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2/20/2009 | Freedom of Speech
Business & Media Institute
Although a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the administration wouldn’t pursue the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, S.C., wants Senate Democrats to go on the record one way or another on the issue.
DeMint, chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, said on Feb. 19 he will offer the Broadcaster Freedom Act as an amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights bill next week. The Broadcaster Freedom Act was introduced by Republican lawmakers last month and prevents the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine.
“I’m glad President Obama finally confirmed his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine, which attacks the right of free speech on talk radio, but many Democrats in Congress are still pushing it,” DeMint said. “With the support of the new administration, now is the time for Congress to take a stand against this kind of censorship. I intend to seek a vote on this amendment next week so every senator is on record: Do you support free speech or do you want to silence voices you disagree with?”
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
2/13/2009 | Freedom of Speech
POLITICO
Even though no member of Congress has scheduled hearings on the Fairness Doctrine, it remains on a hot topic on both liberal and conservative shows.
Today, radio host Mario Solis Marich asked former President Bill Clinton if it was time for "some type of enforced media accountability."
"Well, you either ought to have the Fairness Doctrine or we ought to have more balance on the other side," Clinton said, "because essentially there's always been a lot of big money to support the right wing talk shows and let face it, you know, Rush Limbaugh is fairly entertaining even when he is saying things that I think are ridiculous...."
Clinton said that there needs to be either "more balance in the programs or have some opportunity for people to offer countervailing opinions." Clinton added that he didn't support repealing the Fairness Doctrine, an act done under Reagan's FCC.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
1/9/2009 | Freedom of Speech
The Telegraph
The comedian, who has been sued by several people who featured in his film Borat, will be ready for similar reactions after the release of the big-screen debut of his character Bruno.
The title character, a gay Austrian fashion journalist, is already well known for storming runways at designers' shows and aiming to embarrass industry figures in interviews. Clips of his work have become cult favourites on YouTube.
And it is thought that the film version will see Bruno in more outrageous form.
As well as the Jesus character, it is rumoured that Bruno and his boyfriend, Diesel, adopt an orphaned African baby boy called David and parade the child around fashion shows. It is thought the joke is aimed at Madonna, who adopted a Malawian baby called David Banda.
A source reported to have seen the film in a test screening told The Sun: "Sacha has really gone for the shock tactics this time. The characters were created deliberately to wind up certain sections of society and Jesus is one of them.
"It won't be the first time Sacha has landed himself in hot water," the source reportedly added. "The water might be a little hotter this time round, though. Religion isn't always the best place to poke fun."
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
1/2/2009 | Freedom of Speech
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But others think he and his colleagues are setting a worrisome precedent for government involvement in the U.S. press.
Nicastro represents Connecticut's 79th assembly district, which includes Bristol, a city of about 61,000 people outside Hartford, the state capital. Its paper, The Bristol Press, may fold within days, along with The Herald in nearby New Britain.
That is because publisher Journal Register, in danger of being crushed under hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, says it cannot afford to keep them open anymore.
Nicastro and fellow legislators want the papers to survive, and petitioned the state government to do something about it. "The media is a vitally important part of America," he said, particularly local papers that cover news ignored by big papers and television and radio stations.
To some experts, that sounds like a bailout, a word that resurfaced this year after the U.S. government agreed to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the automobile and financial sectors.
Relying on government help raises ethical questions for the press, whose traditional role has been to operate free from government influence as it tries to hold politicians accountable to the people who elected them. Even some publishers desperate for help are wary of this route.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
8/13/2008 | Freedom of Speech, Politics
Business and Media Institute
There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.”
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell raised that as a possibility after talking with bloggers at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. McDowell spoke about a recent FCC vote to bar Comcast from engaging in certain Internet practices – expanding the federal agency’s oversight of Internet networks.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
8/11/2008 | China, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
The Washington Times
BEIJING | President Bush continued his Olympics juggling act on Sunday, settling for a pointed remark in public to push for wider religious freedom in China and raising further political concerns privately with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Standing on the rain-splattered steps of the state-sanctioned Beijing Kuanjie Protestant Christian Church after attending an early morning service, Mr. Bush said it was "a joy and a privilege" to worship in the Chinese capital, as he did in 2005.
"It just goes to show that God is universal. No state, man or woman should fear the influence of loving religion," he declared, alluding to the strict controls the Communist Party imposes on religion, while taking care not to embarrass his hosts - or the church pastor he encircled with his arm - with explicit criticism.
'JOY': President Bush speaks at the state-sanctioned Beijing Kuanjie Protestant Christian Church on Sunday. He later raised the issue of human rights abuses behind closed doors with Chinese President Hu Jintao. (Associated Press)
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
7/2/2008 | Character and Ethics, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, God and Government, Presidential Issues
The Bulletin
On the second day of a weeklong national tour to highlight his values, Barack Obama brought his message of faith to the battleground state of Ohio in an attempt to court modern evangelicals who are infusing their Christian worldview with issues of AIDs, poverty, global warming, and other issues of social justice.
"Now, I know there are some who bristle at the notion that faith has a place in the public square," Mr. Obama said yesterday. "But the fact is leaders in both parties have recognized the value of a partnership between the White House and faith-based groups."
A day after defending his patriotism in Independence, Mo., Mr. Obama traveled to Zanesville, Ohio to speak to the Eastside Community Ministry, a program that provides food, shelter and youth services to those in need. Mr. Obama used the speech to unveil a proposal to get more religious charities involved in solving the many problems facing the nation.
Recommended Guests:
Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Mike Gottfried, Founder, Team Focus
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
7/2/2008 | American History, Character and Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Race in America, Racial Intolerance
NBC Channel 9 News in Denver
DENVER - Mayor John Hickenlooper's annual State of the City address may get more attention for what wasn't included than what was.
At the start of the event Tuesday morning, City Council President Michael Hancock introduced singer Rene Marie to perform the national anthem.
Instead, she performed the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," which is also known as the "black national anthem."
When she finished, the audience responded with mild applause. The national anthem was never performed.
Marie told 9NEWS she kept her plans to switch songs quiet until the very last moment. She says only she, her husband and a friend knew she was going to sing something other than the "Star-Spangled Banner."
Recommended Guests:
Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Mike Gottfried, Founder, Team Focus
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
6/30/2008 | Economy, Freedom of Speech
Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week.
Half a dozen newspapers said they would slash payrolls, one said it would outsource all its printing, and Tribune Co., one of the biggest publishers in the country, said it might sell its iconic headquarters tower in Chicago and the building that houses the Los Angeles Times.
The increasingly rapid and broad decline in the newspaper business in recent months has surprised even the most pessimistic financial analysts, many of whom say it's too hard to tell how far the slump will go.
Recommended Guests:
Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Dan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio Program
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
James Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLC
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Lowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.
Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security Institute
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
6/3/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, God and Government, Racial Intolerance, Radical Islam, Religious Persecution, Terrorism
Yahoo News
PARIS - Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.
A Paris court also handed down a $23,325 fine against the former screen siren and animal rights campaigner. The court also ordered Bardot to pay $1,555 in damages to MRAP.
Bardot's lawyer, Francois-Xavier Kelidjian, said he would talk to her about the possibility of an appeal.
A leading French anti-racism group known as MRAP filed a lawsuit last year over a letter she sent to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. The remarks were published in her foundation's quarterly journal.
In the December 2006 letter to Sarkozy, now the president, Bardot said France is "tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts."
Bardot, 73, was referring to the Muslim feast of Aid el-Kebir, celebrated by slaughtering sheep.
French anti-racism laws prevent inciting hatred and discrimination on racial or religious or racial grounds. Bardot had been convicted four times previously for inciting racial hatred.
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat Foundation
Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State Assembly
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Major Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT Publications
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Jan Markell, President, Olive Tree Ministries
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Kamal Saleem, Shoebat Foundation
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Walid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
5/22/2008 | U.S. Military, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, American History
Hamilton Strategies
The Spirit of the Liberty Bell is one of the only traveling full-scale replicas of the original Liberty Bell, from the Whitechapel Foundry in London, maker of the original Liberty Bell. The Spirit of the Liberty Bell stands 6 feet tall, weighs 3,200 pounds, and peals in E-flat exactly as the original. The yoke of the bell incorporates wood from the last of the 13 original Liberty Trees. The Spirit of the Liberty Bell has crisscrossed our Nation taking center stage at this year's National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., where it will be used in the Moment of Remembrance ceremony.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Major Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
5/8/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
The Telegraph UK
By 2035, there will be about 1.96 million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63 million church-going Christians, according to calculations by Christian Research, a think- tank.
The figures are published in the latest in a series of reports entitled Religious Trends.
The think-tank has warned that 4,000 churches could close by 2020 if congregations continue to shrink at current rates.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions
David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
5/7/2008 | American History, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Religion
USA Today
An "evangelical manifesto" being released today by a group of Christian scholars and theologians is expected to try to take back the term "evangelical" from politics and return it to its theological roots.
"Evangelical" has been widely used to refer to Christians who have conservative political views, but the Evangelical Theological Society requires members to agree on just two points: inerrancy of Scripture, and belief in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as "separate but equal in attributes and glory" and essential for salvation.
Recommended Guests:
David Bossie, President, Citizens United
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource Network
Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute
Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org
Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
Todd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the Master
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rick Green, President, Torch of Freedom Foundation
Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
Gary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation Network
Alex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.com
Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle Forum
Don Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide
Tony Strickland, Taxpayer Advocate
Lorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project
Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"
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David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
5/7/2008 | Education, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Presidential Issues
Financial Times
John McCain promised on Tuesday to nominate conservative judges to the Supreme Court and for other judicial vacancies, seeking to quash doubts among some Republicans about his conservative credentials.
The Republican presidential candidate said he would use John Roberts and Samuel Alito, who were appointed to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush, as his “model” when choosing nominees.
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Tom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
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William Devlin, National President, Redeem The Vote
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Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers Ministries
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Joe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin
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David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com
5/6/2008 | Foreign Policy, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Yahoo News
DENVER - With the Beijing Games less than 100 days away, the International Olympic Committee clarified its protest rules Monday, saying that athletes' external appearance, clothing and gestures would be scrutinized in China.
The IOC sent a six-point letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, to the national Olympic federations in response to their request for interpretations of Rule 51.3 of the Olympic charter. That rule states "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
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Len Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
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Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle Forum
Tim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPact
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Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDaily
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Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT Publications
James Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Cliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.
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5/1/2008 | Character and Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Human Sexuality, Pro-Family
MLIVE.Com
Kristoff Wennersten figured his prom proposal had to be one-of-a-kind if it would have any chance of being accepted.
But the Huron High School senior never imagined it would result in a suspension for himself and 12 of his varsity lacrosse teammates, whom he recruited to help spell out the message at a school soccer match via their derrieres.
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Scott Davis, Director of Student Ministries, Exodus International
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Mike Gottfried, Founder, Team Focus
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4/30/2008 | Foreign Policy, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
The New York TImes
The Olympic torch returned to China on Wednesday in preparation for its first relay on Chinese soil after a troubled worldwide tour.
There were no reports of protests but several anti-China activists had already been deported ahead of the torch’s arrival. The torch’s relay through Hong Kong will take place on Friday.
Its arrival in Hong Kong has been depicted as part of a broader struggle over Hong Kong’s evolving role as an autonomous territory of China. It arrived from Vietnam at Hong Kong airport, where it was greeted by a marching band and flag-waving children dressed in red and white tracksuits, The Associated Press reported.
The torch was then taken to a welcoming ceremony at a cultural center.
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4/24/2008 | American History, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Breitbart.Com
MIAMI (AP) - Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion.
The Florida Legislature is considering a specialty plate with a design that includes a Christian cross, a stained-glass window and the words "I Believe."
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4/21/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Religious Persecution, Religion
My Way News
NEW YORK (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world."
The visit by Benedict to ground zero was a poignant moment in a trip marked by unexpectedly festive crowds anxious to see the former academic who for three years has led the world's Roman Catholics.
Benedict was driven in the popemobile part-way down a ramp now used mostly by construction trucks to a spot by the north tower's footprint. He walked the final steps, knelt in silent prayer for a few moments, then rose to light a memorial candle.
Addressing a group that including survivors, clergy and public officials, he acknowledged the many faiths of the victims at the "scene of incredible violence and pain."
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4/10/2008 | Equal Rights, Foreign Policy, Freedom of Speech
Ruters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On the only day in which runners carried the Olympic torch across an American city in 2008, Chinese-Americans and protesters started with sharp divisions over the so-called "Journey of Harmony."
By day's end, city and Olympic officials had achieved a harmony between the divergent groups few had predicted -- everyone seemed angry and disappointed the route was radically changed without notice.
"I feel tricked," said onlooker Terry Costales, 61, of San Francisco. "I feel the mayor tricked the city. ... I've been down here for hours. The torch bearers should have their moment in the sun and now they are sneaking around."
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