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		<title>AFTAH to Protest Obama Speech in Chicago, Says President Has No Mandate to Push Radical Homosexual Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does America Share Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Gay Pride&#8221;? President Obama is in a bind: he promised homosexual activists almost everything they wanted, yet homosexuality was virtually a non-issue in the general election campaign. Thus Obama has no mandate for his radical homosexual-agenda goals such as repealing the Defense of Marriage Act &#8212; signed into law by Bill Clinton [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2009/06/obama_homosexual_logo.gif" title="obama_homosexual_logo.gif"><img hspace="10" src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2009/06/obama_homosexual_logo.gif" alt="obama_homosexual_logo.gif" style="width: 203px; height: 190px" align="left" height="178" width="216" /></a><strong><font color="#ff0000">Does America Share Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Gay Pride&#8221;?</font> <font color="#0000ff">President Obama is in a bind: he promised homosexual activists almost everything they wanted, yet homosexuality was virtually a non-issue in the general election campaign. Thus Obama has no mandate for his radical homosexual-agenda goals such as repealing the Defense of Marriage Act &#8212; signed into law by Bill Clinton &#8211; and homosexualizing the U.S. military (repealing &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221;). At left is the &#8220;gay&#8221; version of Obama&#8217;s famous campaign logo, complete with the homosexual &#8220;rainbow flag.&#8221; <font color="#ff0000">TAKE ACTION:</font> call your <a href="http://www.congress.org">Congressman and Senators</a> (202-224-3121/202-225-3121), and <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/">President Obama</a> (202-456-1414) and urge them not to force immoral pro-homosexuality policies on the American people, especially our <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/poll-finds-10-of-soldiers-would-not-re-enlist-if-open-homosexuals-are-allowed-in-military.html">men and women serving in the military</a>.</font></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Press Release, Americans For Truth About Homosexuality</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>AFTAH to Protest Obama Speech in Chicago, Says President Has No Mandate to Push Radical Homosexual Agenda  </strong></p>
<p>June 15, 2009; contact: Angela: 847-722-5330</p>
<p>CHICAGO, Illinois – Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) will be protesting President Obama during his speech here today, with the message that Obama has no mandate from the election to advance the radical, pro-homosexual agenda that his “gay” and transsexual activist allies are demanding of him.</p>
<p>AFTAH will be present Monday morning at the Hyatt Regency Chicago (151 E. Wacker Dr.) as Obama delivers a speech to the American Medical Association –– with a banner proclaiming: <strong>“Barack Obama: “Radically Pro-Abortion. Radically Pro-Homosexual.”</strong> Americans For Truth is also organizing a Chicago press conference Wednesday, June 17, featuring national pro-family leaders speaking out against Obama’s bigoted “gay” activist political appointments and his wider GLBT agenda.</p>
<p><span id="more-2873"></span>AFTAH President Peter LaBarbera issued the following statement Monday on Obama’s pro-homosexuality appointments and policies, even as self-styled “queer” activists gripe that he is not moving ahead fast enough on their shared agenda:</p>
<blockquote><p>“President Obama has as much of a mandate for his radical homosexual agenda –– which includes repealing the popular Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and homosexualizing the U.S. military –– as he does for implementing his campaign promise of enacting the extreme ‘Freedom of Choice Act’ (FOCA), which would eviscerate pro-life reform laws nationwide.</p>
<p>“Obama is in a bind. His homosexual supporters are calling for quicker action on their GLBT agenda, but if he satisfies their demands he risks appearing as the far-left liberal he is rather than the moderate he claimed to be in the campaign. Few Obama voters are aware of his reckless promise to the Homosexual Lobby to help repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) –– which was signed into law in 1996 by President Clinton with wide Democratic support. (DOMA protects states from being forced to recognize the same-sex “marriages” from other states like Massachusetts.)</p>
<p>“Nor is it common knowledge that Obama pledged to end ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in military –– despite a survey showing that a <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/poll-finds-10-of-soldiers-would-not-re-enlist-if-open-homosexuals-are-allowed-in-military.html">majority of servicemen oppose such a change</a> and many would not re-enlist if open homosexuality were allowed.</p>
<p>“Lastly, while Obama boasts in his official Gay Pride Month proclamation of his ‘openly LGBT’ appointments, two of those appointees have touched off deep resentment in the faith community. Catholic leaders are demanding the replacement of homosexual activist <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/white-house-comfortable-with-anti-catholic-homosexual-activist-harry-knox-on-faith-counsel.html">Harry Knox on Obama’s Faith Advisory Council</a> due to Knox’s bigoted comments against the pope and the Catholic Church. (Knox called Pope Benedict a “discredited leader” and the Knights of Columbus his “foot soldiers” in a “discredited army of oppression.” Turning the Bible upside-down, Knox describes his homosexuality is an <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/satans-talking-points-human-rights-campaigns-harry-knox-promotes-ultimate-big-lie-in-msnbc-debate-with-cwas-matt-barber.html">“unchangeable gift from God</a>, one for which I am very grateful.”)<br />
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“And pro-family leaders are urging Obama to withdraw the appointment of <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/%e2%80%98gay%e2%80%99-leader-kevin-jennings-says-dream-is-to-%e2%80%98promote-homosexuality%e2%80%99-in-schools.html">Kevin Jennings</a>, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Education Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Jennings has a history of anti-Christian bigotry –– he once said <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/glsen-founder-kevin-jennings-said-f-k-em-to-religious-right.html">‘[F**k] ‘em’ and ‘Drop dead!’</a> to the ‘religious right’ during a speech <em>in a church</em> –– and GLSEN has repeatedly exposed <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/kevin-jennings-legacy-gay-youth-pride-in-boston.html">youth</a> to dangerous adult homosexual practices.</p>
<p>“Putting Kevin Jennings in charge of ‘Safe Schools’ is like appointing David Duke to head up a federal panel on Racial Reconciliation. Jennings and Knox must go.”</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Book &#8212; One Man, One Woman by Dale O&#8217;Leary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve only read a couple chapters of this book, which I should have read when it came out in 2007, but I heartily recommend Dale O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s One Man, One Woman: A Catholic Guide to Defending Marriage, for anyone needing to become conversant in the arguments in defense of marriage and God-ordained (which is to say [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2009/01/dale_oleary_book-2.jpg" title="dale_oleary_book-2.jpg"><img src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2009/01/dale_oleary_book-2.jpg" alt="dale_oleary_book-2.jpg" align="right" vspace="10" hspace="10" /></a>I&#8217;ve only read a couple chapters of this book, which I should have read when it came out in 2007, but I heartily recommend Dale O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=329"><em>One Man, One Woman: A Catholic Guide to Defending Marriage</em></a>, for anyone needing to become conversant in the arguments in defense of marriage and God-ordained (which is to say normal) sexuality.</p>
<p>This book is a must for any social conservative&#8217;s library. (<a href="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=329">Order it HERE.</a>) I&#8217;ve known Dale for over a decade, and few in the pro-family movement have demonstrated the diligence, courage, dedication and intelligence that she has in answering the various propaganda myths and lies emanating from the radical feminists and their homosexual and gender-confused (&#8221;transgender&#8221;) allies. Here is a typically sensible quote from <em>One Man, One Woman</em> (p. 217):</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>It’s true that human beings can be weak, selfish, and sinful, and not every married couple will be good parents. But a male/female married couple nonetheless has built into it all the things children need for healthy development: a mother and a father to fulfill parenting roles and to model gender identity; a vowed bond of permanent commitment between two persons with sexual complementarity; and freedom from the stigma and distractions that accompany “experimental” family forms.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><span id="more-2543"></span>As you can see from the book&#8217;s outline below, there are several chapters on the cause and development of &#8220;SSA&#8221; &#8212; Same-Sex Attraction (Disorder), as some call it. I doubt I will agree with everything presented in those chapters, but I&#8217;ve always known Dale to make her case thoughtfully, so it will be engaging. You can order <a href="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=329">Dale&#8217;s book HERE.</a> It&#8217;s a few dollars cheaper on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Man-Woman-Catholics-Defending/dp/tags-on-product/1933184299">Amazon</a>. &#8212; Peter LaBarbera, <a href="http://www.aftah.org">Americans For Truth</a></p>
<p>This outline is taken from the <a href="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=329">Sophia Institute Press website</a>, where there is also an essay from Dale titled, &#8220;Why I Spent Ten Years Writing This Book, and Why You Need to Read It.&#8221;<br />
<strong><br />
Contents</strong></p>
<p><strong>Introduction: Clarion Call at Cairo</strong></p>
<p><strong>Part I: The Politics of Sex and Marriage</strong></p>
<p>1. The Political Struggle Over the Definition of Marriage<br />
2. The Ideology of the Sexual Left<br />
3. The Debate Over Same-Sex Attraction</p>
<p><strong>Part II: Understanding Same-Sex Attraction</strong></p>
<p>4. How Sexual Attraction Develops<br />
5. Same-Sex Attraction in Men<br />
6. Same-Sex Attraction in Women<br />
7. SSA Treatment and Change</p>
<p><strong>Part III: Marriage and Intimate Relationships</strong></p>
<p>8. The Definition and Purpose of Marriage<br />
9. Why Redefining Marriage Will Harm Persons with SSA<br />
10. Why Redefining Marriage Will Harm Society<br />
<strong><br />
Part IV: The Effects on Children</strong></p>
<p>11. Same-Sex Parenting Places Children at Risk<br />
12. Dangerous Lies: The Politicization of Research<br />
<strong><br />
Part V: Beyond Same-Sex Marriage</strong></p>
<p>13. Same-Sex Marriage and the Slippery Slope<br />
14. The Threat to Religious Freedom<br />
15. The Threat to Public Schools</p>
<p>Conclusion: What Must Be Done?<br />
Biographical Note: Dale O’Leary</p>
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		<title>Letters: Response to &#8216;Kyle,&#8217; a &#8216;Gay Catholic&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a adapted from my response to &#8220;Kyle,&#8221; a self-proclaimed &#8220;gay Catholic&#8221; who wrote us through the AFTAH website. Kyle misinterprets Catholic teaching and theology on homosexuality, to be sure [see Catholic pro-family activist Gary Morella's piece HERE, which also explains how homosexual acts violate Natural Law]. But Kyle&#8217;s rationalizations beg the question: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following is a adapted from my response to &#8220;Kyle,&#8221; a self-proclaimed &#8220;gay Catholic&#8221; who wrote us through the AFTAH website. Kyle misinterprets Catholic teaching and theology on homosexuality, to be sure [see Catholic pro-family activist <a href="http://traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/a02jHomo&amp;Clergy_Hospitality_Morella.html">Gary Morella's piece HERE</a>, which also explains how homosexual acts violate Natural Law]. But Kyle&#8217;s rationalizations beg the question: do any of us know where our sinful inclinations &#8212; whatever they are &#8212; come from? Each of us is <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203:23;&amp;version=31;">born into sin in this world</a>, and the Bible teaches that our <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%2017:9;&amp;version=31;">hearts are naturally &#8220;oriented&#8221; toward deception</a> (hence young children do not need to be taught to be envious and selfish). Every one of us has done evil things, or thought evil thoughts &#8212; yes, not just wrong thoughts but evil ones (such as questioning God&#8217;s existence, or His goodness). That&#8217;s why we need Jesus Christ. Please pray for Kyle, whose letter is printed below mine. &#8212; Peter LaBarbera, <a href="http://www.aftah.org">www.aftah.org</a></p>
<p>___________________</p>
<p><strong>LaBarbera response to &#8220;Kyle&#8221;:</strong></p>
<p>Kyle &#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;I don’t know where my feelings of lust, etc., came from.  So should I join the Lust Pride Movement and rationalize the embrace of that sin. (I’ll call myself a “Luster,” which is analogous to you calling yourself “gay.”) Grow up, Kyle. This is the cop out of the century –– and then you go on to support “gay marriage” –– an incredible blasphemy against <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201:26-27;&amp;version=31;">God, who created man and woman for each other</a>.  You are responsible for your behavior –– period. Sodomy and all homosexual acts are deeply sinful, the Bible teaches (see <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201;&amp;version=31;">Romans 1</a>), so what does it mean to say your “orientation” is “gay”?  Repent and believe Jesus Christ as so many FORMER “gays” – now <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203&amp;version=31">born again of God</a> &#8212; have done. (See Steve Bennett&#8217;s wonderful story at <a href="http://www.sbministries.org">www.sbministries.org</a>.)  Are you <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203&amp;version=31">born again</a>? Do you deny Jesus Christ has the power to help you heal or at least help you remain out of homosexual sin?  There is NO way a faithful Christian can embrace homosexuality.  You are deeply deluded, but there is hope in the Lord, and He WILL forgive you if you humble yourself and seek him like a child, and repent and accept Jesus’ death on the cross as the penalty for your sin. I suggest you start by reading the <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201;&amp;version=31;">Gospel of John</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-2539"></span>God bless you –– and try reading the Bible to apprehend who God is, so you can conform yourself to His holiness (a never-ending process) –– rather than seeking to conform God to YOUR image of what YOU think He should be, and what YOU think He should accept. All the best on your journey: <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201;&amp;version=31;">www.biblegateway.com</a>.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Peter LaBarbera<br />
Americans For Truth<br />
<a href="http://www.aftah.org/">www.aftah.org<br />
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<p><strong>Letter from &#8220;Kyle&#8221; to Americans For Truth:</strong></p>
<p>From: Kyle<br />
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 12:22 PM<br />
To: americansfortruth@comcast.net<br />
Subject: [AFT Web Site] Gay Rights and Religion</p>
<p>The following message was sent from the Americans for Truth Web site:</p>
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<p>I\&#8217;m a gay Catholic (yes, it is possible). The Church teaches that for something to be a sin, the person doing the action must fully know what they are doing is wrong and then freely choose to do the action anyway, yet the Catechism teaches that being gay is not a choice. Therefore according to the church being gay is not a sin. If that\&#8217;s true, then why do they campaign against it so much? Do they not realize that God made me just as He made you and your family and everyone else you know? And one more thing. I firmly believe that the gay marriage ban in several states is unconstitutional and should be repealed, as there are nearly 1,200 rights that are only guaranteed through marriage. Since gay marriage is illegal in almost every state, the laws banning it are unconstitutional! I can\&#8217;t wait for the Supreme Court to rule in favor of our community. And quite honestly, if you have a problem with my arguments, please either respond to me or post it on your webpage.</p>
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		<title>Hamtramck, Michigan Voters Easily Reject Homosexual Ordinance in 87-Percent Pro-Obama District</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special &#8220;rights&#8221; based on homosexual behavior, cross-dressing defeated by vote of 2,903 to 2,333; all five pro-family ballot measures against homosexual agenda nationwide victorious
 If the GOP or any party wants to reach minority and religious voters, it might consider the defeat of &#8220;gay rights&#8221; in Hamtramck, Mich. Here, Muslims and Catholics gather for meeting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><em><font color="#ff0000">Special &#8220;rights&#8221; based on homosexual behavior, cross-dressing defeated by vote of 2,903 to 2,333; all five pro-family ballot measures against homosexual agenda nationwide victorious</font></em></h4>
<p align="right"><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/11/hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" title="hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg"><img src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/11/hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" alt="hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" align="right" vspace="10" width="418" height="282" hspace="10" /></a><strong> <font color="#0000ff">If the GOP or any party wants to reach minority and religious voters, it might consider the defeat of &#8220;gay rights&#8221; in Hamtramck, Mich. Here, Muslims and Catholics gather for meeting to defeat the Detroit suburb&#8217;s &#8220;sexual oriention/gender identity&#8221; law. The multi-ethnic coalition rejected the homosexual measure by 55-45 percent &#8212; even though 87 percent of Hamtramck citizens voted for Barack Obama. (Did they know Obama favors enacting a federal version of the &#8220;gay/transgender&#8221; law?) </font></strong></p>
<p align=left>
<h4 align="center"><strong>Election Results from Hamtramck, Michigan:<br />
</strong></h4>
<p align="center"><strong>President</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Obama: 4,945<br />
McCain: 708</strong></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Obama wins with 87% of vote </strong></font></p>
<p align="center"> <strong>Hamtramck &#8220;Gay Rights&#8221; Ordinance</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>YES: 2,333</strong><br />
<strong> NO: 2,903</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font color="#0000ff">Pro-family coalition defeats &#8220;gay&#8221; agenda by 55-45% </font></strong></p>
<p><strong>Dear AFTAH Readers, </strong><br />
Pro-family initiatives swept to victory Tuesday in all five ballot initiatives opposing the homosexual activist agenda: the three marriage-defense amendments in California, Florida and Arizona; a ballot measure in Arkansas banning adoption by unmarried couples; and the grassroots, pro-family rejection of a Hamtramck, Mich. homosexual/transgender ordinance, as reported below.</p>
<p>Said <strong>Gary Glenn</strong> of <strong><a href="http://www.afamichigan.org">American Family Association of Michigan</a></strong>: &#8220;California voted overwhelmingly Democratic and at the same time voted to constitutionally protect one-man, one-woman marriage, with minority voters overwhelmingly supporting the Marriage Protection Amendment.  In Hamtramck, Michigan, a Detroit suburb, residents voted nearly 90 percent for Barak Obama, while rejecting a so-called &#8220;gay rights&#8221; ordinance by a 10-point margin.</p>
<p><span id="more-2386"></span>&#8220;As the Republican Party&#8217;s braintrust starts casting about for issues consistent with their party&#8217;s values that appeal to minorities and Democrats, perhaps they&#8217;ll choose to embrace &#8212; rather than keep running away from &#8212; the issue of stopping the threat that the homosexual activists&#8217; political agenda poses to marriage, traditional family values and religious freedom,&#8221; Glenn said.</p>
<p align="center">___________________________</p>
<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tues., Nov. 4, 2008</p>
<p>CONTACT:   Gary Glenn through <a href="http://www.afamichigan.org">www.afamichigan.org</a></p>
<h4>Hamtramck voters reject &#8220;gay rights&#8221; ordinance</h4>
<p>HAMTRAMCK, Mich. &#8212; A statewide family values organization Tuesday congratulated a multicultural coalition of Hamtramck citizens on their successful campaign to reject a so-called &#8220;gay rights&#8221; ordinance that would have established special &#8220;protected class&#8221; status on the basis of homosexual behavior and cross-dressing.</p>
<p>Voters rejected the ordinance by a vote of 2,903 to 2,333, a 55-to-45 percent margin of victory identical to the percentage by which Hamtramck voters approved Michigan&#8217;s Marriage Protection Amendment in 2004.</p>
<p>Gary Glenn, Midland, co-author of that amendment and president of the American Family Association of Michigan, said Hamtramck voters &#8220;once again defeated homosexual activists &#8217;special rights&#8217; agenda by soundly rejecting this discriminatory ordinance.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;AFA-Michigan congratulates the diverse and multicultural citizens coalition that stood in defense of traditional family values, religious freedom, and the privacy rights of women and children,&#8221; Glenn said.</p>
<p>He noted the campaign was highlighted by a rally at which three Catholic priests and six Muslim imams spoke out against the proposed ordinance.</p>
<p>&#8220;We salute Father <strong>Andy Wesley</strong> for his courage and leadership in being the first to stand against this discriminatory ordinance at a time when the city&#8217;s political establishment and news media were intent on demonizing and caricaturing anyone who dared oppose homosexual activists&#8217; fraudulent &#8216;rights&#8217; agenda,&#8221; Glenn said. &#8220;In the end, voters had the last word, standing with Fr. Wesley and repudiating the mayor and city council and the local newspaper.&#8221;</p>
<p>Glenn said in other jurisdictions that have adopted such ordinances, the language has been used to penalize and discriminate against Catholic Charities, the Boy Scouts, the Salvation Army, and other groups and individuals who refuse to endorse homosexual behavior and cross-dressing.  Such ordinances have also been used to allow men who dress as women to use women&#8217;s restrooms and changing rooms in schools and shopping centes and other public buildings.</p>
<p>AFA-Michigan last summer drafted the citizens petition required to force the ordinance onto the ballot and recruited Wesley and others to launch the successful petition drive which did so.  The group&#8217;s national affiliate, the American Family Association, donated $5,000 to the local citizens committee that opposed the ordinance, Hamtramck Citizens Voting No to Special Rights Discrimination.</p>
<p>The organization later exposed to the media Hamtramck city officials&#8217; attempt to confuse voters by wording the ballot question in such a way that opponents of the ordinance would have been forced to vote &#8216;yes.&#8217;  As a result, officials were forced by the secretary of state&#8217;s office to reverse the ballot question&#8217;s wording.</p>
<p>Glenn also said the defeat of the ordinance would not have been possible without the efforts of campaign manager <strong>Jay McNally</strong>, a Catholic activist who commuted from Ypsilanti to manage the winning campaign, and the <strong>Thomas More Law Center</strong>, which provided legal counsel to the campaign and a regular speaker at campaign rallies, attorney <strong>Brian Rooney</strong>.</p>
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Click on photo to enlarge. Opposition to homosexuality- and gender-confusion-based &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; laws is something that all committed religious people can agree on &#8212; because these laws invariably oppress religious people&#8217;s freedom to live out their beliefs. At right is multi-religious, multi-ethnic rally held Oct. 12 in [...]]]></description>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/10/hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" title="hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg"><img src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/10/hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" alt="hamtramck_religious_coalition_against_gay_rights_ordinance.jpg" width="563" height="375" hspace="10" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Click on photo to enlarge. Opposition to homosexuality- and gender-confusion-based &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; laws is something that all committed religious people can agree on &#8212; because these laws invariably oppress religious people&#8217;s freedom to live out their beliefs. At right is multi-religious, multi-ethnic rally held Oct. 12 in Hamtramck, Michigan against a proposed &#8220;gender identity&#8221;-inclusive homosexual law.</strong></font></p>
<p>Press Release<br />
Contacts: Jay McNally: 734 717-1174; Fr. Andrew Wesley: 313 892-1310;<br />
Akm Rahman: 313 293-7343; e-mail:  <a href="mailto:HamtramckFamily@gmail.com">HamtramckFamily@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Dear Readers,</strong></p>
<p>It always strikes me as odd to see homosexual activists aligning themselves with American Muslims, who oppose homosexual practice as sinful in accordance with the religion, like faithful Christians and Bible-believing Jews. These photos from a rally in Hamtramck, Michigan reflect the appropriate political/sociological equation against homosexual activism: religious people (and moral people who are irreligious) cannot abide &#8220;rights&#8221; based on same-sex misbehavior (sin). In fact, as we&#8217;re seeing in California (where <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/california-supreme-court-rules-against-christian-doctors-who-refused-to-artificially-inseminate-lesbian.html">Christian doctors will now be forced to perform artificial inseminations for lesbians</a>) and across the nation, the very outworking of government-enforced homosexuality-based &#8220;rights&#8221; is to oppress religious freedom.</p>
<p>Americans will have to decide whether creating aberrant-sex- and gender-confusion-based &#8220;rights&#8221; &#8212; including &#8220;same-sex marriage&#8221; and its cowardly cousin, &#8220;civil unions&#8221; &#8212; is worth trampling on the historic religious and First Amendment freedoms that have defined the American republic since its beginning.  &#8211;Peter LaBarbera, <a href="http://www.aftah.org">www.aftah.org</a></p>
<p>Here is the Hamtramck Citizens Opposing &#8220;Special Rights&#8221; press release put out before the rally; under that is an <a href="http://www.hamtramck.org/family/">article on the coalition&#8217;s website</a> explaining the coalition&#8217;s position:</p>
<p>__________________________________________________</p>
<h4><strong>Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Hamtramck Gay-rights Ordinance at campaign rally</strong></h4>
<p>HAMTRAMCK (Oct. 10) – Nearly a dozen religious leaders in the City of Hamtramck and a nationally prominent lawyer will speak at a campaign kick-off rally for the group Hamtramck Citizens Voting NO to `Special Rights&#8217; Discrimination.</p>
<p><span id="more-2355"></span>The rally will be held Sunday, Oct. 12th, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 9632 Conant St. Admission is free.</p>
<p>The speakers will all urge a NO vote on the Nov. 4 referendum concerning the city&#8217;s new ordinance that provides special protection to people based on sexual identity, sexual orientation and sexual behavior.<br />
The ordinance provides no new rights for anyone except for homosexuals, as all other rights are covered by state and federal law.</p>
<p>Speakers will explain – in Arabic, Bengali, English and Polish &#8212; why the controversial ordinance is a threat to religious freedom, free speech, and women&#8217;s privacy rights.</p>
<p>The keynote speaker will be Brian Rooney, attorney for the Thomas More Law Center and legal expert on discriminatory &#8220;gay rights&#8221; legislation.</p>
<p>Below is a list of speakers scheduled&#8230;</p>
<p>Government officials:</p>
<p>•      Abdul Algazali, City Councilman.</p>
<p>Religious leaders (the imams represent various ethnic communities – Yemeni, Bosnian and Bengali}:</p>
<p>•      Rev. Andrew Wesley, pastor of St. Ladislaus Church and co-chair of the group Hamtramck Citizens Voting NO.</p>
<p>•      Najim A. Quddus, imam of the Al Islah Islamic Center in Hamtramck.</p>
<p>•      Masud Khan, president of the Al Islah Islamic Center.</p>
<p>•      Rev. Dharmananda Bikkhu, Budhist monk and founder of the International Peace Community in Hamtramck.</p>
<p>•      Showrob Chudhury, secretary of the Hindu community in Hamtramck.</p>
<p>•      Abdul Latif Azom, imam of Al Falah mosque.</p>
<p>•      Abdul Salam, imam of Masjid Un Nur mosque.</p>
<p>•      Adbo Zindani, secretary of Eiman Islamic Complex.</p>
<p>•      Amin Alwagah, representing Algalazali mosque.</p>
<p>•      Saleh Algahaim, president of Eiman Islamic Complex.</p>
<p>•      Dzenan Kalanac, imam of Bosnia Islamic Center.</p>
<p>•      Mohammed Shehab Khan, imam Baitul Islam mosque</p>
<p>Community leaders:</p>
<p>Several community leaders will also speak, including Akm Rahman, community leader and co-chair of Hamtramck Citizens Voting No.</p>
<p>•      Kamal Rahman, community activist.</p>
<p>•      Roberts Zwolak, former city councilman and city clerk.</p>
<p>•      Gregory Kirchner, businessman and Polish community leader.</p>
<p>•      Mohammed Delaware Hussein, community leader. &#8230;</p>
<p>The group&#8217;s Web site is <a href="http://www.hamtramck.org/family">www.hamtramck.org/family</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Below is an <a href="http://www.hamtramck.org/family/">article on the website</a> of Hamtramck Citizens Voting NO to `Special Rights&#8217; Discrimination:</strong></p>
<h4><strong>Why Hamtramck&#8217;s &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; and &#8220;gender identity&#8221; ordinance a<br />
threat to religious freedom, free speech, and women&#8217;s privacy rights.</strong></h4>
<p>In the 2004 election, 55 percent of Hamtramck voters voted in favor of a Marriage Protection Amendment to our state constitution, helping preserve one-man, one-woman marriage for future generations of children.</p>
<p>But in June 2008, by a 6-to-1 vote of its politically correct city council, Hamtramck is now among the handful of cities in Michigan whose local ordinances – in conflict with federal and state law – treat homosexual behavior and cross-dressing as the moral, social, and legal equivalents of immutable characteristics such as race, color, and sex.</p>
<p>Obviously, many Hamtramck residents reject that comparison &#8212; based on religious, medical, and philosophical concerns.</p>
<p>For example, a compassionate society that rationally discourages smoking because of the clearly identified health consequences should not irrationally enact laws giving special protection to homosexual behavior that has been scientifically associated with a dramatically higher incidence of domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse, eating disorders, life-threatening disease &#8212; AIDS, cancer, and hepatitis &#8212; and premature death by up to 20 years.</p>
<p>The Vatican expressed similar concerns in a 1992 letter to Bishops of the Catholic Church – authored by then-Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI – regarding legislation to “Tmake discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal,” which according to Ratzinger, “may in fact have a negative impact on the family and society.”</p>
<p>“Even when the practice of homosexuality may seriously threaten the lives and well-being of a large number of people, its advocates remain undeterred and refuse to consider the magnitude of the risks involved,” Cardinal Ratzinger wrote.  “’Sexual orientation’ does not constitute a quality comparable to race, ethnic background, etc., in respect to non-discrimination. Unlike these, homosexual orientation is an objective disorder and evokes moral concern.”</p>
<p>“Including ‘homosexual orientation’ among the considerations on the basis of which it is illegal to discriminate,” Ratzinger wrote, “can easily lead to regarding homosexuality as a positive source of human rights…(and)…to the legislative protection and promotion of homosexuality.&#8221;</p>
<p>The American Family Association of Michigan strongly agrees.  However, the practical effects of such legislation extend beyond medical or religious concerns.</p>
<p>Proving to have exactly the opposite effect of their supposed intent, so-called “sexual orientation” ordinances have a track record of being used to discriminate against individuals and organizations who don’t support homosexual activists’ political agenda.</p>
<p>Detective Richard Stern, a fifteen-year veteran and president of the Ann Arbor police officers union, was fired after the chairman of the city&#8217;s “rights commission” formally accused him of violating that city’s “sexual orientation” ordinance.  Stern’s offense?  On behalf of his union, in a public forum for police chief candidates, he “was accused of saying that one of the candidates had a gay-rights agenda,” according to Between the Lines, a Detroit homosexual advocacy newsmagazine.</p>
<p>“Stern’s comments were clearly in violation of a human rights ordinance that includes sexual orientation,” the newsmagazine commented, making clear that homosexual activists believe so-called “sexual orientation” ordinances outweigh our Constitutionally-guaranteed free speech rights.  Stern’s union disagreed, charging in a lawsuit that he was &#8220;illegally and discriminatorily&#8221; discharged by the city.</p>
<p>Also in Ann Arbor, the city council – once again specifically citing its discriminatory “sexual orientation” ordinance &#8212; banned donations to the United Way through city employees’ payroll deduction plan.  Why?  Because the United Way financially supported local Boy Scout troops, which appropriately refuse to allow adult males who engage in homosexual behavior to take 13-year old boys on overnight camping trips.</p>
<p>&#8220;A council majority believes its own anti-discrimination ordinance prohibits it from supporting Boy Scouts in any fashion, including using staff time and city computers for payroll deductions that go through the United Way to the Boy Scouts,&#8221; the Ann Arbor News reported.</p>
<p>In an Ann Arbor News commentary supporting the city council’s action, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan said the Boy Scouts’ stand made them comparable to “white supremacist groups.”</p>
<p>Similarly, the homosexual activist group Triangle Foundation threatened to sue the city of Detroit, demanding that city officials cut all funding of local Boy Scout troops, deny the Scouts access to public parks and facilities, and prohibit sponsorship of Scout activities by the police and fire departments, the Detroit News reported.  The Scouts’ refusal to allow openly homosexual Scoutmasters, Triangle charged, “is in direct violation of the City Charter and Human Rights Ordinance…(that) expressly forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation.”</p>
<p>In Philadelphia, under authority of its “sexual orientation” ordinance, the city is currently evicting the local Boy Scout council from offices it has occupied in a city park for nearly 80 years.</p>
<p>In Chicago, Cook County officials refused to hire the Salvation Army to deliver services to low-income residents, saying “the county&#8217;s ordinance banning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians bars it from contracting with the Salvation Army,” a traditional Christian denomination whose religious doctrine teaches that homosexual behavior is a sin.</p>
<p>Under Massachusetts’ “sexual orientation” law, Catholic Charities was given an ultimatum: either agree to process adoptions of children to homosexual couples in violation of the church’s moral opposition to such adoptions, or abandon its century-old adoption referral service altogether.  To its credit, Catholic Charities chose the latter.</p>
<p>The “sexual orientation” language now included in the Hamtramck ordinance is disturbing even beyond its proven discriminatory effects in other cities.</p>
<p>The Oakland Press reported in March 2005: “Bill Scharffe, director of bylaw and policy services for the Michigan Association of School Boards, advises local districts not to include the term ‘sexual orientation’ in their anti-harassment policies.  ‘Schools need to be very careful with that,’ he said, noting that neither federal nor state civil rights laws consider people of a particular sexual orientation a protected class.  He added that literal interpretation of ‘sexual orientation’ could include people who gravitate toward any sort of sexual activity, including that with animals, children and corpses.”<br />
Not content with adding the discriminatory “sexual orientation” language to city law, homosexual activists and their political allies succeeded in adding the words “gender identity” as well.</p>
<p>Simply put, “gender identity” refers to delusional men who claim to believe they’re really females stuck in a man’s body and insist on wearing a dress and high heels to work.</p>
<p>This &#8220;gender identity&#8221; language is so radical in its potential effects that even openly homosexual Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., refuses to include it in his federal &#8220;gay rights&#8221; legislation.</p>
<p>Rep. Frank said: &#8220;There are workplace situations &#8212; communal showers, for example &#8212; when the demands of the transgender community fly in the face of conventional norms and therefore would not pass in any Congress.  I&#8217;ve talked with transgender activists and what they want &#8212; and what we will be forced to defend &#8212; is for people with penises who identify as women to be able to shower with other women.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don’t take Barney’s word for it?  Consider the case of “Naomi Snyder,” a Lansing man who applied through the mail – using a female name – for membership at a women’s health club.  His membership approved, he showed up in person, and being obviously a man, was refused entry to the women’s locker room and shower.  According to Between the Lines, the Michigan ACLU threatened to sue for “discrimination,” but Lansing voters in a 1996 ballot vote had wisely rejected adding “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” to their local civil rights ordinance; thus, there was no legal basis for the threatened suit.  But in Hamtramck, now, there would be.</p>
<p>Thankfully, Hamtramck residents who want to protect the privacy of women and girls and prevent discrimination against people of faith and community groups such as the Boy Scouts, the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, and the United Way can by law conduct a petition drive to force this issue onto the ballot for a vote of the people.  On behalf of our supporters who reside in the city, the American Family Association of Michigan stands ready to assist in any way we can.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defending marriage is not &#8220;hate.&#8221; At left we&#8217;ve modified a radical San Diego homosexual group&#8217;s dark  anti-Doug Manchester artwork calling for a protest next week against his Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (see real hotel photo below) because Manchester gave $125,000 to support the California Marriage Amendment. Pro-marriage Californians should support Manchester and all businessmen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/07/sd-grand-hyatt-no-boycott-2.bmp" title="sd-grand-hyatt-no-boycott-2.bmp"><img src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/07/sd-grand-hyatt-no-boycott-2.bmp" alt="sd-grand-hyatt-no-boycott-2.bmp" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" /></a><strong><font color="#0000ff">Defending marriage is not &#8220;hate.&#8221; At left we&#8217;ve modified a radical San Diego homosexual group&#8217;s <a href="http://marchonmanchester.com/">dark  anti-Doug Manchester artwork</a> calling for a protest next week against his <a href="http://manchestergrand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp?src=google_propertyspecific_hhc_2008&amp;s_kwcid=hyatt%20manchester%20grand%20san%20diego|1406580608">Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel</a> (see real hotel photo below) because Manchester <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080709-1902-bn09boycott.html">gave $125,000 to support the California Marriage Amendment</a>. Pro-marriage Californians should support Manchester and all businessmen who <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080709-1902-bn09boycott.html">support the marriage amendment</a> in the state. </font></strong></p>
<p>According to some  militant homo-fundamentalists in San Diego, supporting the preservation of marriage as solely between a man and a woman constitutes &#8220;hate.&#8221; Acting on that absurd and bigoted notion, &#8220;queer&#8221; activists in San Diego are planning a <a href="http://marchonmanchester.com/">protest against hotel owner <strong>Doug Manchester</strong></a>, to be held Friday, July 18 (1:00-2:00 PM) at <strong>Manchester&#8217;s San Diego Grand Hyatt Hotel</strong>. Manchester, to his credit, gave $125,000 to the California Marriage Protection Amendment effort. A strong Catholic, he is worried that &#8220;gay marriage&#8221; in the state will lead to <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080709-1902-bn09boycott.html">lawsuits against religious schools</a> that teach that real marriage is between a man and a woman &#8212; i.e., that the counterfeit homosexual variety is wrong.</p>
<p>Folks, can you see the escalating anti-religious harassment that follows the progression of the homosexual activist movement? To affirm their &#8220;rights&#8221; and contorted brand of &#8220;equality&#8221; (which is actually radical egalitarianism), they need to tear down Judeo-Christian tradition and culture. Now is the time for all marriage supporters and defenders of sexual sanity to frequent <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/07/san_diego_manchest_grand_hyatt.bmp" title="san_diego_manchest_grand_hyatt.bmp"><img src="http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2008/07/san_diego_manchest_grand_hyatt.bmp" alt="san_diego_manchest_grand_hyatt.bmp" align="right" height="224" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="426" /></a>hotels and businesses owned by pro-family marriage defenders like <strong>Doug Manchester</strong>. <strong>Unilateral Christian disarmament in this &#8220;culture war&#8221; will lead to state-sanctioned oppression of people of faith &#8212; it&#8217;s that simple.</strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link to Doug Manchester&#8217;s <a href="http://manchestergrand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp?src=google_propertyspecific_hhc_2008&amp;s_kwcid=hyatt%20manchester%20grand%20san%20diego|1406580608">Grand Hyatt Hotel</a>, and that to his other hotel in San Diego: the <a href="http://www.thegranddelmar.com/">Grand Del Mar</a>. &#8212; <em>Peter LaBarbera</em></p>
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