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

[Dara (R'ykandar Korra'ti)]

In 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.

And now, today's news.

lj: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;

CWA: "Homosexual Immorality: What's the Debate?" CWA's Matt Barber  
condemns candidates for debating on Logo, saying that there's queers  
are "both immoral and destructive to the lives, health and spiritual  
well being of those who choose to participate in those behaviors."  
Note the separation of "behaviours" from GBLT people; they like to  
pretend that there's not actually such a thing as a lesbian or gay  
person, just a straight person who is diseased and perverted. Oh, and  
next it'll be NAMBLA, because you need to get the QUEERS WANT TO RAPE  
YOUR CHILDREN AND TURN THEM INTO FAGS meme back in again;

CWA: "Iraq War Vet 'Spit On' by Democrat Senators." This is a lie.  
What the story is actually about is a judicial nominee not getting a  
vote. Note, however, how the headline is designed to create a false  
image of vets being spat upon, as per the Vietnam legend. The  
impression they want to create is "Democrat Senators hate America and  
The Troops and spit on them to show it";

Concerned Women for America's Matt barber is interviewed about Chief  
Executive Bush's anti-gay Surgeon General nominee;

CWA endorses "Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act";

Faith and Freedom Network picks up the "lesbian rape gang" story and  
promotes it heavily, quoting Peter LaBarbera (see above) and Focus on  
the Family, calling the lack of coverage of this _false_ story of  
hundreds of lesbian gangs raping other girls to "turn them gay"  
"Orwellian";

Faith and Freedom Network protests Washington State civil unions law;

FFN calls for legislators who didn't vote to stop all Federal moneys  
from going to any Planned Parenthood services (general women's  
reproductive health care, which is the major part of their work) to  
be ousted; they _also_ want a reaffirmation of the state DOMA, so  
they can target people not anti-gay enough;

FFN calls anti-PFOX reaction by a Maryland school another case of  
"tolerance" equalling "censorship."


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Dominionism's "parallel economy", Pt. 1: The dominionist business  
directory.
by dogemperor.livejournal.com
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.

[...]

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.

[...]

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."

[...]

"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.

[...]

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.  
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Congressman Lee Terry who serves on the House Energy & Commerce  
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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."


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Homosexual Immorality: What’s the Debate?
Concerned Women for America
7/20/2007

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13486/MEDIA/family/index.htm

Washington, D.C. — On August 9, MTV’s homosexual cable network, Logo,  
is hosting the first-ever presidential debate intended to promote the  
homosexual and transgender (gender identity disorder) lifestyles. All  
major presidential candidates have been invited to participate. To  
date, all Republican presidential candidates have declined, while all  
major Democratic candidates have accepted. Those candidates who have  
accepted are Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York), Sen. Barack Obama (D- 
Illinois), former Sen. John Edwards (D-North Carolina), Sen.  
Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut), former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska),  
and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).

Both Joe Solmonese, president of the homosexual “Human Rights  
Campaign” and lesbian singer/activist Melissa Etheridge have been  
selected as panelists.

Matt Barber, CWA’s Policy Director for Cultural Issues, said, “This  
debate is clearly designed to advance the radical homosexual agenda  
and to promote social and governmental acceptance and celebration of  
the high-risk and destructive homosexual lifestyle.

“It’s disgraceful that our nation’s moral standards have now dipped  
so low that it’s considered ‘tolerant’ to hold a debate organized  
entirely around the promotion of sexual immorality. What’s next? Are  
presidential candidates going to be asked to participate in a debate  
on how to garner widespread acceptance of adultery or incest? Are  
members of the growing polygamy lobby and the pedophile group NAMBLA  
going to tap candidates for a televised debate to promote their  
chosen lifestyles?

“Thousands of years of history, every major world religion, the  
unambiguous science of human biology and good old fashioned common  
sense have established that homosexual behaviors are both immoral and  
destructive to the lives, health and spiritual well being of those  
who choose to participate in those behaviors. For instance, the CDC  
has recently determined that 71 percent of all males living with  
deadly HIV/AIDS were infected with the disease through homosexual  
behaviors,” said Barber, “Furthermore, the CDC has determined that  
homosexuals — especially males — are by far at greatest risk for  
nearly all forms of sexually transmitted disease as well as other  
lifestyle related injuries. [Editor's note: Note how they ignore that  
lesbians actually have much lower STD rates, and cover for it by  
saying "especially males."]

“Will any of the presidential candidates bring up any of these facts  
during the debate? Organizers are expecting them to fall all over  
themselves trying to prove to the world who’s most sympathetic to the  
left’s twisted version of ‘tolerance’ and ‘diversity.’ But there’s  
nothing to debate here. These candidates should play it straight, so  
to speak, and call it like it is. Immorality is immorality,”  
concluded Barber.


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Iraq War Vet “Spit On” by Democrat Senators
Concerned Women for America
7/26/2007

[Editor's note: Note how the headline is designed to create a false  
image of vets being spat upon, as per the Vietnam legend. What's  
really happening is that they aren't voting to confirm this judicial  
nominee. The impression they want to create is "Democrat Senators  
hate America and The Troops and spit on them to show it."]

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13500/MEDIA/misc/index.htm

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democrats are blocking the nomination of  
Judge Leslie Southwick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth  
Circuit. Rated “unanimously well-qualified” by the American Bar  
Association, Judge Southwick sought an age waiver to serve in Iraq,  
requesting to be sent to the most dangerous area. Yet liberal groups  
have smeared Judge Southwick with unfounded accusations, and a few  
Democrat senators are repeating them.

“Judge Southwick is a brave, considerate, intelligent American hero —  
just the type of person that we need on the federal bench,” stated  
Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America. “Yet liberal  
special interest groups have unfairly smeared a good man — a war  
veteran — for doing his constitutional duty of upholding the law and  
serving in the war.

“Some Democrat senators have followed their lead, in effect spitting  
on the reputation of this honorable judge and Iraq war veteran. Is  
this what other Iraq War veterans will face when they return home?  
Will their sacrifice, courage and honor be besmirched by people who  
put their interests above the welfare of our country?”

Despite nearly 7,000 cases Judge Southwick ruled on during 12 years  
on the Mississippi Court of Appeals, his critics found only two  
opinions to criticize.

One involved a state employee’s one-time use of the “n-word.” The  
court denounced the use of the word, however, recognizing the limits  
of the law, ruled that the state cannot apply an “arbitrary, across- 
the-board rule” in determining how to discipline that employee.

Judge Southwick’s deeds speak louder than the slurs against him.  
LaVerne Ednae, an African-American attorney in a prominent  
Mississippi law firm, stated that Judge Southwick gave her an  
opportunity as a law clerk when few would. She said, “He saw that I  
was qualified for the position and granted me the opportunity. … It  
did not matter the party’s affiliation, culture or stature. What  
mattered is what the law said, and Judge Southwick worked very hard  
to apply it fairly. I have no doubt that he is fair, impartial and  
has all of the other qualities necessary to be an excellent addition  
to the Fifth Circuit.”

Southwick’s detractors also complain of the court’s use of the term  
“homosexual lifestyle.” Yet Bill Clinton used “homosexual lifestyle”  
while announcing his “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Justice Ruth  
Bader Ginsburg concurred with the majority decision in Lawrence v.  
Texas which addressed the “homosexual lifestyle.”

Judge Southwick clerked for the Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of  
Criminal Appeals and then for Judge Charles Clark of the U.S. Fifth  
Circuit Court of Appeals. He was an associate in a Jackson law firm  
from 1977 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1989. From 1985-86, he  
was a member of the Governor's Constitution Study Commission.

Judge Southwick became a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the  
U.S. Department of Justice (Civil Division) in 1989. In 1994, Judge  
Southwick was elected one of the first ten judges on the Court of  
Appeals. He has remained on the court except for a military leave of  
absence from August 2004 to January 2006. In 2005, he served as the  
Deputy, and then as the Staff Judge Advocate, for the 155th Brigade  
Combat team in Iraq.


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Tough Battle for Surgeon General Nominee
CBN News
July 16, 2007

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/195996.aspx

CBNNews.com - President Bush's nominee for surgeon general is facing  
an uphill Senate confirmation battle.

Last week, Dr. James Holsinger endured tough questioning at his  
Senate confirmation hearing over his views on homosexuality.

He reassured the Senate he has no bias against homosexuals.

[...]

For more on this issue watch an interview with Matt Barber of  
Concerned Women for America by clicking on the play button above.

[More at URL]


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Bill Introduced to Protect Children from Broadcast Indecency
Concerned Women for America
7/18/2007

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13470/MEDIA/family/index.htm

Washington, D.C. — Tomorrow the Senate Commerce Committee will  
discuss a bill to allow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  
to prohibit the use of indecent images and profanity on broadcast  
television during times of the day when children and families are  
most likely the audience. The Protecting Children From Indecent  
Programming Act was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West  
Virginia) after an outcry from Americans fed up with offensive  
material on broadcast networks.

Shari Rendall, CWA’s Director of Legislation and Public Policy, said,  
“Violence and inappropriate language have reached epidemic  
proportions on television. A recent poll conducted by the Associated  
Press shows that about 70 percent of people said there is too much  
violence on television. Broadcast television needs to be held  
accountable for the programming that is being put on the screen. The  
quality of television is no longer as ‘family oriented’ as it once  
was. Today’s prime time television has become unsuitable for families  
and is often against their values, making it impossible for families  
to watch programming together.”

CWA President Wendy Wright commented, “CWA members have activated the  
‘V-chip’ on their televisions to see what it would filter out,  
selecting nothing above PG. They report that from 6:30 p.m. on there  
was no signal capable of being shown on TV. This means that nothing  
on broadcast television was appropriate for a PG audience. As one  
member noted, ‘That was a real eye opener. … I knew it was bad, but  
didn’t realize that on broadcast TV there would be no sitcoms, drama,  
etc. that could be shown.’ Americans deserve better than this, but  
broadcast networks will not provide it unless the government protects  
Americans from indecent images and profanity.”


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GAY ACTIVISTS TRY TO STOP TV NEWS STORY
Faith and Freedom Network
Friday, July 20, 2007

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2007/07/gay-activists-try-to- 
stop-tv-news-story.html

The Gay And Liesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has  
apparently threatened to sue a Tennessee TV station for airing a  
report on lesbian gangs attacking students.

Focus on the Family was told by the station manager that they had  
agreed to rewrite some of the story, but that still did not satisfy  
the activists.

We also spoke to the station and from what I heard, airing the story  
was not a pleasant experience.

There has actually been a blacklash against some of the reporters at  
the Memphis station from members of the homosexual community.

The story featured an interview with Shelby County Gang Unit  
specialist, Beverly Cobb, who said, "Girls are being attacked in high  
school bathrooms by members of a gang called GTO or 'Gays Taking Over.'"

Cobb said in the television story that,"They are forcing themselves  
on our young girls in all our schools."

Other similar stories are being reported in a number of other cities.

Peter LaBarbara, with Americans For Truth, said the station manager  
told him the group definitely did not want the story to run.

Both WPTY in Memphis and the Fox News program, The O'Reilly Factor  
carried the report. [Ed. Note: Bill O'Reilly has disclaimed the  
story. As above.]

[More at URL]


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Gay Times in WA State
Faith and Freedom Network
Monday, July 23, 2007

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2007/07/gay-times-in-wa-state.html

As homosexuals lined up today to register as “domestic partners,” the  
celebratory attitude displayed in the Governor’s office a while back  
when she signed the bill into law seems to have changed.

Gregoire, with hands in the air, declared the day a victory. The  
benefits that homosexuals had been denied were now provided – or are  
they?

It seems the message changed from that day forward and has now become  
a mantra.

“No,” they say, “we didn’t want faux marriage, we want the real thing.”

Ed Murray is quoted by Rachel La Corte of the Associated Press, “When  
it comes to gay and lesbian issues, change is coming at the state  
level." David Ammons, of the AP, says that according to Murray, the  
gay community isn’t much interested in civil unions as a next step;  
they are going for full marriage equality. Equal Rights Washington  
echoes that sentiment. They say an interim step would only serve to  
detract from the ultimate goal.

There is nothing much that is new in that. That’s what they always  
say – and they mean it.

I was, however, surprised and disappointed at the comment of one  
former Christian lobbyist told the AP he thought it “looks like a  
losing battle.” (Click here to read story).

I agree with him that there is a culture shift but I do not agree  
that, “The likelihood of a turnaround is very remote.”

If God’s people pray and humble themselves, God promises to heal  
their land.

This is truly a watershed time in this state. Washington will either  
join Massachusetts as a leader in homosexual endorsement or we will  
decide to take a position to uphold and affirm the most important  
societal building block in human history – the family, built around  
marriage between one man and one woman.

[More at URL]


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Accountability is a good thing
Faith and Freedom Network
Tuesday, July 24, 2007

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2007/07/accountability-is-good- 
thing.html

Dishonest politicians is not a new idea. In fact, books have been  
written and movies made about the subject. Those folks don’t like  
accountability.

However, there are good, honest, truthful public servants as well. We  
all know some of them. But sometimes our elected officials say one  
thing, but do something else.

Representative Mike Pence, R-Ind. decided to see where his colleagues  
really stood on abortion. Last week he offered an amendment to the  
U.S. House Appropriations bill that funds the Departments of Labor  
and Health and Human Services, that would have prohibited tax dollars  
from funding Planned Parenthood.

The vote and some of the explanations were pretty telling. I’ll come  
back to that in a moment.

But, it got me thinking about some of our elected officials in  
Washington State. What if we, say, put an initiative before the House  
and/or Senate that would require our elected officials to vote yes or  
no (or be absent or abstain) affirming DOMA? Senators Murray,  
Moeller, and others have made it clear that they are not interested  
in “faux” marriage for homosexuals, (domestic partners, civil unions  
and the like); they want the real thing – just like the  
heterosexuals. I wonder who else would go on the record voting for  
homosexual marriage along with these folks?

Most of us know there are some real champions of traditional – one  
man, one woman marriage in our legislature. And most of us know who  
they are. But what about those folks in-between?

That may be worth pursuing.

[More at URL]


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When tolerance = censorship
Faith and Freedom Network
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

http://www.faithandfreedom.us/weblog/2007/07/when-tolerance- 
censorship.html

It happens. And it is happening with more frequency.

A school teacher at Montgomery County, Maryland’s Thomas S Wootton  
High School, has said that a group that supports people trying to  
leave homosexuality is, “like the KKK but only in the form of religion.”

The teacher wrote an email, using a school-issued email account,  
telling parents of PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays)  
that she was upset about their distributing fliers to students even  
though the parents were in compliance with school policy. In fact,  
she was so upset that she said, “Stay out of our schools and leave  
our children alone.”

Our schools?

Our children?

So much for “tolerance.”

Montgomery County public school district is introducing a pro-gay  
curriculum in all its middle and high schools this fall.

The teacher also happens to be the co-sponsor of the high school’s  
Gay-Straight Alliance Club.

[...]

While tolerance rules in the classroom, intolerance rules in the main  
lobby of the school where school personnel set-up trash cans with  
PFOX’s name on them, encouraging kids to throw the PFOX fliers in the  
trash. [Editor's note: PFOX is an "ex-gay" evangelical group.]

And what was the message on the flier? It encouraged kids who were  
struggling with same-sex attractions that change is possible.

[More at URL]