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Family Research Council - "In a sex scandal that's rocking Kansas, it's been revealed that state Attorney General Paul Morrison, who won the job from incumbent Phill Kline in 2006, has been compromised by a two-year extramarital affair with a former assistant. In a formal complaint of sexual harassment filed by Linda Carter, Morrison's former girlfriend, the attorney general is accused of everything from performing sex acts in the Johnson County Courthouse to attempting to 'glean sensitive information about Kline's activities' regarding his investigation of the abortionist George Tiller, attempting to use Carter as a conduit." Read more>> See also: Sex scandal rocks A.G.;
Attorney General Paul Morrison Should Resign For The Sake Of The Integrity Of The Office;
Kansas Attorney General Calls for Probe of His Affair-Abortion Scandal;
Dems Want Morrison Out, List Replacement Possibilities;
Kansas Attorney General Won't Resign Despite Affair-Abortion Scandal; Scandal turns Morrison from political powerhouse to tattered target;
State judge hearing Kline case in private |
| Washington Times (commentary by by Tony Perkins and Tom Minnery) - "With each passing day the drama deepens in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. With only two months to go before votes are cast that really count, at least four and possibly five men are serious contenders for a party that appears to be doing as much soul-searching as it is candidate-seeking." Read more>> |
| Christian Post - "The Supreme Court of Rhode Island rejected this week a petition for divorce by a lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts. The ruling was considered a victory for pro-family groups seeking to protect traditional marriage. In a 3-2 ruling on Friday, the state court said that the same-sex couple could not legally divorce in Rhoda Island because state law defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. 'The role of the judicial branch is not to make policy, but simply to determine the legislative intent as expressed in the statues enacted by the General Assembly,' wrote the court. Margaret Chambers and Cassandra Ormiston had traveled to Massachusetts in 2004 to obtain a marriage license. Chambers filed for divorce last year in Providence, citing 'irreconcilable differences.'" Read more>> See also: Marriage protected, Rhode Island Supreme Court says no to same-sex couple seeking a "divorce" |
| Newsmax - "Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is gaining support for his plan to stem the annual flow of nearly $300 million in federal tax dollars given to groups that perform abortions. Pence tells Newsmax he has close to 200 members of Congress ready to support his Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act." Read more>> |
| CNSNews.com - "A recent Pew Research poll reported high levels of 'hopelessness' in African-American communities across the United States, a characteristic pro-life activists are linking to high abortion rates among black women. 'Children are the future. When you destroy your children, you destroy hope,' Dr. Alveda King, pastoral associate of Priests for Life and the niece of the late civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said in a statement." Read more>> See also: Report: Abortions Target Blacks, Repeat Abortions High, 10% Use RU 486 |
| AZCentral.com - "Scottsdale's Personnel Board on Monday unanimously voted to recommend that the city protect gays and transgender people from discrimination in City Hall." Read more>> See also: Palm Beach County Votes to End Transgender Discrimination; Leggett signs transgender discrimination ban into law; Michigan Governor Signs Transgender Antidiscrimination Law |
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CFI EDITORIAL COMMENT: Below is a long list of articles which discuss the recent, groundbreaking research that takes adult stem cells from skin cells and manipulates them into "blank slate" cells which could grow tissues for many parts of the human body. These cells have the same potential as those taken from human embryos without taking human life. This is a dramatic breakthrough, and many believe it may make embryonic stem-cell research obsolete.
New York Times - "Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo - a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone. Until now, the only way to get such human universal cells was to pluck them from a human embryo several days after fertilization, destroying the embryo in the process." Read more>> |
| Breakpoint (opinion by Chuck Colson) - "Five years ago, Florida voters amended their state constitution to guarantee the rights of a previously unprotected class: pregnant pigs. Specifically, the ballot initiative guaranteed pregnant sows 'enough space within which to turn around.' Now, treating animals humanely is a moral imperative, especially for Christians; treating them as if they somehow were equivalent to humans is not. And, increasingly, that is what we are doing." Read more>> |
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LifeNews.com -- "Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine made his state the fourteenth to reject federal funds for abstinence education. The decision, which affects nearly 15 nonprofit programs, raises the number of states that have rejected the funds to help teenagers avoid abortions by initially avoiding sexual relations. Saying it is part of his effort to reduce the state's alleged budget deficit, Governor Tim Kaine has chosen to eliminate $275,000 of funding for abstinence education programs in Virginia's public schools." Read more>> See also: Virginia Governor Cuts Funding for Abstinence Education; Florida Sex Ed Under Fire over Explicit Content; Chlamydia Hits Record Level in U.S.; Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea up for second year; Syphilis Rates Rise by 14 Percent in U.S., CDC Says; U.S. Sets Record in Sexual Disease Cases |
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The Wichita Eagle - "Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline wants a judge to bar two attorneys from representing Planned Parenthood's Overland Park clinic on abortion-related charges. Kline said he intended to call the lawyers, Pedro Irigonegaray and Robert Eye, as witnesses in a criminal case against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and its Comprehensive Health clinic. Kline filed the 107-count criminal complaint Oct. 17, alleging that late-term abortions were performed at the clinic in 2003 and clinic staff did not keep adequate records. Kline investigated the clinic while he was attorney general. Current Attorney General Paul Morrison conducted his own investigation after he took over the office and cleared the clinic of wrongdoing. Irigonegaray and Eye have been the clinic's attorneys for more than three years, Planned Parenthood President Peter Brownlie said." Read more>> See also: Kansas County Attorney Doesn't Want Lawyers Representing Abortion Center; Planned Parenthood's Lawyers Could Take the Stand |
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Citizenlink - "Abstinence educators are crying foul over a report that claims their programs do not delay the initiation of sex, hasten the return to abstinence or reduce the number of sexual partners among teens. Douglas Kirby, author of the study, is a staff member of ETR, a company that specializes in condom-based sex education curricula. Linda Klepacki, sexual health analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said that alone should cast doubt on the validity of the research. 'The more that he can say that abstinence education does not work, the more money he makes,' she told Family News in Focus. 'This is biased to the extreme.' In response, Kirby said: 'That is absolutely not true. I personally do not benefit in any way financially or other.' He said he's only trying to debunk the idea that condom-based sex education promotes promiscuity. But Klepacki said no matter how Kirby spins it, his company stands to make more money." Read more>> See also: Does AP Stand for 'Anti-Abstinence Propaganda?'; Teen sex-ed programs backed |
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LifeNews.com -- "A leading pro-abortion law firm has released a new report saying thirty states are likely to ban most or all abortions if the Supreme Court reverses the Roe v. Wade decision. The firm also conducted a poll finding many Americans are unaware of pro-life efforts to get abortion bans in place for when the high court overturns the case. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights says Roe is under attack like never before with pro-life activists using new strategies at both the state and federal level." Read more>> See also: "What if Roe Fell" - a map of the states created by the pro-abortion group Center for Reproductive Rights |
| Family Research Council - "Liberal activist Tim Gill may reside in Colorado but in Tuesday's election his influence was felt as far away as Virginia. Through donations to at least four key candidates, Gill's investments continue to pay dividends in state outcomes. This year, with the control of Virginia's State Senate in the balance, Gill's contributions helped return the Senate to Democratic control for the first time in over a decade. He also donated $15,000 to Virginia Equality, which redistributes those dollars to pro-homosexual campaigns across the state. Unfortunately, until values voters match in turnout what Gill spends in capital, these victories will have far-reaching implications for marriage and family." Read more>> |
| Foxnews - Trustees of the largest high school district in the country voted 4-1 Monday night to mandate displays bearing the nation's motto - 'In God We Trust' - and other historical documents in over 2,300 district classrooms and offices. The display of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights will be included in the posters approved by district trustees in Bakersfield, Calif. Monday night. Kern County High School District trustee Chad Vegas initially proposed the measure as a way of promoting patriotism. But the idea sparked a contentious debate." Read more>> |
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Telegraph.co.uk - "No one can deny that in recent years the need to "save the planet" from global warming has become one of the most pervasive issues of our time. As Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, claimed in 2004, it poses 'a far greater threat to the world than international terrorism', warning that by the end of this century the only habitable continent left will be Antarctica. Inevitably, many people have been bemused by this somewhat one-sided debate, imagining that if so many experts are agreed, then there must be something in it. But if we set the story of how this fear was promoted in the context of other scares before it, the parallels which emerge might leave any honest believer in global warming feeling uncomfortable." Read more>> See also: Climate shift 'poles apart'; Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming 'Greatest Scam in History'; Elementary school students join fight against global warming; More evangelicals concluding God is green: Traditionally conservative movement moving to embrace 'creation care'; Ritter unveils ambitious Climate Action Plan; Gov. Ritter strikes out at Coors Field (editorial); Gov. Ritter touts plan to battle global warming |
| CBS News - "CBS News has learned Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct. . . . The six ministries identified as being under investigation by the committee are led by: Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. Three of the six - Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar - also sit on the Board of Regents for the Oral Roberts University." Read more>> See also: Some Question Preacher Investigation |
| EDITOR'S NOTE: As Colorado embarks upon a 2008 legislative session where education will be one of the top issues, it is critical to pay attention to related legislative efforts in other states. Legislators take ideas from their peers in other states. Because the principle that parents are the first educators of their children is of primary concern to us at CFI, we believe it is important for you to know about this important story. Schools should be accountable to the parents who pay taxes to support them and not the other way around.
Foxnews - "Parents in Connecticut might be the ones getting the report cards if a proposed plan makes the grade at a Manchester public school district. Steven Edwards, a Republican member of the Manchester Board of Education who's up for re-election Nov. 6, wants parents to be evaluated on a handful of what he says are objective measures - including whether their children have done the homework and eaten a good breakfast. 'I tried to design something modest [measuring] things that virtually everybody would agree parents should do to help their kids,' Edwards said. 'We don't have our staff making any subjective evaluations.' The idea has angered parents, and the local PTA vows to fight the plan." Read more>> |
| LifeNews.com -- "Bella, the pro-life themed movie that has the potential to change hearts and minds on abortion, opened solidly with $1.3 million over the weekend in a limited release in just 31 cities. Though other movies achieved higher gross sales, they needed significantly more theaters to do so." Read more>> |
| Citizenlink - "Award-winning Bella is a movie about sacrificial love. Most CitizenLink calls to action involve petitions or phone calls to senators - not a trip to the Cineplex. Yet this one - a call to see the movie Bella during its opening weekend - is also important. Bella is a small-budget underdog film with a big message that illustrates the inherent value of life. That's why Eduardo Verástegui, the film's leading actor and producer, dedicated three years of his life to the project. He realized "80 to 90 percent" of what was coming out of the media was 'poisoning our society.' So Verástegui set out to make films that not only entertain, but also make a difference - a far cry from the projects that sprung him into superstardom in his native Mexico and across Latin America." Read more>> |
| CitizenLink.com -- "A case of attempted robbery has revealed that hate-crimes laws are not really about 'hate' - they're about enshrining homosexual behavior in law. " Read more>> |
| (CNSNews.com) - "New research conducted by a British statistician showed that abortion is the "best predictor of breast cancer" among seven acknowledged risk factors, though fertility is also useful in anticipating the incidence of the disease. The study re-confirms what many scientists acknowledge in private but won't mention in public...." Read more>> |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton vowed on Thursday to lift President George W. Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research." Read more>> |
Homosexual Rights Groups Angry at Indianapolis Colts Coach |
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INDIANAPOLIS – Local and national gay-rights groups are questioning Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy’s decision to appear at a fundraising banquet this month for a group backing a proposed state ban on same-sex marriage. |
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TownHall.com-- A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll says 55 percent of those surveyed consider honesty, integrity and other values of character the most important qualities they look for in a presidential candidate. |
Bill seeks consent for tanning, abortion remains notification only. |
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The parental notification law in Colorado is a good one. It brings parents into the decision making process when a minor girl considers having an abortion. Yet a girl can still have an abortion because the parents' consent is not required even after they are notified. Now, Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation to require a parent to sign a consent form before a son or daughter under 18 can get a tan. In Colorado, child must have the permission of a parent to have their ears pierced or for a tattoo, but not an abortion. Is this not a bit out of proportion? Here's a CitizenLink artlcle on the subject featuring CFI President and CEO Jim Pfaff. Family News in Focus interviewed Jim for its Feb. 19th broadcast (Click here to listen. It shows up near the end of the broadcast.) |