Petition Launched To Impeach Federal Judge
"Federal Judge Myron Thompson is wrong,!!" says Frank Raddish, leader of the Capitol Hill Independent Baptist Ministries Coalition out of Washington, D.C. With that proclamation, Raddish pointedly told the crowd of about 100 or so that Judge Myron Thompson did not honestly interpret the constitution when he ordered the 10 commandments removed. 40 minutes later Raddish initiated a petition drive, a petition to have Judge Thompson removed from office. The signatures will eventually be turned over to Congress. Raddish, meantime, says he doesn't know how many signatures he'll get. His next stop is North Carolina.
Clergy Leaders to Respond to
Supreme Court Ten Commandments Case
Spokespersons for the National Clergy Council will be on site at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Nov. 3, when an announcement is expected on whether the High Court will grant a writ of certiorari in the case of Roy S. Moore, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, v. Stephen R. Glassroth, et. al. The Reverend Rob Schenck and the Reverend Pat Mahoney, organizers of the recent Montgomery, Alabama, demonstrations to preserve the display of the Ten Commandments there, will address the media in front of the Supreme Court on Monday beginning at 9 a.m. or at whatever time the Court releases its decision..
CUI Conference on Homo-Fascism
The Looming Specter of Homo-Fascism - Part 1
Listen to Part 1 of Message Given by Pastor Ralph Ovadal at Wisconsin Christians United's International Conference on Homo-Fascism
The Looming Specter of Homo-Fascism -Part 2
Listen to Part 2 of Message Given by Pastor Ralph Ovadal at Wisconsin Christians United's International Conference on Homo-Fascism
Barrow Hires Titus in ACLU Fight
WINDER — The Barrow County Board of Commissioners will be defended by Herb Titus, the attorney who defended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, in its federal lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union over a framed poster of the Ten Commandments at the Barrow County Courthouse.
The board made the decision to retain Titus Friday afternoon during a called meeting. The commissioners had originally planned to use the American Center for Law and Justice as their defense in the suit, but dropped the organization in October because the ACLJ wanted to pursue the case based on the historical significance of the Ten Commandments. The county hopes to defend its constitutional right to display the document. “We’re very fortunate to have him as our council,” said board Chairman Eddie Elder. “We continue to hear weekly about other counties who are joining us in our fight.”
Stage Set For 'Entered Hell' Monument Legal Battle
CASPER, United States -- A bitter constitutional row has erupted in a western US town over plans by a church to erect a scathing monument marking the "entrance into hell" of a gay student killed in a vicious hate crime. The battle erupted after the city council of Casper in the rural state of Wyoming blocked plans by a Kansas pastor to erect the marker in a public park damning the victim of the notorious gay-bashing murder. Reverend Fred Phelps wants to erect a 1.83-metre (six-foot) granite monument in a park dotted with other markers, including one depicting the Ten Commandments, proclaiming "God condemns gays to hell."
Top Court Mulls Pledge of Allegiance Case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will decide soon if the California atheist who wants the words "under God" stripped from the Pledge of Allegiance can serve as his own lawyer when the court hears his case next year. Dr. Michael Newdow is an attorney, and he has been writing and filing his own legal arguments so far. But he hasn't had his law license long enough to qualify for the Supreme Court Bar. Only members of that bar can stand before the justices during oral arguments, unless the court grants a waiver. "It is a tribute to our system of law that any individual with sufficient desire can, by himself, ensure that our government remains true to its constitutional ideals," Newdow wrote to the court this week.
Churches Unite To Protect God's Presence
Several local churches are seeking to have a constitutional amendment passed in the House and Senate protecting the name of God and the Ten Commandments. Throughout the state, many local governments recently passed resolutions approving the posting of the Ten Commandments in government buildings. The resolution also encourages citizens to proclaim the government's "responsibility to publicly recognize God as the foundation of our national heritage."
Barbie The Hot Pagan Witch
It's the bimbo blond doll's latest Wicca-like
incarnation, ready to "poison" young girls' minds
Listen up, naughty girls. Do you long to be an "ordinary schoolgirl" by day who "transforms at night" into some sort of scary pink-robed glittery giggly perky blond pseudo-witch "magical enchantress" thing, perusing your "book of spells" with its plethora of "mysterious compartments" that "hold your secrets," along with recipes for concocting real potions "you can actually drink?" Here comes Secret Spells Barbie.
Fight Resumes on Holiday Displays
City wants to ban menorah, others from Fountain Square
The annual fight over holiday displays on Fountain Square is back in court. Lawyers for the city of Cincinnati returned to federal court Friday for the traditional legal battle over the right of private groups to erect Christmas and Hanukkah displays on the square. City lawyers asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to settle the dispute once and for all. The city wants to block all private displays between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
6th Circuit Court Hears Argument for Commandments
A Mansfield judge should be able to display the Ten Commandments in his courtroom because they have a secular significance as the foundation for some modern laws, his attorney told a federal appeals court Friday. Attorney Frank Manion said a lower court erred last year when it ordered Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese to remove a framed poster of the commandments. The poster, which has been removed, and a copy of the Bill of Rights displayed in the courtroom were an educational secular exhibit, he said.
Supreme Court To Consider Search Warrants
HELENA, Mont. - Joseph and Julia Ramirez used their Moose Creek Ranch south of Butte as a safe haven for abused women and children. But in the spring of 1997, federal and state agents acting on a tip and armed with a search warrant raided their commune, saying they were looking for an arsenal of illegal automatic weapons. They found none. The search has turned in to a legal dispute over flawed search warrants that has gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which hears the case Tuesday.
Seattle Think Tank Behind Texas Textbook Challenge
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas will be under the microscope next week in the fight over teaching evolution in public schools as the State Board of Education votes on adopting biology textbooks that have been at the center of the debate. The board meets Thursday and Friday and is set to consider proposed changes submitted by 11 publishers. The board's decisions -- which could determine which textbooks publishers offer to dozens of states -- will end a review process that has been marked by months of heated debate over the theory of evolution.
Public School Janitor Charged
With Sex Assault on 1st-Grader
ATLANTIC CITY - A school janitor faces sex- assault charges after two teachers allegedly saw him molest a 6-year-old girl in the Chelsea Heights School cafeteria last week. Police arrested 45-year-old Reinaldo Rodriguez, of Dennis Drive in Galloway Township, on Wednesday, charging him with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse, Sgt. Michael Tullio said.
Education: Home School Can Be A Blessing
Last August 10, The Press carried some articles by Diana Klybert concerning some outstanding home-schooled students: Scott Finman, Sarah Coad, Noah Coad and Hannah Coad. While in the past home-schoolers had to fight for their rights, today, many of them are pacesetters, setting the pace for others to follow. If you don't know any home-school families, it is time you met some. Maybe home-schooling is for you.
Trips Bring Home School Students Together
A group of Evanston's home schooling parents, April Lange, Dixie Hillstead, Kelly Hoover, and others got together to start an activity and educational co-op. The group began getting together at the beginning of September of this year. Every Thursday afternoon, for a couple of hours, the parents and children get together to share their knowledge of subjects such as, musical composers, science, art, and other countries. So far, they have dissected a pig, learned about China, Italy, and Michelangelo. Approximately 25 children meet each week, to learn and interact with other kids.
E-Mail Virus Hits Corporate Users, Heads for Homes
SAN FRANCISCO - A new e-mail virus started spreading to corporate computers on Friday and is headed for home computers, but computer security experts said they expect the outbreak to wind down over the weekend. Anti-virus software maker Trend Micro said tens of thousands of its corporate computer users in France and Germany had been hit by the virus, dubbed "Mimail.C."