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TORONTO, April 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In what is being described as "another blow to religious liberty" in Canada, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered a Christian organization to cease using an employment contract which has staff promise they will not engage in "homosexual relationships." Moreover, the ruling demands that the organization pay $23,000, plus two years wages and benefits to a woman who signed onto the contract and then entered a homosexual relationship and was subsequently dismissed.
The Tribunal ruled against Christian Horizons, an Evangelical Christian Ministry that provides care and residential services to 1,400 developmentally disabled individuals with over 180 residential homes across Ontario, and 2,500 employees.
"Talking Points believes anti-Christian bias in this country is off the chart. . . If you don't fight this stuff, it is going to overwhelm all of us,"
Bill O'Reilly, theO'Reilly Factor.
"Make no mistake. We are going to see this across the country, in all 50 states, if people of faith don't speak up to preserve our religious freedom." Brad W. Dacus,President Pacific Justice Institute.
"Nothing short of a great Civil War of Values rages today throughout North America. Two sides with vastly differing and incompatible world-views are locked in a bitter conflict that permeates every level of society. …the struggle now is for the hearts and minds of the people. It is a war over ideas. For now, the outcome is very much in doubt."
-- James Dobson, Children at Risk.
For Their Sakes, Cancel Your Trip-
The Tecumseh Project is asking all who agree with us to protest Canada's evisceration of free speech and religious freedom. Here's how:
1) If you live outside Canada and are sympathetic to what we're saying, DO NOT spend any discretionary money in Canada until further notice. Period.
2) EVERYONE (Canadians and all foreigners) should write to the appropriate buiness and elected officials in Canada strongly denouncing religious oppression. Spread the word: ix-nay on funding repression of religious faith.
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You CAN make a difference! Click on the email addresses below and relay how concerned you are with the suppression of Christian speech in Canada, esp. through the Human Rights Commission. As a result, you will no longer be visiting the country nor making purchases there--until the right to free speech and religion are restored (or whatever you can truthfully say.)
Business leaders do not like controversy or instability. They make an enormous effot to build up their brand and products and realize they can lose it all if those products decline.
Ask Ford. A two year boycott by the American Family Association changed the company's behavior. Sliding to 4th place among car manufacturers and losing 8% of sales each month for 24 months, Ford finally agreed to AFA's terms in March 2008. We salute Ford for coming to their senses. But make no mistake. They listened because they had to to save the company.
Challenges to homeschooling--including the recent outlawing of homeschooling in California--have sparked a growing movement in the U.S. to guarantee homeschooling in every state by amending the U.S. Constitution. Below is the proposed amendment being circulated. Please click here to learn more and to sign the petition by ParentalRights.org.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, on Monday said that “Judeo-Christian values” were the only thing holding British society together, reports Catholic News Agency.
"People are looking for a common good in this country. A very large number of people are saying, 'What is it that binds British people together?'" Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor said. “There is no other heritage than the Judaeo-Christian heritage in this country." Replacing that heritage with a “totally secular view of life,” the cardinal said, would lead the nation down “a very dangerous path.”
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The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) has announced that Richard Ellis, vice president of communications for McDonald's USA, has been appointed to its board of directors.
The Lexington, Mass. school system and superintendent Paul Ash, true to their anti-family militancy, have reacted to the federal court decision in the David Parker case by announcing a new formalized homosexual program in the elementary school. And Ash told an angry parent that he has no rights in the matter.
David Parker jailed for a night in April 2005 over his insistence that he be notified when his 6-year-old son be taught about homosexuality by school staff. This led to a federal Civil Rights lawsuit the following year. This past January, a judge in Boston issued a horrific and bizarre ruling stating that -- according to current Massachusetts law -- parents have no rights to prevent homosexuality to be taught to their kids in the schools. The Parkers are preparing to appeal this to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Tecumseh Project is a call for all Christians-- Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox, evangelicals, African American, traditionalists and others-- in North America and Western Europe to realize the dangerous trends of anti-Christian oppression now sweeping through those countries, and to work together immediately to stop the further erosion of religious liberty. If you don't think it's happening, take a moment now to review our site.
We are committed to freedom--freedom of thought, speech, and religious expression for us and for our children and grandchildren. If you are concerned with what you are reading here, send an email or forward our site info. each time you visit.
April 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On the first day of class, we shared what was the most important fact about ourselves. Jim (not his real name) identified himself as gay. I identified myself as a Christian. I decided to befriend him and we went through the two-year program together. I even stayed overnight at his house when we had a weekend seminar in his town. Continued
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We must bury once and for all the term 'politically correct." Why? Because it is trite and falls far short of accurately describing most of today's anti-Christian bias, oppression and persecution in the West.
It is too benign. Christian churches ordered to violate biblical beliefs, believers going to jail for public prayer, or Christian business owners fined thousands of dollars for abiding by their faith are serious acts of government oppression and persecution which should be described for what they are. Join us! Call it what it is-- bias, censorship, oppression, growing fascism.
Conduct Unbecoming a Free Society-
By Chris Kempling
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The Tecumseh Project was launched by senior executives with a wealth of business and government management experience.
We take a slightly different view of how to affect public policy, but we know that it works. We have seen its success in political campaigns, business ventures, and public policymaking. Try it and see. Your brothers & sisters in Christ--as well as your children and grandchildren--are depending on you!
"To support John Freshwater, who essentially may be fired for being a Christian, please sign our Petition," said Tecumseh Project coordinator Marvin Pryce. Click here to Read and Sign the Petition.
Freshwater was twice named an "Ohio Teacher of the Year," including in 2007, but now is under heavy fire for keeping a Bible on his desk and allegedly making other references to his faith.
Mt. Vernon City School Board President Ian Watson and his staff have ordered Freshwater to remove a Bible from his desk, where it sat for 22 years. Contact Board President Ian Watson at: 740-399-5521 iwatson@mvcsd.us to voice your support for Freshwater.
The Netherlands equality commissioners have ruled that if a civil marriage commissioner refuses to conduct wedding ceremonies for homosexual partners, they must be barred from conducting ceremonies between men and women as well, reports LifeSiteNews.
The judgement comes after the municipality of Langedijk placed advertisements for two marriage registrars and demanded that applicants be prepared to conduct wedding ceremonies for natural couples and for same-sex partners.
Pope Benedict XVIon Religious Liberty. April 18, 2008 at the U.N.
"Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom . . . It is inconceivable, then, that believers should have to suppress a part of themselves - their faith - in order to be active citizens. It should never be necessary to deny God in order to enjoy one's rights. . . . The full guarantee of religious liberty cannot be limited to the free exercise of worship, but has to give due consideration to the public dimension of religion, and hence to the possibility of believers playing their part in building the social order. "
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a lower court's ruling against an Illinois student, saying the district court must order a Naperville high school to suspend its ban on a T-shirt that reads "Be Happy, Not Gay" while the student's lawsuit proceeds. School officials prohibited student Alex Nuxoll, who is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, from wearing the clothing
In its opinion, the 7th Circuit stated that "people do not have a legal right to prevent criticism of their beliefs or for that matter their way of life." The court also said the school district does not appear to be justified in suppressing Nuxoll's message on the grounds it might provoke "incidents of harassment."
Please Do it With Companies Who Support Christmas- Project Saving Christmas 2008
We pledge to shop for Christmas items and presents only where Christmas is visibly respected and celebrated.
We have no desire (or ability) to 'force' retailers to acknowledge Christmas. But retailers who exploit the colors, signs and formula of Christmas without recognizing the Holiday itself are hypocritical. For internet, retail, catalog and other shopping outlets, please consider shopping ONLY where there is a clear sign of respect and acknowledgement of Christmas.
If you're Scrooge, we'll shop elsewhere!
"THAT Noe person or persons which professe ffaith in God by Jesus Christ Shall at any time be any wayes molested punished disquieted or called in Question for any Difference in opinion or Matter of Religious Concernment"
Student-run “Youth Alive” club now entitled to same rights as other campus clubs at Middlebury Union High School.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — As a result of a settlement reached between Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and the Middlebury Union High School District, school officials will grant a student-run Bible club formal recognition. The change will allow members to gain access to the same benefits afforded to other campus clubs, including use of school facilities.
Rev. John Hagee, the controversial pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, has lauded Pope Benedict XVI in a Washington Times essay and thanked him for the speeches he made during his U.S. visit. Hagee praised what he called Pope Benedict’s “moral vision for America,” especially the Pope’s affirmation of Christian participation in the public square, reports Catholic News Agency.
“We were all inspired by Pope Benedict's visit,” he said. “It is my prayer that we will now follow his example and look beyond our differences to see that when it comes to the great challenges of our times, people of faith have much in common," said Hagee, who has been critical of the Catholic church in the past.
May 9, 2008 Christian Institute & Lifestienews.com
The British Parliament has retained an amendment allowing eligious people to claim freedom of religious expression when charged with "inciting hatred". The House of Lords approved the exception by 14 votes out of 342.The House of Commons was forced to let the wording remain in the bill due to time constraints. The Labour government finally surrendered and allowed the amendment to stand.
The amendment says, "In this Part, for the avoidance of doubt, the discussion or criticism of sexual conduct or practices or the urging of persons to refrain from or modify such conduct or practices shall not be taken of itself to be threatening or intended to stir up hatred."
The free speech clause, soon to be law, dictates that incitement to 'homophobic hatred' is not mere disagreement with homosexuality. Yet anyone convicted of intentionally threateing violence to homosexual people faces up to 7 years in prison.
Homosexual columnist Matthew Parris has commended the House of Lords for passing a free speech amendment to the Labour government's new 'homophobic hatred' law.
Mr Parris has been outspoken in his opposition to the planned law, which he terms "a particularly silly idea from the Government".
Writing in The Times this week, he says the offence is not needed because sexual tolerance is fashionable in the media, the Government and the Opposition. Please send an email to Mr. Parris' editor thanking him for his support of free speech.
"It’s tempting to cheer Jack Straw’s promise in the Commons this week that incitement to homophobic hatred is to be made a crime, along with incitement to racial or religious hatred. But I’m not so sure. Seriously threatening language – of any kind – is already a crime; but once the law starts limiting free speech in matters of honest opinion, where does it stop?
The Bible says homosexuality is an abomination; God puts the city of Sodom to the torch; the present Pope calls it a “disorder”. Such views, however civilly expressed, are inherently hate-inciting, but should their expression be a crime? Then why should we remain free to sneer, in ways inciting hatred, at a person’s being Welsh, or Irish?" Continued-
Dozens of lesbian students and their supporters--calling themselves 'queer activists'--climbed in a lecture hall at Smith College recently through windows and shut down the speech of a visiting author.
Ryan Sorba, visiting at the request of the Smith College Republican Club, began a speech on his upcoming book, The Born Gay Hoax. The shouting and screaming activists forced an end to the speech before a packed hall in the library on the Northampton campus.
Uniformed police officers and a plainclothes security guard were in the room but mostly just stood and watched. The officers and a university official walked to the podium and ordered Sorba to leave the room “for his own safety.” Dozens of people began running throughout the room screaming “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it” and later: “Hell no, we won’t go.” It quickly became impossible for the speech to continue.
(LifeSiteNews.com) - In local council elections around the country, British voters delivered a devastating blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the ruling Labour party, a signal that many believe may translate into a Tory win, even a majority, in the next general election.
Labour lost 331 council seats and control of nine councils with the Tories picking up 12 councils and 256 seats. Some experts predict that more than 100 Labour MPs will now be fighting to keep their seats at the next election.
"Anti-discrimination" laws put in place by Labour have seen children and students, journalists, shop keepers and housewives investigated and interviewed by police for possible "hate crimes." Britain's millions of close circuit TV cameras monitor citizens everywhere, even in the smallest country village. (Continued).
CALGARY, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, gave an address in Calgary recently where he blasted the Human Rights Commissions (HRC) suppressing freedom in Canada. The speech marks the first time a high-ranking government official has offered open criticism of the HRC apparatus.
Addressing the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) Friday, Kenney, labelled "dangerous" the "illiberal tactics" employed by some activists in the name of tolerance, reported Kevin Libin in the National Post.
"I would also hope that we think long and hard about the central role, the foundational role, of such values as freedom of expression in our constitutional framework, and that we do not lightly undermine those constitutional values in our efforts to combat racism or hatred," Kenney added. Continued-
The University of Toledo has fired an administrator for stating in a guest column in a local newspaper that choosing homosexual behavior is not the same as being black or handicapped.
Associate Vice President of Human Resources Crystal Dixon wrote in response to a newspaper editor's column criticizing a lack of equality for homosexuals that, "I take great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are 'civil rights victims.' Here's why. I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a black woman."
According to its own "diversity" program, UT seeks "to attract and retain diverse faculty, staff, and students" by promising "to respect and value personal uniqueness and differences." "Respect and value" for "differences" at UT dictates that all "differences" be uniformly left-wing and pre-approved by the University. Different differences simply will not do, and "intolerance" will absolutely not be tolerated.
Please protest this outrageous firing by contacting Univ. of Toledo President Dr. Loyd A. Jacobs: Phone: 419.530.2211 or Email.
TORONTO, May 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Ontario premier's plans to scrap the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the Legislature has resulted in furious opposition from voters. The flood of emails objecting to the proposal temporarily crashed the website of Queen's Park, and hundreds of phone calls have come in protesting the move.
Premier McGuinty told the legislature in February that the time had come to "move beyond" open acknowledgement of Christianity in the Ontario government. He asked a committee to draft a religiously neutral "prayer" that would better suit Ontario's "religious diversity".
But committee chairman Steve Peters told media that while the response was overwhelmingly against the idea from the public, the committee had not finished its consultation process. Various groups, including atheists and non-Christian organizations, have been given until the end of the month to make presentations
Taxpayer complaints and a rally in favor of traditional marriage played a role in Miami-Dade County commissioners tabling a plan to provide benefits for domestic partners of county employees.
Members of Miami-Dade County's Christian Family Coalition (CFC) are happy with the news they received from County Commission officials at their board meeting Tuesday.
Coalition members held a rally for traditional marriage outside the building prior to the meeting, in protest of commissioners' possible adoption of a proposed domestic partnership policy providing healthcare and other benefit coverage for live-in partners of county employees.
Former Home Secretary Lord Waddington championed the free speech amendment.
Anna is from Estonia, a former republic of the old Soviet Union. As in the Evil Empire, world's leading exporter of communism. So when Anna says she feels less free in the United States where she now lives than in the once-totalitarian regime where she was born, well . . . it gets your attention.
And when she says Americans sometimes remind her of the gray, fatalistic people who shuffled along under communism, unwilling to think too deeply, say too much or laugh too loudly for fear of offending the State, it is striking, to say the least.
Brett VanAsdlen, studying on a baseball scholarship at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois, faces a Class 4 felony hate crime after being charged with aggravated battery. VanAsdlen, age 18, allegedly pushed 20-year-old homosexual University of Illinois student Steven Velasquez to the ground after Velasquez grabbed him by the shoulder.
VanAsdlen’s family says it was Velasquez who — after Brett made a comment about Velasquez and his homosexual partner — first “got in Brett’s face,” to which Brett responded by pushing Velasquez away. Velasquez claims that Brett attacked him unprovoked because of his homosexuality.
Brett has been suspended from the baseball team pending resolution of his criminal trial. (Continued)-
Please help! Pray for all involved. Also, urge Champaign County, Illinois State’s Attorney Julia Rietz (phone: 217-384-3733 or email: statesatty@co.champaign.il.us) to drop the government’s one-sided felony “hate crimes” prosecution against Brett.
Brett VanAsdlen,
a student athlete at
Parkland College in Illinois, faces 3 years in prison for pushing away a gay student.
One of the most sweeping gay rights bills in the nation, S. B. 305, legislation now moving in the Ohio Senate, would force businesses, schools (including Christian and private schools) and churches to hire transgender, gay, and bisexual employees or face fines of $25,000 per incident. Click here to read the bill.
Gays, cross-dressers, bisexuals and those who are "sexually confused" would be given protected status in employment, teaching, state contracts, working in day care centers, nursing homes, etc. The bill requires the state to produce teaching materials for schools to exlain the history of 'discrimination' against gays.
All Ohio family advocacy groups are extremely concerned with this bill.
Please email Judiciary Committee Chairman senator David Goodmanor call him at 614-466-8064 to express your strong concern with this legislation. (Read More)
Stop S.B. 350 (D. Miller)
Friends, this bill WILL PASS the Senate Committee unless we all engage immediately.
Judiciary Committee on Civil Justice
Chair, Senator David Goodman
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
North Hearing Room, 11:00 a.m.
Please call these members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today:
