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Are gay activists declaring war on Christians, Mormons?
Matt C. Abbott
November 16, 2008
It sure seems that way.
Like a bad sexually-transmitted disease, protests against California Proposition 8 are spreading rapidly to other states, including here in Illinois. Even more troubling are the activities of militant homosexual activists (or those who strongly support them), which border on terrorism.
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Why Prop 8 Can – and Must – Be Overruled
by Paul Hogarth, 2008-11-13
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When SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued last week to overrule Proposition 8, I didn’t expect him to prevail – as much as I appreciated him trying. As wrong as it sounds, the initiative process allows a bare majority of California voters to change our state constitution – and with other states having passed similar marriage amendments, I couldn’t see how the courts would repeal it. But after having read Herrera’s well-written brief and done some legal research, I am now more optimistic that justice will prevail. Prop 8 was not your typical “amendment” that merely tinkers with the California Constitution. It was a drastic revision that deprives a “suspect class” (gays and lesbians) of a fundamental right under equal protection. And a simple majority vote of the people is not enough to take that right away – especially when the purpose of equal protection is to shield minorities. While other courts have upheld marriage amendments in other states, they have different Constitutions – and court rulings have changed considerably in a short period of time. And unlike many states, California has explicitly found sexual orientation to be a “suspect class.” If the Court overrules Prop 8, it will be a powerful affirmation for justice – capping what has been a powerful year of “change.”
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After the Victory: Engaging Obama Volunteers
By Randy Shaw
Tens of thousands of young people worked tirelessly for Barack Obama, and they deserve major credit for his historic victory. Not since George McGovern in 1972 has a presidential candidacy been so identified with the young. Obama’s racially diverse campaign mobilized many more young supporters, even though, due to the earlier primary schedule, it required a longer time commitment than McGovern’s. Obama defied the conventional wisdom that downplayed young people’s interest in politics, rejecting the notion that young people are too preoccupied with personal issues to engage in a national campaign.
But now what happens to these thousands of young Obama fellows, volunteers, and campaign staffers? Electing Barack Obama was only the beginning, and many of these young people are eager to continue working for change. Moreover, their participation in the struggles ahead is critical for implementing a new vision for the nation. Members of victorious campaigns often want to keep the commitment and spirit of togetherness going; this is truer than ever with Barack Obama’s historic campaign.
USCCB: Church should oppose FOCA 'early and often,' Niederauer says
Created Nov 11 2008 - 13:30
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Baltimore
Facing President-elect Barak Obama’s pledge to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would bar legal restrictions on abortion at the state and federal level, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco today said that the Catholic church needs to make the case against the measure “early and often, both with members of congress and with the new administration.”
Speaking with reporters during the Nov. 10-13 meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore, Niederauer suggested that it would be a mistake to interpret Obama’s victory as an expression of popular support for the Freedom of Choice Act, known as FOCA.
Niederauer heads the communications committee for the U.S. bishops’ conference.
Why Europeans want you NOT to vote for Obama:
We consider John McCain and his VP running-mate Sarah Palin to be the only acceptable choice for American leadership.
We in Europe believe that the threat to world stability that Barack Hussein Obama will cause as US president is overarchingly terrible, and must be avoided at all costs.
It is well said that the seeds of war, political turmoil, revolution and the collapse of nations can always be seen a generation in advance by observing the (bad) behaviour of its individual citizens in the years leading up to the catastrophe. The society which fell into Nazism in 1930's Germany had previously seen a vast increase in social depravity, hedonism, immorality and love for art and pleasure as the highest human priorities in the few years preceding that terrible new regime. In the decade prior to World War Two, Berlin was considered the international arts and culture capital of the world. Into this pleasure-seeking moral vacuum came the false morality of a new totalitarian idealism called Nazism. Its 'morality' was attractive to a generation of young Germans who hitherto had known no morality. They'd grown up in a society where morality had recently become unfashionable. Sound familiar? And we know where it led...
Kangaroo Court a Judicial Travesty
Posted By Harold Brown On October 28, 2008 @ 10:15 am In Opinion, Politics | No Comments
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Photos by Luke Thomas
By h. brown
October 28, 2008
The star witness refused to lie under oath. The chief prosecutor called the defendant a “liar” and said that he’d “intimidated witnesses.” This is a prosecutor (Richard Mo) who is not even a lawyer. And, he made those comments before he’d even interviewed the accused (Tony Hall).
“Big pro-choice guy” Proposition 4 gets unexpected support from LA talk show host
Oct. 23, 2008: A morning talk-show host on "the most listened to news/talk station in America" who describes himself as "a big pro-choice guy" has told his listeners he will vote in favor of Proposition 4 because it takes into account "virtually every single objection the other side has been able to come up with."
“Clear case of intrinsically unjust law”
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Our faith requires us to oppose abortion on demand and to provide help to mothers facing challenging pregnancies," Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., said in an Oct. 21 statement.
Ohio ACORN Hiring Canvassers To Help Obama
An announcement from Ohio ACORN political director Mari Engelhardt: