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BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS Dad on trial over homosexual book District banned him from property after dispute at meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 21, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com David Parker, parent of kindergartner, stands before Judge Robert McKenna in Concord District Court April 28 after spending the night in jail (Photo: Article 8 Alliance) The trial of a Massachusetts man who was arrested after disputing the teaching of homosexuality in his son's kindergarten class has been continued until next month. In April, David Parker, of Lexington, spent a night in jail and was charged with criminal trespassing after refusing...

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of gay and lesbian parents hoping to take their families to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll plan to start lining up Friday evening to make sure they get tickets for the Monday event. Thousands of tickets — an estimated 16,000 last year — are given away on a first-come-first-come basis beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. National Park Service officials said Wednesday that children of all ages may attend as long as there is at least one child 7 years old or younger, and no more than two adults per group. First lady Laura Bush's office...

Homosexual adoption report written by 'pro-gay advocate' Associated Press doesn't disclose bias of controversial policy's author "Adoption Institute Supports Gay Parents," trumpets the headline of the Associated Press report – followed by "Major Adoption Institute Issues Report That Says Blocking Gay Adoption Keeps Kids in Foster Care." Quoting the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute as advising adoption agencies to energetically recruit homosexuals and lesbians, the report gives the impression America's adoption industry has turned clearly in the direction of not only accepting, but strongly promoting, homosexual adoption. "Laws and policies that preclude adoption by gay or lesbian parents disadvantage the...

Gay-rights opponents predict that a ruling from the Massachusetts high court barring out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying here could reinvigorate efforts in a handful of states that do not expressly prohibit such marriages. Mathew Staver, president of Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal group based in Florida, said the high court's ruling could strengthen opposition in states that now do not have either a law or a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. "I think that was already in process, but I think that this was just an extra impetus for a state to get a Defense of Marriage Act or a...

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A proposed law to curb prostitution in the U.S. capital has some homosexual activists worried that the profiling would unfairly target transgendered people. A coalition of 22 homosexual rights groups has signed a letter of protest against the proposed Omnibus Public Safety Act of 2005, which would allow police to establish “Prostitution Free Zones” in public areas. The group warns it “will increase harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.” Program coordinator Darby Hickey, from the homosexual rights group Different Avenues, complained that the program would unfairly target transgendered people. “There’s widespread profiling...

Lesbian couple found guilty of boy's murder Mail & Guardian (South Africa) 23 March, 2006 A four-year-old boy died after he was brutally assaulted when he refused to call his mother's lesbian lover "Daddy", The Star newspaper reported on Thursday. Jandre's mother, Hanelie Botha (31), and her partner Engeline de Nysschen (33) appeared in the Vereeniging Regional Court on Wednesday and were found guilty of the boy's gruesome murder. His father, Jan, sat in court holding the hands of his fiancée, Yolanda Deysel, and listened attentively to Magistrate Rita Willemse, who in her judgement, accepted evidence that among the...

One of the big issues facing America today is the type of country we will live in tomorrow. As we often hear, what country will we give to our children and grandchildren? If the left has its way, America will be a secularized, modern-day Sodom and Gomorah. Why is the homosexual "marriage" issue such a big deal? Why not look at what the homosexuals and their allies say themselves. But before we do, let's look at what marriage IS, as defined by America's history and traditions, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. In a direct challenge to nature of...

It was a bizarre and emotional courtroom scene, but one occurring with disturbing frequency these days. A popular middle school teacher, 43-year-old Pamela Diehl-Moore, had tearfully pleaded guilty to having sex with a child – a 13-year-old male student who had just completed 7th grade – and now stood before a Hackensack, N.J., judge awaiting sentencing. And what would that sentence be? Considering all the intense media coverage of male sexual predators victimizing female children, one might expect a stiff prison term, accompanied by a withering rebuke. But when New Jersey Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Gaeta opened his...

DUBLIN, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  Irish Senator David Norris, the first openly homosexual politician elected in Ireland, has compared Pope Benedict XVI to Hitler for the Catholic Church's stand against homosexuality.  Speaking of the Pope, Norris said he would refuse to take "moral instructions from a man with a swastika on his arms."  The reference is an apparent allusion to the forced involvement of Joseph Ratzinger as a youth with the Hitler youth. (see info on this here: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/apr/05041906.html )The Senator who is actively anti-Catholic and according to some reports has been identified as taking part in the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Battle Cry for a Generation is a Christian evangelization project started by a young Texas minister working against the  degeneration of modern popular culture and its effects on young people. The group says that a “stealthy enemy” has corrupted the youth of America with a highly sexualized media and corporate culture that contributes to underage sex, drug use and suicide. “Corporations, media conglomerates and purveyors of popular culture have spent billions to seduce and enslave our youth,” the group’s website says. Battle Cry has organized a series of rallies around the US that...

The nation's major television networks have rejected an ad that shows a gay couple and others being banished from a church, saying it violates their rules against controversial or religious advertising. The 30-second commercial for the United Church of Christ will begin airing on cable networks and Spanish-language stations next week. The ad, called "Ejector," shows a gay couple, a single mother, a disabled man and others flying out of their pews as a wrinkled hand pushes a red button. Text on the screen reads, "God doesn't reject people. Neither do we," and a voiceover says, "The United Church of...

(CNSNews.com) - Religious conservatives meeting in Washington, D.C., lashed out at homosexual advocacy groups and organizations catering to the political Left on Monday. One participant criticized the "gay agenda," which he said calls for not only acceptance, but also "affirmation and celebration of this behavior as normal and even desirable." The two-day conference, entitled "The War on Christians and the Values Voters in 2006," is sponsored by Vision America, an organization that describes its mission as "restoring Judeo-Christian values in America." Conference participants produced a "Values Voters' Contract with Congress," which includes key elements of the conservative, religious agenda. Based...

There are not a lot of people who are as qualified as Aaron Weininger, 21, of Westchester, New York, to become a Conservative rabbi. Aaron, who is presently in Jerusalem spending a semester at Hebrew University and the Conservative Yeshiva, grew up in a family that takes Conservative Judaism seriously. Shabbat observance, kashrut and regular synagogue attendance were all par for the course growing up. Aaron attended Schechter day school for 13 years and was active in the United Synagogue Youth (USY). He also serves as the High Holidays cantor at Washington University in St. Louis's Conservative minyan. What clinched...

he trumpets were left at home and the parades were canceled.  The press releases and campaign signs were quietly forgotten.  The news was big, but it did not contain what some had hoped for.  On April 14, 2003, the International Human Genome Consortium announced the successful completion of the Human Genome Project—two years ahead of schedule.  The press report read: “The human genome is complete and the Human Genome Project is over” (see “Human Genome Report...,” 2003, emp. added).  Most of the major science journals reported on the progress in the field of genetics, but also speculated on how the...

Everyone in America should be asking themselves if the Democratic Party has adopted Satan as its leader. Somehow, a San Francisco event, drawing 25,000 teens challenging the leftist cultural orthodoxy, doesn't merit any news coverage outside of the local press. Even more amazing is the leftist press silence on the radical, almost insane reaction from the San Francisco politicos. The San Francisco event was organized for "teens to find Bible-based solutions for the spread of sexually transmitted disease, teen pregnancy, drug abuse and suicide." Love the Bible, hate the Bible, be ambivalent to it, but working to stop the "spread...

West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon has anxiously kept his sexual orientation a secret his entire political career. He broke his silence on the subject Wednesday night at the annual State of the City dinner at West Sacramento City Hall. "The pressure and the stigma and sometimes the all too casual bigotry in this town made it painfully clear when I first ran for office that I could either serve this community or I could be a gay man. But I could not be both," Cabaldon said. His disclosure - planned well in advance - concluded a speech focusing on...

100 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 350 Anaheim, CA. 92805 (714) 520-0300 Email: blopez@traditionalvalues.org  Website: www.traditionalvalues.org SB 1437 TO BE VOTED ON APRIL 4 th!!!HOMOSEXUAL CURRICULUM & TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM!!!BLATANT HOMOSEXUAL TEACHINGS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS!!BILL AIMED AT FORCING SCHOOLS TO ADVOCATE PRO-HOMOSEXUAL POLICIES!!*************************************************************************SB 1437 by Kuehl (D): Pro-Homosexual CurriculumLesbian Senator Sheila Kuehl has introduced Senate Bill 1437. The bill is before the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be voted on Tuesday, April 4th.You must contact Senators on the committee and ask that they vote NO on SB 1437 today!!All state offices will be...

WASHINGTON, DC – The First Amendment Center has released the first consensus guidelines to help public schools develop sexual orientation policies. The new guidelines advise school officials to include the viewpoints of all participants in order to develop policies that promote fairness for all. According to Charles Haynes, a primary drafter of the guidelines and Senior Scholar at the First Amendment Center, the ex-gay viewpoint in public schools is protected by the First Amendment and should be heard. Haynes explained that incidents such as the one last year in Montgomery County, Maryland, might have been avoided had guidelines like these...