Politics

'Focus on the Family' too Politically Bias

'Focus on the Family' is too Politically Bias,
Focus on Republican Party Partisanship
Producers of the widely popular daily radio program "Focus on the Family" have pulled the show from a Columbia, S.C., Christian station after its general manager refused to air an episode he thought was too political. After airing on WMHK-FM for 24 years, the radio program hosted by author and psychologist Dr. James Dobson has been pulled effective Jan. 2, reports the Columbia State newspaper. According to the report, Marshall penned a letter to station listeners addressing the controversy. "If you've listened to WMHK very long at all, you know we are not shy about speaking out when it's necessary, and we do it in a forum that is much broader than a single syndicated program," Marshall wrote. "We were very vocal about video poker and the state lottery. ... We have been and will continue to be a pro-life ministry. We're concerned about these moral issues, but we've tried to communicate our concerns in a way that does not alienate those who don't know Jesus yet." (Read: Your Republican Party Identity: Get Rid Of It!)

Bush's Homosexual Stance Not Biblical
Pro-family groups said yesterday that President Bush "drove a wedge" into their efforts to protect marriage by seeming to accept homosexual civil unions, even as he said he could support an amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and woman. "We need clear leadership in a time of judicial tyranny, not politicians who don't have the spine to stand up for something as basic as marriage," said Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America's Culture and Family Institute.

Bush the Waffler: "If necessary, I will support a constitutional amendment which would honor marriage between a man and a woman, codify that... The position of this administration is that whatever legal arrangements people want to make, they're allowed to make, so long as it's embraced by the state or at the state level." Wimpy judeochristians always fall back on the tenth amendment if it means avoiding a principled stand. They completely forget the tenth when it comes to enlarging their power.

U.S. Soldier Killed in Muslim Ambush
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. military patrol was ambushed by small arms fire, killing one soldier, the military said Thursday, as forces hunted down members of the Iraqi insurgency that continues to claim American lives. North of the capital, U.S. forces encircled the town of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, as part of a major raid on the area. Troops smashed down the gates of homes and the doors of workshops and junkyards there Wednesday in an effort to quash the violence that has persisted since Saddam Hussein was captured last week.

Jacko Finds Islam
Michael Jackson last night became a member of the Nation of Islam - and sources told The Post his religious changeover comes along with a shake-up of his personal staff. High-ranking members of the Nation of Islam have been working to bring Jackson into Rev. Louis Farrakhan's flock - and Jackson's conversion is now well-known in the NOI community.

Michael Jackson Charges to Be Filed on Thursday
LOS ANGELES -- Pop superstar Michael Jackson, arrested last month for child molestation, will be formally charged on Thursday after weeks of fevered speculation about the latest twist in the life of the self-styled Peter Pan. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office on Wednesday gave no details of the felony criminal complaint it intends to file against Jackson in state superior court at around 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) on Thursday.

U.S. Urges Citizens to Leave Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON -- Nonessential American diplomats and the families of all U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia should leave, the State Department said Wednesday, stepping up its warnings about risks in the country. Private U.S. citizens should consider leaving as well, the department said. And Americans making plans to go to Saudi Arabia were advised to defer any such travel in light of "the potential for further terrorist activities." The departure of U.S. officials and family members was not ordered, but was voluntary. Expenses were to be paid by the U.S. government.

A Review of The Dark Side of Islam
This book contains a series of conversations, which focus on how Christianity differs from Islam. These two Christian authors are eminently qualified to cogently explain the teachings of Islam and accurately dissect them using the scalpel of God’s word. Their conversations span eight chapters and cover basic doctrines in Islamic and Christian teaching. These doctrines include the authority of Scripture, God’s character, the Trinity, sin, salvation, and Christ’s death and deity.

UK Backs 'Substantial Reduction' of Iraq Debt
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair backed Thursday the need for a "substantial reduction" of Iraqi debt through the Paris Club framework. "The United Kingdom agrees wholeheartedly with the need for a substantial reduction of Iraqi debt using the framework of the Paris Club during the course of 2004," said a spokesman for the prime minister following talks between Blair and U.S. special envoy James Baker. Baker is on a trip to Europe to persuade countries to reduce Iraq's estimated $120 billion in debt. He has visited Paris, Berlin and Rome and will next head to Moscow for the toughest leg of his trip.

Saddam Relative and Bodyguard Handed Him Over to US Troops
AMMAN -- Saddam Hussein was betrayed by a relative who was his personal bodygyard and who led US troops to the ousted Iraqi leader's hideout after drugging him, a Jordanian newspaper reported, quoting a source close to the US-led coalition in Iraq. "A source close to the occupation forces ... revealed that the one who informed on Saddam, betrayed him and handed him over to the American forces is his relative, General Mohammed Ibrahim Omar al-Muslit," Al-Arab Al-Yawm daily said Thursday from Baghdad. Muslit was Saddam's "personal bodyguard and companion throughout the period of his disappearance as he moved from one hideout to another," the report said.

Judge OKs Unsupervised Trips for Hinckley
WASHINGTON - The man who tried to kill President Reagan won permission to unmonitored visits with his parents, a decision criticized by the former president's family. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said John Hinckley Jr. may have six visits with his parents in the Washington area without staff from the mental hospital where he has lived for more than two decades. Each visit may last 12 hours. If they go well, he and his parents may be allowed two 32-hour overnight visits within 50 miles of the capital.

Posted by Editor at December 18, 2003 10:33 AM