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Bullying and Oppression on Campus People of Faith Face Accelerating Climate of Persecution © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com For years, Christian organizations have openly wondered how long it would be before a homosexual or homosexual-rights group attempted to gain entrance into their organizations. As the Boy Scouts battle for their right to define who may -- and may not -- serve as leaders in their association, this scenario has given religious conservatives cause to believe we could face a similar battle very soon. That scenario may have actually already arrived in Medford, Mass., the site of a contentious debate over a Christian ...

DODGING THE BULLET Methodists vote for handgun ban Delegates overwhelmingly urge U.S. to outlaw private ownership By Jon E. Dougherty © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Delegates to the quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church voted by a 3-1 ratio to call on the federal government and other governments to outlaw "ownership by the general public of handguns, assault weapons, automatic weapon conversion kits and weapons that cannot be detected by traditionally used metal detection devices." The conference delegates, who met this week in Cleveland, made the decision to put the resolution up for a full vote to all 922 attendees ...

Boy, 6, jumps from tub into sex harassment trouble By Lori Monsewicz Repository staff writer CANTON — A 6-year-old boy who jumped from his bath and ran to his window to stop a school bus was suspended from school for sexual harassment. The boy’s mother said that the city schools’ Early Childhood Education Center Principal Julie Behner on Cherry Avenue NE suspended the boy for three days and forced him to sign a paper admitting that he knew the nature of the charges against him. “He doesn’t understand all that,” the boy’s mom said. “All he knows is that he ...

TRANSFER OF BOY TO START FRIDAY; FEDS DO NOT RULE OUT TAKING HIM FROM MIAMI HOUSE Federal authorities Friday will start to transfer custody of Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives to his father Juan Miguel Gonzalez, the MIAMI HERALD is planning to report. According to publishing sources, the HERALD Elian Gonzalez could be back in his father's custody by sometime next week. "Government lawyers plan to draft one letter officially giving the boy back to his father, and a second urging that he be turned over at a neutral location," reports the paper's Jay Weaver, Frank Davies and Frances ...

Earth Charter' calls for global society U.N. group seeks 'legally binding instrument on environment' In a bid to form a single global community, a group calling itself the Earth Council has drafted a new "Earth Charter" that calls for all nations to surrender their sovereignty for the "greater good" of a singular global order. The Charter, which was finalized at a meeting held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, headquarters in Paris March 12-14, said that in order to "move forward" as humans, "we must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded ...

Ladies and Gentlemen: COA doesn't often do this, but we felt this short article was worth forwarding. Pincers Strategy By G. Edward Griffin Through most of history, totalitarians have maintained their power primarily by force of arms. People were ruled by whichever warlord fielded the mightiest army of the most deadly weapons. But as the concept of representative government spread across Europe in the 18th century, the world was introduced to the notion of controlling one's own government. At last, ruthless tyranny had been vanquished by the ballot box. Or so it seemed. Would-be totalitarians did not vanish, but merely ...

Ladies and Gentlemen: In keeping with COA's mission to inform ALL AMERICANS about the dangerous consequences of gun control, we felt it proper to forwarding a copy of this public letter being circulated on the internet. It is precisely this situation to which COA President Brian Puckett refers near the end of his statement to Calfornia Governor Gray Davis: http://www.guntruths.com/Puckett/why_i_will_not_obey_california.htm And it is the actualizing of the situation described below which we at COA hope to prevent with its national media campaign. Certainly we cherish and respect all law enforcement officers and agents who abide by the rule of law, ...

Why I WILL NOT Obey California’s Gun Registration Edict by Brian Puckett (For those hesitant to read the entire statement, PLEASE READ THE LAST TWO SECTIONS FIRST.) A brief summary of the situation The Democrat-controlled government of California has recently issued two edicts, one that bans ownership of SKS rifles with detachable magazines and requires their surrender to the state, and one that bans buying, selling, or lending of so-called "assault weapons" and that requires present owners of such arms to register them. The edicts take effect January 1, 2000. For all those who have in the past stated that, ...

Sixth grader targeted for pro-gun remarks 'A' student defends 2nd Amendment, flagged as violence risk School officials at Harbor Lights Middle School flagged a Holland, Michigan boy as potentially dangerous because the 12-year-old suggested to a teacher that one way to prevent school shootings would be to arm instructors. Derek Loutzenheiser, a model student who had such good grades that some teachers recommended he be tested early for a popular standardized pre-college performance test, made his comments in early March, after being asked by a social studies teacher what he thought might make kids safer in school. Derek had been ...

Spacey Heads a Cast of Fund-Raisers Kevin Spacey, the wisecracking Academy Award nominee known for playing a murderer and a pot smoker, does not have much in common with the rather strait-laced Richard A. Gephardt, except for this: Both men are pushing hard for the Democratic Party to regain control of the House. A longtime supporter of President Clinton, Spacey is now putting his considerable star appeal at the disposal of the House minority leader. Last June, he arranged for a staging of his Broadway hit "The Iceman Cometh" for the benefit of a Democratic fund-raiser in New York. Last ...

Had a thought! We've all heard that CNN stands for the "Clinton News Network." Well, I came up with a few more: ABC - the "All Bill Clinton" network CBS - the "Clinton B.S." network NBC - the "Nausiating Bill Clinton" network. I think that fits them all.

Al Gore wants to be Big Brother. Since taking office in1993, Vice President Al Gore has spearheaded a project designed to monitor America. Gore's leadership in this scheme to bug American telephones is too well documented for him to deny. One such document released by the Justice Department is a March 1993 memo from Stephen Colgate, assistant attorney general for the administration, to Webster Hubbell. In 1993, Hubbell, a former Rose office law partner of Hillary Clinton, served as the No. 2 at the Justice Department. Colgate's 1993 memo to Hubbell provides the details of the Gore plan. According to ...

Labella, who wrote the famous memo critisizing Reno will be on Hannity and Colmes at 9:00PM (EST).

Several months ago I commented that our country has sunk to its lowest moral depth yet by harvesting and selling body parts from aborted babies. That's right. An entire industry has grown out of killing unborn children. Not only are the baby butchers collecting millions of dollars from this hideous practice, so are baby-parts wholesalers. According to Wendy Griffith at CBN News, "Wholesalers, like the Anatomic Gift Foundation, headquartered in Laurel, Maryland, place workers or technicians inside abortion clinics to 'harvest' fetal tissue and organs for researchers such as universities and pharmaceutical companies. The wholesalers or middleman pays the abortion ...

Several months ago I commented that our country has sunk to its lowest moral depth yet by harvesting and selling body parts from aborted babies. That's right. An entire industry has grown out of killing unborn children. Not only are the baby butchers collecting millions of dollars from this hideous practice, so are baby-parts wholesalers. According to Wendy Griffith at CBN News, "Wholesalers, like the Anatomic Gift Foundation, headquartered in Laurel, Maryland, place workers or technicians inside abortion clinics to 'harvest' fetal tissue and organs for researchers such as universities and pharmaceutical companies. The wholesalers or middleman pays the abortion ...

A CHANCE TO BEAT THE CLINTONISTAS!! (MINE) - Where to contribute on next page!! Giuliani Paints First Lady as Immoral Feb. 9 — First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says she’s “appalled” and “outraged” that her likely Senate campaign opponent Rudolph Giuliani accuses her of harboring “hostility toward America’s religious traditions.” Mrs. Clinton appeared shaken this morning in Rochester, N.Y., as she responded to an eight-page fund-raising letter being sent around by the New York City mayor. “As a person of faith, I am appalled that he would make false statements about me and my respect for religion in order to ...

Lessons in Gun Registration A Sierra Times Special Report By J.J. Johnson - Sierra Times Reporter February 7, 2000 It would normally be surprising to find the latest example of Jack-booted thuggery in the halls of a public transportation administration; but after all, this is California. The place: San Gabriel. This city in Los Angeles County is the home of Ruben and Denise Gonzalez. On January, 5 2000, their home was raided - not by the FBI, ATF, or DEA, but by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MTA for short. The Gonzalez' are traditional Catholics who practice their faith ...

Notes on Tripp are mostly sour Letters: A Maryland prosecutor hears from people all over the country about the wiretap case, and three out of four fault him. By Del Quentin Wilber Sun Staff From all corners of America, dozens of people have written letters on scrap paper, letterhead and even a Christmas card to vent their anger at one man: State Prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli. They are upset that Montanarelli is "hounding" and "harassing," "persecuting" and "prosecuting" Linda R. Tripp on state wiretapping charges. One writer suggests that Montanarelli should die; another calls him a "pimp"; still another includes his ...

Does it bother you that your tax dollars may soon be subsidizing gruesome research on human embryos? Nobody likes the idea of inflicting unnecessary suffering on innocent animals. But one of the alternatives to such tests currently being explored in private laboratories and by government-supported scientists is the idea of using "leftover" human embryos -- specifically those produced in fertility clinics. This bothers me. I hope it bothers some of you. More than a week ago, I told you about animal rights activists' efforts to fund such labs. It gets worse -- a lot worse. (See rest of article.)

Time's Person of the Century Let's get behind this and bombard TIME with letters, emails, Faxes and leaflets. Any other choice would be an outrage. No one has made more of a difference for good in this or any other Century since the death of Christ than the American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, and Marine: the GI. Nor has anyone paid a higher price or made more sacrifices. As Patton would say: ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK. HACK I thought you might be interested in, and willing to support, the following effort... Vote for the American GI, Time Person of the Century - ...