The following is AFT President Peter LaBarbera’s response to an intolerant pro-homosexual activist who urged him (in the name of tolerance!) to “Leave Naperville now.” AFT is based in Naperville, IL, in the western suburbs of Chicago:

Dear Reva,

You are very intolerant, if your letter is any indication. Try to be open to other points of view. Sorry, we’re not leaving Naperville despite the anti-religious bigotry of activists like you. By the way, I have denounced Fred Phelps and his ridiculous “God Hates Fags” message (see the story, “LaBarbera Condemns Fred Phelps’ “God Hates Fags” Message and Threatened Picket at Soldier’s Funeral” on Illinois Family Institute’s website).

Tolerance is all about tolerating dissenting viewpoints, while engaging in civil debate–i.e., refraining from abusive rhetoric and conduct toward your opponents. Sadly, your menacing note does not qualify.

Sincerely,

Peter LaBarbera
Founder and President
Americans for Truth

Original note to AFT:

From: Reva Shayne Lewis [mailto:RevaShayneLewis@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:02 PM
To: americansfortruth@comcast.net
Subject: [AFT Web Site] Naperville
The following message was sent from the Americans for Truth Web site:

Please take your hate-filled agenda and ignorance to some other town. Naperville is very gay-friendly and is continuing to grow into a gay-friendly town. Hence, the GLBT alliances [“gay-straight alliance” student groups] in our high schools and local gay support groups. You are no better than those hateful Westboro Baptist Church people who picket dead soldiers because of “America’s acceptance of homosexuality”. Leave Naperville now.

Excerpted from Judge Rules Against Georgia Tech’s Discriminatory Speech Code, by Jim Brown, published Aug 23, 2006, by Agape Press:

A federal judge has forced the Georgia Institute of Technology to repeal a controversial policy that bars students from engaging in so-called “acts of intolerance.” In March, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a lawsuit challenging the policy, claiming it censored the speech of religious and conservative students on campus.Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an order that eliminated Georgia Tech’s speech code and replaced it with a new policy that ADF attorney David French says “respects the constitutional rights of students.” He is calling the court’s ruling “a tremendous victory” for free speech on college campuses.

Continue reading at Agape Press…

Excerpted from Canadian Professor Fined for Stating Opposition to Homosexuality, published July 26, 2006, by Agape Press:

Canadian professor David Mullan has been fined two weeks pay ($2100) after a homosexual student took umbrage at two letters the professor had written to his former Anglican bishop two years ago.

Is this the future of freedom of speech and freedom of religion in America if the homosexual lobby achieves its goal of passing interlocking state, local and federal “Hate Crimes” laws treating “sexual orientation” violations on a par with racism?

by J. Matt Barber

Whether you like him or not – Bayou Brat James Carville, notable Democratic Party strategist and Bill Clinton advisor, was appropriately credited for his pivotal role in helping to put the former adulterer-in-chief in the oval office back in 1992. Carville boiled down the theme of the Clinton candidacy to four simple words: “It’s the economy, stupid.” By focusing like a laser beam on the hot button issue of the day (the economy) Carville helped Clinton to co-opt that issue and to make it his own.

The economy is always a major area of concern for most Americans from a fiscal standpoint; however, on the field of battle in today’s culture war, one of the most significant and contentious issues, particularly to people of faith, is the rapid destruction of traditional family values, liberty of conscience, and freedom of speech at the hands of leftist and secularists who condone, promote, and/or participate in dangerous, unhealthy, and traditionally shameful sexual behaviors.

Take it from someone who knows, for those who value the sanctity of marriage, and respect the Biblical model of human sexuality (one-man/one-woman within in the bounds of holy matrimony), it’s not a very safe time to publicly express those values and beliefs…