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Celebrate Liberty in Liberty Hill
July 1st - 3rd, 7 - 9 pm
July
4th, 2009 - 9am - Midnight & beyond
Sendero Event Center
Music, Entertainment & Fireworks Nightly
- Freedom Season
Decoration Day through Independence Day
www.americanfamilyreunion.com
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Central Texas Pastor Conference
Friday, September 11, 2009, 10am - 2 pm
- Worldview Encounter
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9am - 2 pm
- America Bless God Annual Banquet
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
GOVERNMENT POLICY
ACLU Demands Desert Memorial Be Covered by a Bag
Source: www.dakotavoice.com, Bob Ellis, June 10th, 2009
This case highlights both the silliness and the vindictiveness of the secularists who want to erase any expression of America’s Christian heritage from the public square. In 1934 a group of veterans put up a small white cross in the Mojave Desert as a memorial a to the soldiers who fought in World War I and gave their lives in defense of our nation. But the ACLU, ever on the warpath
UCLA Allows Student to Thank Jesus at Graduation
The University of California in Los Angeles has responded to media pressure and agreed to allow a graduating student to thank Jesus in her personal statement.
Source: www.ChristianPost.com, Katherine T. Phan, Sat, Jun. 06 2009
UCLA student Christina Popa claimed the school's Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology was denying her freedom of speech when she was told by Pamela Hurley, a faculty adviser, that she would not be allowed to mention "Jesus" in her graduation remarks.
Grateful Citizens Pay Tribute to America's Veterans
Source: www.ruralnorthwest.com, Kathryn Star Heart, 6/02/09
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, a slight breeze fluttered the many American flags that lined the walkways of Grandview Cemetery as a large crowd of thankful Boundary County citizens gathered to honor and pay homage to the many veterans and the families of lost veterans for the sacrifices that have been made to keep America free.
Gun-loving pastor to his flock: Piece be with you
Source: www.forbes.com, DYLAN T. LOVAN , 06.04.09
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. New Bethel Church is welcoming "responsible handgun owners" to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety.
NRA wants high court to look at Oak Park gun ban
Source: www.wbbm780.com, 6/08/09
CHICAGO (STNG) -- The National Rifle Association has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court over an appellate court ruling upholding a handgun ban in west suburban Oak Park.
The 10th Amendment and Ratification of the Constitution
Source: www.americanvision.org, Dr. Archie Jones, 6/10/09
Humanly speaking, the authority of our Constitution is not based on the authority of the people of the nation or the Union but upon the authority of the people of the respective states. Sen. Daniel Webster to the contrary not withstanding, the Constitution’s Preamble’s opening phrase, “We the people of the United States,” did not mean, and was not intended to mean, the people of the United States as a united whole—as Federalist advocates of ratification of the Constitution had to admit again and again during the various states’ debates on ratification of the Constitution.
Breast cancer soars under government-run health care
Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com, Mark Tapscott, Editorial, 06/09/09
Here's a sobering thought inspired by the prospect of President Obama and Congress nationalizing the U.S. health care system: Breast cancer rates in Europe under nationalized health care systems are significantly higher than they are here, and women are much more likely to have breast cancer there than here.
Students, Legal Groups Stand Against Anti-Religious Court Order
Source: www.ChristianPost.com, Eric Young, Sat, Jun. 06 2009
The school year has officially ended for the students in Florida’s Santa Rosa County School District but the controversies stemming from an anti-religious court order have not. And they may not for up to the five years that all Santa Rosa County School District employees are banned from engaging in prayer or religious activities under the consent degree that resulted from a lawsuit filed six months ago by the ACLU.
Obama gives terrorists 'right to remain silent'
FBI ordered to read Miranda warning to U.S. enemies
Source: www.wnd.com, Chelsea Schilling, June 10, 2009
The Obama Administration has ordered the FBI and CIA to inform terrorists overseas that they "have the right to remain silent" before probing them for information to save American lives.
EDUCATION POLICY
VT program helps students explore gender
Source: www.google.com, WILSON RING, AP, June 8, 2009
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program was different; it focused on gender. The nine-week program, partially funded by the Burlington School District, was held at Vermont's Queer Youth Center and called "Gendertopia."
Former SBOE chairman draws challenger in GOP primary
Source: www. dallasnews.com, Terrence Stutz, Jun 03, 2009
The son of former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff announced Wednesday that he will challenge State Board of Education member Don McLeroy of College Station in the GOP primary next year. Thomas Ratliff, a lobbyist and legislative consultant for the Ratliff Co., has filed paperwork with the Texas Ethics Commission to seek the Republican nomination for the SBOE District 9 seat in East Texas.
Homeschooling on the rise
Columbus, Phenix City parents say homeschooling helps them tailor their children’s lessons and increases quality time
Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com, Andrea V. Hernandez, Monday, Jun. 08, 2009
Columbus mother Denise Rhinehart never thought she would end up homeschooling her three children. “It was really the furthest thing from my mind,” she said...
Creationism and American schools
The debate over whether religion or science should be given precedence in schools is ongoing in the United States (*** Especially written for stupid Texans that believe in Creation)
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk, Anjana Anjum, June 4, 2009
In the United States, the determination to keep the creationist flame alive in science classes burns fiercely. Just three months ago, its champions won the right to force Texas schoolbooks to state that evolutionary theory, a stable pillar of modern biology, is still a matter of scientific dispute.
Teachers should be judged on student performance
Source: www.breitbart.com, LIBBY QUAID, AP, Jun 8, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teachers should be judged on student performance, though not solely on test scores, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday. Duncan supports merit pay for teachers, an often controversial practice linking raises or bonuses to student achievement. It is opposed by many teachers' union members, who make up a powerful segment of the Democratic Party. He said test scores alone should not decide a teacher's salary.
ECONOMIC POLICY
Boom Town
Washington is awash in money.Article more in Opinion
Source: www.wsj.com, JUNE 10, 2009
At least there's one place in America that's wearing like Teflon through the recession: Washington, D.C. Most corners of the economy may be struggling, but in the nation's capital it's boom times, baby.
More Fiscally Conservative Legislature, But Still Failing
Index shows Republican ratings improve as committee chairs decline
Source: www.empowertexans.com, MQ Sullivan, 6/10/09
AUSTIN, Texas – Texans for Fiscal Responsibility released its final ratings today for members of the 81st Texas Legislature. TFR President Michael Quinn Sullivan says that while the partisan gap narrowed, the ratings of the House and Senate members show a more fiscally conservative direction. “Unfortunately, the session itself was highlighted by missed opportunities; too much was simply not done that should have been,” noted Sullivan. “Not only did the legislature fail to provide much-needed property tax relief, it only provided tweaks to the property tax appraisal system and the state's business tax instead of the fundamental reforms that were needed.”
Once, We Would Have Called It a Scandal
Source: www.humanevents.com, Newt Gingrich, 06/10/2009
There was a time when we would have called it a scandal… In 1921, oil tycoon Harry Sinclair gave several prize head of cattle and around $269,000 to President Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall. In return, Sinclair got the exclusive rights to drill in an oil field in Wyoming. Sinclair’s no-bid contract became the Teapot Dome scandal, the most notorious example of political corruption in America prior to Watergate.
Take Action: EPA Regulation to Cost Jobs, Hurt Small Business and Farmers
Source: www.cfif.org, 6/09/09
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is within days of making a landmark regulatory decision that could expose small businesses, farmers, and county and city governments to unfair, costly litigation.
Tech cos enlist Democrat to blast Obama tax plan
Source: www.reuters.com, Kim Dixon, Mon Jun 8, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of technology heavyweights, including chiefs of IBM (IBM.N) and Motorola Inc (MOT.N) enlisted a former Clinton administration economist to beat back President Barack Obama's plan to boost some taxes on overseas profits.
Corrections on a Budget
California's Conundrum
Source: www.breakpoint.org, Mark Earley, 6/10/2009
In May, California voters rejected ballot measures intended to close the state’s $21 billion budget deficit. This rejection has people wondering if the Golden State will now join another venerable American institution, General Motors, in bankruptcy court.
N.Y. Senate Goes Republican, Aided by Two Democrats
Source: www.Bloomberg.com, Henry Goldman and Michael Quint, June 9, 2009
Republicans reclaimed control of the New York state Senate with help from two Democrats, who rebelled against a $131.8 billion budget they said was negotiated in secret.
Michael Quinn Sullivan slays taxpayer dragons in Austin
Source: www.star-telegram.com, MIKE NORMAN, 6/05/09
When the heat is on in Austin, Michael Quinn Sullivan knows how to make it even hotter. Sullivan is the 39-year-old president and CEO of Empower Texans, an organization also known as Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, with offices a few blocks from the Capitol on Congress Avenue. He turns up the heat on issues affecting taxes, from the point of view that more is not better.
RELIGION
The Perfect Storm for a New Church
Source: www.ministrytodaymag.com, 6/10/09
Been there, done that. That's the attitude most Americans have toward church today, according to the latest Barna study. Half of those surveyed say an increasing number of people they are in relationship with "are tired of the usual church experience." More than 100 million adults (45 percent of the general population) are so dissatisfied with their present faith community that they'd be willing to …
The Catalyst for Revival
Source: www.ministrytodaymag.com, Tommy Tenney, 6/10/09
Do you want revival to hit your city? It will only happen when there is unity in the body of Christ. God wants to send real revival. More than just a banner stretched across the front lawn of a church and more than a few conversions, He wants to send the kind of revival that finds entire cities falling under a canopy of His glory.
Miraculous Muslim conversions raise evangelistic questions
Source: www.churchcentral.com, Ken Walker, June 2009
Pastors looking for encouraging sermon material amid the decline in American church attendance may want to check out Joel Rosenberg’s new book, "Inside the Revolution." A New York Times bestseller, the book reached the #3 position on June’s CBA (Christian Booksellers Association) list. Much of the attention surrounding it concerns its extensive examination of the implications of religious and political movements in Iran 30 years after the overthrow of the shah.
The President in Cairo
Islam and Religious Tolerance
Source: www.breakpoint.org, Chuck Colson, 6/8/2009
Last Thursday, President Obama gave his much-anticipated speech at Cairo University in Egypt. The speech was eloquent and powerfully given. The theme was a “new beginning” in the relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world, and was well-received by its intended audience—building important bridges.
Evangelical Group Banned From Tulsa Housing Projects, Chapter Leader Says
Source: www.foxnews.com, James Osborne, Monday, June 08, 2009
A Christian evangelical group that works to improve the lives of underprivileged children says it has been prohibited from conducting Bible study classes in public housing projects in Tulsa, Okla., potentially violating a Supreme Court ruling that upheld religious groups' right to the use of public institutions.
CA County Apologizes for Citing Home Bible Study
Source: www.charismamag.com, Adrienne S. Gaines, Thursday, 04 June 2009
A California pastor received the apology he was seeking from San Diego County officials who had ordered him and his wife not to hold a Bible study in their home without a permit.
What Shall We do?
Source: www.avoicefortoday.blogspot.com, Earl Presley, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Research shows that at the current birth rates and changing demographics of the world, Christianity will once again be a minority religion and faced with a dominant religion that will persecute and kill its followers. The Muslim faith is multiplying at a birth rate of over 8.1. The average birthrate of Christians world-wide is at 1.
SOCIAL POLICY
NH Legalizes Gay Marriage
Source: www.charismamag.com, Adrienne S. Gaines, Thursday, 04 June 2009
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a gay marriage bill into law Wednesday, making his traditionally conservative state one of six nationwide that permit same-sex unions.
Media Matters
Source: www.americanvision.org, Gary DeMar, 6/09/09
For years, liberals have been telling us that screen scenes depicting gratuitous sex, sadism, nihilism, despair, violence, militant secularism, and blasphemy have little or no effect on the opinions and behavior of viewers. Those who make these claims are some of the same people who worked with relentless abandon to stop a cigarette company from using Joe Camel in its advertisements. They claimed that the cartoonish character would appeal to young people and encourage them to smoke. Outrage is expressed …
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