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10/6/2005 Challenge to Ohio “Choose Life” Plate Thrown Out
A federal judge in Ohio has thrown out a challenge aimed at blocking the state’s offering of “Choose Life” license plates. Money raised by the specialty plate typically goes to support crisis pregnancy centers, where pregnant women are presented with alternatives to abortion, including adoption.

9/22/2005 Roberts Deserved Unanimous Committee Approval, But Confirmation Now a "Foregone Conclusion"
Dr. Gary Cass, Executive Director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ issued the following statement after today’s 13-5 Senate Judiciary Committee vote to approve the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to be Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Center collected 160,000 petitions in support of Roberts’ nomination which it delivered to Senate Judiciary Committee members last week.

9/14/2005 ACLU Threat Removes 23rd Psalm from Courthouse
The 23rd Psalm display which stood at the Oglethorpe County Courthouse in Lexington, Georgia, has been removed amidst the threat of a lawsuit from the ACLU. The Georgia chapter of America’s so-called protector of all freedoms called the display essentially the same as a Ten Commandments display.

9/13/2005 Senator Graham Questions Judge Roberts
On September 13, during the confirmation hearings of Judge John G. Roberts Jr., Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asked some pretty tough questions of Judge Roberts. The following is a portion of this testimony:

8/24/2005 Abstinence-Only Group's Funding Suspended by Federal Government The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to halt funding of the Silver Ring Thing, a group dedicated to abstinence-only education, because of an ACLY lawsuit which alleged that the group's message was an overtly religious one.

8/22/2005 Court Orders Resurrection of Commandments Monument
On August 19, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a Nebraska Ten Commandments monument, overturning a lower court decision which had forced the community to remove the decalogue from public property.

8/19/2005 ACLU Defends Woman Guilty of Doing Cocaine While Pregnant
The ACLU has filed an appeal on behalf of an Easton County (Md.) woman who was convicted of reckless endangerment after snorting cocaine while pregnant. The ACLU plans to argue that the unborn child has no rights under the law and is not entitled to any protections.

8/19/2005 Alabama Teachers to Be Given Guide on Religion
As the new school year approaches, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) is set to distribute two booklets on how to handle religion in the state’s public schools to some 50,000 teachers. According to AEA spokesman David Stout, the goal is to dispel the notion that the Bible and prayer are not allowed in public schools.

8/16/2005 ACLU Compares Praying Christians to Terrorists
After members of the Tangipahoa Parish (La.) School Board hosted a conference to discuss religious liberties in the public schools, an ACLU spokesman compared the board members seeking to pray at meetings to "the people who flew the airplanes into the buildings in this country."

8/16/2005 Judge: School Board Prayer OK Under Constitution
In Delaware, U.S. District Judge Joseph Farnan dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging a school board's right to offer prayer before meetings.

8/11/2005 ACLU Sues to Stop County Commission Prayers
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Cobb County (Ga.) Commission, demanding that the county bar overtly Christian prayers.

8/10/2005 ACLU Sees Green Behind the Gavel
The Center takes a closer look at how an ideological judiciary has lined the pockets of the American Civil Liberties Union with taxpayer dollars.

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8/10/2005 ACLU to Attack Florida Sex Offender Laws
On pace with an organization that would object to a Virginia law requiring parental attendance at a nudist camp designed for 11-year-olds, the ACLU has announced that it plans to challenge Florida laws requiring sexual predators to steer clear of schools, parks, day-care centers, libraries, and playgrounds.

8/10/2005 Commandments Case Leaves Confusion in Lower Courts Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 conflicting decisions on whether public displays of the Ten Commandments are constitutional, confusion has been created among the lower courts which remain without any solid guidance.

8/3/2005 ACLU Wants to Re-open Kentucky GLSEN Case
The ACLU of Kentucky has asked a federal judge to revisit a two-year-old lawsuit which sought to establish a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at Boyd County High School in Ashland, Kentucky.

8/1/2005 No Violation in Louisiana Prayer Case Says Federal Judge
A federal judge has ruled that a Tangipahoa Parish (Louisiana) teacher did not violate a prior agreement banning prayer in schools when she held a before school Bible club and led students in silent prayer following the Pledge of Allegiance.

7/29/2005 Public Pressure Leads Company to Abandon Gay Billboard
After facing intense public outcry, Clear Channel Communications has announced plans to take down a billboard advertisement for homosexual-oriented website. The ad featured two naked men wrapped in the American flag.

7/29/2005 Judge: Utah Must Allow “GAYSROK” License Plate
A judge has sided with the ACLU, ruling that the state of Utah does not have the legal right to block a lesbian woman from displaying a specialty license plate which reads, “GAYSROK.”

7/29/2005 San Diego Residents Vote to Save the Cross
After battling the American Civil Liberties Union over the constitutionality of an historic Cross atop San Diego’s Mount Soledad, city residents have voted overwhelmingly to transfer ownership of the land beneath the Cross to the federal government — where the Cross will be labeled as a war memorial.

7/29/2005 U.S. Senate Defends the Boy Scouts From the ACLU
On July 26, the United States Senate voted 98-0 to allow the Boy Scouts of America to continue the practice of hosting the National Scout Jamboree on U.S. military bases.

7/29/2005 ACLU Seeks Non-Christian Texts for Courtroom Oaths
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of North Carolina to force state and county courts to provide alternative texts for witnesses who refuse to swear an oath on the Holy Bible.

7/15/2005 Arkansas District to Remove Evolution Warning Stickers
After facing threats of litigation from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Beebe County (Arkansas) School Board voted 3-2 to remove warning labels from the district textbooks covering evolution.

7/11/2005 Judge Forbids Pentagon Assistance of Boy Scouts
A federal judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ruling that the U.S. Department of Defense may no longer sponsor the National Scout Jamboree because the children’s organization requires its members to live a morally straight life and swear an oath to God.

7/8/2005 Court Agrees to Hear Youth Nudist Camp Lawsuit
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to reinstate the ACLU's lawsuit challenging a Virginia statute requiring parents to accompany their children when visiting Virginia's nudist camp for kids aged 11-17.

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7/7/2005 Court Affirms Louisiana Abstinence Program
Louisiana’s abstinence education program has not violated a court-order with its religious content, said U.S. District Court Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. Though the Governor’s Program on Abstinence has religious references on its website, including links to other organizations which promote prayer and abstinence,
there is not an excessive entanglement between government and religion ruled Porteous.

7/7/2005 No Judicial Intervention in Other Commandments Cases
After the Supreme Court issued its conflicting and confusing rulings in the Ten Commandments cases, the same court let stand, without comment, several lower court rulings which outlawed Decalogue exhibits on school grounds and in courtrooms. There are no plans to revisit the cases at this time.

7/7/2005 Florida Supreme Court Helped to Fund ACLU
The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ has uncovered documents revealing that the Florida Supreme Court is responsible for helping to fund the ACLU of Florida — using the short-term invested monies of unsuspecting home buyers and
lawsuit settlements.

7/1/2005 Sandra Day O’Connor Announces Retirement
Somewhat surprisingly, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has become the first justice to announce her retirement from the United States Supreme Court, leaving a vacancy which will be filled by a President Bush nominee.

6/30/2005 No “Gay Pride” Events for Florida County
The county commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, has unanimously passed a policy which directs the county government to “abstain from acknowledging, promoting, or participating” in “gay pride” recognition or events.

6/28/2005 Gay T-Shirts Allowed by Missouri School District
The ACLU has dropped a lawsuit against a Missouri school district when the district revisited its decision to ban T-shirts containing messages on “gay rights.” The lawsuit stems from a 15-year-old student at Webb City High School who was punished twice for wearing shirts with messages in support of homosexuals.

6/27/2005 Court Declares Courthouse Commandments Unconstitutional
According to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago and Duke University, divorced persons are linked to higher rates of chronic illness and a loss of mobility later in life.

6/27/2005 Dr. D. James Kennedy Responds to Ten Commandments Decision
Dr. D. James Kennedy responds to the Ten Commandments decision.

6/27/2005 Judges Who Are Not “Out of the Mainstream”
in an effort to appease this minority, I thought it would be interesting to review several major pollsters to see what a judge who is “IN the mainstream” might look like.

6/24/2005 Maryland Court Rules Ten Commandments Constitutional
The Ten Commandments display in a Frederick, Maryland, park is constitutional, said a federal district court.

6/23/2005 West Virginia Court Redefines Family Unit
Though the grandparents were originally awarded custody by the courts, the lesbian partner insisted that she should have custodial rights in this case. Incredibly, on June 17, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rescinded custody of the 5-year-old boy from the child’s maternal grandparents, declaring that the unrelated lesbian should be deemed the “psychological parent.”

6/14/2005 Ten Commandments Decision Expected Soon
A decision is expected to be handed down soon from the United States Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Ten Commandment displays on public property. When the decision is handed down, it will have been done from a building which features a statue of Moses holding the Decalogue in dispute.

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6/14/2005 Teacher Forced to Ignore Faults of Darwin
The Washington County (Va.) School District forced a high school biology teacher to discontinue a 15-year-old practice of distributing texts that allowed students to investigate the claims of creation science versus Darwin’s theory on their own for extra credit.

6/14/2005 ACLU Seeks to Jail Teachers Who Pray
After federal courts imposed a ban on school prayer in the Tangipahoa Parish (La.) School District, the ACLU is asking a federal judge to arrest all teachers or administrators who violate the order.

6/10/2005 ACLU Sues Library of Congress on Behalf of Transsexual
The ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., on behalf of a transsexual whose job offer was rescinded by the Library of Congress when they were informed that he was in the process of cosmetic surgery to make him look like a female.

6/8/2005 ACLU Chapter Sues Legislator for Saying “Jesus”
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, Brian Bosma, for using the name of Jesus in the body’s opening prayers.

6/3/2005 Planned Parenthood’s Files Can be Reviewed by State
An Indiana judge has ruled that the state can seize patient records from Planned Parenthood as it continues to investigate a complaint alleging that the nation’s largest provider of abortion failed to report child abuse, as state law mandates.

6/1/2005 Judge Sentences Offenders to Church
A Kentucky judge has been offering an interesting sentencing option for some drug and alcohol offenders. Instead of serving time in prison or rehab, District Judge Michael Caperton is offering offenders the option of attending worship services.

5/25/2005 Supreme Court to Consider Parental Notification Law
The U.S. Supreme Court announced plans to review the constitutionality of a 2003 New Hampshire law requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortions.

5/19/2005 ACLU Contends Abstinence Education Violates Church and State
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit alleging that an abstinence education program has been the recipient of federal funds in violation of the so-called separation of church and state. Since 2003, the Silver Ring Things, an abstinence education group based in Pennsylvania, has received more than $1 million in federal money earmarked for faith-based initiatives, which President Bush has courageously supported since nearly the inception of his presidency.

5/11/2005 Missouri Says “No Homosexual Adoption”: Lawsuit Filed
The Missouri State Department of Social Services (DSS) adheres to a “no homosexual adoption policy,” which they enforced by telling two Kansas City women that they could not adopt a child. With the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Lisa Johnston and Dawn Roginski have filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that such a policy is “unconstitutional.”

5/9/2005 ACLU Sues to Block Ohio “Choose Life” Plates
On April 27, the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit against a state law that allows the state to produce and sell “Choose Life” license plates.

5/9/2005 ACLU Sues to Overturn Missouri Gay Adoption Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri on behalf of two lesbian women seeking to overturn the state’s ban on gay adoption.

5/4/2005 Bible Class OK’d by Texas School Board
A unanimous vote by the school board of Odessa, Texas, has added a Bible class to its high school curriculum. In a show of grassroots support, more than 6,000 residents signed a petition supporting the class, many of whom packed the school board meeting, at which the class was approved.

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5/2/2005 ACLU Seeks Abortion for 13-Year-Old
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed an appeal with Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn an injunction that had been issued to prevent a 13-year-old girl from obtaining an abortion was originally scheduled for April 26.

4/19/2005 Judge Tosses Compromise to Allow Memorial Cross
In yet another act of judicial arrogance, one federal judge has refused to permit a compromise that would have preserved a World War I memorial Cross located in the Mojave National Preserve.

4/14/2005 School Prayer Bill Approved in Arkansas
A bill that prohibits school officials from interfering with student-led and initiated prayer has been passed overwhelmingly by the Arkansas House, 75 to 9. The passage comes despite an ACLU attempt to convince lawmakers that the bill would “likely be unconstitutional” under United States Supreme Court precedent.

3/22/2005 ACLU to Challenge Tennessee Marriage Amendment
The ACLU of Tennessee will reportedly sue to prevent Tennessee from amending its state constitution to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman only. The measure was overwhelmingly supported last week by the Tennessee House, with the intention of putting the issue to voters in November 2006.

3/22/2005 ACLU Wants Lawsuit Reinstated in Teenage Nudist Case
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is urging a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit which challenges the Virginia law used to ban child nudist camps, calling the law unconstitutional. The ACLU argues that the law violates the children’s right to privacy.

3/22/2005 Chief Justice Rehnquist to Return to Bench
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, ill for the past five months and absent from the bench throughout that time, was set to return March 21. He was scheduled to sit for two-hour long arguments, according to a spokeswoman.

3/18/2005 ACLU Opposes Federal Land Lease to Church
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attempting to block the federal government from leasing a piece of land to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), where more than 100 Mormons died in 1856.

3/18/2005 ACLU Threatens School-Sponsored Scout Troops
In February, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a threatening letter to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) warning them that they were planning to sue all schools that sponsor the values-oriented organization.

3/3/2005 Lawsuit Charges Contractor with Religious Training
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) are seeking a court order barring the Firm Foundation of Bradford County (Penn.) from including “religious activities” in the program it has run in the county correctional facility since 2002.

3/2/2005 Arguments Heard in Commandments Case
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments today in two Ten Commandments cases seeking to determine the constitutionality of such displays on public ground.

3/1/2005 Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Commandments Case
The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments beginning tomorrow to determine whether or not the Ten Commandments posted on government property are a violation of the U.S. Constitution. At issue here is whether the mere presence of the Commandments is an establishment of religion, as the First Amendment strictly prohibits.

2/28/2005 Supreme Court Won’t Hear Alabama Sex Toy Case
The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of an Alabama law which makes it a crime to sell sex toys in the state. A group that regularly uses “sexual devices,” along with two vendors, filed the appeal, saying the case falls in line with a “constitutional right to sexual privacy.”

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2/24/2005 Florida Lawmakers Prepare Parental Notification Bill
In November, Florida voters approved a ballot initiative that cleared the way for a parental notification law to be introduced. Florida lawmakers seem ready to propose the law, which would amend the state constitution.

2/22/2005 ACLU Threatens Suit Over “Eyeliner Discrimination”
The ACLU is threatening the E.V. Cain Middle School in Auburn, California, with a lawsuit over the school’s enforcement of a policy to prohibit a boy from wearing eyeliner in school. The ACLU calls it “sexual discrimination.”

2/17/2005 Youth Sexuality Bill Introduced in Congress
A piece of legislation, which seeks to counter abstinence-only sexual education, has been introduced in Congress. The Responsible Education About Life Act would create a $206 million annual grant program to be administered through the Department of Health and Human Services for “comprehensive” sex ed.

2/15/2005 Evolution Stickers an Issue in Kansas, Arkansas
An Arkansas School district has agreed to remove stickers it had placed in science textbooks to warn students that evolution is a theory and not a fact. At the urging of the ACLU, the Beebe School District in Little Rock decided to avoid a threatened lawsuit and consequently allow its students to be taught a theory which is heavily questioned amongst the scientific community.

2/7/2005 Pregnancy Center to be De-funded for Not Offering Abortion
Pro-choice activists in Santa Monica (Calif.) have pointed out that state taxes were being used to fund a crisis pregnancy center which counsels against abortion, and for that reason, a commission which funds “children services” will defund the clinic.

1/31/2005 Virginia High Court Strikes Anti-Fornication Law
On January 14, the Virginia Supreme Court declared the state’s anti-fornication law unconstitutional, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas as the basis for their decision.

1/31/2005 ACLU Omits Religion From Constitution Tutorial
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) — often criticized for infringing on America’s free expression of religion — has been caught red-handed attempting to edit the First Amendment on its own website. Specifically, the organization’s website omitted any mention of religion in its discussion on the First Amendment.

1/31/2005 ACLU Battles City Over Christian Calendar
In Greer, South Carolina, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed an official complaint with city officials, arguing that the Commission of Public Works (CPW) inappropriately published a calendar that includes Bible verses.

1/26/2005 ACLU Targets Louisiana Abstinence Program, Again
The ACLU is claiming that Louisiana is acting in violation of a 2002 court settlement over the administration of a statewide abstinence-education program. Saying that the program “promotes religion,” the ACLU wants the court to hold the state in contempt. In the settlement, the state agreed to tightly monitor spending to ensure that no money would go to “promote religion.”

1/26/2005 Coach Forced to Halt Prayer After ACLU Threatens
A high school wrestling coach in Michigan was ordered to stop leading prayers with team members, after the ACLU threatened to sue the Lincoln Consolidated School District. Though the prayer was not mandated, the entire team participated, quite unlike the ACLU, who has effectively mandated that team members not voluntarily pray. This is a defense of rights?

1/18/2005 Coalition of Gay Organizations Sets 2005 Agenda
In Washington, D.C., twenty-two homosexual advocacy organizations met to determine the best course of action to accomplish their goals. The coalition developed an 8-point-mission plan for the coming year.

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1/18/2005 Florida High Court Affirms Parental Notification Amendment
On January 13, the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a motion filed by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, which sought to strike down Florida’s Parental Notification Amendment passed on November 2.

1/17/2005 International Sex Laws May Affect U.S. Policy
Today, throughout the Western World, sociologists are seeing trends toward the sexualization of young children. The dismissal of moral standards and Christian ethics from international law has created a vacuum of absolute standards, which has ushered in an international trend seeking to provide naive sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders with the legal right to consent to sexual relations with adults, making them more attractive targets for adult sexual predators.

1/17/2005 Courts Granting Sexual Right-to-Privacy to Minors
The power of judicial precedent is undeniable in American society.
Unfortunately, the most recent string of judicial precedents creates a frightening foundation for the dismissal of parental rights and the establishment of sexual independence for minors.

1/14/2005 No Bible Class in Michigan Schools
The school board of Frankenmuth (Mich.) voted to not offer a class entitled the “Bible as Literature and History” at Frankenmuth High School, after school superintendent Michael Murphy recommended that the course not be offered.

1/14/2005 Bible Removed From Houston Courthouse Memorial
On January 10, in compliance with a federal judge’s order, officials removed a Bible from a monument outside the Harris County Courthouse in Houston, Texas. This action came after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted its temporary stay, which had allowed the Bible to remain in a memorial display, while the appeals court reviewed the lower court decision.

1/12/2005 Antifacists Omitted From DOJ Rape Treatment Information
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, among other pro-abortion groups, are lamenting the decision by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to leave antifacists such as the “morning-after pill,” out of its guidelines for treating victims of rape. The pro-abortion groups wanted such drugs included to “spare women an unwanted pregnancy.”

1/11/2005 New Pledge Policy for Virginia School Board
The ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to members of the Spotsylvania (VA) County School Board, urging them to adopt a new policy governing the Pledge of Allegiance. And the school board has complied. Students will not be required to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.

1/11/2005 Supreme Court Dismisses Fla. Gay Adoption Ban Suit
On January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of four homosexual men seeking to overturn Florida’s ban on adoption by homosexual couples, which remains the only surviving ban of its kind.

1/10/2005 ACLU Halts Pursuit of Restraining Order for Intelligent Design Policy
The ACLU has backed away from a restraining order against the Dover (Penn.) Area School District to prevent the district from enforcing a new policy that allows the teaching of theories of the origins of life other than evolution. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in December 2004, which is still scheduled to go to trial later this year.

1/7/2005 Supreme Court Considers Hearing Florida Homosexual Adoption Ban
The United States Supreme Court is expected to consider what cases will be heard in 2005. Among the list of potential cases is an appeal which seeks to deem Florida’s ban on homosexual adoption unconstitutional.

12/31/2004 Ban on Homosexual Foster Parents Struck Down in Arkansas
An Arkansas state regulation banning the placement of foster children in any household with a homosexual member was struck down by a judge who determined that the state agency enforcing the ban had overstepped its boundaries by trying to enforce “public morality.”

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12/17/2004 Court: Parents Can No Longer Monitor Phone Calls
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that parents no longer have the right to eavesdrop on their children’s phone conversations — establishing a personal right-to-privacy for minors.

12/16/2004 Supreme Court Sets Date For Arguments in Commandments Case
The United States Supreme Court has announced that it will hear arguments in two cases involving the Ten Commandments on March 2, 2005. Van Orden v. Perry, a case originating in Texas will be heard first, while McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky will be heard shortly thereafter.

12/15/2004 ACLU Plans Intelligent Design Lawsuit
A lawsuit is expected from the ACLU challenging the decision by the Dover (Penn.) School District’s decision to teach alternatives to the theory of evolution alongside Darwinism.

12/11/2004 President Bush Signs Abortion Non-Discrimination Bill
On December 8, President Bush signed legislation that will protect hospitals, medical professionals, and health insurance providers from being forced to perform or pay for abortions. This legislation was included in Congress’ last-minute $388 billion omnibus spending bill.

12/10/2004 IRS Offers Tax Breaks for Sex Change
In what appears to be a growing trend in acknowledging transsexual legitimacy, the Internal Revenue Service granted Rhiannon O’Donnabhain’s request to deduct the cost of her sex change operation from her taxable income. The IRS review
board concluded that her sex change was, indeed, a “medically necessary” operation to treat her “gender dysphoria.”

12/3/2004 Bible Week Dropped by Illinois Village
A decade-long practice of naming the last week in November “Bible Week” is coming to an end in Wauconda, Illinois. The reason? A complaint of religious discrimination!

12/2/2004 Support of Homosexual Agenda Pushed in Schools
Only weeks after 11 states voted unanimously to protect the definition of marriage as only between one man and one woman, homosexual activists have renewed their push to extend their agenda to the public schools of America.

11/23/2004 ACLU Targets Abstinence Education Program
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is threatening a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana with a lawsuit because a state-run website promoting abstinence mentions God. The ACLU’s threat is that unless the Governor’s Program on Abstinence removes the religious references from its website within 30 days, a lawsuit will be filed in federal court.

11/19/2004 Air Force Academy To Stifle Christian Speech?
Non-Christian cadets at the Air Force Academy are complaining that they are feeling pressured by their Christian peers, prompting the Academy to say that it will increase its “tolerance” training.

11/17/2004 Pentagon Warns Military Not to Support Scouts
After battling the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in court for five years, the Pentagon has finally folded, announcing plans to warn all military bases to avoid any sponsorship of Boy Scout troops.

11/17/2004 Rhode Island City Beats ACLU’s Christmas Lawsuit
The city of Cranston, Rhode Island, has successfully defended its right to celebrate the Christmas holiday with decorations on the front lawn of City Hall. On November 15, U.S. District Judge William Smith ruled that the city’s nativity scene was not an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

11/11/2004 Georgia City Removes Commandments in Fear of Lawsuit Last week, the Hartwell, Georgia, city council voted 3-2 to support the removal of a Ten Commandments plaque that hung on the wall of the city’s police station.

11/9/2004 Court Challenge in Georgia Over Warning About Evolution
Cobb County, Georgia, school officials are in court to defend themselves against allegations that accuse the school district of promoting religion by requiring that all science textbooks used in public schools warn students that evolution is a theory and not fact.

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10/29/2004 Justice O’Connor Lauds International Law; Again
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor asserts that judges would be negligent if they were to look past international law in United States courts when deciding cases. In a speech at Georgetown University Law School, O’Connor made the statements, marking the second time in recent months that she has affirmed the place of international law in America’s jurisprudence system.

10/28/2004 ACLU Lawsuit Seeking to Force Baltimore to Accept Same-Sex “Marriage”
ACLU Lawsuit Seeking to Force Baltimore to Accept Same-Sex “Marriage”

10/25/2004 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over L.A. Cross
On October 19, U.S. District Judge S. James Otero dismissed a federal lawsuit seeking to restore a cross to the Los Angeles County official seal.

10/25/2004 Chief Justice Rehnquist Hospitalized with Cancer
With the presidential election just eight days away, FOX News confirmed reports that U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has undergone a tracheotomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

10/22/2004 Arizona Sheriff Refuses Transport to Abortion Clinic
In a refreshing stand for life, Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is refusing transportation to any inmate seeking an abortion. Immediately after announcing the policy, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other abortion advocates announced plans to challenge the sheriff.

10/12/2004 Supreme Court to Weigh in on Commandments
On October 12, the U.S. Supreme Court announced plans to review two appeals challenging the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments displays on government property.

10/12/2004 Maryland School Board Seeks Removal of Profane Books; Addition of Bible
A school board in Maryland is seeking to clean up the school system’s required reading list, while crafting a proposal that recommends the distribution of Bibles in schools, removing science texts that teach evolution as fact, and teaching abstinence sex education.

10/5/2004 ACLU Seeks to Overturn Florida’s Ban on Homosexual Adoption
The ACLU is challenging Florida’s ban on adoptions by homosexuals in the United States Supreme Court. The only state in the nation with such a law, it was upheld by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year, amidst similar complaints that the law is “discriminatory.”

10/5/2004 Supreme Court Affirms Violation of Catholic Conscience
In line with a series of disappointing court decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a last-chance appeal by the California Catholic Charities, which appealed a state court decision that forces them to violate the tenets of the Catholic doctrine by providing birth control to employees.

10/1/2004 Virginia Prisons to Pay for Transsexual Therapy
In an effort to end a federal lawsuit initiated by the ACLU, the Virginia Department of Corrections has agreed to use the state’s public treasury to fund the hormone therapy of a self-perceived transsexual. The state’s previous policy had barred the transsexual inmates from such treatments.

9/30/2004 Maine Town to Ban Prayer at Meetings
Selectmen from the city of Monson, Maine, have voted to discontinue the practice of praying prior to acting on the town’s annual budget. The vote was preceded by a request from the Maine Civil Liberties Union (MCLU), an affiliate of the ACLU, asking the town to cease including sectarian prayer in its public meetings.

9/30/2004 Choose Life Plates Ruled Unconstitutional in Tennessee
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that the state’s “Choose Life” license plate is unconstitutional. The judge said that it was wrong for state lawmakers to make a law allowing a pro-life license plate and not a pro-abortion one.

9/22/2004 Phoenix Requires Porn Filters in Libraries, ACLU Up In Arms
After experiencing the tragic effects of pornography, the city of Phoenix, Arizona, has issued a ban on internet pornography in the city’s public libraries. Not surprisingly, the ACLU is planning to challenge the ban.

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9/22/2004 Nativity Scenes to Return to Michigan City
The Troy, Michigan, City Council has voted to permit privately funded nativity scenes outside of city hall as part of a “winter holiday” display. The 4-2 ruling allows for menorahs as well, and ended a two-year ban on the displays.

9/22/2004 Proposed Marriage Amendment in Georgia Faces Challenge
A proposed amendment to the Georgia Constitution, which would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman only, has been challenged by a lawsuit from opponents of the measure. The lawsuit, filed late last week, claims that the amendment violates the state Constitution because, while the ballot question asks a question about same-sex “marriage,” the actual amendment deals with additional issues, such as civil unions and jurisdiction of state courts.

9/17/2004 Delaware School District Ignores ACLU Threats
Despite threats of litigation from the ACLU, one Delaware school district has made it abundantly clear that they will not surrender America's Christian heritage without a fight.

9/17/2004 Court Orders Florida City to Level Crosses at Cemetery
On September 2, the Florida Supreme Court upheld a Boca Raton city ordinance that prohibits the display of upright crosses and Stars of David in the municipality’s cemetery. As a result, the existing grave markers must either be removed or set into the ground.

9/13/2004 Florida High Court Allows Parental Notification Vote
On September 2, the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling which will allow the state’s voters the opportunity to decide whether to adopt the Parental Notification Amendment to the state’s constitution in the November 2 general election.

9/11/2004 Reclaiming For Christ Conference Returns February
It inspired a now five-term member of Congress to enter politics. It helped a North Carolina couple successfully push for abstinence instruction in local public schools. And it fostered creation of an issues handbook to be used in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

9/1/2004 Florida Supreme Court to Hear Parental Notification Lawsuit
The Supreme Court in the state of Florida has said that it will hear a lawsuit charging that a ballot initiative to add a parental notification law to the state constitution is unconstitutional. If approved by voters, legislators will craft legislation requiring abortion businesses to notify parents when their teenage daughter is considering an abortion.

8/27/2004 Louisiana School Board Drops Prayer Prior to Games
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board (La.) has decided to drop prayers before football games and other school events, as part of a lawsuit settlement filed by a resident. Parishes are the Louisiana equivalent of counties in every other state.

8/26/2004 Federal Judge Rules Partial Birth Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Manhattan-based United States District Court Judge Richard Casey has ruled the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 unconstitutional because the law does not provide an exemption for the health and well being of the mother. The ruling comes two months after hearing closing arguments in the case.

8/24/2004 Pro-Life Sign Can Be Displayed by Pennsylvania Couple
A pro-life sign placed on the front porch of a central Pennsylvania home, which allegedly violated a borough ordinance because it did not promote a charity and was thus ordered to be removed, will be allowed to stay right where it is. The ordinance appealed to says that signs are permitted “for public, religious, and charitable institutions and uses such as parks, schools, churches, and similar uses.”

8/20/2004 ACLU Threatens Child Services Over Gospel Concert
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that a fund-raising concert sponsored by the Franklin County Children Services is illegal, because the program will include Gospel music.

8/19/2004 Judge Allows Florida’s Parental Notification Vote
Earlier this month, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida, in hopes of preventing the Parental Notification Amendment from reaching the November ballot. The Florida circuit judge assigned to the case has rejected their lawsuit.

8/17/2004 Appeals Court Allows Distribution of Religious Fliers
A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court has issued a unanimous opinion, allowing for the distribution of religious fliers on a school campus in Ohio.

8/17/2004 Judge OKs Parental Supervision Law for Teen Nudist Camps
A federal judge dismissed a federal lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), affirming a Virginia law that requires parental supervision at a nudist camp geared for teenagers.

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8/11/2004 Judge Orders Texas County to Remove Bible Display
For almost five decades, a Bible display has rested outside of the Harris County Courthouse in Houston, Texas. On August 10, one federal judge sided with the ACLU and ruled that the public display of the Bible was unconstitutional.

8/7/2004 Home Schooling Grows in America
In just four years, from 1999-2003, the number of home schooled children in the United States rose nearly 30 percent, due in large part to the public school system’s absence of religious lessons, morally compromised values, and limited curriculum.

8/5/2004 Court Upholds Alabama Law Banning Sex Toys
A federal appeals court has ruled that a 1998 Alabama law banning the distribution of sex toys is perfectly constitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) initially brought the lawsuit challenging the law.

8/5/2004 ACLU Sues to Prevent Fla. Parental Notification Amendment
In November, Florida voters are expecting to vote on whether to add an amendment to the state constitution requiring minors to notify one parent prior to obtaining an abortion. On August 2, the ACLU and several chapters of Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction that would prevent the proposed amendment from appearing on the ballot.

8/4/2004 ACLU Defends Nudity T-Shirt on Commercial Flight
American Airlines is under scrutiny from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other extremist groups after requesting that one of its passengers remove a T-shirt that displayed a naked woman.

8/2/2004 Oregon Voters Put Marriage Amendment on Ballot
On July 26, Oregon’s Defense of Marriage Coalition collected an ample number of petitions to qualify to put a state constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

8/2/2004 Va. Councilman Will Not Omit Jesus from Prayer
Despite a July 22 ruling of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that prohibited all council prayers that expressly mention Jesus Christ, Fredericksburg City Councilman Hashmel Turner has announced that he would opt to violate the court order rather than violate his own personally held beliefs.

7/26/2004 ACLU Jumps on South Dakota Library for Removing Smut
Last week, the CENTER reported the removal of an inappropriate Planned Parenthood website (by Governor Mike Rounds) from a South Dakota website geared toward teenagers. Now, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) plans to challenge that move, saying that Rounds’ removal of the sexually inappropriate reen website, called “Teen Wire,” amounts to censorship.

7/19/2004 Ten Commandments Poster Ruled Unconstitutional
On July 14, a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 ruling, declaring an Ohio judge’s display of the Ten Commandments to be unconstitutional.

7/14/2004 States Seek Ruling From Supreme Court on Ten Commandments Display
Indiana became the ninth state to seek guidelines from the United States Supreme Court on how the Ten Commandments may be legally displayed in public. In the past year there have been inconsistent rulings nationwide on just exactly what constitutes a legal display of the Decalogue.

7/14/2004 ACLU Claims FMA Harmful to Children
The Illinois affiliate of the ACLU has sent a letter to its senators urging them to vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA - SJ 40), which is embroiled in debate within the Senate chambers. Saying that FMA is “harmful to children who live in same-sex households,” ACLU of Illinois spokesman Edwin Yohnka called on Senators Richard Durbin and Peter Fitzgerald to not support “writing discrimination into our constitution.”

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7/12/2004 Reasons to Reject Same Sex Marriage
Dr. D. James Kennedy, president and founder of the Center for Reclaiming America, offers five good reasons why America must reject same-sex "marriages."

7/7/2004 School District, ACLU Refuse Christian Free-Speech
Bowing to pressure from the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union (Connecticut chapter of the ACLU), the Windsor Locks School District reversed its decision to allow clergy to give a biblical response to claims made by a pro-homosexual group (the Stonewall Speakers) in a school-wide student assembly.

7/2/2004 Pastors Fear Repercussions of Hate Crimes Legislation
Some Pennsylvania pastors are concerned that a recently passed amendment to the state’s hate crimes law will stifle their ability to preach against homosexuality and subject them to prosecution.

7/1/2004 ACLU Challenges Ban of Nude Teen Camps
On June 29, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Virginia, claiming that a state law banning child nudity camps is unconstitutional. The ACLU argues that the law violates the children’s right to privacy.

6/29/2004 Supreme Court Prevents Enforcement of Internet Porn Law
In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court has barred the government from enforcing the 1998 Child Online Protection Act, which was designed to protect young children from Internet pornography.

6/29/2004 New Jersey Legislature Intrudes Upon Catholic Doctrine
If several members of the New Jersey legislature have their way, the Roman Catholic Church will be forced to violate the tenets of its own faith — funding something deemed to be “intrinsically evil.”

6/23/2004 Arizona School Choice Tax Credit Claimed to Be a Promotion of Religion
Arizona’s tax break for donations, used to fund private school scholarships, is under attack by the ACLU’s Arizona affiliate. The Arizona Civil Liberties Union claims that the tax credit is an unconstitutional promotion of religion, and thus brought a lawsuit to United States District Court in Phoenix.

6/23/2004 Documents Reveal San Francisco Mayor’s Ties to Homosexual Activists
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who issued “marriage” licenses to same-sex couples in spite of state law over the Valentine’s Day weekend, 2004, is in the news again.

6/18/2004 City Names to be Challenged Due to Religious References?
Following the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to remove a tiny cross from the county’s official seal, many constitutional experts believe that it will not be long before the county will be pressured into changing its name to omit any religious reference.

6/16/2004 Los Angeles County Board Reaffirms Support for Cross Removal
Three Los Angeles (L.A.) County Supervisors have voted to reaffirm their prior decision to remove the cross from the L.A. County seal.

6/15/2004 Michigan Bans Partial-Birth Abortion, Redefines Birth
On June 9, both houses of the Michigan legislature voted to approve the petition-driven ban of partial-birth abortion.

6/14/2004 Supreme Court Dismisses Pledge Case on a Technicality
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that California atheist Michael Newdow does not have sufficient custody of his daughter to file a legal challenge to the phrase "one nation, under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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6/12/2004 Christians Protest L.A. County Cross Removal
Over 1,000 concerned protesters descended upon the meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to voice opposition to their decision to remove the cross from the county's seal.

6/10/2004 ACLU Bullies District into Banning Bible Distribution
Under a looming federal lawsuit initiated by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a suburban school district in Missouri has agreed to a settlement barring the Gideons International organization from distributing Bibles to any students who express an interest in receiving them.

6/8/2004 9th Circuit Court Rules War Memorial Crosses Unconstitutional
In yet another act of judicial tyranny, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in their efforts to remove God from all aspects of the public realm. This time, the court has ruled that a World War One memorial may not include the display of a cross.

6/8/2004 9th Circuit Court Rules Against War Memorial Cross
In yet another act of judicial tyranny, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in their efforts to remove God from all aspects of the public realm. This time, the court has ruled that a World War One memorial may not include the display of a cross.

6/7/2004 Is National Public Radio Engaging in Censorship?
National Public Radio (NPR), so named because it is a tax-payer funded radio network, is being accused of censoring a point of view that challenges secular humanism’s foundation: evolution.

6/4/2004 Partial Birth Judge Ok’d Muslim Prayer in School
United States District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton is on a roll. Earlier this week, she overturned the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, calling it an unconstitutional infringement upon abortion “rights.” In December of 2003, Hamilton issued another outlandish decision, approving of a Muslim prayer in a California Middle School.

6/1/2004 ACLU Forces L.A. County to Remove Cross from Seal
On June 1, L.A. County officials voted 3-2 to remove the cross from the county's official seal following threats of a federal lawsuit from the ACLU.

5/26/2004 Indiana School Drops Graduation Prayer
Under the threat of a lawsuit, officials at Avon High School in Avon, Indiana, have decided to drop plans to have a prayer during the school’s graduation ceremony.

5/24/2004 Boy Scout Conference Protested by Homosexual Activists
The Boy Scouts of America are currently holding a conference in the great city of Chicago, which is being protested by a group of homosexual activists who call themselves the “Chicago Anti-Bashing Network (CABN).”

5/21/2004 Ministers Vow to Fight Arizona Same-Sex “Marriage” Ban
Four Arizona ministers have pledged to extend their battle to bring same-sex “marriage” to Arizona, after Maricopa County refused to recognize dozens of same-sex couples that the “clergy” had “married.”

5/19/2004 Bible Verse Remains on Fire Truck
A Bible verse printed on the ladder of a Marion, Indiana, fire truck will remain, despite concerns that it should not be on a taxpayer-funded vehicle. The passage, excerpted from Psalm 23, reads, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.”

5/7/2004 Florida Parental Notification Measure on November Ballot
The Florida pro-life community has received encouraging news. A constitutional amendment which would change a privacy clause, so that the state legislature could subsequently pass a bill requiring that parents be notified before an abortion can be performed on their teenage daughter, has been passed.

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5/7/2004 ACLU Threatens La Mesa City Council Over Prayer
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) continues its assault on the religious liberties of Christians. The La Mesa (Calif.) City Council has been threatened with a lawsuit for having the name of Jesus Christ used in an opening prayer.

5/3/2004 ACLU Forces City to Remove Cross from Logo
For the past 40 years, the Redlands, California, city logo has included a shimmering cross that hovers above a church steeple. On April 30, after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) threatened the city with a federal lawsuit, this image was removed from all aspects of city property.

4/28/2004 Sally Jones: Portrait of a Grassroots Activist
We’ll call her Sally Jones. While it is not her real name, the person behind the name is very real and is making a difference in her community and in our nation. We conceal her identity only at her request, because she has the attention of elected officials, columnists, and a major news channel and does not want to
jeopardize her ability to have an impact on cultural issues through these
venues.

4/28/2004 School Candidate Uses Homosexuality as Campaign Theme
A Raleigh, North Carolina, high-school student is advertising his homosexuality in hopes of winning a school election.

4/28/2004 Indecency Bill Facing Cowardice in Senate
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (S. 2046) is reportedly facing some resistance from Senators who seem indecisive about whether or not to support it.

4/28/2004 School Candidate Uses Homosexuality as Campaign Theme
A Raleigh, North Carolina, high-school student is advertising his homosexuality in hopes of winning a school election.

4/28/2004 Indecency Bill Facing Cowardice in Senate
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (S. 2056) is reportedly facing some resistance from Senators who seem indecisive about whether or not to support it.

4/26/2004 Supreme Court Rejects VMI Prayer Appeal
On April 26, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal of the Virginia Military Institute, seeking to reinstate the long-standing tradition of praying before dinner meals.

4/22/2004 ACLU and Media Giants Lobby for F-Word
Following the FCC's decision to prohibit the use of the "F-word" on the nation's airwaves, the ACLU and several major media giants are protesting the decision, demanding that the F-word be removed from the list of prohibited language.

4/21/2004 Oregon Judge Halts, Then Orders Recognition of Same-Sex “Marriage”
A Multnomah County, Oregon, circuit judge has halted the issuance of same-sex “marriage” licenses in the county. Judge Frank Bearden did however order the state to recognize more than 3,000 same-sex “marriage” licenses already granted in Multnomah county, which had been brazenly issuing the licenses in breech of state law, since March 3.

4/16/2004 ACLU Sues School over Teachers Prayer Group
On April 12, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against a Bossier Parish School Board in Louisiana because school officials have permitted faculty members to participate in a teacher-led prayer group designed exclusively for adults.

4/8/2004 ACLU Onslaught on Marriage Continues
The ACLU, along with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), has now aimed its sights at New York, filing a lawsuit that intends to put forth the idea that there is inherent discrimination written into the state’s marriage laws.

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4/7/2004 Tenn. Officials Drop Christian Children’s Home
The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has instituted a halt on the referral of troubled children to the successful Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes, because the childcare facilities have refused to remove Christian activities from their schedules.

4/5/2004 ACLU Seeks Removal of Cross from San Diego Park
After a fifteen year legal battle involving the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the San Diego City Council has now tentatively agreed on a proposal that would remove a 43-foot-tall cross from Mount Soledad.

3/29/2004 ACLU to Defend Transsexual
The ACLU is defending a Kansas transsexual against charges that he falsified information when filing for a “marriage” license.

3/25/2004 Second Oregon County to Address Gay "Marriage"
In the wake of the Multnomah County, Oregon, decision to commence the issuance of same-sex “marriage” licenses (they have issued more than 2,550 since March 3), Benton County, Oregon, had vowed to begin doing the same on March 24.

3/22/2004 Nebraska City Appeals Commandments Ruling
On February 18, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to affirm a lower court decision requiring the removal of a 39-year-old Ten Commandments monument from a city park in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Only weeks after the ruling, the city filed a petition asking for the full body of the appeals court to reconsider the case.

3/19/2004 Judge Refuses Arguments of Justice Dept. in Scouts Case
In a stunning act of judicial tyranny, U.S. District Judge Napoleon Jones has ruled that the U.S. Justice Department may not offer an amicus brief in support of the Boy Scouts’ right to lease public land from the city of San Diego.

3/17/2004 ACLU Attacks Student-Approved Collegiate Prayer
The Marshall University chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has vowed to file a formal complaint after the school body voted to allow student-led prayer before student government productions.

3/4/2004 Court Forces Catholic Group to Violate Its Own Faith
In an appalling act of judicial tyranny, the California Supreme Court has ruled 6-1 that Catholic Charities, a charitable organization of the Roman Catholic Church, must provide all employees with medical coverage that pays for birth control, which is expressly forbidden by the Church.

2/16/2004 Moore Announces Bill to Permit Acknowledgment of God
On February 13, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announced plans to support a law that would prevent federal judges from meddling with public acknowledgments of God. If passed, this law would protect Ten Commandments displays, the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Motto, the National Seal, and many other tributes to Almighty God.

2/12/2004 Anti-Faith Advocates Target Ten Commandments
Displays of the Ten Commandments remain a primary target of anti-faith advocates throughout the United States. In early February, several communities have witnessed threats and litigation that seeks to remove the Ten Commandments from America’s public realm.

2/12/2004 Michigan Bible Clubs Flourish in Public Schools
In a nation plagued by increasing hostility toward public expressions of faith, Michigan’s public school students are rising to the challenge of spreading the faith, hope, and love found in Jesus Christ.

1/27/2004 ACLU Goes to UN; Files Complaint against US
For the first time in its history, the ACLU has bypassed the routes of traditional American jurisprudence and filed a formal complaint with the United Nations, claiming that the United States has violated international law in its treatment of detainees following the September 11th tragedy.

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1/13/2004 San Diego Settles Boy Scout Suit—Gives ACLU $950,000
On January 8, the city council of San Diego announced plans to settle a long-standing legal battle initiated by the ACLU more than three years ago. The suit seeks to revoke the city’s ability to lease city property to the Boy Scouts of America.

1/10/2004 Fla. Appeals Court: Unborn Babies Cannot Have Guardians
On January 9, Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeals ruled that Circuit Judge Lawrence R. Kirkwood acted appropriately in denying Governor Jeb Bush’s attempts to appoint a guardian for an unborn child of an Orlando mentally disabled rape victim.

1/6/2004 Florida Opens First Faith-Based Prison
On Christmas Eve, Florida Governor Jeb Bush christened Florida’s first faith-based prison, the Lawtey Correctional Institution in Bradford County, which will encourage the spirituality of inmates of all faiths.

1/6/2004 ACLU Attacks Prayer at Naval Academy
After succeeding in halting a tradition of prayer at the Virginia Military Institute, the American Civil Liberties Union is now threatening the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

1/5/2004 Federal Judge Strikes N.H. Parental Notification Law
A federal judge in New Hampshire struck down a state law that would have required minors (under 18) to notify one parent at least 48 hours prior to having an abortion or to obtain a judge’s approval.

1/1/2004 New Special Looks at How Unchecked Judges Abuse Power
When workmen rolled the Ten Commandments out of the Alabama Judicial Building last summer, it was only the most recent example of the out-sized power wielded by federal judges in America today.

12/22/2003 ACLU Files Suit; Wants Tax Dollars for Abortion
On December 16, the American Civil Liberty Union’s Reproductive Rights Project issued arguments before Georgia Superior Court Judge M. Gino Brogdon, asking for an immediate injunction on a law that currently prohibits the state’s Medicaid program from funding the abortions of low-income women.

12/19/2003 ACLU Launches Crusade Against Christmas Displays
For years, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sustained a vicious assault upon Christianity and all public expressions of faith. As we approach the Christmas holiday, the ACLU is pulling out all the stops to ensure that the public ignores the true meaning behind the federal holiday of Christmas.

12/12/2003 Supreme Court Restricts Election Expression
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold all major provisions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law, which has been harshly criticized for allowing a blatant infringement upon the First Amendment rights of various advocacy groups.

12/8/2003 Catholic Church Fights California Birth-Control Law
On November 25, Catholic Charities, an organization sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church, offered legal arguments before the California Supreme Court challenging a state law which is at odds with the church’s doctrine.

12/8/2003 N.Y. Mom Files Suit to Allow Nativity Scene
The mother of a student has filed suit against the New York City public school system, after school officials prohibited her children from displaying the nativity scene.

12/1/2003 Appeal Denied; Moore Removed
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suffered two sharp reversals last month in the fight to acknowledge God and the moral foundation of law.

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11/24/2003 Federal Judge Orders Removal of Commandments Display
On November 18, U.S. District Judge William O’Kelley ordered Habersham County (Georgia) officials to remove two displays of the Ten Commandments from the county’s courthouse.

11/24/2003 Abortion Advocates Challenge N.H. Parental Notice Law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Reproductive Rights Center, along with four other plaintiffs, have filed legal complaints to overturn a state law that requires minors to obtain parental notification prior to getting an abortion.

11/18/2003 Support the Religious Liberties Restoration Act
In recent months the American public has watched as the federal judiciary has abandoned this nation’s founding principles in order to pursue their cultural vision of a secular nation.

11/14/2003 Tennessee Community Embraces Christian Heritage
Following the Ten Commandments ordeal of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, Greenville County, Tenn, passed a resolution proclaiming “God as the Foundation of Our National Heritage.”

11/12/2003 Federal Judge Allows Challenge of Nebraska Marriage Law
On November 10, a federal judge rejected Nebraska’s request for the dismissal of a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn Nebraska’s ban on same-sex marriages.

11/10/2003 Anti-Faith Group Attacks Elementary School’s Christmas Display
For the third consecutive year, the Massachusetts chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) is pressuring the Norwood School Community to prohibit a local elementary school from displaying a nativity scene on the school’s lawn.

11/7/2003 Judges Prevent PBA Ban from Taking Effect
Shortly after President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 into law, three judges (in three separate circuits) issued injunctions to prevent the enforcement of the new ban.

11/5/2003 Pro-Abortion Advocates File Suit to Challenge Ban
Less than two weeks after the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 passed with overwhelming support in the U.S. Senate, and days before receiving the signature of President Bush, three pro-abortion advocacy groups filed federal lawsuit challenging the new legislation.

10/25/2003 West Virginia: ACLU's Disdain is a Compliment
“I was listening to the radio one day and our state senator was talking about the Hate Crime Statute. At the same time, on their respective programs, Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Dobson were also speaking about the homosexual agenda. God burdened my soul so much that when it came time for my lunch break, I walked off the floor and called my state senator!”

10/22/2003 Local Community Rallies in Prayer to Protest ACLU
For the third time in only nine years, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for allowing prayer at board meetings and for permitting voluntary prayers at Loranger High School football games.

10/4/2003 ACLU Ousts Commandments from Montana
In an effort to raise funds for a children’s playground in Kenmore, Washington, local citizens were encouraged to purchase the individual bricks, which would be used in constructing the new playground.

10/4/2003 ACLU Wants to Lower Sexual Age of Consent to Thirteen
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a brief with a Kansas state appeals court arguing that the state’s sexual age of consent laws should be lowered to thirteen years of age.

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10/4/2003 ACLU: Inmates Cannot Be on Church Property
Boulder County, Colorado prisoners will no longer be permitted to work on church properties after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) threatened the county sheriff.

10/4/2003 Sparks City Removes God’s Blessing
In the weeks following the September 11 tragedy, “God Bless America” signs were posted in various Sparks, Nevada, government offices as a tribute to the victims of terrorism.

10/1/2003 One Nation Under God
In the summer of 2002, Americans were shocked when two circuit court judges took it upon themselves to declare the phrase “under God” in our Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. I think this decision was a wake-up call to millions of Americans.

9/23/2003 ACLU Threats Cause Dismissal of Adult Christian Course
After receiving threats from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Dearborn, Michigan School District has dropped a 10-week course for adult education, which serves as an introductory course on Christianity.

9/12/2003 Florida: He Meant What He Said
Wayne Riddlebaugh is a whirlwind of grassroots activity: writing effective letters to his elected representatives, making pro-life presentations, traveling from church to church and organization to organization explaining the deep Christian faith of America’s founders, informing his home church of important current issues, sharing important information with local officials.

9/3/2003 Headlines of August
This is a brief description of some of the headlines of August 2003.

9/1/2003 Moore Defies Federal Order to Remove Ten Commandments
Six days before a court-imposed deadline, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore declared his decision. “I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments and the moral foundation of our law,” he told media and cheering supporters.

9/1/2003 Stories Bring Impact
The CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA’s website features breaking news stories on the political and cultural issues of the day. Along with the information, we encourage our readers to become involved. Recently, the CENTER joined other Christians in the reversal of two social injustices.

8/28/2003 Homosexual Legal Group Joins Fight Against Christian Liberties
This fall, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case of Locke v. Davey.

8/27/2003 Federal Courts Continue to Attack Pledge
On August 15, U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock has issued an injunction against a Colorado law which gave all Colorado students the option of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each school day.

8/27/2003 Mississippi Court Values Life
On August 21, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an unborn baby could be legally defined as a “person” when pertaining to the state’s wrongful death statutes.

8/26/2003 Abortion Groups Permitted to Argue Against Guardian Appointment
Months ago, Governor Jeb Bush endorsed the idea of a state-appointed guardian for the unborn child of a mentally retarded rape victim.

8/26/2003 Virgina to Try Twenty-six on Sodomy Charges
On July 21, twenty-six men were indicted for engaging in sodomy at a Harrisonburg, Virginia, adult bookstore.

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8/22/2003 The Coral Ridge Hour: The Christian World and Life View

8/19/2003 “Saying Grace” Remains Unlawful at V.M.I.
On August 13, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to review the prior ruling of a three-judge panel, which decided that the Virginia Military Institute could no longer offer prayers prior to its dinner meals.

8/18/2003 Moore Defies Federal Order to Remove Ten Commandments
Six days before a court-imposed deadline, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore declared his decision. “I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments and the moral foundation of our law,” he told media and cheering supporters.

8/13/2003 ACLU Sues to Remove Jesus’ Name From Prayer
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is currently suing a small South Carolina town of 1,200, because the town’s council has traditionally invoked the name of Jesus in its prayers.

8/6/2003 Boy Scout Use of Public Land Ruled Unconstitutional
On July 31, the Boy Scouts’ lease of public land in San Diego’s Balboa Park was ruled unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Napoleon Jones ruled that the lease of the 18-acre Camp Balboa violated the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution.

8/1/2003 Intelligent Design Theory Challenges Darwin in Schools
Tom DeRosa grew up Catholic. He attended Roman Catholic grade school in Brooklyn and spent his high school years at a Catholic seminary. Faculty and students voted him “Best Seminarian” in 1964, but one year later, instead of taking vows to enter the priesthood, he became an atheist.

8/1/2003 Court Rejects Commandments
A federal appeals court unanimously ruled July 1 that a Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama Judicial Building violates the First Amendment.

7/30/2003 Kansas City, Kansas Bows to Intimidation of ACLU
On July 24, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, voted 8-0 to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from its current location in front of the county courthouse.

7/30/2003 “Reverend” Barry Lynn’s Group Sues to Remove Commandments
The Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit on July 23 requesting the removal of a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments of God from Everett, Washington, public property.

7/29/2003 Bible Verses Return to Grand Canyon
On July 9, three bronze plaques, which all displayed a verse from the Bible, were removed from popular sites at the Grand Canyon. Only days after National Parks Service officials received a threatening letter from the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), they decided to remove the biblical verses, rather than risk potential litigation.

7/29/2003 ACLU Challenges Homosexual Adoption in Florida
On Monday, July 21, 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lengthy supplemental legal brief with a federal appellate court, which is now considering the constitutionality of Florida’s ban on gay adoption.

7/22/2003 ACLU Seeks to Remove Ten Commandments from Arizona
The American Civil Liberties Union located in Arizona has threatened the state’s government with legal action if they do not remove the Ten Commandments monument from the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.

7/22/2003 ACLU Has Bible Verses Removed from Grand Canyon
Just days ago, U.S. Park Officials were forced to remove three bronze plaques from one of the nation’s most majestic tourist attractions—the Grand Canyon.

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7/22/2003 Court Rejects Guilty Plea of Child Pornography Writer
On July 17, the 10th Ohio District Court of Appeals threw out the guilty plea of twenty-four-year-old pornographer Brian Dalton, who wrote fictitious, gruesome stories of child pornography.

7/18/2003 ACLU, Nation’s Courts Enable Pedophile to Fantasize in City’s Park
In Lafayette, Indiana, a convicted child sex-offender openly admitted to having sexual fantasies about children who were playing in the city’s parks.

7/3/2003 A Month in the Life of the Ten Commandments
Currently, in America, our courtrooms are hosting several lawsuits brought to eliminate the Ten Commandments from public property.

7/3/2003 Ten Commandments Rulings: Shifting Constitution or Shifting Courts?
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution has remained unchanged since our nation’s inception. Therefore, it should be fairly reasonable to assume that the judiciary’s understanding of our First Amendment would have also remained virtually unchanged, unless, of course, our courts were packed with judicial activists.

7/1/2003 Supreme Court Allows Porn Filters in Public Libraries
On June 23, 2003, the United States Supreme Court ruled, by a 6-3 majority, to uphold the Children’s Internet Pornography Act, which forces public libraries to equip all computers with anti-pornography filters. Public libraries that do not comply with the new legislation risk the loss of federal funding.

6/20/2003 Protesters Arrested for Protecting Ten Commandments
In June of 2002, Federal Judge Timothy Hogan of Cincinnati ruled that four monuments displaying the Ten Commandments were illegally located on public property. He ruled that the displays violated the “wall of separation”; therefore, the monuments were unconstitutional.

6/18/2003 Chicago Suburb’s Mayor Asks Clergy for Help
Eric Kellogg, the mayor of Harvey, Illinois, has witnessed his community exhaust numerous efforts to bring order to the crime-ridden suburb of Chicago, but nothing has seemed to help the situation.

6/11/2003 Examining Public Opinion On Abortion
In May of 2003, the Gallup Organization conducted a poll of Americans to determine public opinion on abortion, one of the most divisive issues in America. While the pro-life movement has gained steam in the past decade, results show that many Americans do not see a correlation between morality and law.

6/9/2003 Houston Bible Display Under Attack From ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has requested that a Bible be removed from a granite memorial that sits in front of the Harris County Courthouse.

6/9/2003 Anti-Christian Attorneys Seek to Eliminate Chaplains in California
Six Californian firefighters have filed suit to eliminate the California Department of Forestry’s use of chaplains. The firefighters, who jokingly refer to themselves as “the Satanic six,” have employed the services of three attorneys.

6/1/2003 162,000 Join Moore Petition
An online petition in support of the Ten Commandments, signed by more than 162,000 people, was presented to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in May.

5/22/2003 Lest We Forget
Nearly 227 years ago, our Founding Fathers declared that they would no longer accept the tyranny of the English government. They carried a vision for a nation that would not interfere with the inalienable rights that Almighty God bestows upon all mankind.

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5/20/2003 Advocate for the Unborn
On Tuesday, May 13, Governor Jeb Bush ordered attorneys within the state of Florida to seek the appointment of a guardian ad litem for a six-month-old unborn baby in the womb of a mentally disabled woman who was raped and subsequently impregnated.

5/13/2003 Ashcroft Appeals to Supreme Court to Defend the Pledge
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the Supreme Court to review and reverse a controversial court decision that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional.

5/9/2003 A Godly Mother Takes a Stand
Sandra Banning was not looking for any trouble. Yet, when the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional in June 2002, her young daughter unwittingly became the focus of national attention.

5/2/2003 The ACLU Exposed
This weekend on The Coral Ridge Hour, Dr. D. James Kennedy exposes the organization that deserves much of the blame for the current state of our culture: the American Civil Liberties Union. Founded in 1920 by a Communist sympathizer, they have, in the words of one pro-family activist, "normaphobia." That is, they are strenuously opposed to anything that most Americans consider good and normal.

3/21/2003 The New Tolerance
For the past decade, the dominant ethic within the United States has been "tolerance," or the belief that all worldviews are equally valid. This might sound well and good, but there is a deep-seeded hostility to Christianity that lies underneath. Dr. Kennedy explores this "new tolerance" in a sermon to be aired the weekend of March 22-23 on The Coral Ridge Hour.

3/14/2003 ACLU vs. Homeland Security
"The ACLU is a foe of religious freedom and an advocate for legalized pornography," sake Dr. D. James Kennedy. "But did you know they are also working against our government's efforts to protect our nation from terrorism?"

3/7/2003 The Lies of the ACLU
"Perhaps no group has used lies more effectively and devastatingly than the American Civil Liberties Union," said Dr. D. James Kennedy, on The Coral Ridge Hour program that will be broadcast this March 8 and 9. "This organization has pushed numerous lies to advance its anti-Christian agenda."

3/1/2003 New Task Force to Monitor ACLU Activity, Impact
The American Civil Liberties Union claims in a just-launched national ad campaign that it has “led the fight to defend your freedoms” over the last 80 years.

2/28/2003 ACLU: The Pornography Industry's Legal Defender
"The ACLU has waged a war on Christianity, and under-minded moral common sense in America for seventy-five years," said Dr. D. James Kennedy, on an upcoming edition of The Coral Ridge Hour, to be aired this March 1 and 2. "While they go out of their way to oppose the public display of the Ten Commandments, they defend other objectionable material."

2/26/2003 Anti-Christian Legal Organization Sues Christian-Based Ministry
Prison is not a happy place. People go there because they have been caught doing something illegal. For many of these men and women, they have hit rock bottom, and they must come to grips with the reality that they need to make a major change in their lives if they wish to rejoin society. Many of them think they can accomplish such a feat on their own. However, when they are eventually released from jail, many find themselves back inside a cell within months, because they are lured back into the lifestyle that got them into trouble to begin with.

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2/26/2003 Billionaire Donates $8 Million to ACLU
Peter B. Lewis, chairman and CEO of Progressive Auto Insurance, recently donated $8 million to the ACLU. In 2001, he donated $7 million to match a $14 million challenge from the Ford Foundation.

2/26/2003 ACLU: Religion Out, Nudity In On Public Property
The ACLU is consistently opposed to allowing religious symbols on public property. But one thing they are not against is public nudity.

2/26/2003 Child Pornography: Not Too Terrible for the ACLU
On April 16, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down major portions of the Child Pornography Protection Act, which prohibited Internet porn hawkers from making "virtual" child pornography.

2/26/2003 ACLU Cheers Over Defeat of Pro-Life, Pro-Family Law
In April 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit struck down a Colorado law requiring that parents be notified when their underage daughters sought an abortion.

2/26/2003 ACLU: Double Standards Galore
Does the ACLU say one thing, and do another?

2/14/2003 George Washington the Christian
His face is on the dollar bill. He was the commander in chief who led a small, ragtag army to victory over the world's greatest military force. He easily could have made himself king of America. Instead, he presided over the Constitutional Convention and then became America's first President, hence establishing our republican form of government that is still thriving over two hundred years later. In short, there is ample evidence that George Washington is, in the words of one historian, the most important person in American history.

2/7/2003 The Spiritual State of the Union
Every year, Dr. D. James Kennedy presents his "Spiritual State of the Union" address. He outlines where the nation is on a variety of issues and gives his assessment of where America is headed spiritually. The 2003 Spiritual State of the Union can be seen in its entirety this weekend, February 8 and 9, on The Coral Ridge Hour.

1/31/2003 Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?
Even though Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address was only three minutes long, it has been called "the most perfect speech uttered by man."

1/22/2003 Roe v. Wade Turns 30
Wednesday, January 22, marks the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand in all fifty states.

1/17/2003 Life: An Inalienable Right
The Declaration of Independence lists three rights that are inalienable, or absolutely fundamental to human dignity: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They are listed in order of priority. After all, without the inalienable right to life, the other basic rights cannot be pursued. As the Bible tells us, God created each person in His own image, so that we might glorify Him.

12/20/2002 Chief Justice Moore Given New Ultimatum: Remove Monument by January 3
In a setback to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued a permanent injunction, demanding the removal of the Ten Commandments Monument by January 3. The monument, which came at no expense to taxpayers, also contains quotes from several of America's Founding Fathers, proclaiming that this nation was founded upon Christian principles.

12/19/2002 Ten Commandments Witness Rebuffs Federal Judge’s Claims
Author and scholar Michael Novak testified on behalf of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in November when an ACLU lawsuit against Moore came to trial. The ACLU and two other groups had sued Moore because he placed the Ten Commandments, etched onto a granite monument, into the Alabama Judicial Building.

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12/6/2002 If Christ Had Not Come
From the pulpit of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dr. D. James Kennedy gave a "sign of the times" for how trivial Christmas has become.

11/15/2002 Remembering Our Foundations
"We are suffering from a severe case of national amnesia," said Dr. D. James Kennedy, in his sermon entitled "Remembering Our Foundations," to be aired on The Coral Ridge Hour the weekend of November 16-17.

10/30/2002 ACLU: Ashcroft Is Out to Get You!
Who is the most feared man in America? According to the ACLU, it is U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.

10/29/2002 Ten Commandments Under Assault All Across the Nation
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is not the only American who is proudly standing up for the moral foundations of American law. Across the nation, Americans are supporting public display of the Ten Commandments.

9/26/2002 How Are Christians to Live in this World?
How are Christians called to live in this world? This is the subject of The Coral Ridge Hour, to be aired September 28-29.

9/25/2002 How Are Christians to Live in this World?
How are Christians called to live in this world? This is the subject of The Coral Ridge Hour, to be aired September 28-29.

9/16/2002 Georgia Takes on Evolution
The Cobb County school board has agreed to review, for thirty days, a proposal stating that the district “believes that discussion of disputed views of academic subjects is a necessary element of providing a balanced education, including the study of the origin of the species.”

9/13/2002 ACLU: Pro-Child Molester Rights, Anti-Ten Commandments
"The ACLU continues its assault against America's Christian heritage," said Dr. D. James Kennedy, founder and president of the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA. "This can be seen in what they favor and oppose."

9/1/2002 CENTER Petitions Ninth Circuit Over Pledge Ruling
With your help, the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA made a dramatic statement to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

8/15/2002 The Real Thomas Jefferson
TEXT: "They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." -Matthew 22:21

8/15/2002 CENTER Petitions Ninth Circuit Over Pledge Ruling
With your help, the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA made a dramatic statement to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

8/13/2002 Hospitals Allowed to Protect Life
A 1996 law made it legal for doctors to opt out of performing abortions. The same law is being used to force hospitals to perform abortions.

8/5/2002 The Battle Over the Pledge: What's Next?
The recent federal court decision on the Pledge of Allegiance highlights the problem of a too-powerful judiciary. What is to be done about it?

7/3/2002 "Pledge" Judge No Stranger to Controversy
Jimmy Carter was just the fourth president in U.S. history—and the only one in the twentieth century—who did not get to nominate a Supreme Court Justice. Judging from the record of one of his appointees to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that's probably a good thing.

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7/2/2002 Reactions to the Pledge of Allegiance Decision
In the aftermath of the Pledge of Allegiance being ruled unconstitutional, only one organization was celebrating: the ACLU.

6/6/2002 Federal Judges Strike a Blow to CIPA
On May 31, a three-judge panel on the federal district court declared the Children's Internet Protection Act unconstitutional.

5/1/2002 New Tools Send Message
The CENTER has introduced two powerful and exciting Internet tools for our “Electronic Army” that have already made a real impact.

4/5/2002 Electronic Army Responds to Media Blitz
In response to a media blitz by Rosie O´Donnell and an e-mail campaign by the ACLU attacking Florida’s ban on homosexual adoption, the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA launched a Protect Our Children Campaign.

4/1/2002 Gift Sent to Defense Fund
"Unbelievable timeliness" said Stephen Melchior, attorney for Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, when he learned in early February that an initial $50,000 gift had been sent to the Ten Commandments Defense Fund.

2/1/2002 Trial Date Set for Moore Suit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is scheduled for trial on October 15 in federal court.

1/9/2002 Folger Defends Christian Worldview on Public TV
In an effort to defend the Christian worldview in the marketplace of ideas, Janet Folger appeared on Miami, Florida public TV station WPBT´s panel discussion on atheists and Christians in America.

1/7/2002 CENTER Relaunches "Shake the Nation Back to Life"
Americans will long remember the horrific tragedy of September 11. Millions watched with inexpressible agony as radical Islamic terrorists deliberately flew a second jet into World Trade Tower number two. They continued to watch as both towers collapsed, one after another, killing not only the occupants, but hundreds of firemen, policemen, and other rescue workers.

1/7/2002 Electronic Army Mobilizes for Moore
The CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA is leading the effort to generate support for Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Shortly after he placed the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the state judicial building, the CENTER launched a national Grassfire Petition campaign in his support.

1/2/2002 Titus Explains ACLU Plan to Sue Judge Moore
Herbert Titus, one of three attorneys defending Chief Justice Roy Moore, knows firsthand about the ACLU and its aims. A Harvard Law School graduate who served in the U.S. Justice Department under Robert Kennedy, Titus taught law at the University of Oregon Law School. And he pursued legal activism, signing on to
serve as an ACLU attorney.

1/1/2002 ACLU, Allies, Bring Suit Against Chief Justice Moore
The wait is over. Not one, but two lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who last summer installed a granite Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of the state judicial building.

1/1/2002 Rock of Offense
The complaints filed against Chief Justice Moore in federal court repeatedly cite how offensive Moore’s monument is to the four Alabama lawyers represented in the two suits.

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1/1/2002 Titus Explains ACLU Plan
Herbert Titus, one of three attorneys defending Chief Justice Roy Moore, knows firsthand about the ACLU and its aims.

12/18/2001 Media Bias Continues Against Christians
Bernard Golberg, a 28-year veteran at CBS News, confirms in a new book what pro-family Christians have known for years: the news media is biased.

12/12/2001 CRM Takes Gospel Message to Nationwide Audience
Fresh from the astounding success of Who Is This Jesus and Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen, Coral Ridge Ministries has come back yet again with another major, prime-time TV special, Scrooge & Marley.

12/12/2001 Online Pornography: A Continuing Hazard for Kids, as Supreme Court
Hears Arguments Hard-core Internet pornography continues to be a problem for parents, as their kids are accessing it in growing numbers. According to one British study, nine out of ten children aged eight to 16 have viewed Internet pornography.

11/21/2001 Folger Fights for Parental Notification on PBS
On November 16, 2001, Janet Folger squared off against Siobhan McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the ACLU, on a local PBS affiliate´s broadcast of Issues over the issue of parental notification when minor girls seek abortions.

11/20/2001 Year-End Report: In Everything Give Thanks!
We at the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA wish to thank the over 307,000 who have joined with us this year in reclaiming America for Christ. God has blessed us in 2001 with some truly God-sized victories, and we have so much to be thankful for
as we reflect on what God has already accomplished through our Grassfire Petition Campaigns and for the great things He has in store for us as we head into the year 2002.

11/7/2001 New York Times Columnist Blasts President Bush´s Pro-Life Cabinet
Frank Rich, columnist for the New York Times, used the recent national tragedies to condemn pro-life members of President George W. Bush´s cabinet.

11/6/2001 Reclaiming America For Christ, March 22-23, 2002
"Now, more than ever, America needs God´s people to stand in the gap for this land ..."

11/5/2001 Chief Justice Roy Moore Sued by ACLU, Americans United for Separation
The wait is over. Nearly three months to the day Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore placed a 5,280-pound monument to the Ten Commandments in the lobby of the state Supreme Court building, two so-called "civil liberties" groups filed suit.

11/1/2001 No Lawsuit Yet Against Moore
The same day that Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore placed a massive Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama Judicial Building, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) fired back a quick warning shot.

10/25/2001 Patriotism Stands Tall Across America
On October 9, 2001, Secretary of Education Rod Paige sent a letter to principals across America asking them to join him "in showing our patriotism by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at a single time and with a unified voice."

10/11/2001 More Schools and Communities Back Public Prayer and Ten Commandments, In Spite of ACLU Threats
Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, local governments and schools are returning to public acknowledgment of the God of the Bible, despite threats from the ACLU.

10/4/2001 Chief Justice Moore Puts God's Law in Alabama Court
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore surprised many on August 1 when he unveiled a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the state Supreme Court building.

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9/1/2001 Moore Puts God's Law In Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore surprised many on August 1 when he unveiled a granite monument bearing the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the state Supreme Court building.

9/1/2001 Moore Advisors Answer Ten Commandments Critics
Critics of the Ten Commandments monument now resting in the rotunda of Alabama’s Supreme Court charge that God’s law has no place in our modern legal system. "Our courts should enforce secular law, and not God’s law," ACLU attorney Joel Sogol told the Associated Press.

9/1/2001 Ten Commandments Movement Spreads
While Roy Moore is a national champion for the acknowledgment of God in American public life, he is far from alone.

8/20/2001 The Ten Commandments: Under Attack Across the Nation
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore´s recent move to honor the Ten Commandments is the latest development in an ongoing battle over whether God´s Law should be honored in public.

8/10/2001 Chief Justice Roy Moore: Solid as a Rock
Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, has thrown down the gauntlet with the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In a bold move, he recently unveiled a 5,280-pound granite monument in
the Alabama Supreme Court building rotunda featuring the Ten Commandments.

7/24/2001 Internet Porn in the Public Libraries: The Problem That Won’t Go Away
Sheriff John McCroskey of Lewis County, Washington, has taken a leading role in combating Internet pornography in the public libraries. When he isn't rallying local church pastors to speak out against the issue, he is raising awareness of it in the column he writes for the local newspaper.

6/1/2001 Sold-Out Conference Urged to Take Back the Land
A sell-out crowd reacted with foot-stomping enthusiasm at Reclaiming America For Christ 2001 as pro-family speakers charted the path for believers to "take back the land" in America.

5/30/2001 Southern California School Board Member Blows the Whistle on the Homosexual Agenda
Life has not been the same for Anaheim Union High School District Board Member Dr. Alexandria Coronado since her colleagues secretly voted 3-1 to put pro-homosexual books into junior high and high school libraries. (She cast the only "no" vote.) Ever since then, Coronado, a single mother, has been the target of angry phone calls, including one person who "threatened to come get me," she said.

5/1/2001 Sold-Out Conference Urged to "Take Back the Land"
A sell-out crowd reacted with foot-stomping enthusiasm at Reclaiming America For Christ 2001 as pro-family speakers charted the path for believers to "take back the land" in America.

4/17/2001 ACLU May Sue VMI Over Dinner Blessing
The Virginia Military Institute has long enjoyed a reputation for being one of the outstanding military schools in the United States. But during the past decade, the school has come under fire.

4/3/2001 Senate Approves McCain Campaign Finance Reform Bill
CENTER COLLECTS OVER 62,000 PETITIONS! OVER 7,000 WRITE DIRECTLY TO SENATORS FROM WEBSITE
On behalf of Dr. Kennedy and the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA, I would like to thank the more than 62,000 concerned citizens who responded to our petition drive in opposition to the McCain-Feingold so-called, 'Campaign Finance Reform Act.'

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4/1/2001 Moore Leads Conference Lineup
Anticipation is building for the upcoming Reclaiming America For Christ Conference, April 27-28, in Newport Beach, California.

3/27/2001 Battle Over Faith-Based Initiative Continues
When President George W. Bush first introduced his faith-based initiative to help churches do charitable work, it was met with skepticism from the usual critics.

3/22/2001 Children's Internet Protection Act is Under Attack
Due to the growing problem of children accessing pornography in public libraries, Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) last December.

2/26/2001 Abortion Update
Here is some of the latest news you may have missed on the abortion debate.

2/2/2001 Faith-Based Welfare Initiative Attacked by ACLU and other Like-Minded Groups
By executive order, President George Bush has announced that he will create a White House office to distribute billions of dollars to religious organizations to provide social services to the poor, drug addicts, alcoholics, unwed pregnant women and others in need in local communities.

12/5/2000 Roy Moore Wins Again!
Want some good news from the recent elections?

10/4/2000 ACLU to Defend Pedophiles

9/7/2000 A Hate Crime By Any Other Name
A "Hate Crimes" bill by any other name is still a hate crimes bill! The latest hate crimes bill has been renamed, the "Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act."

6/13/2000 ACLU on Religion

12/31/1999 The Long Haul

12/22/1999 Merry Christmas

10/26/1999 ACLU's Double Standard II

10/25/1999 ACLU's Double Standard I

9/16/1999 ACLU's Hypocrisy on School Vouchers

8/16/1999 The ACLU’s War on America

7/1/1999 Anonymous Complaint Leads to Ethics Probe of Moore
Judge Roy Moore, the Alabama judge who beat back an ACLU-led effort to remove the Ten Commandments and prayer from his courtroom, faces an ethics investigation stemming from a defense fund bearing his name.

6/30/1999 Prayer at Commencement

6/25/1999 Fisher Ames

2/1/1998 Moore Case Asks God's Place As Kayla Moore remembers it, the decision to mount the Ten Commandments on Judge Roy Moore's courtroom wall was made without much thought to its likely consequences. "I think it'd be great," she responded in 1992 when her husband asked about hanging his hand-carved wood plaque of the Ten Commandments in the barren courtroom where he would shortly begin service as a state circuit court judge. 11/1/1997 Ten Commandments Case Spotlights Supreme Irony God must have a sense of humor. The court that will hand down the final ruling on whether prayer and the Ten Commandments are permissible in Judge Roy Moore’s Alabama courtroom opens with prayer itself — under a depiction of the Ten Commandments. The U.S. Supreme Court opens with the invocation, "God save the United States and this honorable Court." On the wall above the nine justices is a frieze with, at its center, the Ten Commandments.

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7/1/1997 Gift, Cards Sent to Judge Friends of Coral Ridge Ministries proved themselves friends of Judge Roy Moore in April, enabling CRM to send $20,000 to help the Alabama judge continue his fight against an ACLU lawsuit challenging the presence of prayer and the Ten Commandments in his courtroom. 4/1/1997 Judge Moore Keeps Prayer, Ten Commandments In Court "Good morning, ladies and gentleman, I think we've got a roomful here today," Alabama Judge Roy Moore said as he greeted the crowd of spectators and prospective jurors packed into his courtroom on February 24. "As we have always done in Etowah County, we're going to be opening with prayer." 12/1/1996 Judge Fights to Honor God, Pray in Court Alabama Judge Roy S. Moore is fighting an ACLU lawsuit which seeks the removal of a wooden carving of the Ten Commandments and the longstanding practice of courtroom prayer from his Etowah County courtroom. Judge Moore, a West Point graduate who served in Vietnam, isn't backing down. Since the ACLU filed its lawsuit in March 1995, Judge Moore has counter-sued, asking a state court to resolve the constitutionality of official acknowledgments of God. A circuit court ruling was pending when Impact went to press. Regardless of that outcome, both Judge Moore and his opponents are committed to pursuing the case to the Alabama Supreme Court and, from there, to the U.S. Supreme Court. 4/1/1996 Reclaiming America Brings Vision and People Together More than 900 people from 39 states heard the call to enlist in America's culture war at Coral Ridge Ministries' Reclaiming America for Christ Conference, March 1-3, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 7/1/1995 ACLU Sues Judge Over Ten Commandments, Prayer He's a West Point graduate, a Vietnam veteran, a karate champion, and a believer. So last July when the ACLU announced it planned to sue Judge Roy S. Moore to force him to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom wall and stop court prayers, he wasn't intimidated.

My Note: This is really just a short sample of the devil's work done by the ACLU. Christians need to join together and put the ACLU completely out of business. Our LORD will one day deal with these types of people in a final way. In the meantime, we can de-horn them, cut their tails off, stub their toes, and do everything lawful that we can to stand against them until JESUS comes to take us home.

Quote from: airIam2worship on October 12, 2005, 10:22:42 AM

It's a good thing I won't be here to see what the ACLU gets when the great tribulation happens. I know they will get their just desserts.
God is not to be mocked, let the ACLU think they are so powerful, the truth is they will be squirming and asking for mercy.

Hello airIam2worship,

They will definitely get what they want and what they richly deserve unless they accept JESUS before it's too late. They are really little more than finger puppets for the devil, so we should keep praying for them and witness to them every chance we get.

Love in Christ,
Tom

John 1:10-13 NASB He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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