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IFI Condemns 'Planned Subversion' of IL Marriage Law by Cook County Clerk and Chicago Homosexual Lobby 2/27/04 11:27:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: State Desk Contact: Deb Schloemer, 630-790-8370, or Peter LaBarbera, 630-717-7631, both of the Illinois Family Institute; http://www.illinoisfamily.org GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Feb. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Illinois Family Institute Executive Director Peter LaBarbera today condemned the "planned subversion" of the state's marriage law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, and criticized Cook County Clerk David Orr for referring to the law he hopes to overturn as Illinois' "perceived" marriage law. Homosexual activists such as Chicago's openly...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell married her longtime girlfriend Thursday, taking what she called a proud stand for gay civil rights in the city where more than 3,300 other same-sex couples have tied the knot since Feb. 12. "I want to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance the mayor has taken for all the people here, not just us but all the thousands and thousands of loving, law-abiding couples," the former talk show host, holding a large bouquet of purple and yellow flowers, said after she and Kelli Carpenter emerged from their brief ceremony inside...

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom touched off a defiant outburst of matrimony 10 days ago when he decided his city would issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. These marriages -- now more than 3,000 -- are also one of the most flagrant acts of mass civil disobedience in recent years. The freedom-to-marry movement has long grounded its cause in the rhetoric and precedents of the American civil rights movement. As she began her arguments for gay marriage before the Vermont Supreme Court in 1998, lawyer Beth Robinson cited a landmark case from 1948, when the California Supreme Court...

Like many other states, Georgia is in a dire budget crunch -- cutting money for health care for the poor, parks, college professors and state troopers. Though the state longs to get its school children out of the academic cellar, it is cutting funds that would shrink the size of classes and improve the climate for learning. So what is so critical that it dominates debate at the Legislature this session instead? The issue that has consumed contentious hours of talk and testimony is gay marriage -- or, rather, "protecting" traditional marriage from same-sex unions. After public hearings that drew...

Photographer Barbara Nitke approached the subject of sadomasochism from the perspective of an unknowing observer. She discovered that her assumptions about the kinds of people who engaged in the behavior were wrong. "I thought if you were interested in it, it had to be because you had some traumatic childhood experience that reshaped your love life in a certain way. That was my theory, and it was quickly disproven," said Nitke, who will be at Radiant Light Gallery in Portland Friday to sign and discuss her newly published photography book, "Kiss of Fire: A Romantic View of Sadomasochism." An exhibition...

Satire: Thee I WedBy Lowell PonteFrontPageMagazine.com | February 6, 2004 VALENTINE’S DAY, 2014.  WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED how much would change during the decade following the February 2004 Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that the state constitution required equal standing for same-sex marriage?But the crucial question continues to raise its head: when the ancient one-man-one-woman definition of marriage is declared obsolete, at what point sliding down the slippery slope can any new definition of marriage be established?The American Civil Liberties Union spent many months in Salt Lake City courtrooms arguing that polygamy ought to be legal, not because the ACLU loved apostate...

<p>Conservative radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham'snew book, "Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN are Subverting America," exposes the hypocritical mindsetand agenda pervading this country's liberal elites.</p> <p>The no-nonsense Miss Ingraham, a columnist for the New York Sun, takes on liberal politicos and left-wing causes both in her nationally syndicated talk show and in her book. Hailed as a peer of Ann Coulter, Miss Ingraham doesn'tholdbackthe punches when it comes to promoting her conservative convictions. In Bill O'Reilly-style rhetoric, she isn't afraid to call a spade a spade or name names in order to fight injustice and corruption.</p>

In recent years, the battle of the sexes has escalated into a full-fledged gender war. This conflict is playing out in the boardroom, the courtroom, and the bedroom. What is the origin of this feminist assault? And as early as 1886, Eleanor Marx, youngest daughter of Karl, issued this indictment: "Women are the creatures of an organised tyranny of men, as the workers are the creatures of an organised tyranny of idlers." The linkage between socialism and American feminism can be traced back to the earliest years: Susan B. Anthony held a 1905 meeting with Eugene Debs, perennial socialist candidate...

<p>Moderator note: Do not post the photo, links are fine.</p> <p>Did anyone else see if Justin Timberlake pulled off Janet Jackson's top?</p>

<p>Call me old-fashioned, but the best romantic love lasts years longer than it takes to eat a box of chocolates. And keeping it strong is often difficult, emotionally challenging work.</p> <p>That’s also true of civil rights movements. And that’s one reason it’s none too soon to start thinking about how to be part of Freedom to Marry Week, which embraces Valentine’s Day and runs from Feb. 9 to 15.</p>

From the "Human Shields" website today (16 April 2003):( Human Shield') "Uzma Bashir Threatened by U.S. Marines in Baghdad Uzma Bashir, a Human Shield volunteer in Baghdad, confronted imperial troops as they entered Baghdad last week. She wanted to know, from U.S. Marines, what it felt like to murder Iraqi children. Uzma has subsequently been physically threatened by U.S. Marines and we have received thinly veiled threats via our website from people saying they belong to the U.S. military:" (goes on to list 'threats')

Sleazeball spoiled brats totally blocking the road.

The communists and subversives took over in the 1970's and when Gene & I yelled about Angela Davis given a teaching position in UCLA everyone laughed at us and called us all kinds of names. Now they are reaping what they sowed. When Reagan went after the communists in the entertainment industry they hissed and hated him until this day. But Reagan was right. And when the anti-war bunch of draft-dodgers took over the Universities in the early 70's and they were not expelled and they were not arrested and they just got a pat on the back and a...

Press Release Center of Peace Research (CIP/FUHEM) No War: The Multilateral System Must Be Reinforced Madrid, • The mounting war against Iraq is unjust. The explanations offered by the United States and its allies to justify this action are unsatisfactory and the reasons put forth do no justify the human and infrastructural costs that this offensive would cause. • A second UN resolution is very important, but its content could legitimate the use of force. Regardless of whether or not Iraq has weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the first option must be to negotiate and use all of the diplomatic...

Do you think weapons inspections will avert a war with Iraq?