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solarbirdIn today's news, I note a new media format for the American Family Association; they've launched a new "Media Center" with 24-minute daily programming. I don't have an entry for it below, because it's long and I'm just trying to get caught up in general and am avoiding transcripts for the moment, and unlike Concerned Women for America, they're smart enough not to let you rewind easily in their custom-wrapped media player. But be aware of this as a new source. Meanwhile, the scariest thing in this entire report is a video from the "Christians United for Israel" tour, which features former House Speaker Tom Delay (R-TX) and Joe Lieberman (former D, now I-CT) getting down with some serious crazy.
But also... Concerned Women for America is running the "lesbian rape gang" fraud all-out. Matt Barber and Peter LaBarbera go at the gaybashing for a good long time in ways that left me genuinely nauseated. See the starred entry below; I made a transcription. Warning: this story will be triggery as all hell for some readers; it's the bottom entry in this Part I of II, and is not re-included in Part II of II.
And now, today's news.
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dogemperor is writing a series of articles on DailyKOS about the "parallel economy" - the businesses most involved in Dominionist politics and social engineering. Parts one and two are up. Part one includes extensive quotations from the statement of faith you're required to support to be listed; no queers, of course, but also feminism? Demonic. Literally. And it gets worse. Definitely worth reading;
Race to the Bottom, Part 1: Senator Brownback blasts former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for not being anti-gay enough. Press release wars ensue. First, Senator Brownback's;
Race to the Bottom, Part 2: And then, Mitt Romney's. Let's watch them try to out anti-gay each other! Fun;
Texas governor Rick Perry (R) has appointed a Creationist to head the Texas State Board of Education; yes, really; he's explicitly anti-intellectual and considers many sciences to be "anti-Christian";
A video from the "Christians United for Israel Tour" is really quite remarkable - you too can hear former Speaker of the House Tom Delay say that it's about the return of Jesus, and hear rank-and-file attendees talk about how much they look forward to armageddon, and how Satan is controlling the Moslems, and watch Senator Joe Lieberman (former D, now I-CT) cheerlead for a pre-emptive attack on Iran and talk about his dear friend former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), notorious theocrat. Seriously, watch this video;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM to condemn Ford Motor for being a sponsor at Seattle Pride; I note with amusement that Ford Motor reported a profit this past quarter, for the first time in a while;
OneNewsNow - the American Family Association news service - runs an article condemning the Virginia Educational Association for endorsing non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment; OneNewsNow, the AFA, and all the rest of the theocons are, obviously, against it, as they support explicit government discrimination against GBLT people;
OneNewsNow's reader poll reports that 91.16% of readers think that schools resisting the anti-gay group PFOX are "part of the anti-Christian culture prevalent in many public school districts"; the poll options are pretty funny, in that sad way;
OneNewsNow - the AFA news service - runs an ACTION ITEM to support "decency" to broadcast television, condemning "so-called 'freedom of the speech' of the airwaves"; it's thinly wrapped as an article, but it's obvious an ACTION ITEM;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM against S1105, which adds "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to US hate crimes laws; they are, of course, against it, saying it "establish[es] homosexuals as a special class of people and would give them special rights," which is, of course, a lie. And is, for that matter, the standard lie. They even go out of their way to state that if gay people kill a straight person because that person is straight, it wouldn't apply because it's homosexual-only. Again, this is a lie. However, that never stops them. Also, they claim that S. 1105 "will likely lead to the criminalization and civil sanction of the biblical view of homosexuality";
American Family Association ACTION ITEM to support an unspecified "decency" bill to be introduced by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a theoconservative favourite;
AFA ACTION ITEM to demand restoration of funding to abstinence-only sexual education programmes, saying that without it, 14 year olds will be told to go have sex;
Traditional Values Coalition ACTION ITEM against S.1105, which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to Federal hate crimes laws; they assert it will "endorse deviant and criminal behaviors" and lays "the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible"; interestingly, the TVC specifically is concerned that incitement to violence against queers would be included in this bill. Most of the theocon groups pretend they are against incitement to violence against GBLT people; not so much TVC, apparently;
The Traditional Values Coalition's second ACTION ITEM against S.1105 (see above), and also condemns nondiscrimination in Federal employment hiring (saying it "will grant federally-protected status to homosexuals, cross-dressers, drag queens, transsexuals and she-males") and ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, with similar language;
TVC condemns - yet again - including sexual orientation in Federal hiring anti-discrimination policy, saying it "endorses criminal activity such as pedophilia and necrophilia"; I think the big point of this is to make "sexual orientation" mean "paedophilia" and "necrophilia" to theoconservatives, so they react automatically against the term;
And a fourth TVC condemnation of including sexual orientation in Federal hiring anti-discrimination policy; the bill in question is HR 2232; they basically just repeat the same talking points. I think the big point of this is to make "sexual orientation" mean "paedophilia" and "necrophilia" to theoconservatives, so they react automatically against the term;
Traditional Values Coalition posts a fake version of HR2232 which defines "sexual orientation" to mean, "apotemnophilia, asphyxophilia, autogeynphilia, bisexual, corprophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism/sexual fetishism, frotteurism, heterosexuality, homosexual, gender identity disorder, gerontosexuality, incest, kleptophilia, klismaphilia, necrophilia, partialism, pedophilia, prostitution, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, telephone scatalogia, toucherism, transgenderism, transsexual, transvestite, transvestic fetishism, urophilia, voyeurism, or zoophilia/bestiality"; HR2232 is the bill which would reject discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Federal hiring. They call this a "clarification of terms"; I call it "posting a fake version of the bill which includes all kinds of crap not actually in it";
TVC demands approval of judicial nominee Leslie Southwick;
***** Concerned Women for America promotes the "Lesbian Gang Rapes" story that was on a Memphis station and turned into "hundreds of lesbian gangs raping young girls across the country" segment on Bill O'Reilly; they condemn GBLT groups for opposing the story; the key thing to remember is that all or nearly all of this is false. Bill O'Reilly has even disclaimed it. It's not actually true. But they'll be flogging it for a year. Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber discusses it with Peter LaBarbera of "Americans for Truth" in a festival of "violent lesbian" gaybashing, with some truly nauseating lines including some about how if this were heterosexuals doing the raping, it'd be national news. Seriously, I nearly threw up at that line;
More in part II of II; stories for the above headlines are below the cut here:
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Dominionism's "parallel economy", Pt. 1: The dominionist business directory.
bydogemperor
Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 05:34:12 AM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/20/8113/02104 (part 1)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/23/82357/4096 (part 2)
I'm now beginning a new multi-part series focusing on a facet rarely touched upon in research on dominionist groups--the rather extensive dominionist "parallel economy" set up as an alternative to "secular businesses". As you will see, the "parallel economy" is highly influential as both a funding source for dominionism and as a way of isolating dominionists--and it is quite extensive, running from hobby stores to entire "yellow pages" type directories to doctors to media to "charity affinity" programs to even kid's dolls.
Part 1 will focus on a particular facet of the dominionist parallel economy--the dominionist business directory, often marketed as the "Christian Yellow Pages", "Shepherd's Pages", etc. Such guides are a major resource for dominionists--and, as we will see, also a major resource for intel on dominionist corporate funders.
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We believe in an ardent effort to free local churches from the bondage of feminism, itself a product of demonic influence, used to control and beset the church in order to weaken the church and defeat God's purpose for local churches; thus having rendered them of limited ability to proclaim and practice God's commandments and lead others to do so, having exchanged the truth for a lie for the sake of numbers rather than quality of teaching as it affects women whose biblical role is clearly defined..
Men and woman should walk, talk, look, dress, and act in a way which reflects scriptures including Titus 2:3-5; Proverbs 31, and 1 Corinthians. 11 (key verses being 14-15 and 4-5). We reject as heresy that God only looks on the inside and doesn't care about the way His children look on the outside His having given so many examples of proper dress and conduct in His Holy Word.
Christian children should be raised by faith-based parents according to biblical ideals and morals and who support the use of Faith-based education, whenever possible, that teaches Children biblical ideals and morals as well as the academics needed for productivity in life. The Christian life cannot be about a day or two, or a worship service or two. but rather an all encompassing faith that brings in line all other actions and activities..
We reject as a false and heretical concept "homosexual Christians" there being no such person. Acceptance of such, or teaching such, is a direct confirmation of any person or church, having been a false professor. The Holy Spirit prevents true believers from believing or proclaiming this blasphemous lie. Every Christian, everywhere, should do all in their ability from witnessing, to voting in political elections, to purchasing voting stock in companies in order to prevent the spread of this demonic defiance of God.
[More at URL]
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EXCLUSIVE: Brownback Campaign Rips Romney on Boy Scouts Position
July 23, 2007
Christian Broadcasting Network
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/200024.aspx
The Brody File is the first to receive a press release that will go out later today from the Brownback campaign.
It is a frontal assault on Mitt Romney.
Basically, the Brownback campaign is blasting Romney for his past comments about the Boy Scouts. You can read the press release below.
The title is as follows:
Romney Hostile to Boy Scout Leadership and Principles: Supports Gay Scout Leaders, was Cold to Scout Participation in Olympics.
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In his 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts and later as CEO of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee, Mitt Romney opposed Boy Scout officials who wished to prevent gay men from becoming troop leaders and was hostile to Scout participation in the 2002 Olympics.
In a 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy, Mitt Romney offered his support for gay scout leaders:
"I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation."
The comments from Romney, who holds a law degree, came six years before the June 2000 Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Boy Scouts to bar troop leaders based on sexual orientation. The ruling cited the constitutional rights of freedom of association and speech.
[...]
"What part of morally straight doesn't Mitt Romney understand?" said Larry Cirigiano, a Catholic activist in Massahusetts. "Boy Scout 'leaders' are supposed to be role models. Open homosexuals should not be leading young Boy Scouts anywhere."
Senator Brownback has always supported the right of the Boy Scouts of America to determine the best leaders for young scouts.
[More at URL]
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Romney Campaign Responds to Brownback Boy Scout Attack
Christian Broadcasting Network
July 23, 2007
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/200279.aspx
The campaign for Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has responded to the blatant attack from the Brownback campaign. If you're not up to speed on it, click here but basically the Brownback campaign came out with a press release slamming Romney with this headline on their release: "Romney Hostile to Boy Scout Leadership and Principles: Supports Gay Scout Leaders, was Cold to Scout Participation in Olympics."
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"Governor Romney has been the most prominent, leading advocate of the family values platform in this campaign. His consistent advocacy on these issues has resulted in an important growth of support for our campaign. Some other campaigns will resort to negative attacks and distortions which is an unfortunate reflection on their campaign's conduct. Governor Romney has been a supporter of the Boy Scouts and has said he supports their right to decide scouting policies." In their release, the Bownback campaign said, "Senator Brownback has always supported the right of the Boy Scouts of America to determine the best leaders for young scouts."
[More at URL]
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Texas: Doomed
Bad Astronomy
Posted at 8:53 am in Religion, Piece of mind, Antiscience
25 July 2007
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/07/25/texas-doomed/
Via the DefCon blog comes that news that Texas governor Rick Perry has appointed a creationist to head the Texas State Board of Education.
I’ll give you a moment to clean off your screen. Yes, you read that right.
At first I thought, "No, not even a politician in Texas could possibly do something that dumb, that contrary to reality, that horrifying to their kids. DefCon Blog must have gotten it wrong!"
And then I did a few searches. DefCon Blog got it right. According to the Dallas Morning News:
"Texas Freedom Network president Kathy Miller … noted that in 2003, Dr. McLeroy was one of four board members who voted against proposed high school biology textbooks because he felt their coverage of evolution was “too dogmatic” and did not include possible flaws in Charles Darwin’s theory of how life on Earth evolved from lower forms."
That is straight out of the creationist tactics notebook. In case you’re not sure, the article goes on to quote McLeroy:
“It is wrong to teach opinion as fact,” he said.
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Here is an Op-Ed talking about McLeroy’s appointment as Board chair:
"In 2001, McLeroy and a majority of the board rejected the only Advanced Placement textbook for high school environmental science because its views on global warming and other events didn’t comport with the beliefs of the board majority. The book wasn’t factual and was anti-American and anti-Christian, the majority claimed. Meanwhile, dozens of colleges and universities were using the textbook, including Baylor University, the nation’s largest Baptist college.
"In 2003, McLeroy voted against approving biology textbooks that included a full-scale scientific account of evolutionary theory."
[More at URL]
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Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour
Posted July 26, 2007 | 02:20 AM (EST)
Max Blumenthal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/rapture-ready-the-unauth_b_57826.html
On July 16, I attended Christians United for Israel's annual Washington-Israel Summit. Founded by San Antonio-based megachurch pastor John Hagee, CUFI has added the grassroots muscle of the Christian right to the already potent Israel lobby. Hagee and his minions have forged close ties with the Bush White House and members of Congress from Sen. Joseph Lieberman to Sen. John McCain. In its call for a unilateral military attack on Iran and the expansion of Israeli territory, CUFI has found unwavering encouragement from traditional pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and elements of the Israeli government.
But CUFI has an ulterior agenda: its support for Israel derives from the belief of Hagee and his flock that Jesus will return to Jerusalem after the battle of Armageddon and cleanse the earth of evil. In the end, all the non-believers - Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Christians, etc. - must convert or suffer the torture of eternal damnation. Over a dozen CUFI members eagerly revealed to me their excitement at the prospect of Armageddon occurring tomorrow. Among the rapture ready was Republican Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. None of this seemed to matter to Lieberman, who delivered a long sermon hailing Hagee as nothing less than a modern-day Moses. Lieberman went on to describe Hagee's flock as "even greater than the multitude Moses commanded."
[More at URL]
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Ford sponsors Seattle gay pride parade
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.
American Family Association
ACTION ALERT
July 19, 2007
http://www.afa.net/ford071907.htm
Having just sponsored the Gay Pride Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Ford Motor Company followed up by sponsoring the Seattle Gay Pride Parade held June 24 in the city’s downtown.
To the right is a picture from the parade, which was linked from the SeattlePride.org Web site. The picture shows a “marriage” float with two men, dressed in tuxedos, standing atop a wedding cake. Ford felt a float pushing same-sex marriage was worthy of their financial support.
On June 7, AFA asked Chairman Bill Ford for a meeting to discuss their support of this lifestyle. Chairman Ford has not responded.
For more information on why AFA and scores of other organizations are boycotting Ford, click here.
Take Action
Forward this e-mail to your family and friends, and especially to your pastor. Pastors need to be aware of Ford’s support for the homosexual agenda.
If you have not done so, click here to sign the Boycott Ford Pledge.
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Virginia pro-family group sounds warning about 'liberal' state educators
OneNewsNow (the news service of the American Family Association)
July 26, 2007
Ed Thomas
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/virginia_profamily_group_sound.php
An email message from the Virginia Education Association (VEA) reportedly alerts its members to a new concerted partnership with the state's largest homosexual rights lobby to add "sexual orientation" to Virginia's official non-discrimination and employment policies.
A notice from the state's largest pro-family coalition, the Family Foundation of Virginia, says the subject of the recently sent email alert informs recipients of a new resolution -- NBI 31 -- passed at the VEA's yearly convention this past spring. NBI 31 involves joining with the homosexual lobby organization Equality Virginia on the new policy implementation. The Foundation says the email alert also encourages readers to use the activist website to lobby legislators on the issue.
[More at URL]
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POLL: School employees against PFOX?
Jody Brown
OneNewsNow.com [The American Family Association news service]
July 26, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/poll_school_employees_against.php
Employees of a school district in Maryland are being accused of viewpoint discrimination in treatment of informational literature from the group Parents and Friends of Gays and Ex-Gays (PFOX). We asked you why you thought they may be doing that. Find out how your fellow OneNewsNow.com readers responded.
OneNewsNow.com asked you: Why are the employees of the Montgomery County (MD) School District apparently taking a stand against PFOX?
[More at URL]
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Pro-decency bill would restore gov't authority to fine for on-air profanities
OneNewsNow.com [The American Family Association news service]
Allie Martin
July 26, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/prodecency_bil__would_restore_.php
A pro-decency measure that has been approved by a Senate committee would restore the government's authority to fine broadcasters for airing profanities.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the bill that would reverse an appeals court ruling which struck down the Federal Communications Commission's new profanity policy. The Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780), sponsored by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), would force the FCC to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. The bill was proposed after an appeals court ruled the FCC did not have the authority to enforce a new, tougher profanity policy.
Pat Trueman, special counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, says the FCC began enforcing indecency laws a few years ago, when its leadership changed.
"Kevin Martin became the chairman of that commission [in 2005] and ... immediately began enforcing indecency law," Trueman recalls, "and he's put, frankly, the fear of God in the broadcasters because they no longer can do whatever they want. We've got to get behind FCC chairman Kevin Martin and the other commissioners who want to help us clean up network television."
Reacting to the Committee's passage of the bill, Martin said that members of Congress "stated once again what we on the Commission and every parent already knows: even a single word or image can indeed be indecent."
But Trueman says the proposal faces much opposition -- some of that from the sponsors' own party. "The reality is, many Democrats do not support this bill," the attorney observes. "They are for complete so-called 'freedom of the speech' of the airwaves. And many are heavily paid through PAC money by the network broadcasters and their friends. So there's a great reluctance to pass it in the full House or the full Senate."
For that reason, Trueman says it is crucial that concerned Christians contact their congressman and senator about the pro-decency measure.
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Senate could vote on the “hate crimes” bill as early as today
Urgent: Your phone call to your senators needed today!
American Family Association
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/callalert/index.tt?alertid=10009606&type=CO
The Senate will be voting, as early as today, on S.1105, the so-called "hate crimes" bill. Under S.1105, acts of crime committed against members of certain protected classes - including those who identify themselves by their "actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity" - would warrant more intense prosecution and greater penalties than the very same acts committed against heterosexuals. [Editor's note: this is a lie. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation and is not exempted by the bill.]
It would establish homosexuals as a special class of people and give them special rights. [Editor's note: This is a lie; see above.]
It is no stretch to argue that S. 1105, if enacted, will embody a national policy that will likely lead to the criminalization and civil sanction of the biblical view of homosexuality.
Read these two stories - The tragic story of Jesse Dirkhising and Woman's death at hands of 'gay' her fault, says lawyer - to see how homosexuals murdered heterosexuals but were not charged with a hate crime. Had the roles been reversed - the victims homosexual and the perpetrators heterosexual - they could have been charged. Under S.1105, homosexuals are a "protected class" while heterosexuals are not. [Editor's note: this is a lie. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation, and is not exempted by the bill. Homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned in the bill, either; it refers to sexual orientation.]
It is vitally important for you to call your two senators today and tell them to vote against S.1105, the "hate crimes" bill.
TAKE ACTION
Enter your zip code and click "GO" where you will be shown the phone number for your Senator's office and an appropriate suggested message in opposition to S.1105, the "hate crimes" bill. This is urgent -- please act today!
Please forward this to your friends and family, and especially your pastor.
Thanks for caring enough to get involved. If you consider our effort worthy, would you consider making a small donation to help us continue? Click here to donate.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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Support Senator Brownback in the fight against filth on TV
Urgent!! Please contact your senators today!
American Family Association ACTION ALERT
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=9997676&type=CO
Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas will soon introduce legislation to curb the excessive use of violence and the use of profanity on TV. He needs your support now!
By a 2-1 vote, a liberal federal court recently struck down the TV decency law. In essence, the court said your children (and you) don't deserve protection from the filth on TV. Like the ACLU, the court felt that broadcast TV should be allowed to show anything anytime!
Author and culture critic Chuck Colson has written a column concerning this situation. Click here to read Colson's column.
The Brownback legislation (amendments to a current bill) addresses two seperate issues regarding the enforcement of federal FCC rules.
The first amendment establishes the clear intention from Congress that the use of the "f-word" and "s-word" on broadcast television are in violation of decency laws. It is designed to allow the FCC to enforce the law without allowing liberal judges to misinterpret the law and side with the television executives.
The second amendment directs the FCC to establish rules regarding excessive violence. Currently, broadcast decency laws to no address violence, and therefore the FCC has no authority to fine network stations for violence.
Take Action
Please enter your zip code and click "GO" to create and send an email your two senators today. Tell them to support the Brownback amendment!
If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us with a small gift? Thank you for caring enough to get involved.
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your family and friends.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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House Democratic leaders to kill funding for abstinence education programs
Urgent Telephone Alert to the House Energy & Commerce Committee
American Family Association ACTION ALERT
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/callalert/index.tt?alertid=9796111&type=TA
The Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee have reportedly decided to kill the abstinence education program this year in favor of so-called “comprehensive” programs that emphasize “safe sex” and contraception.
Abstinence education programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. They teach teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness. However, the Democratic leadership wants to replace that message with federally-funded contraceptive sex education programs that fail to teach young people about the dangers of STDs and extra-marital sex, as well as the inefficiency of contraception. As a result, we could end up with programs like Boulder High School in Colorado where a guest speaker told students as young as 14 to go have sex.
The National Abstinence Education Association is touting a new Zogby International poll that shows American parents favor abstinence education over comprehensive sex education by a two-to-one margin. Click here for more information on the survey.
Congressman Lee Terry who serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee has written a strong letter urging his Congressional colleagues to fund abstinence education programs in their current form.
Take Action
Urgent - the life or death of funding for abstinence education is a very important one. Enter your zip code and click “GO” where you will be shown the phone number for your representative's office and appropriate suggested message - one message if he/she is a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and a different message if he/she is not. This is urgent -- please act today! Abstinence is the healthiest message and practice for teens. These programs teach youth how to avoid sexual activity and make wise health choices.
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Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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U.S. Senate set to effectively endorse deviant and criminal behaviors under hate crimes amendment
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3112
July 13, 2007 - In a shameless act, liberal Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) filed their anti-Christian "hate crimes" legislation as an amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Bill. This bill is currently being debated in the U.S. Senate and a vote could come as early as Friday July 13th or next week.
This amendment makes sexual orientation a protected class yet, sexual orientation is not defined either in this legislation, or in federal law generally.
Click here to contact your Senators
What Are The Effects of the So-Called Hates Crimes Amendment
This so-called “hate crimes” amendment will make 30 sexual orientations into federally-protected minority groups! The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published 30 such sexual orientations that, because of Congress’s failure to define “sexual orientation,” will arguably be protected under this legislation. These 30 orientations are listed in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is used by physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists throughout the U.S. It is considered the dictionary of mental disorders. Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states or can result in death.
Serious Threat to Religious Liberties. This language begins to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible.
So-called “hate speech” which could include a pastor’s sermon, an author, citizen activist who writes a letter to the editor, or individual speech against homosexual behaviors, could become the target of zealous pro-homosexual federal prosecutors!
During the House Committee debate, Representative Artur Davis admitted that the “hate-crimes” bill could be used to prosecute pastors for their sermons if they incite or are an “inducement” to violence.
H.R. 1592 is based upon a false premise: That there’s an epidemic of so-called “hate crimes” against homosexuals and drag queens that needs federal involvement for local law enforcement officials!
Immediate Action is needed: Contact your (2) U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the so-called hate crimes amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Bill. because:
Congress’s refusal to define “sexual orientation” creates the prospect of legal protection for every form of sexual perversion recognized by the psychiatric profession. By its silence, Congress is effectively endorsing such deviant and criminal behaviors as beastiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia as “sexual orientations” protected by federal law.
It lays the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible.
Click here to contact your Senators
Distribute this email to your church leadership and at least 10 friends and ask that they contact their U. S. Senators IMMEDIATELY!
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Legislative Update On: S. 1105, The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Matthew Shepard Act) Of 2007
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3113
July 18, 2007 – The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act pushed by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) was going to be attached to the Defense Authorization bill this week. But this tactic to push the homosexual agenda changed last evening when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the DOD bill from the schedule!
“At this point, it is unclear how Kennedy and Smith will sneak S. 1105 into a larger bill,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “They may attempt to attach S. 1105 to other legislation or the DOD bill when it comes back on the schedule for a vote. We just don’t know at this point. What we do know is that citizen activists must call or email their Senators immediately and demand that this dangerous bill be killed.”
TVC’s detailed report on S. 1105 explains why the Kennedy-Smith hate crime bill is not only unnecessary, but if enacted will establish a legal precedent to begin going after “hate speech” – which is any negative comments about homosexuals.
This so-called “hate crimes” amendment will make 30 sexual orientations into federally-protected minority groups! The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published 30 such sexual orientations that, because of Congress’s failure to define “sexual orientation,” will arguably be protected under this legislation. These 30 orientations are listed in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is used by physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists throughout the U.S. It is considered the dictionary of mental disorders. Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states or can result in death.
Serious Threat to Religious Liberties. This language begins to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible. So-called “hate speech” which could include a pastor’s sermon, an author, citizen activist who writes a letter to the editor, or individual speech against homosexual behaviors, could become the target of zealous pro-homosexual federal prosecutors! During the House Committee debate on H.R. 1592 (Conyers’ clone bill of S. 1105) Representative Artur Davis admitted that the “hate-crimes” bill could be used to prosecute pastors for their sermons if they incite or are an “inducement” to violence.
S. 1105 is based upon a false premise: That there’s an epidemic of so-called “hate crimes” against homosexuals and drag queens that needs federal involvement for local law enforcement officials!
The S. 1105 report is available here: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/S1105_HateCrimeReport2007July18075.php
The House has already passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, H.R. 1592, which was sponsored by Rep. John Conyers. During hearings on H.R. 1592, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) described how this hate crime bill would be used to criminalize speech that is critical of homosexual goals.
TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon aired a video alert on H.R. 1592 when it was up for a vote. He noted that this legislation (virtually identical to Kennedy-Smith) will be a serious threat to religious freedom and speech. Yet, the House passed it on the National Day of Prayer in May.
Lafferty pointed out that our exposure of the fraudulent “findings” in H.R. 1592 forced Conyers to quietly remove the justification for the legislation by the time it was voted on in the House. TVC had exposed numerous frauds that were being used to justify the need for this so-called hate crimes. Those frauds are still in the Kennedy-Smith bill!
TAKE ACTION: Contact your two U.S. Senators by phone (202-224-3121) or use CapWiz to send an email to your Senators. In addition, send this email to 10 friends and encourage them to contact their Senators about S. 1105.
Two More Hate Crimes/Sexual Orientation Bills Being Pushed
Liberals and their homosexual/drag queen allies are pushing for passage of two additional bills that will grant federally-protected status to homosexuals, cross-dressers, drag queens, transsexuals and she-males.
The Clarification Of Federal Employment Protections Act, H.R. 2232, will create federally-protected status for “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” for federal employees! Since “sexual orientation” is not defined in the law, it will effectively cover the 30 sexual orientations listed by the American Psychiatric Association in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
The second bill is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), (H.R. 2015) sponsored by homosexual activist Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). ENDA will force any business with more than 15 employees to “protect” homosexuals, drag queens, she-males, etc. in employment. It will criminalize criticism of homosexuality or other bizarre sex practices. Employers and employees who speak out against these behaviors can be forced to attend sensitivity training programs.
TVC is working on an updated report on ENDA. This pro-homosexual/drag queen bill has been reintroduced in every new session of Congress for more than 10 years.
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Waxman-Davis Bill Opens Door to Requiring Protections
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3110
July 11, 2007 - Undefined “Sexual Orientation” Protections Could Cover Criminal Acts
Washington, DC – A bill introduced by Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) includes coverage for undefined “sexual orientation” and effectively endorses criminal activity such as pedophilia and necrophilia.
According to a new report from the Traditional Values Coalition, the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act (HR 2232) “clarifies nothing while it opens the door to licensing all types of aberrant behavior.”
“Sexual orientation is a wild card term which will allow all sorts of mischief to occur in the federal workforce as a precursor to expanding these misguided and ill-conceived policies to the rest of America’s workforce,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty.
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H.R. 2232: The ‘Clarification Of Federal Employment Protections Act’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3109
July 11, 2007 - U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) have introduced H.R. 2232, the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act.
This legislation will amend United States Code dealing with discrimination against federal employees by adding “sexual orientation” to 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(10). Yet, “sexual orientation” is not defined either in this legislation or in federal law generally.
Once “sexual orientation” is added to 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(10), homosexuals, cross-dressers, transsexuals and anyone else with a different “sexual orientation” can demand special access to restrooms and shower facilities. They can demand that other employees deemed not sufficiently supportive of their “orientation” be forced to attend diversity training programs that will affirm homosexuality, cross-dressing, transsexualism and other gender confused behaviors as normal.
Congress’ refusal to define “sexual orientation” creates the prospect of legal protection for every form of sexual perversion recognized by the psychiatric profession. By its silence, Congress is effectively endorsing such deviant and criminal behaviors as beastiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia as “sexual orientations” protected by federal law.
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Judge Leslie Southwick -- Don't Shoot Down This Iraq War Veteran
Senators: Don’t Shoot Down This
Iraq War Veteran For Federal Bench!
Judge Leslie Southwick deserves respect and an up or down vote.
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3115
Washington, DC – “On behalf of 43,000 churches associated with the Traditional Values Coalition, I urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to support an immediate up or down vote on the nomination of Judge Leslie Southwick to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,” said TVC’s Executive Director Andrea Lafferty today. “President Bush nominated Judge Southwick to serve on the 5th Circuit Court on January 9, 2007.
Lafferty notes that Judge Southwick is an ABA-endorsed judge, who has a stellar record in Mississippi and in the military. He has served with distinction as a Mississippi state appellate court judge and wrote nearly 1,000 opinions in an estimated 7,000 cases. The Mississippi State Bar honored him in 2004 with its Judicial Excellence Award.
She stated: “Feeling strongly about defending our nation from Islamic terrorism, Judge Southwick left his position on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and volunteered to serve in Iraq with the Mississippi National Guard. Earlier, he had requested and received an age waiver in order to enlist! In 2003, he transferred from a non-combat unit to the 155th Separate Armor Brigade with the full knowledge that he would likely be sent to Iraq. His unit was, in fact, sent to Iraq near Najaf in August 2004.
“In 2006, he transferred back to the Joint Force Headquarters in the Mississippi National Guard. For his honorable service, he received a letter of commendation from Major General Harold A. Cross, the Adjutant General of Mississippi.
“By anyone’s standard, Judge Southwick is eminently qualified to serve on the Fifth Circuit. In fact, his willingness to volunteer to go into harm’s way for America is an indication of his character and patriotism.
“Traditional Values Coalition is asking for an immediate action on Judge Southwick. We urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to see that Judge Southwick is treated fairly and respectfully and receives an up or down vote. Don’t shoot down this Iraq war veteran.”
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Lesbian Gang Rapes in Memphis-Area Schools
Concerned Women for America
7/26/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13499/CFI/education/index.htm
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has threatened to sue a Memphis, Tennessee television station in its attempts to block the broadcast of a story on lesbian high school gangs that are viciously raping straight female students. Thankfully, the Memphis TV station aired the story, although it has been spiked by other news outlets across the nation. Matt Barber, CWA’s Policy Director for Cultural Issues spoke with Pete LaBarbera, president and founder of Americans for Truth. [Warning: content not suitable for children.]
To see the video clip visit: http://blip.tv/file/165392/ . For more on this story visit http://americansfortruth.com/news/must-viewing-lesbian-gangs-raping-girls-glaad-tries-to-block-airing-of-news-segment.html
[Peter LaBarbera: "Well, what's going on is there evidently has been some harassing and even criminal behaviour by aggressive lesbians in schools. And we're reporting what was reported by a Memphis TV station months ago. Of course, the media didn't pick up on it, but Bill O'Reilly did over at Fox News, he reported on a story that Memphis did about aggressive groups of lesbians who are even going so far as to rape girls in schools to quote "turn them in to lesbians." And similar behaviour has been seen in other big cities, largely in inner-city schools, and we're trying to get to the bottom of it, and of course the gay activists are just pooh-poohing the whole thing and attacked O'Reilly." [Editor's note: The story was completely false. Bill O'Reilly has even disclaimed it, which is unusual.]
Kleider: [This came from a Memphis TV station originally?]
LaBarbera: "Well, the story was fascinating, and you can access it off our website at AmericansforTruth.org, but it's a real interesting story, at the end of the story, they said how there's other schools - and they had a list of schools in the Memphis area - that had this problem. The story featured a gang policewoman who was dealing with gang activity, and she was the one - she was an African-American policewoman who was talking about this gang problem. Now the fascinating thing, Martha, was that GLAAD, which stands for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, went so far as to threaten to sue the station, to not broadcast that story. So GLAAD, which is the powerful media organisation, was desperately trying to squelch the story and completely block it from airing. The TV station to its credit did air the report, but then interestingly, a tremendous story like this, there was no hardly any followup in the rest of the media until O'Reilly broadcast it later on."
Matt Barber: "And I saw that report on Bill O'Reilly, Pete, and apparently they're referring to themselves as GTO, or Gays Taking Over. And I've read several accounts - apparently there are witnesses coming forward, there are people, victims who have been raped by these lesbian gangs, coming forward, yet GLAAD is so concerned about keeping any negative information from getting out about homosexual activities that they would actually try to censor media reports on this." [Editor's note: The story was false.]
LaBarbera: "Yeah. And it's interesting there to look at the tactics. What they're saying is that - O'Reilly had a report in which apparently there were a couple of factual mistakes [Ed. note: like virtually everything in the report] and so what the gays are doing is ridiculing the idea that there's thousands, or, and we don't know how many there are, all I know is that this is a problem, I knew it was a problem because I had spoken with Linda Jernegin, who I believe you know Matt, who's a former lesbian, African-American, and she told me a couple of years ago how she was asked to speak at a Chicago area school because there was this phenomenon of girls - these lesbians - they take a girl into the restroom, this is horrifying, it's hard to describe, but they orally rape a girl in the restroom to turn her into a lesbian, something like that, basically a lesbian rape was happening, and she was asked to speak at the school, then she was denied - she insisted that she give her Christian testimony because that's part of how she came out of lesbianism, and they didn't want her to give the Christian aspect of her testimony, and so she didn't speak. But there's obviously a problem here of bullying by lesbians. We don't know if it's a thousand gangs, we don't know if it's a hundred, we don't know if it's five. But the point is, if it were on the other side, and we were talking about raging bands of heterosexual boys, raping girls, to turn them straight, you better believe there'd be media attention on this."
[Editor's note: ... I want to have a note here. I'm trying to. All I can do is point to the several recent cases of videotaped gang-rapes of women by high-school and college-age bands of males where the rapists got off scott free. And point to the tens of thousands of women raped by men every year in this country. And say WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING FUCKS, YOU FUCKHEADS. THIS IS FUCKING HAPPENING EVERY FUCKING DAY YOU EVIL PSYCHOPATHS. and it's fucking considered fucking NORMAL you fucking FUCKS.
And this story was even fabricated.
Sorry. I'll continue with the transcription now.]
Barber: Pete, you know, you hear the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, GLSTN, GLAAD, and these other groups, talking about bulling that's occurring, supposedly, against self-identified homosexual kids, and they say that we need to have safe schools, and we need to prevent bullying. Well, my question is "where are they now?" When it does not suit their radical political agenda, suddenly bullying is no longer a problem. Why aren't they coming to the defense of these young girls who are being sexually assaulted by these lesbian girls, it's unbelievable!" [Editor's note: because the story was fake. And has been disclaimed. But that doesn't matter.]
LaBarbera: "Right! And why are they talking about numbers, Matt? Can you imagine if after Matt Shepard, Matthew Shepard, the homosexual college kid was murdered, can you imagine if the Christian conservative groups started saying, "well, it's only about one of these a year, so this is no big deal." [Editor's note: I don't HAVE to imagine: THEY SAID THIS. THEY SAID EXACTLY THIS. THEY SAID THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MATT SHEPARD WAS NO BIG DEAL. THEY STILL SAY IT. Hopping CHRIST on a pogo stick!] "I mean, they're laughing at this, and the way they operate in the media, GLAAD, it's pure intimidation. They do not want anything that negatively reflects on homosexual behaviour, or homosexuality itself, in the media. And so, I talked to the TV producer in this Memphis TV station, he said they were actually threatening a lawsuit if they aired the programme, but they decided to air it because they said it was a good story, it was a valid news story."
Barber: "Unbelievable. And the mainstream media is all too willing, generally speaking, to be complicit and toe the liberal, pro-homosexual line, so apparently if anyone - O'Reilly, or if this one Memphis station step out of line, boy they - full force attack, slash and burn. And it's striking to me that the mainstream media, Pete, has not picked up on this. I mean, they have, they've spiked the story, they've blacked it out. It's unbelievable." [Editor's note: Because it was fake.]
LaBarbera: "Well, GLAAD's tactics work. GLAAD's thing is just be aggressive all the time. Always be aggressive. And this is sort of how the whole homosexual movement works, they're always on the aggressive posturing, versus our side, which is always backing up. Now here, you're right Matt, they've been talking about bullying for years. And we, of course, oppose all sorts of bullying. I am completely opposed to anybody who would bully a kid who was identified as homosexual or bisexual, anybody who bullies a weak kid is a weak person himself." [Editor's note: I have to inject here that I listened to Concerned Women for America radio programmes urge that parents throw self-identified GBLT teenagers - high school, middle school, whatever - out into the street all through the late 1990s. And not let them back in or give any support to their children until the kids declared themselves magically straight. And I heard Beverly LaHaye herself support and congratulate a mother who called her show having done so, but feeling bad about it. I heard this myself. The lies here are fantastical.] "And so, we've always been consistent, we're opposed to hatred and violence against homosexuals." [Editor's note: I also used to listen to Bob Knight and Beverely LaHaye talk in the 1990s about how violence against GBLT people was a "normal and natural reaction" to "the perversion of homosexuality." The lies here never stop, but I don't think there's a single goddamn sentence in this whole thing that isn't a lie. Sorry. Continuing.] "But here we have this phenomenon of lesbian bullying, and actually, Matt, since we tried to help this story get some publicity, I've heard from people who said, look, you know, you should look out, there's also a story in the fact that on some of these sports teams, the lesbian athletes are bullying the heterosexual girls. This also is something we're hearing about, but there's no interest in these stories, because the media is deathly afraid of alienating the powerful, and very vocal, homosexual lobby."
Barber: "And the silence from GLAAD and GLSTN and the GSA network and all these other groups is deafening." [Editor's note: Again, the O'Reilly story was a complete fabrication and was disowned by Mr. O'Reilly.]
LaBarbera: "Yeah, and where's their concern for people?" [Ed. note: Note how queers are not included in this use of "people."] "You know, they're supposed to be helping these people who are victims of discrimination, here we have real victims here, if there was even five girls across the country who were raped by these lesbian gangs, that's a terrible phenomenon that must be vetted by the big TV stations, 20/20, Nightline, you know, this would be a huge story if it were flipped around, and it was heterosexuals who were raping homosexuals." [Editor's note: Do we even know where to start, here? I've already ranted once, see above.]
Kleider: "Pete, I cannot imagine a school system that would turn a blind eye to something like this, that would not have Federal funds yanked. I mean, somebody in Congress would do something like that."
LaBarbera: "Right, and I'm sure there is great concern in the schools, but what's so fascinating to me is where's the media? This is where the media would normally see its role. You would see something like this on 60 Minutes, And it's not a matter of whether there's a thousand of these cases, a hundred, or five - the point is, if there was one, like the Matthew Shepard case, which they use to try to promote hate crimes legislation, that's where the media normally sees its role as stirring people to action, to confront such abuses."
Kleider: "Pete, what can parents do? How do you council young girls going into junior high and high school to protect themselves and prevent something like this, and what do you do if something like this were to occur, if there were bullying or, god forbid, an actual rape?"
LaBarbera: "Well, one thing it seems clear is you have to, I guess, we're going to have to have discussions with our daughters about, you know, there is the possibility of aggressive lesbian being a threat, lesbianism being as much of a threat, or a threat, at least, like there are abusive males. And this cannot be brushed under the rug. You have to talk to your kids these days, and you have to talk to them, unfortunately, about homosexual behaviour."
Kleider: [Prompts for promotion and copy of story]
LaBarbera: "We have the story, go to AmericansForTruth.org, and scroll down to the story about the lesbian gang story, and then we have a direct link to the Memphis TV report, which is just fascinating, and it's so interesting that they tried to discredit it, its main interview subject was an African American policewoman who is a specialist in gang activity."
But also... Concerned Women for America is running the "lesbian rape gang" fraud all-out. Matt Barber and Peter LaBarbera go at the gaybashing for a good long time in ways that left me genuinely nauseated. See the starred entry below; I made a transcription. Warning: this story will be triggery as all hell for some readers; it's the bottom entry in this Part I of II, and is not re-included in Part II of II.
And now, today's news.
dogemperor is writing a series of articles on DailyKOS about the "parallel economy" - the businesses most involved in Dominionist politics and social engineering. Parts one and two are up. Part one includes extensive quotations from the statement of faith you're required to support to be listed; no queers, of course, but also feminism? Demonic. Literally. And it gets worse. Definitely worth reading;Race to the Bottom, Part 1: Senator Brownback blasts former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for not being anti-gay enough. Press release wars ensue. First, Senator Brownback's;
Race to the Bottom, Part 2: And then, Mitt Romney's. Let's watch them try to out anti-gay each other! Fun;
Texas governor Rick Perry (R) has appointed a Creationist to head the Texas State Board of Education; yes, really; he's explicitly anti-intellectual and considers many sciences to be "anti-Christian";
A video from the "Christians United for Israel Tour" is really quite remarkable - you too can hear former Speaker of the House Tom Delay say that it's about the return of Jesus, and hear rank-and-file attendees talk about how much they look forward to armageddon, and how Satan is controlling the Moslems, and watch Senator Joe Lieberman (former D, now I-CT) cheerlead for a pre-emptive attack on Iran and talk about his dear friend former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), notorious theocrat. Seriously, watch this video;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM to condemn Ford Motor for being a sponsor at Seattle Pride; I note with amusement that Ford Motor reported a profit this past quarter, for the first time in a while;
OneNewsNow - the American Family Association news service - runs an article condemning the Virginia Educational Association for endorsing non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment; OneNewsNow, the AFA, and all the rest of the theocons are, obviously, against it, as they support explicit government discrimination against GBLT people;
OneNewsNow's reader poll reports that 91.16% of readers think that schools resisting the anti-gay group PFOX are "part of the anti-Christian culture prevalent in many public school districts"; the poll options are pretty funny, in that sad way;
OneNewsNow - the AFA news service - runs an ACTION ITEM to support "decency" to broadcast television, condemning "so-called 'freedom of the speech' of the airwaves"; it's thinly wrapped as an article, but it's obvious an ACTION ITEM;
American Family Association ACTION ITEM against S1105, which adds "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to US hate crimes laws; they are, of course, against it, saying it "establish[es] homosexuals as a special class of people and would give them special rights," which is, of course, a lie. And is, for that matter, the standard lie. They even go out of their way to state that if gay people kill a straight person because that person is straight, it wouldn't apply because it's homosexual-only. Again, this is a lie. However, that never stops them. Also, they claim that S. 1105 "will likely lead to the criminalization and civil sanction of the biblical view of homosexuality";
American Family Association ACTION ITEM to support an unspecified "decency" bill to be introduced by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a theoconservative favourite;
AFA ACTION ITEM to demand restoration of funding to abstinence-only sexual education programmes, saying that without it, 14 year olds will be told to go have sex;
Traditional Values Coalition ACTION ITEM against S.1105, which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to Federal hate crimes laws; they assert it will "endorse deviant and criminal behaviors" and lays "the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible"; interestingly, the TVC specifically is concerned that incitement to violence against queers would be included in this bill. Most of the theocon groups pretend they are against incitement to violence against GBLT people; not so much TVC, apparently;
The Traditional Values Coalition's second ACTION ITEM against S.1105 (see above), and also condemns nondiscrimination in Federal employment hiring (saying it "will grant federally-protected status to homosexuals, cross-dressers, drag queens, transsexuals and she-males") and ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, with similar language;
TVC condemns - yet again - including sexual orientation in Federal hiring anti-discrimination policy, saying it "endorses criminal activity such as pedophilia and necrophilia"; I think the big point of this is to make "sexual orientation" mean "paedophilia" and "necrophilia" to theoconservatives, so they react automatically against the term;
And a fourth TVC condemnation of including sexual orientation in Federal hiring anti-discrimination policy; the bill in question is HR 2232; they basically just repeat the same talking points. I think the big point of this is to make "sexual orientation" mean "paedophilia" and "necrophilia" to theoconservatives, so they react automatically against the term;
Traditional Values Coalition posts a fake version of HR2232 which defines "sexual orientation" to mean, "apotemnophilia, asphyxophilia, autogeynphilia, bisexual, corprophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism/sexual fetishism, frotteurism, heterosexuality, homosexual, gender identity disorder, gerontosexuality, incest, kleptophilia, klismaphilia, necrophilia, partialism, pedophilia, prostitution, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, telephone scatalogia, toucherism, transgenderism, transsexual, transvestite, transvestic fetishism, urophilia, voyeurism, or zoophilia/bestiality"; HR2232 is the bill which would reject discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Federal hiring. They call this a "clarification of terms"; I call it "posting a fake version of the bill which includes all kinds of crap not actually in it";
TVC demands approval of judicial nominee Leslie Southwick;
***** Concerned Women for America promotes the "Lesbian Gang Rapes" story that was on a Memphis station and turned into "hundreds of lesbian gangs raping young girls across the country" segment on Bill O'Reilly; they condemn GBLT groups for opposing the story; the key thing to remember is that all or nearly all of this is false. Bill O'Reilly has even disclaimed it. It's not actually true. But they'll be flogging it for a year. Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber discusses it with Peter LaBarbera of "Americans for Truth" in a festival of "violent lesbian" gaybashing, with some truly nauseating lines including some about how if this were heterosexuals doing the raping, it'd be national news. Seriously, I nearly threw up at that line;
More in part II of II; stories for the above headlines are below the cut here:
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Dominionism's "parallel economy", Pt. 1: The dominionist business directory.
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dogemperorFri Jul 20, 2007 at 05:34:12 AM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/20/8113/02104 (part 1)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/23/82357/4096 (part 2)
I'm now beginning a new multi-part series focusing on a facet rarely touched upon in research on dominionist groups--the rather extensive dominionist "parallel economy" set up as an alternative to "secular businesses". As you will see, the "parallel economy" is highly influential as both a funding source for dominionism and as a way of isolating dominionists--and it is quite extensive, running from hobby stores to entire "yellow pages" type directories to doctors to media to "charity affinity" programs to even kid's dolls.
Part 1 will focus on a particular facet of the dominionist parallel economy--the dominionist business directory, often marketed as the "Christian Yellow Pages", "Shepherd's Pages", etc. Such guides are a major resource for dominionists--and, as we will see, also a major resource for intel on dominionist corporate funders.
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We believe in an ardent effort to free local churches from the bondage of feminism, itself a product of demonic influence, used to control and beset the church in order to weaken the church and defeat God's purpose for local churches; thus having rendered them of limited ability to proclaim and practice God's commandments and lead others to do so, having exchanged the truth for a lie for the sake of numbers rather than quality of teaching as it affects women whose biblical role is clearly defined..
Men and woman should walk, talk, look, dress, and act in a way which reflects scriptures including Titus 2:3-5; Proverbs 31, and 1 Corinthians. 11 (key verses being 14-15 and 4-5). We reject as heresy that God only looks on the inside and doesn't care about the way His children look on the outside His having given so many examples of proper dress and conduct in His Holy Word.
Christian children should be raised by faith-based parents according to biblical ideals and morals and who support the use of Faith-based education, whenever possible, that teaches Children biblical ideals and morals as well as the academics needed for productivity in life. The Christian life cannot be about a day or two, or a worship service or two. but rather an all encompassing faith that brings in line all other actions and activities..
We reject as a false and heretical concept "homosexual Christians" there being no such person. Acceptance of such, or teaching such, is a direct confirmation of any person or church, having been a false professor. The Holy Spirit prevents true believers from believing or proclaiming this blasphemous lie. Every Christian, everywhere, should do all in their ability from witnessing, to voting in political elections, to purchasing voting stock in companies in order to prevent the spread of this demonic defiance of God.
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EXCLUSIVE: Brownback Campaign Rips Romney on Boy Scouts Position
July 23, 2007
Christian Broadcasting Network
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/200024.aspx
The Brody File is the first to receive a press release that will go out later today from the Brownback campaign.
It is a frontal assault on Mitt Romney.
Basically, the Brownback campaign is blasting Romney for his past comments about the Boy Scouts. You can read the press release below.
The title is as follows:
Romney Hostile to Boy Scout Leadership and Principles: Supports Gay Scout Leaders, was Cold to Scout Participation in Olympics.
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In his 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts and later as CEO of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee, Mitt Romney opposed Boy Scout officials who wished to prevent gay men from becoming troop leaders and was hostile to Scout participation in the 2002 Olympics.
In a 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy, Mitt Romney offered his support for gay scout leaders:
"I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation."
The comments from Romney, who holds a law degree, came six years before the June 2000 Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Boy Scouts to bar troop leaders based on sexual orientation. The ruling cited the constitutional rights of freedom of association and speech.
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"What part of morally straight doesn't Mitt Romney understand?" said Larry Cirigiano, a Catholic activist in Massahusetts. "Boy Scout 'leaders' are supposed to be role models. Open homosexuals should not be leading young Boy Scouts anywhere."
Senator Brownback has always supported the right of the Boy Scouts of America to determine the best leaders for young scouts.
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Romney Campaign Responds to Brownback Boy Scout Attack
Christian Broadcasting Network
July 23, 2007
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/200279.aspx
The campaign for Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has responded to the blatant attack from the Brownback campaign. If you're not up to speed on it, click here but basically the Brownback campaign came out with a press release slamming Romney with this headline on their release: "Romney Hostile to Boy Scout Leadership and Principles: Supports Gay Scout Leaders, was Cold to Scout Participation in Olympics."
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"Governor Romney has been the most prominent, leading advocate of the family values platform in this campaign. His consistent advocacy on these issues has resulted in an important growth of support for our campaign. Some other campaigns will resort to negative attacks and distortions which is an unfortunate reflection on their campaign's conduct. Governor Romney has been a supporter of the Boy Scouts and has said he supports their right to decide scouting policies." In their release, the Bownback campaign said, "Senator Brownback has always supported the right of the Boy Scouts of America to determine the best leaders for young scouts."
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Texas: Doomed
Bad Astronomy
Posted at 8:53 am in Religion, Piece of mind, Antiscience
25 July 2007
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/07/25/texas-doomed/
Via the DefCon blog comes that news that Texas governor Rick Perry has appointed a creationist to head the Texas State Board of Education.
I’ll give you a moment to clean off your screen. Yes, you read that right.
At first I thought, "No, not even a politician in Texas could possibly do something that dumb, that contrary to reality, that horrifying to their kids. DefCon Blog must have gotten it wrong!"
And then I did a few searches. DefCon Blog got it right. According to the Dallas Morning News:
"Texas Freedom Network president Kathy Miller … noted that in 2003, Dr. McLeroy was one of four board members who voted against proposed high school biology textbooks because he felt their coverage of evolution was “too dogmatic” and did not include possible flaws in Charles Darwin’s theory of how life on Earth evolved from lower forms."
That is straight out of the creationist tactics notebook. In case you’re not sure, the article goes on to quote McLeroy:
“It is wrong to teach opinion as fact,” he said.
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Here is an Op-Ed talking about McLeroy’s appointment as Board chair:
"In 2001, McLeroy and a majority of the board rejected the only Advanced Placement textbook for high school environmental science because its views on global warming and other events didn’t comport with the beliefs of the board majority. The book wasn’t factual and was anti-American and anti-Christian, the majority claimed. Meanwhile, dozens of colleges and universities were using the textbook, including Baylor University, the nation’s largest Baptist college.
"In 2003, McLeroy voted against approving biology textbooks that included a full-scale scientific account of evolutionary theory."
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Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour
Posted July 26, 2007 | 02:20 AM (EST)
Max Blumenthal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/rapture-ready-the-unauth_b_57826.html
On July 16, I attended Christians United for Israel's annual Washington-Israel Summit. Founded by San Antonio-based megachurch pastor John Hagee, CUFI has added the grassroots muscle of the Christian right to the already potent Israel lobby. Hagee and his minions have forged close ties with the Bush White House and members of Congress from Sen. Joseph Lieberman to Sen. John McCain. In its call for a unilateral military attack on Iran and the expansion of Israeli territory, CUFI has found unwavering encouragement from traditional pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and elements of the Israeli government.
But CUFI has an ulterior agenda: its support for Israel derives from the belief of Hagee and his flock that Jesus will return to Jerusalem after the battle of Armageddon and cleanse the earth of evil. In the end, all the non-believers - Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Christians, etc. - must convert or suffer the torture of eternal damnation. Over a dozen CUFI members eagerly revealed to me their excitement at the prospect of Armageddon occurring tomorrow. Among the rapture ready was Republican Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. None of this seemed to matter to Lieberman, who delivered a long sermon hailing Hagee as nothing less than a modern-day Moses. Lieberman went on to describe Hagee's flock as "even greater than the multitude Moses commanded."
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Ford sponsors Seattle gay pride parade
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American Family Association
ACTION ALERT
July 19, 2007
http://www.afa.net/ford071907.htm
Having just sponsored the Gay Pride Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Ford Motor Company followed up by sponsoring the Seattle Gay Pride Parade held June 24 in the city’s downtown.
To the right is a picture from the parade, which was linked from the SeattlePride.org Web site. The picture shows a “marriage” float with two men, dressed in tuxedos, standing atop a wedding cake. Ford felt a float pushing same-sex marriage was worthy of their financial support.
On June 7, AFA asked Chairman Bill Ford for a meeting to discuss their support of this lifestyle. Chairman Ford has not responded.
For more information on why AFA and scores of other organizations are boycotting Ford, click here.
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Virginia pro-family group sounds warning about 'liberal' state educators
OneNewsNow (the news service of the American Family Association)
July 26, 2007
Ed Thomas
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/virginia_profamily_group_sound.php
An email message from the Virginia Education Association (VEA) reportedly alerts its members to a new concerted partnership with the state's largest homosexual rights lobby to add "sexual orientation" to Virginia's official non-discrimination and employment policies.
A notice from the state's largest pro-family coalition, the Family Foundation of Virginia, says the subject of the recently sent email alert informs recipients of a new resolution -- NBI 31 -- passed at the VEA's yearly convention this past spring. NBI 31 involves joining with the homosexual lobby organization Equality Virginia on the new policy implementation. The Foundation says the email alert also encourages readers to use the activist website to lobby legislators on the issue.
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POLL: School employees against PFOX?
Jody Brown
OneNewsNow.com [The American Family Association news service]
July 26, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/poll_school_employees_against.php
Employees of a school district in Maryland are being accused of viewpoint discrimination in treatment of informational literature from the group Parents and Friends of Gays and Ex-Gays (PFOX). We asked you why you thought they may be doing that. Find out how your fellow OneNewsNow.com readers responded.
OneNewsNow.com asked you: Why are the employees of the Montgomery County (MD) School District apparently taking a stand against PFOX?
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Pro-decency bill would restore gov't authority to fine for on-air profanities
OneNewsNow.com [The American Family Association news service]
Allie Martin
July 26, 2007
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/prodecency_bil__would_restore_.php
A pro-decency measure that has been approved by a Senate committee would restore the government's authority to fine broadcasters for airing profanities.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the bill that would reverse an appeals court ruling which struck down the Federal Communications Commission's new profanity policy. The Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780), sponsored by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), would force the FCC to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. The bill was proposed after an appeals court ruled the FCC did not have the authority to enforce a new, tougher profanity policy.
Pat Trueman, special counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, says the FCC began enforcing indecency laws a few years ago, when its leadership changed.
"Kevin Martin became the chairman of that commission [in 2005] and ... immediately began enforcing indecency law," Trueman recalls, "and he's put, frankly, the fear of God in the broadcasters because they no longer can do whatever they want. We've got to get behind FCC chairman Kevin Martin and the other commissioners who want to help us clean up network television."
Reacting to the Committee's passage of the bill, Martin said that members of Congress "stated once again what we on the Commission and every parent already knows: even a single word or image can indeed be indecent."
But Trueman says the proposal faces much opposition -- some of that from the sponsors' own party. "The reality is, many Democrats do not support this bill," the attorney observes. "They are for complete so-called 'freedom of the speech' of the airwaves. And many are heavily paid through PAC money by the network broadcasters and their friends. So there's a great reluctance to pass it in the full House or the full Senate."
For that reason, Trueman says it is crucial that concerned Christians contact their congressman and senator about the pro-decency measure.
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Senate could vote on the “hate crimes” bill as early as today
Urgent: Your phone call to your senators needed today!
American Family Association
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/callalert/index.tt?alertid=10009606&type=CO
The Senate will be voting, as early as today, on S.1105, the so-called "hate crimes" bill. Under S.1105, acts of crime committed against members of certain protected classes - including those who identify themselves by their "actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity" - would warrant more intense prosecution and greater penalties than the very same acts committed against heterosexuals. [Editor's note: this is a lie. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation and is not exempted by the bill.]
It would establish homosexuals as a special class of people and give them special rights. [Editor's note: This is a lie; see above.]
It is no stretch to argue that S. 1105, if enacted, will embody a national policy that will likely lead to the criminalization and civil sanction of the biblical view of homosexuality.
Read these two stories - The tragic story of Jesse Dirkhising and Woman's death at hands of 'gay' her fault, says lawyer - to see how homosexuals murdered heterosexuals but were not charged with a hate crime. Had the roles been reversed - the victims homosexual and the perpetrators heterosexual - they could have been charged. Under S.1105, homosexuals are a "protected class" while heterosexuals are not. [Editor's note: this is a lie. Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation, and is not exempted by the bill. Homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned in the bill, either; it refers to sexual orientation.]
It is vitally important for you to call your two senators today and tell them to vote against S.1105, the "hate crimes" bill.
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American Family Association
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Support Senator Brownback in the fight against filth on TV
Urgent!! Please contact your senators today!
American Family Association ACTION ALERT
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=9997676&type=CO
Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas will soon introduce legislation to curb the excessive use of violence and the use of profanity on TV. He needs your support now!
By a 2-1 vote, a liberal federal court recently struck down the TV decency law. In essence, the court said your children (and you) don't deserve protection from the filth on TV. Like the ACLU, the court felt that broadcast TV should be allowed to show anything anytime!
Author and culture critic Chuck Colson has written a column concerning this situation. Click here to read Colson's column.
The Brownback legislation (amendments to a current bill) addresses two seperate issues regarding the enforcement of federal FCC rules.
The first amendment establishes the clear intention from Congress that the use of the "f-word" and "s-word" on broadcast television are in violation of decency laws. It is designed to allow the FCC to enforce the law without allowing liberal judges to misinterpret the law and side with the television executives.
The second amendment directs the FCC to establish rules regarding excessive violence. Currently, broadcast decency laws to no address violence, and therefore the FCC has no authority to fine network stations for violence.
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Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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House Democratic leaders to kill funding for abstinence education programs
Urgent Telephone Alert to the House Energy & Commerce Committee
American Family Association ACTION ALERT
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/callalert/index.tt?alertid=9796111&type=TA
The Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee have reportedly decided to kill the abstinence education program this year in favor of so-called “comprehensive” programs that emphasize “safe sex” and contraception.
Abstinence education programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. They teach teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness. However, the Democratic leadership wants to replace that message with federally-funded contraceptive sex education programs that fail to teach young people about the dangers of STDs and extra-marital sex, as well as the inefficiency of contraception. As a result, we could end up with programs like Boulder High School in Colorado where a guest speaker told students as young as 14 to go have sex.
The National Abstinence Education Association is touting a new Zogby International poll that shows American parents favor abstinence education over comprehensive sex education by a two-to-one margin. Click here for more information on the survey.
Congressman Lee Terry who serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee has written a strong letter urging his Congressional colleagues to fund abstinence education programs in their current form.
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American Family Association
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U.S. Senate set to effectively endorse deviant and criminal behaviors under hate crimes amendment
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3112
July 13, 2007 - In a shameless act, liberal Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) filed their anti-Christian "hate crimes" legislation as an amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Bill. This bill is currently being debated in the U.S. Senate and a vote could come as early as Friday July 13th or next week.
This amendment makes sexual orientation a protected class yet, sexual orientation is not defined either in this legislation, or in federal law generally.
Click here to contact your Senators
What Are The Effects of the So-Called Hates Crimes Amendment
This so-called “hate crimes” amendment will make 30 sexual orientations into federally-protected minority groups! The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published 30 such sexual orientations that, because of Congress’s failure to define “sexual orientation,” will arguably be protected under this legislation. These 30 orientations are listed in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is used by physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists throughout the U.S. It is considered the dictionary of mental disorders. Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states or can result in death.
Serious Threat to Religious Liberties. This language begins to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible.
So-called “hate speech” which could include a pastor’s sermon, an author, citizen activist who writes a letter to the editor, or individual speech against homosexual behaviors, could become the target of zealous pro-homosexual federal prosecutors!
During the House Committee debate, Representative Artur Davis admitted that the “hate-crimes” bill could be used to prosecute pastors for their sermons if they incite or are an “inducement” to violence.
H.R. 1592 is based upon a false premise: That there’s an epidemic of so-called “hate crimes” against homosexuals and drag queens that needs federal involvement for local law enforcement officials!
Immediate Action is needed: Contact your (2) U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the so-called hate crimes amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Bill. because:
Congress’s refusal to define “sexual orientation” creates the prospect of legal protection for every form of sexual perversion recognized by the psychiatric profession. By its silence, Congress is effectively endorsing such deviant and criminal behaviors as beastiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia as “sexual orientations” protected by federal law.
It lays the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible.
Click here to contact your Senators
Distribute this email to your church leadership and at least 10 friends and ask that they contact their U. S. Senators IMMEDIATELY!
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Legislative Update On: S. 1105, The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Matthew Shepard Act) Of 2007
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3113
July 18, 2007 – The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act pushed by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) was going to be attached to the Defense Authorization bill this week. But this tactic to push the homosexual agenda changed last evening when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the DOD bill from the schedule!
“At this point, it is unclear how Kennedy and Smith will sneak S. 1105 into a larger bill,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “They may attempt to attach S. 1105 to other legislation or the DOD bill when it comes back on the schedule for a vote. We just don’t know at this point. What we do know is that citizen activists must call or email their Senators immediately and demand that this dangerous bill be killed.”
TVC’s detailed report on S. 1105 explains why the Kennedy-Smith hate crime bill is not only unnecessary, but if enacted will establish a legal precedent to begin going after “hate speech” – which is any negative comments about homosexuals.
This so-called “hate crimes” amendment will make 30 sexual orientations into federally-protected minority groups! The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published 30 such sexual orientations that, because of Congress’s failure to define “sexual orientation,” will arguably be protected under this legislation. These 30 orientations are listed in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which is used by physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and psychiatrists throughout the U.S. It is considered the dictionary of mental disorders. Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states or can result in death.
Serious Threat to Religious Liberties. This language begins to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute and persecute pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible. So-called “hate speech” which could include a pastor’s sermon, an author, citizen activist who writes a letter to the editor, or individual speech against homosexual behaviors, could become the target of zealous pro-homosexual federal prosecutors! During the House Committee debate on H.R. 1592 (Conyers’ clone bill of S. 1105) Representative Artur Davis admitted that the “hate-crimes” bill could be used to prosecute pastors for their sermons if they incite or are an “inducement” to violence.
S. 1105 is based upon a false premise: That there’s an epidemic of so-called “hate crimes” against homosexuals and drag queens that needs federal involvement for local law enforcement officials!
The S. 1105 report is available here: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/S1105_HateCrimeReport2007July18075.php
The House has already passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, H.R. 1592, which was sponsored by Rep. John Conyers. During hearings on H.R. 1592, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) described how this hate crime bill would be used to criminalize speech that is critical of homosexual goals.
TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon aired a video alert on H.R. 1592 when it was up for a vote. He noted that this legislation (virtually identical to Kennedy-Smith) will be a serious threat to religious freedom and speech. Yet, the House passed it on the National Day of Prayer in May.
Lafferty pointed out that our exposure of the fraudulent “findings” in H.R. 1592 forced Conyers to quietly remove the justification for the legislation by the time it was voted on in the House. TVC had exposed numerous frauds that were being used to justify the need for this so-called hate crimes. Those frauds are still in the Kennedy-Smith bill!
TAKE ACTION: Contact your two U.S. Senators by phone (202-224-3121) or use CapWiz to send an email to your Senators. In addition, send this email to 10 friends and encourage them to contact their Senators about S. 1105.
Two More Hate Crimes/Sexual Orientation Bills Being Pushed
Liberals and their homosexual/drag queen allies are pushing for passage of two additional bills that will grant federally-protected status to homosexuals, cross-dressers, drag queens, transsexuals and she-males.
The Clarification Of Federal Employment Protections Act, H.R. 2232, will create federally-protected status for “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” for federal employees! Since “sexual orientation” is not defined in the law, it will effectively cover the 30 sexual orientations listed by the American Psychiatric Association in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
The second bill is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), (H.R. 2015) sponsored by homosexual activist Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). ENDA will force any business with more than 15 employees to “protect” homosexuals, drag queens, she-males, etc. in employment. It will criminalize criticism of homosexuality or other bizarre sex practices. Employers and employees who speak out against these behaviors can be forced to attend sensitivity training programs.
TVC is working on an updated report on ENDA. This pro-homosexual/drag queen bill has been reintroduced in every new session of Congress for more than 10 years.
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Waxman-Davis Bill Opens Door to Requiring Protections
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3110
July 11, 2007 - Undefined “Sexual Orientation” Protections Could Cover Criminal Acts
Washington, DC – A bill introduced by Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) includes coverage for undefined “sexual orientation” and effectively endorses criminal activity such as pedophilia and necrophilia.
According to a new report from the Traditional Values Coalition, the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act (HR 2232) “clarifies nothing while it opens the door to licensing all types of aberrant behavior.”
“Sexual orientation is a wild card term which will allow all sorts of mischief to occur in the federal workforce as a precursor to expanding these misguided and ill-conceived policies to the rest of America’s workforce,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty.
[More at URL]
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H.R. 2232: The ‘Clarification Of Federal Employment Protections Act’
Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3109
July 11, 2007 - U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) have introduced H.R. 2232, the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act.
This legislation will amend United States Code dealing with discrimination against federal employees by adding “sexual orientation” to 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(10). Yet, “sexual orientation” is not defined either in this legislation or in federal law generally.
Once “sexual orientation” is added to 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(10), homosexuals, cross-dressers, transsexuals and anyone else with a different “sexual orientation” can demand special access to restrooms and shower facilities. They can demand that other employees deemed not sufficiently supportive of their “orientation” be forced to attend diversity training programs that will affirm homosexuality, cross-dressing, transsexualism and other gender confused behaviors as normal.
Congress’ refusal to define “sexual orientation” creates the prospect of legal protection for every form of sexual perversion recognized by the psychiatric profession. By its silence, Congress is effectively endorsing such deviant and criminal behaviors as beastiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia as “sexual orientations” protected by federal law.
[More at URL]
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Judge Leslie Southwick -- Don't Shoot Down This Iraq War Veteran
Senators: Don’t Shoot Down This
Iraq War Veteran For Federal Bench!
Judge Leslie Southwick deserves respect and an up or down vote.
Online as of 26 July 2007
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3115
Washington, DC – “On behalf of 43,000 churches associated with the Traditional Values Coalition, I urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to support an immediate up or down vote on the nomination of Judge Leslie Southwick to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,” said TVC’s Executive Director Andrea Lafferty today. “President Bush nominated Judge Southwick to serve on the 5th Circuit Court on January 9, 2007.
Lafferty notes that Judge Southwick is an ABA-endorsed judge, who has a stellar record in Mississippi and in the military. He has served with distinction as a Mississippi state appellate court judge and wrote nearly 1,000 opinions in an estimated 7,000 cases. The Mississippi State Bar honored him in 2004 with its Judicial Excellence Award.
She stated: “Feeling strongly about defending our nation from Islamic terrorism, Judge Southwick left his position on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and volunteered to serve in Iraq with the Mississippi National Guard. Earlier, he had requested and received an age waiver in order to enlist! In 2003, he transferred from a non-combat unit to the 155th Separate Armor Brigade with the full knowledge that he would likely be sent to Iraq. His unit was, in fact, sent to Iraq near Najaf in August 2004.
“In 2006, he transferred back to the Joint Force Headquarters in the Mississippi National Guard. For his honorable service, he received a letter of commendation from Major General Harold A. Cross, the Adjutant General of Mississippi.
“By anyone’s standard, Judge Southwick is eminently qualified to serve on the Fifth Circuit. In fact, his willingness to volunteer to go into harm’s way for America is an indication of his character and patriotism.
“Traditional Values Coalition is asking for an immediate action on Judge Southwick. We urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to see that Judge Southwick is treated fairly and respectfully and receives an up or down vote. Don’t shoot down this Iraq war veteran.”
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Lesbian Gang Rapes in Memphis-Area Schools
Concerned Women for America
7/26/2007
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13499/CFI/education/index.htm
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has threatened to sue a Memphis, Tennessee television station in its attempts to block the broadcast of a story on lesbian high school gangs that are viciously raping straight female students. Thankfully, the Memphis TV station aired the story, although it has been spiked by other news outlets across the nation. Matt Barber, CWA’s Policy Director for Cultural Issues spoke with Pete LaBarbera, president and founder of Americans for Truth. [Warning: content not suitable for children.]
To see the video clip visit: http://blip.tv/file/165392/ . For more on this story visit http://americansfortruth.com/news/must-viewing-lesbian-gangs-raping-girls-glaad-tries-to-block-airing-of-news-segment.html
[Peter LaBarbera: "Well, what's going on is there evidently has been some harassing and even criminal behaviour by aggressive lesbians in schools. And we're reporting what was reported by a Memphis TV station months ago. Of course, the media didn't pick up on it, but Bill O'Reilly did over at Fox News, he reported on a story that Memphis did about aggressive groups of lesbians who are even going so far as to rape girls in schools to quote "turn them in to lesbians." And similar behaviour has been seen in other big cities, largely in inner-city schools, and we're trying to get to the bottom of it, and of course the gay activists are just pooh-poohing the whole thing and attacked O'Reilly." [Editor's note: The story was completely false. Bill O'Reilly has even disclaimed it, which is unusual.]
Kleider: [This came from a Memphis TV station originally?]
LaBarbera: "Well, the story was fascinating, and you can access it off our website at AmericansforTruth.org, but it's a real interesting story, at the end of the story, they said how there's other schools - and they had a list of schools in the Memphis area - that had this problem. The story featured a gang policewoman who was dealing with gang activity, and she was the one - she was an African-American policewoman who was talking about this gang problem. Now the fascinating thing, Martha, was that GLAAD, which stands for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, went so far as to threaten to sue the station, to not broadcast that story. So GLAAD, which is the powerful media organisation, was desperately trying to squelch the story and completely block it from airing. The TV station to its credit did air the report, but then interestingly, a tremendous story like this, there was no hardly any followup in the rest of the media until O'Reilly broadcast it later on."
Matt Barber: "And I saw that report on Bill O'Reilly, Pete, and apparently they're referring to themselves as GTO, or Gays Taking Over. And I've read several accounts - apparently there are witnesses coming forward, there are people, victims who have been raped by these lesbian gangs, coming forward, yet GLAAD is so concerned about keeping any negative information from getting out about homosexual activities that they would actually try to censor media reports on this." [Editor's note: The story was false.]
LaBarbera: "Yeah. And it's interesting there to look at the tactics. What they're saying is that - O'Reilly had a report in which apparently there were a couple of factual mistakes [Ed. note: like virtually everything in the report] and so what the gays are doing is ridiculing the idea that there's thousands, or, and we don't know how many there are, all I know is that this is a problem, I knew it was a problem because I had spoken with Linda Jernegin, who I believe you know Matt, who's a former lesbian, African-American, and she told me a couple of years ago how she was asked to speak at a Chicago area school because there was this phenomenon of girls - these lesbians - they take a girl into the restroom, this is horrifying, it's hard to describe, but they orally rape a girl in the restroom to turn her into a lesbian, something like that, basically a lesbian rape was happening, and she was asked to speak at the school, then she was denied - she insisted that she give her Christian testimony because that's part of how she came out of lesbianism, and they didn't want her to give the Christian aspect of her testimony, and so she didn't speak. But there's obviously a problem here of bullying by lesbians. We don't know if it's a thousand gangs, we don't know if it's a hundred, we don't know if it's five. But the point is, if it were on the other side, and we were talking about raging bands of heterosexual boys, raping girls, to turn them straight, you better believe there'd be media attention on this."
[Editor's note: ... I want to have a note here. I'm trying to. All I can do is point to the several recent cases of videotaped gang-rapes of women by high-school and college-age bands of males where the rapists got off scott free. And point to the tens of thousands of women raped by men every year in this country. And say WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING FUCKS, YOU FUCKHEADS. THIS IS FUCKING HAPPENING EVERY FUCKING DAY YOU EVIL PSYCHOPATHS. and it's fucking considered fucking NORMAL you fucking FUCKS.
And this story was even fabricated.
Sorry. I'll continue with the transcription now.]
Barber: Pete, you know, you hear the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, GLSTN, GLAAD, and these other groups, talking about bulling that's occurring, supposedly, against self-identified homosexual kids, and they say that we need to have safe schools, and we need to prevent bullying. Well, my question is "where are they now?" When it does not suit their radical political agenda, suddenly bullying is no longer a problem. Why aren't they coming to the defense of these young girls who are being sexually assaulted by these lesbian girls, it's unbelievable!" [Editor's note: because the story was fake. And has been disclaimed. But that doesn't matter.]
LaBarbera: "Right! And why are they talking about numbers, Matt? Can you imagine if after Matt Shepard, Matthew Shepard, the homosexual college kid was murdered, can you imagine if the Christian conservative groups started saying, "well, it's only about one of these a year, so this is no big deal." [Editor's note: I don't HAVE to imagine: THEY SAID THIS. THEY SAID EXACTLY THIS. THEY SAID THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MATT SHEPARD WAS NO BIG DEAL. THEY STILL SAY IT. Hopping CHRIST on a pogo stick!] "I mean, they're laughing at this, and the way they operate in the media, GLAAD, it's pure intimidation. They do not want anything that negatively reflects on homosexual behaviour, or homosexuality itself, in the media. And so, I talked to the TV producer in this Memphis TV station, he said they were actually threatening a lawsuit if they aired the programme, but they decided to air it because they said it was a good story, it was a valid news story."
Barber: "Unbelievable. And the mainstream media is all too willing, generally speaking, to be complicit and toe the liberal, pro-homosexual line, so apparently if anyone - O'Reilly, or if this one Memphis station step out of line, boy they - full force attack, slash and burn. And it's striking to me that the mainstream media, Pete, has not picked up on this. I mean, they have, they've spiked the story, they've blacked it out. It's unbelievable." [Editor's note: Because it was fake.]
LaBarbera: "Well, GLAAD's tactics work. GLAAD's thing is just be aggressive all the time. Always be aggressive. And this is sort of how the whole homosexual movement works, they're always on the aggressive posturing, versus our side, which is always backing up. Now here, you're right Matt, they've been talking about bullying for years. And we, of course, oppose all sorts of bullying. I am completely opposed to anybody who would bully a kid who was identified as homosexual or bisexual, anybody who bullies a weak kid is a weak person himself." [Editor's note: I have to inject here that I listened to Concerned Women for America radio programmes urge that parents throw self-identified GBLT teenagers - high school, middle school, whatever - out into the street all through the late 1990s. And not let them back in or give any support to their children until the kids declared themselves magically straight. And I heard Beverly LaHaye herself support and congratulate a mother who called her show having done so, but feeling bad about it. I heard this myself. The lies here are fantastical.] "And so, we've always been consistent, we're opposed to hatred and violence against homosexuals." [Editor's note: I also used to listen to Bob Knight and Beverely LaHaye talk in the 1990s about how violence against GBLT people was a "normal and natural reaction" to "the perversion of homosexuality." The lies here never stop, but I don't think there's a single goddamn sentence in this whole thing that isn't a lie. Sorry. Continuing.] "But here we have this phenomenon of lesbian bullying, and actually, Matt, since we tried to help this story get some publicity, I've heard from people who said, look, you know, you should look out, there's also a story in the fact that on some of these sports teams, the lesbian athletes are bullying the heterosexual girls. This also is something we're hearing about, but there's no interest in these stories, because the media is deathly afraid of alienating the powerful, and very vocal, homosexual lobby."
Barber: "And the silence from GLAAD and GLSTN and the GSA network and all these other groups is deafening." [Editor's note: Again, the O'Reilly story was a complete fabrication and was disowned by Mr. O'Reilly.]
LaBarbera: "Yeah, and where's their concern for people?" [Ed. note: Note how queers are not included in this use of "people."] "You know, they're supposed to be helping these people who are victims of discrimination, here we have real victims here, if there was even five girls across the country who were raped by these lesbian gangs, that's a terrible phenomenon that must be vetted by the big TV stations, 20/20, Nightline, you know, this would be a huge story if it were flipped around, and it was heterosexuals who were raping homosexuals." [Editor's note: Do we even know where to start, here? I've already ranted once, see above.]
Kleider: "Pete, I cannot imagine a school system that would turn a blind eye to something like this, that would not have Federal funds yanked. I mean, somebody in Congress would do something like that."
LaBarbera: "Right, and I'm sure there is great concern in the schools, but what's so fascinating to me is where's the media? This is where the media would normally see its role. You would see something like this on 60 Minutes, And it's not a matter of whether there's a thousand of these cases, a hundred, or five - the point is, if there was one, like the Matthew Shepard case, which they use to try to promote hate crimes legislation, that's where the media normally sees its role as stirring people to action, to confront such abuses."
Kleider: "Pete, what can parents do? How do you council young girls going into junior high and high school to protect themselves and prevent something like this, and what do you do if something like this were to occur, if there were bullying or, god forbid, an actual rape?"
LaBarbera: "Well, one thing it seems clear is you have to, I guess, we're going to have to have discussions with our daughters about, you know, there is the possibility of aggressive lesbian being a threat, lesbianism being as much of a threat, or a threat, at least, like there are abusive males. And this cannot be brushed under the rug. You have to talk to your kids these days, and you have to talk to them, unfortunately, about homosexual behaviour."
Kleider: [Prompts for promotion and copy of story]
LaBarbera: "We have the story, go to AmericansForTruth.org, and scroll down to the story about the lesbian gang story, and then we have a direct link to the Memphis TV report, which is just fascinating, and it's so interesting that they tried to discredit it, its main interview subject was an African American policewoman who is a specialist in gang activity."
