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

[Dara (R'ykandar Korra'ti)]

	If you haven't acted on the two action items sent out this past week,  
now would be a very good time. The torture agreement - a disaster, from  
my point of view - is going through, so PERA and the other thing will  
likely be voted upon soon. This weekend would be a good time to let  
people know how you think.

	Aside from that, here's today's news:

These guys ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Foundation ) identifying  
themselves as a "Culture and Values" organisation, are cold-calling in  
Washington State; they're doing this in violation of do-not-call  
legislation all over the place as they are in part collecting surveys  
based on pre-biased data (they only count you if you give the answers  
they want); they're also a front for a for-profit video sales company.  
They're called the "Dove Foundation," so be on the lookout for that -  
they are _very_ aggressive in their telephone usage;

Unnamed "members of the Senate" considering passing a law banning  
teenagers from social networking sites; g'bye, MySpace;

Focus on the Family article on splitting the 9th Circuit Court of  
Appeals;

American Family Association claims victory, says NBC will not show  
Madonna video;

FotF publicises a link of guidelines for political activities by  
pastors and churches;

FotF republishes a 2004 article calling pr0n the "true hate literature  
of our age"; claims pr0n causes homosexuality (and presumably  
bisexuality, tho' they never really talk about bisexuality); also  
abortion; calls GBLT people the "greatest threat to religious freedom  
today"; this one's a real cracker;

Another Focus on the Family article encouraging churches to endorse  
legislation and be more politically active, and so on; also the  
Alliance Defense Fund (a legal group dedicated primarily to antl-gay  
and anti-abortion-rights court cases) and the Family Research Council;

Focus on the Family kicks off a series of fall campaign rallies for  
fundamentalist and theoconservative voters; the first was in  
Pittsburgh;

Faith and Freedom Network, who has been covered here extensively and is  
allied with "homosexuality will destroy western civilisation" Focus on  
the Family, complains about the "politics of hate" that only its  
opponents seem to engage in;

FotF pushes a small assortment of Bush judicial nominees, demanding  
immediate confirmation (again);

FotF and Oklahoma Family Policy Council demand GBLT students be removed  
from anti-bullying protections in Oklahoma's Littleton School District,  
home of Columbine High School; says that including GBLT students in the  
anti-bullying protections violates the religious freedom of  
fundamentalists; includes ACTION ITEM to demand that the State Board of  
Education override the Littleton School District and change the rules;

FotF: NBC must air "Veggie Tales" with evangelism intact; includes  
ACTION ITEM to tell NBC that taking out the bible segments before  
airing is unacceptable;

FotF complaints about GBLT-friendly companies in the US, praises  
companies such as ExxonMobil and Perot Systems which do not extend  
parallel treatment to GBLT couples (Focus calls them "special  
benefits," repurposing the "special" word again);

Focus on the Family Canada starts prepping for an anticipated fall  
revote on marriage rights in Canada (C-38);

Family Research Council: Don't be afraid of tax status, you can be as  
political as you want as long as you don't explicit endorse candidates  
without losing your 501(c)(3);

FRC: White House Press Secretary Tony Snow joins speaker lineup at  
"Values Voters Summit," the theocon confab/strategy meeting this  
weekend in DC;

American Family Association article on Tony Perkins and the "Values  
Voters Summit"; moral issues and political issues are now the same, all  
moral issues are political now;

AFA resorts the Canada Family Action Coalition doesn't think there will  
be a marriage rights revote until next year;

Catholic Georgetown University ends affiliation with evangelical  
groups; Alliance Defense Fund sends lawyers, says it's "discriminatory  
conduct";

AFA cranky that a professor they like didn't get tenure at  
UNC-Wilmington;

AFA promotes attempts national church "adopt-a-school" programme,  
discussed previously in these updates;

AFA quite upset at companies being LGBT-friendly;

AFA and Center for Military Readiness, a group which appears to exist  
mostly to fight women in the military, condemn protests against the ban  
on GBLT people from serving in the armed forces;

AFA attacks NBC for "anti-Christian bias";

Traditional Values Coalition condemns sex-education programme in Canada  
for including lesbian and gay people; says a new text "reads like  
lesbian pornography"; requests for copies by Americans shoot up 5000% -  
okay, not that last part, but it'd be funny; from what I'm able to  
glean from all the condemnations is that I _suspect_ that this new text  
includes opinion essays from GBLT people, and they're quoting those  
opinion essays as examples of "indoctrination," but that's just a  
guess;

Canada Family Action Coalition condemns opposition to Harper nominees  
for judicial position, trying to transplant the judiciary wars from the  
US to Canada; much of the rhetoric is familiar; says "secular humanist"  
judges cannot be impartial ("neutral");

REAL Women of Canada condemns Ontario judge for hearing a  
marriage-rights case with a lesbian daughter; says he should have  
recused himself; accuses him of bias in judicial selection, and so on;

CWA reports that the "Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act" will be  
re-introduced in the Senate next week and rushed to the floor for a  
quick vote;

This is a bit old, but President Bush describes the theoconservative  
upsurge as a third Great Awakening.


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Dove Foundation/"Culture and Values" cold-call activity in Washington  
State
Courtesy kathrynt.livejournal.com and llachglin.livejournal.com
20 September 2006

[Received via IM; no URL]

These guys ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Foundation ),  
identifying themselves as a "Culture and Values" organisation and being  
determinedly nonspecific about who they actually are, are currently  
cold-calling in Washington State. They're doing this in direct  
violation of do-not-call legislation all over the place, and have  
previously been fined extensively for their actions.

The organisation primarily serves two purposes. The first is to collect  
surveys based on pre-selected data which they and fundamentalist groups  
can misrepresent as the opinions of Americans. Their standard method is  
to ask a few questions first, then, if they determine they are likely  
to give the answers they want, proceed with the rest of the survey.  
This is a standard technique of the fundamentalist movement, as has  
been documented here extensively before. Second, they are also a front  
for a for-profit video sales company, for which they are pitching  
product.

They call _nationally_, tho' are currently working Washington State. So  
be on the lookout for calls from this organisation. They are _very_  
aggressive in their telephone usage. Examples of their telephone  
abusiveness are discussed in comments left below the main post here:

http://www.familyfirst.com/the_dove_foundation.html


----- 2 -----
Teen-Free Internet Zones Under Consideration
from staff reports
Focus on the Family
September 22, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042060.cfm

Congress debates keeping kids safe on social Web sites and comes up  
with a unique idea—don’t let them on.

The statistics are scary. Half of all teens say they’ve chatted on the  
Internet with someone they don’t know. Even worse, one in five kids  
were sexually solicited in the last year.

[...]

In addition to monitoring where your child goes on the Internet and the  
use of filters, some members of the Senate are considering making  
social Web sites like MySpace and Xanga "teen-free zones."

[More at URL]


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Splitting Up 9th Circuit Considered
Solution to the liberal bent of the 9th Circuit is nominating  
conservative judges. But it would still face a crushing caseload.
by Wendy Cloyd, assistant editor
Focus on the Family
September 22, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042062.cfm

The Senate Judiciary Committee this week considered the issue of  
splitting the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

[...]

Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said  
he's talked with some of the judges currently sitting on the 9th  
Circuit, who told him dividing the court will not cure the ideological  
differences.

[...]

Instead, he said, the long-term solution to liberal bias is to elect  
conservative presidents who appoint judges who are strict  
constructionists—not judicial activists—to the 9th Circuit.

[More at URL]


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NBC Pulls Plans to Air Madonna on the Cross
Focus on the Family
September 22, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042063.cfm

Network giant NBC will not air a controversial scene featuring  
pop-singer Madonna in a mock crucifixion in an upcoming November  
special, the New York Daily News reports.

NBC had come under fire when word leaked of its intention to air the  
segment featuring the singer wearing a crown of glittering thorns as  
she perched on a mirrored cross during one song.

[...]

The Rev. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association said NBC didn't  
want a fight with the Christian community.

"NBC may wiggle and wobble, but in the final analysis, they will not  
show that scene," he said.

[More at URL]


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Guidelines for Political Activities by Pastors and Churches
A religious-liberties attorney offers some insight.
by James Bopp
Focus on the Family
September 20, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0042026.cfm

For a legal perspective on what activities churches and pastors may  
participate in, read attorney James Bopp's Do's and Don'ts for  
Political Activities of Pastors and Guidelines for Political Activities  
by Churches and Pastors.

[More at URL]


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Pornography: the Degrading Behemoth
Focus on the Family
August 3, 2004

http://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/pornography/harm/a0033101.cfm

A lawyer who has been fighting pornography for more than 20 years says  
it may be the "true hate literature" of our age.

Alan Sears, president and general counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund,  
shared with ZENIT how pornography perpetuates hatred and exploitation  
of the human person and preys upon individuals' weaknesses for profit.

[...]

Q: Is the increase in pornography related to the abortion or homosexual  
movements?

Sears: The short answer is yes. The longer answer would take a lot of  
detail, but both answers are based upon the fact that pornography is a  
result of a disordered view of the human person, sexual behavior and  
purpose.

[...]

With regard to pornography and the homosexual movement, Craig Osten and  
I co-wrote the book, _The Homosexual Agenda: The Principal Threat to  
Religious Freedom Today_ (Broadman & Holman) because we have witnessed  
firsthand the pain of those who are trapped in homosexual behavior.

[More at URL]


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Pro-Family Groups Educate Pastors on Free-Speech Rights
Focus on the Family
September 21, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042047.cfm

The Family Research Council (FRC) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF)  
sent a letter to thousands of pastors Monday, detailing their rights to  
speak from the pulpit on social issues critical to this year's  
election.

Gary McCaleb, an ADF senior counsel, said church leaders have the right  
to freedom of speech, even if their church has tax-exempt status.

[...]

"Plainly stated, there is nothing in federal tax law to prevent a  
pastor from directly telling the congregation to support legislation  
that the church believes to be beneficial to the community," the letter  
says. "On the other hand, IRS regulations do prohibit tax-exempt  
organizations—including churches—from endorsing candidates."

[More at URL]


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Pittsburgh Site of 'Stand for the Family' Rally
Focus on the Family
from staff reports
September 21, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042040.cfm

With the midterm elections just around the corner, Focus on the Family  
Action Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., and others have launched a  
series of rallies intended to educate and motivate Christian voters.  
The first event kicked off Wednesday night in Pennsylvania.

[More at URL]


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The Politics of Hate
Faith and Freedom Network
Thursday, September 21, 2006

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2006/09/politics-of-hate.html

I’m worried about the politics of hate.

As a kid growing up in the Yakima Valley in Washington State, I heard a  
lot of discussion about Democrats and Republicans. The debates usually  
centered around issues related to the fruit and farming industries.  
With hands in the air and sometimes fists on the table, the older guys  
would debate the issues and neither could believe the other was a  
member of their respective party. Then they would vote and move on to  
address their common needs.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Adds Fifth 'Controversial' Nominee
Up-or-down votes soon are crucial.
by Pete Winn, associate editor
Focus on the Family
September 20, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042028.cfm

Pro-family observers are anxiously awaiting Thursday's scheduled  
executive-committee meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in hopes  
it will send the president's longsuffering appeals-court nominees to  
the floor for up-or-down votes.

Republican committee members want to get to as many nominees as they  
can before Congress recesses at the end of this month.

[...]

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., a Judiciary Committee member, strongly  
supports Keisler, according to his aide, John Rankin.

"Peter is a former clerk for Robert Bork, and he also headed the Civil  
Division of the Department of Justice," Rankin told CitizenLink. "A lot  
of people think that Peter Keisler is a basically a young version of  
(Supreme Court Chief Justice) John Roberts. Sen. Brownback supports him  
very strongly."

[More at URL]


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Oklahoma School Board Sidesteps Gay Issue
Sexual-orientation clause did not go through Legislature.
by Wendy Cloyd, assistant editor
Focus on the Family
September 20, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042031.cfm

Oklahoma officials have failed to change a statute that forbids  
discrimination based on sexual orientation despite being told the  
statute doesn't fall in line with state and federal law.

The state Legislature passed anti-bullying legislation after the 1999  
shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Soon after,  
the Oklahoma State Board of Education -- separate from the legislative  
move -- added the term sexual orientation to the list of those  
protected from discrimination.

But state and federal law does not recognize sexual orientation as a  
protected class.

[...]

"The implication for schools in Oklahoma -- actually nationwide -- is  
that tolerance for young people experiencing same-sex attraction is  
policy," he said, "but then discrimination of students -- who believe  
change is possible or that homosexuality is a moral wrong -- begins."

[More at URL]


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NBC Wants VeggieTales Stripped of Spiritual Nutrients
Focus on the Family
September 20, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042034.cfm

Big Idea, creators of the children's animated series VeggieTales, and  
NBC have teamed up to add the show to the list of Saturday morning  
cartoons. Now, much to the chagrin of Big Idea and Veggie fans, NBC  
wants God left on the cutting-room floor.

Since its inception in 1993, Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato have  
hosted the Bible-based tales about character and family values. A  
Scripture verse punctuates each video to further illuminate the show's  
foundation.

[...]

TAKE ACTION:
Respectfully let NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly know what you  
think about the removal of references to God and the Bible from  
VeggieTales.

You can e-mail him here: kevin.reilly at nbcuni.com
Or call him at: (818) 840-6046 and (818) 840-6022.
His fax number is: (818) 840-6630


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Number of Companies Touted as Gay-Friendly on the Rise
Focus on the Family
September 20, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042032.cfm

A report released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a  
homosexual-activist group, gave 138 U.S. corporations a 100 percent  
gay-friendly rating, World Net Daily reported.

The report gave 101 companies the top rating in 2005. The Corporate  
Equality Index (CEI) examined policies that recognize same-sex  
partners, have written nondiscrimination policies and offer diversity  
training.

[...]

The report also noted companies that refused to give in to pressure  
from homosexual-activist groups.

Some examples: ExxonMobil, Meijer Inc. and Perot Systems received a  
score of zero because they don't offer any special benefits for  
homosexuals.

[More at URL]


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Marriage issue revisited
Today’s Family News
Focus on the Family Canada
September 20, 2006

http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/protectmarriage2006/articles/ 
MarriageIssueRevisited.html

Dear Readers:

As a valued partner of Focus on the Family Canada, we know you  
understand the issues facing families in this country. We want you to  
know that you are touching lives through the work we do to address  
those issues and empower Canadians.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has officially announced his intent to  
bring forward a motion asking Members of Parliament to revisit the  
definition of marriage. You may recall this issue being responsible for  
much of our correspondence with you last year. And it could happen as  
early as this fall.

[...]

Below, you’ll find the link to a radio broadcast I recently recorded  
with Dr. Bill Maier and Derek Rogusky, our senior vice-president, with  
the hope that you will have a few moments to listen to it. I trust the  
broadcast conveys my heart and conviction that we can’t be silent when  
such an important matter is before our nation. Not only can we speak to  
our MPs about we believe, but we can renew our commitment to share our  
beliefs with the children God has entrusted to our care.

[More at URL]


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A special message from Alliance Defense Fund and Family Research Council
To: Friends of Family Research Council
From: Tony Perkins, President
September 19, 2006 - Tuesday

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WM06I05

Dear Pastor:

We write today because in many states the 2006 political elections will  
raise profound questions regarding the sanctity of life and the meaning  
of marriage. Many pastors will want to speak in defense of life and  
marriage, but may be deterred for fear that their church's federal tax  
exempt status would somehow be endangered. Often, those fears are  
sparked by media reports of an "IRS crackdown" which in turn was  
triggered by complaints from proponents of same-sex "marriage" or  
pro-abortion activists.

In virtually every case, such charges are no more than bare scare  
tactics. The truth is that federal tax law allows a church to spend at  
least 5% (in some cases, up to 20%) of its total resources on direct  
lobbying for legislation, which includes both ballot initiatives and  
referenda. This certainly includes the right of church leaders to urge  
their congregations to vote for a pro-life or pro-marriage law. Plainly  
stated, there is nothing in federal tax law to prevent a pastor from  
directly telling the congregation to support legislation that the  
church believes to be beneficial to the community. On the other hand,  
IRS regulations do prohibit tax exempt organizations - including  
churches - from endorsing candidates. However, churches remain free to  
educate their congregations through distributing voter guides,  
registering voters, or hosting candidate forums. Excellent public  
policy information on these issues is available at the FRC website,  
www.frc.org.

[More at URL]


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Tony Snow Joins FRC Action Values Voter Summit
September 20, 2006 - Wednesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 20, 2006 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or  
Bethanie Swendsen, (866) FRC-News

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06I02&f=PG03I03

Washington, D.C. - Today, FRC Action announced that White House Press  
Secretary Tony Snow will join the line-up of speakers at the first  
annual Washington Briefing: Values Voter Summit, which will be held  
this week September 22-24, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington,  
D.C.

Tony Snow is confirmed to speak on Friday, September 22 from 2:35 p.m.  
- 2:55 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom. FRC Action President Tony Perkins  
and co-sponsors Dr. James C. Dobson, Gary Bauer and Don Wildmon will  
also be joined by Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Bill  
Bennett, Governor Mitt Romney, Sens. George Allen and Sam Brownback,  
Governor Mike Huckabee, Reps. Mike Pence and Marilyn Musgrave and many  
more.

With a combined network of over five million supporters, FRC Action,  
Focus on the Family Action, American Family Association Action and  
Americans United to Preserve Marriage are gearing up for an event to  
galvanize values voters and shape the debate for this year's midterm  
elections and beyond.

For more information on The Washington Briefing: Values Voter Summit  
2006, log onto www.frcaction.org or call the FRC Press Office at (866)  
FRC-NEWS.

Members of the media must register for FRC Action media credentials  
prior to the event. Please contact our Press Office for details.


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Moral Issues Now Political Issues As Well, Says FRC's Perkins
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 22, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/222006b.asp

(AgapePress) - Conservative activists and politicians concerned about  
the moral direction of America are meeting in the nation's capital this  
weekend for what's being called a "Values Voter Summit."

More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the "Washington Briefing"  
to learn how they can help influence public policy in favor of  
traditional conservative ideals. The event is sponsored by the Family  
Research Council, Focus on the Family, and the American Family  
Association. FRC president Tony Perkins says the conference aims to put  
pro-family issues, such as the preservation of traditional marriage, on  
the front burner before elected officials and policy makers.

"When we see the risk that is still there to marriage and the efforts  
to redefine it, marriage will be at the top of the list" to be  
discussed along with other issues, Perkins promises. "The preservation  
of human life ... we've got the issue of embryonic stem-cell research.  
We've got pornography, sex trafficking -- just a number of issues ...  
that would fall under that category of values issues ...."

[More at URL]


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Marriage Issue on Back Burner in Canada For Now, Says Family Advocate
By Chad Groening
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 22, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/222006e.asp

(AgapePress) - A Canadian pro-family activist says he doubts Parliament  
will address the issue of restoring the traditional definition of  
marriage during the fall session that is under way in Ottawa.

When Stephen Harper was elected prime minister in January, he pledged  
to revisit this contentious issue. The previous Liberal government had  
passed the bill that legalized homosexual "marriage" in Canada. But  
Brian Rushfeldt of the Canada Family Action Coalition says he does not  
see any immediate move to revisit the law.

[More at URL]


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Will Georgetown Univ. Reinstate Evangelical Campus Ministries?
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 21, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/212006b.asp

(AgapePress) - An attorney representing some of the evangelical  
ministries kicked off the Georgetown University campus in Washington,  
DC, is hoping to persuade the Catholic school to have a change of  
heart.

An official with Georgetown's Office of Campus Ministry (OCM) recently  
notified six evangelical groups that they would no longer be allowed to  
reserve rooms for weekly meetings or to use the university's name. The  
groups were informed that Georgetown now wants to focus its ministry  
efforts through the school rather than through outside groups and has  
decided "not to renew any covenant agreements with any of the  
Affiliated Ministries."

[More at URL]


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Conservative Critic of Academia Denied Advancement
By Jim Brown
American Family Association/Agape PRess
September 21, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/212006e.asp

(AgapePress) - A campus watchdog group is questioning a decision by the  
University of North Carolina-Wilmington to deny a promotion to an  
award-winning conservative professor and author.

Dr. Mike Adams was recently denied full professorship by the Sociology  
and Criminal Justice Department at UNC-Wilmington. Adams was given no  
explanation for the decision, except that his "record does not merit  
full professorship."

As a regular columnist for Townhall.com, Adams has been a vocal critic  
of academic freedom abuses on his campus and others across the country.  
He wrote the book _Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of  
a Conservative College Professor_ (released in 2004) and is soon to  
release another, titled _Feminists Say the Darnedest Things_.

[More at URL]


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Tony Evans: Christians' Involvement Key to Behavioral Issues in Schools
By Allie Martin
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 21, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/212006c.asp

(AgapePress) - Churches throughout the nation are being encouraged to  
take an active role in improving the quality of public school  
education.

Nearly 20 years ago a principal at a Dallas-area high school asked Dr.  
Tony Evans, senior pastor at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, to help curb  
gang activity in the school. Project Turn-Around was born and involved  
sending 12 men to the school to walk the halls. Order was soon  
restored.

Now more than 65 schools take part in the Dallas-area program, which is  
being expanded nationwide. Dr. Evans says the National Church  
Adopt-A-School Initiative is ready to be implemented. The program is  
easy, he says, and can be started at any grade level.

[More at URL]


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List of 'Gay'-Friendly Companies Continues to Grow
Family Activist Attributes Increase to Corporate Love Affair with the  
Bottom Line
By Ed Thomas
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 21, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/212006f.asp

(AgapePress) - Homosexual-rights supporters were cheering -- and  
conservative leaders were displeased -- as an annual survey released  
this week by the Human Rights Campaign showed 37 more U.S. companies  
making perfect scores this year on an index of friendliness to "gays,"  
lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. The reason behind the increase  
may be about making money.

The 2006 Corporate Equality Index's 138-member list includes perennial  
representatives like IBM, Levi-Strauss, Nike, and even Ford Motor  
Company. It measures benefits and protections to "gay, lesbian,  
bisexual, and transgender" employees and customers, including promises  
against discrimination. The jump from a list of 101 last year to 138  
this year is being called a reflection of several culture trends. (See  
related article on WorldNetDaily)

Peter LaBarbera is president of Americans for Truth, a group that  
monitors the homosexual agenda throughout American culture. He contends  
that the campaigns to portray homosexuals and transgenders as a  
minority -- and to represent them as large contributors to corporate  
America's bottom line -- has been successful. And the rest of America,  
LaBarbera adds, finds it hard to fight the demands of the homosexual  
agenda, which he believes has been absorbed into the diversity  
movement.

[...]

LaBarbera admits the trend in corporate America is growing. "I think  
the corporate world is now in a rush to embrace the gay agenda fully,"  
he offers. "They don't see a downside, and it's up to pro-family  
Americans to create a downside." And to do that, he adds, those in the  
corporate environment with traditional values have to take a stand  
against the diversity agenda in order to see its growth stymied.

[More at URL]


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'Coordinated' Campaign Targets Military Ban on Homosexuals
By Chad Groening
American Family Association/Agape Press
September 21, 2006

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/212006g.asp

(AgapePress) - A conservative military watchdog says homosexual-rights  
groups are engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to try to  
convince Congress to lift the ban on homosexuals serving in the  
military.

The New York Times reports that pro-homosexual activists are engaged in  
a renewed effort to lift the ban on homosexual conduct by publicizing  
the stories of potential homosexual recruits or former members of the  
service who are homosexual. Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center  
for Military Readiness, explains what is happening. "[Young homosexuals  
are] going to recruiting offices ... saying they want to sign up, and  
[when they are told they cannot serve] they are creating media events  
all over the country and even internationally," says Donnelly. "They're  
going to about 30 states, according to some news reports."

[...]

There is little doubt about Soulforce's involvement in the campaign.  
The pro-homosexual organization's website admits to sponsoring a  
program called "Right to Serve" -- a 30-city "awareness" campaign  
designed to bring attention to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"  
policy. Donnelly is convinced the campaign is part of a strategy to get  
Congress to repeal the law banning homosexual conduct in the military  
-- and organizers, she believes, have a broader agenda.

"I think the people involved here do not have the best interests of the  
military at heart," says Donnelly. "They never have. They are promoting  
an agenda to normalize homosexuality in America using the military as a  
battering ram to promote that broader agenda."

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Commentary & News Briefs
September 22, 2006
Compiled by Jody Brown
American Family Association/Agape Press

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/222006h.asp

[...]

...The director of media analysis at the Media Research Center (MRC)  
says the season premiere of a new show on NBC had a decidedly  
anti-Christian bias. Tim Graham says the recent first episode of Studio  
60 on the Sunset Strip was centered around bashing Christians. The show  
is based on what transpires behind the scenes at a "Saturday Night  
Live"-type show. Graham explains that during the first episode, the  
characters want to run a sketch called "Crazy Christians," but are  
prohibited from doing so because of Christians' protest. "The executive  
of the show gets up in front of the cameras and a live audience and  
goes crazy about how TV just can't do what they want to because ...  
these Christians get all excited about the idea of a boycott and are  
against free speech and so on and so forth," the MRC spokesman  
explains. Later in the show, says Graham, another character is  
chastised for having appeared on the Christian television program 700  
Club, which is likened to showing up at a Ku Klux Klan rally without  
the white robes. Studio 60's producer and writer is Aaron Sorkin, who  
has a history of anti-Christian themes, says Graham. Sorkin, he notes,  
similarly unloaded on Christians in the first episode of The West Wing.  
It is no coincidence, adds Graham, that NBC is the same network that is  
considering airing Madonna's mock crucifixion scene in November -- but  
refuses to allow VeggieTales cartoons to tell children about God on  
Saturday mornings. [Mary Rettig]

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Graphic Lesbian Sex Book Coming To Manitoba Schools
Traditional Values Coalition
21 September 2006

http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2862

September 21, 2006 – High school kids in Manitoba, Canada may soon be  
forced to undergo explicit homosexual sex education. The Ministry of  
Education has approved “The Little Black Book—A Book on Healthy  
Sexuality Written By Grrrls for Girls” gives youth advice on sexuality,  
which reads like lesbian pornography.

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Now the Anti US/Bush Rhetoric Start Again!
CFAC Commentary
Canada Family Action Coalition
21 September 2006

http://www.familyaction.org/Articles/issues/politics-law/courts/judge- 
appts.htm

In this article in The Globe & Mail: PM's pick for bench draws fire  
Social activists cite conservative views the unreasoned accusations  
began. "What we are seeing is something we predicted: The Harper  
government intends to follow in the footsteps of the Bush government in  
the U.S. with measures like this," said Carolyn Egan, a spokeswoman for  
the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

It seems the activists in the homosexual and abortion camps do not like  
anyone who opposes their agendas.

[...]

We have in the past certainly seen biased decisions from courts. In  
fact in Ontario there are questions raised about the conflict of a  
judge in a so called rights case recently  
(http://www.realwomenca.com/press.htm#07_17_06). Are there neutral  
judges? Secular humanists are NOT neutral on issues of morality, social  
construct nor any other issue.

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Judicial Misconduct by Chief Justice Roy McMurtry
Ontario Court of Appeal
REAL Women of Canada
For Immediate Release
Ottawa, Ontario July 17, 2006

http://www.realwomenca.com/press.htm#07_17_06

REAL Women of Canada asserts that the action of the Chief Justice in  
not recusing himself and in not disclosing his personal interest in the  
case Halpern and the Attorney General of Canada (Same-sex marriage), is  
judicial misconduct.

REAL Women of Canada has recently learned that Justice McMurtry's son,  
Jim McMurtry, in his published letter in the Vannet B.C. newspaper  
chain, acknowledged that his sister, the daughter of Justice McMurtry,  
lives in a homosexual union. This gives rise to an apprehension of bias  
that Justice McMurtry had a personal and familial interest in the  
disposition of the Halpern case, which seriously impaired his  
objectivity and his ability to adjudicate the case. Justice McMurtry  
did not recuse himself from the case, nor did he disclose, on the  
record, the fact of his daughter's homosexual relationship.

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Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act Re-Introduced in Congress
Ashley Horne
Concerned Women for America
September 21, 2006

http://www.cwalac.org/article_373.shtml

Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) re-introduced the Unborn Child  
Pain Awareness Act today (H.R. 6099) with 65 cosponsors.  The bill will  
likely receive a floor vote sometime next week.  H.R. 6099 was  
introduced in both the 108th and the 109th Congress by Rep. Smith and  
by Senator Brownback (R-Kansas).

The re-introduction of the bill includes some revisions, such as a  
removal of the provision allowing for mandatory revocation of medical  
licenses for abortion providers who violate the law.  However,  
financial penalties of up to $250,000 remain.

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Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening'
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 13, 2006; Page A05

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/ 
AR2006091201594.html

President Bush said yesterday that he senses a "Third Awakening" of  
religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the  
nation's struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted  
as "a confrontation between good and evil."

Bush told a group of conservative journalists that he notices more open  
expressions of faith among people he meets during his travels, and he  
suggested that might signal a broader revival similar to other  
religious movements in history. Bush noted that some of Abraham  
Lincoln's strongest supporters were religious people "who saw life in  
terms of good and evil" and who believed that slavery was evil. Many of  
his own supporters, he said, see the current conflict in similar terms.

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