Washington D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage bill

December 16th, 2009 admin No comments

Economic impact could reach $22 million in 3 years; foes try to sway Congress, courts

By Tim Craig

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The District was on the verge Tuesday of becoming the sixth place in the country to legalize same-sex marriage after the council gave final approval to its bill allowing the unions.

The legislation would allow gay couples from anywhere in the country to marry in the city. Those couples who live in the District would be entitled to all rights afforded to heterosexual married couples under District laws.

Although a final signature on the bill by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) could come by the end of the week, same-sex marriage opponents vowed to step up their effort to get Congress or a court to block the initiative during the 30-day congressional review period.

The 11 to 2 council decision, which caps a nearly year-long debate, set off a wave of excitement across the gay community, both locally and nationally. “In many ways, this is the final prize,” said council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), one of two people on the council who are openly gay.

According to an analysis by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, more than 10,000 same-sex couples from across the country could get married in the District over the next three years if the measure becomes law.

The analysis, created in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s historic council vote, estimates that 2,000 gay couples who live in the District will marry shortly after the law takes effect. But the bulk of the weddings, which could pump millions of dollars into the regional economy, would probably be out-of-state couples unable to marry in their own states, according to the analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. It concludes that at least $5 million, and perhaps as much as $22 million, would be generated by same-sex weddings in the District over the next three years.

Local and national gay rights leaders note that opponents face a difficult fight: Both the Democratic-controlled House and Senate and President Obama would all have to block the legislation, which is unlikely.

But council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), the bill’s sponsor and the other openly gay member on the council, cautioned that Congress also could unravel the measure through budget maneuvers in future years.

“There is no question: We are going to have to be defending it and defending it and defending it until the other side realizes they are losing more votes by being tethered to the past,” Catania said.

Several opponents of same-sex marriage warned that the celebrations were premature. They are seeking a public vote on the issue, and some are meeting with members of Congress on Wednesday.

“God’s war has just started,” Bob King, a community activist who lives in Northeast, said a few minutes after the vote. “Shame on them. We’re going to get to the ballot box through either the courts or the Congress. So tell everyone: Don’t let the marriage licenses start flowing.”

Still, same-sex marriage supporters heralded the council’s action, saying it helps the movement rebound from the stinging defeat suffered two weeks ago when the New York Senate rejected same-sex marriage.

“This is a place people come to see the Constitution and understand what it means to be equal, so symbolically this means a great deal,” said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group that co-sponsored a party with the council Tuesday night.

Same-sex marriages are legal in Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts, and next month, New Hampshire joins the list.

In the weeks leading to the council’s vote, the Archdiocese of Washington was engaged in a campaign to try to amend the bill because it feared that it would force its charities to extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), chairman of the committee that oversaw the legislation, said he was unable to reach an agreement with the church that would not lead to discrimination against same-sex couples, but church and city officials said they will continue their talks.

Deacon Maccubbin, the owner of the Lambda Rising bookstore in Dupont Circle, held a commitment ceremony with his partner 28 years ago but plans to rush off to get officially married as soon as it is allowed here.

“We have done the church wedding, but we want to have the license, right here in the District of Columbia,” Maccubbin said.

But Kathryn Hamm, president of GayWeddings.com in Arlington County, said many in the region’s gay community are cautious, knowing that it could be months before gay marriage is legal in the District. Hamm, whose company helps engaged couples find gay-friendly wedding vendors, among other services, said she expects a surge in interest in the new year.

During Tuesday’s council debate, members said their decision will tell the world that the District values equal and civil rights.

“Today, I am very proud of our city,” said council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6). “I hope today we serve as beacon for those who have not been given full rights across our country.”

Council members Yvette M. Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), who represent neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, voted against the bill.

Barry said he could not support the legislation because he thinks that a majority of his constituents oppose it but acknowledged that the council was making history.

“This must be a proud day for you, David, Mr. Graham,” said Barry. “Just as it was a proud day for me when the voting rights bill was passed in 1965. But this is a democracy, and I reserve the right to disagree.”

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UFC Bans Hoelzer Reich Clothing

December 16th, 2009 admin No comments

 The Hoelzer Reich clothing company out of California has been banned by the UFC and other fight teams because their imagery offends some people. The images in question are said to be representative of Nazi Germany but in fact date back hundreds of years before that point in time. At the same time people like Jeff Monson who has communist symbols tattooed on his body is allowed to continue fighting. Communist governments have been responsible for the deaths of over 100 million people world wide, well more than Nazi Germany.

In another double standard, fighter Cain Velasquez has Brown Pride tattooed across his collar bone. If a white guy had White Pride would he be allowed to fight? I doubt it. Certain people have been pushing hard to ban several white fighters because they believe in the preservation of their European heritage. These people who openly take a stand for us deserve our support. It is an uphill battle in this society where wanting to preserve White European culture is the ultimate evil and those who openly do so are literally putting everything on the line.

Aside from supporting those who support us we need to stop supporting those who don`t. More importantly, we need our own special interest groups to defend those that have become dispossessed because of political reasons.

Buy a T-shirt and support these guys.  http://www.hr4life.com/

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88 Ways To Become Active

December 15th, 2009 admin 1 comment

01 Keep running tabs on local politics.
02 Write or visit P.O.W.’s.
03 Adopt and raise white children.
04 Take self-defense classes.
05 Patronize a pro-White magazine with financial support.
06 Learn to work a shortwave radio.
07 Tutor a “new recruit”.
08 Copy White Power music onto demo tapes and distribute it to
teenagers.
09 Order sausage pizzas for your local rabbi.
10 Put business cards in library books.
11 Learn to use and maintain all weapons at your disposal.
12 Build or rent a clubhouse.
13 Start and maintain a web page.
14 Build archives-collect old books, magazines and textbooks.
15 Post up warning signs if a pedophile or drug dealer moves to your
neighborhood.
16 Grow organic food in your backyard.
17 Form an pro-White book club.
18 Learn a second or third language.
19 Disinformation campaign! Apply to Jews, Homos, leftists, Anti-Racists
and more. Be creative.
20 Study up on other cultures-objectively.
21 Marketing-think of new and creative themes to get the message across.
22 Start up an pro-White college fund.
23 Boycott local stores that employ minorities.
24 Recruit the elderly living in multicultural neighborhoods.
25 Put “our” CD’s on consignment in stores.
26 Create or fund pro-White comic books.
27 Establish pro-White libraries for local believers.
28 Warn other activists about movement losers.
29 Form a “mainstream” business staffed by movement activists.
30 Exercise.
31 Have and raise as many children as you can afford.
32 Be as active in the mainstream white community as possible.
33 Write lyrics and poetry.
34 Start an internet radio station.
35 Find a “free newspaper” magazine rack. Grab all the junk you can,
toss it away, & replace with pro-White material.
36 Buy bulk rates of good literature.
37 Gift for speaking? Call up universities and high schools and ask if
you can speak to a class about our beliefs.
38 Start up or patronize daycares for young pro-White families.
39 Find bookstores to sell our literature.
40 Invest in a White Power record company-financially.
41 Patronize our artists.
42 Support good white companies.
43 Go to colleges and distribute literature
44 Combat our “movement driftwood” by any means necessary.
45 Designate one day of work a month to “Activist Day”. Use the money
earned that day to fund a project.
46 Sign up leftists for junk mail.
47 Relocate racially aware families into the same towns to form
communities.
48 Print up bumper stickers.
49 Send our magazines to Factsheet Five and our CDs to radio stations.
50 Design and print up new pro-White posters.
51 Donate time, space, or energy for a band.
52 Recruit prison wardens, police officers, inner-city school teachers,
and soldiers.
53 Volunteer in a local civic group(s)
54 Join a good pro-White organization.
55 Watch the Hate Watchers.
56 Skinheads-keep a professional image at all times.
57 Network with activists worldwide.
58 Put pro-White videos on cable access.
59 Set up a booth at any event that will let you.
60 Form an pro-White sports league.
61 Gather statistics and facts pertinent to the cause.
62 Put out classified ads in local papers for movement literature,
organizations, CDs, or businesses.
63 Learn a second trade to fall back on.
64 Take night school or night school classes in areas of interest.
65 Learn European folktales, myths, legends.
66 Organize European folk festivals.
67 Protest Hollywood Nazi protests. Make sure you say that you are a
National Socialist.
68 Go listen to anti-white speeches, concerts, etc.. and keep tabs on
organizers and attendees.
69 Take your kids to the art museum.
70 Brainstorm new ideas for the cause.
71 Design a “Movement introduction starting kit”-keep the price low.
72 Keep tabs on Death Metal, Oi, Goth, and hardcore scenes-watch for
possible recruits.
73 Print up pro-White flags.
74 Give up a bad spending habit. Use the money that you would feed to
the habit for the cause.
75 Run for a local office.
76 Make subtle pro-white t-shirts.
77 Research “Holocaust” studies, find flaws, and pass on the word.
78 Invite a lefty out to dinner sit down with him/her and discuss why
they believe what they believe.
79 Send free copies of intelligent movement publications to
schoolteachers.
80 Turn off the TV and do something with your children.
81 Give pro-White lectures to those with ears to hear them.
82 Fund “American Dissident Voices” to be put on your local station.
83 Passing through? Leave literature with tips at restaurants.
84 Crash punk concerts, raves, Lilith Fairs, and raise hell.
85 Design or fund new pro-White posters.
86 AMTV-Design, fund or create Aryan music videos.
87 Be as independent from modern American culture as you can.
88 Teach your kids how to think instead of what to think.

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Maryland Study Reveals Staggering Increase of Illegal Immigration Costs

December 15th, 2009 admin No comments

Separate Research Examines Impact on Prince George’s County Schools

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Simultaneous studies, released this week by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), document the true costs of illegal immigration in Maryland and demonstrate strong voter objections to the burdens placed on them by illegal immigration. The price tag associated with providing education, health care and incarceration of criminal illegal aliens is at least $1.3 billion a year, finds The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders. The impact is clearly recognized by Maryland voters. A new Pulse Opinion Research poll of 1,000 likely voters across the state found that, by a large margin, Marylanders believe that illegal immigration is harming their state.

The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders found that taxpayers spend:

  • $1.1 billion a year to educate illegal immigrant children and the U.S. born children of illegal immigrants.
  • $167 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens.
  • $29 million a year to incarcerate criminal illegal aliens.
  • The total represents an annual cost to each of Maryland’s native-born headed households of $625.

The cost study is based on an estimate that the illegal alien population in Maryland is now 250,000 persons. The illegal alien population of Maryland has grown exponentially during this decade, nearly quadrupling since 2000.

In a separate report English Learners and Immigration: A Case Study in Prince George’s County, Maryland, FAIR examines the impact of mass immigration in local schools in Prince George’s County. Because of large-scale legal and illegal immigration, the county has seen its non-English proficient student population grow from 7,064 in 2004 to 13,825 today. Programs to teach immigrant students English cost the county more than $66 million a year.

The Pulse Opinion Research poll found that:

  • 73% of Maryland voters say illegal immigration has a negative impact on the state. Only 20% believe it has a positive impact on Maryland.
  • 77% of Maryland voters believe illegal aliens have a negative impact on the state budget, versus only 15% who believe their impact is positive.
  • 65% of Maryland voters believe that illegal immigration harms the state’s schools. Only 18% believe illegal immigration has had a beneficial effect on education.
  • 55% believe illegal immigration should be reduced through better enforcement of immigration laws. Only 36% of Maryland voters favor amnesty or legalization for current illegal aliens.

“Voters in Maryland, like voters everywhere, want their elected officials in Washington and Annapolis to protect their interests, their jobs, and their tax dollars from the impact of mass illegal immigration,” said Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). “The failure of government at all levels to institute and enforce sensible immigration policies is costing Marylanders jobs, billions in tax dollars, and their children the opportunity to get the quality education they need and deserve. At a time when state lawmakers are slashing budgets, spending on illegal immigrants in Maryland continues to rise over the strong objection of voters.”

The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders, English Learners and Immigration: A Case Study in Prince George’s County, Maryland and a summary of the Pulse Opinion Research results are available at www.fairus.org.

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Woman sues officials over immigration arrest in Maryland

December 15th, 2009 admin No comments

(CNN) — A Salvadoran immigrant, backed by two immigrants’ rights organizations, is suing the sheriff’s office in Frederick County, Maryland, and federal immigration officials, claiming that she was unconstitutionally interrogated and detained last year because of her Hispanic ethnicity.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court, Roxana Orellana Santos says that two Frederick County deputies improperly questioned her about her immigration status after they spotted her sitting on a curb, eating lunch. She is seeking compensatory damages of at least $1 million, according to the lawsuit.

The suit also names federal officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement as defendants.

According to the complaint, the deputies had no probable cause to question Orellana Santos, who didn’t speak much English and could not communicate well with the officers, about her immigrant status. She was detained for five weeks without charges before being released, the court document states. The incident happened in on October 7 of last year; she was held by federal immigration authorities who released her on humanitarian grounds on November 13, 2008.

“Despite having committed no criminal offense under Maryland law, Ms. Orellana Santos was detained, taken into custody and subsequently transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the complaint alleges.

Repeated calls for comment to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were not immediately returned.

Her detention by immigration authorities suggests that Orellana Santos possibly was held for being in the country illegally, but her attorney, John C. Hayes, would not confirm her immigration status.

“We’re not commenting on that at all,” Hayes told CNN.

Orellana Santos had given the deputies a Salvadoran national identification card in hopes of appeasing the officers, Hayes said.

Despite the language barrier between Orellana Santos and the deputies, the officers arrested her, according to the complaint.

At issue is a nationwide federal agreement with local law enforcement agencies that allows trained local officers to enforce federal immigration laws in certain instances.

Under the arrangement, known as a 287(g) agreement, local officers are limited to asking about immigration status to instances where a crime is being committed. But in Orellana Santos’ case, the officers had no reason to arrest her, the complaint states.

Furthermore, the two deputies who arrested her were not trained or certified in the proper procedures, as stipulated in the agreement, court documents say.

In addition to attorney Hayes, two immigrants’ rights groups, — CASA de Maryland and LatinoJustice PRLDEF — are representing Orellana Santos.

While the current case is about a single incident, Jose Perez, an attorney for LatinoJustice, told CNN that it draws attention to the “misguided efforts” of 287(g) agreements.

“This evidence shows all the reasons why this program is wrong,” Perez said.

Greg Weeks, associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, who has followed the debate over the use of 285(g), said there’s a disconnect between local and federal authorities that makes the arrangement fail.

Federal authorities devised the partnerships as a way to deport criminals who were in the country illegally, freeing up prison space and court resources, Weeks told CNN.

But at the local level, the goal of law enforcement in some places is to expel undocumented immigrants, period, he said.

The result is an environment where local officials find themselves profiling potential illegal immigrants, creating a climate of fear among the Latino population, Weeks said.

“What this case shows is that people are being picked up for any reason,” Weeks said. “There is not supposed to be any profiling at all.”

Perez said that profiling is what happened in the case of Orellana Santos.

“This is only the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “We’re going to see more as more people come forward.”

The lawsuit is not the first time the 287(g) agreements have been in the spotlight.

Last month, federal authorities renewed such an agreement with Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Jose Arpaio, but with limitations.

Under the umbrella of the agreement, Arpaio’s deputies conducted street-level enforcement of immigration laws that typically fall to federal officers. The sheriff also checked the immigration status of everyone booked into his jail. Arpaio’s strategy was scrutinized by critics who accused the sheriff’s office of racial profiling.

The new agreement allowed for the continuation of the jailhouse checks, but put an end to the street stops.

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Maryland: Gang Haven

December 15th, 2009 admin No comments

According to Montgomery County, Maryland’s Chief of Police J. Thomas Manger, his
jurisdiction is experiencing an increase in gang violence, particularly from
Hispanic gangs like MS-13 and the Latin Kings. A great majority of these gang
members are illegal aliens, as detailed in our recent Center for Immigration
Studies report, “Taking Back the Streets.”

The fact that Maryland is experiencing an increase in gang violence does not
come as a surprise. Neighboring Virginia has been cracking down on illegal alien
gangs – and illegal immigration, generally – for a number of years. New
anti-gang legislation, increased police cooperation with federal immigration
authorities, and tightening of drivers license policies, for example, have made
Virginia less welcoming for those violating the law.

Because Maryland is one of the most pro-illegal immigration states in the
country, Virginia’s immigrant gangs have naturally begun relocating there.
Maryland’s sanctuary cities, taxpayer-subsidized day labor centers, support for
non-citizen voting, and lax drivers license laws are a magnet for illegal
immigration and immigrant gangs.

Chief Manger reports that incidences of murder, rape, assault, burglary, and
robbery increased in Maryland in 2008, much of it attributable to gangs. In
fact, the FBI recently reported that gangs are responsible for up to 80 percent
of crime in the United States. Aaron Escorza, chief of the FBI’s MS-13 National
Gang Task Force, says that gangs “evolve and adapt” to changes in policy and
that gangs “know what law enforcement is doing. Word of mouth spreads quickly.”
It seems immigrant gangs are spreading the word that Maryland is a safe haven.

Many are pessimistic that Maryland will change its policies any time soon. But
the state’s sanctuary status is simply not sustainable. Maryland legislators
have a choice – be part of the solution by following Virginia’s lead, or expect
increased illegal immigration and gang activity.

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Baltimore NAACP seeks to limit governor’s ability to appoint new mayor

December 15th, 2009 admin No comments

Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, the head of the local NAACP is trying to introduce legislation to keep a white person from becoming mayor on the basis that Baltimore is a majority black city.

The continuing legal troubles of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has prompted the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP to approve a push for legislation that would limit the governor options for choosing a new mayor, if she is convicted of misconduct while in office.

The conference voted at its convention this weekend in Columbia to endorse a resolution seeking support from the legislators to pass a law that would change procedures outlined in the state constitution governing mayoral transitional in the event Dixon, or any other mayor, is convicted while serving.

“We are friendly with the mayor,” said Roland Patterson Jr., head of the NAACP’s legal redress committee. “But it appears that there is the possibility she could be convicted, and if so, we want to make sure the law is clear.”

Citing a loophole in the state constitution that would allow the governor to appoint anyone to the city’s highest office if a sitting mayor is convicted of “misconduct,” NAACP officials said they want the law changed to ensure that either the city council president automatically becomes mayor, or that a specially appointed successor could not run in a special election.

“In a majority African-American town the governor could technically appoint a white mayor,” said Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the NAACP. “Or in a traditionally Democratic city a Republican governor could appoint a Republican mayor.”

The city charter designates the city council president as the successor if the sitting mayor dies in office or resigns. But the state constitution supersedes the city charter if the mayor is convicted of “misconduct” while in office, Patterson said, granting the governor right to appoint anyone to the post and set a date for a special election, powers that Patterson said are ill-defined.

“The issue is what happens between the time the governor makes the appointment and the special election,” Patterson said.

“In the 21st century it could plausibly take quite a long time to set up a special election,” he said.

The constitution is also unclear as to how soon, or if ever, a special election would be held. The intervening time between appointment of a new mayor by the governor and election, as well as the flexibility afforded the governor needs to be addressed, officials said.

“We don’t have any issue with Mayor Dixon, we are supportive,” Patterson said. “But this has to be addressed.”

The proposed legislation, which the organization plans to bring to the state’s black legislative caucus soon, would bar any person appointed by the governor from running for mayor in the special election.

Another proposal would create legislation that would legally designate the city council president as the automatic successor, barring the governor from choosing.

“Basically the worst-case scenario is we want an interim mayor to be a caretaker until the special election, not an incumbent,” Patterson said.

Both Cheatham and Patterson said the NAACP is concerned an appointee could be out of sync with the city electorate, using the time between his or her appointment and the special election to consolidate the power and run as unelected incumbent.

The only scenario that Patterson said remained somewhat unclear is if Dixon appealed her conviction while in office.

“I can’t speak on that directly,” Patterson said. “But it’s doubtful an appeal of the criminal conviction would change the governor’s powers.”

Dixon has been under investigation by State Prosecutors since 2006, when it was revealed that she voted to approve contracts with the city that employed her sister Janice while serving as president of the city council.

Prosecutors indicted Dixon last year on 12 counts of perjury, theft and misconduct, but a judge later threw out the perjury charges after agreeing with her attorneys that she had legislative “immunity” from prosecution for her actions as a legislator.

But prosecutors indicted Dixon in August on new perjury charges, this time bolstered by the cooperation of her former boyfriend Ronald Lipscomb, from whom Dixon is accused of receiving undeclared gifts. Last week a judge tossed a motion by her lawyers to have the perjury charges dismissed, a ruling her lawyers have appealed.

State Delegate Jill P. Carter said she would give the proposal “half-hearted support.”

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U.S. Judge declares Creativity not a religion

December 15th, 2009 admin 1 comment

A California inmate who adheres to the white-supremacist Creativity Movement has lost his federal lawsuit to force prison officials to recognize his racial beliefs as a religion. Creativity Movement is the current name of the former World Church of the Creator, which changed names after losing a trademark-infringement lawsuit.

Scott Conner, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, petitioned prison officials to recognize “Creativity” as a religion, thereby allowing him use of the chapel for services, a special religious diet and access to outside clergy. Prison officials denied the request, contending that Creativity is a hate group that seeks to further segregation and racism. A warden said the ideology “would tend to incite violence within the institutional setting.”

After losing his prison administrative appeals, Conner sued prison officials in federal court claiming that they had violated his constitutional rights under the free-exercise clause and his statutory rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act or RLUIPA. He contended that prison officials denied him access to religious adornments, group worship privileges, religious literature and a religious-based diet. Conner also wanted inmates to be able to marry non-inmates in ceremonies conducted by Creativity clergy.

U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney dismissed the inmate’s claims in her Dec. 2 opinion, Conner v. Tilton. Chesney denied the free-exercise and RLUIPA claims because she found that Creativity did not qualify as a religion. She followed the test for determining whether a set of beliefs qualifies as a religion from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Africa v. Pennsylvania (1980), in which the court ruled that a state prisoner failed to show that the group MOVE was a religion.

In Africa, the 3rd Circuit adopted a three-factor test or three principles to decide whether certain beliefs constitute a religion:

  • Whether the beliefs address fundamental and ultimate questions of deep matters.
  • Whether the set of beliefs is comprehensive and consists of a belief system as opposed to isolated teaching.
  • Whether the belief system has formal characteristics associated with a religion.

 

Chesney applied the three Africa criteria and concluded that Creativity was not a religion. She said Creativity was “guided exclusively by secular goals.” Though Creativity uses terms such as “sacred goal” and “holy responsibility,” the judge deemed the beliefs as no more than a “pragmatic philosophy … to ensure the survival and promote the dominance” of the white race.

Chesney then turned to the second factor in the Africa test — whether the beliefs are comprehensive in nature. She found Creativity to be confined to the purpose of promoting white supremacy, writing that the “essence of Creativity” is summed up by its golden rule: “What is good for the White Race is the highest virtue; what is bad for the White Race is the ultimate sin.” She analogized Creativity’s focus on white supremacy to the Church of Marijuana’s focus on smoking marijuana.

As for “formal and external signs” of religion, the judge allowed that Conner had shown that Creativity has a well-defined organizational structure and that members must be familiar with the group’s teachings and must take an oath. Conner also established that there was an active Creativity clergy. However, the judge again focused on the “sole purpose” of the organization, which was to promote a “secular belief system.”

Chesney also rejected Conner’s claim under RLUIPA for the same reason — that Conner could not meet his burden of showing that Creativity was a religion, rather than a set of secular principles couched in religious terminology.

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School Board imposes homosexual curriculum on classes

June 14th, 2009 admin No comments

By Chelsea Schilling

And Tango Makes Three‘ book about homosexual male penguins who name their chick Tango because ‘It takes two to make a Tango.’

A California school district has approved a mandatory homosexual curriculum for children as young as 5 – and parents will not be allowed to remove their children from the lessons.

The mandatory program, officially titled “LGBT Lesson #9,” was approved May 26 by the Alameda County Board of Education by a vote of 3-2. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade will learn about “tolerance” for the homosexual lifestyle beginning next year.

The curriculum is in addition to the school’s current anti-bullying program and is estimated to cost $8,000 for curriculum and training.

Parents will not be given an opportunity to opt-out of lessons that go against their religious beliefs. Some parents are threatening to sue the school board and mount a recall. Opponents presented a petition with 468 signatures from people who don’t want the homosexual lessons in the curriculum.

At the board meeting, parent Julie Kim said, “The topics covered in this curriculum for all the grades should be left up to the parent to discuss with their children.” The district’s legal counsel recommended against giving parents an opportunity to opt out of the lessons, claiming only health or sex education topics require opt-out provisions:

[T]he most prudent course of action for Alameda Unified School District’s Board of Education in regards to the proposed lesson is to recommend providing notice to parents, not to allow an opt out of the instruction.

The school district claims it will re-assess the curriculum, but only after it has been in place for a full year. According to the Island of Alameda, trustee Tracy Jensen addressed a crowd at City Hall following the vote. “We are not telling anyone what to think,” Jensen said. “We are letting children know that gay people exist and they deserve to be treated with respect, regardless of whether or not you believe that homosexuality is acceptable.”

But Capitol Resource Institute’s Karen England explored the curriculum and released a statement condemning the program before the board’s vote.

“This curriculum ignores the fact that every child has a mom and a dad, to redefine ideas like ‘family.’ School absolutely should be a safe place, but this isn’t just about safety. Students have to embrace highly controversial social values or risk being labeled as bigots,” she warned. “Five year old kids aren’t ready to think on their own about sexuality – and their families’ values will be dismissed. That’s not an education in critical thinking. It’s social activism.” In kindergarten, children will be introduced to “The New Girl … And Me” by Jacqui Robins. The book is about a young girl who is new at a school and strikes up a friendship with another girl after a popular boy refuses to play with her.

In first grade, students will read “Who is in a Family?” By Robert Skutch. It explores different types of families. One page states, ” … Robin’s family is made up of her dad, Clifford, her dad’s partner, Henry, and Robin’s cat, Sassy.”

Curriculum for 1st grade students includes ‘Who’s in a Family?’

Teachers will ask children to “identify and describe a variety of families” and “to understand that families have some similarities and some differences. ” “If a student responds that one family in the book is made up of a mother, a father and two children and a cat, you may acknowledge that some families look like this,” the curriculum states, “but also ask students for other examples of what a family can look like.”

Teachers are told to reflect and “reinforce to students that in our school and our community there are many different types of families that provide love and care to each other. Remind the students that all family structures are equally important.” Second grade students will read about two homosexual penguins that raise a young chick in the book “And Tango Makes Three” by J. Richardson and P. Parnell. The two male penguins, Roy and Silo, are described as being “a little bit different.”

“They didn’t spend much time with the girl penguins, and the girl penguins didn’t spend much time with them,” the text states. When the male penguins nurture an egg, it soon hatches. “We’ll call her Tango,” it states, “because it takes two to make a Tango.”

The book declares, “Tango was the very first penguin in the zoo to have two daddies.” In the third grade, students will watch a film called “That’s a Family,” featuring some homosexual couples in addition to traditional families. According to the lesson plan, it aims to “assist students in developing sensitivity to gay and lesbian family structures” and teach “respect and tolerance for every type of family.”

Fourth graders will be required to read an essay titled, “My School is Accepting – but Things Could be Better” by Robert, an 11-year-old who has two lesbian mothers. They are introduced to terms such as “ally,” “gay,” “lesbian” and “LGBT.” Teachers are instructed to ask, “How do you think Robert feels when he hears people say things like, ‘this is gay’ or ‘You’re so gay’?” By fifth grade, students learn to “identify stereotypes about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.” They are told that “LGBT people have made important contributions within the United States and beyond.”

Teachers are asked to write the acronym LGBT and ask students the meaning of each letter. Students discuss why stereotypes are “incorrect and hurtful” to LGBT people and people with LGBT family members. The children are provided with a list of famous LGBT people, including novelist James Baldwin, singer Elton John, comedian Ellen Degeneres, pop singer Christina Aguilera, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, poet Walt Whitman, singer Lance Bass, figure skater Rudy Galindo, homosexual politician Harvey Milk, Army veteran Jose Zuniga and basketball player Sheryl Swoopes. Teachers then ask if students are surprised to learn that those famous people are members of the LGBT community. The curriculum also provides a list of LGBT vocabulary words for students, including the following: bisexual, transgender, gay, LGBT and lesbian.  

We all know California is a cesspool, but this is the kind of thing that will  continue to happen in this country. It starts with Obongo making the month of June ‘gay month’ and liberal controlled school boards impose their will on the students without any input from parents who obviously have no voice in their childrens’ education. And unless you have the means to send your child to a private school or to homeschool, you have to shut up and take it. Radical activist fags and lesbos do not want to educate children, they want to indoctrinate them. It’s all about forcing acceptance down our thoats. Homosexual behavior used to be profane and disgusting and unacceptable in decent society. And as far as I’m concerned it still is and always will be.

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Interesting Study On The 2008 Election

June 14th, 2009 admin No comments

What do you want on your tombstone?

Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St.. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2008 Presidential election:

Number of States won by:
Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29

Square miles of land won by:
Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000

Population of counties won by:
Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…”
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty-million criminal Mestizo invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say good-bye to the USA as we know it in fewer than five years.

Not that there is a dimes bit of difference between the Democans and the Republicrats, the end is nigh folks…

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