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5/7/2013 | Homosexuality
First 8 Days: ‘Gay’ Jason Collins 2,381 News Stories; Gosnell Abortion-Murder Trial 115 Stories – 1,970% Difference in Coverage
CNS News
In the eight days since NBA player Jason Collins announced he was gay, the news media have covered the story in 2,381 places. But in the first eight days of the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his “House of Horrors” abortion business, the media covered the story in 115 places, meaning that Collins’ “gay” news received more than 1,970.4% more news coverage.
In addition, a search of the news coverage of the Gosnell trial that started 49 days ago on Mar. 18, shows there have been 1,876 stories, which is still less than the 2,381 Collins stories over the last 8 days – a 27% difference in coverage, still in Collins’ favor.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 2/28/2013 | Homosexuality
Google, Facebook, Amazon Among 200 Businesses Filing Brief Supporting Gay Marriage
Christian Post
More than 200 of the biggest businesses in America, including Google and Microsoft, said on Wednesday that they will file a brief in support of gay marriage with the Supreme Court.
Yahoo News reported that those companies include Microsoft Corp, Google Inc, Starbucks Corp, Pfizer Inc, Amazon.com, Citigroup Inc. and Thomson Reuters Corp, among others.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 2/7/2013 | Homosexuality
Boy Scouts Delay Decision on Repealing Gay Ban Until May
Christian Post
The Boy Scouts of America decided to delay its anticipated vote on allowing openly gay people to serve as team leaders of troops until May.
"After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy," the group said Wednesday morning.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 8/2/2012 | Homosexuality
'Supporting the good Lord' draws overflow crowds
OneNewsNow
People across the nation packed Chick-Fil-A restaurants on Wednesday in support of the fast-food chain and its owner for standing for biblical values.
News reports spoke of long lines and traffic jams at numerous Chick-fil-A outlets yesterday. CNN quotes a Barboursville, West Virginia, customer who said "the scene at Chick-fil-A seemed like a massive silent protest." It was no different at the restaurant in Searcy, 50 miles northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/26/2012 | Homosexuality
The truth about being 'born gay'
OneNewsNow
A leading pro-family group has put together a fact page about alternate lifestyles as a tool to educate people that they are not "born gay."
Randy Thomasson explains that SaveCalifornia.com's "Not Born This Way" webpage aims to educate individuals on the truth about alternate sexual orientations. The page provides facts about LGBT lifestyles, as well as scientific research disproving the popular claim that people are born homosexual.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/21/2012 | Homosexuality
Bibles? Nah ... 'Gay pride'? Yep!
OneNewsNow
The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty says it's a sad state of affairs when the U.S. military decides Bibles are out but "gay pride" is in.
The publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention reported last week that its Bibles will no longer display the official insignia of U.S. military branches. The Pentagon had originally granted permission in 2003, but withdrew that last year because of a complaint and legal threat from anti-Christian crusader Mikey Weinstein and his Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/20/2012 | Homosexuality
Father's Day at JC Penney
OneNewsNow
A pro-family group continues to urge a national department store chain to remain neutral in the culture war.
After featuring a lesbian couple and their children in its May catalogue for Mother's Day, JC Penney has done the same for its Father's Day ad, this time with two dads (see ad to the left). The American Family Association's OneMillionMoms has been encouraging its supporters to contact the company since the higher ups at JC Penney decided to hire Ellen DeGeneres, a homosexual advocate, as their spokesperson. The latest ad has just added to that effort.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/5/2012 | Homosexuality
Cartoon creators entertaining or indoctrinating?
OneNewsNow
Pro-family groups are outraged by the recent announcement about plans for some comic book super heroes to embrace alternate lifestyles.
Marvel has X-Men hero Northstar "marrying" his partner, Kyle Jinadu, in "Astonishing X-Men" No. 52, due out June 20. Likewise, DC Comics has announced that the Green Lantern is homosexual. DC co-founder Dan DiDio told attendees at the recent Kapow Comic Convention in London that the previously straight hero will be introduced as "one of our most prominent gay characters." According to CBSNews.com, Northstar revealed he was "gay" in the pages of "Alpha Flight" No. 106 in 1992, becoming one of Marvel's first characters to do so.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 5/11/2012 | Homosexuality
House Panel, Citing Gay 'Marriage' Pressure, Passes Measure Protecting Religious Liberty of Service Members
CNS News
Just hours after President Obama came out Wednesday in favor of homosexual "marriage," members of the House Armed Services Committee voted 36 to 25 to adopt an amendment protecting the religious liberty of military service members, especially chaplains, on the issue of same-sex marriage.
“Moral or religious concerns about same-sex marriage or the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell have become potentially career-ending,” said the amendment's sponsor, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.).
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 5/10/2012 | Homosexuality
Obama: ‘Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married’
CNS News
Led by his own vice president, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced what many people already suspected -- he supports homosexual marriage.
“I’ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama told ABC News reporter Robin Roberts.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 1/11/2012 | Homosexuality
DC Council Considering Gay Divorce Bill
Associated Press
The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would make it easier for gay and lesbian couples who marry in the nation’s capital to get divorced.
The bill would let gay couples who married in Washington get divorced even if they no longer live in the district, provided they live somewhere that would not recognize their divorce. Under current law, one member of the divorcing couple has to live in Washington for six months before starting divorce proceedings.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 12/6/2011 | Homosexuality
US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights
Associated Press
The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
In a memorandum issued Tuesday, President Barack Obama directed U.S. agencies working abroad, including the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, to use foreign aid to assist gays and lesbians who are facing human rights violations. And he ordered U.S. agencies to improve protections for gay and lesbian refugees and asylum seekers.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 12/1/2011 | Homosexuality
White House Aide: Obama Should Concentrate on Transgender Issues ‘In Whatever Time We Have Left’
CNS News
President Obama “has been pretty clear” in his support for big-ticket items on the homosexual activist agenda – like trying to repeal the "so-called" federal Defense of Marriage Act -- according to a top White House liaison to the LGBT community.
But now, “in whatever time we have left” in office, the White House has an opportunity to concentrate on lesser-known items on the LGBT activist agenda – including HIV/AIDS and helping homeless transgendered teens, Gautam Raghavan, associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, said Tuesday night.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 10/28/2011 | Homosexuality
Girl Scouts Allow 7-Year-Old Boy to Join Because He is ‘Living Life as a Girl’
CNS News
The Girl Scouts of Colorado are allowing a 7-year-old boy to join a local troop because he is “living life as a girl.”
“We make the distinction that if a child is living life as a girl and the family brings the child to us and says my daughter wants to be a Girl Scout, we welcome her,” Rachelle Trujillo, vice president of communications with Girl Scouts of Colorado told CNSNews.com.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 9/21/2011 | Homosexuality, UN
‘We Must Stand Up for the Rights of Gays And Lesbians Everywhere,’ Obama Tells U.N.
CNS News
In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, President Obama called for “open societies” that “empower their citizens,” including homosexuals and women.
“No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere,” Obama said one day after the United States started allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military.
In a reference to women, Obama said, “no country can realize its potential if half its population cannot reach theirs.”
Obama noted that the United State this week signed a new Declaration on Women’s Participation. “Next year, we should each announce the steps we are taking to break down economic and political barriers that stand in the way of women and girls. That is what our commitment to human progress demands.”
Elsewhere in his speech, the president mentioned poverty that punishes children. “We must act on the belief that freedom from want is a basic human right,” he said.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 9/20/2011 | Homosexuality, U.S. Military
"Don't ask, don't tell" consigned to history
Associated Press
After years of debate and months of final preparations, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks.
Repeal of a 1993 law that allowed gays to serve only so long as they kept their sexual orientation private took effect Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. EDT.
Some in Congress still oppose the change, but top Pentagon leaders have certified that it will not undermine the military's ability to recruit or to fight wars.
The Army was distributing a business-as-usual statement Tuesday saying simply, "The law is repealed," and reminding soldiers to treat each other fairly.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, scheduled a Pentagon news conference for later Tuesday to field questions about the repeal. And a bipartisan group of congressional supporters of allowing openly gay service planned a news conference on Capitol Hill.
Gay advocacy groups planned a series of celebrations across the country.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports President Bill Clinton first tried to repeal the ban on gays, but ran into the objections of then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell. A generation later, President Obama had the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on his side. Mullen was the decisive voice calling for policy's repeal.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Frank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 9/14/2011 | Homosexuality, Politics, Pro-Family
Upset Win: Republican Takes Weiner’s Seat GOP upset win in NY portends challenge for Obama
Associated Press
It sounded improbable on the surface that a New York City congressional district where Democrats have a 3-1 registration edge and have held office for nearly a century could even come close to electing a Republican to the U.S. House.
But voter frustration over the sour economy and President Barack Obama's policies made the improbable a reality, as a Republican political novice, Bob Turner, scored an upset victory in a special election Tuesday over David Weprin, a Democratic assemblyman from a prominent local political family.
The surprising results in the Brooklyn and Queens-area district portend a perilous national environment for Obama as he prepares to seek re-election next year.
Turner said as much when he stepped before cameras to claim victory Tuesday night.
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White House proudly supports repeal of DOMA
OneNewsNow
On Tuesday, the White House made clear its intentions to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama "is proud" to support what is being called the "Respect for Marriage Act" -- a bill (S. 598) sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California). The legislation, as Carney put it, "would take the Defense of Marriage Act off the books once and for all."
In response, House Speaker John Boehner described DOMA as "the law of the land" -- and vowed that the House will continue in its effort to ensure that DOMA's constitutionality "is determined by the courts rather than by a unilateral action by the Obama administration." Maggie Gallagher, chair of the National Organization for Marriage, called Obama's endorsement of Feinstein's bill "political theatrics," stating there is "zero chance that Congress is going to repeal [the law] anytime soon."
The administration has refused to defend DOMA in the several challenges currently making their way through federal courts.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkAlan Chambers, President, Exodus InternationalRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkScott Davis, Director of Student Ministries, Exodus InternationalLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family InstituteRandy Thomas, Executive Vice President, Exodus InternationalLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/7/2011 | Homosexuality
Obama Administration Youth Summit: Gov’t ‘Has Finally Come Out of the Closet'
CNS News
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke at the first “Federal LGBT Youth Summit” on Monday after being introduced by a homosexual on her staff, who said the secretary “gets us” and is “tireless” in her support of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender youth.
“Your federal government has finally come out of the closet in support of LGBT youth,” said Pam Hyde, HHS administrator for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services.
“It’s great to see so many young faces out there, all gay and proud,” Hyde said.
Sebelius congratulated the teens and 20-somethings for attending the summit and said the goal of the summit was to “really tackle the issues facing the LGBT youth in our country.”
The LGBT Youth Summit was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and is being held at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 6 and 7.
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network 6/3/2011 | Homosexuality
Marshall asks Richmond Fed to remove rainbow flag honoring gay rights
Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, is asking the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank to remove the rainbow flag flying below the American flag outside of the building, calling its presence “a serious deficiency of judgment by your organization, one not limited to social issues.”
In a letter to Richmond Fed President Jeffrey M. Lacker, Marshall says the homosexual behavior “celebrated” by the bank “undermines the American economy” and is a class six felony in Virginia.
“The Richmond Fed’s endorsement of costly, anti-social, immoral behavior is rejected by 6,000 years of Western Religious and moral teaching,” writes Marshall, who is among the General Assembly’s most conservative members and has long been outspoken on gay-rights issues. “You want the American people to trust your [judgment] in economic matters when your spokesperson celebrates an attack on public morals?”
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Karl Benzio, Founder and Executive Director , Lighthouse NetworkBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.comMr. Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association and AmeriSam Rohrer, President of the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network , Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network