Gays Need Bush and GOP to Win 'Special Rights'

Gay Republicans sees GOP as Essential for "Gay Rights"
In an era when Republicans control the White House, Congress, and the executive branch in 30 states, Patrick Guerriero said it's "an absolute necessity" that gays and lesbians play an active role in the GOP. "To abandon completely one party because they are not perfect on these issues right now would basically delay equality for decades," said Guerriero, 35. "If you can show me a model for realizing full equality for gay and lesbian Americans ... without Republican support, I'm interested in seeing it. [If you work within an institution, you change it]."

Bush's Sodomite White House
President Bush Expands Aids Policy Team
Evertz to Coordinate U.S. Role on Global Fund Board;
O'Neill Moving Into National Policy Office
Log Cabin Republicans -- Sodomite Publication
WASHINGTON -- Following up on his commitment to a two-front war on the AIDS epidemic -- both at home and abroad -- President Bush is expected to appoint his director of national AIDS policy to coordinate U.S. policy on the international Global Fund to fight AIDS and infectious diseases, and Dr. Joe O'Neill to head up the Office of National AIDS Policy. The move would add another openly gay Bush Administration appointee on the administration's AIDS policy team, and adds manpower in the fight against the epidemic at home and abroad. "President Bush continues to lead where others merely offered speeches and rhetoric," said Rich Tafel, executive director of Log Cabin Republicans. "With Scott Evertz and Joe O'Neill, we have two of the best qualified people in the nation on the President's team. (Jeremiah 5:9)

Timeline Of The Bush Administration On Gay Policy
Log Cabin Republicans -- Sodomite Publication

II CORINTHIANS 6:14-18
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: (Deuteronomy 7:2-3; Ephesians 5:6-7) for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (I John 1:6)? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols (Ephesians 5:5-7)? for ye are the temple of the living God (I Peter 2:5-10); as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people (Jeremiah 31:33, 32:38; Ephesians 2:21-22; Hebrews 3:1-6). Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing (Isaiah 52:11; Revelation 18:4); and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty (John.1:12; Romans 8:14; Galatians 4:5-7; Philippians 2:15; I John.3:1; Revelation 21:7."

Special Prosecutor Named in CIA Probe,
Ashcroft bows out of blown-cover investigation
Washington -- Attorney General John Ashcroft disqualified himself Tuesday from any involvement in the investigation into whether Bush administration officials illegally disclosed the identity of an undercover CIA officer. At the same time, the Justice Department brought in a special counsel to lead the politically charged case.

Bush's re-election may have inspired Ashcroft's move
WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to step down from the investigation of the disclosure of an undercover CIA officer suggests that Ashcroft's involvement was considered politically untenable.

Fitzgerald to lead probe into CIA leak
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald in Chicago was picked Tuesday to lead the investigation into whether the Bush administration leaked a CIA operative's name to a newspaper columnist. Fitzgerald's selection came after Attorney General John Ashcroft removed himself from the investigation.

Pentagon Appoints Hicks Trial Chief
A RETIRED US Army major-general has been named to oversee the Guantanamo Bay military commissions in a series of Pentagon appointments yesterday that bring Australian terrorism detainee David Hicks a step closer to trial. John Altenburg takes over from Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz in approving charges and plea agreements for alleged "enemy combatants" such as Hicks, who is yet to be charged with an offence but is likely to be the first detainee at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be tried before a US military tribunal. General Altenburg is also in charge of appointing the members of the military commission that will decide the fate of Adelaide-born Hicks and five others who have been determined eligible for trial.

Japan May Become a Nuclear Power by 2020
The National Intelligence Council (NIC), a center within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), predicted that Japan might possess nuclear weapons by 2020 after wrapping up its constitutional revision to strengthen the role of the self-defense forces.

Ford Has a Better Idea: One Nation Under Allah
To most Americans, it may seem unlikely that the U.S. Constitution could -- or should -- ever be revised to conform to strict Islamic law. But an educational program funded by the Ford Foundation has explored that very possibility, challenging our right to unfettered freedom of speech. The program, administered by the woefully misnamed Constitutional Rights Foundation, asks students to ponder how the Constitution could be amended or otherwise interpreted to prohibit blasphemy against Allah.

E-Voting Firm Reports Computer Break-In
BELLEVUE, Wash. - A company developing encryption-based software for secure electronic voting has itself become the victim of a computer break-in, the company’s top executive told MSNBC.com. Federal authorities have confirmed that the incident is under investigation.

Judge sets January trial date for disputed election
UTICA, N.Y. -- A federal judge has scheduled a Jan. 20 trial date to resolve the disputed results of a township supervisor's race. In a 17-page order Tuesday, Judge David Hurd said it was clear a voting machine had malfunctioned Nov. 4 in the race for Whitestown Town Supervisor and that Democrat Thomas Shannon was the winner over Republican challenger David Jacobowitz.

US-Funded PA "Constitution" Institutes Islamic Law
The Palestinian Authority has adopted an official constitution based on Koranic "Sharia" Law, making all people living under the PA subject to Islamic Law.

Somali Christians Murdered
Several Christians and Westerners have been killed in violent attacks as anti-Christian violence spreads throughout the mainly Islamic, impoverished African nation, Barnabas Fund said Friday Dec. 19. Sister Tonneli, who had served in Somalia for thirty years "founding a TB hospital, orphanages and schools," was killed October 5 by two armed men in front of the hospital, said Barnabas Fund in a statement seen by ASSIST News Service (ANS). Soon after British couple Richard and Enid Eyeington, working for SOS Children's villages in Somaliland were shot dead October 20 by several gunmen in their home inside the school compound, while watching television, added the organization. Last month a Kenyan Christian working for the Seventh Day Adventist mission in Gedo, South West Somalia, was reportedly murdered by Islamist radicals, although no more details were given.

F.D.A. Rules Shots Effective for Anthrax That Is Inhaled
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that the anthrax vaccine protected against the inhaled form of the bacteria, aiding government efforts to restart the Pentagon's mandatory inoculation program, which was stalled by a federal injunction.

FDA Says Anthrax Vaccine Safe;
Justice Department wants injunction set aside
Washington -- The FDA has said it before, and officials are saying it again: The anthrax vaccine is safe and effective no matter how the infection is spread. In light of Tuesday's declaration, the Justice Department is asking a federal judge to set aside a preliminary ban on military anthrax inoculations he issued last week. The request makes an exception for six plaintiffs who've filed a class-action suit to stop the vaccines.

Judge: WTO Arrests Lacked Cause
Seattle police who arrested World Trade Organization protesters four years ago had no probable cause to do so, a federal judge has ruled, possibly leaving the city vulnerable to damages from a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Monday that police had no probable cause when they arrested 157 protesters at First Avenue and Broad Street on Dec. 1, 1999, during a WTO conference in Seattle.

Posted by Editor at December 31, 2003 01:57 PM