February 11, 2010

BETWEEN THE LINES -- Coalition for a Fair Michigan finally files

 
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:52 PM
Subject: BETWEEN THE LINES -- Coalition for a Fair Michigan finally files

"The filing is being hailed by Gary Glenn, head of the American Family Association of Michigan and a co-author of the (Marriage Protection) amendment.  'After breaking the law for five years, (Coalition for a Fair Michigan treasurer Rick) Wallace has finally relented and allowed Michigan voters a right they're supposed to be guaranteed by law on a timely basis: the ability to see for themselves which of their local politicians, public school teachers, university professors, businesses and individuals financially contributed to the campaign that opposed constitutionally protecting marriage between one man and one woman,' Glenn said."

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BETWEEN THE LINES
(homosexual activist newsmagazine)
Detroit, Michigan
February 11, 2010
 
Coalition for a Fair Michigan finally files
Anti-Prop. 2 campaign faced charges after 2004 disclosure reports were withheld
 
by Between the Lines staff
 
The Coalition for a Fair Michigan has filed the campaign disclosure reports from the 2004 battle over Proposal 2, which amended the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The files were supposed to have been submitted following the November 2004 campaign, but records from the Secretary of State's office show the reports were filed Jan. 25 (last month).

The report shows the group raised nearly $800,000 in an ultimately unsuccessful battle to urge state voters to reject an amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. That measure passed in 2004.

Secretary of State documents also show that Coalition treasurer Richard Wallace of Royal Oak was sent multiple warnings by election officials, and finally was threatened with criminal prosecution by the Office of Attorney General Mike Cox. The number for Wallace listed on campaign disclosure documents has been disconnected.

The filing is being hailed by Gary Glenn, head of the American Family Association of Michigan and a co-author of the amendment.

"After breaking the law for five years, Mr. Wallace has finally relented and allowed Michigan voters a right they're supposed to be guaranteed by law on a timely basis: the ability to see for themselves which of their local politicians, public school teachers, university professors, businesses and individuals financially contributed to the campaign that opposed constitutionally protecting marriage between one man and one woman," Glenn said.

Who has donated to either side of the same-sex marriage debate has become a heated issue. In California, supporters of the controversial Proposal 8, which banned same-sex marriage after that state's supreme court approved it, have gone to court seeking to keep the names of donors private. They claim doing so is to protect the safety of those donors.

"As a rule, I've supported and even championed the spirit of public disclosure and the people's right to know, though a court may find that the widespread hate and intimidation tactics by homosexual activists against individuals who supported California's Marriage Protection Amendment warrants an exception," Glenn said of the issue as it applied to the Prop. 8 proceedings. "In any case, the same rules should apply to both sides of any issue. If disclosure is required, it should apply to both sides. If an exception is made to protect public safety, that should apply to both sides."

Glenn was, however, quick to point out that this was not the case here in Michigan. The Coalition, he said, "thumbed their nose at the letter and the spirit of the law."

http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=40012

FLINT JOURNAL -- Rep. Scott didn't pull transgender statement out ofthin air; ACLU has campaigned for official IDs

 
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: FLINT JOURNAL -- Rep. Scott didn't pull transgender statement out ofthin air; ACLU has campaigned for official IDs

ACLU-Michigan threatened to sue when a Lansing health club refused
to allow the man on the left to use the women's shower and locker room.
Former Spring Arbor University dean and Baptist pastor John (now Julie)
Nemecek, right, is executive director of Michigan Equality, a homosexual
activist group headquartered in Lansing.
 
 
"The ACLU has for years tried to pressure the Secretary of State to officially certify a 'transgender' male who has not had so-called 'sex change' surgery as 'female.' The ACLU succeeded, temporarily, when the Secretary of State's office announced in 2005 that it would adopt such a policy change. Three weeks later, Secretary Land reversed the change, reverting back to the previous and still standing policy that the sex designation would be changed only after such surgery. Even that policy begs the question of whether a surgically-mutilated man whose DNA proves he's male should be officially certified 'female.'
 
There are also serious implications for women's privacy rights and comfort, since women and girls would legally be forced to share public restrooms, showers, locker rooms and changing areas with men who — if challenged — can present an official government I.D. 'proving' their claim to be women. ...Citizens should be able to trust that the Secretary of State will tell the truth and will not — by falsifying identifying characteristics on an official government I.D. — facilitate and enable identity theft, use of false I.D.s, or violation of the privacy rights of women and children."
 
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FLINT JOURNAL
Flint, Michigan
February 11, 2010
 
Another View
 
Rep. Scott didn't pull transgender statement out
of thin air; ACLU has campaigned for official IDs
 
by Gary Glenn

Critics have rushed to condemn Republican Secretary of State candidate Rep. Paul Scott's pledge to ensure that our state government fulfills its public trust to always tell the truth — including when a man who claims to believe he's a woman wants the government to enable that disorder by changing the sex on his driver's license.
 
Having the state officially certify delusions associated with a "gender identity disorder" as if they're documentable fact is a high enough priority for some, apparently, that they feel compelled to attack anyone who says the government should simply tell the truth instead.
 

In an era of heightened sensitivity about identity theft and terrorists using fake I.D.s, the issue is not how often the state might be asked by individuals suffering such disorders to falsify a government record, but whether our government under any circumstance should certify identifying characteristics on an official I.D. as anything other than what they truthfully are.

 

Perhaps critics who pretend Rep. Scott pulled this issue out of thin air don't want you to know that the ACLU has for years tried to pressure the Secretary of State to officially certify a "transgender" male who has not had so-called "sex change" surgery as "female."

 

The ACLU succeeded, temporarily, when the Secretary of State's office announced in 2005 that it would adopt such a policy change. Three weeks later, Secretary Land reversed the change, reverting back to the previous and still standing policy that the sex designation would be changed only after such surgery. Even that policy begs the question of whether a surgically-mutilated man whose DNA proves he's male should be officially certified "female."

 

There are also serious implications for women's privacy rights and comfort, since women and girls would legally be forced to share public restrooms, showers, locker rooms and changing areas with men who — if challenged — can present an official government I.D. "proving" their claim to be women.

 

The next Secretary of State will be pressured by the ACLU and homosexual and "transgender" activists to again adopt such a policy, this time permanently.

 

AFA-Michigan's position is simple: While we as individuals should compassionately sympathize with the difficulties experienced by others in some cases, government certifying agencies must dispassionately deal in reality and truth in all cases.

 

Citizens should be able to trust that the Secretary of State will tell the truth and will not — by falsifying identifying characteristics on an official government I.D. — facilitate and enable identity theft, use of false I.D.s, or violation of the privacy rights of women and children.

 

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Gary Glenn, Midland, is president of the American Family Association of Michigan, online at www.AFAMichigan.org.

 

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2010/02/rep_scott_didnt_pull_transgend.html


8 members of Texas Board of Education may re-write our nation's text books~M. Staver

 

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Subject: 8 members of the Texas Board of Education may re-write our nation's

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

       When I told Mike Huckabee that eight members of the Texas
       State Board of Education could soon re-write our nation's
       textbooks and censor our heritage of faith and freedom,
       Mike was shocked. See below.  -- Mat

Just a few days ago on Mike Huckabee's television show, I shared
about the latest round of attacks on the culture and heritage
of America - the re-writing of our children's textbooks.

As I laid out what was happening - how anti-religious, revisionist
groups are pressuring key board members to remove references
to basic facts of American history and position our nation as
a global villain - Mike was very troubled.

In fact, he said, "I don't tend to be an alarmist. But this
is alarming!"

       Go here right now to watch my interview on the Mike
       Huckabee show with the latest details on the effort to
       censor our children's textbooks:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=25038&RID=21966553

++"Christmas" replaced with "Diwali"!

As I shared with you a few days ago, the Texas State Board
of Education will soon finalize the language that publishers
use to align their textbooks to current "acceptable standards."
They are receiving pressure and outrageous demands from
activists who want to literally re-write American history!

The Board is considering many radical changes to the curriculum,
even stripping "Christmas Day" from the textbooks and including
a Hindu holiday called "Diwali"! And that's just the tip of
the iceberg. Other changes being considered:

       +Replacing the term "American" with "Global Citizen."

       +Stating that students need to be shaped "for responsible
        citizenship in a global society."

       +Removing all references to Daniel Boone, General George
        Patton, Nathan Hale, and Columbus Day.

       +Replacing "expansionism and free enterprise" with
        "imperialism and capitalism."

If that's not alarming enough, it gets worse! Because Texas
is the nation's largest purchaser of textbooks, many other
school systems nationally use these same books.

       The decision of eight people could affect a generation of
       tens of millions of our nation's school children!

++That's why we MUST "Take Back America" in 2010

Floyd, unbelievably, the Texas vote is too close to
call. It's inconceivable to me that such a small number of
people could yield so much power in what is being taught
in our nation's school systems - and potentially get it
so wrong!

We cannot stand idly by and allow our children and grandchildren
to be brainwashed through revisionist history, the watering
down of our nation's heritage and principles, the depiction
that our ancestors (and we ourselves!) are villains in the
world, and the insistence that we all conform to some "global"
standard.

This is not to say that several of the board members are not
well-informed, thoughtful citizens who realize how high the
stakes in this process truly are.  In fact, we have key
contacts close to the process that are receiving our
prayer and encouragement!

But the radical censors are intensely lobbying and pressuring
the entire group to go along with their activist viewpoint.
This outrageous attack on America's heritage is just one
more reason why Liberty Counsel's "Take Back America 2010"
campaign is so important!

If we allow these socialists to indoctrinate America's
upcoming generations by tearing down the cultural
foundations of our nation, our heritage and our freedom
will be lost forever!

Would you please take a moment right now to sign our
"Take Back America 2010" petition? Go here:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=25038&RID=21966553

In order to take back our nation, we must stop any and all
efforts to revise our history and brainwash our children!
That's why I want to send the strongest message possible
to the liberal elites that we will NOT allow them to
destroy our heritage.

But I need your help.

Please....

Join tens of thousands of concerned Americans who have
already signed the "Take Back America 2010" petition:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=25038&RID=21966553

Liberty Counsel will do everything in our power to stop
anti-faith, anti-American revisionists from re-writing
our children's textbooks. But I need you to stand with
me right now to "Take Back America."

++Liberty Counsel's guiding principles

We believe we are Christians first. We are also proud
Americans! We believe in the principles of our Constitution
and Declaration of Independence. These are among the
core reasons I entered the field of law and founded
Liberty Counsel. On the Huckabee show, I quoted the
Declaration of Independence:

       "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
       men are created equal, that they are endowed by
       their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
       among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
       of Happiness."

I am deeply thankful for the Founding Fathers who crafted
these documents and for the millions who have fought
for our liberties and freedom over the years.  I will
not allow a handful of people to rewrite the past in
order to reduce our nation to being a small part of
some ill-conceived global society!

Please help me by signing our "Take Back America 2010" petition.

Thank you and God bless America!


Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

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please take a moment right now to watch it. I share the
latest information on the effort to re-write our history.
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VIDEO -- Homosexual activists weigh in on Hate Crimes lawsuit

 
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:37 AM
Subject: VIDEO -- Homosexual activists weigh in on Hate Crimes lawsuit

WEYI-TV (NBC Channel 25)
Flint, Michigan
February 10, 2010
 
Homosexual activists weigh
in on hate crimes lawsuit
 
NEW VIDEO from a follow up story on our
lawsuit against the federal "hate crimes" law:
 
http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/video.aspx?id=414337



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WEYI-TV (FLINT) -- Mid-Michigan religious leaders challenge hatecrimes law

 
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Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:25 PM
Subject: WEYI-TV (FLINT) -- Mid-Michigan religious leaders challenge hatecrimes law

AFA-Michigan President Gary Glenn, right, during an interview Monday with
WEYI-TV Channel 25 (Flint) reporter Dan Armstrong.  Click to watch video:
 
 
"A 2005 Saginaw News article quotes Jeffrey Montgomery, the executive director of the Triangle Foundation, a homosexual activist group in Detroit, as saying crimes against homosexuals are on the rise. He says: 'The vocal anti-gay activists should be held accountable as accessories to these crimes because, many times, it is their rhetoric that led the perpetrators to believe that their crimes are O.K.'

Gary Glenn is the president of the American Family Association of Michigan.  He says, 'We filed a lawsuit to protect religious free speech rights of individuals who want to continue to speak out for their religious values.'  ...Glenn says, 'Everybody should be protected from violence, but everybody should also be free to express their religious or political views without fear of prosecution by people who want to silence those who disagree with the homosexual political agenda.'  He says, 'Under this so called hate crimes law, a criminal that attacks a pregnant woman, or a child, or a senior citizen would be punished less severely than someone who attacks a grown man, if that grown man is involved in the homosexual lifestyle.  That's not equality under the law.'"

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WEYI-TV (NBC Channel 25)
Flint, Michigan
February 8, 2010
 
Mid-Michigan religious leaders challenge hate crimes law
by Dan Armstrong
 
Some MidMichigan religious leaders say a new law limits their liberty.

The president of the American Family Association of Michigan in Midland, along with a Bridgeport Township pastor, say the hate crimes act is unconstitutional and prohibits their right of free speech.

They say, the law could be used against them for saying homosexuality is a sin.

Gary Glenn is the president of the American Family Association of Michigan. He says, "We filed a lawsuit to protect religious free speech rights of individuals who want to continue to speak out for their religious values."

The lawsuit was filed through the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor. It lists Gary Glenn, the pastor of First Baptist Church of Bridgeport Township Rene B. Ouellette, the pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Waterford Township Jim Combs, and the pastor of Bible Church in Ypsilanti Levon R. Yuille as plaintiffs and Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, as the defendant.

The plaintiffs say the hate crimes act is unconstitutional.

A 2005 Saginaw News article quotes Jeffrey Montgomery, the executive director of the Triangle Foundation, a homosexual activist group in Detroit, as saying crimes against homosexuals are on the rise. He says "The vocal anti-gay activists should be held accountable as accessories to these crimes because, many times, it is their rhetoric that led the perpetrators to believe that their crimes are ok."

Glenn says, "Everybody should be protected from violence, but everybody should also be free to express their religious or political views without fear of prosecution by people who want to silence those who disagree with the homosexual political agenda."

The Triangle Foundation says, the reaction is out of anger and fear. It says positive images of gays on television shows, along with the issues of gay marriage and civil rights are getting fundamentalists worked up.

Glenn disagrees, he says the law prefers one group over another. He says, "Under this so called hate crimes law, a criminal that attacks a pregnant woman, or a child, or a senior citizen would be punished less severely than someone who attacks a grown man, if that grown man is involved in the homosexual lifestyle. That's not equality under the law."

It's a debate of liberty and law to be decided in court.

The lawsuit was filed last Tuesday. The U.S. attorney general has 60-days to respond.

Click below to read the lawsuit.

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