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GOVERNMENT POLICY
We Surround Them-The Unveiling
March 13th on FOX News 4 PM CDT
Source: www.glennbeck.com
 Do you watch the direction that America is being taken in and feel powerless to stop it? Do you believe that your voice isn’t loud enough to be heard above the noise anymore? Do you read the headlines everyday and feel an empty pit in your stomach…as if you’re completely alone?
An Exclusive Interview with Texas Senator Dan Patrick
Source: James Aalan Bernsen, Texas Republic News, 2/9/2009
“We are the cradle now. We’re the last line of conservatism. We need to protect this state, grow our message outside of our borders and reclaim this country.” Dan Patrick has made a living out of speaking his mind. Thus, there was little doubt when Patrick announced he was running for the Texas Senate that the successful Houston-area talk radio host would become a forceful proponent of his principles…
The Return of American Fascism
Source: www.americanvision.org | Gary DeMar | March 03, 2009
We've been taught that fascism is a foreign-born ideology that spawned the political aspirations of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. In reality, fascism has had a long history in America and has been resurrected by people who believe that power guided by good intentions can do no harm. They are ignorant of history and human nature. We don't have to go abroad to find examples of fascism. The political philosophies of presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are textbook examples of fascism in action.
The Armageddon-Provoking Employee Free Choice Act
The horrors of allowing workers to negotiate fair wages and benefits.
Source: www.alternet.org, ZP Heller, SEIU at 5:50 AM on March 4, 2009.
We’ve been fighting for Employee Free Choice for months. Together with SEIU, we pressured Burger King to backtrack on their anti-labor position. We pushed for Hilda Solis, a true progressive champion of the working class, to be confirmed as Labor Secretary. And all along the way, we’ve dispelled the myths about Employee Free Choice, calling out Fox News, Republicans, and anti-union CEOs like Home Depot’s Bernie Marcus and Wal-Mart’s Lee Scott for distorting what this bill would mean for hardworking Americans.
EDUCATION POLICY
See ACTION ALERT on Texas SBOE >>
Home schoolers swarm to defend education
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Pete Chagnon - 3/2/2009
A home school defense attorney is warning New Hampshire home schoolers about a piece of legislation being debated in The Granite State. Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association is warning New Hampshire homeschoolers of HB 367. If passed, the bill would require home schoolers to double the amount of reporting currently required and would allow a school superintendant or principal to determine if the home school program should continue or be terminated.
'God' - the new four-letter word in public schools
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Charlie Butts - 2/25/2009
Why is religion taboo in American schools? Christian attorney John Whitehead addresses that question. "God has become THE four-letter word in most public schools in the United States," says Whitehead, founder of The Rutherford Institute. And he explains in a commentary why that has come to pass: "An elite segment of society that views God as irrelevant has come to predominate." (View video commentary)
Christians called to mass exodus from public schools
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Pete Chagnon - 1/2/2009
Critics of America's public school system have launched a new effort highlighting the need for Christians to exit the system. See poll.
Christian Ministries Weak on K-12 Christian Education in Exodus Mandate Report Card
Contact: E. Ray Moore, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) USAR Ret., 803-714-1744, 803-237-8680 (c); www.exodusmandate.org
COLUMBIA, SC, Feb. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Chaplain E. Ray Moore issued a Report Card at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb 10, 2009, at a news conference, on how effectively major Christian ministries and organizations support K-12 Christian education or home schooling.
Study Proves School Voucher Program Improves Public Schools
Source: www.lifesitenews.com, Thaddeus M. Baklinski, Thursday March 5, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, An in-depth and wide-ranging study by Dr. Greg Forster, Ph.D., of the Friedman Foundation for Education Choice, has concluded that school voucher programs in the US improve academic achievement in public schools. The school voucher program allows parents to use public funds to send their children to the school of their choice, public or private, and has been praised by many as among the most prominent and successful reforms in the education field.
ECONOMIC POLICY
See ACTION ALERT on Paxton's Limit Bill for Texas >>
Hooray for Hollywood - Video
Source: www.empowertexans.org – Michael Quinn Sullivan, 3/05/09
Taxpayer Tea Parties Take Off Texas Style
Source: www.afptx.org, Friday, February 27th 2009
We just finished the Austin Taxpayer Tea Party – and have word that the Dallas Tea Party had 300 people. (see it here - thanks, Dwayne Horner!). We had about 60 at the impromptu Austin event, and Rep. Wayne Christian spoke as did Peggy Venable (Texas AFP director) and Michael Quinn Sullivan (president of Empower Texans).
Join Rick Santelli’s Tea Party
Tenn. offer to offset carbon tax credited in deals
Source: www.chron.com, By ERIK SCHELZIG, AP, March 1, 2009
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Tennessee's unusual commitment to cover the cost of any future carbon tax for green companies that make major investments is being credited for luring two big solar energy developments worth more than $2 billion.
RELIGION
'Praying Parents' Put School in Legal Limbo
Source: www.washingtonpost.com, David Waters, 3/6/09
A year ago, a federal judge ruled that Lakeview Elementary School in suburban Nashville was illegally promoting religion by failing to properly monitor a group of "Praying Parents." "The effect of this inaction by school authorities was to project the image that Lakeview endorsed or promoted Christianity through its entanglement with the Praying Parents," U.S. Dist. Judge Robert L. Echols ruled.
A Win For Students’ Religious Liberty
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Source: www.northcountrygazette.org, Gene Policinski, 3/6/09
In turning away an appeal from a New Jersey football coach who prayed with his students, the U.S. Supreme Court has reaffirmed a long-held protection of the religious-liberty rights of individual players and other students.
SOCIAL POLICY
Activists filing lawsuit against DOMA want judge to redefine marriage for everyone
Source: www.alliancedefensefund.org, Tuesday, March 03, 2009
BOSTON — A lawsuit filed by a handful of same-sex couples represented by a homosexual activist group is seeking to have a judge redefine marriage for the entire country, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, unconstitutional.
Ark. court: Act 1 promoters can defend law against ACLU attack
Judge grants motion to intervene filed by ADF attorneys
Source: www.alliancedefensefund.org Friday, March 06, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — At a hearing Friday, an Arkansas court granted a motion to intervene filed by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of the Family Council Action Committee to join the state of Arkansas in defending Act 1 against a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The law, which voters passed in last year’s November election, places the benefits to children of being in the best possible home environment ahead of the desire of unmarried, cohabiting couples to adopt.
Editorial: Sex education without guesswork
Source: www.dallasnews.com, Friday, February 27, 2009
America's most prominent unwed teen mother recently declared what most people already knew about abstinence-only sex education. "It's not realistic at all," Bristol Palin told Fox News.
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