New York state jail to hire Muslim chaplain
Decision follows furor over pastor who distributed anti-Islamic cartoons
NEW CITY, N.Y. - The county jail where a Christian minister handed out anti-Islamic cartoons announced it will hire an imam for its Muslim inmates.
The Rockland County Jail also said it will provide religiously appropriate food.
Rockland Undersheriff Thomas Guthrie said Tuesday that the imam will work one day a week, joining the jail’s priest and rabbi.
The Christian chaplain, the Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp, was suspended with pay last month after inmates complained she was passing out anti-Islam booklets.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Gaza clan (army of islam) admits holding BBC reporter
Gaza clan admits holding BBC reporter
'Army of Islam' demands Britain free Muslim prisoners
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Posted: May 9, 2007
12:24 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A group controlled by a family clan in the Gaza Strip today announced it is holding kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, posting a photo of his identity card and demanding the release of an Islamic cleric who is being held in a British jail after being accused of supporting terrorism.
The Army of Islam, headed by the powerful Gaza-based Dugmash clan, released a recording demanding the British government immediately free "our prisoners and particularly Sheik Abu Qatada the Palestinian in exchange for Johnston."
Abu Qatada, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is accused of having links to terror groups and is currently awaiting deportation to Jordan from Britain.
WND first reported last month senior Palestinian security officials believed Johnston was being held by the Dugmash clan.
The Dugmash statement released today included an al-Qaida-style diatribe against the West, posting a slideshow of images from the war in Iraq, Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Western soldiers praying before a cross. Islamic music plays in the background, and pictures glorifying Abu Qatada are shown repeatedly.
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'Army of Islam' demands Britain free Muslim prisoners
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Posted: May 9, 2007
12:24 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A group controlled by a family clan in the Gaza Strip today announced it is holding kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, posting a photo of his identity card and demanding the release of an Islamic cleric who is being held in a British jail after being accused of supporting terrorism.
The Army of Islam, headed by the powerful Gaza-based Dugmash clan, released a recording demanding the British government immediately free "our prisoners and particularly Sheik Abu Qatada the Palestinian in exchange for Johnston."
Abu Qatada, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is accused of having links to terror groups and is currently awaiting deportation to Jordan from Britain.
WND first reported last month senior Palestinian security officials believed Johnston was being held by the Dugmash clan.
The Dugmash statement released today included an al-Qaida-style diatribe against the West, posting a slideshow of images from the war in Iraq, Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Western soldiers praying before a cross. Islamic music plays in the background, and pictures glorifying Abu Qatada are shown repeatedly.
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Fort Dix 'terrorists' smuggled into U.S.?
Fort Dix 'terrorists' smuggled into U.S.?
Reports suggest 3 brothers accused in plot have no record of 'regular border crossing'
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Posted: May 9, 2007
5:30 p.m. Eastern
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Three brothers held in connection with an alleged terror plot at Fort Dix, N.J., may have been smuggled across the southern U.S. border, according to broadcast reports.
Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, were in the United States illegally.
According to Fox News, "Because the three men entered the United States without inspection, there is no legal record of their entry. A federal law enforcement source said the three entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984. They would have been children at the time, ranging in ages from 1 to 6. The source said there is no record of them entering though a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country."
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Reports suggest 3 brothers accused in plot have no record of 'regular border crossing'
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Posted: May 9, 2007
5:30 p.m. Eastern
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Three brothers held in connection with an alleged terror plot at Fort Dix, N.J., may have been smuggled across the southern U.S. border, according to broadcast reports.
Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, were in the United States illegally.
According to Fox News, "Because the three men entered the United States without inspection, there is no legal record of their entry. A federal law enforcement source said the three entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984. They would have been children at the time, ranging in ages from 1 to 6. The source said there is no record of them entering though a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country."
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Brothers Charged in Terror Plot Lived Illegally in U.S. for 23 Years
FORT DIX, N.J. — Three brothers charged in the alleged Fort Dix terror plot have been living illegally in the U.S. for more than 23 years and were accepted as Americans by neighbors and friends who had no idea they would scheme to attack military bases and slaughter GIs.
A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.
The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border.
The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.
The brothers plus three other suspects in the alleged plot — Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; and, Agron Abdullahu, 24 — were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday.
Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the arrested men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
Federal investigators are now checking whether the latter three lied on their immigration paperwork to remain in the United States.
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A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.
The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border.
The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.
The brothers plus three other suspects in the alleged plot — Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; and, Agron Abdullahu, 24 — were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday.
Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the arrested men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
Federal investigators are now checking whether the latter three lied on their immigration paperwork to remain in the United States.
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How clerk played key role to expose Fort Dix terror plot
By Wayne Parry
The Associated Press
FORT DIX, N.J. — Ever since Sept. 11, U.S. authorities have asked the public to be vigilant, urging, "If you see something, say something."
In January 2006, a store clerk in New Jersey saw something.
A group of men had brought him a video showing them firing assault weapons and chanting "God is great!" in Arabic. They wanted him to dub the footage to a DVD.
So the clerk called the Mount Laurel Police Department, which in turn contacted the FBI.
As a result, six men from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were charged Tuesday with plotting to slaughter scores of American soldiers at Fort Dix and perhaps other military installations in the Northeast.
FBI agent J.P. Weis saluted the unidentified Mount Laurel store clerk as the "unsung hero" of the case.
The suspects' images and words were captured on more than 50 audio and video recordings. Their comings and goings were recorded by law-enforcement agents who monitored the alleged plot for 15 months, hoping more terror ties would become apparent.
The defendants, all men in their 20s, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out Fort Dix. They sought "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" in attacks with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," Weis said.
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The Associated Press
FORT DIX, N.J. — Ever since Sept. 11, U.S. authorities have asked the public to be vigilant, urging, "If you see something, say something."
In January 2006, a store clerk in New Jersey saw something.
A group of men had brought him a video showing them firing assault weapons and chanting "God is great!" in Arabic. They wanted him to dub the footage to a DVD.
So the clerk called the Mount Laurel Police Department, which in turn contacted the FBI.
As a result, six men from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were charged Tuesday with plotting to slaughter scores of American soldiers at Fort Dix and perhaps other military installations in the Northeast.
FBI agent J.P. Weis saluted the unidentified Mount Laurel store clerk as the "unsung hero" of the case.
The suspects' images and words were captured on more than 50 audio and video recordings. Their comings and goings were recorded by law-enforcement agents who monitored the alleged plot for 15 months, hoping more terror ties would become apparent.
The defendants, all men in their 20s, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out Fort Dix. They sought "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" in attacks with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," Weis said.
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Terror Suspects Tried Dubbing Tape at Circuit City
By Cathy Gandolfo
FORT DIX, N.J. - May 9, 2007 - There are new details about the clerk whom the FBI is crediting for exposing the terror plot.
The suspects allegedly tried to have a video transferred onto a DVD at the Circuit City on Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel.
Circuit City officials confirm that an employee at the store alerted local police in January 2006.
He was concerned about the images being transferred from videotape to DVD.
According to the federal complaint, the video shows 10 men, including the six now under arrest. On the tape, they called for jihad and yelled 'God is great' in Arabic.
While praised by law enforcement, the tipster's name has not been made public.
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FORT DIX, N.J. - May 9, 2007 - There are new details about the clerk whom the FBI is crediting for exposing the terror plot.
The suspects allegedly tried to have a video transferred onto a DVD at the Circuit City on Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel.
Circuit City officials confirm that an employee at the store alerted local police in January 2006.
He was concerned about the images being transferred from videotape to DVD.
According to the federal complaint, the video shows 10 men, including the six now under arrest. On the tape, they called for jihad and yelled 'God is great' in Arabic.
While praised by law enforcement, the tipster's name has not been made public.
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Terror Suspect Called Bin Laden 'His Uncle Benny'
Terror Suspect Called Bin Laden 'His Uncle Benny'
Maddy Sauer Reports:
One of the men suspected of helping the plotters of a terror attack on Fort Dix would jokingly refer to Osama bin Laden as "his Uncle Benny," a co-worker told WPVI, the ABC News affiliate in Philadelphia.
"He used to make jokes about how the U.S. government could not find his Uncle Benny," Bob Watts, who worked at a Shop Rite bakery with Agron Abdullahu, told WPVI's Dann Cuellar.
Watts also told WPVI that Abdullahu would bring in recipes for making bombs that he had downloaded from the Internet, and that he would experiment with homemade explosives that he used to remove tree trunks.
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Maddy Sauer Reports:
One of the men suspected of helping the plotters of a terror attack on Fort Dix would jokingly refer to Osama bin Laden as "his Uncle Benny," a co-worker told WPVI, the ABC News affiliate in Philadelphia.
"He used to make jokes about how the U.S. government could not find his Uncle Benny," Bob Watts, who worked at a Shop Rite bakery with Agron Abdullahu, told WPVI's Dann Cuellar.
Watts also told WPVI that Abdullahu would bring in recipes for making bombs that he had downloaded from the Internet, and that he would experiment with homemade explosives that he used to remove tree trunks.
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United Nations attacked for spreading Christianity
United Nations attacked for spreading Christianity
Terrorists claim international group is 'converting Muslims under cover'
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JERUSALEM – A deadly attack yesterday against a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip was carried out by an Islamist extremist group, according to a statement faxed to WND claiming the U.N. was targeted because the international body was "spreading Christian missionary activity."
"The UN is spreading Christian missionary activity. We will keep hitting them and trying to kill them. They are trying to convert our Muslims under the cover of an international organization," said the statement, signed by the group Jihadia Salafiya.
Until now, Jihadia Salafiya has operated in Gaza as an Islamic outreach movement seeking to make secular Muslims more religious, but the overall leader of the organization, Abu Saqer, confirmed to WND today his organization recently opened what it called a "military wing" to target individuals, establishments and groups it claims are "corrupting Islam."
One person was killed yesterday when unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a U.N.-run school in the Gaza Strip after announcing on loudspeakers they were angry over the participation of boys and girls in a sports event.
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Terrorists claim international group is 'converting Muslims under cover'
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By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A deadly attack yesterday against a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip was carried out by an Islamist extremist group, according to a statement faxed to WND claiming the U.N. was targeted because the international body was "spreading Christian missionary activity."
"The UN is spreading Christian missionary activity. We will keep hitting them and trying to kill them. They are trying to convert our Muslims under the cover of an international organization," said the statement, signed by the group Jihadia Salafiya.
Until now, Jihadia Salafiya has operated in Gaza as an Islamic outreach movement seeking to make secular Muslims more religious, but the overall leader of the organization, Abu Saqer, confirmed to WND today his organization recently opened what it called a "military wing" to target individuals, establishments and groups it claims are "corrupting Islam."
One person was killed yesterday when unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a U.N.-run school in the Gaza Strip after announcing on loudspeakers they were angry over the participation of boys and girls in a sports event.
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Starbucks markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups Company welcomes national dialogue despite boycott threat by some patrons
Starbucks markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups Company welcomes national dialogue despite boycott threat by some patrons
Posted: May 9, 20078:38 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Coffeehouse giant Starbucks is standing by its campaign to put thought-provoking messages on its coffee cups despite a national uproar and threat of boycott over a message some felt was "anti-God."
Controversy erupted this week after a customer became steamed reading a quote that stated:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada, and was included as part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" campaign to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.
A WND story posted Sunday afternoon publicizing the cup became a hot topic on national radio shows this week including Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.
One reader, Ken Peck of Lakeland, Fla., has since purchased a coffee with another message he felt was a slam against his Christian faith, and snapped a photograph of it.
The message reads:
Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell. -- Joel Stein, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
"There's absolutely no reason to put that out on a cup," Peck told WND. "From a marketing standpoint, it blows me away. I don't put a picture of Christ of my business card."
Peck says the issue has energized him to push for a boycott of Starbucks in favor of other local coffeehouses in Polk Co., Fla.
"Everyone I've shown the cup to has been flabbergasted, whether they have a faith in Christ or not," he said.
Seattle-based Starbucks, meanwhile, is making no apologies about the God-related messages, nor its campaign.
"We are committed to this program," Starbucks communications manager Tricia Moriarty told WND, noting that quotes about matters of faith make up only a small fraction of the printed quips.
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Posted: May 9, 20078:38 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Coffeehouse giant Starbucks is standing by its campaign to put thought-provoking messages on its coffee cups despite a national uproar and threat of boycott over a message some felt was "anti-God."
Controversy erupted this week after a customer became steamed reading a quote that stated:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada, and was included as part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" campaign to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.
A WND story posted Sunday afternoon publicizing the cup became a hot topic on national radio shows this week including Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.
One reader, Ken Peck of Lakeland, Fla., has since purchased a coffee with another message he felt was a slam against his Christian faith, and snapped a photograph of it.
The message reads:
Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell. -- Joel Stein, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
"There's absolutely no reason to put that out on a cup," Peck told WND. "From a marketing standpoint, it blows me away. I don't put a picture of Christ of my business card."
Peck says the issue has energized him to push for a boycott of Starbucks in favor of other local coffeehouses in Polk Co., Fla.
"Everyone I've shown the cup to has been flabbergasted, whether they have a faith in Christ or not," he said.
Seattle-based Starbucks, meanwhile, is making no apologies about the God-related messages, nor its campaign.
"We are committed to this program," Starbucks communications manager Tricia Moriarty told WND, noting that quotes about matters of faith make up only a small fraction of the printed quips.
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Why Americans need to carry guns
FIREARMS AND FREEDOM
Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever
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Although the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" is often ridiculed as an archaic relic from America's past, the May issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine shows why private gun ownership is actually more crucial to Americans' freedom and security today than at any time in history.
Titled "FIREARMS AND FREEDOM: Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever," this eye-opening and spine-straightening Whistleblower edition documents how the contentious issue of gun rights – considered by many to be the linchpin of all Americans' rights – is dramatically coming to a head:
The string of horrendous mass murders in "gun-free zones" – most recently at Virginia Tech, and before that October's slaughter of Amish schoolgirls in rural Pennsylvania as well as similar massacres at other schools around the nation – has fueled a furious debate over gun control, "gun-free zones" and "lax gun laws."
Just like the Virginia Tech massacre, most violent crimes cannot be stopped by police, but only by citizens present during the commission of the crime. And research now shows conclusively that armed, law-abiding citizens have a huge impact on deterring and stopping violent criminal acts.
Meanwhile, with terror attacks up 25 percent worldwide in the last year and top U.S. leaders confirming that major, devastating attacks on innocent Americans are inevitable, the armed and observant citizen is now absolutely essential for protecting America's communities from terror attacks.
Alongside the increased focus on private gun ownership, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has now ruled that the decades-old handgun ban in the nation's capital is unconstitutional and a direct violation of the Second Amendment. That case, in turn, has set the Second Amendment on a direct course to the United States Supreme Court, which has largely avoided the gun issue for decades.
"FIREARMS AND FREEDOM" digs up and reports all the amazing and little-known developments in this debate – and then cuts to the core issues in a powerful and compelling way.
"Only one thing could have stopped the Virginia Tech disaster," says WND Managing Editor David Kupelian. "Imagine Cho Seung-Hui walking into a classroom, threatening people with his guns, making them line up, preparing to shoot them. Now freeze-frame that scene and think for a moment: There isn't anyone or anything in this world that could have stopped Cho in his tracks at that point and averted the hellish slaughter that followed – except a single student or professor with a firearm, trained to use it effectively and responsibly."
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Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever
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Although the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" is often ridiculed as an archaic relic from America's past, the May issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine shows why private gun ownership is actually more crucial to Americans' freedom and security today than at any time in history.
Titled "FIREARMS AND FREEDOM: Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever," this eye-opening and spine-straightening Whistleblower edition documents how the contentious issue of gun rights – considered by many to be the linchpin of all Americans' rights – is dramatically coming to a head:
The string of horrendous mass murders in "gun-free zones" – most recently at Virginia Tech, and before that October's slaughter of Amish schoolgirls in rural Pennsylvania as well as similar massacres at other schools around the nation – has fueled a furious debate over gun control, "gun-free zones" and "lax gun laws."
Just like the Virginia Tech massacre, most violent crimes cannot be stopped by police, but only by citizens present during the commission of the crime. And research now shows conclusively that armed, law-abiding citizens have a huge impact on deterring and stopping violent criminal acts.
Meanwhile, with terror attacks up 25 percent worldwide in the last year and top U.S. leaders confirming that major, devastating attacks on innocent Americans are inevitable, the armed and observant citizen is now absolutely essential for protecting America's communities from terror attacks.
Alongside the increased focus on private gun ownership, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has now ruled that the decades-old handgun ban in the nation's capital is unconstitutional and a direct violation of the Second Amendment. That case, in turn, has set the Second Amendment on a direct course to the United States Supreme Court, which has largely avoided the gun issue for decades.
"FIREARMS AND FREEDOM" digs up and reports all the amazing and little-known developments in this debate – and then cuts to the core issues in a powerful and compelling way.
"Only one thing could have stopped the Virginia Tech disaster," says WND Managing Editor David Kupelian. "Imagine Cho Seung-Hui walking into a classroom, threatening people with his guns, making them line up, preparing to shoot them. Now freeze-frame that scene and think for a moment: There isn't anyone or anything in this world that could have stopped Cho in his tracks at that point and averted the hellish slaughter that followed – except a single student or professor with a firearm, trained to use it effectively and responsibly."
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Sunday, March 4, 2007
Uniformed Navy chaplain prays 'in Jesus' name'
Uniformed Navy chaplain prays 'in Jesus' name'
Act of faithfulness defines career as service ejects Christian
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In front of witnesses and God, a man who fought the whole of the U.S. Navy over his constitutional right to pray "in Jesus' name" while in uniform has done just that, delivering a benediction at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington a short time after Vice President Dick Cheney had left the room.
Former U.S. Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt told WND it was an act to define the close – for now – of his 16-year military career.
He said he had been on the schedule of the CPAC event to deliver the invocation, but when an appeals court just days ago cleared the way for the Navy to dismiss him, his supervisor told him the Navy had contacted the conference and asked that he be "disinvited."
Multiple WND calls to CPAC asking for a comment were not returned.
"When the vice president was speaking I stood outside the room, and I waited until the event was over. … Then after everybody left, I decided that my last act as a Navy chaplain should be to pray in my uniform in Jesus' name," he said.
"So I went and put on my uniform, since I was technically in the Navy until midnight, and at 11:30 p.m. I took the stage at the CPAC conference and I said the benediction to the banquet."
"I prayed in Jesus' name in front of an empty room," he told WND, with his wife and manager as witnesses.
He said those he met at the conference were cordial and gracious, in fact sympathetic. "I met several old friends who have helped me with my cause. Just about everybody in the room knew who I was, knew about my cause to pray in Jesus' name."
He had been ordered dismissed by midnight on Thursday, and moved out of military housing in order to prepare for that. But he said he will continue his personal battle, even though the overall victory already is his, since Congress has ordered the removal of the restrictions under which he was punished.
"I'm going to continue my lawsuit against the Navy as a civilian, but will fight to be reinstated," Klingenschmitt told WND. "I will continue to fight for all chaplains' rights to pray according to their conscience, but will do so outside of the Navy instead of inside."
Klingenschmitt said the battle was worth it, and he would do it all over again. "We did change national policy. We rescinded the policy that I was punished for," he said.
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Act of faithfulness defines career as service ejects Christian
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In front of witnesses and God, a man who fought the whole of the U.S. Navy over his constitutional right to pray "in Jesus' name" while in uniform has done just that, delivering a benediction at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington a short time after Vice President Dick Cheney had left the room.
Former U.S. Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt told WND it was an act to define the close – for now – of his 16-year military career.
He said he had been on the schedule of the CPAC event to deliver the invocation, but when an appeals court just days ago cleared the way for the Navy to dismiss him, his supervisor told him the Navy had contacted the conference and asked that he be "disinvited."
Multiple WND calls to CPAC asking for a comment were not returned.
"When the vice president was speaking I stood outside the room, and I waited until the event was over. … Then after everybody left, I decided that my last act as a Navy chaplain should be to pray in my uniform in Jesus' name," he said.
"So I went and put on my uniform, since I was technically in the Navy until midnight, and at 11:30 p.m. I took the stage at the CPAC conference and I said the benediction to the banquet."
"I prayed in Jesus' name in front of an empty room," he told WND, with his wife and manager as witnesses.
He said those he met at the conference were cordial and gracious, in fact sympathetic. "I met several old friends who have helped me with my cause. Just about everybody in the room knew who I was, knew about my cause to pray in Jesus' name."
He had been ordered dismissed by midnight on Thursday, and moved out of military housing in order to prepare for that. But he said he will continue his personal battle, even though the overall victory already is his, since Congress has ordered the removal of the restrictions under which he was punished.
"I'm going to continue my lawsuit against the Navy as a civilian, but will fight to be reinstated," Klingenschmitt told WND. "I will continue to fight for all chaplains' rights to pray according to their conscience, but will do so outside of the Navy instead of inside."
Klingenschmitt said the battle was worth it, and he would do it all over again. "We did change national policy. We rescinded the policy that I was punished for," he said.
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Judiciary won't allow Christian beliefs
Judiciary won't allow Christian beliefs
Magistrate forced out of family court for opposing homosexual adoptions
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A magistrate judge in Sheffield, England, has been told he cannot serve on the local court's Family Panel, even though he's been recognized as having "an unblemished record and is well regarded by fellow magistrates" because he is a Christian.
"This case is a clear picture of how Christian faith is becoming privatized in society," said Andrea Williams, of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship. "It is yet another example of the repression of Christian conscience and signals the prevalence of a secular 'new morality' and the erosion of Christian values at the expense of our children's welfare."
The case arose when McClintock realized he would be assigned to hear cases involving adoption by homosexual couples, which are allowed now under England's Civil Partnerships Act 2002. Realizing the concerns that might arise, he asked that his religious beliefs be accommodated and he be "screened" from such cases.
He also expressed concern that children would be put at risk by the unproven social experiment of homosexual duo adoptions.
"Andrew McClintock believes that the best interests of the child are served by placing them in a situation where they would have both a mother and a father and therefore he could not agree to participate in gay adoption," Williams said. "The imposition of secular values in every aspect of our lives will force those who hold Christian beliefs out of jobs. It will be to the detriment of the whole of society."
McClintock took his case to the Employment Tribunal in Sheffield, where he'd been a Justice of the Peace since 1988 after he was told in 2004 he must preside over cases that involved homosexual duos proposing to adopt. His lawsuit was against the Lord Chancellor and the Department of Constitutional Affairs, in which he explained that he had suffered discrimination because of his religious beliefs.
His request for accommodation was called for under Regulation 10 of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.
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Magistrate forced out of family court for opposing homosexual adoptions
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A magistrate judge in Sheffield, England, has been told he cannot serve on the local court's Family Panel, even though he's been recognized as having "an unblemished record and is well regarded by fellow magistrates" because he is a Christian.
"This case is a clear picture of how Christian faith is becoming privatized in society," said Andrea Williams, of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship. "It is yet another example of the repression of Christian conscience and signals the prevalence of a secular 'new morality' and the erosion of Christian values at the expense of our children's welfare."
The case arose when McClintock realized he would be assigned to hear cases involving adoption by homosexual couples, which are allowed now under England's Civil Partnerships Act 2002. Realizing the concerns that might arise, he asked that his religious beliefs be accommodated and he be "screened" from such cases.
He also expressed concern that children would be put at risk by the unproven social experiment of homosexual duo adoptions.
"Andrew McClintock believes that the best interests of the child are served by placing them in a situation where they would have both a mother and a father and therefore he could not agree to participate in gay adoption," Williams said. "The imposition of secular values in every aspect of our lives will force those who hold Christian beliefs out of jobs. It will be to the detriment of the whole of society."
McClintock took his case to the Employment Tribunal in Sheffield, where he'd been a Justice of the Peace since 1988 after he was told in 2004 he must preside over cases that involved homosexual duos proposing to adopt. His lawsuit was against the Lord Chancellor and the Department of Constitutional Affairs, in which he explained that he had suffered discrimination because of his religious beliefs.
His request for accommodation was called for under Regulation 10 of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.
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Botched procedure shuts down abortion business
Botched procedure shuts down abortion business
State investigators looking into woman's allegations of negligence
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Another abortion business has been closed down, this one while an investigation is conducted into the treatment of a woman who suffered two strokes, a collapsed lung and neurological damage as a result of her abortion, officials say.
The woman also has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Medical Associates of New Jersey and the two abortionists who treated her, alleging "negligent, careless and reckless care."
It brings to 18 the number of abortion businesses closed over the past year because of investigations of deaths or injury, as well as investigations into unlicensed and other inappropriate activity.
The newest closure happened over just the last few days – after Rasheedah Dinkins went to Metropolitan Medical Associates on Jan. 27 for what she thought would be a routine abortion.
However, a report from Operation Rescue, one of the nation's front-line pro-life organizations, said after Dinkins returned home that day, she collapsed.
"Family members summoned an ambulance to transport her to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where she slipped into a coma lasting four weeks. When she awoke, Rasheedah learned that she had suffered massive blood loss, two strokes, a collapsed lung, neurological damage, and the removal of her uterus. She finally regained her ability to speak on Tuesday," the report said.
She remains hospitalized in critical care, officials said.
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State investigators looking into woman's allegations of negligence
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Another abortion business has been closed down, this one while an investigation is conducted into the treatment of a woman who suffered two strokes, a collapsed lung and neurological damage as a result of her abortion, officials say.
The woman also has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Medical Associates of New Jersey and the two abortionists who treated her, alleging "negligent, careless and reckless care."
It brings to 18 the number of abortion businesses closed over the past year because of investigations of deaths or injury, as well as investigations into unlicensed and other inappropriate activity.
The newest closure happened over just the last few days – after Rasheedah Dinkins went to Metropolitan Medical Associates on Jan. 27 for what she thought would be a routine abortion.
However, a report from Operation Rescue, one of the nation's front-line pro-life organizations, said after Dinkins returned home that day, she collapsed.
"Family members summoned an ambulance to transport her to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where she slipped into a coma lasting four weeks. When she awoke, Rasheedah learned that she had suffered massive blood loss, two strokes, a collapsed lung, neurological damage, and the removal of her uterus. She finally regained her ability to speak on Tuesday," the report said.
She remains hospitalized in critical care, officials said.
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Group has faith in women’s choice
This story is disgusting, and an outright disobedience of what the Bible clearly teaches (Pro-Life!)
If you are Pro-Choice, read these two links below, and turn your heart over to Jesus as Lord! It is not your choice, it is God's choice. Saying, "No Lord, I will not have this baby whom You are forming inside my womb!", is the biggest oxymoron there is. How can you say, "No Lord"? Then He is not your Lord! Ponder that thought and read the following...
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Group has faith in women’s choice
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
Local and state clergy involved in the Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice say making abortion illegal again in Missouri would return the state to the days when women with unwanted pregnancies suffered mutilation in pursuit of what the group sees as a God-given right of controlling your own procreation.
Rabbi Susan Talve of St. Louis made the tough decision to go on record about the abortion she had when she was 19 years old because she is terrified that either the state or federal government will outlaw access to first-term abortions.
"I was in love, and the first time I had sex, I used contraception, and I got pregnant," she said. "I have to tell you how grateful I was that that was the year that New York made it legal to have a legal, safe abortion. … I had friends who tried to use coat hangers or threw themselves down steps."
Talve said many women come to her for counsel from faiths that prohibit abortion, even when the pregnancy is jeopardizing their life. The Catholic faith requires the mother and child be treated together, whereas the Jewish faith requires the pregnancy be terminated if the mother’s life is in danger, she said.
No decision to have an abortion is ever without pain, she said, and she still thinks of her decision to end her first pregnancy. "I have no doubt I made the right decision, even though it was difficult," she said.
It’s a right Talve said she will go to prison to defend.
She helped found two state affiliates of the national Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and is being honored by the Missouri coalition with a Faith and Freedom Award in April.
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If you are Pro-Choice, read these two links below, and turn your heart over to Jesus as Lord! It is not your choice, it is God's choice. Saying, "No Lord, I will not have this baby whom You are forming inside my womb!", is the biggest oxymoron there is. How can you say, "No Lord"? Then He is not your Lord! Ponder that thought and read the following...
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Group has faith in women’s choice
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
Local and state clergy involved in the Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice say making abortion illegal again in Missouri would return the state to the days when women with unwanted pregnancies suffered mutilation in pursuit of what the group sees as a God-given right of controlling your own procreation.
Rabbi Susan Talve of St. Louis made the tough decision to go on record about the abortion she had when she was 19 years old because she is terrified that either the state or federal government will outlaw access to first-term abortions.
"I was in love, and the first time I had sex, I used contraception, and I got pregnant," she said. "I have to tell you how grateful I was that that was the year that New York made it legal to have a legal, safe abortion. … I had friends who tried to use coat hangers or threw themselves down steps."
Talve said many women come to her for counsel from faiths that prohibit abortion, even when the pregnancy is jeopardizing their life. The Catholic faith requires the mother and child be treated together, whereas the Jewish faith requires the pregnancy be terminated if the mother’s life is in danger, she said.
No decision to have an abortion is ever without pain, she said, and she still thinks of her decision to end her first pregnancy. "I have no doubt I made the right decision, even though it was difficult," she said.
It’s a right Talve said she will go to prison to defend.
She helped found two state affiliates of the national Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and is being honored by the Missouri coalition with a Faith and Freedom Award in April.
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Feds seeking 7 years for another Texas cop
Feds seeking 7 years for another Texas cop
Deputy sheriff convicted for violating civil rights of fleeing illegal alien
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The federal government has recommended a seven-year prison term for Gilmer Hernandez, a Texas deputy sheriff who drew grass-roots support after he was convicted for violating the civil rights of a fleeing illegal alien, WND has learned.
In a case prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in El Paso, who also led the high-profile prosecution of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, Hernandez was charged after stopping a van full of illegals for running a stop sign April 14, 2005, in Rocksprings, Texas.
The driver attempted to run over Hernandez, prompting the officer to fire his weapon at the rear tires. A bullet fragment hit a Mexican national, Marciela Rodriguez Garcia, in the mouth, cutting her lip and breaking two teeth.
Hernandez's boss, Deputy Don Lettsinger, told WND he considers the sentencing guidelines severe, especially since he believes "Deputy Hernandez should never have been indicted for this incident in the first place."
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Deputy sheriff convicted for violating civil rights of fleeing illegal alien
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By Jerome R. Corsi
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The federal government has recommended a seven-year prison term for Gilmer Hernandez, a Texas deputy sheriff who drew grass-roots support after he was convicted for violating the civil rights of a fleeing illegal alien, WND has learned.
In a case prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in El Paso, who also led the high-profile prosecution of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, Hernandez was charged after stopping a van full of illegals for running a stop sign April 14, 2005, in Rocksprings, Texas.
The driver attempted to run over Hernandez, prompting the officer to fire his weapon at the rear tires. A bullet fragment hit a Mexican national, Marciela Rodriguez Garcia, in the mouth, cutting her lip and breaking two teeth.
Hernandez's boss, Deputy Don Lettsinger, told WND he considers the sentencing guidelines severe, especially since he believes "Deputy Hernandez should never have been indicted for this incident in the first place."
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Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states
Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states
By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:56am GMT 04/03/2007
Iran has trained secret networks of agents across the Gulf states to attack Western interests and incite civil unrest in the event of a military strike against its nuclear programme, a former Iranian diplomat has told The Sunday Telegraph.
Spies working as teachers, doctors and nurses at Iranian-owned schools and hospitals have formed sleeper cells ready to be "unleashed" at the first sign of any serious threat to Teheran, it is claimed.
Trained by Iranian intelligence services, they are also said to be recruiting fellow Shias in the region, whose communities have traditionally been marginalised by the Gulf's ruling Sunni Arab clans.
Were America or Israel to attack Iran, such cells would be instructed to foment long-dormant sectarian grievances and attack the ex-tensive American and European business interests in wealthy states such as Dubai and Saudi Arabia. Such a scenario would bring chaos to the Gulf, one of the few areas of the Middle East that remains prosperous and has largely pro-Western governments.
The claims have been made by Adel Assadinia, a former career diplomat who was Iran's consul-general in Dubai and an adviser to the Iranian foreign ministry. They came as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, made a formal visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday in what was widely seen as an attempt to defuse growing Sunni-Shia tensions in the Middle East.
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By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:56am GMT 04/03/2007
Iran has trained secret networks of agents across the Gulf states to attack Western interests and incite civil unrest in the event of a military strike against its nuclear programme, a former Iranian diplomat has told The Sunday Telegraph.
Spies working as teachers, doctors and nurses at Iranian-owned schools and hospitals have formed sleeper cells ready to be "unleashed" at the first sign of any serious threat to Teheran, it is claimed.
Trained by Iranian intelligence services, they are also said to be recruiting fellow Shias in the region, whose communities have traditionally been marginalised by the Gulf's ruling Sunni Arab clans.
Were America or Israel to attack Iran, such cells would be instructed to foment long-dormant sectarian grievances and attack the ex-tensive American and European business interests in wealthy states such as Dubai and Saudi Arabia. Such a scenario would bring chaos to the Gulf, one of the few areas of the Middle East that remains prosperous and has largely pro-Western governments.
The claims have been made by Adel Assadinia, a former career diplomat who was Iran's consul-general in Dubai and an adviser to the Iranian foreign ministry. They came as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, made a formal visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday in what was widely seen as an attempt to defuse growing Sunni-Shia tensions in the Middle East.
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Christian belief a 'hate crime' under plan
Christian belief a 'hate crime' under plan
Backup proposal would mandate jail time for dissing a 'gay'
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Americans worried about new "hate crime" legislation that could be used to make criminals of those whose religious faith doesn't endorse homosexuality could be facing a two-pronged attack, according to groups that monitor those developments.
The newest threat is being prepared by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the head of the House Judiciary Committee, whose work is being called "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007," according to the Rev. Ted Pike, of the National Prayer Network.
He said a letter to other members of the House was intercepted by Focus on the Family and indicated that it "gives the federal government even more power to create a bias motivation justice system, turning America into a police state."
Michael Marcavage, director of Repent America and Pike both had alerted their constituencies earlier to H.R. 254, or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which could create "anti-hate" restrictions and penalties.
Marcavage told WND that plan would invert American justice, and instead of requiring evidence it would leave it to someone who claims to be offended to determine whether a "crime" has been committed.
"Truth is not allowed as evidence in hate crimes trials. … A homosexual can claim emotional damage from hearing Scripture that describes his lifestyle as an abomination. He can press charges against the pastor or broadcaster who merely reads the Bible in public. The 'hater' can be fined thousands of dollars and even imprisoned!" Marcavage said.
So there immediately was a flood of calls to Congress with opposition to H.R. 254 and it appeared that the plan might not make it out of committee. In fact, records show it still is pending in the House Judiciary Committee
But Pike is says the danger is far from over.
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Backup proposal would mandate jail time for dissing a 'gay'
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Americans worried about new "hate crime" legislation that could be used to make criminals of those whose religious faith doesn't endorse homosexuality could be facing a two-pronged attack, according to groups that monitor those developments.
The newest threat is being prepared by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the head of the House Judiciary Committee, whose work is being called "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007," according to the Rev. Ted Pike, of the National Prayer Network.
He said a letter to other members of the House was intercepted by Focus on the Family and indicated that it "gives the federal government even more power to create a bias motivation justice system, turning America into a police state."
Michael Marcavage, director of Repent America and Pike both had alerted their constituencies earlier to H.R. 254, or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which could create "anti-hate" restrictions and penalties.
Marcavage told WND that plan would invert American justice, and instead of requiring evidence it would leave it to someone who claims to be offended to determine whether a "crime" has been committed.
"Truth is not allowed as evidence in hate crimes trials. … A homosexual can claim emotional damage from hearing Scripture that describes his lifestyle as an abomination. He can press charges against the pastor or broadcaster who merely reads the Bible in public. The 'hater' can be fined thousands of dollars and even imprisoned!" Marcavage said.
So there immediately was a flood of calls to Congress with opposition to H.R. 254 and it appeared that the plan might not make it out of committee. In fact, records show it still is pending in the House Judiciary Committee
But Pike is says the danger is far from over.
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School kids' march in 'gay' parade protested
School kids' march in 'gay' parade protested
Angry citizens point out students' exposure to pornographic scenes
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By James L. Lambert
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Eleven local citizens appeared at a San Diego School District meeting this week to confront officials about the San Diego Cooperative Charter School's active participation in the city's annual Gay Pride Parade.
The activists were especially concerned about the school's elementary-age children marching in the annual event.
The group presented the school board with pictures from the parade of scantily dressed men, sadomasochists and drag queens.
James Hartline, who several years ago renounced his homosexual lifestyle before becoming a Christian, spoke first. He reminded the board of previous attempts to speak to them about the issue when he repeatedly was interrupted by parade supporters, booed and "called names while speaking."
Hartline asserted it was wrong to expose small children to pornographic scenes and sexual imagery that included overt public displays of affection between homosexuals, along with displays of pink phallus symbols.
Each board member was presented with a package of photographs from the parade. The activists said they were particularly disappointed that two board members they thought would be sympathetic – Sheila Jackson and Mitz Lee – had no comment about their concerns or the evidence presented.
Jackson refers, in her biography, to her involvement with the Bethel AME Church Missionary society; and Lee, prior to her election in 2004, attended monthly meetings of Women in Politics, a conservative Christian organization.
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Angry citizens point out students' exposure to pornographic scenes
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By James L. Lambert
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Eleven local citizens appeared at a San Diego School District meeting this week to confront officials about the San Diego Cooperative Charter School's active participation in the city's annual Gay Pride Parade.
The activists were especially concerned about the school's elementary-age children marching in the annual event.
The group presented the school board with pictures from the parade of scantily dressed men, sadomasochists and drag queens.
James Hartline, who several years ago renounced his homosexual lifestyle before becoming a Christian, spoke first. He reminded the board of previous attempts to speak to them about the issue when he repeatedly was interrupted by parade supporters, booed and "called names while speaking."
Hartline asserted it was wrong to expose small children to pornographic scenes and sexual imagery that included overt public displays of affection between homosexuals, along with displays of pink phallus symbols.
Each board member was presented with a package of photographs from the parade. The activists said they were particularly disappointed that two board members they thought would be sympathetic – Sheila Jackson and Mitz Lee – had no comment about their concerns or the evidence presented.
Jackson refers, in her biography, to her involvement with the Bethel AME Church Missionary society; and Lee, prior to her election in 2004, attended monthly meetings of Women in Politics, a conservative Christian organization.
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Michael Moore unmasked by left-wing filmmakers
Michael Moore unmasked by left-wing filmmakers
'If you have to sell out your values and principles to get at a greater truth, where does that leave you?'
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Filmmaker Michael Moore, director and star of successful films such as "Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," has become the unwilling subject of a new documentary that raises questions about the credibility of his work and describes a "disturbing pattern of fact-fudging and misrepresentation," reports the London Sunday Times.
While Moore has long been a favorite target of those on the political right, this new documentary – "Manufacturing Dissent" – comes from two left-leaning Canadian filmmakers who were once fans and who began their project expecting to tell a positive story.
"When we started this project we hoped to have done a documentary that celebrated Michael Moore. We were admirers and fans," said Debbie Melnyk, who, with husband Rick Caine, made the film. "Then we found out certain facts about his documentaries that we hadn't known before. We ended up very disappointed and disillusioned."
Caine and Melnyk discovered, early on, that the public persona they knew was not the Moore they encountered when they began to examine his work.
"As investigative documentarists we always thought we could look at anything we wanted," Caine said. "But when we turned the cameras on one of the leading figures in our own industry, the people we wanted to talk to were like: 'What are you doing? Why are you throwing stones at the parade leader?'"
Their first disillusionment came in Flint, Mich., where Moore had portrayed his efforts to interview Roger Smith, the former chief executive of General Motors, about the company's policies that led to closure of the city's auto manufacturing plants. In "Roger & Me," Moore failed to get Smith to talk to him. In reality, said Caine and Melnyk, Moore secured two on-camera interviews, but the scenes were left out, apparently for dramatic effect.
"Manufacturing Dissent" includes a long list of alleged exaggerations or distortions in Moore's other films.
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'If you have to sell out your values and principles to get at a greater truth, where does that leave you?'
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1:00 a.m. Eastern
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Filmmaker Michael Moore, director and star of successful films such as "Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," has become the unwilling subject of a new documentary that raises questions about the credibility of his work and describes a "disturbing pattern of fact-fudging and misrepresentation," reports the London Sunday Times.
While Moore has long been a favorite target of those on the political right, this new documentary – "Manufacturing Dissent" – comes from two left-leaning Canadian filmmakers who were once fans and who began their project expecting to tell a positive story.
"When we started this project we hoped to have done a documentary that celebrated Michael Moore. We were admirers and fans," said Debbie Melnyk, who, with husband Rick Caine, made the film. "Then we found out certain facts about his documentaries that we hadn't known before. We ended up very disappointed and disillusioned."
Caine and Melnyk discovered, early on, that the public persona they knew was not the Moore they encountered when they began to examine his work.
"As investigative documentarists we always thought we could look at anything we wanted," Caine said. "But when we turned the cameras on one of the leading figures in our own industry, the people we wanted to talk to were like: 'What are you doing? Why are you throwing stones at the parade leader?'"
Their first disillusionment came in Flint, Mich., where Moore had portrayed his efforts to interview Roger Smith, the former chief executive of General Motors, about the company's policies that led to closure of the city's auto manufacturing plants. In "Roger & Me," Moore failed to get Smith to talk to him. In reality, said Caine and Melnyk, Moore secured two on-camera interviews, but the scenes were left out, apparently for dramatic effect.
"Manufacturing Dissent" includes a long list of alleged exaggerations or distortions in Moore's other films.
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Rebecca's Prayer: A Song of Praise
Rebecca's Prayer: A Song of Praise
By Sarah Hoffman
CBN News
CBNNews.com - RALEIGH, N.C. - Rebecca Simpson's two goals in life were to make an impact for God and graduate from her high school, North Raleigh Christian Academy.
She was determined not to let anything get in her way. Not even leukemia.
Her friend Abby Parsons remembers the day in eighth grade when Rebecca was diagnosed.
"I went to the hospital that evening and I expected that she would just be you know, kind of down or whatever. But she was laughing, happy, reading her Bible," she said.
Over the years, Simpson kept an online diary of everything she was going through. Sprinkled in between the notes about classes, plays and doctors appointments are glimpses into the teen's strong faith, read for CBN News by her friend Shea Northcut.
"It's okay to be upset or disappointed, as long as the faith is still there and the song of praise comes after the sadness.God has the victory in every fight.including this one," Shea read from Rebecca's journal.
Recently the head of Rebecca's school discovered that she had enough credits to fulfill her dream - and graduate early with honors. So, on Feb. 23, all the seniors dressed in their caps and gowns and gave Rebecca an official graduation ceremony.
"They came out to 'Pomp and Circumstance' and she was right where she was supposed to be," Rebecca's mom, Emmaline Simpson, said.
The choir she had been a part of sang a song and the girls she used to dance with choreographed a special number.
Award after award was handed out. And finally - the moment she had been waiting for her whole life - she got her diploma.
"It was very bittersweet. Very bittersweet," her dad, Jeff Simpson, said.
Less than eight hours after the ceremony, Rebecca Simpson went home to be with Jesus. But Rebecca fulfilled her other goal, too - to deeply influence her friends for the Lord even in her short life.
"You can look at all the students at this school, anyone who's ever come in contact with her is touched and will never be the same again because of who she was and the kind of person that she was and how strong she was in the Lord," Maggie Patton, Rebecca's friend, said.
Within hours of her passing, Simpson's friends wrote, produced and uploaded a song to the Internet called Rebecca's Prayer.
And less than 48 hours after her passing, Rebecca's mom, dad and sister Vinson sat down with CBN News to tell us about how they are coping with their loss.
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By Sarah Hoffman
CBN News
CBNNews.com - RALEIGH, N.C. - Rebecca Simpson's two goals in life were to make an impact for God and graduate from her high school, North Raleigh Christian Academy.
She was determined not to let anything get in her way. Not even leukemia.
Her friend Abby Parsons remembers the day in eighth grade when Rebecca was diagnosed.
"I went to the hospital that evening and I expected that she would just be you know, kind of down or whatever. But she was laughing, happy, reading her Bible," she said.
Over the years, Simpson kept an online diary of everything she was going through. Sprinkled in between the notes about classes, plays and doctors appointments are glimpses into the teen's strong faith, read for CBN News by her friend Shea Northcut.
"It's okay to be upset or disappointed, as long as the faith is still there and the song of praise comes after the sadness.God has the victory in every fight.including this one," Shea read from Rebecca's journal.
Recently the head of Rebecca's school discovered that she had enough credits to fulfill her dream - and graduate early with honors. So, on Feb. 23, all the seniors dressed in their caps and gowns and gave Rebecca an official graduation ceremony.
"They came out to 'Pomp and Circumstance' and she was right where she was supposed to be," Rebecca's mom, Emmaline Simpson, said.
The choir she had been a part of sang a song and the girls she used to dance with choreographed a special number.
Award after award was handed out. And finally - the moment she had been waiting for her whole life - she got her diploma.
"It was very bittersweet. Very bittersweet," her dad, Jeff Simpson, said.
Less than eight hours after the ceremony, Rebecca Simpson went home to be with Jesus. But Rebecca fulfilled her other goal, too - to deeply influence her friends for the Lord even in her short life.
"You can look at all the students at this school, anyone who's ever come in contact with her is touched and will never be the same again because of who she was and the kind of person that she was and how strong she was in the Lord," Maggie Patton, Rebecca's friend, said.
Within hours of her passing, Simpson's friends wrote, produced and uploaded a song to the Internet called Rebecca's Prayer.
And less than 48 hours after her passing, Rebecca's mom, dad and sister Vinson sat down with CBN News to tell us about how they are coping with their loss.
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