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Lt. Dan Choi is back training with his National Guard unit. Conventionally, this would be about as newsworthy as saying that paint dries: officers serve with their units all the time. But Lt. Choi is, by his own definition, different – he is openly homosexual. He has been appearing in the media, actively calling for a reversal of the 1993 “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy concerning homosexuality. According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, homosexuality is incompatible with military service. This is not a statement of preference, but a law. All members of the Armed Forces ...

One thing I have noticed in the debate over homosexuals in the military is that roughly 99.5% of the American public, including 99.5% of long-time Washington political reporters and 99.5% of members of Congress, believe three key things about the issue. The current policy regarding homosexuals in the military is governed by a law known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Under current law, homosexuals are allowed to serve in the military as long as they are not open about their sexual orientation. Doing away with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” would allow homosexuals to serve openly in the ...

On January 5, both houses of the Rhode Island legislature overrode (by large margins) Gov. Donald Carcieri’s veto of a bill that would have given “domestic partners” the authority to make funeral arrangements for one another. Providence Journal columnist Bob Kerr was one who took the governor to task (“Carcieri’s heartless, but not surprising piece of work,” November 13, 2009). Toward the end of this article, Kerr says “if you could let me know exactly what traditional marriage is I’d appreciate it.” Perhaps as good a definition as any is that offered by scholar David Blankenhorn in his ...

Several weeks after radical homosexual activist Kevin Jennings was appointed to head the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the Department of Education, FRC released a detailed paper listing seven reasons why Mr. Jennings is unfit for this post. One of those seven charges was, “By his own account, Jennings failed to protect the ‘safety’ of a homosexual student he once counseled when working as a teacher”—a student who told Jennings (according to Jennings’ own account) that “I met somebody in the bus station bathroom and went home with him.” Even though Jennings himself issued a ...

Advocates of same-sex “marriage” assert that the “fundamental right” of homosexual individuals to marry is infringed if they are not free to marry “the person of their choice” (and they often cite the elimination of laws which once banned interracial marriage as precedent for this principle). However, everyone still faces restrictions upon whom they may marry. No one is permitted to marry a child, a close blood relative, a person who is already married, or (in most states and countries) a person of the same sex. However, if the restriction against marrying someone of the same sex is ...

If anyone doubted the Obama Administration was pushing the homosexual agenda – they shouldn’t any longer. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the highest ranking open homosexual serving in the Administration, John Berry, who is the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, he said this at a gay pride event here in Washington DC. Their plan is clear and logical. Play the victim and pass hate crimes giving sanctioned and special protected status to those who engage in homosexual behavior. The bill states that Congress has found that: The incidence of violence motivated by the ...

Here’s some articles of interest for this afternoon. “Most Americans Against Abortion Coverage in Health Care Bill,” Nathan Black, The Christian Post “Church, state and gay marriage,” Editorial, The Los Angeles Times “Iowa conservatives still focused on gay marriage,” Mike Glover, Associated Press “NJ teen barred from abortion protest sues school,” Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press “Sex ed. vs. abstinence,” Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow “Pew: Faith-based initiative still popular,” Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun “Abortion clinic ‘bubble’ law met by protests,” Dan Simmons, Chicago Tribune

Nominee for Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission NOMINEE: Chai Feldblum BIRTH DATE: c. 1959 EDUCATION: B.A. in Ancient Studies and Religion, Barnard College, 1979. J.D. from Harvard Law School, 1985. FAMILY: Lives with a same-sex “domestic partner,” Georgetown Law Professor Nan Hunter. Previously lived in a “nonsexual domestic partnership” with three other women who pledged to care for each other. EXPERIENCE: Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School; Director of the Law Center’s Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic; ...

Here’s some articles of interest. “N.Y. Senate Delays Gay Marriage Vote,” Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times “AMA votes to seek repeal of ‘don’t ask,don’t-tell’,” Associated Press “The Politics of Loosening Healthcare’s Abortion Restrictions,” Dan Gilgoff, U.S. News and World Report “House Health-Care Bill Does Not Prohibit Paying Federal Funds to Health Providers Who Withhold Food and Water From Patients,” Karen Schuberg, CNSNews.com “Federal judge nixes SC license tag with cross,” Jim Davenport, Associated Press “Cord Blood Reverses Cerebral Palsy in Colorado Girl,” Jessica Ryen ...

Here’s some articles that might be of interest. “Code words,” Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine “Bloomfield man fights cancer with his own stem cells,” Patti Singer, Democrat and Chronicle “Attacking the Defense of Marriage Act,” The Washington Times “Michigan panel to discuss stem cell research bills,” Associated Press “Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging stem cell rule,” Associated Press “MSU profs offer same-sex marriage solution,” Dawson Bell, The Detroit Free-Press “In Battle Over Gay Marriage, Timing May Be Key,” Adam Liptak, The New York Times “How Pro-life Dems Will Justify Voting for ...