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Here Come the Christian-Bashers — Huffington Post Attacks Gov. Palin’s ‘Controversial Worldview’
September 5th, 2008
Left targets Gov. Palin’s Christian worldview.
Evangelical Christians and religious conservatives who want to abandon the “Culture Wars” ought to consider how that directly matches the goal of homosexual activists, who seek to minimize conservative religious influence in the public square. Read this piece by my good friend Brian Fitzpatrick of the Culture & Media Institute, and click on the story’s links about the recent homosexual journalists’ convention in Washington, D.C. – Peter LaBarbera
Fitzpatrick writes:
Pro-Gay Journalist: Palin’s Religious Worldview ‘Controversial’
Huffington Post suggests that applying Christian values to public policy is inappropriate
Culture & Media Institute, Sept. 4, 2008
In an obvious attempt to creat a Jeremiah Wright-style scandal for the Republican presidential ticket — and to marginalize conservative Christian values — Huffington Post National Editor Nico Pitnew is questioning the religious beliefs of GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin and her former pastor.
A Sept. 2 Huffington Post article by Pitney and Political Reporter Sam Stein begins with an ominous headline: “Palin’s Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldvie.” They write, “And if the political storm over Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright is any indication, Palin may face some political fallout over the more controversial teachings of Wasilla Assembly of God.” …
In an effort to marginalize Palin’s religious values, Pitney appears to be advancing a political agenda. Just two weeks ago, the self-described “advocacy journalist” was scheduled to participate in a panel on opinion writing at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convention in Washington, D.C. Pitney told CMI [Culture & Media Institute] that he is neither homosexual nor a member of the NLGJA, but he is clearly an ideological fellow traveler. …
In a revealing interview with the homosexual website Queerty, Pitney described his work at the Center for American Progress as “opposition research on conservatives and conservative ideas, policies and figures.” …
Homosexual activists have long identified conservative religious believers as their greatest enemies in the battle to obtain their social and political objectives. Furniture magnate Mitchell Gold, who organized an NLGJA convention panel on religion reporting, said, “the single biggest [obstacle] to gays having equal rights in the country is religion.” As reported earlier by CMI, Gold’s panel focused on reducing conservative religious influence on public policy.
Assault on Liberty: the Impact of Hate Crimes Laws
September 3rd, 2008By Peter LaBarbera
I haven’t seen any of it yet, but I’ve heard from others that this Coral Ridge panel on the dangers of “Hate Crimes” laws is superb. It features Bob Knight of the Culture & Media Institute; Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel (Matt is also a Board Member of Americans For Truth); Tristan Emmanuel (an honorary American to be sure for his energetic fights for truth in that Thought Police State to the north otherwise known as Canada); and Coral Ridge Ministries’ Jerry Newcombe, another great American.
I strongly urge you to do like I’m going to do and order the Coral Ridge DVD and book set based on this panel (for a $30 recommended donation to Coral Ridge Ministries). As with so many other critical issues, “hate crimes” laws and their implications for American freedoms are hardly being discussed in this presidential campaign season. That’s too bad, but you need to get informed and then educate your network of friends about these dangerous laws.
Sometimes the “cure” is worse than the condition. That’s the case with “hate crimes” laws. In the 1980s, they were called the solution to America’s “rising tide of bigotry and bloodshed.”
That tide never came in, but hate crimes laws did. Now they’re on the books in 45 states and at the federal level, posing a clear and present danger to free speech, religious liberty and equal justice. Find out how and why “hate crimes” laws silence Christians, tear the social fabric, burden law enforcement, and lead to same-sex “marriage.”
Get the facts. Get the truths. Discover why hate crimes laws threaten you, your family and Christians everywhere.
Click HERE to order this excellent resource from Coral Ridge Ministries.
PFOX: Help Place Ex-Gay Books in Your Local Library
August 28th, 2008
Amazon.com carries Joe Nicolosi’s book, A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality; does your local library?
The following appeal was sent out by PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays). Americans For Truth will be working with PFOX and other pro-family groups and ministries to attain — at the very minimum — balance in the selections that libraries carry on the homosexual issue. There is no logical or common sense reason why taxpayer-funded public libraries should make available every latest “gay”-affirming book — including those designed to open up young minds to the false and dangerous notion that homosexuality is normal — while NOT carrying faith-based and ex-”gay” books that oppose a pro-homosexual ideology. — Peter LaBarbera
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Ex-Gay Books in Your Library
Please ask your county, school, or city library to order ex-gay books. Many public libraries have book order forms on their website which allow you to request specific books for the libraries to buy. Most local libraries stock gay books, but not ex-gay books. According to the American Library Association, libraries cannot support censorship and a librarian’s professional code requires them to seek out books that represent a wide range of viewpoints. Below is a letter from a PFOX Dad on how to ensure that your local library is not censoring ex-gay books:
Dear Parents and Friends,
Good day to you all and thank you for taking the time to read this letter. It is of critical importance, not only to us as parents and friends, but to all the families that are affected by SAME SEX ATTRACTION (SSA) to get involved with helping others.
Recently, while looking at our public library website for something totally not related to SSA, my wife pointed out all the pro-gay information on the local library web site. After some diligent searching, it became apparent there was little to no information on unwanted SSA. Material on how homosexuality originates was absent. Any resources to help people overcome their SAME SEX ATTRACTION were also absent.
This led me to do website searches for all the counties in Arizona with almost identical results. Further website searches on the public libraries for Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles again yielded the same results. What became apparent is that ex-gay books and resources have either been eliminated or never included in the libraries.
Fellow parents and friends, this is our time to stand together in order to assist other families. You can help by searching your local and school libraries for ex-gay books and resource material. Most public libraries have online catalogs on their website where you can search for books. If your determine helpful information is missing, write the schools, libraries, school boards, and politicians to alert them to this systematic censorship. Gently point out that censorship should not be the job of the library, and then insist that they include ex-gay books such as those listed below. You must also point out that this material belongs under the classification of homosexuality. Also, many public libraries have book order forms on their website which allow you to request specific books for the libraries to buy.
Below is a sample of a letter I sent to our local library which resulted in some positive steps with books ordered within two weeks and a note that web sites will be added shortly. Feel free to use it, and then do not forget to follow up.
Best wishes to all, let’s all get to work. Write back to PFOX with your results at pfox@pfox.org.
Sincerely,
Jose Schwartz
PFOX Dad
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(Sample letter for you to send if your library does not have a book request form on their website)
Dear Librarian,
Good day. The reason for this e-mail is an obvious omission in material associated with the _______Library System which needs to be addressed immediately. The health, safety and well being of many people hinges on getting this situation rectified.
While searching your library’s online catalog, I could not find many books about leaving homosexuality or the origins of same sex attractions. Every day parents of gay children search for answers to their children’s condition only to be given the same information: “deal with it” or “they are born that way”. Neither of these are satisfactory options for the concerned parent. In addition to the numerous homosexual books which appears on your library system, your library needs to provide ex-gay books to everyone seeking it.
Please provide equal access to all information, including ex-gay books. According to the American Library Association, libraries cannot support censorship and a librarian’s professional code requires them to seek out books that represent a wide range of viewpoints. Therefore, please order some of the following books for the library:
• Restoring Sexual Identity by Anne Paulk (Harvest House, 2003) ISBN: 0736911790
• When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They’re Gay by Joe Dallas (Harvest House, 2004) ISBN: 0736912010
• 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality by Mike Haley (Harvest House, 2004) ISBN: 0736914706 ISBN-13: 9780736914703
• My Genes Made Me Do It: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation by Dr. Neil and Briar Whitehead ISBN-10:1563841657 ISBN-13:978-1563841651
• The Battle for Normality by Gerard J.M. van den Aardweg, Ph.D. ISBN-10:0898706149; ISBN-13:978-0898706147
• The Heart of Female Same-Sex Attraction by Janelle Hallman
ISBN-10:083083429X; ISBN-13:978-0830834297
• Light in the Closet: Torah, Homosexuality, and the Power to Change by Arthur Goldberg ISBN: 0-9631478-8-9
• A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Joseph and Linda Nicolosi ISBN:0830823794
• Homosexual No More by William Consiglio ISBN-10: 0896939359; ISBN-13:978-0896939356
• Desires in Conflict by Joe Dallas ISBN-10: 0736912118; ISBN-13:
978-0736912112• The Battle for Normality by Van Den Aardwig ISBN-10: 0898706149; ISBN-13:978-0898706147
• Alfie’s Home (Children’s picture book) by Richard Cohen ISBN: 0963705806
• Homosexuality: The Politics of Truth by Jeffrey Satinover ISBN-10:080105625X; ISBN-13: 978-0801056253
• Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories by Joseph Nicolosi
ISBN-10: 0876683405; ISBN-13: 978-0876683408• The Puzzle - Exploring the Puzzle of Male Homosexuality by Louis A Berman ISBN-10: 0972301313; ISBN-13: 978-0972301312
Many of these books can be ordered at:
http://www.cepbooks.com/cgi-bin/wwregistry.pl?::cepbooks::::::Books
Also while searching your library’s website, there was a link to “Gay and Lesbian” issues. If you follow this link, there is absolutely nothing about Unwanted Same Sex Attraction (SSA) or how homosexuality originates. There is nothing about GID (Gender Identity Disorder) either. Links to informative and supportive web sites should be on your web site. These links need at a minimum to include:
www.pathinfo.org
www.homosexuality101.org
www.exodus-international.org
People leave homosexuality every day. The information is for those wanting it, seeking it, needing it. As the gay community says, it is all about choice and self-determination. The problem with choice is, in order to choose, there must be more than one thing to select from…correct? Please, give everyone with UNWANTED SAME SEX ATTRACTION the resources needed in order to make an educated decision.
Very truly yours,
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(A copy of this article is online at http://pfox.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=241#241)
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Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays
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804-453-4737
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LISTEN ONLINE: A Former Homosexual Who Knew Him Remembers Harvey Milk
August 27th, 2008‘Gay life is a lie,’ Chaplain Gerard Dols tells CWA; says Milk was ‘very deceived,’ ‘never had opportunity to meet Jesus’
Concerned Women for America’s Martha Kleder writes:
The California legislature is considering a bill that would create a state holiday honoring Harvey Milk, the first openly “gay” city supervisor for San Francisco who was gunned down in 1978. Peter LaBarbera, President of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, introduces us to Gerard Dols, a man who both knew Harvey Milk and who now knows the Lord. Dols was befriended by Milk when he was a youth, struggled with rejection by the greater homosexual community following Milk’s murder, and later accepted Christ and left the homosexual lifestyle. Dols shares his testimony and his thoughts on “the mayor of Castro Street.” Listen HERE ; Download HERE.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Puts Friendly Welcome Letter in Super-Raunchy Folsom Street Fair Program
August 26th, 2008Cites “diversity” and “inclusion” to welcome event featuring full male public nudity and public homosexual orgies on city streets
WARNING: Obscene Graphic of the Sort that Could Only Emerge from San Francisco
By Peter LaBarbera
Dear Readers,
The “mainstream” media have a double-standard when it comes to Republicans versus Democrats linked to radical fringe groups or events. Democratic ties to radical leftist groups like the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, or libertine extremist events like the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, rarely garner huge media attention — while GOP ties to extremists often create scandal. Perhaps this imbalance in coverage is lessening a bit (e.g., Jeremiah Wright) now that there is a powerful TV network (FOX News) and “new” web-based media outlets that do not follow the Left’s lead. Still, the liberal-left benefits tremendously from the media’s non-coverage of their radical wing.
Below is full-page ad on page 60 of the Folsom Street Fair 2008 official “Program Guide” (nudity and website address covered up). Mayor Newsom’s welcome letter to Folsom Street Fair participants is on page 16 of the same program (see below). It just doesn’t get any sicker or more extreme than Folsom, so why don’t Democratic politicians like San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (top photo) fear being associated with this vile event, and why does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) refuse to denounce it?
It would be hard to envision a more controversial event than the sadistic “leather” Folsom Street Fair — with its well-documented rampant public nudity and police-tolerated homosexual orgies on city streets — or so it would seem, anyway, if more Americans knew about it. The following welcome letter from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) appears in the newly-released official Folsom Street Fair “Official 2008 Program Guide.” The “street fair” will be held in San Francisco on Sunday, September 28, and Americans for Truth, Mission America, American Family Association and other pro-family groups will be on hand to document the public indecency and officially “tolerated” filth.
The same Folsom Program Guide that contains effusive greetings from Mayor Newsom (below) and even more effusive greetings from homosexual California Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) is filled with the various graphic “leather” ads (see above example) and articles glorifying sadomasochistic perversions, such as salacious reviews for S&M homosexual porn videos. A link to the vile Folsom program — with the actual letter on Mayor Newsom’s official stationery on page 16 — can be found (WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC AND PERVERSE) HERE. You can reach Mayor Gavin Newsom at gavin.newsom@sfgov.org or (415)554-6141.
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Office of the Mayor, City & County of San Francisco Gavin Newsom
GREETINGS FROM THE MAYOR
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 25th Annual Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, September 28, 2008.
I am proud to be Mayor of a city that has a long-standing history of being on the forefront of extending civil rights for all citizens. San Francisco is a city that takes pride it its diverse communities and neighborhoods. The commitment to inclusion and ensuring diversity makes this a thriving city and a popular destination for many visitors from around the world. My office is committed to supporting and recognizing the exceptional contributions of all our diverse communities.
San Francisco is a city of scenic vistas and natural beauty. With a reputation for charming ambience, top-rated restaurants, a dynamic arts scene, diverse shopping and friendly people, it’s no wonder that San Francisco is “Everybody’s Favorite City.” Our unrivaled attractions ensure that San Francisco has something for everyone.
To all organizers and attendees of the Folsom Street Fair, their families, friends, colleagues, and visitors from home and around the world, have a great day and enjoy the event.
With warmest regards,
Gavin Newsom
Mayor
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Room 200
San Francisco, California 94102-4641
gavin.newsom@sfgov.org
(415)554-6141
Gavin Newsom’s “Greetings from the Mayor” letter as it appears on page 16 of the Folsom Street Fair’s depraved “Official 2008 Program Guide.”
How Desperate Is Joan Rivers?
August 22nd, 2008… This desperate:
Joan Rivers is playing sadomasochist venues, helping celebrate 25 years of the Folsom Street Fair’s open-air perversion in San Francisco, and raising money for Folsom “beneficiaries” like the Transgender Law Center. And how about this from the Folsom Street website for a dress code unique to Sodom-by-the-Bay:
“If you want to be fashionable, then start planning your outfit now because this event is formal. Appropriate attire includes formal wear, dress leather and high-fashion kink wear.”
Can you imagine the conversation between leather partners Stephane and Jahn before the big event:
Stephane: “Hey, Jahn, what’s the dress code for the Joan Rivers gala?”
Jahn: “I think it’s dress leather or high-fashion kink-wear.”
Stephane: “OK, I’m going with the rainbow-colored dog collar and leather hood with embroidered Leather Pride flag and those cool eye slots.”
Jahn: “Fabulous. I’m going with the leather tux with matching whip and those crotchless chaps pants with that easy-entry butt flap. That way I don’t have to change for the pig sex orgy afterward.”
Stephane: “You are so smart. And if it’s not too hot on Sunday, you can wear those to the Folsom Fair and maybe we could do it right in front of the police just for fun. We won’t get arrested — that’s for sure — and it really drives those fundies and Catholics nuts! Don’t you just love San Francisco? And how cool are Nancy Pelosi and Mayor Newsom for supporting Folsom every year!”
Jahn: “Oh, I wouldn’t live anywhere else. Who wants to live in one of those prudish cities where you they make you wear clothes in public and where you can’t have sex in the streets?”
Stephane: “What’s extra special is that we’re even allowed to bring Thad and Chad, our three-year-old adopted twins, to come on Sunday to join in the fun! They just love to watch.” [Children were photographed attending last year’s sadistic Folsom Street Fair, at which hundreds of men walked around fully nude, and orgies between men occurred in the crowded streets as police stood idly by making no arrests.]
Jahn: “Thank the gods for the California Supreme Court and our new right to marriage equality. Now that we’re married it will be so much easier to adopt our next child!”
Hallmark Panders to Homosexuals — Offers ‘Gay Marriage’ Cards
August 21st, 2008Company chooses ‘relevance’ over morality
By Peter LaBarbera
Needless to say, the AP (Always Politically-correct?) story below contains no critical comments from a pro-natural-family critic of homosexual “marriage.” I sent this note to Hallmark, after calling the company (816-274-5111) and being informed that Hallmark CEO Don Hall is not taking critical calls:
Dear Hallmark CEO Don Hall,
My wife and I won’t be buying Hallmark cards again until you stop promoting homosexuality and “gay marriage.” It’s very sad that your company — which most Americans would associate with more wholesome values — has now chosen to profit off of sexual immorality. (Homosexual behavior is sinful, changeable — see this EX-gay site: www.janetboynesministries.com — and often linked to serious health risks.)
Good luck with your new, politically correct business plan, but I will be informing as many people as I can to stop buying Hallmark cards until you get out of the homosexuality-promotion business.
Sincerely,
Peter LaBarbera
www.americansfortruth.org
americansfortruth@comcast.net
You’ll actually get a human being when you call Hallmark at 816-274-5111 as opposed to their computerized customer service line at 1-800-HALLMARK (800-425-5627). Please politely communicate your disappointment to them, as the operator is not responsible for this bone-headed move and might actually share your values. You can also e-mail them off their web contact page. Below is Associated Press’ biased story:
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Now on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards
Thursday August 21, 8:17 am ET
By Sarah Skidmore, AP Business Writer
Hallmark, seeing a new market after California ruling, rolls out gay [”marriage”] greeting cards
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Most states don’t recognize gay [”marriage”] — but now Hallmark does.
The nation’s largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex [”wedding”] cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. “Two hearts. One promise,” one says.
Hallmark added the cards after California joined Massachusetts as the only U.S. states with legal gay [”marriage.”] A handful of other states have recognized same-sex civil unions.
The language inside the cards is neutral, with no mention of wedding or marriage, making them also suitable for a commitment ceremony. Hallmark says the move is a response to consumer demand, not any political pressure.
“It’s our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can,” Hallmark spokeswoman Sarah Gronberg Kolell said.
Hallmark’s largest competitor, American Greetings Corp., has no plans to enter the market, saying its current offerings are general enough to speak to a lot of different relationships.
Hallmark started offering [homosexual] “coming out” cards last year, and the four designs of same-sex [”marriage”] cards are being gradually released this summer and will be widely available by next year. No sales figures were available yet.
California Supreme Court Rules Against Christian Doctors Who Refused to Artificially Inseminate Lesbian
August 20th, 2008Pro-homosexual laws kill religious freedom
Guadalupe Benitez (right) with her twin daughters Sophia, left, and Shane, and her lesbian partner Joanne Clark and son Gabriel, at their Oceanside, Cal., home. Benitez sued two Christian doctors who refused to artificially inseminate her. Playing the victim, Benitez said after winning her case before the California Supreme Court: “It’s wrong and shocking that some doctors felt their religious beliefs allowed them to ignore the law and discriminate … Anyone could be the next target if doctors are allowed to pick and choose their patients based on religious views about other groups of people.” (photo: Sandy Huffaker)
Folks, if California is truly a pacesetter for the nation, then America is in big trouble. How ironic that pro-homosexual so-called “nondiscrimination” laws are the new tool for activist-minded judges and liberal legislators to DISCRIMINATE against people of faith.
This astonishing 7-0 California Supreme Court decision is further proof that homosexual agenda laws — which create newfangled “rights” based on deviant sexual and gender preferences — are incompatible with our cherished, historic American liberties, in this case, the right NOT to violate one’s own religious beliefs.
The “gay” movement is in the vanguard of destroying religious freedom in this nation — even as “queer” activists (and their attorneys) continue to play the victim card. Homosexual “Rights” vs. Religious Freedom is a zero-sum game: when “gay” lawyers win, as in this case, look for freedom to lose. What further proof do we need that “rights” based on sexual perversion are themselves a perversion of genuine civil rights?
The lesson for pro-family advocates and lovers of liberty is clear: in states where there are no ’sexual orientation’ laws, they must never be passed. In states where pro-homosexual laws are on the books, they must be repealed to preserve freedom. And God help us if the Gay Lobby and its (mostly) Democratic allies in Congress succeed in their goal of creating federal “rights” based on homosexuality. That would be a homosexual lawyer’s dream come true. — Peter LaBarbera, www.aftah.org (see below for Pacific Justice Inst. release)
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Pacific Justice Institute release:
Cal. Supreme Court Rejects Doctors’ Rights of Conscience
Sacramento, CA, August 18, 2008
In a major decision likely to re-draw the battle lines of the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court today ruled against two doctors who declined to artificially inseminate a lesbian.
The doctors, who are Christians, strongly believe that children should be raised whenever possible by a mother and father. To that end, they did not want to participate in the deliberate exclusion of a father as sought by Guadalupe Benitez and her partner, Joanne Clark. Instead, the doctors paid for a referral of Ms. Benitez to other fertility specialists who did not have any moral objections to administering the treatment, and she now has three children. Nevertheless, Ms. Benitez was so offended by the doctors’ stance that she sued them under California’s sweeping civil rights laws.
Today, California’s highest court unanimously ruled that the state’s civil rights laws offer virtually no exceptions for people of faith. Unless the ruling is eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court - which only hears about one percent of all the cases appealed to it - or is modified by the gay-friendly California legislature, its implications appear to be far-reaching. For instance, the ruling probably means that, regardless of their beliefs, everyone in the state’s wedding industry must service gay weddings, California family law attorneys must handle gay adoptions and same-sex divorces, and so on.
Pacific Justice Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the California Supreme Court on behalf of the doctors and will continue to participate in the case if it is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
PJI President Brad Dacus commented, “This case starkly demonstrates the take-no-prisoners approach of the gay rights movement. They will not stop until they have silenced or bankrupted every voice of conscience who disagrees with them. In light of this and similar rulings, PJI is redoubling its efforts to defend people of faith who will not compromise their moral values.”
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The Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties.
P.O. Box 276600 Sacramento, CA 95827-6600
Phone: (916) 857-6900 Fax: (916) 857-6902 Internet: www.pacificjustice.org
Reverse Hatred, Steve Wessler and the New Totalitarians
August 19th, 2008
Mike Heath of the Christian Civic League of Maine is a committed Christian who –like millions upon millions of pro-family Americans — opposes homosexual practice and all sex outside marriage. But to social leftists like Steve Wessler, Heath is an extreme “hater” whose views should not even be published in a major newspaper. Can we afford to let the anti-Christian Left become the arbiter of “hate” in America?
“[I]rresponsible and biased speech legitimizes extreme prejudice.” – Steve Wessler, Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence
By Peter LaBarbera, www.aftah.org
Catching up on unpublished stories here: I sent a version of the following letter May 6 to Steve Wessler, executive director of a liberal outfit called the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence in Portland, Maine — in response to his April 26 column in the Portland Press-Herald advocating that this major newspaper gag my friend (and AFTAH Board Chairman) Mike Heath. The Left aspires to be the arbiter of “hate” in our society, but their absurd, radical and, yes, hateful arguments equating pro-family Americans with anti-Semites and racists — even slavery advocates — constitute a form of reverse-hatred. If the Left’s non-diverse “diversity” ideology ever gets full backing by the government here in the United States, it would be used to criminalize Christian practice, as is already happening in Canada and Great Britain.
Social conservatives need to wake up to the escalating threat to freedom that comes from arrogant, absolutist ideologues on the hard Left. If we fail to answer the poisonous smear-attacks by anti-religious activists like Wessler (e.g., labelling groups like the Christian Civic League of Maine and AFTAH “hate groups”), we will lose our freedoms as America inches toward the brand of left-wing totalitarianism found in Europe and Canada.
Truth is, nobody hates and itches to censor others like the Left, but Wessler and his ilk rely on intimidation tactics and the media’s help to silence debate and box conservative voices out of the public square.
Morality is not prejudice, and defending the time-tested Judeo-Christian sexual ethic is not “hate.” (If you warn your children against doing something that is wrong and potentially harmful to their health, and which could alienate them from God, do you “hate” them?) Equating sincere Christians and conservative citizens with racist and anti-Semitic practices of the past is one of the Pro-Homosexual Left’s most insidious tactics.
I must say, it takes a lot of chutzpah for Wessler — whose organization’s mission statement is to “prevent bias” — to write an article (reprinted below) this biased and inflammatory against a pro-family leader representing a 111-year-old faith-based organization, the Christian Civic League of Maine. Click HERE to read the excellent column by Heath, CCL Maine’s executive director, to which Wessler was responding.
PS. Wessler’s spurious attack on Heath and CCL of Maine did not come out of nowhere. After the Civic League launched an historic referendum drive to roll back homosexual “special rights” and preserve marriage as between a man and a woman, Heath came under one of the worst liberal media bombardments I have ever seen. He then canceled the campaign — not because of media pressure (Mike has withstood press slanders his whole professional life) — but due to insufficient support and finances to carry out a successful ballot effort.
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My letter to Steve Wessler (he did not reply):
Dear Mr. Wessler,
I believe you are guilty of what I’m calling Reverse Hate, or maybe Reverse Bigotry (Prejudice). I read a recent piece you wrote on Mike Heath and I was struck by your choice of words, and your argument against Mike’s voice even being allowed in a Maine newspaper. You wrote:
I do not believe that the paper would print an opinion column blaming Jews for the destruction of the World Trade Center or denying the Holocaust.
Neither do I believe that the paper would print an opinion piece blaming African-Americans for crime and arguing that blacks are genetically inferior to whites.
In making the preposterous and extreme argument that Mike and the Civic League are analogous to Holocaust deniers or white supremacists — and hence that their voice is not even worthy of being printed — I believe you are guilty of the very “extreme prejudice” that you bemoan in Mike and others. It’s just a different variety — I guess I’d call it misinformed, anti-religious bigotry — but what is so frightening is that you and your colleagues on the Left now purport to represent the “mainstream.”
I see in your arguments the roots of a New Totalitarianism that has disturbing ramifications for American democracy. Americans are divided over the morality of homosexual behavior (see the Gallup surveys: nearly 1/2 of Americans oppose homosexual acts), but you and like-minded people want to proclaim those who act on such (historic Judeo-Christian) beliefs are beyond the pale — not even worthy to have their columns printed in a newspaper — even when they are under vociferous and vicious rhetorical assault!
I’m stunned, but coming to the sad realization that this is the new modus operandi of the Left — which is pursuing the Orwellian goal of attempting to “box out” conservative moral speech in the name of “diversity.” But you are not the arbiter of hate — you’re far too biased to be such: to quote you, I believe: irresponsible and biased speech legitimizes extreme prejudice — and you are helping to legitimize anti-Christian prejudice of the sort that could lead to persecution against the Mike Heath’s of the world. That may have seemed far-fetched 25 years ago, but surely you must see that possibility with the rise of anti- Christian “hate speech” prosecutions in Canada and Britain.
I’d like to offer you a chance to state your objections to my notion of whether YOU are guilty of (reverse) hatred and hate speech – irresponsible, biased and incendiary speech against a Christian leader — including floating the idea that Mike Heath’s voice should be blocked in major public media. Also, I’d like to hear your thoughts on the rise of government “hate speech” prosecutions in Canada, Great Britain, etc. — stick to those based on “sexual orientation” if you’d like. I will print and comment on your reply at www.americansfortruth.org.
PS. Full disclosure: Mike is chairman of the Board of Americans For Truth and a good friend of mine.
Peter LaBarbera
Americans For Truth
www.americansfortruth.org
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Below is Wessler’s column in the Portland Press Herald and, under that, Heath’s piece to which he was objecting (emphasis added):
Paper erred in giving voice to Heath
Those who hold such opinions have that right, but giving them a forum legitimizes their views.
By Steve Wessler
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=183788
April 26, 2008
Deeply prejudiced and baseless rhetoric that blames minorities for society’s problems is not a new phenomenon.
Jews, for example, have been blamed by some in the United States for an international conspiracy to spread communism, for masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and for the spread of AIDS.
Unfortunately, it is not difficult to find examples of bigoted and irresponsible diatribes against blacks, Jews, gays and lesbians and others.
The fliers and Web sites of organized hate groups are both readily available and deeply disturbing.
Extremists will continue to find avenues to express their biased, unfounded and inflammatory views on Web sites and at rallies.
This kind of rhetoric, however, has no place in the opinion section of well-respected newspapers. The April 13 edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram included an opinion column by Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, blaming the gay-rights movement, as the “radical wing” of the so-called sexual revolution, for a range of societal problems, including broken homes, child abuse, abortion and AIDS.
Heath followed with the equally brazen assertion that, unless Maine people enact the Christian Civic League’s proposed referendum to roll back years of legislation which protects gay and lesbian families and individuals from unfair and discriminatory treatment, these societal problems “would be irreversible.”
Many readers will find Heath’s unfounded blame of gays and lesbians for child abuse, broken families and other ills to be simply ridiculous.
But it is more serious than that, and it would be a mistake to ignore the impact of false accusations against minorities.
Irresponsible and biased speech legitimizes extreme prejudice, lowers the quality of public debate on important societal issues and encourages others to engage in divisive and humiliating stereotypes.
Moreover, during the years I spent enforcing Maine’s civil rights laws and, more recently, implementing programs to reduce bias and harassment in schools and communities through the work of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, I have seen that stereotypes about racial, religious, ethnic, socio-economic, gender and sexual orientation groups never are static.
Rather, bias and stereotypes are part of a process of escalation in which degrading and dehumanizing comments, stereotypes and jokes can lead to harsher language, to threats, to property destruction and finally to violence.
Mr. Heath’s assertions are deeply disturbing but not surprising. The Telegram’s decision to print those assertions, however, is both disturbing and surprising.
I do not believe that the paper would print an opinion column blaming Jews for the destruction of the World Trade Center or denying the Holocaust.
Neither do I believe that the paper would print an opinion piece blaming African-Americans for crime and arguing that blacks are genetically inferior to whites.
Why, then, did the paper print Mr. Heath’s column?
I worry that the paper’s decision might have been due to our society’s acceptance of stereotypes and bias directed at gays and lesbians.
Alternatively, the paper may have been trying to appear evenhanded in its coverage of the Christian Civic League’s proposed referendum.
Michael Heath certainly has the right to express his opinions.
However, respected newspapers should not be in the business of printing, and thereby legitimizing, opinions that are deeply prejudiced, factually unsupportable and destructive to the culture of civility which is such an important part of our state.
The Maine Sunday Telegram is a far, far better paper than this.
Steve Wessler is executive director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence in Portland.
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Mike Heath’s column in the Portland Press Herald that inspired Wessler’s column:
Wounds Inflicted by Sexual Revolution Can Be Healed
By banning gay rights, Maine could allay the harm done to society by men with ties to our state.
Michael S. Heath
Portland Press Herald, April 13, 2008
The largest of rivers begins as a small stream. That small stream tumbles and rushes down from the heights, joining other streams and tributaries, until together, they form a great torrent that sweeps away everything in its path.
The ideas that change the world are like rivers. They begin in well-trained minds and merge with other ideas until they become an irresistible force for change – and sometimes, revolution.
One such idea began in the First Parish Church in Brunswick, Maine. There, Harriet Beecher Stowe conceived the idea of a book about the miserable lives of slaves in the South. The novel she went on to write, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” spread her ideas far beyond Brunswick, inspiring an entire nation to take up arms against slavery. In the hands of a quiet woman, writing in Maine, a simple idea grew into the cataclysm of the Civil War.
Another earth-shaking idea can be traced back to Maine, and that is the sexual revolution. This idea has proven as deadly as Harriet Beecher Stowe’s idea was wholesome and life-giving.
The sexual revolution takes its name from a book written by Wilhelm Reich in 1929, called “The Sexual Revolution.” Another title for Reich’s book was “Sex in the Culture War.”
Reich maintained that the ills of the world could be cured by eliminating conservatism, love of country and respect for authority. The best way to do this, Reich believed, was to undermine sexual morality. For Reich, and many others on the left, the sexual revolution was only a way station on the road to real revolution.
In later life, Reich spread his ideas from his 200-acre estate in Rangeley. The Wilhelm Reich Museum, dedicated to his work and teachings, is located in Rangeley, where it still attracts dedicated followers. It is a pity that Reich’s ideas are not better understood, since they have done the world an enormous amount of harm.
Less well-known than Reich, but just as influential these days, is Marshall Kirk, a Harvard-trained researcher who was born in Norway, Maine. Kirk, who died in 2005, helped change society’s perception of homosexuality as harmful – a perception based on common sense, reason and science – to a vague opinion that homosexuality is merely an alternative lifestyle.
A book co-authored by Kirk in 1989, “After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the ’90s,” sets forth the strategy used to alter society’s perception of homosexuals. According to this strategy, the media should “desensitize” the public to the perceived threat posed by homosexuals by “inundating the public in a continuous flood of gay-related advertising, presented in the least offensive fashion possible.”
In addition, Kirk and Hunter Madsen recommended stigmatizing the opponents of gay rights as “bigots and homophobes.” Kirk’s and Madsen’s ultimate goal was – in their own phrasing – “conversion.” Conversion, as defined in this book, meant that society would finally accept homosexuality as normal.
Kirk, Madsen and their allies did convert much of society with their strategy of unrelenting propaganda and deception. The “gay-related” advertising envisioned by Kirk and Madsen is now part of the public school curriculum, and children as early as kindergarten are told that the homosexual lifestyle is healthy and normal.
Where great reformers like Harriet Beecher Stowe shone a spotlight on real injustice, men such as Reich, Kirk and Madsen relied on psychological manipulation and pseudoscience to lead the public into a shadow world lying somewhere between truth and falsehood, reality and unreality.
But no deception, no matter how skilled or sophisticated, can hide the devastation caused by the sexual revolution and its radical wing, the gay rights movement. Broken homes, child abuse, abortion and AIDS are the inevitable result of a false view of sexual morality.
The people of Maine must act quickly before the last phase of the revolution – same-sex marriage – is complete. If they fail to act now, the pandemic of sexual immorality would prove incurable, and the damage would be irreversible.
To that end, the Christian Civic League of Maine will address the homosexual rights agenda in a comprehensive manner, by initiating a referendum to ban same-sex marriage, gay adoption, special rights and the interference of the gay rights movement in the public schools. I hope you will join with me in this noble effort to protect our families, our state and our nation.
Michael S. Heath is the executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, which is based in Augusta.
Family of Slain Homosexual Boy Larry King Blames School
August 16th, 2008The case of Larry King is a horrible tragedy, which homosexual activists have sought to exploit to crusade for “hate crimes” laws. Now the victim’s parents are complicating the GLBT Lobby’s campaign; if they succeed, it will send a message to schools everywhere not to pander to politically correct activism on “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” –Peter LaBarbera
Family of Slain Homosexual Boy Blames School
Friday, August 15, 2008
CNSNews.com
By Wire Dispatches, Associated Press
Ventura, Calif. (AP) - The family of a gay teenager who was fatally shot in class blames the school district for allowing their son to wear makeup and feminine clothing to school - factors the family claims led to the death.
The parents and brother of 15-year-old Larry King of Oxnard filed a personal injury claim against the Hueneme school district seeking unspecified damages for not enforcing the dress code.
King, an eighth-grader at E.O. Green Junior High School, was shot in February. Classmate Brandon McInerney pleaded not guilty to the shooting last week. He was charged as an adult and also faces a charge of a committing a hate crime.
The family’s claim, filed last week in Ventura County Superior Court, said administrators and teachers failed to enforce the school’s dress code when King wore feminine clothing and makeup to school.
His parents, Dawn and Gregory King, said faculty members knew their son had “unique vulnerabilities” and was subject to abuse because of his sexual orientation.
Will Homosexual Activist ‘christians’ Admit that They Hate God’s Moral Law on Sex?
August 16th, 2008Does God have the right to oppose homosexual behavior?
The following is adapted from my response to a letter from a pro-homosexual activist who wrote AFTAH, making the usual obnoxious charges: that I am a “pornographer” (for exposing San Francisco’s government-tolerated public street depravities) — and, of course, that I am a secret homosexual (”You are gay and part of you knows it and HATES it”). It’s all par for the course when you cover the loving and tolerant GLBT community. — Peter LaBarbera
Note to hostile “gay” activist:
You worry about getting your gay allies in San Francisco to stop having sex in the streets, then you can deal with Zombietime, which is a non-Christian site that exposes all the nutty goings-on re: that World Famous Gay Mecca — and which exposed the San Francisco depravities just as they were. That’s called documenting heinous public perversions — not “porn.”
“My, my, you are full of hate… Let’s see, using your (il)logic: if I’m gay, then are you a conservative evangelical Christian, since you obviously monitor and oppose us earnestly. How ludicrous.
[After I recommended in a previous e-mail that he visit the website of ex-”gay” Christian Stephen Bennett, the writer calls Bennett “beyond RETARDED.” He writes, “I pray for you. May God have mercy on you.”]
[I continue:]
Grow up, [—–] I’m not really interested in your twisted opinions about “porn,” nor am I very interested in your prayers because they are nullified by your deep rebellion against God (if you are indeed a practicing homosexual). If that’s the case, you hate God’s moral law on sex as much as some guy cheating on his wife and trying to justify his bad behavior. Be a man and admit it — you hate God’s law on sex.
One thing I find so annoying about so many “queer” activists is they want to have it both ways: they want to practice and/or defend sodomy and homosexuality — revealed throughout Judeo-Christian history as sinful — yet they also want to call themselves faithful Christians. Can’t have it both ways.
Does God have the right to oppose homosexual behavior? Please answer that theoretical question. And perhaps you shouldn’t delude yourself that you are a Christian, because Christians don’t defend sodomy and other sexual sins.
AFA: McDonald’s Does It Again — Sponsoring Homosexual Activism ‘from the Inside’
August 15th, 2008
The following E-Alert was sent out by American Family Association:
Take Action!
• Sign the online Boycott McDonald’s petition.
• Forward this to family and friends and ask them to sign the petition.
• Print and distribute the Boycott McDonald’s petition.
August 13, 2008
McDonald’s has done it again. First, the company paid $20,000 to become a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and to have a seat on the board of directors. Next, McDonald’s refused a request to remain neutral in the culture war by choosing to promote the gay agenda. Then McDonald’s accused those opposing the gay agenda, including same-sex “marriage,” of being motivated by hate.
Now we learn that McDonald’s sponsors training for homosexuals on how to promote their agenda among corporations from the inside. Out & Equal™ Workplace Advocates is a national organization devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the workplace. One of its primary purposes is to train employees how to aggressively promote homosexuality within the company they work for, all the way to the corporate boardroom. Part of last year’s Out & Equal Summit in Washington, DC, (sponsored by McDonald’s) was an organized march into congressional offices demanding same-sex “marriage” laws be passed.
At the bottom of McDonald’s half-page ad in the Out & Equal Summit booklet is this statement: “From neighborhood to neighborhood, coast to coast and around the world, McDonald’s is proud to celebrate diversity” [homosexuality].
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you feel our efforts are worthy of support, would you consider making a small tax-deductible contribution to help us continue?
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
Respecting Homosexuals
August 13th, 2008Respecting people does not mean accepting bad behavior
By Thorin Anderson, Illinois Family Institute, 7/30/08
Whenever there is conflict between homosexual activists and conservatives regarding the issues such as the acceptance of same-sex “marriage,” we on the right are accused of lacking respect for homosexuals.
But, I would like to make one thing clear. The debate is not about respecting people, but about accepting bad behavior. There are many human behaviors which we conservatives believe to be unacceptable. They range from lying and cheating to promiscuity before or during marriage. They include murder and rape and a host of other deeds, criminal or otherwise. To say that we don’t respect someone when we disagree with their conduct is to suggest that confronting any bad behavior is inherently disrespectful. Are we to stop speaking about all wrong conduct? Should we stop confronting lying, stealing, or murder? Such a suggestion would be ludicrous.
All humans are worthy of respect as humans, period. But it is utter folly to imagine that behaviors people engage in are automatically respectable simply because a certain number of people are involved in them. Sad to say, many things we human beings do are not only unworthy of respect, but are destructive and dangerous. There is a reason why no one writes in any detail, in public, regarding the activities of homosexuals. And there is a reason why homosexuals have significantly shorter than average life expectancies. There is not a newspaper in the country that would detail their private conduct, and most of our stomachs could not handle it. Yet, we are told we MUST accept such conduct as perfectly normal. Get out your Webster’s and look up “normal.” Homosexuality in no way fits the definition of “normal.” And, it requires no special genius to understand that!
No doubt many practitioners have found themselves harassed or worse by those who don’t respect homosexuals and have taken it upon themselves to mock or injure them. Such actions are wrong. It is legitimate to demand respect as people, but it is absolutely illegitimate to demand respect for conduct that is simply disgusting on its face. And, consider the homosexual’s attitude toward such virtues as fidelity and loyalty. No self-respecting woman would tolerate infidelity in her husband, but in the homosexual community, infidelity is not only allowed, it is a given. It is ironic that homosexuals demand such respect from the general community when they quite obviously have little respect for themselves or one another. Such proclivities reveal that, in fact, the homosexual lifestyle really is much less about deep abiding relationships than satisfying inappropriate sexual desires.
Let us be clear about something: Christian conservatives oppose the wanton satisfying of inappropriate sexual desires in anyone whether straight or homosexual.
Those of us who disagree with homosexual conduct based upon the principles of the Bible and nature can do nothing to stop homosexuals from practicing their chosen lifestyle. But it is an egregious violation of our freedoms, principles, and character to demand that we accept it as normal.
Thorin Anderson is a member of the Pastor Advisory Council to Illinois Family Institute and the pastor of Parkwood Baptist Church on the south side of Chicago.
Pastor Anderson is also the President of Men for Christ, an association that organizes annual weekend men’s rallies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois on a rotating basis. For more information on these events, please visit www.MenforChrist.us.
Pelosi Backs Obama on Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
August 13th, 2008DOMA law protects states from being forced to recognize out-of-state homosexual “marriages”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is a Catholic, yet she is an ardent proponent of homosexual activism and abortion-on-demand — both opposed by the Church. Pelosi’s San Francisco district allows men to walk completely nude in public and have homosexual orgies on city streets.
Pelosi Backs Obama on Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
August 01, 2008
By Josiah Ryan, Staff Writer
(CNSNews.com) – If Barack Obama is elected president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will support him in fulfilling his vow to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which currently protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states as they ordinarily would be required to do by the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution.
“Yes,” Pelosi said Thursday at a press conference, when CNSNews.com asked if she would support Obama’s policy. Hear CNS Audio HERE.
The DOMA defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the DOMA protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states.
Ordinarily, under the “Full Faith and Credit Clause” of the Constitution, states are required to recognize “the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.”
The “pride” section of the Obama campaign Web site reads: “Obama also believes we need to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally-recognized unions.”
In July 1996, DOMA passed the Republican-controlled House by a margin of 342 to 67. Pelosi voted against the bill along with 64 other Democrats.
On Thursday, Pelosi did not elaborate on her statement and her office declined to give CNSNews.com further explanation of her position.
CNSNews.com also asked members of the Senate leadership, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), if they would support Obama in repealing DOMA. But both senators said they did not have a definitive position on the issue yet.
“I don’t know,” said Schumer. “We have to see what kind of legislation is introduced.”
“I want to take a look at it, I haven’t made a decision, I haven’t even thought about it,” said Durbin. “But I will look at his decision.”
Schumer and Durbin voted for DOMA in 1996 as members of the House.
The bill passed the Senate on Sept. 10, 1996 by a margin of 85 to14.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also voted in favor of DOMA as a senator in 1996.
Letter: 40-Foot Wall Around San Francisco?
August 11th, 2008
Needed in Sodom-by-the-Bay, aka San Francisco?
Folks, we’ve received a lot of reaction to our e-mail and web article last week highlighting the incredible “Zombietime” web report on San Francisco’s sadistic “Up Your Alley” street fair — just like last year when we exposed its twin event, the Folsom Street Fair. (Click HERE to go to the secular Zombietime story, describing public perversions that could ONLY emerge from the “gay liberation” movement; WARNING: IT’S APPALLINGLY GRAPHIC (and evil).
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — beloved by “gay” activists for her pro-homosexual activism — could use her clout to demand an end to the government-protected street orgies and public nudity in the city she represents; why won’t she?
While our pathetically predictable homosexual critics played their usual game of “Kill the Messenger” (us), even AFTAH readers — far better informed on the homosexual agenda and GLBT lifestyles than most Americans — were stunned by the public depravities. And many people, like L.B. below, are asking how it is that they were allowed to go on by Democratic-led city officials and the San Francisco P.D.:
Question: Can we build a 40-foot wall around that city, and toss food and penicillin over the top? Seriously, how was this event advertised or publicized (exclusively for certain people or everyone is welcome)? Also, how do the \’event coordinators\’ bypass the law? How do they get permission to engage in such behaviors in public? Why are the police instructed to contain but not to arrest? — L.B., writing via the AFTAH website, 8-8-08
Judge Upholds Redefined, Biased California Prop 8 Marriage Amendment Language
August 8th, 2008Pro-family attorneys to challenge ruling on AG Jerry Brown’s biased summary language
California Attorney General Jerry Brown redefined the state’s pro-traditional marriage amendment description as taking away people’s rights — even though the so-called “right” to “same-sex marriage” as created by the state’s high court will be only a few months old when voters go to the polls in in November.
From the news site OneNewsNow of the American Family Association:
Judge upholds redefined Prop. 8 ballot language
By Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 8/8/2008
Click HERE to listen to the audio story on OneNewsNow
Pro-family attorneys are vowing to go back to court to get biased, pro-homosexual language removed from the ballot title and summary for the California marriage protection amendment.
The amendment states that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” But somehow, Attorney General Jerry Brown reinterpreted that as eliminating “the right of same-sex couples to marry.” Timothy Chandler, legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), was in Superior Court in California Thursday arguing that Brown’s editorializing is illegal.
“The issue before the voters is whether or not California should define marriage as between one man and one woman,” Chandler explains. “And rather than presenting it that way to the voters, the attorney general got political with it.”
Instead of providing a neutral and unbiased ballot title and summary, says the ADF attorney, Brown bowed to “political pressure” and “gave a biased and prejudicial summary” — in effect failing to follow his obligation under state law. “The attorney general is required by law to provide an objective summary of what the proposition would do to the law,” Chandler explains.
But the Superior Court disagreed Friday, ruling that Brown was within his rights to define the amendment as taking away rights, even though those alleged rights were only recently created by the California Supreme Court.
“In this case, the Attorney General did not abuse his discretion in concluding that the chief purpose and effect of the initiative is to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry, even if the initiative also has other purposes and effects,” wrote Judge Timothy Frawley. “The Attorney General’s title is an accurate statement of the primary purpose and effect of the measure. It is not argumentative or inherently prejudicial.”
The original ballot title described the amendment as a change to the state constitution that would “provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Chandler hopes a three-judge panel of the California Appellate Court will overturn Frawley’s decision.
“This is an emergency petition to try to get the court to order the attorney general to provide a [sic] unbiased ballot title and summary before the ballots are begun to be printed here in California, which starts next week,” says Chandler.
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and ProtectMarriage.com say they intend to file the appeal immediately.
Secular ‘Zombietime’ Report Exposes Incredible Public Perversions Tolerated by Police and Politicians in San Francisco
August 7th, 2008WARNING: Obscene (albeit covered-up) photos of government -tolerated San Francisco perversion
The secular website Zombietime has documented the incredibly heinous public “pig sex” perversions and nudity that were allowed to take place unfettered by police at the July 27 “Up Your Alley” street fair in San Francisco, which AFTAH also exposed. You can see the UNCENSORED photos like this one (which we covered up) at the Zombietime site and then ask yourself: what have the liberal, pro-homosexual, pro-gay-”marriage” elites and politicians done to America? Why are homosexual perverts allowed to rule the streets and defy the law in a major U.S. city — represented by the woman who is third in line to be President? We must restore public decency in California and in big cities across the nation and stop pandering to radical sexual agendas — including “same-sex marriage” — that undermine U.S. law and God’s moral code. America began to see the ugly truth of abortion through documentaries like “Silent Scream.” Perhaps we will begin facing up to the threat of government-endorsed homosexuality by viewing the horrid public depravities tolerated by pandering police and politicians in San Francisco. Go HERE to the Zombietime site; you can choose between a blurred out version or one in which the photos are NOT COVERED UP as this one is.
Dear Readers,
Occasionally we at Americans For Truth are taken to task by well-meaning but — in my view — woefully naive pro-family people for using graphic (albeit censored) photos to expose the real-life depravities associated with the homosexual movement. Just the other day, I was chided in an e-mail by an evangelical who is well-known as a commentator on GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) issues. He was irritated at