[Active-l] (NEWS) Today's Cultural Warfare Update

[Dara (R'ykandar Korra'ti)]

A variety of Christians in different parts of the country launch  
lawsuits against workplace and school anti-discrimination codes; claim  
is that they cannot be Christian if they aren't allowed to discriminate  
against GBLT and speak out against people at work and in school;

Baptist college expels student after he said he was gay on his MySpace  
page;

Kentucky governor Ernie Fletcher (R) removes state worker anti-GBLT  
bias protection from the employment code - on diversity day, presumably  
just to rub it in - authorising anti-gay discrimination in hiring,  
firing, and promotion for state workers; in particular, he wanted  
protections removed for transgendered people (from Livejournal user  
rosepurr);

Virginia governor Kaine (D) urges voters to reject anti-marriage  
amendment - but only because it might remove some rights from  
heterosexual unmarried couples. He's fine with the anti-gay part; this  
guy is considered a contender for the Democratic presidential  
nomination in 2008;

Kentucky private college with strident anti-gay politics - the one that  
just booted a student for saying on his myspace page that he was gay -  
receives state funds (ganked from http://andrewsullivan.com / Andrew  
Sullivan); the only gay legislator in Kentucky is taking a stand in  
opposition;

Focus on the Family dreams about Justice John Paul Stevens leaving the  
Supreme Court; revives "special rights" language for GBLT people, talks  
about the evils of allowing "homosexual expression";

FotF reports on impeachment attempt against President Fire Thunder of  
the Oglala tribe;

School prayer ballot measure passes Missouri house;

FotF condemns lesbian and gay parents for enrolling in the White House  
Easter Egg hunt, calls it "sacrilegious" and "appalling";

Focus on the Family Canada pushes Centre for Cultural Renewal's  
"Cooperation of Church and State Conference," talking about how  
church-state separation is bad and a product of those evil atheistic  
secularists, and asserts by implication that you can't be Christian and  
not want religious government;

Family Research Council ACTION ITEM to support anti-marriage amendment  
in Illinois; they need to get more signatures and are getting close to  
deadline;

American Family Association: Europe is abandoning Christianity and it's  
leading to disaster;

Church-run Government-funded elderly day-care centre (for "disabled  
senior citizens and other vulnerable adults who need care during the  
day") refuses services to an elderly transwoman; county cuts off  
funding; AFA says the county is "punishing a church for taking a stand  
against sexual deviance";

AFA condemns California legislation to include GLBT people in history  
classes;

AFA reports on Linda Harvey of Mission America's condemnation of the  
First Amendment guidelines for discussion GBLT issues in schools, says  
no discussions should ever be held with GBLT groups because we are an  
"abomination," pulls out the diseased-homosexual-child-rapists  
rhetoric;

AFA: Arizona governor vetos "fetal pain" bill;

Traditional Values Coalition links to a real queer-baiter of an  
editorial column, "Gay Totalitarians Perverse Sex Education for Kids";  
GBLT people are Stalinist communists brainwashing adults and children  
into mind-conditioning programmes; this is one amazing rant, and  
normally I wouldn't include it - except for the TVC link to it;

Human Events runs a Jan LaRue (Concerned Women for America) column  
saying porn turns ordinary men into brutal child rapists;

Concerned Women for America links to LifeNews story about upcoming  
anti-stem-cell-research and anti-abortion protests in DC;

CWA's Robert Knight talks with "ex-gay" ministries wonk Stephen  
Bennett, worries that new possible AIDS _prevention_ drugs will "only  
encourage more risky homosexual behavior"; calls the possible  
introduction "tragic," "a trap" that is "just giving a green light to  
gay men to continue in your behaviour"; calls it a "morning after" pill  
for gay men; this is relevant because they're also against emergency  
contraception, calling it an abortion pill (when it most assuredly is  
not);

Faith and Freedom Network "talking points" article against marriage  
rights.


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Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal,  
conservatives argue.
By Stephanie Simon, Times Staff Writer
April 10, 2006

ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be  
intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against  
homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a  
senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual  
orientation.

Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to  
religious expression. So she's demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its  
tolerance policy.

With her lawsuit, the 22-year-old student joins a growing campaign to  
force public schools, state colleges and private workplaces to  
eliminate policies protecting gays and lesbians from harassment. The  
religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance  
programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and  
lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality,  
anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their  
membership to all.

The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical, frames the movement  
as the civil rights struggle of the 21st century. "Christians," he  
said, "are going to have to take a stand for the right to be  
Christian."

[...]

The legal argument is straightforward: Policies intended to protect  
gays and lesbians from discrimination end up discriminating against  
conservative Christians. Evangelicals have been suspended for wearing  
anti-gay T-shirts to high school, fired for denouncing Gay Pride Month  
at work, reprimanded for refusing to attend diversity training. When  
they protest tolerance codes, they're labeled intolerant.

[...]

"Think how marginalized racists are," said [Christian activist Gregory  
S.] Baylor, who directs the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law  
and Religious Freedom. "If we don't address this now, it will only get  
worse."

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Baptist college expels gay student
Christopher Curtis, PlanetOut Network Mon Apr 10, 8:06 PM ET

SUMMARY: The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., kicks  
out a sophomore because he revealed he was gay on his MySpace.com page.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20060411/co_po/baptistcollegeexpelsgaystudent

The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., has kicked out  
a sophomore because he revealed he was gay on his MySpace.com page, the  
Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

Jason Johnson, 20, was expelled last week from the Baptist school,  
according to Larry Cockrum, the school's director of media relations.  
Johnson was majoring in theater arts.

"Everybody on campus is extremely upset about this," Jennifer Roberts,  
a Cumberlands senior, told the newspaper.

Roberts, who told the paper she is a close friend of Johnson, described  
him as honest and trustworthy.

"I would consider Jason a Christian because so many of his values are  
Christian," she said. "He embodies everything a friend should be. A lot  
of people are suffering because he is not here."

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Gays cut from anti-bias policy
Change for state workers comes on Diversity Day
Wednesday, April 12, 2006	
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By Deborah Yetter
dyetter at courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/ 
NEWS0104/604120407

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gay state workers and job candidates have lost  
anti-discrimination protection as a result of an order that Gov. Ernie  
Fletcher issued yesterday as part of the state's "Diversity Day."

Fletcher replaced the 2003 employment policy of former Gov. Paul Patton  
with one that bans employment discrimination because of "race, color,  
national origin, sex, age, religion, veteran status and disability."

It makes no mention of sexual orientation.

Patton's policy included protections based on sexual orientation and  
gender identity.

[...]

It also drew criticism from some lawmakers, including Sen. Ernesto  
Scorsone, D-Lexington, who is gay and said the policy amounts to "open  
season on gay state employees."

[...]

[Fletcher spokesman Brett] Hall said the administration was concerned  
that the Patton policy on sexual orientation was too broad and extended  
to others, such as transgender people.

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Kaine Urges Voters to Reject Amendment
By Chris L. Jenkins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 11, 2006; Page B05

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said the "broad wording" of the constitutional  
amendment could threaten benefits for unmarried heterosexual couples.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/ 
AR2006041001665.html

RICHMOND, April 10 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) said Monday that he  
will vote against a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex  
marriage when it appears before Virginians in November because it could  
have far-reaching consequences for all unmarried couples in the state.

In a symbolic and rare action, the governor refused to sign the bill  
that places the language of the amendment on the Nov. 7 ballot,  
indicating that he opposes the measure but believes it should come  
before the electorate.

[...]

Kaine said that the amendment, which received final approval from the  
General Assembly this winter, was too vague because it reads in part  
that the Virginia Constitution should not recognize "another union,  
partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights,  
benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage."

He said this wording could adversely affect unmarried heterosexual  
couples.

Kaine said in a statement that he was concerned about "the broad  
wording of the proposed constitutional amendment," saying that it  
threatens "the constitutional rights of individuals to enter into  
private contracts, and also . . . the discretion of employers to extend  
certain benefits, such as health care coverage, to unmarried couples."

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Legislator says school shouldn't get funds
By John Stamper
HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU
April 11, 2006

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/14313631.htm

FRANKFORT - State funding for a new pharmacy school building at the  
University of the Cumberlands should not be included in the budget if  
the private school doesn't stop discriminating against gay students, a  
legislator warned last night.

"We should not be budgeting bigotry," Sen. Ernesto Scorsone,  
D-Lexington, told colleagues before voting on the $18.1 billion,  
two-year budget. Scorsone is the only openly gay member of the General  
Assembly.

The university made headlines last week when it expelled a student for  
disclosing on a personal Web site that he is gay.

In an unusual arrangement, the proposed budget includes $10 million of  
state debt to construct a pharmacy building on the school's Whitley  
County campus. The budget also includes $1 million to fund scholarships  
for students attending the college's yet-to-be created pharmacy  
program.

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Watch the Guy on the Left
The oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court is a liberal whose  
replacement could give pro-life conservatives the majority that voters  
have expected for 25 years.
by Bruce Hausknecht
Focus on the Family
Citizen Magazine
March 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/citizenmag/features/a0039574.cfm

Last year’s passing of Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist at age 80  
and the retirement of 75-year-old Sandra Day O’Connor refocused the  
public’s attention on the aging of our nation’s highest court. Before  
John Roberts’ confirmation as the new Chief Justice last September at  
age 50, the youngest justice of the nine members of the Supreme Court  
was Justice Clarence Thomas, who is 57. The oldest current member of  
the Court is 85-year-old John Paul Stevens, appointed in 1975 by  
President Ford.

Rumors began to surface last year of an impending Stevens’ retirement,  
and continue to do so simply because of his advanced age. Though he’s  
still a vigorous participant in the day-to-day workings of the Court  
and shows no signs of slowing down, a look at his record will help us  
understand just what impact his replacement could have, if and when  
Stevens is replaced by a judicial conservative.

[...]

Thirty years in the Washington of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry changed  
Stevens. He now votes as if he were a Clinton appointee, favoring  
unlimited abortion and homosexual expression and opposing religious  
expression and property rights.

[...]

Although he promised in 1975 to leave policy-making on controversial  
social issues to Congress and the states, Stevens has nevertheless  
advanced the homosexual agenda from the bench. In 1986 he dissented in  
the Bowers v. Hardwick decision upholding Georgia’s anti-sodomy  
statute, and in 2003 joined the majority in striking down Texas’  
anti-sodomy statute in Lawrence v. Texas. In 1996, he helped strike  
down Colorado’s constitutional amendment prohibiting special rights  
being granted to homosexuals. [Ed. Note: Colorado's Amendment 2 banned  
civil rights rights protections for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people,  
but specifically left them intact for straights. As a result, while it  
was in effect, you could fire someone for being gay, but could not fire  
them for being heterosexual - that part remained against the law. This  
_was the desired outcome_, as could be shown by the one attempt by a  
fundamentalist group to ban "special rights" based on "sexual  
orientation" in general - the nationals all got a hold of them and told  
them to withdraw it _now_ because that included straights.] Then in  
2000 he signed an opinion that would have forced the Boy Scouts to  
accept openly homosexual scout leaders.

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Plans to Open an Abortion Clinic on Indian Land May Crash
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
April 11, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0040148.cfm

A South Dakota Sioux leader who announced plans to open an abortion  
clinic on tribal land to circumvent the state's abortion ban may face  
impeachment because Sioux tribal law respects the life of preborn  
babies, LifeNews.com reported.

Cecelia Fire Thunder, tribal president of the Oglala Sioux, announced  
plans to open an abortion facility after the South Dakota Legislature  
in February passed a law banning abortion in the Mount Rushmore State.  
Gov. Mike Rounds signed it into law March 6.

Because tribal lands are sovereign, South Dakota's abortion ban would  
not apply.

But Patrick Lee, a retired chief judge for the Oglala tribe, said  
tribal law is pro-life and would not allow the construction of an  
abortion clinic.

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Missouri Lawmakers Hope to Let Voters Decide Issue of School Prayer
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
April 11, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0040147.cfm

The Missouri House of Representatives has voted to place on November's  
ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect students'  
right to pray in public schools, The Associated Press reported.

While the language in the proposed amendment would prohibit the  
establishment of an official religion as well as state-composed or  
-coerced prayer, it gives students the right to freely express their  
religious beliefs without interference, as long as "expression is  
private and voluntary and in a manner that is not disruptive nor in  
violation of other policies, rules or standards."

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Annual White House Easter Outing Turns Political
Focus on the Family
Newsbriefs
April 11, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0040146.cfm

At least 200 homosexual couples plan to bring their young kids to the  
White House next Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll, and some family  
advocates say it is a political stunt at the expense of innocent  
children.

The families plan to identify themselves to the estimated 16,000 in  
attendance by wearing rainbow-colored leis.

Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Pride Coalition,  
said attending the Easter celebration is not motivated by politics.

"We are not protesting the president's policies on gay families," she  
said. "We are, however, helping him to understand that gay families  
exist in this country and deserve the rights and protections that all  
families need."

Mark Tooley, director of the United Methodist Committee at the  
Institute on Religion and Democracy, said the group's claim that it  
isn't trying to gain political attention is hollow.

[...]

"This is a clearly calculated attempt to interject a political  
statement advocating the fundamental redefinition of the family and the  
normalization of homosexuality into what should be an innocent and  
child-centered event," [Caleb Price, social research analyst at Focus  
on the Family] said. "Given that the White House Easter egg event is  
associated with the death and resurrection of Christ makes this  
sacrilegious stunt all the more appalling."

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The Cooperation of Church & State Conference
June 8 & 9, 2006
Calgary Telus Convention Centre

http://www.culturalrenewal.ca/qry/page.taf?id=15#

[...]

Description of Conference

The Cooperation of Church and State Conference will provide a fresh  
analysis of the relationship between the church/religions and the  
state. It is often said that there is a separation of church (religions  
in the Canadian context) and state; however the meaning of this phrase  
is often unclear. On one hand the “separation” can be described as  
religion having no public place within the state; such an approach is  
favoured by the anti-religious ideology of secularism. Another  
approach, however, suggests that just as religious believers and  
institutions are in society, so too should the religions be able to  
function fully within the public order (education, law and politics).  
On this reading, the beliefs of religious citizens should not operate  
under a disadvantage as against the beliefs of atheist or agnostic  
citizens. Thus a ‘cooperation’ of religions and state is a better way  
to discuss the issues than a ‘separation’. This conference will present  
leading thinkers to unpack this important yet misunderstood phrase in  
the Canadian context.

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Marriage petition drive coming to a close in Illinois
Family Research Council
April 11, 2006 - Tuesday
Illinois (more on this state)
Forward to a Friend!

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AL06D05

The deadline for the Protect Marriage Illinois (PMI) petition drive is  
Thursday, April 20th -- just days away! 283,111 valid signatures of  
registered voters are needed in order to qualify the referendum for the  
November, 2006 ballot. To reach this level, at least 300,000-350,000  
signatures need to be gathered.

Thousands of petitions are being sent in everyday, but a strong finish  
from Illinois pro-marriage citizens is needed to insure that the  
amendment gets on the November ballot.

Here's what you can do in these last days:

--If you have PMI petitions with any number of signatures, please get  
them notarized and turn them in now. It is critical that an accurate  
count of the number of signatures gathered to date is done immediately.  
Mail completed notarized sheets to:


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Europe's Chastisement? -- How the Abandonment of Christianity May Be  
Leading to Disaster
Feature by Ed Vitagliano
American Family Association/Agape Press
April 12, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/afa/122006a.asp

(AgapePress) - Anyone know where we can find some Etruscans? You know,  
members of the Etruscan civilization that existed in ancient Italy,  
predating even Rome?

Well, there aren't any. The Etruscans were absorbed by the Roman  
civilization and ceased to exist as a distinct people.

Ominously, if a growing number of experts and cultural observers are  
right, it's entirely possible that the same question may be asked 100  
years from now -- only about Italians or Spaniards or Russians.

As writer Mark Steyn glumly put it in The New Criterion, "Much of what  
we loosely call the Western world will not survive this century, and  
much of it will effectively disappear within our lifetimes, including  
many if not most Western European countries."

[...]

World magazine's Gene Edward Veith sums it up this way: "Why the  
population decline? The worldwide collapse of what are, literally,  
family values. Thanks to contraceptive technology, sex has become  
separated from childbearing. With women pursuing careers of their own  
and men getting sex without the responsibility of marriage, why bother  
with children? For many women and men, pregnancy has become an  
unpleasant side effect, something to prevent with contraceptives or  
easily treated with a trip to the abortion clinic."

[...]

Abandoning Christianity
These explanations do not go far enough to suit culture critic and  
columnist Don Feder, who sees Europe's abandonment of its Christian  
heritage as the true root cause of its population problems.

"It's no coincidence that central to the new Europe ... is a refusal to  
acknowledge the continent's origins," says Feder, who is Jewish. "The  
proposed constitution for the European Union (a document of over 70,000  
words) contains not a single reference to Christianity. Thus more than  
a millennium of European history is effectively erased."

[...]

Beyond that, of course, is the fact that religious principles also  
restrain the often selfish behavior that grows out of the "radical  
autonomy" that permeates Europe. "Among the consequences of Europe's  
abandonment of its religious roots and the moral code that derives  
therefrom is a plunge in its birth rates to below the replacement  
level," says Gannon. "Abortion, birth control, acceptance of gay  
marriage and casual sex are driving the trend."

[...]

In any case, Carlson says, "the Great Party [of Western hedonism] will  
not last much longer. There is an iron law in history: the future  
belongs to the fertile. Just as the clan-centered, child-rich barbarian  
tribes of the Germans swept away the sensuous and sterile Western Roman  
Empire, so shall new barbarians arise."

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Commentary & News Briefs
April 12, 2006
Compiled by Jody Brown

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/afa/122006h.asp

[...]

...Officials in one Minnesota county are punishing a church for taking  
a stand against sexual deviance. A report from Associated Press says  
Anoka County officials are refusing to send any more clients to a  
church that denied day care to a trans-sexual client. The county's  
social services department has been sending disabled senior citizens  
and other vulnerable adults who need care during the day to Trinity  
Lutheran Church in St. Francis. But the conservative Missouri Synod  
church turned away a client who had undergone surgery to be changed  
from a man into a woman. Associate pastor John Maxfield says the man's  
decision is "contrary to God's revealed will" -- and now his church is  
paying the price for its stand. "The county has basically said that if  
we would like to continue the contract with new clients," the pastor  
explains, "we would have to sign a non-discrimination policy that  
included sexual orientation -- and that would violate our theological  
beliefs." Maxfield notes that although the church is losing a lot of  
money by taking this stand, obedience to God's Word is more important.  
He also believes other churches involved with government-funded  
programs will face similar challenges. [AP]

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Family Advocate Fears Pro-Homosexual Education Bill Will Pass  
California Senate
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
April 11, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/afa/112006a.asp

(AgapePress) - A California pro-family activist says a bill in the  
state Senate requiring public schools to teach homosexual, bisexual,  
and transgender history is an assault on the minds and bodies of school  
children.

A bill sponsored by lesbian Senator Sheila Kuehl, SB 1437, places new  
mandates on California public schools to approve a curriculum that  
promotes and celebrates the lives of transsexual, bisexual, and  
homosexual "role models." The legislation has already passed the Senate  
Judiciary Committee, despite pro-family opposition. [Ed. Note:  
historically, "celebrate" and "promote" have both meant "include  
without condemnation" in fundamentalist rhetoric.]

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Family Advocate Denounces Pact Between Christians, Homosexual Activists
Part 2 of a Two-Part Series
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
April 11, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/afa/112006c.asp

(AgapePress) - A pro-family activist says the Christian Educators  
Association International (CEAI) kowtowed to homosexuals by reaching an  
agreement with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)  
on how to deal with the issue of sexual orientation in public schools.

The First Amendment guidelines on sexual orientation endorsed by the  
two groups propose that no viewpoints on the issue of sexual  
orientation should be marginalized or silenced in schools. (See earlier  
article) Noted mental health counselor Dr. Warren Throckmorton and  
author Chad Thompson, a former homosexual, have written a column for  
Townhall.com defending the "Common Ground" guidelines. They argue  
conservatives often wrongly suggest that bullying of homosexual  
students is isolated.

However, Linda Harvey of Ohio-based Mission America says more often  
than not, Christians are having a "civilizing and unifying" influence  
in schools -- not contributing to the bullying problem.

[...]

Harvey -- who voiced her criticism of the agreement in a column for  
WorldNetDaily -- says she believes Throckmorton and Thompson are being  
too tolerant and naïve regarding homosexual activism. "I don't see in  
Dr. Throckmorton and Chad Thompson's material any kind of perception  
that this is dangerous to kids," she notes. "They continue to talk  
about it as a viewpoint, and unless you are willing to look at this the  
way the Bible looks at it, and the way public health statistics [report  
it], and really just looking at some homosexual materials, I don't  
understand how people can purport to speak for a body of Christians."

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Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Telling Women of Fetal Pain During Abortion
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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 12, 2006

http://www.lifenews.com/state1579.html

Phoenix, AZ (LifeNews.com) -- Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on  
Tuesday vetoed a bill that would allow women to know that an unborn  
baby will feel intense pain during an abortion procedure. The veto came  
despite researching showing that unborn children have the capacity to  
feel pain at least after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
In a statement about the veto, Napolitano said the bill "represents an  
unwarranted intrusion by politicians into the doctor-patient  
relationship."

"The Legislature should not attempt to substitute its judgment for that  
of trained physicians with respect to professional advice given to  
patients," she claimed.

The Senate signed off on the measure, HB 2554, on a 17-13 vote last  
week and the House previously approved the bill 36-21.

There is no word yet on whether pro-life lawmakers will attempt to  
override her veto.

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Gay Totalitarians Perverse Sex Education for Kids
Written by Linda Kimball
ChronWatch.com
(Linked to by Traditional Values Coalition)
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=20557

In speaking of ‘gay identity’ politics, Tammy Bruce noted that the “Gay  
Gestapo” is ‘infuriated most when I declare that my sexuality is not an  
‘orientation’ but my ‘preference.'  Liberals are always shocked by her  
honest disclosures because the politically correct stance is that “we  
are all born this way.”  “The silliness of this claim,” commented  
Tammy, “reinforces the main lie in the Leftist world—that none of us  
are responsible for our behavior, who we are, or what we become.  This  
‘gay from birth’ angle also makes it easier to argue for special  
protections.”  The drive for special protections such as forced  
sensitivity and diversity training, speech codes, and hate crime laws  
requires homosexuality to be an “identity, as opposed to just a sliver  
of who we are,” said Tammy.  Homosexuality is a “behavior,” noted  
Tammy, and there is “nothing that makes homosexuals different from  
anyone else except behavior choices.”  “Claiming a gay identity,”  
declared Ms. Bruce, “is nothing more than a slogan to excuse one self  
from personal responsibility and personal control.  It is the ultimate  
in individual abandonment.”  (Source: “The New American Revolution”  
Tammy Bruce, pp. 234-235)

Identity politics are the evil spawn of ‘group theory’ (Stalinism).  As  
such, it’s a key element of multiculturalism—the weapon of mass  
destruction being used by the Left to demolish every trace of  
traditional America.

“Gay identity politics” is therefore, just one of the many weapons in  
the Left’s ‘special rights groups’ arsenal.  Consequently, gay identity  
is being used to destroy the traditional family as well as serving as a  
convenient excuse to separate children from their parents, thus  
enabling global village mind-conditioners to raise them.  It’s also a  
handy excuse for forcing straights into psycho political mind  
conditioning sessions, otherwise known as sensitivity and diversity  
training.  Thanks to the public’s naïve acceptance of the myth of  
sexual orientation queer activists are empowered in their agenda to  
eradicate our created condition as either male or female while  
simultaneously sensitizing Americans to accept something wholly  
unnatural—the twisted notion that they are genderless beings possessed  
of an ever-expanding range of sexual orientations.  Sexual Orientations  
are collectively referred to as a sexual continuum.

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Road to Perversion Is Paved With Porn
by Jan LaRue, Esq.
Human Events
Posted Apr 12, 2006

Part I: "Regular guys" becoming sexual predators of children.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13954

Millions of men and boys are falling for the destructive myth that  
looking at "adult" porn is normal, healthy and harmless for "regular  
guys." Way too many are finding themselves handcuffed between two cops,  
under arrest for sexual conduct with a kid. The hook-ups with kids are  
occurring on the main streets of U.S. cities and the dark alleys of the  
virtual world.

Experts estimate that 50,000 sexual predators prowl the Internet for  
children every day. As long as myth trumps truth, the next estimate  
could be 10 times what it is today. Stopping predators before they  
ravage our kids and grandkids will be insurmountable.

[...]

The centerfolds no longer gratify? There's an unending supply of  
harder-core images instantly available within a few mouse clicks and  
free for the taking. Want deviant? There's deviant beyond anything  
uncorrupted minds can fathom. Want some younger "stuff"? There's  
"pseudo" child porn where young-looking adults dress and act like teens  
and even toddlers sucking a pacifier and hugging stuffed animals. Want  
real child porn when the pretend doesn't do it anymore? It's traded for  
free by perverts in Internet chat rooms and encrypted Web sites, and  
for sale, and raking in billions. Want kids? There's a virtual  
playground full of kids ready to chat, instant message, and eager to  
send digital photos and videos to other "kids." Want a pimp for a  
hook-up with a kid? No need to risk being seen picking up a kid in a  
red light district. Their pimps and slave masters are online.

"Men fly in, are met by pimps, have sex with a 14-year-old for lunch,  
and get home in time for dinner with the family," said Sanford Jones,  
the chief juvenile judge of Fulton County, Ga.

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Pro-Life Women Head to Washington to Lobby on Abortion, Stem Cell  
Research
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 11, 2006

http://www.lifenews.com/nat2202.html

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life women across the nation are  
headed back to Capitol Hill later this month to dispel the notion that  
pro-abortion groups like NOW and NARAL speak for them. They will be  
talking with their representatives about issues like abortion and  
embryonic stem cell research and telling them that women value life.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, one  
of the sponsors of the event, "Real Women's Voices" says pro-abortion  
groups continue to mislead lawmakers in assuming they speak for the  
average woman.

"Now it's time to set the country straight -- and more importantly set  
the United States Senate straight," she said in an email to  
LifeNews.com.

Dannenfelser's group is co-sponsoring the event with other major  
organizations such as Concerned Women for America, National Right to  
Life and the Family Research Council. The groups are looking for more  
women to head to Washington on April 26th for the second annual event.

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HIV/AIDS Prevention Pill?
Concerned Women for America
4/10/2006

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/10425/CWA/misc/index.htm

There is good news and bad news about the war on HIV/AIDS. The good  
news is there is pill, made from current AIDS-fighting drugs that could  
boost a person’s resistance to catching the infection. The bad news,  
however, is that this pill may only encourage more risky homosexual  
behavior placing people at risk form a host of related diseases and  
consequences. Bob Knight, Director of CWA’s Culture & Family Institute,  
speaks with Stephen Bennett, of Stephen Bennett Ministries, a former  
homosexual, about these concerns. Click here to listen.

[Bennett: "Several days ago, a report was released about a new possible  
HIV prevention bill being released... The thing with these two drugs  
now is it's being looked at almost as a prevention measure for  
high-risk individuals - and other individuals also but what concerns me  
is that this drug is being looked at possibly for men who are engaging  
in high-risk homosexual behaviour, and basically what these drugs would  
do, Bob, is prevent men from getting the HIV infection. So in other  
words, it's very similar to taking any kind of pill, you'll take the  
pill, and hopefully it'll prevent the individual from getting infected.  
But it's basically encouraging individuals to continue in a destructive  
behaviour and a potentially deadly behaviour and what this study  
doesn't mention is that this pill doesn't do anything regarding  
standard STDs, which can be very dangerous and deadly themselves. So  
this is a very dangerous, and I believe irresponsible message that is  
being sent, especially to men who are in the homosexual community who  
do engage in high-risk homosexual behaviour."

Martha [The "Interviewer" - they usually have one who asks leading  
questions to get them through their talking points, I usually leave  
them out since the questions are usually rephrased in the answers, but  
that isn't happening this time]: "It sounds almost like a homosexual  
male's version of a morning-after pill." [Which they also condemn.]

Knight: "That's a great analogy, Martha. I think it does, I agree with  
Stephen, it sends the wrong signal. It says, you can go ahead and have  
dangerous sex, and we've got this pill now, so there's a good chance  
you won't get HIV. And they don't tell them about the syphilis,  
gonorrhea, the damage to the body that can occur because of the misuse  
of the body, and of course, just the deadly spiritual damage of  
continuing to engage in a behaviour that God says is wrong. They have  
to deny reality constantly to continue to engage in that behaviour, and  
that's why you see so much substance abuse amoung homosexual  
practitioners. Because they have to ward off their conscience, they  
have to knock it back with alcohol and pills, because deep down, they  
know what they do is wrong."

Martha: "It sounds like it's almost double-jeopardy, because you have  
all of the problems associated with the homosexual behaviour that Bob  
just mentioned, plus some very powerful medications that you're putting  
into your body on a regular basis, whether you have the HIV virus or  
not. It sounds like a recipe for disaster."

Bennett: There's no doubt about that Martha, again, I firmly believe  
that individuals cannot cover up what they're going through by taking a  
pill or engaging in more homosexual sex, they really need to deal with  
the underlying root issues that is [sic] causing them to engage in this  
destructive behaviour. And I believe when an individual can do that,  
they can effectively deal with all these things, and listen, you're not  
going to need to take a prevention pill to order to prevent you from  
getting any kind of HIV because you won't be engaging in this  
behaviour. I'm one of thousands of men and women who have come out of  
dangerous homosexual behaviour through the power of Jesus Christ,  
almost 14 or 15 years ago now, and my heart really is now to be able to  
reach out to individuals who are going through things such as this, and  
- I've lost many friends who have died from AIDS, and this study just  
breaks my heart, again, that it is almost just giving a green light to  
gay men to continue in your behaviour, we'll just give you a pill that  
will take care of everything, and - it's just very tragic, Martha.

Martha: "This isn't a 100% solution even for those who have full-blown  
AIDS or HIV... this medication doesn't work for everybody, so it's  
really a trap."

Knight: "It's more Russian Roulette. It's ... you'd have to rely on the  
person taking the pill, I would think... Stephen, correct me if I'm  
wrong, but, is it the person who would be engaging in someone who  
already has the HIV/AIDS virus who would take the pill and that would  
prevent transmission , or is it the person who has it, and it would  
suppress the virus enough that they wouldn't pass it on? How does it  
work?

Bennett: [Explains study] "It seems that this it to prevent an  
individual from getting infected by HIV, it doesn't prevent an  
individual who already it from giving it to another individual."

Knight: "Have you encountered any homosexual activists who have accused  
you of saying that it's [sic] something that might cure AIDS is bad  
news, it shows that you must hate homosexuals, you know - this occurred  
to me when I saw this that even though you have very real concerns  
about the misuse of this drug, very well founded, that these guys are  
going to turn around and say, well look, you're against even medical  
science when we find something that might prevent the spread of AIDS.  
How would you answer that?"

Bennett: "You know, Bob, I made it very clear in our press release,  
this is promising news in the cure for AIDS [sic], but I think we need  
to look at what is the point of these drugs, and it seems according to  
this particular article that was released, they're talking about a  
preventative measure here, and they actually quote a gentleman, Matthew  
Bell, who is a 32-year-old hotel manager in San Francisco, who is  
admitting, hey, yeah, I engage in this kind of behaviour, I'm not  
always thinking clearly, I may not always wear a condom, it would be a  
great backup means to have access to these pills, and this guy has been  
participating in an initial study on it. So I am not against any means,  
any kind of research, for finding a cure for the HIV virus. I just  
don't want other men to be brought down a path that many of my friends  
have suffered the ultimate consequence [sic] - they're dead today  
because they engaged in some risky behaviour.

Knight: And as we've said, it isn't only HIV... I got the latest  
edition of _The Advocate_ magazine, and it's loaded with not only with  
AIDS drugs, but it's also got drugs designed to combat the effects of  
hepatitis C, they've got drugs against depression - I mean, page after  
page of the magazine touts the homosexual lifestyle, and then in  
between are all the ads dealing with all the consequences, I just  
wonder, doesn't anybody make the connection, that maybe this isn't so  
healthy and happy?

Bennett: Yeah, you know, pretty soon we're going to see a Rite-AIDS  
[sic] pharmacy or some kind of pharmacy strictly for homosexual  
[snickers] individuals with their drugs and again that's not funny [Ed  
note: then why did you laugh at your own AIDS joke?], it's sad, it's  
really sad, because every kind of mental issue a person might be  
dealing with, or, so many problems, and again, stemming from these root  
issues, and that's why we really try to focus, Bob, on getting  
individuals to get to those root issues, and understand what they are -  
deal with them in a Biblical way, deal with them in a practical way,  
and, you know, you can avoid a lot of heartache and pain if you do  
that, so, we're just really going to pray that people are not going to  
become victims because of this new _potential_ prevention pill.


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Talking Points: The Case for Marriage IX
Faith and Freedom Network
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2006/04/talking-points-case-for- 
marriage-ix.html

My homosexual marriage will not impact your heterosexual marriage.

Marriage by definition is the union of a man and woman; it is a  
timeless institution that has transcended every culture and nation. To  
legally change that definition means same-sex marriage also becomes the  
social norm or ideal. Redefining marriage would forever alter the  
meaning of marriage and family for everyone, not just two isolated  
individuals.

In order to include two-men or two-women in the definition of marriage,  
all distinctive features of the union of a man and woman must be  
removed from our concept of marriage and family.

[Ed. Note: This is totally just a lie.]

If the legal definition of marriage is changed, our public  
institutions, including public schools, must remove all gender  
distinctions related to marriage and family. This means school  
textbooks and classroom instruction must promote the idea of “unisex”  
marriage.

Same-sex marriage will prevent public recognition of husband and wife,  
and mother and father.

This is happening in Massachusetts where marriage certificates now say  
“Partner A” and “Partner B,” and birth certificates no longer name  
“mother” and “father,” but “Parent A” and “Parent B.”

Men and woman are not interchangeable.

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