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$500-a-day fine for posting Constitution: "It's a fish story that's turning into a whale of a legal tale..... [T]hey hired artist Matt Evanson and gave him free rein to paint a giant mural of marine life.... But Evanson has not been able to complete the artwork – which contains no words except for his signature – because the city... claims it violates the sign code.... [The city fined] Quintero, and he initially pleaded no contest, agreeing to pay $690. But the businessman is refusing the city's demand to paint over the fish. His response? Proudly hang a giant banner with text of the First Amendment promoting free speech in front of the mural....

     "Not amused, the city of Clearwater is now threatening to hook Quintero with fines of $500 a day for displaying the large version of America's founding document."

Prof calls Christian student 'fascist b------': "Lopez was participating in a class assignment to give a speech on 'any topic' from six to eight minutes. 'During the November, 24, 2008 class, Mr. Lopez delivered an informative speech on God and the ways in which Mr. Lopez has seen God act both in his life and in the lives of others through miracles. In the middle of the speech, he addressed the issues of God and morality; thus, he referred to the dictionary definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman and also read a passage from the Bible discussing marriage....

     "At that point, the professor interrupted him and refused to allow him to finish his speech.... Matteson then called Lopez a 'fascist b------' and dismissed the class. Later, the professor left an evaluation form on Lopez's backpack without a grade, instructing him to 'Ask God what your grade is.'  

     "...a senior counsel with the ADF, however, was critical of the school's actions. 'Public institutions of higher learning cannot selectively censor Christian speech,' he said. "This student was speaking well within the confines of his professor's assignment when he was censored and ultimately threatened with expulsion.' ... 'When students are given open-ended assignments in a public speaking class, the First Amendment protects their ability to express their views. Moreover, the district has a speech code that has created a culture of censorship on campus. America's public universities and colleges are supposed to be a 'marketplace of ideas,' not a hotbed of intolerance." Don't mention Jesus

Gay coach targets heterosexual player: "After leading her team to its first conference title in 18 years as a high school senior, the 6-foot-2 forward decided to attend Central Michigan University, which offered her a full scholarship. But Heike says she fell out of favor in 2007 with CMU's new women's basketball head coach, Sue Guevara, and was eventually kicked off the team. She claims the coach, who is allegedly lesbian, took issue with her heterosexuality."

Congressman Frank Wolf Criticizes Obama Administration for Silence During UN Review of China’s Human Rights Record: "The Obama Administration made a pledge to place human rights at the top of its agenda,' Wolf said. 'By staying silent, it is off to the wrong start.... How can America say nothing about four of the worst offenders of human rights and religious freedom in the world? ...China has been designated by the State Department’s annual Religious Freedom report as a country of particular concern every year since 1999.... Saudi Arabia, too, has received this designation for the past four years. And the U.S. delegation has remained silent.” See When Iron Gates Yield

Britain's Surrender to Islamists: "In pre-emptive submission to Islamist sensibilities, Britain barred Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders last Thursday from entering the country and speaking at the House of Lords.... His short anti-Islam video 'Fitna,' which juxtaposes Quranic verses calling for jihad with footage of Islamic terror, threatened 'public security in the U.K,' according to the Home Office. Since Mr. Wilder has never called for violence -- in his home country, the only life threatened as a result of his work is his own -- the imagined security threat could come only from people opposed to him, i.e. Muslim radicals. Britain is punishing Mr. Wilders not for his own actions but for the hypothetical actions of his adversaries....

      "The 56-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference is pushing for changes to international law and national law in Western countries to make them conform with Shariah law. One of the main goals of the United Nations' 'antiracism' conference in April in Geneva will be to commit member states to implement laws to stop the 'defamation' of Islam....

      "Islamists flocked to Britain precisely because of its tradition of tolerance. It's a cruel twist of history that radical Muslims have been allowed to use the freedom they found there to limit freedom for everybody else."

 

Google Map: Intimidation or conversation starter? "'There has been a systematic effort to intimidate and harass donors to the [pro-family] Prop 8 campaign,' said Ron Prentice, chairman of ProtectMarriage.com.... 'The latest example of this is the publication by our opponents of 'Google Maps' showing the home or office location of Yes on 8 contributors.... The message of this harassment is unmistakable – 'support traditional marriage and we will find you.'...'The organization cited 'numerous examples of threatening and harassing e-mails, phone calls and postcards.'... Among the messages to Prop 8 donors: 'Burn in hell.' 'Consider yourself lucky. If I had a gun I would have gunned you down along with each and every other supporter.' '...we have plans for you and your friends.' Also cited were cases of vandalism and property destruction." See Depravity

January 2009

Tribunal: 'Gay' rights trump Christianity: "A British employment tribunal has ruled that a Christian counselor was wrongfully dismissed after he expressed reservations about offering sexual advice to homosexuals, but the judges rejected his claim of religious discrimination.... Instead, after a letter circulated... that accused McFarlane of being a 'homophobe,' he was suspended in January 2008 and dismissed two months later. 'If I were a Muslim, this would not have happened. But Christians seem to have fewer and fewer rights,' McFarlane said." See Seeds of Persecution

WhiteHouse.gov - Civil Rights: "Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: President Obama and Vice President Biden will strengthen federal hate crimes legislation, expand hate crimes protection by passing the Matthew Shepard Act, and reinvigorate enforcement at the Department of Justice's Criminal Section."

Holland's national suicide note: "The Dutch court of appeal has ruled that Geert Wilders, the Member of Parliament and anti-terrorism activist, must stand trial for hate speech. ... 'On 21 January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered the criminal prosecution of the member of parliament Geert Wilders for the incitement to hatred and discrimination based on his statements in various media about moslims and their belief.'  Did you catch that? ... Incitement to... Violence? ... No. Incitement to hatred. Hatred is an emotion. And apparently in Holland, 'making' someone feel that emotion is a crime. And inciting 'discrimination' is, too. Not just discrimination itself, mind you. But inciting someone to discriminate. 'In addition, the Court of Appeal considers criminal prosecution obvious for the insult of Islamic worshippers.... This is the criminalization of 'insults.'"

British Muslims Offended by Christians Praying during Ramadan: "A Christian group in Oxford has apologised to the city’s Muslims for having the audacity to organise a day of prayer during Ramadan. Oxford's Muslims found it ‘ill-conceived and insensitive’, not to mention ‘grossly insulting and inflammatory’.

      "The Muslim Education Centre of Oxford (MECO) has accused the Evangelical group ‘Open Doors UK’ of preaching ‘evangelical propaganda’. Do not Muslims preach Islamic propaganda? Do the Christians in Oxford complain about this? Would the Muslims of Oxford apologise or even care if the Christians did complain about it?"

November 2008

Gay activists focusing on rights issues other than marriage: "Gay advocates predict swift action on a federal hate-crimes bill that would allow federal aid to investigate crimes committed because of sexual orientation or gender identity. The measure, which then-senator Obama co-sponsored, passed Congress last year but was dropped from a defense authorization bill after President Bush threatened a veto. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would extend workplace protections to gays, also could resurface for an early vote... Obama has favored the bill." See Why hate crimes laws would ban Biblical Christianity

Obama’s Coming War on Historic Christianity over Homosexual Practice and Abortion: "Persecution will take many forms, as indicated by actions that have already taken place in parts of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe: ● Compulsory indoctrination of our children in schools (kindergarten up)....

● Job discrimination, termination, and the imposition of fines on people who express contrary views toward homosexual practice.... ● Forced offering of goods and services that directly advance and promote homosexual practice and abortion, irrespective of the degree to which the conscience of the provider may be violated.... ● Severe restrictions in broadcasting and the print media.... ● Sanctions against Christian colleges and seminaries that allow 'discrimination' against 'gay, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders'...

     "Persons who express the view that homosexual practice is immoral will be particular targets of persecution. They will be likened to virulent racists and their civil liberties will be attenuated accordingly." See Moral, Spiritual & Cultural Corruption

The Right To Win (Thomas Sowell): "The worst of all the reactions from people who act as if they have a right to win have come from gay activists in the wake of voter rejection of so-called 'gay marriage'.... Blacks and Mormons have been the main targets of the gay activists' anger. Seventy percent of blacks voted against gay marriage in California, so racial epithets were hurled at blacks....

      "In the past, gay activists have disrupted Catholic services and their 'gay pride' parades in San Francisco have crudely mocked nuns. While demanding tolerance from others, gay activists apparently feel no need to show any themselves....

       "'No justice, no peace!' was a slogan that found resonance. ...it sounds good if you don't stop and think-- and awful if you do. ... Nobody is in favor of anarchy. But some people want everybody else to obey the rules, while they don't have to.... When the majority of the people become like sheep, who will tolerate intolerance rather than make a fuss, then there is no limit to how far any group will go." See Tolerance as a Tool for Transformation

eHarmony.com to match 'gays' -- Dating site promoted by James Dobson bows to lawsuit: "Internet dating service eHarmony has officially agreed to begin matching homosexual couples.... On March 14, 2005, Eric McKinley filed a lawsuit against eHarmony, claiming the company discriminated against him when it refused to accept his advertisement for a 'gay' partner."

Muslims get last laugh: "Under the settlement, Gold'n Plump agreed to pay $215,000 to workers who were terminated for taking prayer breaks. The Work Connection will pay $150,000 to workers who were asked to sign a form acknowledging that they might be required to handle pork, which many Muslims consider unclean.... 'So the proposition that Muslims have special privileges in American society, to which others are not privy, is now enshrined in [legal] precedent." See Islam

Court: Quit saying 'illegal aliens': "Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor stirred up a hornet's nest by endorsing a demand from the Hispanic Bar Association to censor words and phrases such as 'illegal aliens' and 'illegal immigrants' and substitute 'foreign nationals' in court documents."

      Our Constitution is fast becoming obsolete.

ACLU bullies small-town festival for including Christians: "The Thibodeauxville Festival, which draws nearly 12,000 people to the town whose population barely exceeds 14,000, has featured fun, food, street dancing and bands from a variety of genres for the past 16 years. But when the ACLU spied the city's seal on a flier that also promoted the Christian bands performing at the festival, it took action. Marjorie Esman, executive director of ACLU Louisiana [said], 'We wrote to a letter to the mayor, copied the president of the chamber, asking them for the future to not include religious expression in the event."

McCain T-shirt gets man cuffed, stuffed: "A man wearing a McCain-Palin T-shirt during a Philadelphia celebration on election night was arrested, cuffed and stuffed into a police cruiser.... Although the man protested that he didn't want to cause any trouble, officers manhandled him and arrested him...."

 

Cops at man's home for opposing Obama: "Brent Garner of Lawrence, Kan. ...composed an essay on Oct. 29 detailing Obama's connections with communist Frank Davis and Weatherman William Ayers, the Democrat's tax plan and his lack of protection for infants born alive following failed abortion procedures. He then put the letter in an envelope and delivered it to Obama supporter and Lawrence Police Department civilian administrator Kim Murphree, whom he had met at his church. ... He then drove home, and a clergyman from his church called him, saying Murphree had complained about the letter. While he was speaking on the phone, only 10-15 minutes following his letter delivery, an officer from the Lawrence Police Department appeared on his doorstep."

October 2008

Girl called racist for wearing Palin t-shirt: “'Some of the students were calling me racist because I was Caucasian,' she said. '...And I told them that’s not true. It’s my freedom of speech, it’s my opinion.” See The UN Plan for Your Mental Health

President would review 'hate crimes' plan: "'The hate crimes plan is to be offered as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2009 Department of Defense reauthorization bill.'... Pro-homosexual advocates long have sought such a law, but opponents fear it would be used to crack down on those who maintain a biblical perspective.... Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter earlier this year signed a bill into law that opponents describe as draconian, with one analyst expressing the opinion that it actually could be read as outlawing publication of the Bible in the state because of its injunctions against homosexuality." See Why "Hate crime" laws would ban Biblical Christianity

Stephen Boissoin - A Pastor Silenced: "For those who have been following Canada's human rights tribunals and their decisions against Christians who express moral opposition to homosexual activism and same-sex marriage, the name Stephen Boissoin should be familiar. ...the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal recently ordered him to stop talking about homosexuality from the perspective of his evangelical Christian faith. Moreover, the government tribunal ordered him to apologize for his previous expressions on this topic as a Christian, and has prohibited him from criticizing the government process to which he had been subjected....

      "Stephen struck me as anything but hateful. He came across as gentle, albeit fervent like most evangelicals (although he doesn't admit the label, calling himself a simple Bible Christian). Moreover, he expressed genuinely felt concern for the emotional, spiritual and physical welfare of those who practice the homosexual lifestyle." See Why "Hate crime" laws would ban Biblical Christianity

July 2008

Court says no to prayers in Jesus' name: "The Fredericksburg City Council's policy prohibiting a member from opening meetings with a prayer mentioning Jesus does not violate his free-speech rights, a federal appeals court ruled.... The court said the policy does not violate Turner's rights because the prayer is 'government speech,' not individual speech.... 'Turner was not forced to offer a prayer that violated his deeply held religious beliefs,' wrote retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who participated in the case as a visiting judge. ... She wrote that he 'remains free to pray on his own behalf, in non-governmental endeavors, in the manner dictated by his conscience.' The council implemented the policy after the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to file a lawsuit over Turner's sectarian prayers. ....

      "'This ruling shows exactly how dangerous the government speech doctrine is -- it extinguishes free speech,' said John W. Whitehead, the organization's president. 'If the government can censor speech on the grounds that it is so-called 'government speech,' it will not be long before this label becomes a convenient tool for silencing any message that does not conform to what government officials deem appropriate.'"See Ban Truth - Reap Tyranny

Before you read the first two links, you may want to see the background information in this article: Trading US Rights for UN Goals

Human rights commissions in the United States: "...even in the land of the First Amendment, political correctness can start to creep into daily life with the force of law behind it.... Here's a recent case from Alexandria, Virginia, where a local restaurant was found guilty of discrimination. ... they fired an employee who had AIDS. That's similar to Alberta's ruling in favour of a restaurant manager who was fired for having Hepatitis, and a B.C. ruling in favour of a McDonald's employee who didn't want to wash her hands....

     "And then there's Philadelphia's 'human relations' commission [HRC], with its $2.1-million budget and staff of 33... [T]he Philly HRC's boss, a radical activist named Rue Landau, sounds like Ontario's Barbara Hall.... Landau will 'strongly suggest' that every city agency undergo diversity training, particularly involving transgender people. Philadelphia is one of only 13 municipalities in the state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.... Landau also plans to lobby City Council for an increase in the commission's penalties and fines.." See Why "Hate crime" laws would ban Biblical Christianity

Philadelphia's Geno's Steaks Adopts English-Only Ordering Policy: "Situated in a South Philadelphia immigrant neighborhood, Geno's... has posted small signs telling customers, 'This Is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING `SPEAK ENGLISH.' ... Vento [the owner], whose grandparents struggled to learn English after immigrating from Sicily in the 1920s, said he posted the sign about six months ago amid concerns over immigration reform and the increasing number of customers who could not order in English.... But the policy has 'really upset a lot of a people,' said Brad Baldia of Day Without An Immigrant, a coalition of immigrant groups.... Juntos, a Hispanic neighborhood organization, said it plans to send people to Geno's to try to order in Spanish and may pursue court action, depending on what happens."

Boys punished with detention for refusing to pray to Allah [UK]: "Two seventh-grade boys were given detention and their classmates forced to miss their scheduled refreshment break when the pair refused to kneel and pray to Allah during a religious studies class. Outraged parents called the punishment of the boys... a breach of their human rights.... 'I understand that they have to learn about other religions.... Making them pray to Allah, who isn't who they worship, is wrong and what got me is that they were told they were being disrespectful...'" See Tolerance as a Tool for Transformation

June 2008

Hate speech or free speech? The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal... will soon rule on whether Maclean's violated a provincial hate speech law by stirring up animosity toward Muslims....The Maclean's article, 'The Future Belongs to Islam,' was an excerpt from a book by Mark Steyn called 'America Alone.' .... Steyn... said the court proceeding illustrated some important distinctions. 'The problem with so-called hate speech laws is that they're not about facts,' he said in a telephone interview. 'They're about feelings.' ... 'Western governments are becoming increasingly comfortable with the regulation of opinion." See Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules

April 2008

Brigitte Bardot on trial for Muslim slur: "French former film star Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of 'inciting racial hatred' over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers. Prosecutors asked that the Paris court hand the 73-year-old former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her 15,000 euros ($23,760) for saying the Muslim community was 'destroying our country and imposing its acts." See Trading US Rights for UN Goals

 

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: “Art 11. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. The freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected.... The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society....

     "Art. 52 1. ...limitations may be made only if they are necessary and genuinely meet objectives of general interest recognised by the Union or the need to protect the rights and freedoms of others.'....

      Including the freedom not to be offended by Christian beliefs and values? These open-ended limitations undermine any genuine freedom. In fact, they sound just like the UN Declaration on Human Rights! See Trading US Rights for UN Goals

'Expelled' to Yoko Ono: Imagine there's a Constitution: "The makers of Ben Stein's 'Expelled' movie, which opened last weekend at No. 10 nationwide and already has become one of the top 25 documentaries of all time, say the U.S. Constitution will be their defense against a lawsuit filed by Yoko Ono. Ono and the sons of 'Imagine' songwriter John Lennon, Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon, are suing the documentary makers for using a brief clip of the popular song in the film." See Expelled! and Adapting the Constitution to a Global Consensus

 

The UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees "the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion" in Article 18.  Article 19 affirms "the right to freedom of opinion and expression...." But Article 29 states that "these rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." In other words, these "rights" don't apply to those who would criticize the UN or its policies. Your rights would be conditioned on your compliance. Now compare those UN "promises" with those of the Olympic Committee:

The International Olympic Committee’s Gag Order: "The eight-page 'briefing kit' ... calls on national Olympic committees to send athletes who are 'in compliance with the Olympic Charter' to the Games. 'Athletes will have total freedom of expression' to answer questions from the media, the memo states. 'However, rules for athletes clearly state that the venues of the Games are not a place for proactive political or religious expression.'... 'In Beijing, sanctions and penalties will be applied in any cases considered to be a breach of IOC policy.'"

March 2008

Islam and Free Speech: "While efforts to create parallel Islamic societies have been mostly peaceful, they may actually be a jihadist 'waiting game,' based on the assumption that the Islamic populations of many European states will become the majority over the next 25-50 years due to higher Muslim birth rates and immigration.

    "What is particularly disturbing about these assaults against modern society is how the West has reacted with appeasement, willful ignorance, and a lack of journalistic criticism. Last year PBS tried to suppress 'Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center,' a hard-hitting documentary that contained criticism of radical jihadists. ...it is likely that few members of the Western media will air it, perhaps because they have been intimidated by radical jihadist threats. ...

      "A German court ruled last year that a German Muslim man had the right to beat his wife, as this was permitted under Shariah." See Whose "rights" will rule in a "democratized" world?

 

Eliminating ’defamation’ of Islam: "Item VI on the OIC's Ten Year Program of Action is 'Combating Islamophobia'. Tasks to be undertaken in this regard include the establishment of an Observatory on Islamophobia tasked with monitoring Islamophobia and 'defamation' of Islam and issuing annual reports; and getting the UN to 'adopt an international resolution on Islamophobia, and call on all States to enact laws to counter it, including deterrent punishments'.

    "...December 2005 was three months after the Danish Mohammed cartoons were published in Denmark (with no response).... Most notably however, it was two months before the 'Cartoon Intifada' erupted in the Levant and spread across the Muslim world. The Cartoon Intifada, in which Danish embassies were razed, numerous lives were lost and Danish products were boycotted, subsequently became the backdrop for the OIC's April 2006 presentation of its resolution against the defamation of religions, specifically Islam, to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)." See No Rights for Resisters

January 2008

Islam. UK bishop's comments slammed by Muslims: "A Church of England bishop has said Islamic extremism has turned some areas of Britain into 'no-go areas' for non-Muslims, drawing ire from the Muslim community, which dismissed his comments as scaremongering. 'There has been a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism,' the Pakistan-born Bishop of Rochester, Doctor Michael Nazir-Ali, wrote in the Sunday Telegraph. One of the results of this, he said, was 'to turn already separate communities into 'no-go' areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability.'" See next link:

Whose Rights?  Why should free-born Canadians require the permission of the state to read my columns? (by Mark Steyn, author of America Alone): "The 'plaintiffs' [the Canadian Islamic Congress and some students] are not complaining that [Steyn's] article is false, or libelous, or seditious, for all of which there would be appropriate legal remedy. Their complaint is essentially emotional: it 'offended' them....

     "'The number of Muslims in Europe is expanding like 'mosquitoes.'  That claim certainly appears in my piece. But they're the words, not of a notorious right-wing Islamophobic columnist, but of a big­shot Scandinavian Muslim: 'We're the ones who will change you,' the Norwegian imam Mullah Krekar told the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet in 2006. 'Just look at the development within Europe, where the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes. Every Western woman in the EU is producing an average of 1.4 children. Every Muslim woman in the same countries is producing 3.5 children.'

     "Given that the 'mosquitoes' line is part of the basis on which the HRC accepted Dr. Elmasry's complaint of 'Islamophobia,' I'm interested to know what precisely is the offence? Are Mullah Krekar's words themselves Islamophobic? Or do they only become so when I quote them? ...

     "Just for the record, my book is not about Islam.... Rather, it posits Islam as an opportunist beneficiary of Western self-enfeeblement. The most important quotation in the entire text is nothing to do with Muslims or mosquitoes but a bald statement by the late historian Arnold Toynbee: 'Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.' One manifestation of that suicidal urge is the human rights commission." See Five Types of Religions

December 2007

Canada's Thought Police: "Celebrated author Mark Steyn has been summoned to appear before two Canadian judicial panels on charges linked to his book 'America Alone.' The book, a No. 1 bestseller in Canada, argues that Western nations are succumbing to an Islamist imperialist threat....

     "After the Canadian general-interest magazine Maclean's reprinted a chapter from the book, five Muslim law-school students, acting through the auspices of the Canadian Islamic Congress, demanded that the magazine be punished for spreading 'hatred and contempt' for Muslims.... The plaintiffs allege that Maclean's advocated, among other things, the notion that Islamic culture is incompatible with Canada's liberalized, Western civilization. They insist such a notion is untrue and, in effect, want opinions like that banned from publication.

     "...this whole process of dragging Steyn and the magazine before two separate human-rights bodies for the 'crime' of expressing an opinion is a good illustration of precisely what he was talking about....

     "Speech cops in America, too, are forever attempting similar efforts - most visibly, on college campuses. In fact, New York City itself has a human-rights panel that tries to stamp out anything deemed too politically incorrect." See Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules

 

First anti-smack conviction: "He had admitted grabbing his son by the shoulder, holding him on his knee and hitting him with an open hand. The father, who in court admitted losing his temper in the incident, pleaded guilty to assault and had already, with his wife, sought help with anger management, parenting skills and relationship counseling.

      "...the law should not criminalise good parents for lightly smacking [spanking] their children,' said Family First national director Bob McCoskrie. 'Here we have a young family, an expectant mother, a father attempting to do his very best, and a law which treats him as a criminal.... While community organisations working with at-risk families ... are driven to their knees because of a lack of adequate funding, there seems to be no shortage of resources in investigating good parents who use a light smack.'...

      "Many parents are confirming that children are telling them ‘you can’t touch me or I’ll tell the police.'” See International Courts Mock Sovereignty

October 2007

Hillary Talks About 'It': "Prof. Fish has an alternative to traditions of tolerance, and to anyone awash in American politics today it will sound familiar: 'That is to say, and Marcuse says it, anything the right does is bad and should not be tolerated; anything the left does is good and should be welcomed.' This would explain the emotional intensity and animosity in politics now: The other side no longer deserves minimal respect. It's not enough to disagree with conservative viewpoints; one has to undermine and delegitimize them. Mock them.... Incidentally, Marcuse, Fish and others on the left who want to 'withdraw' tolerance from the speech and ideas of their opponents count centrist Democrats among them. That is what happened to Joe Lieberman." See Tolerance as a Tool for Transformation

 

Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday: "New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan.... '...the lighting will become an annual event in the same tradition of the yearly lightings for Christmas and Hannukah.'... An estimated seven million Muslims live in the United States." But don't expect to see a manger scene there for Christmas! Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules

 

Ethics 101: "On Sept. 28, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 'Indoctrinate U'... [a] riveting documentary about the war on free speech and individual rights waged by university faculty... enjoyed its Washington premiere. ... But don't expect the leading ethics centers -- Harvard's... Princeton's... or Yale's Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics -- to sponsor lectures... or publish writings that examine these and numerous other ethical questions..."

September 2007

What is human rights-based education? "Human rights-based education activities should convey fundamental human rights principles, such as equality and non-discrimination, while affirming their interdependence, indivisibility and universality." See Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules

August 2007

Burglar dies after falling from top-floor window following confrontation with homeowner: "A homeowner was arrested after a burglar plunged from the balcony of his top-floor flat and later died in hospital. The intruder suffered head injuries and died in hospital after falling around 30ft on to a concrete path.... The arrest is expected to fuel arguments about the rights of householders to defend themselves against burglars....  If charged and convicted he could face a life sentence." See Guide to the New World Order

July 2007

Islamic States Chide UN Head for Criticizing Human Rights Body: "After ensuring that the U.N. Human Rights Council, in its first year of operation, produced numerous resolutions condemning Israel, the Islamic bloc on Wednesday criticized U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon for highlighting that fact.... Last month, Ban's spokesman said in a statement that Ban was "disappointed at the council's decision to single out only one specific regional item, given the range and scope of allegations of human rights violations throughout the world." ....[Ban] wishes to emphasize the need to consider all situations of possible human rights violations equally." The remark was a reference to a decision by the HRC to stop reporting on alleged human rights violations in Cuba and Belarus. See "Hate Crime" laws (would protect Muslims from criticism) &  The Angel of Light

June 2007

Chastity ring centre of new school religion row: "A Christian teenager will go to the high court this summer to challenge the decision of her school to ban her from wearing a celibacy ring on the grounds that it is her basic human right to express her religious beliefs. Lydia Playfoot, 16, will argue that the school is being discriminatory because it allows pupils from other faiths to wear religious adornments. Muslim and Sikh pupils at her all-girls secondary school in West Sussex are allowed to wear headscarves, trousers and kara bracelets. ... The case has been in the legal pipeline for two years after Lydia was first banned from wearing the chastity ring, which has an inscription from the Bible, when she was 14." (5-14-07) See The Rising World Religion

 

Bill Would Force Pharmacists to Offer Contraception: "Congressional Democrats and other advocates of emergency contraception on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require pharmacies to offer emergency birth control.... Some pro-life pharmacists have come under fire for refusing to offer the pills because of their personal moral objections....

     "Pharmacists have 'an obligation to serve women, provide them with access to medication,' Maloney said.... 'It's about the basic right to birth control.'...

     "Penalties would include a $5,000 fine for each day a violation occurs. The legislation would also allow women denied Plan B to sue pharmacies for damages in civil court." See Why "Hate crime" laws would ban Biblical Christianity

 

Action on Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions [This UN resolution protects Islam, not Christianity]: "In a resolution on Combating defamation of religions... the Council expresses deep concern at

    • attempts to identify Islam with terrorism, violence and human rights violations;

    • notes with deep concern the... religious profiling of Muslim minorities....

    • urges States to take resolute action to prohibit the dissemination... of racist and xenophobic ideas....

    • urges all States to ensure that all public officials... respect different religions....

    "The result of the vote was as follows: In favour (24): Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Gabon, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. Against (14): Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Abstentions (9): Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Peru, Uruguay and Zambia."

April 2007

Hate Crimes Law Could Muzzle Free Speech, Critics Fear: "'We were sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ,' Beckman says in a forthcoming commercial arguing that federal hate crimes legislation threatens free speech. 'When you send grandmothers to jail, it goes too far.'...

    "In the U.S. Senate, Sens. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), have also co-sponsored a hate crimes bill called the 'Matthew Shepard Bill,' named for a University of Wyoming student beaten to death in 1998 by attackers who were offended by his homosexuality. 'As a nation founded on the ideals of tolerance and justice, we simply cannot accept violence that is motivated by bias and hate,' Smith said in a statement. 'Current law is limited. Our proposal would change that and change it permanently.'" See Clinton's War on Hate Bans Christian Values

March 2007

Who's Wrong When Rights Collide?: "For 15 years, John Nemecek was a respected business professor and associate dean at Spring Arbor University, an evangelical college in Michigan. But after he started wearing makeup and earrings and asked friends to call him Julie, he was demoted, then fired, and told that his womanly appearance violated 'Christian behavior.' Prof. Nemecek is contesting the dismissal under federal discrimination laws...

     "Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, courts have recognized that churches enjoy a 'ministerial exception' allowing them to discriminate to uphold their beliefs. This right is recognized when it comes to selecting clergy, such as allowing Catholics to exclude women priests, but courts have not settled on the sweep of this exception .... 'Essentially they're saying they can define who is a Christian,' says Prof. Nemecek, whose Baptist church also asked him to leave the congregation. 'I don't agree our biology determines our gender.'" See Gender -- and Oneness in Christ

 

Former head of Virginia ACLU arrested on child pornography charges: "Rust-Tierney has admitted to investigators that he had downloaded videos and images from child pornography websites and burned them onto CD-ROMs. The complaint states that the videos in question contain graphic, forcible intercourse with prepubescent females, one of whom can be 'seen and heard crying,' while another is apparently tied with ropes.... Rust-Tierney has spoken out vociferously against the practice of restricting Internet access in public libraries." See Betraying our nation

Februrary 2007

 Use of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Too “Homophobic”, Scottish Nurses Told: "Nurses and other health care professionals should avoid using the terms ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ to refer to family relationships since the terms could be offensive to homosexual couples with children.... Issued in conjunction with the country’s leading homosexual activist organization Stonewall Scotland, the publication is entitled Fair For All - The Wider Challenge.... The booklet calls for a 'zero-tolerance policy to discriminatory language' among Scotland’s health care system....

    "...the directive requires that management or team leader job descriptions include a mandatory commitment to combating any 'discriminatory' language or attitudes among staff. The booklet was funded by taxpayers...as part of the Equality and Diversity program." See The UN Plan for Your Mental Health

Janurary 2007

Uppsala University Guilty of Anti-Swedish Discrimination: "Late last month Uppsala University was found guilty of discrimination against Swedes by the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen). Three years ago, the university refused to enroll Cecilia Lönn and Josefine Milander in its Law Faculty even though they had better grades than thirty other students with a foreign background.

     "..when somebody with a foreign background is favored even though the Swede had better grades, since this is not positive discrimination, but just plain discrimination." See The UN Plan for Global Migration

December 2006

 UN Assembly Adopts Treaty on Rights of Disabled: "The convention, which must be ratified by 20 nations to come into effect, covers civil and political rights, accessibility and the unrestricted right to education, health and employment. Ratifying nations must adopt laws prohibiting discrimination." This sounds compassionate, but how will governments stretch the definition of "rights" and "disabled" to control people, change schools, and close small companies? See Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules

September 2006

British Christian Arrested for Distributing Bible Tracts Opposing Homosexuality: "As bad as things are with the rise of an intolerant, government-endorsed 'gay' agenda in the USA, they are worse in Canada, England and much of Western Europe....

      "Stephen Green, 55, national director of the evangelical organization Christian Voice, was arrested for handing leaflets entitled 'Same-sex love – same-sex sex: What does the Bible say?” to festival goers attending the homosexual celebration held in Bute Park. Green was charged with using 'threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior.'..." See Whose "rights" will rule in a "democratized" world?

June 2006

Latvia Angers EU over Homophobia: "...the Parliament of Latvia upset the European Union by refusing to accept a labour bill that would make it a criminal offense for a private person or company to refuse to employ a gay person.... The Latvian parliamentarians insisted on the right of private employers to turn down people whose moral behaviour they reject." See Ban truth - Reap Tyranny

 

Brussels Journal Editor Threatened with Prosecution over Homeschooling : "Yesterday my husband Paul Belien, the editor of this website, was summoned to the police station and interrogated. He was told that the Belgian authorities are of the opinion that, as a homeschooler, he has not adequately educated his children and, hence, is neglecting his duty as a parent, which is a criminal offence....

     "My husband, a lawyer by training, and I, a former university lecturer, have homeschooled four of our five children through high school. These four have meanwhile moved on to university. Our youngest child is also being homeschooled....The fact that a growing group of children seems to be escaping from the government¹s influence clearly bothers the authorities.

      "Three years ago a new school bill was introduced. The new bill refers to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...." See Three Myths of Homeschooling

 

Seven-Year-Old Beaten at School For Father's Stand Against Homosexual Activism: "On May 17—the two-year anniversary of same-sex 'marriage' in Massachusetts—the first-grade son of a prominent pro-family advocate was dragged and beaten behind the Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington during recess, receiving multiple blows to the chest, stomach, and genital area. Jacob Parker, the 7-year-old who was attacked, is the son of David Parker... [who had] objected to homosexual curriculum in his son's kindergarten class....

      "...one student in particular performed the actual physical assault while, 'many children stood, watched silently, and did nothing as the beating commenced.'.... The group of kids surrounded Jacob and he was beaten and punched. Then, as he fell to the ground, another child was heard saying to the group of children, 'Now you all can finish him off.'...

     "Parker noted that his conflict with the school over homosexuality is well known among the students.... Members of the community itself have organized public demonstrations specifically against Parker, in which their children have taken part....

     "Ironically, the school prides itself on its long-time involvement in various 'Safe School' programs, which are geared to creating school environments 'safe' for students who are homosexual. Parker asked, "Isn't the school supposed to be addressing safety and preventing bullying and violence? Or are such programs only focused on children with homosexual parents?" See No Rights for Resisters

May 2006

Saving Souls at School: "At least a dozen teachers and staff members at the public school run the 'Good News' Christian club. Attendance in the group, which started in January, has swelled to more than a fifth of Little River's enrollment. ... To maintain separation of church and state, public school teachers may not promote religion during school hours. But some teachers are doing so right after their school day ends, thanks to two court rulings. In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of religious groups to spread their message to children in elementary schools after hours. Three years later, a federal appeals court ruled that it is legal for teachers to participate in such clubs....

     "After receiving a letter from a concerned parent about a teacher-led club at another elementary school, Dr. Denlinger told principals earlier this month that the district plans to examine the Bible clubs."

      Could a complaint from one parent become more significant to the school than the law of the land? Does the popularity of the Good News Club make it less legal for Christians to use public places than for other groups such as the Gay clubs or "Satanism club," which may freely meet on school grounds after classes end. On the other hand, the "fun" activity at the end sounds out-of-place for a group that "helps instill character and values." See The Postmodern Church

 

Islamist Threats To Dutch Politician Bring Chill: "Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been threatened repeatedly with 'execution' by Islamist extremists. She lives in an apartment with bulletproof windows, and is driven to work at the Dutch Parliament by armed guards, who vary the route to outfox would-be hit men. But an unexpected menace emerged closer to home: her own neighbors. They have fought to evict her, complaining that the presence of a well-known terrorist target in their luxury apartment tower in this Dutch city has upset their family lives and reduced the value of their property....

     In late April, a court in The Hague gave Ms. Hirsi Ali four months to vacate her apartment. Her departure, judges ruled, was necessary to protect the 'human rights' of her fearful neighbors....

    "Across Europe, dozens of people are now in hiding or under police protection because of threats from Muslim extremists. Dutch police say politicians reported 121 death threats last year.... Geert Wilders, a right-wing member of parliament who also lives in a high-security apartment owned by the state, says he has received 120 menacing emails and letters since January. One of the latest reads: "Oh you cursed infidel! Don't think you are safe from our mighty organization....It is our wish to kill you by decapitation...!'

    "Who did what and why during World War II are still touchy questions here. Holland deported 78% of its Jews -- the highest proportion in Western Europe. Among them was Anne Frank..." See The Fall and Rise of Human Violence

 

Civility, not censorship, is issue in 'Da Vinci Code' debate: "Tom Hanks... says it's just a story, 'loaded with all sorts of hooey and fun kind of scavenger-hunt-type nonsense.' He's right, but so is an official of the Christian Council of Korea, who said, ''The Da Vinci Code' is a movie which belittles and tries to destroy Christianity.'

     "...this thriller is mounting the powerful argument that Christianity is rotten to the core, based on lies and political conspiracy. It is surely one of the most effective attacks on Christian faith in generations. ...[We've had this kind of assault before, but not addressed to such a large audience of religious illiterates and uncritical minds.

     "...where is the muscular pro-censorship lobby that usually leaps into action whenever 'hate speech' is detected? After all, eccentric historian David Irving is sitting in an Austrian prison for two speeches he gave denying the Holocaust....

     "Ordinary civility should make us cautious about attacking religions that so many people hold dear. But if you believe that any religion is dangerous or nonsensical, you should speak out.... Now Europe is itching to ban negative comments against all religion whose adherents are likely to cut your head with a rusty saw when criticized. Since this doesn't include Christianity, double standards are clearly being set up." See Whose "rights" will rule in a "democratized" world?

 

Bill to ban 'mom, dad' from texts advances: "A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society and that would remove sex-specific terms such as 'mom' and 'dad' from textbooks has passed another hurdle on the way to becoming the law of the land in California. Having already been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB 1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books 'accurately' portraying 'the sexual diversity of our society,' got the nod yesterday of the Senate Education Committee. The bill also requires students hear history lessons on 'the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America." See Ban truth - Reap Tyranny

April 2006

Court Won't Hear Fight Over Jesus Poster: "The Supreme Court refused Monday to get involved in a fight over a Jesus poster that a New York kindergarten student submitted for a class assignment on ways to save the environment."

 

The price for a place at the table: "Evangelical Christians are getting a lot of advice these days on politics...: 'You can be part of the process, so long as you don't step on certain toes.... If you want to remain in... the good graces of the GOP, you will learn to shut up as homosexual activists radically redefine marriage, ply their message of acceptance to schoolchildren and construct 'hate-crime' laws designed to crush resistance.'...

     "[Mr. Douthat] depicts the evangelical response to the homosexual cultural onslaught as an obsession with 'gay Teletubbies.' ... Never mind, for instance, that the creator of 'Teletubbies' admitted in an interview that he deliberately costumed one of the male Tubbies as lavender, carrying a purse and wearing an upside-down triangle on his head (the symbol of gay liberation) to encourage toddlers to question their gender identity. Truth is no defense, it seems, when you cross the powerful homosexual lobby and its media allies." See How Teletubbies Teach Children

 

Public school teachers gone wild: "The outrage is not merely that White introduced moonbat politics into his science classroom, but that he compelled his captive young audience to endure personal politics of any kind. The offense is compounded by the teacher's blatant violation of school rules against obscenity....

     "...my son was told he couldn't leave the room without saying, 'John Kerry rocks,'" [a mother] said. 'I think my son is entitled to his opinion, just like (his teacher) is. I don't think any issue should be forced on my son.'" See Paradigm Shift - Total transformation

 

The Armor of God. Our children need to wear it!

March 2006

Islam. Apostasy Case Raises Questions About Islamic Constitutions: "Afghanistan's constitution, signed into law in January 2004, includes in the preamble adherence to 'the holy religion of Islam' as well as respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article two states that Islam is the official religion, but 'followers of other faiths shall be free within the bounds of law in the exercise and performance of their religious rights.' Article three, however, states that 'no law shall contravene the tenets and provisions of the holy religion of Islam.'... In effect, the requirement of article three abrogates any perceived suggestion of religious liberty in article two.'...

     "In the case of Iraq's new constitution, the document states that freedom of religion is upheld, but also says that 'no law may be passed that contradicts the constitution, the undisputed laws of Islam, or the principles of democracy.'... That clause caused Iraqi Christian leaders such concern they issued a last minute plea to amend the draft, to no avail. ....Under shari'a, any Muslim who abandons his faith is guilty of apostasy. According to some Islamic scholars the offense is punishable by death." See Risking her life to follow Jesus

     

But the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not much better. See the next link:

 

Seeds of Persecution. Trading U.S. Rights for UN Rules: "At the first glance, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sounds good, as do all  the intrusive UN human rights treaties. Article 18 upholds 'the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion...' Article 19 affirms 'the right to freedom of opinion and expression... and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.'

       "But Article 29 states that 'these rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.' In other words, these 'rights' or 'freedoms' don't apply to those who would criticize the UN or its policies. Your rights would be conditioned on your compliance." See Don't Mention Jesus

February 2006

Netherlands blasts Solana on alleged cartoon apologies: "The Netherlands has sharply criticised EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana for the allegedly apologetic tone he has used when facing muslim countries. ...the EU's top foreign policy official said... 'I expressed our sincere regret that religious feelings have been hurt', vowing 'to reach out...to make sure that people’s hearts and minds are not hurt again.'" But there as been little concern about the faith and feelings of European Christians. See  Ban truth - Reap Tyranny

January 2006

Judge Upholds Prayer Limits in Ind. State House: "In a spirited duel over prayer, members of the Indiana state House are at odds with a federal judge who ruled that the daily invocation appeals too often to Jesus Christ and a Christian god. The 'systematically sectarian' prayers, U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton concluded, are barred by the Constitution, which forbids the government to show preference for any religious denomination. He ordered the House to avoid mentioning Christ in the formal benedictions."

      This battle against Christian expressions is spearheaded by the Indiana branch of the ACLU -- the organization that supports the new "Bible Literacy" textbook for use in public schools! Please read Training students to rethink God's Word.

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