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 ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/ct_CVsc58qzjAZcGeLHmwg13034/GW183H183 "[Untitled]") 7-19d Court rebuffs defamation suit from swarm of Muslim organizations Posted: July 18, 2009 12:30 am Eastern By Drew Zahn © 2009 WorldNetDaily  Joe KaufmanThe full Texas Second Court of Appeals yesterday rejected an attempt by a coalition of seven Islamic organizations to further their defamation lawsuit against an online writer and have him branded as less than a "real" journalist. As WND reported, after Joe Kaufman wrote an article for the online FrontPage Magazine exposing terrorist connections in two American Muslim groups, he was sued by a swarm of Islamic organizations, none of which he had even mentioned in his article. The lawsuit technique is called by some "legal jihad" or "Islamist lawfare," and the Thomas More Law Center, which is representing Kaufman in the lawsuit, claims Muslim advocates are using the strategy to bully online journalists into silence. "The lawsuit against Kaufman was funded by the Muslim Legal Fund for America. The head of that organization, Khalil Meek, admitted on a Muslim radio show that lawsuits were being filed against Kaufman and others to set an example," claims a Thomas More statement on the case. "Indeed, for the last several years, Muslim groups in the U.S. have engaged in the tactic of filing meritless lawsuits to silence any public discussion of Islamic terrorist threats." And though a three-judge panel of the court had unanimously dismissed the case, the Islamic groups sought an "en banc" opinion, meaning a ruling from the entire court of seven justices. The Texas Second Court of Appeals, however, issued a "per curiam," or entire court, opinion yesterday, upholding the panel's decision to dismiss the lawsuit. Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented in a statement, "It is gratifying to see our client's First Amendment rights being upheld by this entire Texas Appeals Court. We do not yet know if these Islamic groups will try another appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, but this ruling is an indication of how strong this First Amendment case is." As WND reported, Kaufman's troubles began in 2007, when he wrote the article criticizing two Islamic groups for hosting a "Muslim Family Day" at Six Flags over Texas, a Dallas-area amusement park. The Islamic Circle of North America and the Islamic Association of North Texas, Kaufman revealed, had funneled money to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and al-Qaida. "While using images of cartoon characters and sponsoring events at amusement parks may seem innocuous, the danger that the Islamic Circle of North America poses to the United States, Canada and others is clear," Kaufman wrote. "As a faction of the Muslim Brotherhood, the organization looks to impose Islam on Western society, and as a donor to a terrorist organization, the group is a willing participant in the act of violence." And while neither the ICNA nor the IANT claimed libel, seven other Muslim organizations – the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, Islamic Center of Irving, DFW Islamic Educational Center, Inc., Dar Elsalam Islamic Center, Al Hedayah Islamic Center, Islamic Association of Tarrant County and Muslim American Society of Dallas – cried foul, bringing the defamation suit against Kaufman. "This frivolous lawsuit is an example of the legal jihad being waged by radical Islamic organizations throughout our nation," Thompson said. "These lawsuits are aimed at stifling the free speech rights of Americans who dare to expose their agenda. They intentionally file lawsuits to intimidate reporters who seek to expose their agenda. By making it costly to defend against their lawsuits, they hope journalists will refrain from writing about the threat to our nation." The organizations suing Kaufman also asked the court to deny him certain legal protections granted to traditional journalists, claiming that as an Internet writer, his right to seek a quick and inexpensive dismissal of the case didn't apply. The case set up a battle, not only between Islamic advocates and those that would question their political connections, but also between organizations that fly low under the mass media's radar, enjoying little public scrutiny, and the burgeoning field of Internet journalism that often investigates places the mainstream media ignores. A three-judge panel of the Texas Second Court of Appeals, however, not only ruled that the Muslim organizations had no basis for claiming defamation – since Kaufman didn't name or point to them in his article – but also declared that online journalists do merit the same status and legal protections that their more traditional media peers enjoy. The opinion of the court, written by Justice Terrie Livingston, overturned a lower court's denial of Kaufmann's motion to dismiss the libel claim before a time-consuming and expensive trial. Listing seven different reasons for the court's decision, Justice Livingston wrote, "We conclude that an Internet author's status as a member of the electronic media should be adjudged by the same principles that courts should use to determine the author's status under more traditional media." The court did not, however, uphold that all Internet writers – such as bloggers – should be afforded the protections traditional journalists enjoy. Kaufman, the court noted, has written for a variety of national publications since 1995, has appeared on several television news networks and in writing for FrontPage Magazine, was writing for a separate online news source with the freedom to accept or reject his article. The court concluded, "We believe that these facts and circumstances, establishing Kaufman's journalistic background and his notoriety outside of the parameters of the article and graphic at issue and FrontPage Magazine's broad readership and its existence as a news/commentary medium that is independent from Kaufman's articles, are sufficient to qualify Kaufman as a member of the electronic or print media and to qualify FrontPage Magazine as an electronic or print medium." Furthermore, the court ruled, that the Muslim organizations' contention that an Internet author could "never" qualify as a member of the media "would make as little sense as an inverse rule that a print author (such as someone distributing their own photocopied musings) would always qualify as such." Yesterday's decision by the entire court affirmed the panel's decision with few words and no commentary, stating simply, "It is the opinion of the court that the motion for rehearing should be and is hereby denied and that the opinion and judgment of June 25, 2009, stand unchanged." The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., provided the lead attorney to represent Kaufman at no charge 7-19C Court favors mother's rights over former lesbian partner A Utah woman involved in a lesbian relationship left her partner and took her child with her, a move that led to a courtroom battle.Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/19/2009 4:10:00 AM  Jana Dickson left the relationship with lesbian partner Gena-Louise Edvalson because she believed it was not a good environment to raise her two-year-old son, among other reasons. Salt Lake CityAlliance Defense Fundattorney Frank Mylar represented Dickson."This other party was living with my client and it was in a lesbian relationship --and my client and the other party separated and cut off their relationship," he recalls. Dickson has since married a man and converted to Christianity. "She's a professing Christian and she certainly attends church. She and her husband both do," Mylar adds. A year ago, Edvalson filed suit for parental rights to the child, relying upon an unenforceable agreement the two women had made during their relationship. The court has dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that a two-year-old child's right to his mother outweighs the demands of a woman unrelated to him, adding that any contracts that are contrary to public policy are illegal and void. 7-19b High court reverses ban on homeless camp at church Associated Press - 7/19/2009 4:20:00 AM  SEATTLE, WA - The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that the city of Woodinville lacked grounds for barring a church from hosting a homeless encampment.The unanimous ruling holds that a development moratorium should not have been applied to Tent City 4 in 2006. The self-governing group of 60 to 100 homeless people moves about every three months to sites volunteered by owners in the suburbs east of Seattle.When Northshore United Church of Christ agreed to host the encampment, Woodinville cited a moratorium on land use permit applications in residential areas. The high court ruled that the action violated Washington's constitution, which guarantees "absolute freedom of conscience in all matters of religious sentiment, belief, and worship." 7-19 Appeals court rules on Bible handout in schools Associated Press - 7/18/2009 4:15:00 AM  ST. LOUIS, MO- A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on the classroom distribution of Bibles to grade school students in Annapolis, Mo., but has allowed literature to be offered outside of class.For more than three decades, the South Iron School District allowed the Gideons to give away Bibles in fifth-grade classrooms. But some parents objected, prompting a lawsuit.A federal judge last year granted a permanent injunction against the classroom Bible giveaway. The ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds that injunction, but allows the district to institute a revised policy that lets any group hand out literature, including Bibles, outside of class. Liberty Counselpresident Mat Staver, who represented the school district, says that's a neutral policy that lets students take or leave what's offered. 7-19 At issue: Students' religious rights in graduate program Michigan State Representative Tom McMillin has introduced a resolution dealing with a Christian's right to stand behind her religious beliefs.Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/18/2009 4:10:00 AM  Julea Ward was a part of the Eastern Michigan University Graduate School of Counseling. With only two months left until graduation with a master's degree, she was dismissed for declining on religious grounds to provide counseling to a homosexual who was trying to improve his relationship with his partner."I was just calling on Eastern Michigan University to end this kind of discrimination based on somebody's religious beliefs, and ask our state's attorney general to conduct an investigation to see if her civil rights were violated, which certainly appears to be [the case]," Representative McMillan contends, noting that theresolution is gaining bipartisan support.McMillin, however,wants to add to the investigation. "And we're also looking at funding. Michigan is in a very difficult budget situation right now, and I feel that if the university's going to be giving that kind of discrimination that the taxpayers would like for them to have a little of their funding pared back as a result," he notes, "and so I am going to be working on that as well." The state lawmaker believes some university instructors have an elitist, politically correct mentality that should not be tolerated.
US Army Major Stefan Frederick Cook on Barack Obama's Military Orders (7.16.09) -- Cook and his attorney Dr. Orly Taitz speak with reporters outside of a Georgia courthouse. To read more about the story of Cook's challenging Barack Obama's eligibility for Obama's duties as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, please see the following articles: "'Begone!' Georgia judge orders fired reservist " http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnduZC5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwP2ZhPVBBR0U=.. "Soldier balks at deploying; says Obama isnt president" http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmxlZGdlci1lbnF1aXJlci5jb20vbmV3cy9i 7-17b Texas Appellate Court Deals Another Blow to Islamist Lawfare—Upholds Free Speech Rights of Internet Journalist; Islamic Groups Lose Appeal  ANN ARBOR, MI – On July 16, 2009, seven Texas-area Islamic organizations lost an appeal of the unanimous ruling of the Texas Second Court of Appeals at Forth Worth, which protected the free speech rights of internet journalists and at the same time dealt a blow to the legal jihad being waged by radical Muslim groups throughout the United States. The Islamic groups asked for a reconsideration of the appellate court’s recent decision through what is known as an en banc opinion (appeal to the whole court, not just a panel of the court). The Court ruling, in a per curiam (in the name of the whole court) two page opinion, upheld the dismissal of the libel lawsuit filed against internet reporter Joe Kaufman by the seven Islamic organizations. The lawsuit against Kaufman was funded by the Muslim Legal Fund for America. The head of that organization, Khalil Meek, admitted on a Muslim talk radio show that lawsuits were being filed against Kaufman and others to set an example. Indeed, for the last several years, Muslim groups in the U.S. have engaged in the tactic of filing meritless lawsuits to silence any public discussion of Islamic terrorist threats. This tactic, referred to by some as Islamist Lawfare uses our laws and legal system to silence critics and promote Islamic rule in America. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan provided the lead attorney to represent Kaufman, at no charge. The Law Center attorney, Brandon Bolling, was assisted by Texas attorney Thomas S. Brandon, Jr. who acted as local counsel, and Los Angeles, CA attorneys William Becker, Jr. and Manuel S. Klausner. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “It is gratifying to see our client’s First Amendment rights being upheld by this entire Texas Appeals Court. We do not yet know if these Islamic groups will try another appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, but this ruling is an indication of how strong this First Amendment case is.” Kaufman, a full-time investigative reporter, has written extensively on Radical Islamic terrorism in America. He was sued because of his September 28, 2007 article titled “Fanatic Muslim Family Day” published by Front Page Magazine, a major online news website. Kaufman’s article exposed the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and the Islamic Association of Northern Texas (IANT) ties to the radical terrorist group Hamas. Kaufman’s article called ICNA a radical Muslim organization that has ties to Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. According to Kaufman, ICNA is an umbrella organization for South Asian-oriented mosques and Islamic centers in the United States created as an American arm of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Pakistan. Significantly, neither ICNA nor IANT, which were mentioned in Kaufman’s article, sued Kaufman. It is speculated that ICNA and IANT were afraid of being subjected to pretrial discovery. On the other hand, none of the seven plaintiffs that sued Kaufman were even mentioned in his article. The seven Islamic organizations that sued Kaufman are the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, Islamic Center of Irving, DFW Islamic Educational Center, Inc., Dar Elsalam Islamic Center, Al Hedayah Islamic Center, Islamic Association of Tarrant County, and Muslim American Society of Dallas. All are affiliated with CAIR, one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the successful federal prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation. In what should be welcome news to internet journalists, the Appellate Court specifically rejected the Plaintiffs’ contention that Kaufman is not a “media defendant.” The Court held that the Texas statute that gives procedural protections to traditional electronic and print media, including the right to a pretrial appeal, also covers internet journalists. Thus, the Texas Statue entitled Kaufman the right to appeal the lower court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the frivolous libel claim before a time-consuming and expensive trial. Most parties have to wait until after a trial before they can appeal an unfavorable lower court ruling. The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. The Law Center accomplishes its mission through litigation, education, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website at www.thomasmore.org.7-17 Anglican Sees 'Unilateral Departure' From Tenets Of Faith Jim Brown- OneNewsNow- 7/17/09 4:30 a.m. A conservative Anglican theologian says the new theology being embraced the Episcopal Church is leading young people astray and solidifying the denomination's break with Anglicans across the globe.  The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States voted overwhelmingly this week to allow the appointment to all orders of ministry of people in same-sex relationships, a move that further distances the denomination from the Worldwide Anglican Communion.Dr. Kendall Harmon, Canon Theologian for The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, calls the vote a "unilateral departure from the Christian faith and practice." "It's a continued intransigent insistence on their own way in the face of repeated requests by all the Anglican instruments of communion, most recently the Archbishop of Canterbury [Rowan Williams], who in the midst of the debate said after the House of Deputies voted and before the bishops voted, that he thought it was an unfortunate vote because it was going to further hurt the unity of the Communion," he notes. "And nevertheless, the bishops went ahead and clearly overturned any kind of meaningful moratorium." Harmon says the Episcopal Church is creating further confusion about the nature of the Christian life at a time when many young people need "examples of wholeness and how to use the gift of sexuality properly." 7-3b SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Clerk of the Court 1 First Street, N. E. Date: Washington, DC 20543-0001 Re: Craig v. US 08-10817 May it please the Court, I and my family are very dismayed in having learned our Constitutional Heritage of being 'legally defined natural born citizens' has been lost to history in spite of the fact that the term, as it exists in Article II Section I Clause V, has never been Amended. It is clear from the historical records that the Framers relied on Emmrich Vattel's definition as found in his work, The Laws of Nations, as the Framers were as aware of the natural world, the nature of men and the nature of politics as they were of the Beneficent Deity. Or, in other words; The Constitution uses the word “citizen” as a requirement for Senators and Representatives, but utilizes the term “natural born citizen” as a qualification for the President, apparently indicating they intended a higher standard for that office. Please look to the Framers of the Constitution for their original intent when framing your opinion as the continuation of our guaranteed Republic and the value of my children’s citizenship depends upon it. Respectfully; Visit The Patrick Henry Alliance 1776 at: http://patrickhenryalliance1776.ning.com 7-3 Technology fuels popularity of intelligent design Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 7/3/2009 5:00:00 AM  A new Zogby poll shows that a majority of Americans support intelligent design. According to the poll, only 33 percent stated that they believe in Darwinian evolution, while 52 percent stated they believe life was guided by intelligent design. Steve Meyer is the director for science and culture at the Discovery Institute. In his new book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, Meyers suggests that the digital revolution is fueling the popularity of intelligent design.  "In the book I've written, I discuss the evidence of the digital code that's inside life -- the four-character digital code in the DNA molecule. I call it the signature in the cell. Bill Gates says it's like a software program, only more complex than any we've ever written," he notes. "You have at the base of life not just...matter and energy, but you have information as well, and I think that's very intuitively something that arises from an intelligent source, not from undirected processes."He adds that as people become aware of the scientific discoveries that show the complexity of life and they compare that with the complexity of the technology around them, they tend to question the "textbook" account of the origin of life that basically states that life arose from an undirected process. 7-3 Pastor: Obama has no 'black experience' to speak of Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 7/3/2009 6:00:00 AM  A conservative black pastor and former NFL linebacker says he's highly offended that President Obama would compare the plight of homosexuals to that of blacks during the Civil Rights Era. On Monday, President Obama told a gathering of homosexuals at the White House that he is aware that many of them "don't believe progress has come fast enough," and compared their struggles to those of blacks during the Civil Rights Movement. Ken Hutcherson, the senior pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, says the comments are especially disturbing from an individual who is supposed to be familiar with "the black experience." "But I guess we...have to ask, 'Even though he is black because his father was, what is his "black experience"?' He doesn't have any. He was raised by a white mother and a white grandmother, so this man has about as much black experience as my Doberman Pinscher -- and I guarantee [that] my Doberman Pinscher doesn't have any," he points out. "There is nothing, nothing that compares between what the Afro-Americans went through and what homosexuals are going through now." Hutcherson expresses disgust with evangelicals who still support President Obama, despite his promotion of policies that are at odds with scripture. He says such individuals are part of the "evangellyfish" movement in America.  "A person can be as black as a piece of coal, [but] if he goes against God's biblical views, I would not support him, I would not endorse him, I would not even give a smile in his direction so people could even think that I endorse him," he states, "because God is my God, the Bible is my playbook, and I run it the way it is written." During his speech to homosexuals on Monday, Obama suggested that Christians like Hutcherson who oppose homosexuality on biblical grounds hold to "worn arguments and old attitudes." (See earlier article) 7-2 Texas Appellate Court Deals Blow to Islamist Lawfare -- Upholds Free Speech Rights of Internet Journalist; Muslim Groups Appeal Thursday, July 2, 2009  ANN ARBOR, MI – Yesterday, seven Texas-area Muslim organizations filed an appeal of the unanimous ruling of the Texas Second Court of Appeals at Forth Worth, which protected the free speech rights of internet journalists and at the same time dealt a blow to the legal jihad being waged by radical Muslim groups throughout the United States. The Court ruling authored by Justice Terrie Livingston, dismissed the libel lawsuit filed against internet reporter Joe Kaufman by the seven Muslim organizations.The lawsuit against Kaufman was funded by the Muslim Legal Fund for America. The head of that organization, Khalil Meek, admitted on a Muslim radio show that lawsuits were being filed against Kaufman and others to set an example. Indeed, for the last several years, Muslim groups in the U.S. have engaged in the tactic of filing meritless lawsuits to silence any public discussion of Islamic terrorist threats. This tactic, referred to by some as Islamist Lawfare uses our laws and legal system to silence critics and promote Islamic rule in America. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan provided the lead attorney to represent Kaufman, at no charge. The Law Center attorney, Brandon Bolling, was assisted by Texas attorney Thomas S. Brandon, Jr. who acted as local counsel, and Los Angeles, CA attorneys William Becker, Jr. and Manuel S. Klausner. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “This frivolous lawsuit is an example of the legal jihad being waged by radical Islamic organizations throughout our nation. These lawsuits are aimed at stifling the free speech rights of Americans who dare to expose their agenda. They intentionally file lawsuits to intimidate reporters who seek to expose their agenda. By making it costly to defend against their lawsuits, they hope journalists will refrain from writing about the threat to our nation.” Kaufman, a full-time investigative reporter, has written extensively on Radical Islamic terrorism in America. He was sued because of his September 28, 2007 article titled “Fanatic Muslim Family Day” published by Front Page Magazine, a major online news website. Kaufman’s article exposed the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and the Islamic Association of Northern Texas (IANT) ties to the radical terrorist group Hamas. Kaufman’s article called ICNA a radical Muslim organization that has ties to Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. According to Kaufman, ICNA is an umbrella organization for South Asian-oriented mosques and Islamic centers in the United States created as an American arm of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Pakistan. A 1991 internal memorandum of the Muslim Brotherhood laid out their plan to destroy America from within: “[The Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.” According to former FBI agent John Guandolo, who worked several years in the Bureau’s Counter Terrorism Division, every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Significantly, neither ICNA nor IANT, which were mentioned in Kaufman’s article, sued Kaufman. It is speculated that ICNA and IANT were afraid of being subjected to pretrial discovery. On the other hand, none of the seven plaintiffs that sued Kaufman were even mentioned in his article. The seven Muslim organizations that sued Kaufman are the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, Islamic Center of Irving, DFW Islamic Educational Center, Inc., Dar Elsalam Islamic Center, Al Hedayah Islamic Center, Islamic Association of Tarrant County, and Muslim American Society of Dallas. All are affiliated with CAIR, one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the successful federal prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation. In what should be welcomed news to internet journalists, the Appellate Court specifically rejected the Plaintiffs’ contention that Kaufman is not a “media defendant.” The Court held that the Texas statute that gives procedural protections to traditional electronic and print media, including the right to a pretrial appeal, also covers internet journalists. Thus, the Texas Statue entitled Kaufman the right to appeal the lower court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the frivolous libel claim before a time-consuming and expensive trial. Most parties have to wait until after a trial before they can appeal an unfavorable lower court ruling. The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. The Law Center accomplishes its mission through litigation, education, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. You may reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website at www.thomasmore.org. 7-1 Elijah Friedeman, the Millennial Perspective Oklahoma Legislator, Sally Kern, has penned a proclamation entitled "Oklahoma Citizen's Prolamation for Morality". In this statement Kern expresses concern over the moral crisis in America, and asserts that the only answer is God. Kern writes that "this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery." She says that the "Hope of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the Holy Bible." Now, of course, these comments have not gone over well with the "tolerant" homosexual movement. In statements about this proclamation she has been called an "anti-gay fire-breather" and "anti-homo." She has also been accused of blaming the economic situation on the homosexual movement, because she said, "we believe our economic wores are consequences of our greater national moral crisis." The proclamation is definitely worth checking out. You can read the full text here. OKLAHOMA CITIZEN’S PROCLAMATION FOR MORALITY We the People of Oklahoma, Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessing of Liberty; to secure just and rightful Government; to promote our mutual Welfare and Happiness, do establish this proclamation and call upon the people of the great State of Oklahoma, and our fellow Patriots in these United States of America who look to the Lord for guidance, to acknowledge the need for a national awakening of righteousness in our land. WHEREAS, “It is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand” (John Adams); and WHEREAS, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by Religion and Morality” (John Adams); and WHEREAS, “Our Constitution was made only for a Moral and Religious people” (John Adams); and WHEREAS, “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government…but upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God” (James Madison); and WHEREAS, “Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God (Benjamin Franklin); and WHEREAS, “God who gave us life gave us liberty and can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God” (Thomas Jefferson); and WHEREAS, “Whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and the support of Religion, constitute no part of the policy or duty of the state” (Joseph Story); and WHEREAS, “We hold sacred the rights of conscience, and promise to the people…the free and undisturbed exercise of their religion” (Roger Sherman); and WHEREAS, “This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians” (Patrick Henry); and WHEREAS, “When you…exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed upon your mind that God commands you to choose just men who will rule in the fear of God” (Noah Webster); and WHEREAS, “The principles of genuine Liberty and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible” (Noah Webster); and WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of reliance upon the Creator of the Universe; and WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and WHEREAS, this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery; and WHEREAS, alarmed that the Government of the United States of America is forsaking the rich Christian heritage upon which this nation was built; and WHEREAS, grieved that the Office of the president of these United States has refused to uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in giving recognition to our National Day of Prayer; and WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned elected officials of the people of Oklahoma, religious leaders and citizens of the State of Oklahoma, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world, solemnly declare that the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the HOLY BIBLE; and BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, believers in the One True God and His only Son, call upon all to join with us in recognizing that “Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord,” and humbly implore all who love Truth and Virtue to live above reproach in the sight of God and man with a firm reliance on the leadership and protection of Almighty God; and BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, humbly call upon Holy God, our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, to have mercy on this nation, to stay His hand of judgment, and grant a national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal as we repent of our great sin. Signed on the second day of July in the year of our Lord Christ Two Thousand and Nine. ****************** 7-1 Power to the People – YOU !! Another Victory for “People Power” Dear Emil, On June 22nd we sent out an email with a link to a 1 minute video promoting a shariah conference at the Aqsa Islamic school in a suburb of Chicago. The video literally screamed the message that capitalism must fall and be replaced by Islam. After we sent out the email, which encouraged our members to forward it far and wide (which we know many of you did), well, an interesting thing happened. As the site www.shariahfinancewatch.org reports below, the Aqsa School has apparently backed out as the host of this controversial conference. What’s more, here’s what shariahfinancewatch.org had to say when positing why this happened: “We have no doubt that the lion’s share of the credit for the Aqsa school deciding to avoid the bad publicity surrounding such an event has to go to ACT for America, who sent an email alert to their 60,000 members and made this whole story go viral…” Shedding a substantial amount of cyberspace light on this conference and the school hosting it surely got the attention of the school — the kind of attention we’re surmising the school didn’t want. Granted, the conference may look for another venue, and we need to be watchful of that. And granted, whatever notions the Aqsa school has about Islamic shariah law and its place in America have likely not changed. But every victory, no matter how big or small, paves the way for more victories. Because you signed up to receive emails like this, you helped make this kind of victory possible. With every new member our voice – and our ability to effect change – grows stronger. The Committees of Correspondence, spearheaded by the fiery patriot Samuel Adams, helped mobilize enough colonists to act in ways that ultimately won our independence from Great Britain. In a very real sense, the Committees of Correspondence were an 18th century “ACT for America” organization. Do not doubt for a moment what organized “people power” can do. « A Caliphate of Toxic Assets Hizb ut-Tahrir America Conference Venue Cancels Posted on June 30th, 2009 We were greeted with the news that the Hizb ut Tahrir America conference which we have written about over the past week or so must now look for a new location because the Aqsa School which had been listed as the host has evidently backed out. For readers who missed this story, here are links to our two previous postings on the subject: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/06/21/hizb-ut-tahrir-jihadists-target-capitalism/ http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/06/24/update-on-hizb-ut-tahrir-conference-in-chicago/ The word that the Aqsa School was backing out came to us from the folks who originally broke this story at Counterterrorism Blog, one of the best blogs and one which we read every chance we get: http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/06/hizb_ut-tahrir_america_confere.php We have no doubt that the lion’s share of the credit for the Aqsa school deciding to avoid the bad publicity surrounding such an event has to go to ACT for America, who sent an email alert to their 60,000 members and made this whole story go viral: http://www.actforamerica.org/ While we are glad at this latest development, we must be careful not to assign too much significance to it because it may very well be that Hizb ut-Tahrir will simply move their event elsewhere. Hizb ut-Tahrir has apparently been labeled a terrorist group by German authorities and is banned there. Our goal should be a similar designation in America to make this subversive, Jihadist organization an outlaw in America as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org 6/30 Teachers' union to consider abortion issue Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 6/30/2009 6:00:00 AM  Conservative teachers within the NEA will call for the union to drop its support of abortion. The National Education Association will convene for their national meeting in San Diego July 1-6. Jeralee Smith, one of the co-founders of the NEA Conservative Educators Caucus, says one of the items her group has placed on the agenda is abortion. "The union contributes to candidates who will maintain the current Roe v. Wade decision and make sure that the abortion industry is alive and well," she explains. "And this supposedly is done with the portion of union dues that...is optional. But a lot of times we found sneaky ways that the union supports things that we don't believe in." OneNewsNow asked Smith that if the NEA supports issues that some teachers disagree with, then why not just leave the union. "The union, in 30 of the states, is required -- and you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get out of the union," say Smith. "And you're told a lot of scary stories...should you try to leave, which most of the time they're exaggerated." A secret ballot vote has been slated for the meeting in which members will have an opportunity to vote that the union take a "no position" stance on abortion. Sentence upheld in child pornography case ***************** Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/21/2009 4:00:00 AM  Pat Trueman, special counsel for theAlliance Defense Fund,tells OneNewsNow the circumstances are certainly different than most child pornography cases because it involves Dwight Whorley writing down his fantasies about child molestation. "The issue in the case was there were no pictures;these were his thoughts. Shouldn't he be allowed to write them on paper? Well, it's not just his thoughts. He did write them on paper and he disseminated the papers as well by e-mail," Trueman points out. "You do not have to have pictures for something to violate the federal obscenity law, and this was particularly vile material because it was the sexual abuse of children." 'Hate crimes' bill focusing on wrong topic Whorley is currently serving 20 years in prison on 74 child pornography and obscenity counts, including 20 involving e-mails. There has been no decision on a further appeal.A conservative, Christian legal group is taking issue with statements about the proposed "hate crimes" bill currently under consideration on Capitol Hill. Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/20/2009 4:00:00 AM  Attorney General Eric Holder commented this week that recent, high-profileshootings -- which resulted in the deaths of abortionist George Tiller, a security guard at the National Holocaust Museum, and a soldier in plainclothes at a military recruiting facility -- all underline the need for passage of the hate crimes bill. Brad Dacus of thePacific Justice Institutedoes not agree. "The crimes that took place have absolutely nothing to do with the content of the hate crimes bill, which only really is focusing on the special treatment and special privileges of protection to be granted to people because of their homosexuality or transsexual status," he contends. Dacus adds that "the bill is not about providing equal treatment --it's providing unequal treatment," which he believes is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. "The hate crimes bill accomplishes nothing except to intimidate and silence legitimate, peaceful opposition to the never-ending demands of the gay and transsexual activists," he concludes. Dacus encourages people to contact their elected representatives asking them to bring the dangerous bill to a halt.  SAN DIEGO, CA- Members of the Iranian Christian Church of San Diego are praying for their homeland amid continuing turmoil over Iran's disputed presidential election.The Rev. Sohrab Ramtin, whose sermons are broadcast by satellite into Iran, says his congregation believes reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavidefeated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though the incumbentclaims to have won a landslide victory. Ramtin says Iranian Christians hoped a Mousavi victory would ease persecution in Iran. Iran's supreme ruler, meanwhile, has warned Iranians to unite behind the country's Islamic system.Regime driving Iranians to Christ The pastor of the Iranian Christian Church of Colorado says Iran's hardline Islamic regime has caused many Iranians to turn their backs on Islam and become Christians. The Rev. Ashton Stewart, who grew up in Iran, says God also has been converting Iranians in ways only God can."God has been showing himself through visions of Christ, incredible healings, incredible experiences that have just confirmed for thousands of people that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life," he shares.While many Iranians hoped for the defeat of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Stewart says his main prayer is that the post-election crisis will help grow the church in Iran. He's also asking American Christians to "pray for the persecuted" in Iran, where he says "there are many Christians in jail today, and some of them are being treated very, very brutally."A conservative, Christian legal group is taking issue with statements about the proposed "hate crimes" bill currently under consideration on Capitol Hill. Attorney General Eric Holder commented this week that recent, high-profileshootings -- which resulted in the deaths of abortionist George Tiller, a security guard at the National Holocaust Museum, and a soldier in plainclothes at a military recruiting facility -- all underline the need for passage of the hate crimes bill. Brad Dacus of thePacific Justice Institutedoes not agree."The crimes that took place have absolutely nothing to do with the content of the hate crimes bill, which only really is focusing on the special treatment and special privileges of protection to be granted to people because of their homosexuality or transsexual status," he contends. Dacus adds that "the bill is not about providing equal treatment --it's providing unequal treatment," which he believes is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. "The hate crimes bill accomplishes nothing except to intimidate and silence legitimate, peaceful opposition to the never-ending demands of the gay and transsexual activists," he concludes. Dacus encourages people to contact their elected representatives asking them to bring the dangerous bill to a halt.  SAN DIEGO, CA- Members of the Iranian Christian Church of San Diego are praying for their homeland amid continuing turmoil over Iran's disputed presidential election.The Rev. Sohrab Ramtin, whose sermons are broadcast by satellite into Iran, says his congregation believes reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavidefeated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though the incumbentclaims to have won a landslide victory. Ramtin says Iranian Christians hoped a Mousavi victory would ease persecution in Iran. Iran's supreme ruler, meanwhile, has warned Iranians to unite behind the country's Islamic system.Regime driving Iranians to Christ The pastor of the Iranian Christian Church of Colorado says Iran's hardline Islamic regime has caused many Iranians to turn their backs on Islam and become Christians. The Rev. Ashton Stewart, who grew up in Iran, says God also has been converting Iranians in ways only God can."God has been showing himself through visions of Christ, incredible healings, incredible experiences that have just confirmed for thousands of people that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life," he shares.While many Iranians hoped for the defeat of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Stewart says his main prayer is that the post-election crisis will help grow the church in Iran. He's also asking American Christians to "pray for the persecuted" in Iran, where he says "there are many Christians in jail today, and some of them are being treated very, very brutally." *************** | 7-16By Martin Vaughan, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESWASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes. "Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today." Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the House Democrats' effort. Ross said the bill, introduced Wednesday by House Democratic leaders, doesn't include provisions adequate to curb rising health care costs, including what the government spends on healthcare. "The current bill would have to be substantially amended before we could consider supporting it," Ross said. The Energy and Commerce panel is scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to kick off its review of the legislation, but its session is expected to stretch into late next week. Ross said Blue Dogs have been meeting every day to craft amendments that will be offered during that meeting, but offered no details on what those amendments are. He said those amendments could number in the dozens. Ross said he expects Blue Dogs will meet with the panel's chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., soon to discuss their specific proposed changes. -By Martin Vaughan, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9244; martin.vaughan@ dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires 07-15-091403ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 7-14 Sen. McConnell key to stopping Obama agenda Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 7/14/2009 4:00:00 AM  A Kentucky-based political columnist says with both houses of Congress firmly in the hands of the Democrats, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will play an increasingly major role in attempting to halt the left-wing agenda of Barack Obama.Last month U.S. News & World Report John David Dyche recently published a biography on the long-timeKentucky senator:Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell. He says McConnell wasthe Democrats' nemesisbefore most people even heard of Barack Obama. "Even back when I started about five years ago, Senator McConnell had already earned a reputation as a thorn in the side of Democrats for his parliamentary and legislative abilities, especially as to the use of filibuster in blocking Democratic plans," Dyche explains.  Dyche says with the arrival of Al Franken in the U.S. Senate, giving the Democrats an effective filibuster-proof majority, McConnell is now going to have to pick off some Red State Democrats to stop the Obama agenda."We'll see how that works very soon with issues like healthcare and climate change, both of which conservative Democrats have made noises about being in the opposition," he adds. According to Dyche, McConnell will also have to be able to hold on to the support of liberal Republicans like the two Maine senators (Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins) in order to keep the filibuster option open. published a list of President Obama's "Friends and Foes in Congress." Topping the "Foes" list was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has served in the Senate since Ronald Reagan's second inauguration. January 2009 marked his tenure as the longest-serving senator ever from The Bluegrass State. 7-13 CASE NAME CORRECTION KEYES V. OBAMA (Not Keyes v. Bowen) Please distribute everywhere. Just got off the phone with Orly Taitz, the attorney in Keyes v. Obama. At the hearing today at the Federal Court building in Santa Ana, Judge Carter said the following: 1. There will be a trial. 2. It will be heard on the merits. 3. Nothing will be dismissed on proceedural issues. 4. The trial will be expeditious, and the judge pledged to give case priority. 5. Being a former Marine he realizes the importance of having a Constitutionally qualified POTUS/CINC. 6. Judge stated that if Obama isn't Constitutionally qualifed he needs to leave the White House. The DOJ will be involved with the case also.... I wasn't clear if they would be trying to get to the truth or they would just be blindly representing Obama. Orly will be adding members of the military from California as plaintiffs also. This is from what my interpretation of our conversation. Orly, asked me to disseminate this information out for her, she will be doing a posting later after she gets some sleep. Please say a prayer of protection for Orly, her family, and Judge Carter. Please also pray that the truth will come to light regarding Obama and justice will be done. 7-12  The United Methodist Church is airing two 15-second ads in Times Square every hour, for 18 hours each day, for the next three months. See The Christian Post. In July, August and September,the denomination is aiming a $20 million campaign at 18-34-year-olds, specifically targeting those skeptical of the church or seeking spiritual fulfillment. This month, the ads are focusing on environmental issues and literacy: one ad asks“What if church considered ecology part of theology?” Times Square is an ideal fit for our Rethink Church campaign,” said the Rev. Larry Hollon, chief executive of United Methodist Communications (UMCom), which oversees the Rethink Church advertising. “You’ll find people of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities in Times Square, and we want to tell each of them, ‘There’s a place for you in The United Methodist Church.’” According to UMCom, the Rethink Church campaign is the next evolutionto the denomination’s “Open hearts” campaign and highlights the many opportunities available within United Methodist churches to engage with the world.The day after the campaign hit, over 100 Methodists fanned out over New York City, performing random acts of kindness, including door opening, cab hailing, etc. They also gave away iTune cards which were good for one song download, and that promoted the denomination's new web site www.10thousanddoors.org. Do we really need another $20 million campaign asking people to focus on environmental issues? After all, we have Al Gore to bang that drum. Perhaps the campaign would be more helpful if instead of the ad spots in Times Square, they just had as manyMethodists as they could gatherto go around helping people and telling them how much God loves them. 7-11cU.S. officer demands answer: Is Army 'corps of chattel slaves?' Files federal court challenge over Obama's refusal to prove eligibility A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida with orders to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has filed a court demand to be classified as a "conscientious objector" because without proof of the commander-in-chief's eligibility for office, the entire army "becomes merely a corps of chattel slaves under the illegitimate control of a private citizen." A hearing on the questions raised by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, an engineer <http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103626#> who told WND he wants to serve his country in Afghanistan, already has been scheduled for July 16 at 9:30 a.m., according to California attorney Orly Taitz, <http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/> who is handling the claim. Cook told WND he's ready, willing and able to carry out the military needs of the United States, but he raised the challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to be president because if he would be captured by enemy forces while serving overseas under the orders of an illegitimate president, he could be considered a "war criminal." "As an officer in the armed forces of the United States, it is duty to gain clarification on any order we may believe illegal. With that said, if President Obama is found not to be a 'natural-born citizen,' he is not eligible to be commander-in-chief," he told WND only hours after the case was filed. MORE: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103626 Following from Orly Taitz: Please send letters of support of Major Cook to judge Clay D. Land in GA. the hearing is on Thursday, July the 16th 8:30 in the morning 120 12th street Columbus GA, 31902 phone 706-649-7816 (All the info about this case is on my blog...must scroll down) We need our supporters in the court room, hopefully people from fort Benning. Please contact any and all news papers, radio, TV in GA, particularly Columbus area. We also need one GA attorney. Orly Taitz DDS Esq 26302 La Paz ste 211 Mission Viejo Ca 92691 29839 S. Margarita Pkwy Rancho Santa Margarita Ca 92688 ph. w 949-586-8110 c-949-683-5411 fax 949-586-2082 7-11b Groups demand that jail stop censoring religion Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/11/2009 4:15:00 AM  Civil and religious rights organizations are demanding that a Virginia jail stop removing Bible passages and other religious material from letters written to inmates.Anna Williams, whose son was detained at the Rappahannock County Regional Jail, says officials cut out entire sections of letters she sent to her son that contained Bible verses or religious material. She says the jail cited prohibitions on Internet material and religious material sent from home. John Whitehead, founder ofThe Rutherford Institute, represents Williams. His organization is challenging censorship of the mail.  "She's a devout Christian, and her son's in jail there and she's been trying to send him letters with Bible passages and whatever -- and the jail has actually been going through snipping out portions of letters," the attorney explains. "[S]ome of the letters are full of Bible verses, so what her son is getting is absolutely at the end of the letter where she says goodbye, I love you, and those kinds of things."According to Whitehead, the situation is not an isolated case. "Various Christian organizations are trying to give Bibles to prisoners...and prisons and local jails are actually prohibiting [that], saying such materials could be dangerous -- and they're actually stopping them," he laments. "So this is a nationwide thing that we're seeing, and [it's] one reason why we're trying to get involved in this case and stop it and nip it in the bud." Whitehead tells OneNewsNow that courts have ruled there must be a compelling reason for censoring inmate mail -- and Bible verses, he says, hardly represent a compelling reason. Prison Fellowship, the ACLU, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and other groups sent a letter to Rappahannock Regional Jail Superintendent Joseph Higgs, Jr., calling the policy illegal. Higgs issued a statement saying the groups' letter prompted him to launch an internal investigation. 7-11Thank the volunteer for providing DrOrly's hearing LOCATION re; the 'RATE/USURPER/"SIAP".It's at the federal court house in santa ana at 830 hrs this monday the 13th. *********************** Anyone in Ca. going to be able to DOCUMENT with audio, or video and audio DrOrly's hearing that is to occur according to the following news item; Haven't figured out where in Ca. this hearing will be conducted. ******************************* Taitz has been trying multiple additional notification procedures since U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled: “Before the court is a motion by plaintiffs for reconsideration of order to show cause or in the alternative to certify question for appeal. Court sets this matter for hearing on July 13, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9D [at Santa Ana Court House]. Plaintiffs are directed to make every effort possible to ensure that all remaining defendants are aware of the hearing and provide documentation that the individual receiving service is authorized to accept on defendants’ behalf.” 7-10 Marriage showdown imminent in Maine Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/10/2009 5:00:00 AM  var addthis_pub = 'onenewsnow'; Maine citizens are taking a stand against the state legislature over homosexual "marriage."Although the legislature passed it and Governor John Baldacci approved the same-sex marriage bill in May, the law is on hold. Maine considers the people to be a branch of the government, and they can exercise a People's Veto. Mary Conroy ofStand for Marriagetells OneNewsNow that means gathering enough signatures to put the issue before voters. "So we have done a People's Veto referendum signature-gathering campaign," she explains, "and in just four weeks we've gathered more than 55,000 signatures from Mainers, which is a clear indication that the people of Maine really want to restore traditional marriage." That is a sufficient number of signatures needed to call the election in just a few weeks, but Conroy says the effort will continue to obtain as many signatures as possible.  "The outpouring of support has been incredible and, given the weather conditions here in Maine...we've had continuous rain and it has put a huge damper on our volunteer effort," she laments. At the end of the month, the signatures will be submitted to the state. If enough are deemed valid, the issue will go on the November 2009 ballot. 7-8b Capitol religious engravings added to Senate bill WASHINGTON- Senator Jim DeMint's amendment calling for the addition of patriotic religious references to the new Capitol Visitors Center has been added to a key appropriations bill. Associated Press - 7/8/2009 5:40:00 AM'; DeMint's measure was approved on a voice vote. It would authorize spending $150,000 to add engravings of the National Motto "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance, with its reference to "one nation under God." The South Carolina Republican told his colleagues it's essential that the nation's religious heritage be recognized in the historic displays that greet tourists at the U.S. Capitol. The three-level Capitol Visitors Center cost $621 million and has welcomed more than one million visitors since opening last December. 7-8Soldiers getting an earful of Jesus Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - 7/8/2009 7:00:00 AM  An audio Bible ministry is getting the entire New Testament -- in compact form -- to troops through military chaplains.It is all part of the "Military BibleStick" project byFaith Comes By Hearing. The ministry has developed a portable, digital audio Bible for the military, loaded it with the entire New Testament, and is sending those to chaplains who request them. Ministry spokesman Troy Carl tells OneNewsNow the Military BibleStick project is strengthening the faith of soldiers -- and changing the lives of others.  "One of the things that's been so touching to us is how military men and women share their BibleStick with those who maybe are not of faith, and how those people have been impacted by the truth of the scripture," he shares."They're coming to an understanding of who Jesus was and why he was sent to the earth -- and a lot of that has come as a result of other military members sharing their BibleStick with those who are nonbelievers. So that's been very exciting." According to the ministry, the BibleStick -- which is about the size of a pack of chewing gum -- was designed intentionally for use in low-light situations where reduced visibility is critical. It has a matte black finish, matte black ear buds, and a red-light-only operation. So far more than 10,000 audio Bibles have been given to service members in Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. 7-7From the Desk of:Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel Emil, There is nothing quite so infuriating as watching ACLU attorneys running roughshod over the rights of students and teachers in a small public school district. Liberty Counsel has filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Christian Educators Association International (CEAI) in the Santa Rosa (Florida) County School District in order to put a stop to the ACLU's latest school-yard mugging. Using their usual tactic of threatening school officials who can barely afford to keep their district running with expensive lawsuits over dubious "infractions," the ACLU bullies got an unusually good result (from their perspective) in Santa Rosa. + + ACLU stooping to new low The ACLU somehow intimidated school officials to "settle" a trumped-up lawsuit by accepting a Consent Order that forces employees to give up their rights to free speech and free exercise. Even worse, the ACLU is now arguing that the Consent Order is in effect even after work and off campus! This is totally outrageous! I always despise the ACLU's thuggish bullying of local school officials, but this case sets a new record for flagrant manipulation of the law. The Consent Order is so breathtakingly broad that if any school employee takes part in an after school Bible club - or even bows his or her head to ask a blessing at lunch - they can be held in contempt of court! This Consent Order even demands that school employees actively prevent students from exercising their freedom of religion, thus turning teachers and administrators into ACLU shills and anti-religion "enforcers." This is not to be tolerated! Neither students nor teachers shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate - and the ACLU's new argument that Santa Rosa school district employees may not engage in prayer or religious activities before, during or after school hours is completely over the top! If the ACLU gets their way, Santa Rosa employees will have to give up their faith in order to keep their jobs. In these uncertain economic times, the ACLU has cynically used people's fear of unemployment to force them to give up their religious freedom! + + Join us in forcing the bullies to back down The ACLU's despicable Consent Order must be defeated! If the Santa Rosa case is allowed to stand, ACLU attorneys will have a new club to use in any school district they think they can get away with it. We can't allow this to happen! Go here to join tens of thousands of your fellow Americans in expressing outrage at these tactics and to stand with the CEAI teachers and administrators in Santa Rosa, Florida. <a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=20098&RID=21012080"> http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=20098&RID=21012080 </a> When we show our clients in battles like this one that tens of thousands of concerned Americans are standing with them against the ACLU's attacks, they immediately take heart... ..and when we present our petitions to officials at the local, state and national levels, we expose and defeat the ACLU's tactics of isolating and threatening small school systems. Please go here to take your stand against the ACLU's latest oppressive strategy and to expose them for the bullies they are: <a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=20098&RID=21012080"> http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=20098&RID=21012080 </a> We have seen the ACLU get bolder and bolder because their allies are in power in the ultraliberal 111th Congress and the Obama administration. But Liberty Counsel has a track record of great success in beating them in court! Join us in facing down these school-yard bullies and sending them packing! Sincerely, Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel P.S. Our caseload is much larger than when we set out our budget at the beginning of this year. We have an increased need for funding to stand up to the ultraliberal policies flooding forth from the Pelosi-Reid congress and the Obama administration. Please help us at this crucial time with a tax-deductible gift by going here: <a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=20096&CID=281&RID=21012080"> http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=20096&CID=281&RID=21012080 </a> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Note: Please do not "reply" directly to this e-mail message. This e-mail address is not designed to receive your personal messages. To contact Liberty Counsel with comments, questions or to change your status, see the link at the end of this e-mail.) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Comments? Questions? <a href="http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=20097&CID=281&RID=21012080"> http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=20097&CID=281&RID=21012080 </a> Liberty Counsel, with offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Liberty Counsel . PO Box 540774 . Orlando, FL 32854 . 800-671-1776 7-6b From: Chalice Jackson [mailto:chalice@patriotsheartnetwork.com] Subject: This is it, everyone…. THE GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS WILL BE HEARD! 7-6 More Citizen Grand Jury Presentments Due in DC Submitted by Phil on Sun, Jul 5, 200910 Comments  Following up on the recent work by folks like Carl Swensson of RiseUpForAmerica.com and Bob Campbell of AmericanGrandJury.org, word has been sent via email from the PatriotsHeartNetwork.com that the next goal concerning the citizen grand jury presentments is about to get underway: serving these documents to every member of Congress.The effort is slated to occur the week of July 20, and the concerned citizens are expecting to get signed receipts in exchange for the document transactions. Further details: We invite you to be a Citizen Journalist to travel with us on this historical journey. If you cannot travel, then we encourage you to do what you can to help spread the word by twittering, blogging, and contacting media about our trip. We will have a flyer available as soon as possible, so you can pass it out at upcoming tea parties. In order for this trip to become a reality, Patriot’s Heart Network would appreciate any donations you can contribute. You can donate at our website or through your paypal by usingtxliberty@patriotsheartnetwork.com. Donations are needed for travel, hotel, and miscellaneous expenses. No amount is too small, as every dollar is needed to be successful in taking back our country. The trip to D.C. is just the first of our plans throughout the year. Our new website will be up shortly and I think you will really like what we will be doing. Then there our more live broadcasts at upcoming events throughout the year. We will be on the ground level to tell what the MSM will not. Patriot’s Heart Network travelled to D.C. with the American Grand Jury on June 29-30. You can read details of this trip below. We would also like to request that everyone contact Chief Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court, Royce Lamberth, and tell him that America is in his hands. Ask him to please review the Super Grand Jury indictments and schedule a hearing immediately. Chief Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court,Mr. Campbell also made mention that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), one of the 6 cosponsors of Rep. Posey’s HR1503, was similarly served: A couple of our Jury members served Marsha Blackburn with the American Grand Jury presentments just in the past few weeks. I think it is interesting that she now is co-sponsoring this new Bill.See the following links regarding the eligibility saga:
7-5 'Personhood' pushers at it again in Colorado Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/5/2009 4:10:00 AM  Two Colorado organizations have launched another petition drive to put a personhood amendment on the 2010 ballot.Colorado Right to LifeandPersonhood Coloradoare joining forces to gather the signatures for the 2010 Colorado Personhood Initiative. Right to Life spokeswoman Leslie Hanks says they are energized for the campaign. "People are really beginning to see that the God-given right to life of the preborn child is something exciting to fight for," she explains, "and we've really stood idly by for too long, allowing horrible human rights abuses to go unchallenged in so many ways in this country."  In 2008, Colorado's Personhood Amendment garnered less than 30 percent of the vote. Hanks was asked why a major campaign is being launched again so soon after the defeat."With women's suffrage, they took about a 12-year hiatus," she notes, "and when they came back, they were further behind than when they first started -- so we don't want to let that happen. And we know that the civil rights movement didn't sit down and say we're not going to fight any longer because of one election shortfall." If the petition drive is successful, the measure will be on the 2010 ballot. Pro-lifers in Montana have started a similar campaign. 7-5 Christian legal group battles FDA over 'morning after' pill Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/5/2009 4:05:00 AM  The Alliance Defense Fund is seeking permission to intervene in a court decision ordering the Food and Drug Administration to sell the "Plan B" pill to minors.The Plan B pill, otherwise known as the "morning-after pill," is a very strong dose the same hormones used in oral contraceptive pills. Some doctors believe it could cause an abortion to an expectant mother. Matt Bowman is an attorney with theAlliance Defense Fund. "This is a case where pro-abortion activist groups have put their political agenda over the health of minors by attempting to force a court to expose them to a troubling drug," he contends. Bowman says there is no research on what potential medical problem the Plan B pill might cause for a minor. He adds that most minors who take the pill do so without parental knowledge.  "We're representing thousands of medical personnel to get involved in this lawsuit because they're concerned that the court's order will result in both parents and doctors being left out of the loop in the care of these children who are seeking these powerful drugs," he adds. The health and well-being of children should be more important than the political agenda of pro-abortion activist groups, Bowman concludes. |
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| Lsnhawtsauce | please read and sign!,,STOP ACORN FROM USING OUR TAX MONEY ! | 0 | Jul 5 2009, 8:50 AM EDT by Lsnhawtsauce | ||
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Thread started: Jul 5 2009, 8:50 AM EDT
Watch
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TaxDollars/
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND READ THIS AND SIGN THE PETITION,,AND PASS IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!,,OUR TAX MONEY HAS TO STOP GOING TO CORRUPT GROUPS LIKE ACORN! |
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