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Two girls, age 15 and 16, circulated a flier outside Crystal Lake South High School that included a photo of two male classmates kissing. The offensive text reportedly read, "God hates fags."
After meeting with McHenry County prosecutors, the 16 year old agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. In turn, the felony was dismissed. The other teen will appear in juvenile court next week.
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Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, agreed that the girls were wrongfully charged.
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The people of Illinois -- as well as the rest of the country -- need to re-think the wisdom of such laws, he added. Using the prosecutor's interpretation of the statute, Christians handing out tracts that speak to the biblical perspective on homosexuality could also be charged with a hate crime.
[Editor's note: For a change, I partially agree with Focus on the Family on this issue. This is much too close to a speech issue - though it was also a slander issue as they were targeting specific individuals with what can regrettably still be called slander specifically for revenge - for my comfort.]
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Two Colleges, One City Trying to Skirt Michigan Marriage Amendment
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004885.cfm
After a Michigan appellate court ruled in February that a voter-approved state constitutional amendment prohibits state employers from offering benefits to the partners of same-sex couples, some officials are looking for ways to circumvent the law, 365Gay reported.
Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Michigan and the city of Kalamazoo are considering offering benefit plans that include any two people in a dependent relationship.
Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources for the University of Michigan, said that starting in January 2008 a new category called "other qualified adult" will be offered to benefits-eligible employees.
The new policy will provide benefits to another adult who has lived with an employee for at least six months. The two must have joint finances, but be unable to legally marry.
[..]
"I think what the voters have done and what the courts have done," he said, "is to ensure that if benefits are offered to unmarried people, they will be offered on the basis of financial dependence and need, not on the basis of an exclusive sexual or romantic union that seeks to simulate marriage."
[More at URL]
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Fox, CBS Refuse Condom Ads, Draw Wrath of Planned Parenthood
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004886.cfm
Planned Parenthood is mobilizing activists nationwide after Fox and CBS refused to run condom ads from Trojan. The No. 1 abortion provider is urging its supporters to write the networks, demanding airtime.
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In a written response to Trojan, Fox said it rejected the spot because, "Contraceptive advertising must stress health-related uses rather than the prevention of pregnancy," The Times reported.
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Linda Klepacki, sexual health analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said: "We applaud Fox television and CBS for their uncompromising demand that sexual advertisements support best health practices."
[More at URL]
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U.S. House Kills Pro-Life Policy, Abstinence Directives
Bush has promised to veto any bill that overturns his policies that protect life.
by Jennifer Mesko, associate editor
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004889.cfm
Two key amendments — one to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortions overseas and another to steer AIDS money toward abstinence education — failed in the U.S. House today as legislators took up the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
One amendment was meant to protect the pro-life Mexico City policy — named after the location where President Reagan announced it. President Bush reinstated the policy upon taking office. It prohibits tax dollars from going to overseas groups that fund or promote abortion. The proposal failed 218-205.
[More at URL]
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Meet Tyler Whitney: 18 and Already Outed
Posted by Dan Savage on June 12 at 10:15 AM
Slog
http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tyler_whitney_just_18_and_already_outed
Tyler Whitney is a young conservative activist—he’s serving as webmaster for the GOP’s most rabidly anti-gay presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, leads an anti-gay group on his college campus, carried a “Go Back in the Closet!” sign at anti-gay protest. On his MySpace page, Whitney says he’s interested in meeting, “any conservative college student in the DC area that is interested in fighting the left.”
And Tyler Whitney is gay, and he’s just been outed.
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Bay Buchanan, Senior Advisor to Tancredo, says Whitney’s “sexual preference is a personal matter,” and that it should have “nothing to do with the campaign.”
Sorry, Bay, but gay-bashing conservative thugs—people like you, your horrible brother, your vile candidate—can’t have it both ways on the gay issue. If Whitney’s sexual preference is a personal matter, if Whitney’s sexual preference shouldn’t have anything to do with the campaign, then neither should mine—or the sexual preferences of any other Americans. Until your candidate lays off the gay bashing, until the GOP stops attacking the rights and humanity of gay and lesbian Americans, then Tyler Whitney’s sexual orientation—it’s not a preference, Bay, and you know it—is fit for public debate.
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And if you’re 18 and closeted and gay and politically active, as Whitney was, you’re old enough and savvy enough to know that aligning yourself with anti-gay politicians, marching with assholes that carry “Straight Power!” signs at anti-gay rallies, and being best buds with a guy that thinks gays should be imprisoned is as good as painting a bulls eye on your back. You not only risk being outed, you invite it.
Hell, you’ve earned it.
[More at URL]
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A bill in Congress could make it a crime for pastors and churches to speak against homosexuality
American Family Association
June 14, 2007
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends.
http://www.afa.net/hatecrime2.asp
Message to pastors and other Christians: Just keep your mouth shut
If pastors and other Christians don’t aggressively oppose a bill now in Congress, in the near future they could be subject to huge fines and prison terms if they say anything negative about homosexuality.
The proposed law could make it a crime to preach on Romans Chapter 1 or I Corinthians Chapter 6. Or even to discuss them in a Sunday School class. If churches and individuals want to keep the government from telling them what they can and cannot preach and teach about homosexuality, they better get involved now!
Senate bill S. 1105 could make negative statements concerning homosexuality, such as calling the practice of homosexuality a sin from the pulpit, a “hate crime” punishable by law. This dangerous legislation could take away your freedom of speech and your freedom of religion. Consider what has already happened:
A California lawsuit which is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court would make the use of the words “natural family,” “marriage” and “union of a man and a woman” a “hate speech” crime in government workplaces. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled in favor of the plaintiffs!
CNN and The Washington Post both reported that General Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired because he publicly expressed moral opposition to homosexual behavior.
For the Alliance Defense Fund’s summary of this bill, click here.
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Please forward this to others, especially your pastor, and ask them to get involved in protecting our freedoms of speech and religion. This threat to our religious freedoms is real!
Sign the Petition to Congress Today
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Group says Dems' attack on Judge Southwick, other nominees 'disgraceful'
Jim Brown OneNewsNow.com
June 21, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/group_dems_attack_on_judge_sou.php
A group that promotes constitutionalist judicial nominees says Senate Democrats have fearfully caved in to the "hysterics" of liberal special-interest groups that have stridently opposed all of President Bush’s Appeals Court nominees who are white Southern males.
The president has nominated seven white males from the South to the U.S. Courts of Appeal. Democrats have tried to block all seven, and have done so successfully by labeling six of them as insensitive or hostile to the rights of racial or ethnic minorities, women, and homosexuals.
[More at URL]
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Bauer backs federal monitoring of Islamic activity in prisons, mosques
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
June 21, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/bauer_backs_federal_monitoring.php
A former Republican presidential candidate who is concerned about pro-terrorist activity is praising the Justice Department for recommending that prisons monitor Islamic religious materials and "worship areas" being used by inmates.
[...]
Likewise, Bauer says if there are mosques being run with Saudi money and preaching a radical form of Islam, then Americans need to know what is being said in them. It is just as important for the government to keep tabs on the activities of "the extremists who are not behind bars," says Bauer.
[More at URL]
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European human rights body fights creationism
TOM HENEGHAN
Reuters
June 20, 2007 at 8:29 AM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070620.wcreate0620/EmailBNStory/International/home
PARIS — Europe's main human-rights body will vote on a proposal next week to defend the teaching of evolution and to keep creationist and "intelligent design" out of science class in state schools in its 47 member countries.
The unusual move shows that a U.S. trend for religiously based attacks on the theory of evolution is also worrying European politicians, who now see such arguments put forward in their countries by Christian and Islamic groups.
[More at URL]
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A summary of the proposed Hate Crimes Prevention Act
prepared by the Alliance Defense Fund
Alliance Defense Fund
Hosted by American Family Association
http://www.afa.net/PDfs/hatecrimespreventionact2007.pdf
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1105) is problematic for a
variety of reasons, several of which are set forth herein.
▪ The Act is unnecessary. There is no evidence that so-called ‚hate
crimes‛ are a problem of national concern, and no evidence that these crimes are
not being adequately prosecuted by state and municipal governments. In fact,
the evidence is to the contrary.
▪ The Act in certain of its anticipated applications is patently
unconstitutional. It could criminalize certain protected thoughts, feelings,
beliefs, and speech related to views in opposition to homosexual behavior.1
▪ The crucial phrase ‚bodily injury‛ in the Act is left undefined.
(Under the terms of the Act, a person may not cause prohibited ‚bodily injury‛
because of sexual orientation.) Based on other federal statutes and regulations
also using this term, it can mean any discomfort no matter how fleeting,
including mental anguish. This authorizes prosecution for even nonviolent
behavior such as mere unwanted religious expression opposing homosexual
behavior, that leaves the listener upset.
▪ The Act would give ‚special victim‛ status to only certain
politically favored groups, inexplicably leaving other categories of victims
ignored by the federal government.
[More at URL]
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Homosexuals Try To Hijack Civil Rights Movement
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3099
June 14, 2007 – Openly lesbian U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and liberal Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) have introduced House Resolution 431 on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriages.
The goal of this resolution is to equate interracial marriage to homosexual marriage as part of a larger propaganda campaign being launched by the so-called “Freedom to Marry” group. This coalition of homosexual activist organizations is running full-color ads in magazines and newspapers to compare the legalization of interracial marriage to the effort by homosexuals to have same-sex marriages legalized.
“Rep. Lewis is a member of the Old Guard of civil rights activists who have sold out to the homosexual movement,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “The New Guard of African American civil rights leaders and church leaders are much more likely to support a biblical stand against homosexual behaviors. The division between the Old Guard and the New Guard is similar to the old mainline churches versus the new evangelical, charismatic or non-denominational churches.
“The homosexual hijacking of the civil rights movement is an insult to every person who fought against racism and segregation during the 1960s,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Homosexuals have no shame when it comes to exploiting every noble social movement in our culture. These radical groups routinely come up with a new ‘holiday’ or special week in order to push their agenda upon the rest of us—and if you protest against this callous exploitation of important historical events, you’re labeled a homophobic bigot.”
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Speaker Of The House Claims Stem Cell Research ‘Gift of God’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3097
June 14, 2007 – During recent debate on passage of embryonic stem cell legislation in the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated: “Science is a gift of God to all of us and science has taken us to a place that is biblical in its power to cure … And that is embryonic stem cell research.”
“This is one of the most biblically unbalanced statements I have ever heard,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “This makes a complete mockery of the beautiful God-given gift of reproduction and the creation of babies. To assert that the killing of human embryos for their stem cells is from God, is to shake a fist in God’s face. The deliberate killing of human embryos for their stem cells is nothing less than technological cannibalism. Should we remind Pelosi that science was used for incredibly evil purposes by Nazi doctors on their grisly experiments with Jewish prisoners? We’re traveling down that same path with the harvesting of the stem cells of human embryos.”
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Senator Tom Coburn Introduces Oversight Report On CDC
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3096
June 14, 2007 – Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn, who is also a practicing M.D., has just released a detailed report on the lavish spending and mismanagement of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Dr. Coburn is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security (FFM).
Among the outrageous spending projects funded by the CDC are these:
CDC HIV/AIDS prevention funds were spent on a transgender beauty pageant.
CDC syphilis funds were spent to host a safe-sex event with a porn star.
CDC spent funds to have a statue of a woman made out of vegetables.
CDC spent 1.7 million (including funds from a terrorism account) to fund a Hollywood liasion program run by a former CDC employee.
CDC bioterrorism funds for Los Angeles County were used on letter openers, whistles, magnets, mouse pads, flashlights, pens, and travel toothbrushes.
Senator Coburn notes: “The report will hopefully be seen for what it is: an effort to shine some light on prevention efforts and funding decisions that may be holding the agency back from fulfilling its central mission of fighting and controlling disease.”
TAKE ACTION: Read and distribute Dr. Coburn’s important report to your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators. Contact Sen. Coburn and thank him for publicizing this serious mismanagement of taxpayer dollars by the CDC: United States Senator Tom Coburn.
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Physician Says AAP Report On Homosexual Adoption Seriously Flawed
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3095
June 14, 2007 – Dr. Sharon Quick, a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and a retired Clinical Professor from the Washington School of Medicine, has examined a 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics report on same-sex marriage adoptions.
[Editor's note: Dr. Quick is also involved with the American Academy of Medical Ethics, which is an anti-abortion medical group opposed to abortion in apparently all circumstances, and has testified in opposition to Plan B/emergency contraception.]
Dr. Quick has found the report to be seriously flawed. She has stated that the AAP report “contains major quotation and interpretive errors that, irrespective of the quality of the studies cited, invalidate the conclusions in the article.”
Dr. Quick found that the AAP report inaccurately referenced 57% of the scientific literature it cited. In addition, several of the “studies” cited were funded by the Lesbian Health Fund of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and other pro-homosexual groups.
Other errors included broad generalizations, vague definitions, conflicting data, poor classifications of homosexual feelings and relationships and weak use of statistics.
The AAP report is still widely quoted by homosexual groups to push for same-sex marriage, adoption and foster parenting. The AAP paper is titled, “American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report on Same-Sex Marriage Adoptions.”
Dr. Quick’s analysis of this flawed report is available here: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007_docs/Analysisofgayparentingreport.pdf
Additional information on this misleading report is available from LifeSite.net.
Read TVC’s reports on homosexual adoptions and so-called homosexual marriages:
http://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/GayReport.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/deathofmarriage.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/SameSexMarriage.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/HomoMarriage.PDF
http://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/GayMarriageCivilDomestic.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/DomesticBattering.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/HomosexualChildMolestersUrban.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Diseases.pdf
TAKE ACTION: Whenever you see the AAP report quoted in your local media, use Dr. Quick’s analysis and TVC’s reports to debunk the false claims that children reared in homosexual households develop normally and are safe from harm.
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Psychiatrist Calls ‘Sex Change’ Operations ‘Madness’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3094
June 14, 2007 – Dr. Theron Bowers, M.D., a psychiatrist with the Baylor College of Medicine has recently criticized a May Newsweek article that paints a rosy picture of individuals who undergo so-called “sex change” or “sexual reassignment” operations
According to Bowers (said tongue-in-cheek), “Newsweek’s coverage was so saccharine that I needed wet wipes every each page.”
Dr. Bowers observes: “An issue involving sex and castration should generate a lot of hotly disputed questions. Unhappily, Newsweek relegated any dispute to the usual evangelical bogeyman, with mild skepticism replacing controversy. After all, it averred, we can’t really know the difference between men and women, or male and female.”
He pointed out that the transgender movement is being fueled by “old Freudian ideas and a silly recent movement called constructivism. The upshot of these two schools of thought is that nature is unimportant compared to nurture. Society and technology always trump biology. So using the word ‘reassignment’ implies that sex is an arbitrary category imposed by the dominant culture through the family. From this perspective, sex is merely a societal convention.”
Dr. Bowers ends the essay by stating: “The madness is beyond transsexualism.”
“Dr. Bowers’ essay needs to be widely read by Members of Congress who are currently being asked to add ‘gender identity’ to federal laws,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Congress will be helping normalize and protect a serious mental disorder by adding gender confused individuals as federally-protected classes. To normalize mental illness is to be a participant in the madness that is being fueled by homosexual and transgender activists.”
Read and distribute TVC’s reports, A Gender Identity Disorder Goes Mainstream, Will Cross-Dressing Activists Come To Your School, ENDA-Hate Crimes Bills Force Homosexual-Transgender Agenda Upon Nation, What Is a Sexual Orientation? http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/SexualOrientationsDSMRev.pdf
TAKE ACTION: Email your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators links to Dr. Bowers’ report and the TVC reports. Urge them to vote against any bill that will add “gender identity” or “sexual orientation” as federally-protected behaviors. Use CapWiz!
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Radical Homosexual Group Opposes New Surgeon General Nominee
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3090
June 7, 2007 – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) has gone on record opposing the nomination of Dr. James W. Holsinger to become the next Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Holsinger is a University of Kentucky professor, former pastor and is a member of the United Methodist Judicial Council.
Dr. Holsinger is being opposed by the NGLTF because he opposed a decision to permit a lesbian to be an associate pastor and he sided with a pastor who would not permit an open homosexual to join the church.
[...]
Dr. Holsinger’s observations about homosexuality being medically unsafe has been confirmed repeatedly by other medical professionals. John Diggs, Jr., M.D., for example, has written “The Health Risks Of Gay Sex.” In addition, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality has a lengthy list of articles describing the various health problems associated with homosexual sodomy: Medical Issues.
[More at URL]
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Marriage, family, religion vs. tolerance and discrimination
A CFAC Article
6-14-2007
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/mandatory.htm
When Britain legalized sodomy, conservative politician Lord Boothby asked, "Now that it's legal, how long before it's mandatory?" (quote from Americans for Truth)
What did he mean by that question? Well the facts that are unfolding there, in Canada and in many other countries indicate what he likely meant. Anti-discrimination laws, laws to "force" tolerance, hate crime laws, and forced hiring policies all are making sodomy "mandatory" in your community.
Since sexual orientation has been so ineptly defined , intentionally, companies, governments, organizations and even parents dare not oppose sodomy. And to use that behavior as a basis for making decisions about who you may want to hire, have as a friend, as a teacher of your children, or a leader of your children's hockey team or gym class will put you at risk of fines, and even jail. Discrimination is not a logical matter today. It is a political club used by a few.
So you still think sexual behavior is a personal matter and what someone does sexually is none of your business?
[...]
The religion and beliefs of the "sexually liberated" are being forced upon you. But your religion and beliefs are being criminalized if they are not liberal and "tolerant".
What are you going to do about it?
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One Way Street of Tolerance
Canada Family Action Coalition
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/one-way-tolerance.htm
Note the questions below.
Tolerance, is NOT a one way street for most people but homosexual activists want it their way - exclusively. Funny thing, that is the word that the activist courts found in the real definition of marriage as "unconstitutional : " one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others". Is that word in the new definition ( any two persons to the exclusion of all others) still unconstitutional as it excludes three - four and it restricts it to persons.
-- CFAC
Christian denied permission to join 'gay' parade
Charges hypocrisy, saying homosexuals don't 'accept us for who we are'
Original Article
WorldNetDaily.com
By Bob Unruh
June 1, 2007
A Christian street preacher is charging that the homosexual community in Chicago is guilty of hypocrisy because he was refused permission to march in a June 24 "gay" pride parade. "I see this as nothing but hypocrisy," said Ruben Israel, who has been at the Chicago event for seven previous years, protesting the homosexual lifestyle choice from the sidewalks. This year he sought permission to participate, and was refused. He followed up with a statement making the accusation.
[More at URL]
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Ban schools who promote heterosexual marriage
Canada Family Action Coalition
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/education/school-is-anti-gay.htm
So it is discriminatory to promote the benefits and naturalness of heterosexual marriages. But banning people who espouse that is not discriminatory.
This is Liberal , secular logic - at its worst. Secularists are notable
for their narrow and bigoted illogical stance. That is who they are! But if they want to oppose these comments - use the freedom of speech from the Charter to do so. That is the same freedom that allows me to promote - defend and argue that marriage of one man and one woman is superior to every other form of relationship.
Read this story from UK:
Teaching benefits of marriage in school 'is anti-gay'
The Daily Telegraph
May 31, 2007 - By Graeme Paton
Schools should be banned from promoting traditional marriage in sex education lessons for fear of discriminating against gay and lesbian children, academics claim. The biggest lecturers' union criticised teachers who champion heterosexual wedlock for instilling "negative images" of same-sex relationships. Existing government guidance says that teachers should emphasise the importance of marriage to promote a stable family life.
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Quotables
Canada Family Action Coalition
Online as of 21 June 2007
http://www.familyaction.org/
Creation Science Museum founder Harry Nibourg from Big Valley Alberta, a half hour from Drumheller said "Christianity and evolution are both faiths. The question is which faith fits the facts, and which faith fails the facts. Evolution is not a science. Evolutionists have tried and failed for 150 years to prove evolution by science."
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A L E R T
REAL Women of Canada
http://www.realwomenca.com/alerts.htm#june1_07
Canada is about to celebrate its 140th birthday - what's in store for the nation's future?
Step up and have your say. Facebook, Student Vote and CBC News want your help to create the Great Canadian Wish List.
Facebook is ranking Canadians' wishes for our country for this Canada Day. CBC News will compile the most popular for Canada Day on July 1st.
Two fabulous wishes have been added: "Abolish Abortion" and "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage". Currently Abolish Abortion is at the top of the list, with Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage in the top 10. If we get enough people, our issues could end up on CBC News!
Here is what you must do.
1. Sign up for a facebook account. www.facebook.com
2. Go to the CBC Wish List Contest Group
3. Look on the right side. Click on "Join Group"
4. Go back to the CBC Wish List Contest group.
5. Click on "Browse Wishes".
6. Look for "Abolish Abortion". Right now it's at the top of the first page.
7. Click on "Add Support".
8. Go back to the CBC Wish List Contest group.
9. Click on "Browse Wishes".
10. Look for "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage" and click on "Add Support".
Forward to this to anyone who might be interested in supporting these wishes. And now that you've got a facebook account, edit your profile and join some groups. Find people you know. Let's use the power of the Internet for doing good! Facebook has been an excellent resource for linking to pro-lifers, for example. Join a number of groups and make some good contacts!
Note that if you are concerned about privacy, you can click on "privacy" on your pro-file and adjust your settings.
This could be interesting. It's certainly keeping the issue alive in the minds of the people.
And now, today's news.
Focus on the Family applauds Republican-controlled New York State Senate for not taking up the marriage bill passed by the Assembly;
FotF happy that Mr. Bush plans to veto any bill expanding embryonic stem-cell research;
FotF ACTION ITEM against Oregon embryonic stem-cell research bill; they call it a "Clone and Kill Bill," which seems to be their new rhetoric on the matter;
FotF ACTION ITEM applauds Mr. Bush for vetoing S.5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, urges readers to thank Mr. Bush for his veto;
FotF glad that Colombia bill granting limited benefits to same-sex partners fails, praying that "the pro-family majority of Colombia would continue to speak out and 'oppose any further attempts to win passage of bills like this that aim to devalue the institution of marriage and God's design for the family'";
A rare moment where I'm kind of in agreement with Focus on the Family regarding a social issue, in that they protest a (dropped) "hate crime" charge against a student; I don't think it should have been brought at all; I am personally very iffy on hate crime laws, and am, of course, stridently opposed to hate-speech laws;
FotF: "Two Colleges, One City Trying to Skirt Michigan Marriage Amendment" by finding ways to offer benefits in ways that don't exclude GBLT people; Focus is opposed, of course;
CBS and FOX refuse condom ads on the basis that they promote contraception; Focus on the Family is thrilled;
FotF upset that Congress is getting ready to kill the Mexico City and abstinence-only foreign aid policies, and are hoping for Bush vetoes;
Anti-gay student activist and campaign worker for presidential candidate Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is outed;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM against adding sexual orientation to Federal hate-crimes law, calling it the result of "a small group of homosexual activists [taking] away our freedoms";
American Family Association's OneNewsNow service accuses Democrats of anti-white racism in blocking some of Mr. Bush's judicial nominees;
Gary Bauer, now of American Values, formerly of the Focus on the Family spinoff the Family Research Council, calls for Federal spying on mosques;
Creationism is showing up in Europe; the E.U. is not amused;
Alliance Defense Fund's paper on adding sexual orientation (which, I note again, includes heterosexuality) to Federal hate crimes law condemns it for "legislative
vindication of sexually harmful and injurious immoral behavior";
Traditional Values Coalition condemns GBLT civil rights efforts as "hijack[ing] the civil rights movement";
TVC: "Should we remind Pelosi that science was used for incredibly evil purposes by Nazi doctors on their grisly experiments with Jewish prisoners?";
TVC ACTION ITEM against the Centres for Disease Control because they target GBLT people in their AIDS-prevention programmes in ways other than "stop being fags";
TVC ACTION ITEM urging spread of a report by a Dr. Sharon Quick, who is with the American Academy of Medical Ethics, which is an anti-abortion medical group opposed to abortion in all circumstances, and has testified in opposition to Plan B/emergency contraception; the report attempts to discredit a 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics report on same-sex marriage adoptions, showing that children of same-sex couples do just fine. TVC links to it, and to their complete set of anti-gay slander pages, including the "all queers are child molesters" newtype blood libel;
TVC ACTION ITEM calls gender-reassignment "madness" - TVC's official position on people with gender identity disorder is that they should be involuntarily institutionalised as delusional - and extensively quotes a Dr. Theron Bowers condemning a recent Newsweek story on transgendered people;
TVC condemns GBLT groups for opposing the nomination of "reparative-therapy"/ex-gay quackery supporter Dr. James Holsinger to be the new Surgeon General; TVC plays up the "diseased fags" rhetoric, even digging up the old "The Health Risks of Gay Sex" pamphlet, which reaches all the way back to the fraud leader Paul Cameron, whose other words include pamphlets calling for the death penalty for queers. (The pamphlet is not written by Dr. Cameron, nor does it quote him directly, but many of the claims are restatements of claims originally made by Dr. Cameron, based on fraudulent research.) "The Health Risks of Gay Sex" includes assertions that queers can't have stable relationships, die 20 years earlier than straights, are crazy, loaded up with STDs, gay men can't control their bowels, it'll all lead to paedophilia and child rape, and on, and on, and on;
Canada Family Action Coalition rails against legalised "sodomy" and proclaims, "The religion and beliefs of the 'sexually liberated' are being forced upon you. But your religion and beliefs are being criminalised if they are not liberal and 'tolerant.' What are you going to do about it?";
Canada Family Action Coalition and WorldNetDaily condemn GBLT Pride Parade organisers for not letting anti-gay protesters be part of the parade;
CFAC re-runs Telegraph article headlined, "Teaching benefits of marriage in school 'is anti-gay'," leaving out that it's specifically a question of championing heterosexual marriage only, at the expensive of lesbian and gay relationships, that was called into question;
CFAC's Quotables declares evolutionary theory to be a "faith" and "not a science," in promoting Alberta's "Creation Science Museum";
REAL Women of Canada ACTION ITEM to flood CBC News website with votes for "Abolish abortion" and "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage" to the Great Canadian Wish List vote; deadline is 1 July. The idea is to "keep... the issue alive in the minds of the people."
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N.Y. Assembly OKs Gay-Marriage Bill
Republican-led Senate will not take up legislation that could have 'disastrous implications.'
by Jennifer Mesko, associate editor
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004880.cfm
The New York state Assembly voted 85-61 on Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage. The Republican-led Senate is not expected to consider the bill this session, which ends Thursday.
The legislation, sponsored by Manhattan Democrat Daniel O'Donnell, the openly gay brother of Rosie O'Donnell, and supported by Gov. Eliot Spitzer, was approved after an emotional three-hour debate, The Associated Press reported.
[...]
In a memo to all Assembly members, the Catholic Conference of New York said "marriage is not some political term of art that can be re-imagined or redefined according to the whims of the popular culture."
"Recognizing same-sex unions will only serve to devalue marriage even more than what has already occurred in recent years. … Same-sex 'marriage' furthers a societal disconnect between procreation and marriage while promoting the notion that a nontraditional family structure serves a child as well as a traditional one. We believe this will have disastrous implications for society," the group wrote.
[More at URL]
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Senator Plans to Add Stem-Cell Research to Spending Bill
Lawmakers hope controversial legislation would be veto-proof.
from staff reports
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004879.cfm
Unable to expand embryonic stem-cell research on its own merits, House and Senate leaders are trying to tie it to must-pass legislation. It is reported that one possible target is a Health and Human Services appropriations spending plan that funds social programs for the poor.
On pro-life issues, President Bush is firm and consistent. Today, he used the third veto of his presidency to turn down a bill to use taxpayer money to destroy embryos for research.
Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee said if leading Senate stem-cell research proponent Tom Harkin of Iowa is looking to get the entire Health and Human Services appropriations bill also vetoed, then this would be a way to do it.
“Senator Harkin can grandstand some more on this issue if he wants, but the fact is that the president has said he will veto any bill that weakens any of the existing pro-life policies," he told Family News in Focus.
[More at URL]
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Oregon Lawmakers to Vote on Clone-and-Kill Bill Thursday
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004882.cfm
A crucial vote on a clone-and-kill bill in Oregon has been rescheduled for Thursday – presumably because support for this life-destroying bill did not have enough votes to get it passed.
Legislators in Oregon were expected to vote on HB 2801 today. The bill would make state tax dollars available to embryonic stem-cell researchers who want to clone-and-kill human embryos.
If you live in Oregon, there is still time to call your legislator and ask him or her to vote "No" on HB 2801. Call the Capitol Switch Board at (800) 332-2313.
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Bush Vetoes Embryonic Stem-Cell Bill, Promotes Ethical Research
President said he wants HHS to pursue alternatives.
by Wendy Cloyd, assistant editor
Focus on the Family
6-20-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004881.cfm
President Bush announced his veto today of S.5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, passed by Congress this month. The legislation would have forced taxpayers to pay for research using stem cells taken from destroyed human embryos.
During the ceremony in the East Room of the White House, he also issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to promote research that does not destroy life.
Bush said his duty as president is to ensure that stem-cell research is ethically responsible, such as using adult stem cells.
"This careful approach is producing results," he said. "It has contributed to proven therapeutic treatments in thousands of patients with many different diseases. It's opening the prospect of new discoveries that could transform lives."
He said his executive order will make it more likely that such advances continue and will support his policy of advancing stem-cell research "in a way that is ambitious, ethical and effective."
"Congress has sent me a bill that would overturn this policy," Bush said. "If this legislation became law, it would compel American taxpayers – for the first time in our history – to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos.
"I made it clear to Congress and to the American people that I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line. Last year, Congress passed a similar bill. I kept my promise by vetoing it. And today, I'm keeping my word again: I am vetoing the bill that Congress has sent."
Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, was at the White House ceremony.
"The quote that really caught my attention was, 'I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line,' " Daly related. "He was very forthright about it -- very staunch, no equivocation. I think it really shows, on the core issues, this president really gets the pro-life agenda."
Dr. James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action, said President Bush has proven once again he’s a man who deeply cherishes the sanctity of all human life.
"His veto today of a bill that would have led to dissection of young innocents in the name of suspect science solidifies his already-strong record as one of our nation’s most pro-life presidents," Dobson said. “More than just saying ‘no’ to using taxpayer funds as an incentive for destructive embryonic stem-cell research, though, Mr. Bush also signed an executive order to further encourage the development of ethical stem-cell therapies."
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Victory for Marriage in Latin America -- For Now
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004883.cfm
Pro-family lawmakers in Colombia defeated legislation that would have given the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples, LifeSiteNews.com reported.
In a rare move, Sen. Manuel Virguez Piraquive made a motion to allow lawmakers to cast individual votes instead of voting according to party line. The move allowed the bill to be voted down.
If it had passed, the legislation would have made Colombia the first country in Latin America to provide benefits including health insurance and inheritance rights to homosexual couples.
[...]
The prayer, he said, is that the pro-family majority of Colombia would continue to speak out and "oppose any further attempts to win passage of bills like this that aim to devalue the institution of marriage and God's design for the family."
[More at URL]
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Charges Against Student Accused of Hate Crime Dropped
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004884.cfm
A felony hate-crime charge against an Illinois teen who passed out fliers with an objectionable anti-homosexual message have been dismissed, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Two girls, age 15 and 16, circulated a flier outside Crystal Lake South High School that included a photo of two male classmates kissing. The offensive text reportedly read, "God hates fags."
After meeting with McHenry County prosecutors, the 16 year old agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. In turn, the felony was dismissed. The other teen will appear in juvenile court next week.
[...]
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, agreed that the girls were wrongfully charged.
[...]
The people of Illinois -- as well as the rest of the country -- need to re-think the wisdom of such laws, he added. Using the prosecutor's interpretation of the statute, Christians handing out tracts that speak to the biblical perspective on homosexuality could also be charged with a hate crime.
[Editor's note: For a change, I partially agree with Focus on the Family on this issue. This is much too close to a speech issue - though it was also a slander issue as they were targeting specific individuals with what can regrettably still be called slander specifically for revenge - for my comfort.]
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Two Colleges, One City Trying to Skirt Michigan Marriage Amendment
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004885.cfm
After a Michigan appellate court ruled in February that a voter-approved state constitutional amendment prohibits state employers from offering benefits to the partners of same-sex couples, some officials are looking for ways to circumvent the law, 365Gay reported.
Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Michigan and the city of Kalamazoo are considering offering benefit plans that include any two people in a dependent relationship.
Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources for the University of Michigan, said that starting in January 2008 a new category called "other qualified adult" will be offered to benefits-eligible employees.
The new policy will provide benefits to another adult who has lived with an employee for at least six months. The two must have joint finances, but be unable to legally marry.
[..]
"I think what the voters have done and what the courts have done," he said, "is to ensure that if benefits are offered to unmarried people, they will be offered on the basis of financial dependence and need, not on the basis of an exclusive sexual or romantic union that seeks to simulate marriage."
[More at URL]
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Fox, CBS Refuse Condom Ads, Draw Wrath of Planned Parenthood
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000004886.cfm
Planned Parenthood is mobilizing activists nationwide after Fox and CBS refused to run condom ads from Trojan. The No. 1 abortion provider is urging its supporters to write the networks, demanding airtime.
[...]
In a written response to Trojan, Fox said it rejected the spot because, "Contraceptive advertising must stress health-related uses rather than the prevention of pregnancy," The Times reported.
[...]
Linda Klepacki, sexual health analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said: "We applaud Fox television and CBS for their uncompromising demand that sexual advertisements support best health practices."
[More at URL]
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U.S. House Kills Pro-Life Policy, Abstinence Directives
Bush has promised to veto any bill that overturns his policies that protect life.
by Jennifer Mesko, associate editor
Focus on the Family
6-21-2007
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004889.cfm
Two key amendments — one to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortions overseas and another to steer AIDS money toward abstinence education — failed in the U.S. House today as legislators took up the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
One amendment was meant to protect the pro-life Mexico City policy — named after the location where President Reagan announced it. President Bush reinstated the policy upon taking office. It prohibits tax dollars from going to overseas groups that fund or promote abortion. The proposal failed 218-205.
[More at URL]
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Meet Tyler Whitney: 18 and Already Outed
Posted by Dan Savage on June 12 at 10:15 AM
Slog
http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tyler_whitney_just_18_and_already_outed
Tyler Whitney is a young conservative activist—he’s serving as webmaster for the GOP’s most rabidly anti-gay presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, leads an anti-gay group on his college campus, carried a “Go Back in the Closet!” sign at anti-gay protest. On his MySpace page, Whitney says he’s interested in meeting, “any conservative college student in the DC area that is interested in fighting the left.”
And Tyler Whitney is gay, and he’s just been outed.
[...]
Bay Buchanan, Senior Advisor to Tancredo, says Whitney’s “sexual preference is a personal matter,” and that it should have “nothing to do with the campaign.”
Sorry, Bay, but gay-bashing conservative thugs—people like you, your horrible brother, your vile candidate—can’t have it both ways on the gay issue. If Whitney’s sexual preference is a personal matter, if Whitney’s sexual preference shouldn’t have anything to do with the campaign, then neither should mine—or the sexual preferences of any other Americans. Until your candidate lays off the gay bashing, until the GOP stops attacking the rights and humanity of gay and lesbian Americans, then Tyler Whitney’s sexual orientation—it’s not a preference, Bay, and you know it—is fit for public debate.
[...]
And if you’re 18 and closeted and gay and politically active, as Whitney was, you’re old enough and savvy enough to know that aligning yourself with anti-gay politicians, marching with assholes that carry “Straight Power!” signs at anti-gay rallies, and being best buds with a guy that thinks gays should be imprisoned is as good as painting a bulls eye on your back. You not only risk being outed, you invite it.
Hell, you’ve earned it.
[More at URL]
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A bill in Congress could make it a crime for pastors and churches to speak against homosexuality
American Family Association
June 14, 2007
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends.
http://www.afa.net/hatecrime2.asp
Message to pastors and other Christians: Just keep your mouth shut
If pastors and other Christians don’t aggressively oppose a bill now in Congress, in the near future they could be subject to huge fines and prison terms if they say anything negative about homosexuality.
The proposed law could make it a crime to preach on Romans Chapter 1 or I Corinthians Chapter 6. Or even to discuss them in a Sunday School class. If churches and individuals want to keep the government from telling them what they can and cannot preach and teach about homosexuality, they better get involved now!
Senate bill S. 1105 could make negative statements concerning homosexuality, such as calling the practice of homosexuality a sin from the pulpit, a “hate crime” punishable by law. This dangerous legislation could take away your freedom of speech and your freedom of religion. Consider what has already happened:
A California lawsuit which is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court would make the use of the words “natural family,” “marriage” and “union of a man and a woman” a “hate speech” crime in government workplaces. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled in favor of the plaintiffs!
CNN and The Washington Post both reported that General Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired because he publicly expressed moral opposition to homosexual behavior.
For the Alliance Defense Fund’s summary of this bill, click here.
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We are looking for one million Americans willing to take a stand and not allow a small group of homosexual activists to take away our freedoms. Can we count on you? Click on the link below to sign our Petition to Congress in Defense of Religious Freedom.
Please forward this to others, especially your pastor, and ask them to get involved in protecting our freedoms of speech and religion. This threat to our religious freedoms is real!
Sign the Petition to Congress Today
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Group says Dems' attack on Judge Southwick, other nominees 'disgraceful'
Jim Brown OneNewsNow.com
June 21, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/group_dems_attack_on_judge_sou.php
A group that promotes constitutionalist judicial nominees says Senate Democrats have fearfully caved in to the "hysterics" of liberal special-interest groups that have stridently opposed all of President Bush’s Appeals Court nominees who are white Southern males.
The president has nominated seven white males from the South to the U.S. Courts of Appeal. Democrats have tried to block all seven, and have done so successfully by labeling six of them as insensitive or hostile to the rights of racial or ethnic minorities, women, and homosexuals.
[More at URL]
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Bauer backs federal monitoring of Islamic activity in prisons, mosques
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
June 21, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/06/bauer_backs_federal_monitoring.php
A former Republican presidential candidate who is concerned about pro-terrorist activity is praising the Justice Department for recommending that prisons monitor Islamic religious materials and "worship areas" being used by inmates.
[...]
Likewise, Bauer says if there are mosques being run with Saudi money and preaching a radical form of Islam, then Americans need to know what is being said in them. It is just as important for the government to keep tabs on the activities of "the extremists who are not behind bars," says Bauer.
[More at URL]
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European human rights body fights creationism
TOM HENEGHAN
Reuters
June 20, 2007 at 8:29 AM EDT
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070620.wcreate0620/EmailBNStory/International/home
PARIS — Europe's main human-rights body will vote on a proposal next week to defend the teaching of evolution and to keep creationist and "intelligent design" out of science class in state schools in its 47 member countries.
The unusual move shows that a U.S. trend for religiously based attacks on the theory of evolution is also worrying European politicians, who now see such arguments put forward in their countries by Christian and Islamic groups.
[More at URL]
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A summary of the proposed Hate Crimes Prevention Act
prepared by the Alliance Defense Fund
Alliance Defense Fund
Hosted by American Family Association
http://www.afa.net/PDfs/hatecrimespreventionact2007.pdf
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1105) is problematic for a
variety of reasons, several of which are set forth herein.
▪ The Act is unnecessary. There is no evidence that so-called ‚hate
crimes‛ are a problem of national concern, and no evidence that these crimes are
not being adequately prosecuted by state and municipal governments. In fact,
the evidence is to the contrary.
▪ The Act in certain of its anticipated applications is patently
unconstitutional. It could criminalize certain protected thoughts, feelings,
beliefs, and speech related to views in opposition to homosexual behavior.1
▪ The crucial phrase ‚bodily injury‛ in the Act is left undefined.
(Under the terms of the Act, a person may not cause prohibited ‚bodily injury‛
because of sexual orientation.) Based on other federal statutes and regulations
also using this term, it can mean any discomfort no matter how fleeting,
including mental anguish. This authorizes prosecution for even nonviolent
behavior such as mere unwanted religious expression opposing homosexual
behavior, that leaves the listener upset.
▪ The Act would give ‚special victim‛ status to only certain
politically favored groups, inexplicably leaving other categories of victims
ignored by the federal government.
[More at URL]
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Homosexuals Try To Hijack Civil Rights Movement
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3099
June 14, 2007 – Openly lesbian U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and liberal Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) have introduced House Resolution 431 on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriages.
The goal of this resolution is to equate interracial marriage to homosexual marriage as part of a larger propaganda campaign being launched by the so-called “Freedom to Marry” group. This coalition of homosexual activist organizations is running full-color ads in magazines and newspapers to compare the legalization of interracial marriage to the effort by homosexuals to have same-sex marriages legalized.
“Rep. Lewis is a member of the Old Guard of civil rights activists who have sold out to the homosexual movement,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “The New Guard of African American civil rights leaders and church leaders are much more likely to support a biblical stand against homosexual behaviors. The division between the Old Guard and the New Guard is similar to the old mainline churches versus the new evangelical, charismatic or non-denominational churches.
“The homosexual hijacking of the civil rights movement is an insult to every person who fought against racism and segregation during the 1960s,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Homosexuals have no shame when it comes to exploiting every noble social movement in our culture. These radical groups routinely come up with a new ‘holiday’ or special week in order to push their agenda upon the rest of us—and if you protest against this callous exploitation of important historical events, you’re labeled a homophobic bigot.”
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Speaker Of The House Claims Stem Cell Research ‘Gift of God’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3097
June 14, 2007 – During recent debate on passage of embryonic stem cell legislation in the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated: “Science is a gift of God to all of us and science has taken us to a place that is biblical in its power to cure … And that is embryonic stem cell research.”
“This is one of the most biblically unbalanced statements I have ever heard,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “This makes a complete mockery of the beautiful God-given gift of reproduction and the creation of babies. To assert that the killing of human embryos for their stem cells is from God, is to shake a fist in God’s face. The deliberate killing of human embryos for their stem cells is nothing less than technological cannibalism. Should we remind Pelosi that science was used for incredibly evil purposes by Nazi doctors on their grisly experiments with Jewish prisoners? We’re traveling down that same path with the harvesting of the stem cells of human embryos.”
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Senator Tom Coburn Introduces Oversight Report On CDC
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3096
June 14, 2007 – Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn, who is also a practicing M.D., has just released a detailed report on the lavish spending and mismanagement of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Dr. Coburn is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security (FFM).
Among the outrageous spending projects funded by the CDC are these:
CDC HIV/AIDS prevention funds were spent on a transgender beauty pageant.
CDC syphilis funds were spent to host a safe-sex event with a porn star.
CDC spent funds to have a statue of a woman made out of vegetables.
CDC spent 1.7 million (including funds from a terrorism account) to fund a Hollywood liasion program run by a former CDC employee.
CDC bioterrorism funds for Los Angeles County were used on letter openers, whistles, magnets, mouse pads, flashlights, pens, and travel toothbrushes.
Senator Coburn notes: “The report will hopefully be seen for what it is: an effort to shine some light on prevention efforts and funding decisions that may be holding the agency back from fulfilling its central mission of fighting and controlling disease.”
TAKE ACTION: Read and distribute Dr. Coburn’s important report to your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators. Contact Sen. Coburn and thank him for publicizing this serious mismanagement of taxpayer dollars by the CDC: United States Senator Tom Coburn.
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Physician Says AAP Report On Homosexual Adoption Seriously Flawed
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3095
June 14, 2007 – Dr. Sharon Quick, a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and a retired Clinical Professor from the Washington School of Medicine, has examined a 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics report on same-sex marriage adoptions.
[Editor's note: Dr. Quick is also involved with the American Academy of Medical Ethics, which is an anti-abortion medical group opposed to abortion in apparently all circumstances, and has testified in opposition to Plan B/emergency contraception.]
Dr. Quick has found the report to be seriously flawed. She has stated that the AAP report “contains major quotation and interpretive errors that, irrespective of the quality of the studies cited, invalidate the conclusions in the article.”
Dr. Quick found that the AAP report inaccurately referenced 57% of the scientific literature it cited. In addition, several of the “studies” cited were funded by the Lesbian Health Fund of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and other pro-homosexual groups.
Other errors included broad generalizations, vague definitions, conflicting data, poor classifications of homosexual feelings and relationships and weak use of statistics.
The AAP report is still widely quoted by homosexual groups to push for same-sex marriage, adoption and foster parenting. The AAP paper is titled, “American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report on Same-Sex Marriage Adoptions.”
Dr. Quick’s analysis of this flawed report is available here: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007_docs/Analysisofgayparentingreport.pdf
Additional information on this misleading report is available from LifeSite.net.
Read TVC’s reports on homosexual adoptions and so-called homosexual marriages:
http://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/GayReport.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/deathofmarriage.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/SameSexMarriage.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/HomoMarriage.PDF
http://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/GayMarriageCivilDomestic.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/DomesticBattering.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/HomosexualChildMolestersUrban.pdf
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Diseases.pdf
TAKE ACTION: Whenever you see the AAP report quoted in your local media, use Dr. Quick’s analysis and TVC’s reports to debunk the false claims that children reared in homosexual households develop normally and are safe from harm.
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Psychiatrist Calls ‘Sex Change’ Operations ‘Madness’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3094
June 14, 2007 – Dr. Theron Bowers, M.D., a psychiatrist with the Baylor College of Medicine has recently criticized a May Newsweek article that paints a rosy picture of individuals who undergo so-called “sex change” or “sexual reassignment” operations
According to Bowers (said tongue-in-cheek), “Newsweek’s coverage was so saccharine that I needed wet wipes every each page.”
Dr. Bowers observes: “An issue involving sex and castration should generate a lot of hotly disputed questions. Unhappily, Newsweek relegated any dispute to the usual evangelical bogeyman, with mild skepticism replacing controversy. After all, it averred, we can’t really know the difference between men and women, or male and female.”
He pointed out that the transgender movement is being fueled by “old Freudian ideas and a silly recent movement called constructivism. The upshot of these two schools of thought is that nature is unimportant compared to nurture. Society and technology always trump biology. So using the word ‘reassignment’ implies that sex is an arbitrary category imposed by the dominant culture through the family. From this perspective, sex is merely a societal convention.”
Dr. Bowers ends the essay by stating: “The madness is beyond transsexualism.”
“Dr. Bowers’ essay needs to be widely read by Members of Congress who are currently being asked to add ‘gender identity’ to federal laws,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Congress will be helping normalize and protect a serious mental disorder by adding gender confused individuals as federally-protected classes. To normalize mental illness is to be a participant in the madness that is being fueled by homosexual and transgender activists.”
Read and distribute TVC’s reports, A Gender Identity Disorder Goes Mainstream, Will Cross-Dressing Activists Come To Your School, ENDA-Hate Crimes Bills Force Homosexual-Transgender Agenda Upon Nation, What Is a Sexual Orientation? http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/SexualOrientationsDSMRev.pdf
TAKE ACTION: Email your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators links to Dr. Bowers’ report and the TVC reports. Urge them to vote against any bill that will add “gender identity” or “sexual orientation” as federally-protected behaviors. Use CapWiz!
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Radical Homosexual Group Opposes New Surgeon General Nominee
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3090
June 7, 2007 – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) has gone on record opposing the nomination of Dr. James W. Holsinger to become the next Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Holsinger is a University of Kentucky professor, former pastor and is a member of the United Methodist Judicial Council.
Dr. Holsinger is being opposed by the NGLTF because he opposed a decision to permit a lesbian to be an associate pastor and he sided with a pastor who would not permit an open homosexual to join the church.
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Dr. Holsinger’s observations about homosexuality being medically unsafe has been confirmed repeatedly by other medical professionals. John Diggs, Jr., M.D., for example, has written “The Health Risks Of Gay Sex.” In addition, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality has a lengthy list of articles describing the various health problems associated with homosexual sodomy: Medical Issues.
[More at URL]
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Marriage, family, religion vs. tolerance and discrimination
A CFAC Article
6-14-2007
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/mandatory.htm
When Britain legalized sodomy, conservative politician Lord Boothby asked, "Now that it's legal, how long before it's mandatory?" (quote from Americans for Truth)
What did he mean by that question? Well the facts that are unfolding there, in Canada and in many other countries indicate what he likely meant. Anti-discrimination laws, laws to "force" tolerance, hate crime laws, and forced hiring policies all are making sodomy "mandatory" in your community.
Since sexual orientation has been so ineptly defined , intentionally, companies, governments, organizations and even parents dare not oppose sodomy. And to use that behavior as a basis for making decisions about who you may want to hire, have as a friend, as a teacher of your children, or a leader of your children's hockey team or gym class will put you at risk of fines, and even jail. Discrimination is not a logical matter today. It is a political club used by a few.
So you still think sexual behavior is a personal matter and what someone does sexually is none of your business?
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The religion and beliefs of the "sexually liberated" are being forced upon you. But your religion and beliefs are being criminalized if they are not liberal and "tolerant".
What are you going to do about it?
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One Way Street of Tolerance
Canada Family Action Coalition
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/sexuality/one-way-tolerance.htm
Note the questions below.
Tolerance, is NOT a one way street for most people but homosexual activists want it their way - exclusively. Funny thing, that is the word that the activist courts found in the real definition of marriage as "unconstitutional : " one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others". Is that word in the new definition ( any two persons to the exclusion of all others) still unconstitutional as it excludes three - four and it restricts it to persons.
-- CFAC
Christian denied permission to join 'gay' parade
Charges hypocrisy, saying homosexuals don't 'accept us for who we are'
Original Article
WorldNetDaily.com
By Bob Unruh
June 1, 2007
A Christian street preacher is charging that the homosexual community in Chicago is guilty of hypocrisy because he was refused permission to march in a June 24 "gay" pride parade. "I see this as nothing but hypocrisy," said Ruben Israel, who has been at the Chicago event for seven previous years, protesting the homosexual lifestyle choice from the sidewalks. This year he sought permission to participate, and was refused. He followed up with a statement making the accusation.
[More at URL]
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Ban schools who promote heterosexual marriage
Canada Family Action Coalition
http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/education/school-is-anti-gay.htm
So it is discriminatory to promote the benefits and naturalness of heterosexual marriages. But banning people who espouse that is not discriminatory.
This is Liberal , secular logic - at its worst. Secularists are notable
for their narrow and bigoted illogical stance. That is who they are! But if they want to oppose these comments - use the freedom of speech from the Charter to do so. That is the same freedom that allows me to promote - defend and argue that marriage of one man and one woman is superior to every other form of relationship.
Read this story from UK:
Teaching benefits of marriage in school 'is anti-gay'
The Daily Telegraph
May 31, 2007 - By Graeme Paton
Schools should be banned from promoting traditional marriage in sex education lessons for fear of discriminating against gay and lesbian children, academics claim. The biggest lecturers' union criticised teachers who champion heterosexual wedlock for instilling "negative images" of same-sex relationships. Existing government guidance says that teachers should emphasise the importance of marriage to promote a stable family life.
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Quotables
Canada Family Action Coalition
Online as of 21 June 2007
http://www.familyaction.org/
Creation Science Museum founder Harry Nibourg from Big Valley Alberta, a half hour from Drumheller said "Christianity and evolution are both faiths. The question is which faith fits the facts, and which faith fails the facts. Evolution is not a science. Evolutionists have tried and failed for 150 years to prove evolution by science."
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A L E R T
REAL Women of Canada
http://www.realwomenca.com/alerts.htm#june1_07
Canada is about to celebrate its 140th birthday - what's in store for the nation's future?
Step up and have your say. Facebook, Student Vote and CBC News want your help to create the Great Canadian Wish List.
Facebook is ranking Canadians' wishes for our country for this Canada Day. CBC News will compile the most popular for Canada Day on July 1st.
Two fabulous wishes have been added: "Abolish Abortion" and "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage". Currently Abolish Abortion is at the top of the list, with Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage in the top 10. If we get enough people, our issues could end up on CBC News!
Here is what you must do.
1. Sign up for a facebook account. www.facebook.com
2. Go to the CBC Wish List Contest Group
3. Look on the right side. Click on "Join Group"
4. Go back to the CBC Wish List Contest group.
5. Click on "Browse Wishes".
6. Look for "Abolish Abortion". Right now it's at the top of the first page.
7. Click on "Add Support".
8. Go back to the CBC Wish List Contest group.
9. Click on "Browse Wishes".
10. Look for "Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage" and click on "Add Support".
Forward to this to anyone who might be interested in supporting these wishes. And now that you've got a facebook account, edit your profile and join some groups. Find people you know. Let's use the power of the Internet for doing good! Facebook has been an excellent resource for linking to pro-lifers, for example. Join a number of groups and make some good contacts!
Note that if you are concerned about privacy, you can click on "privacy" on your pro-file and adjust your settings.
This could be interesting. It's certainly keeping the issue alive in the minds of the people.
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Date: 2007-06-22 08:02 am (UTC)"FotF ACTION ITEM against Oregon embryonic stem-cell research bill; they call it a "Clone and Kill Bill," which seems to be their new rhetoric on the matter;"
Joke option A: Yes, yes! First we take their essence, then kill!
Joke option B: So they're bringing Uma Thurman back for another sequel?
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Date: 2007-06-22 04:42 pm (UTC)That, or maybe they're taking inspiration from many other shows that feature killer clones (some from outer space, even) :D
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Date: 2007-06-22 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 04:38 pm (UTC)The big surprise is why the AFA isn't yet listed as a hate group, seeing as a lot of state AFA affiliates put the TVC to shame with the hate (the state affiliate where I live was literally promoting the Holocaust-revisionist "Pink Swastika" as a reason why The Gays Are Ebil).
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Date: 2007-06-22 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 05:15 pm (UTC)QRD Archive (http://www.qrd.org/qrd/religion/anti/annotated.pink.swastika)
Secondary Archive (http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/8706/)
More info here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink_Swastika); the book claims that homosexuals were not exterminated in the Holocaust but were its primary instigators, claims further that homosexuality was practically a requirement for Nazi Party membership, further *yet* claims that LGBT people are inherently sociopathic (and violently sociopathic at that) and finally claims that LGBT people are in a cabal with Moslems to destroy Western civilisation. :P
Groups around nowadays that are known to promote "The Pink Swastika" include publishers of the book (http://www.abidingtruth.com/pfrc/books/pinkswastika/html/the_pinkswastika_4th_edition_-_final.htm), AFA affiliates (in fact, the AFA California leader is the primary author of the book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Family_Association)), Leadership U (http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html) (a front-group of Campus Crusade for Christ by the group's own admission (http://www.leaderu.com/menus/aboutus.html)), at least one IRD steeplejacking group targeting the United Methodist Church (http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=93), the Family Research Council (http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=328) (the group that was spun off from Focus on the Family when the tax-men came calling), Life and Liberty (http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000279.php) (a group recently found to have a multiple connections to "Army of God" domestic terrorists and "Christian Patriot" militia groups (http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/852201.html)) and many, many other dominionist groups.
Scott Lively, author of the book and AFA California head (or possibly former head--different sources vary on this) is also apparently very active in "degaying" groups (http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=5594) as a regular contributor to NARTH. "The Pink Swastika" is also apparently far from his only work of historical revisionism regarding LGBT people (http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=3796).
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Date: 2007-06-22 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 04:29 pm (UTC)Right there are two images I did not need before breakfast. Ugh!
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Date: 2007-06-22 04:32 pm (UTC)Have you seen Stephen Colbert's take on this? His audience booed the nominee loudly, and I doubt Colbert or his audience are this "radical homosexual group." You can find it at the Comedy Central website, in their flash video section under "Colbert's The Word", that word by "physiopathology." Look it up. Have a (possibly bleak) giggle.
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Date: 2007-06-22 09:57 pm (UTC)Bleak. Yes, that's the appropriate word. Bleak.
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Date: 2007-06-23 02:53 am (UTC)