Freedom of Speech
8/13/2008 | Freedom of Speech, Politics
FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content
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.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions8/11/2008 | China, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Bush visits Beijing church, urges freedom
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)
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions7/2/2008 | Character and Ethics, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, God and Government, Presidential Issues
Obama Targets The Faithful
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.
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Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions7/2/2008 | American History, Character and Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Race in America, Racial Intolerance
'Black national anthem' stirs controversy for city
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."
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Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions6/30/2008 | Economy, Freedom of Speech
Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
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.
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Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingLowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstituteBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions6/3/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, God and Government, Racial Intolerance, Radical Islam, Religious Persecution, Terrorism
Former screen siren Bardot convicted in race case
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.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/22/2008 | U.S. Military, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, American History
Life-Size Liberty Bell to be Rung at National Memorial Day Parade
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.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/8/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Practising Muslims 'will outnumber Christians by 2035'
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.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/7/2008 | American History, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Religion
Manifesto aims to make 'evangelical' a less-political term
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.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/7/2008 | Education, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Presidential Issues
McCain seeks to quash fears on the right
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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Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingLowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinHarold Naylor, Co-Founder, DiscoverChristianSchools.comGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/6/2008 | Foreign Policy, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Clothing and gestures will be scrutinized at Olympics
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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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions5/1/2008 | Character and Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Human Sexuality, Pro-Family
High School Lacrosse team suspended after spelling prom invitation on bare bottoms
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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Karin Agness, Founder and President, Network of enlightened Women (NeW)David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedPhil Burress, President, Citizens for Community ValuesAlan Chambers, President, Exodus InternationalRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteScott Davis, Director of Student Ministries, Exodus InternationalTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingLowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family InstituteTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateRandy Thomas, Executive Vice President, Exodus InternationalLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions4/30/2008 | Foreign Policy, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
After Troubled Tour, Torch in China
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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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions4/24/2008 | American History, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
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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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"Timothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions4/21/2008 | Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Religious Persecution, Religion
Pope blesses ground zero in NYC, prays for peace
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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Olympic torch finally unifies -- but in anger
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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High court considers religous display rules
USA Today
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to look at when cities can keep certain religious displays off public grounds, revisiting an enduring free speech issue in a case brought by the unconventional Summum faith. The Summum church wants to erect a monument of its "seven aphorisms" near a Ten Commandments monument in a Utah park. Government regulation of expressive displays on public grounds has become one of the most controversial areas of the law. The questions test the constitutional guarantee of free speech and, often, the separation of church and state.
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Muslims more numerous than Catholics: Vatican
Reuters United Kingdom
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent. "For the first time in history we are no longer at the top: the Muslims have overtaken us," Formenti told Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano in an interview, saying the data referred to 2006. He said that if all Christian groups were considered, including Orthodox churches, Anglicans and Protestants, then Christians made up 33 percent of the world's population -- or about 2 billion people. The Vatican recently put the number of Catholics in the world at 1.13 billion people. It did not provide a figure for Muslims, generally estimated at around 1.3 billion. Formenti said that while the number of Catholics as a proportion of the world's population was fairly stable, the percentage of Muslims was growing because of higher birth rates.