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Former lesbian publisher, Charlene E. Cothran of VENUS Magazine will be featured in an episode of Pure Passion on the Direct TV network. The episode will air Sunday (Nov 16th) at 11 PM (ET) on Direct TV channel #376.
The episode will also air on other networks around the world at various other times, but this is the initial US national airing (it will rerun approx 26 weeks later).
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As per Campaign for Children and Families release, homosexual activists in California have roughed up an elderly woman who believes in traditional marriage. During protests over the past several days, homosexuals angry about the passage of Proposition 8, which reserves marriage licenses for a man and a woman, have hurled the N-word against black persons walking by, marched through police blockades, pounded on doors of businesses, and protested outside churches.
They released a video that showed the dramatic coverage from Palm Springs’ KPSP CBS 2 of 69-year-old Phyllis Burgess being assaulted, shouted at, spit at, and her cross destroyed by homosexual activists on November 7, 2008. At the urging of police, Burgess is pressing charges.
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In a release, the Protect Marriage (Yes to 8) stated that the peaceful faiths, families, educators, activists, and community servants who make up the Protect Marriage Coalition are saddened to hear of the continued targeted attacks on the Mormon people during and after the conclusion of this fair and certified election. Like many churches, the family is the anchor of the LDS faith and it is no surprise that its members in California joined other faiths in giving everything they had to Proposition 8.”
The release also stated that many California churches have also experienced harassment, drive-by
attacks, obscenities and defacement of property. Such acts do not build trust with the voters of California.
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Campaign for Children and Families President Randy Thomasson, who has been leading Californians in the defense of natural marriage since 1994, issued the following statement regarding the passage of California’s Proposition 8 (man-woman marriage licenses) and the defeat of California’s Proposition 4 (parental notification for abortion) “Today, marriage licenses can only go to whom they were originally intended — a man and a woman, a bride and a groom. The people of California have successfully overruled the judges and politicians and restored marriage licenses to a man and a woman. Now the false marriages done this summer must be declared null and void. California law now says the only valid or recognized marriage ‘is’ between a man and a woman. The ballot arguments specify that the only marriages are between a man and a woman, ‘regardless of when or where performed.’ It is time for all Californians to respect the new marriage law, which has restored an age-old institution, whether they voted for or against Prop. 8.”
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A growing number of faith leaders denounce a new “No on Prop. 8″ ad running on television stations today. The ad, produced by a group called “Courage Campaign Issues Committee.”
Some of them include Larry Pegram of Values Advocacy Council, Pastor Miles McPherson of the Rock Church, Rev. Rohn J. Ritzema of Association of Christian Schools International, Rob McCoy the senior pastor of the Calvary Chapel church in Thousand Oaks, Bishop Stephen Blaire the President of the California Catholic Conference and Craig Garbe the president of Cornerstone Christian School in Roseville.
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The NO on Prop 8 campaign today announced that the secret $1 million donor to Prop 8 has been revealed: Alan Ashton, of Lindon, Utah. According to the Deseret News, Ashton is a Mormon and grandson of David O. McKay, President of the Mormon Church from 1951-1970. Ashton made his fortune in software.
The donation was reported by the Prop 8 campaign on October 28. The funds were in the form of matching funds to air a TV commercial that includes images of children who are being aired over the objection of their parents.
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As per a release by Institute on Religion and Democracy, A lesbian United Methodist has been “ordained” on October 19 by two retired United Methodist Bishops as a minister within a dissident group. Bishops Susan Morrison and Jesse Dewitt also ordained a heterosexual woman who said she had been denied a United Methodist ordination because of her liberal views on homosexuality. The ordinations took place at the historic Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore, MD.
The dissident group, the “Church Within a Church (CWAC) Movement” is a pro-homosexuality alternative for United Methodists frustrated by the denomination’s continued disapproval of same-sex unions and homosexual practice. The ordinations were also endorsed by the Reconciling Ministries Network, which campaigns to overturn the church’s official teachings on marriage and sexual ethics.
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In a 7-0 decision, the California Supreme Court restricted the religious liberty of physicians’ constitutional rights to respect his or her conscience when deciding whether to perform a particular medical procedure.
San Diego physicians Christine Brody, M.D., and Douglas Fenton, M.D., asserted a Constitutional defense, based on their religious liberty, to a lawsuit that was brought by an unmarried female patient over six years ago. The patient, Guadalupe Benitez, claimed the two Ob/GYNs discriminated against her based on her sexual orientation by referring her to another physician for the performance of an IUI (intrauterine insemination) in the course of fertility treatment.
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Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc. (CRCOA) today criticized Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson for his hypocritical attitude toward unborn babies during the Supreme Convention in Quebec, Aug. 5-7. As the Knights and bishops feasted for three days, 10,000 innocent children died by abortion in the USA alone.
Ken Fisher, president and founder of CRCOA, asked, “Why is it that Anderson has not expelled the many pro-abortion and pro-homosexual politicians and members in the K of C, and why do councils continue to rent their halls to them? Actions speak louder than words. The danger to unborn children demands action, not empty rhetoric.”
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Today, ProtectMarriage.com announced the endorsement of the California Catholic Conference. The support comes from the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Francisco; Dioceses of Fresno, Monterey, Oakland, Orange, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton; Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys; and the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady
of Lebanon of Los Angeles.
In their statement, the Bishops offer counsel to people of Catholic faith in California in their “response to this radical change in California’s public policy regarding marriage.” Declaring that same-sex unions are not the same as opposite-sex unions, the leadership states that the ideal well-being of children is to be raised by both a mother and a father in a traditional marriage.
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In the wake of disturbing news about higher HIV rates in the United States, people living with HIV and allies are calling for a national AIDS strategy that confronts the homophobia, violence and bias at the heart of the U.S. epidemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the new figures released on Saturday, August 2 reflect a “stable” epidemic, albeit one with a higher level of annual infections than previously estimated. However, the data reveal an ongoing and persistent increase in rates of infection among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), many of whom are Black and/or Latino.
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Following the court-ordered legalization of same-sex marriage in California, a United Methodist clergywoman has begun performing such marriages for her congregants. Such unions defy the official teaching of the United Methodist Church, which says homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and bars pastors from performing same-sex wedding ceremonies or allowing them to take place in their churches.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Rev. Eileen Lindsay of Walnut Creek United Methodist Church performed marriages for three homosexual couples and signed their wedding licenses. She initially blessed the couples in her sanctuary and then later performed the ceremonies in a private backyard.
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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and attorneys with the Foundation for Moral Law applauded the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for its ruling yesterday in Marcavage v. Rendell affirming that the state legislature violated the Pennsylvania Constitution when it added “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Pennsylvania’s “ethnic intimidation” law (18 Pa. C.S. ยง 2710) in 2002.
The Foundation, along with attorney Aaron D. Martin, represented Christian evangelists Michael Marcavage, Mark Diener, Randall and Linda Beckman, Susan Startzell, Arlene Elshinnawy, and Nancy Major, who in 2004 were arrested and charged under the “ethnic intimidation” law for evangelizing at a Philadelphia homosexual parade. The Christian evangelists sued and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania agreed that the law was unconstitutional and struck it down. On appeal the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in a short per curiam order, agreed with the Commonwealth Court’s opinion and the Christian evangelists’ appellate brief filed by the Foundation.
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“The wicked strut about on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.” Psalm 12:8
Biblical Family Advocates passionately implores Pastors and Churches to educate themselves regarding the Biblical and societal implications of engaging in homosexuality. Readers are encouraged to go to the Biblical Family Advocates website and read the article, “15 Reasons Why Homosexuality is Wrong and Hurts Society.” The article discusses such things as the higher infidelity and domestic violence rates of homosexual relationships, why homosexuality is not genetic, as well as understanding why the Bible cannot support homosexual marriage. More importantly, it offers links and insights as to how those who are caught in the bondage of homosexuality can be set free.
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Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, fresh from a recently-celebrated same-sex union in his home diocese of New Hampshire, has descended upon Britain for the upcoming Lambeth Conference.
Due to the controversy over his consecration, Robinson was one of a handful of bishops not invited to the conference convened by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Despite this, Robinson has decided to make appearances on the periphery of events and provide what he called a “constant and friendly” reminder of gays in the church.
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