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A new directive from Israel's Education Ministry calls on preschool teachers to stop referring to "Mom and Dad" in preschool activities. The staff at the pro-LGBT Hoshen Organization, which offers training to preschool staff on the subjects of gender and sexual identity, has suggested Israeli preschool teachers speak about "parents" instead of "Mom and Dad." "It's worth remembering that there are many preschool children who come from non-traditional families. They may have two fathers, two mothers, two sets of parents, or LGBT parents who live separately and each has his or her own relationship," Hoshen explained. "Don't assume that every...

The institute raising money for an attempt to run the Gaza blockade next year has strong links to a former CIA spy who outed thousands of CIA agents. Throughout this summer and fall, the anti-Israel group “U.S. to Gaza” held many fundraisers around the United States, seeking to raise as much as $370,000 to join a “peace flotilla” to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza. A Pajamas Media investigation has determined that the non-profit organization which accepts the public’s donations and will pay for all of its activities is a shadowy and virulently anti-American group innocuously called the Institute for...

A group of 71 British physicians have begun to exert pressure on the World Medical Association (WMA) to revoke the membership of the Israel Medical Association (IMA), it was revealed in a Knesset meeting on Wednesday. IMA representative Dr. Ze'ev Feldman announced the disturbing new step during a Knesset Science and Technology Committee meeting on the subject of boycotts against Israeli academic institutions. "The sword of the boycott has been raised against the scientific medical community in Israel," he declared, warning that Israel’s medical doctors are "in grave danger." "The professional British journals have adopted the idea of letters to...

Indianapolis - The Indiana Manufacturers Association announced today strong concerns with climate change legislation under consideration in Washington D.C. The United States Senate is poised to take up discussions on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, authored by Congressmen Waxman of California and Markey of Massachusetts. The concern is based on a report issued last week by the National Association of Manufacturers predicting significant increases in the cost of energy and a general decline of economic conditions under the act. The report reveals that Indiana could be impacted as follows: * Employment losses of up to 59,260...

FBI Warns of Potential Terror Attacks The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives. Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because "it is important for local authorities and building owners and...

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Concerned Women for America Announces Support for the Institution of Marriage Amendment 2/5/04 5:54:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Rebecca L. Riggs of Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000, ext. 126; web: http://media.cwfa.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced its support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will protect marriage from redefinition by courts or legislatures. The Institution of Marriage Amendment (IMA) says: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither the United States nor any State shall recognize or grant...