Anti-Christian Incumbent Judges Overwhelmingly Defeated in the Largest Counties in Florida

TAMPA -/ When Christian political groups and Values Voters unite, big things happen. In South Florida voters convincingly confirmed the growing influence of South Florida's Christian vote by electing attorney Stephen Millan to a Circuit Judgeship in what was seen as a huge victory against anti-Christian judges. Millan won with more votes than any other candidate in South Florida, a total of 98,422 votes cast, when he handily beat the incumbent. Milan was endorsed by United Christians of Florida – Political Action Committee on their popular www.UnitedChristiansOfFlorida.com website and was determined to be “CFC-Qualified” by the Miami-based Christian Family Coalition.

Incumbent Circuit Court judge Fleur Jeannine Lobree proudly accepted the endorsement of a homosexual activist group and was dealt a humiliating defeat. It was the very group that recently brought a lawsuit against Florida’s 2008 voter-approved Constitutional “One man, one woman” initiative that supported traditional marriage. "There's a lesson to be learned here. Seeking support from South Florida's Christian community clearly pays off. On the other hand, incumbents that engage in explicit or implicit discriminatory attacks against the Christian community, either by accepting support of anti-Christian extremist groups or by belittling and demeaning a candidate's Christian faith, will be rejected by voters," points out Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida Founder and Executive Director Anthony Verdugo.

The most negative judicial race in South Florida pitted CFC-Qualified and United Christians of Florida recommended attorney John Patrick Contini, against incumbent Broward Circuit Judge Steven Feren. In this campaign, Feren decided to attack Contini's Christian faith calling him a "religious bigot." Voters threw Feren out of office, in a race where incumbent judges are rarely defeated by a new-comer.

In Hillsborough County, judicial candidate John Dingfelter was solidly defeated in a three-way competition and will not continue on to the General Election runoff race. Dingfelter was well remembered by the line of Tampa and Hillsborough County pastors who stood before Dingfelter asking him to vote against a Tampa city ordinance that would allow any man who merely claimed to be a woman to enter a Ladies Restroom and use the facility. An valiant effort was made by Terry Kemple and his Hillsborough based Community Issues Council to speak against this ill-conceived local law. Regardless of the many pastors pleading to protect families, protect ladies and especially the young unsuspecting female children, Dingfelter helped to pass the perverted ordinance that still stands to this day. However, he will not have a leg to stand on in the next judicial election.

The Christian Family Coalition, Florida Family Policy Council, United Christians of Florida – Political Action Committee and many other Christian activist groups are already educating and informing voters for the 2014 General Election. At www.UnitedChristiansOfFlorida.com volunteers will once again feature top-to-bottom of the ballot, county-by-county voting recommendations targeted to assist as many as 97% of the voters in the state of Florida.

Coast Guard Ordered To Stay In Port And Allow Infiltration

MIAMI - / Drugs, weapons, illegal aliens all are welcome under a new directive consistent with a federal government trying to destroy a nation, from within. There is alarm and grave concern about what is considered an ongoing, emergency situation with the U.S. Coast Guard, which is now an agency under our well-funded U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

By directive from on high, starting last Monday, 29 April 2013 (barring emergency calls) Coast Guard District 7, which stretches from the Carolinas to Alabama, has been restricted from activity - no enforcement patrols of large or small craft are allowed in our territorial seas, district-wide.

This means that, of several hundred craft available, neither the close-in enforcement operations (out to 20-nautical miles) nor the larger, blue water enforcement craft – cutters and the like – are actively engaged in protecting our shoreline. All such operations have ceased; no fuel is to be used to protect our shores, at least in District 7. All vessels are confined to port, and personnel are standing around, passing the time onshore. Emergency rescue and limited air operations still continue.

To put a perspective on this: an average Coast Guard small boat, for example, is a light, maneuverable outboard-equipped craft capable of quickly answering calls for detaining, boarding and inspecting vessels close to shore. They look for drugs, human trafficking, and weapons – including nuclear devices – which, incidentally when (not if) found are disarmed or turned over to the U.S. Navy bomb disposal units (scuttled in place).

Such a boat might interdict 50 craft per watch, or shift. That’s hundreds of boarding's, scores of bad guys, and tons of contraband and worse - every watch, of every day, over thousands of miles of our coastline – that are not happening.

From the founding, one of the few, now-forgotten enumerated, limited powers/duties of the federal government is to protect the nation. If there was a desire to “create” a good emergency for selfish interests at expense of someone else’s life, limb and liberty, then do exactly what somebody’s been not doing in District 7 all week. Think any Congressmen will bother to query the other Coast Guard operational districts (perhaps even including our lakes and river ways),to see if the same shocking story is true?

What’s more: Jacksonville, FL is home port to three of the U.S. Navy’s incredibly powerful nuclear submarines, as well as many surface ships. Until this week, (following the devastatingly successful small boat attack on the defenseless U.S.S. Cole), a Coast Guard small craft escort was provided to all such important assets as they made their way in and out of port.

As of Monday, this escort is no longer provided!

Whether this enforcement hiatus is only for a few days, or for months, an inestimable threat is thus enabled unopposed access to our precious land (as are our porous, criminally undefended land borders,) without hindrance. Pure inexcusable, suicidal insanity.

No one wants to see our President informing us from his teleprompter about what measures he has heroically directed in response to a cowardly WMD surprise attack within our borders.

Typically we call the government flaks (sorry –“ officials”) for comment. But these days we have entirely too much comment, and very little action to show for it. This is urgent.

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Boehner's Biggest Betrayal - Should Be His Last As Speaker

Are there ANY True Patriots remaining in Congress?

Apparently, when John Boehner goes into private negotiations with President Obama and Senate Leadership it is to cut the throat of conservatives and the American people. All done behind closed doors, of course. That is exactly what happened tonight as Boehner, the RepubliCon Speaker from Ohio, brought Senate originated "Fiscal Cliff" legislation to the US House for a vote that relied totally upon the loyalty of socialist Demonrats in Congress to pass. Granted, they needed a mere minority of fellow RepubliCons to officially break one of the Republican Party's primary 2012 Election planks of - NO new taxes.

"Tonight is one of the lowest points that Republicans have ever had," decried Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer, "...look how much (the President/Democrats) gained tonight and they gave away - nothing!"

In return, the Republicans got absolutely NO spending cuts. Which might cause someone to ask if anybody tried to actually, "negotiate." Instead said one observer, "Boehner must believe that the fictional "Fiscal Cliff" was a real ledge that might cause him fall and spill his cocktail or drop his cigarette," shared Larry Moore a leader with Tea Party Next Step, "so he actually brought to the floor a bill that relied upon 172 Demonrats and 85 RepubliCons to pass. 167 Republican Congressmen voted against it, along with 16 Democrats and even those votes are packed full of ulterior motives and falsehood."

All of this insanity leaves us with three questions; Whose side is John Boehner on anyway? Is Boehner the most powerful Republican to represent conservatives and Republicans leading up to the 2014 Elections? Are there ANY True Patriots remaining in Congress?

While everyone thinks that in the first day of the new congressional session on January 3, 2013 John Boehner will be swept back into the Speakers chair, his future actually rests with a potent - minority - of principled True Patriots in Congress. The only question is how many are there? It would only take 17 True Patriots to stop the madness, since it would take 218 of the 234 newly elected Congressional representatives to elect a new Speaker of the House. That leaves the question, are there 17 individuals who value principle above politics? Will they wisely use their leverage in this modern day war for the soul and future of America? Are they all actually moral cowards?

Perhaps, tonight we got some insight into what is going on behind closed doors as House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy were "allowed" to symbolically vote against Boehner and his masterpiece of betrayal. Could it be - that the powers that be, now see Boehner as a progressive martyr who can never again rally the loyal opposition and Cantor and McCarthy as suitable replacements? Only George Soros the multi-billionaire mastermind of evil really knows at this point.

So we are really left with one question; Are there 17 or more principled True Patriots left in the US House that will demand that the US Constitution be protected and defended against the ongoing - treasonous - attack. Are there 17 True Patriots that will demand investigations and impeachment hearings if determined appropriate for Benghazi, Fast 'N Furious (free machine guns given to drug smugglers debacle), Vote Buying Schemes (FREE Obama Phones for Votes), Voter Fraud in Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio California, etc., for Green Energy Company/Government Grant fraud, etc., etc., etc.

Are there any True Patriots in the US House of Representatives? If so, prove it!

A True Patriot of America is a principled citizen. They will act in a manner consistent with the Holy Bible, as presented by their Creator God and modeled by Christ their Savior and Lord. They will make decisions and take actions that are the best interest of their family - now, AND in their future. They will make certain that the original intent of our US Constitution is truly preserved, protected and defended. Finally, they will value their vocation, their contribution to society as provided through their inalienable rights, and the proven power of real free-market, principled capitalism. In this proper order, this foundation provides the perfect balance for all decision making.

It is no different for our elected members of Congress. Yet, they are different from the remaining community of fellow citizens. They have been granted the title of leadership. Some would say by hard work and earning it. Some would say by accepting the responsibility of servant leadership. Some would say by being an effective political hack, a team player and an unprincipled compromiser.

Tonight, an unprincipled compromiser will have a new nickname and will forever be called "Boehner," much like even still today we would call someone a "Benedict Arnold," if they deserved it.

Brash NEW Republican Leadership To Favor A Modified Rich Surtax?

WASHINGTON D.C. - / News Times Journal / - After being shut out of meetings with the Obama Administration and stripped of GOP leadership positions, discussions of a NEW Republican Leadership team are gaining firm roots. Conservatives elected to Congress are not only feeling like they are continuing to be set-up, but increasingly taken for granted and now shut-out of what are surely smoke-filled back rooms (Obama, Boehner meetings) with plenty of Chicago-style deals being made.

Recently, conservative Congressman Justin Amash (Rep. MI) wisely commented about designated Speaker John Boehner, "I wouldn't be surprised if his actions have caused him to be a little more concerned about negotiations and the kind of damage he might do to his own political situation if he negotiates a bad deal," says Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash.

Even the progressive-socialist/communist Congressman (Dem. MD) Chris Van Hollen, gave his opinion, "I am getting increasingly concerned that one of the reason's the Speaker is going to string out these discussions is that he wants to wait until Jan. 3 when the election for speaker takes place," Van Hollen shared over a breakfast with reporters. "People should understand we could get this done if the Speaker was willing to bring a bill to the floor of the House — a bill that did not necessarily get the majority of Republican votes."

That is right, Boehner, betray your "loyal" Republican dupes with some of that, "I will have more flexibility after my election," philosophy that apparently wins elections, ala Obama's Hot Mic conversations with the Russians. After all, the wheels have been greased on the Progressive Republican Leadership railroad, with a preliminary Republican Member Caucus meeting already held and a hearty preliminary voice vote in favor of two more years of Speaker Boehner sound bites and narrative gifting compromises. Sure, members spent 17-seconds pondering a hasty and unplanned nomination of Newt Gingrich by Louie Gohmert (Rep. TX) that proved a point, but got no second offered to advance his nomination. MEMO to Louie: Quit thinking for yourself, quit doing that, "representing your constituents thing - on behalf of the nation" and get your bobble-head back into the Potomac River line. That is how we career politicians stay here and stay comfortable being here. END of Memo

So, it should be - no surprise - that those who care about the fundamental principles of the Republican brand - want no surprises. Very quietly, plans are being made to simply insist that John Boehner will not continue to serve as Speaker of the House and that he be replaced with someone to be named, once Boehner comes to the realization that his days of clumsy bargaining and foot-shooting deal making are over. It takes 218 votes to elect a new Speaker of the House and a mere 20 True Patriot members, standing firm is enough to win a modern day, closed door, revolutionary war - without firing a shot. "It will be Boehner's decision on whether to save himself the historical embarrassment of losing the official Speaker vote in the first day of 2013 action and be able to write the final chapter on his Leadership legacy," shared one organizer, confidentially.

A seasoned career bureaucrat serving as Chief of Staff for a retiring Republican Congressman, stated, "the last thing we need is for the Republican members of Congress to be divided...that is just what the Democrats would like to see happen." He is right. That should not happen, and Boehner and his hand-picked clan of futuristic RepubliCons (spelling intentional), should peacefully step aside in favor of a display of public unity.

Let the NEW the planning begin, and believe it or not, some NEW thinking might be to actually give Obama what he wants (plus a whole lot more) when Obama said, "but what people really want is fairness. They want people paying their fair share of taxes." "All I'm saying is that those who have done well, including me, should pay their fair share in taxes." "Do we want to keep giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans like me, or Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates – people who don’t need them and never asked for them? Or do we want to keep investing in things that will grow our economy and keep us secure? Because we can’t afford to do both." - Barack Obama, 44th President, 2007, 2011, 2012.

Since Obama, Gates and Buffett among others have made it clear how they feel, how about proposing a Rich Democrat/Socialist Surtax? It would work like this, respective to tax year 2013, if you were registered as a Democrat or Socialist in 2012 and according to the Democratic and Socialist Platforms (which support tax increased for the rich) your taxes should go up, per your wishes. NEW Leadership Republicans might well favor legislation that the top 20% of all Democrat and Socialist income earners pay a Rich Democrat/Socialist Surtax and that some ratio of that tax, both, pay down the soaring national debt and go toward the, "social services budget." Yes, sorry, but the term "budget" is mandatory. Then, the next 45% of all Democrat income earners will have the (check-box) option of dedicating their Rich Democrat/Socialist Surtax to national debt, social services budgets or both. In fact, any socialist minded tax-payer, regardless of party affiliation should be allowed to, "opt-in." That leaves the bottom 55%, (known as the middle-class and poor) and everyone else registered to a political party favoring private, individual wealth, to keep on working building businesses, creating jobs and voting for the very best elected officials available.

So, Obama and loyalist get what they want - and more of it! The NEW Republican Leadership gets what they see as a solid plan for the future of a great nation and the survival of the Grand NEW Party (GOP, rest in peace). Finally, this NEW Leadership tax concession should give some political leverage to the real problem - SPENDING. Everyone is happy except, perhaps, a teary-eyed John Boehner, because elections have consequences. Even closed door, hasty, greasy tracked Republican Member Caucus elections...have consequences.

EDITORS NOTE: More creative fresh approaches to come on the NEW Republican Leadership initiatives - it gets even better...

Can Public Policy Rooted in Bigotry Serve a Noble Purpose?

For the Times to show tolerance for relics of bigotry demonstrates how closely they are linked with so-called “progressive” interests who think it’s OK for government to discriminate against those of faith who provide secular services to the public,” said Mike Hill, director for Yes on 8.

The Tampa-Bay Times Outrageously Says “Yes”

Tampa, FL – / News Times Journal / – It is not shocking that the Tampa Bay Times would oppose Florida Constitutional Amendment 8 – the Religious Freedom Amendment. The paper’s opposition to common sense center-right policies is legendary.

But the paper’s editorial board’s breathtaking pronouncement – that “Florida’s Blaine Amendment was born of anti-Catholic bigotry, but it has served a more noble purpose.” – is deeply offensive – not only to people of all religions, but to anyone who belongs to a group that has ever been the target of bigoted policies.

Today the Tampa Bay Times acknowledged that the provision in the Florida Constitution that Amendment 8 seeks to repeal is rooted in anti-Catholic bigotry – yet they write that it serves a ‘noble purpose’ – nothing could be more scandalous or hypocritical,” said Frank Murphy, director of communications, Diocese of St. Petersburg.

“Today the Tampa Bay Times acknowledged that the provision in the Florida Constitution that Amendment 8 seeks to repeal is rooted in anti-Catholic bigotry – yet they write that it serves a ‘noble purpose’ – nothing could be more scandalous or hypocritical,” said Frank Murphy, director of communications, Diocese of St. Petersburg. “Bigotry is simply never acceptable, regardless of the outcome,” said Murphy. “The end never justifies the means when any aspect of bigotry – racial or religious – is brought to bear.”

“If any center-right organization or politician proposed a policy rooted in bigotry because it had a ‘noble purpose,’ the Times would make it their mission to drive that voice from the public square. For the Times to show tolerance for relics of bigotry demonstrates how closely they are linked with so-called “progressive” interests who think it’s OK for government to discriminate against those of faith who provide secular services to the public,” said Mike Hill, director, Citizens for Religious Freedom and Non-Discrimination and former member of the Florida Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

The Blaine Amendment failed to become part of the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War, but the irrational and bigoted thinking behind it did find its way into 37 state constitutions. Its primary purpose was to discriminate against Catholics and in Florida to discriminate against African –Americans, a fact no serious legal scholar denies.

Amendment 8 will right this wrong and eliminate discrimination against all churches and religious institutions, which provide social services to Floridians – no matter their religious affiliations or beliefs. Amendment 8 will, in fact, preserve the hundreds of public-private partnerships between government and social service organizations potentially in jeopardy because of lawsuits invoking the Blaine Amendment. During the past several years, state government has contracted for nearly $400 million worth of services from organizations of faith.

Contrary to opponent’s claims, Amendment 8 would not undermine public education through vouchers. Vouchers remain unconstitutional and nothing in Amendment 8 addresses schools. The amendment also has no effect on the state establishment clause, free exercise clause and public morals clause.

“However, these other opposition arguments simply pale in comparison to the Times position that bigotry is OK if the purpose is noble,” said Hill.

"FREE Obama Phones for Votes" Scheme Earns An FEC Complaint

WASHINGTON, / NewsTimesJournal / -- A Complaint was filed on Tuesday with the Federal Elections Commission, in Washington, DC, outlining how the Obama Administration, the Obama Campaign, and ultimately President Obama perverted federal law and created the "FREE Obama Phones for Votes" scheme. Using an old law passed in the 1980's for a well intended program called Lifeline, the original purpose was to help residents of distant rural communities to get landline phone service with an interest in aiding them with emergency and health-centered needs. At least that is how it functioned until the Obama Administration got the idea that it could use Lifeline to extort extra service fees from current cell phone customers and link it with other welfare programs to instantly qualify millions of potential voters for an additional welfare program. That is right, IF you are a current recipient of one of a number of federal welfare payouts, you are entitled to a FREE Obama Phone cell phone, 250 FREE minutes each month and text messaging, plus more free minutes by signing up others to get their FREE Obama Phones.

"This in your face corruption of government, perversion of law and stealing from the average cell phone customer through regulatory fees is just another example of what happens when you elect socialist thugs to public office," said Mike Nelis, Executive Director of True Patriots of America who filed the Complaint on behalf of its membership. "Now if you want to call your local drug dealer for another fix, make a quick Obama campaign contribution by texting, or perhaps make calls on behalf of the Obama regime, you can NOW do so at tax-payer expense." Nelis concluded by saying, "Enough is enough, it is time to bring these Obama Administration thieves to justice. We are encouraging other outraged citizens to sign up at www.TruePatriotsOfAmerica.com and take a stand!"

Surprisingly, the Obama Administration has never tried to condemn the website www.ObamaPhone.net, or the web site that it is linked to that provides information on how to apply for the FREE Obama Phone and service, www.FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net . Instead, the President has received the credit for - some might even testify promoted - the expanded welfare program under the guise of trying to help the poor find employment, etc. The end result is that the Obama Campaign has had four years to grow this "FREE Obama Phones for Votes" scandal from a legitimate $772 million program to a $1.6 billion plus annual government give-away where Obama votes are purchased from those faithfully signing up, who are even rewarded for recruiting others to get their own FREE Obama Phones.

Nelis adds, "The Federal Election Commission can surely connect the dots and when they do they will find Obama Campaign contribution bundlers, as well as foreign interests, that are promoting and profiting from the extortion of Americans through our cell phone bills and modern day 'taxation without representation.' All this cleverly schemed to create Obama supporters, get them registered to vote, communicate with them, enlist volunteers, pitch for small campaign contributions, and turn them out to vote. All done with the subtle undertones, if not blatant follow-up calls saying: "YOU owe Obama for your free stuff, and to keep your free stuff YOU must make sure Obama is re-elected!"

Democrats and Planned Parenthood Compare Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan to STD's at Democratic National Convention

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- Planned Parenthood was passing out condoms inside a pink cover which had this message on the front; "Protect Yourself from Romney & Ryan."

The condoms were being passed out to Democrat delegates, inside the security perimeter at the DNC, so Planned Parenthood had permission from Party and Convention officials.

Faith and pro-life leaders are appalled that DNC officials would compare Governor Romney to an STD and reduce President Obama's Campaign to "gutter politics."

Leaders also saddened that the Obama Administration and Planned Parenthood would cheapen and diminish the fight against STD's with such a shameful and crass political stunt.

Two questions must be asked of President Obama. "Are these condoms what he meant by hope and change?" And, "Who paid for these condoms?"

Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states,

"It has hard to believe President Obama, Planned Parenthood and the DNC would resort to such gutter politics in comparing Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan to STD's at the Convention.

"It is tragic that the President and his party will reduce this Presidential campaign to such crass and extremist levels. This is why so many Americans are turned off by the political process.

"It is also tragic that the Democrat Party which helped fight for civil rights and reached out to the poor and needy across our nation would now stoop to the level of passing out condoms comparing a Presidential Candidate and his running mate to STD's. I wonder how Harry Truman or Thomas Jefferson would feel about this?

"Let me be clear on this, shame on you President Obama and the DNC. With all the pressing social issues facing our nation, can you and your party really be taken seriously after a stunt like this?"

Brandi Swindell, Founder and President of Stanton Healthcare, adds,

"As a woman, human rights activist and founder of a life-affirming medical clinic, it is shocking to see Planned Parenthood reduce and diminish the fight against STD's in such a cheap and crass way. It clearly shows that they are more interested in creating a circus like atmosphere than dealing in a serious way with pressing social issues.

"It also shows that the President and his party are attached at the hip with Planned Parenthood and their radical anti-woman agenda. President Obama now is time for real solutions and not cheap political tricks. Is this really the best you have to offer our nation?"

For more information or interviews call:
Rev. Patrick Mahoney at 540.538.4741

Rick Perry Joins Some Republican Presidential Candidates by Signing Pro-Life Pledge

Texas Governor Rick Perry has become the latest presidential candidate to sign the Susan B. Anthony List Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge. Governor Perry joins Michele Bachmann, Thad McCotter, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich in committing to be a true leader for Life in the White House if elected President.

In signing the Pledge, Governor Perry remarked:"I not only pledge to protect unborn life, but have a record of doing so in Texas. I have long advocated adoption as an alternative to abortion in order to protect unborn children."

Click here to check out his signed pledge on our website - and don’t forget to add your name to the list of over 22,000 voters who have signed the Citizen’s Pledge.

As you know, the SBA List has asked all declared presidential candidates to sign our Pro-life Leadership Pledge. Signers commit to:

Nominate only constitutionalist Judges,
Select only pro-life appointees for relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch positions,
Permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion both at home and abroad, including defunding Planned Parenthood abortion providers, and
Advance and sign into law a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.

Warren, when pro-life presidential candidates swept the Ames Iowa Straw Poll earlier this month, the message could not have been anymore clear to the media, the Republican Party, and the rest of the nation: Life matters, and only an authentic pro-life leader will be able to defeat President Obama in 2012. That’s why we’re going to need all hands on deck in laying the groundwork for a pro-life victory in 2012.

Will you start by signing the Pro-life Citizen’s Pledge and then sending an email to at least 10 of your pro-life family, friends and neighbors asking them to sign as well?

We’ve got to swell the ranks of the pro-life army if we’re going to achieve victory next November. Getting another candidate Pledge-signer is a great step, but now it’s time for the grassroots to answer the call and sign the Citizen’s Pledge.

Personhood Ohio Seeks to Stop All Abortions Statewide

OHIO, /Christian Newswire/ -- Personhood Ohio is a group whose mission is to ensure equal protection for every preborn child's right to life. Their goal is to obey the Lord's command to love "the least of these" through ending the dehumanization and murder of preborn children in this state. The group is collecting signatures for a petition to get a Personhood Amendment on the ballot so Ohioans can vote to protect ALL preborn human beings by law.

The Ohio Constitution, Article 1, Section 1 currently reads:

"All PERSONS are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and safety."

The Personhood Amendment would add this one sentence:

"The word 'person' or 'persons' applies to every human being at every stage of the biological development of that human being or human organism, including fertilization."

The first step is to get 1,000 signatures and submit the legal language of the amendment to the Ohio Attorney General's office for approval. Director of Personhood Ohio, Zanesville family physician Dr. Patrick Johnston says, "We've had forty years of legal child-killing in America. Why haven't pro-life forces united to put the issue before the voters? Why do we continue to respect the immoral and unconstitutional Roe v. Wade decision? Ohio has the right and obligation to protect all innocent children within our jurisdiction. There will be no lasting mercy and blessing for us until there is justice for the preborn."

Personhood Ohio solicits volunteers through their website www.PersonhoodOhio.com. They are aiming to get the amendment on the 2012 ballot.

FRC to Deliver 55,000 Petitions Urging Mayor Bloomberg to Reverse Decision Banning Clergy and First Responders from 9/11 Ceremony

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) announced today it has so far gathered more than 55,000 signed petitions that join New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera's efforts to urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse his decision to prevent clergy and first responders from participating in the Ground Zero commemoration. The petitions will be presented to the Mayor's office on Thursday afternoon, three days prior to the ceremony.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following comments: "Ten years ago, in the wake of the worst terrorist attack in our nation's history, Americans turned to God for solace. Members of the clergy on the scene and across the nation gave aid, comfort and hope to the shocked, the fearful and the bereaved. As the tenth anniversary of that day approaches, we would do well to turn our eyes again toward our Protector.

"Unfortunately, New York City Michael Bloomberg would have us look the other way. At a Ground Zero commemoration for the families of victims, Mayor Bloomberg is allowing the presence of politicians and presidents, but no pastors or prayer. The mayor of course will be there, but while we appreciate political leadership, on September 11th, it was not, nor is it now, nearly enough.

"Pastors are not invited to the event, as Mayor Bloomberg apparently thinks that the invited politicians will be able to offer enough comfort to the families. But Mayor Bloomberg's glaring omissions from the event do not end with clergy. The very people who hallowed the ground, the living embodiment of selfless courage we vowed 'never to forget' - New York's first responders - won't even be invited.

"While the mayor may be blind to those he's leaving aside, the rest of the country is taking notice. More than 55,000 Americans and New Yorkers have signed petitions to Mayor Bloomberg asking that he reverse his decision to deny first responders and prayer a place at this most solemn remembrance. Petition signers reflect the views of the vast majority of Americans who understand that this nation needs prayer more than politics," concluded Perkins.

Click here to view FRC's web video urging the Mayor to reverse his decision.

Washington, D.C. Prohibits Prayer and Free Speech on the Public Sidewalk in Our Nation's Capitol
D.C. police officers have threatened to arrest people praying and counseling on the public sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood.

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- For many years, the pro-life community has been allowed to pray, counsel and have a peaceful witness on the public property surrounding the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Washington, D.C.

Photo: Pro-Lifers Peacefully Praying on Public Property Surrounding Planned Parenthood

Several weeks ago Planned Parenthood put up a fence around that public property and police are now threatening to arrest anyone who stands inside that fence.

View photos of new fence and "No Trespassing" sign

Watch video of peaceful pro-life witness outside of DC Planned Parenthood

The Christian Defense Coalition is challenging this unconstitutional crushing of prayer and free speech and has applied for a permit to hold a prayer vigil on the public sidewalk leading up to Planned Parenthood. That prayer vigil will take place on Tuesday, June 8, at 11:00 A.M. at Planned Parenthood 1108 16th St. NW Washington, D.C. Faith leaders will risk arrest before they surrender their First Amendment rights or allow prayer to be banned on the public sidewalk in the heart of our nation's capitol.

The Christian Defense Coalition and their supporters are being represented by the American Center for Law and Justice.

Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states, "It is both disturbing and a disgrace that prayer and free speech have been banned and prohibited here in our nation's capitol. "For many years, peaceful pro-life activists were allowed to pray, counsel and share on the public sidewalk and property in front of Planned Parenthood. "Now after putting up a fence around that public property, the Washington, D.C. Police Department is threatening to arrest anyone who steps inside that fence to pray and counsel. Yet, that sidewalk and property still remain public." On Tuesday, June 8, we have applied for a permit to pray on the public sidewalk leading up to Planned Parenthood. Our hope is that the City of Washington, D.C. will honor and respect the First Amendment and allow us to celebrate our free speech rights in the nation's capitol.

"However, even if we are threatened with arrest and taken to jail we will not be bullied or intimidated into silence or surrender. When free speech and public prayer are banned and prohibited, it is the duty of people of faith to peacefully challenge that injustice and boldly take a stand." Dr. Martin Luther King stated, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' If we allow the trampling of the First Amendment here in Washington, D.C., then free speech rights are at risk all across America." For more information or interviews call: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney at 540.538.4741 202.547.1735

Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Respect Our Veterans and Their Faith

SAN DIEGO, /Christian Newswire/ -- Preparing to celebrate Memorial Day, we do so knowing brave veterans and our shared faith have been maliciously attacked, first by thieves and now by our own Federal Government. The recent theft and desecration of the Mohave Cross, serving as a WWI veterans war memorial since 1934, was more than a symbol of gratitude to our fallen heroes. It's a symbol of the overwhelming majority of our WWI veterans' faith.

After a long and contentious legal battle, the US Supreme Court ruled the Mohave Cross should remain on Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve. Yet, in order to circumvent a decision they disagreed with, despicable cowards violated the Court's decision and the rule of law. These lawless acts of violence against the faith community, further demonstrated by last week's desecration of the Maywood, CA Catholic Church, have got to cease.

Now, adding insult to injury, the Federal Government won't approve a permit to build another cross exactly like the one that was stolen. This political correctness run amuck has exposed again an ugly, anti-Christian bigotry and intolerance towards veterans by this administration. We call on the US Congress to investigate why the Park Service refuses to allow the cross to be replaced.

The irony is painfully obvious. Generations of Christians and patriots made the ultimate sacrifice giving us a land of freedom and religious tolerance. But now criminals and the government are conspiring to deprive them the honor they are due. This makes Christian Americans into second class citizens in the very country for which our Christian forefathers bled and died.

Americans are tolerant of other people's faith and symbols of their religion. We're asking that Christian Americans are afforded the same respect and tolerance extended to other religions.

This Memorial Day 2010, remember our veterans who laid down their lives for us - from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to Afghanistan and Iraq. In loving memory of these courageous men and women, we urge Congress and this Administration to work with Christian Americans to restore the cross at Mojave National Preserve. Respect our veterans, their faith and our country's heroes. GOD bless our veterans and the USA.

Evangelical, Social Conservative Turnout Highest Ever Recorded in Mid-Term Election

White evangelicals comprise nearly 30% of all voters, Voted 78% for GOP

52% of all Tea Party Supporters are Born-Again Evangelical Christians, According to Post-Election Survey

DULUTH, Ga., /Christian Newswire/ -- According to a post-election survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the Faith and Freedom Coalition, the largest single constituency in the electorate in the 2010 midterm elections was self-identified evangelicals, who comprised 29% of the vote and cast an astonishing 78% of their ballots for Republican candidates.

The turnout by conservative people of faith represented a 5 percent increase in evangelical turnout over 2006---enough to eliminate Democratic gains in that year---and was the largest ever recorded in a midterm election. Because the evangelical vote is concentrated in the South and the Midwest, these voters had an exaggerated impact on yesterday's GOP gains, contributing to the vast majority of U.S. Senate and House victories by Republican candidates.

The survey also found that 52% of all self-identified members of the Tea Party movement are conservative evangelicals. This is consistent with polling data by other organizations conducted before Election Day.

Evangelicals were joined by frequently-church-attending Roman Catholic voters, who constituted 12 percent of the vote and cast 58 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, as opposed to 40 percent of their ballots for Democrats, according to CNN exit polling.

"People of faith turned out in the highest numbers in a midterm election we have ever seen, and they made an invaluable contribution to the historic results, including the election of a Republican majority in the House and significant gains in U.S. Senate seats, governorships, and hundreds of state legislative seats and local offices," said Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition. "This survey, along with numerous exit polls, makes clear that those who ignore or disregard social conservative voters and their issues do so at their own peril."

The Faith and Freedom Coalition made a total of 58.8 million voter contacts to social and fiscal conservative voters in 2010, including 16 million voter guides, 8 million pieces of mail, and 15 million GOTV calls. FFC has 400,000 members and supporters and chapters operating in 24 states.

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National Right to Life Committee Urges U.S. House to Reject 'Disclose Act' as 'A Corruption of Power

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, today urged the U.S. House of Representatives to reject the "DISCLOSE Act" (H.R. 5175), which it called a "bullying political power grab," which is "not a curb on corruption, but itself a type of corruption -- a corruption of the lawmaking process, by which incumbent lawmakers employ the threat of criminal sanctions, among other deterrents, to reduce the amount of private speech regarding the actions of the lawmakers themselves." NRLC said that it would include the dispositive roll calls on the measure in its scorecard of key votes for the current Congress.

The four-page letter, signed by NRLC Executive Director David N. O'Steen and Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, said that the bill "has been carefully crafted to maximize short-term political benefits for the dominant faction of one political party, while running roughshod over the First Amendment protections for political speech that have been clearly and forcefully articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court." The letter discusses a number of ways in which the legislation is designed to "to discourage, as much as possible, disfavored groups (such as NRLC) from communicating about officeholders, by exposing citizens who support such efforts to harassment and intimidation, and by smothering organizations in layer on layer of record keeping and reporting requirements, all backed by the threat of civil and criminal sanctions." The letter suggests that the bill be amended to clarify that "DISCLOSE" actually stands for "Deterring Independent Speech about Congress except by Labor Organizations and Selected Elites."

The House Democratic leadership had apparently intended to bring the bill to the House floor tomorrow (May 28), but -- faced by a rising chorus of protests from a broad array of organizations -- has now postponed floor action until the week of June 7.

The letter is available here: http://nrlcomm.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/discloseletter

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson and Senior Legislative Counsel Susan T. Muskett, J.D. are available to provide comment and analysis of the "DISCLOSE Act." Please contact the NRLC Communications Department at (202) 626-8825 to arrange an interview.

The National Right to Life Committee is the nation's largest pro-life group, with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide.

Prolife Politicians Sweep Statewide Office in Georgia

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., /Christian Newswire/ -- There were nine statewide constitutional offices on the ballot in Georgia Tuesday. Candidates endorsed by Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) won all nine positions handily. They include:

Governor - Nathan Deal
Lt. Governor - Casey Cagle
Secretary of State - Brian Kemp
Attorney General - Sam Olens
State School Superintendent - John D. Barge
Commissioner of Insurance - Ralph T. Hudgens
Commissioner of Agriculture - Gary Black
Commissioner of Labor - Mark Butler
Public Service Commission, District 2 - Tim Echols

On average, there was a full 15 % advantage given to prolife candidates over the next nearest pro-abortion candidate in each prospective statewide race.

"We congratulate these prolife candidates on their victories. It is obvious now that Georgia is officially a prolife state," says Daniel Becker, GRTL President. "From the Governor to the Labor Commissioner and every statewide constitutional office in between will be occupied by prolife leaders. This is remarkable, considering that each of them affirmed support for a Personhood Amendment to the Georgia constitution and opposition to abortion for any reason other than to save both mother and child. Georgia voters clearly prefer life-affirming candidates, as evidenced by the margins in the general election. A truly prolife position is now politically mainstream in this state," says Becker.

"The 2010 Georgia Right to Life PAC results are the best in our history," says Melanie Crozier, Political Action Director for GRTL. "More candidates sought and received our endorsement than in past election cycles. Of the 104 candidates endorsed in the general election, 87% were elected to serve. More candidates rented our lists and communicated with our base then at any time in our history."

Prolife legislators were added as well. The endorsed prolife Congressional Delegation increased from five to six. Two prolife seats were added in the State House and a prolife majority was maintained in the State Senate. Additionally, some candidates without opposition did not seek formal endorsement, but have been previously endorsed.

Georgia Right to Life promotes respect and effective legal protection for all human life from its earliest biological beginning through natural death. GRTL is one of a number of organizations that have adopted Personhood as the most effective pro-life strategy for the 21st century.

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Church Leaders Embrace Obama While Members Vote Out His Party

"Church officials met on election eve with President Obama to support his policies. But exit polls clearly show that their claimed constituency of churchgoers voted very differently." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- On November 1, a large delegation from the National Council of Churches, which claims to represent over 40 million church members, came to the White House to "thank President Obama for passage of historic health reform legislation and robust engagement with the faith community." The NCC leaders, according to their press release, also deplored the "fear-mongering and divisiveness" of the campaign in which the president's policies came under heavy criticism.

But the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reports that white mainline Protestants favored Republicans by a 54-36 margin in late October. And exit polls Tuesday showed white evangelicals voting Republican by an overwhelming 78-20 spread, thus belying the evangelical left's claims of a growing constituency.

IRD President Mark Tooley commented:

"The election eve National Council of Churches 'prayer' meeting with President Obama was eerily reminiscent of the NCC's similarly partisan meeting in 1995 with President Clinton, where church leaders prayed that the Democratic president would be 'strong for the task' of resisting the then new Republican Congress. Then as now, the NCC's mainline Protestant constituency is more diverse and more conservative than the liberal NCC elites are willing to admit.

"Also suspect are claims by the evangelical left, represented most prominently by Jim Wallis of Sojourners, that evangelicals are flocking to support 'progressive' causes and candidates. Exit polls showed that evangelicals voted Republican this week by exactly the same margin that they backed George W. Bush in 2004 -- previously the high water mark of evangelical leanings in a conservative, Republican direction.

"The evangelical left and the old religious left represented by the NCC continually equate God's Kingdom with big government. But their professed constituencies obviously believe very differently."

The Institute on Religion & Democracy works to reaffirm the church's biblical and historical teachings, strengthen and reform its role in public life, protect religious freedom, and renew democracy at home and abroad.

www.TheIRD.org
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Americans Remember Health Care Betrayal at the Polls

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/ -- Representative Bart Stupak and the majority of his collaborators who provided the votes for the pro-abortion health care bill were sent packing as a result of voter outrage culminating in yesterday's election: Representatives Alan Mollohan, Steve Driehaus, Baron Hill, Chris Carney, Kathy Dahlkemper, Marcy Kaptur, Charlie Wilson, Brad Ellsworth, Jim Oberstar and John Boccieri. Only Representatives Marcy Kaptur, Joe Donnelly and Jerry Costello escaped voters' wrath.

"Last night's vote was crystal clear: Americans do not want their money to pay for abortions," said Concerned Women for America Director of Legislation and Public Policy Shari Rendall.

According to Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance, selling their votes to pass the controversial health care bill most Americans oppose was their ticket home. "Yesterday's vote showed that Americans realized that President Obama's executive order was just a sham to ram through this unpopular bill."

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.

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Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Respect Our Veterans and Their Faith

SAN DIEGO, /Christian Newswire/ -- Preparing to celebrate Memorial Day, we do so knowing brave veterans and our shared faith have been maliciously attacked, first by thieves and now by our own Federal Government.

The recent theft and desecration of the Mohave Cross, serving as a WWI veterans war memorial since 1934, was more than a symbol of gratitude to our fallen heroes. It's a symbol of the overwhelming majority of our WWI veterans' faith.

After a long and contentious legal battle, the US Supreme Court ruled the Mohave Cross should remain on Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve. Yet, in order to circumvent a decision they disagreed with, despicable cowards violated the Court's decision and the rule of law. These lawless acts of violence against the faith community, further demonstrated by last week's desecration of the Maywood, CA Catholic Church, have got to cease.

Now, adding insult to injury, the Federal Government won't approve a permit to build another cross exactly like the one that was stolen. This political correctness run amuck has exposed again an ugly, anti-Christian bigotry and intolerance towards veterans by this administration. We call on the US Congress to investigate why the Park Service refuses to allow the cross to be replaced.

The irony is painfully obvious. Generations of Christians and patriots made the ultimate sacrifice giving us a land of freedom and religious tolerance. But now criminals and the government are conspiring to deprive them the honor they are due. This makes Christian Americans into second class citizens in the very country for which our Christian forefathers bled and died.

Americans are tolerant of other people's faith and symbols of their religion. We're asking that Christian Americans are afforded the same respect and tolerance extended to other religions.

This Memorial Day 2010, remember our veterans who laid down their lives for us - from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to Afghanistan and Iraq. In loving memory of these courageous men and women, we urge Congress and this Administration to work with Christian Americans to restore the cross at Mojave National Preserve. Respect our veterans, their faith and our country's heroes. GOD bless our veterans and the USA.