Tenn. School Denies Teaching Islam, Slams FOX News

After FOX News reported that the 8-year-old son of Sommer Bauer received a Nation of Islam handout from his Harold McCormick Elementary School in the small Tennessee town of Elizabethton, school Superintendent Ed Alexander immediately went ballistic on the media reports, saying that the boy swiped an errant sheet of paper from the teacher's table.  Now, other children claim they, too were handed the anti-American Islamic propaganda that depicted the Mount Rushmore presidents as racists.

For background, read Tennessee School Visits Mosque, No Time for Church and also read Massachusetts Students Forced To Learn Muslim Conversion and read the myriad examples of public schools favoring Islam.

However, Citizens Force Islam Indoctrination Out of Ohio Middle School

-- From "Mother, superintendent respond to school's Nation of Islam handout" by Olivia Caridi, WCYB-TV5 (Bristol, TN) 10/29/14

[Sommer Bauer] says she was contacted by Fox News, but wanted to talk to the principal beforehand. "I just wanted to know if it was an honest mistake that this was printed off and given to the students in the classroom, or is it part of the curriculum?" she says.

Her son told her that the class divided into four small groups that day for a Mount Rushmore activity, and the handout was one they were told to study.

[Supt.] Alexander says he's now dealing with something that's blown up nationally. "Thinking that we as a school system would promote Islam, Islamic nation, anti-patriotism, defame the presidents of the United States that are on Mount Rushmore, doing these things, indoctrinating our children, that's absurd," he says.

Alexander told News 5 that lesson plans by teachers are checked every week by principals, and that the legitimate Mount Rushmore materials that the teachers used in the small groups were included in the third grade student standards.

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From "Elizabethton director says Mount Rushmore sheet should not have been in classroom" by John Thompson, Elizabethton Bureau Chief for Johnson City Press 10/30/14

Alexander said he spent much of the past three days investigating the incident and determining what actions to take.

One thing he did agree with Fox was that the National of Islam document should not have been in the classroom.

Alexander said that while the Fox News story on Monday was accurate in reporting the boy had been in possession of a document he had taken from school, he went on to say on Tuesday that “what was reported (which had been rebutted prior to the airing) was misleading and totally incorrect. I can only think it was shown for its sensational effect. Sadly, regardless of any follow-up report, our system has been defamed.”

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From "Elizabethton Director Alexander says FOX News report on schools not fair, not balanced" by John Thompson, Elizabethton Bureau Chief for Johnson City Press 10/28/14

[Supt.] Alexander said the principal told him the whole thing started because a teacher preparing for a teacher observation Sept. 27 was doing research on Mount Rushmore for the lesson. The teacher conducted a widespread search of the Internet for information on Mount Rushmore.

One of the items printed for background information for the teacher observation was a Nation of Islam article on what it takes to be placed on Mount Rushmore. The article depicted the four presidents there — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln — as racists.

Alexander said he told [FOX News' Todd] Starnes the teacher read the document and discarded it onto a separate table next to the teacher’s desk. Alexander said “the student, without permission, took the sheet from a ‘ton’ of discarded teacher’s material on that table. Then the student took it home and gave it to the parent.”

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From "Second Parent: My child got Nation of Islam paper, too" by Todd Starnes, FoxNews.com 10/28/14

The [second] parent asked not to be identified to protect her child. She told me she came forward because of how the school is treating Mrs. Bauer’s son.

“I don’t want this little boy to be looked at as a liar,” the parent said. “As of right now that’s what all of these adults are making this boy out to be – and that makes me sick to my stomach.”

According to the parent, the children were separated into four groups. Each group was given two “sheets of paper.”

“The teacher held up each one and said, ‘These do not go home. These are just to use here,” the parent told me.

The Nation of Islam “sheet ” explained that George Washington hailed from Virginia, a “prime breeder of black people.” Of Theodore Roosevelt, it was alleged he called Africans “ape-like.” There were also disparaging comments made about Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.

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Also read the Obama administration position on Islam: the "religion of peace"

Fox Fires Sports Commentator for Being Christian

One day after Fox Sports Southwest put Craig James on TV, network executives at Fox Sports fired the former football running back because they didn't agree with his 18-month-old public comments in favor of natural marriage.  In response, attorneys at Liberty Institute, representing James, says that the Texas Workforce Commission has charged Fox Sports Southwest with discrimination, and has begun an investigation.

"I think [homosexuality is] a choice, I do. I think that you have to make that choice. … they are going to have to answer to the Lord for their actions."
-- Craig James, in 2012

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

San Antonio to Ban Christian Workers, Promotes Gay Agenda

Christians Cause Workplace Conflict, So Silence Them

Schools Fire Christian Bus Drivers for Praying

President Obama's DOJ Forces Employees to Celebrate Homosexuality

Christians Can Forget Having Any Career at NASA

Gays & Atheists Demand Air Force Fire Evangelicals

-- From "Craig James’ discrimination claim to be investigated by state agency" by David Barron, Houston Chronicle 3/6/14

James, the former high school, college and NFL running back who in 2012 ran in the Republican Primary for the Senate seat now held by Ted Cruz, alleges the network discriminated based on his religious beliefs by firing him after a one-day on-air stint in August 2012.

James made comments during his Senate campaign indicating his opposition to gay marriage, and he alleges that statements by the network regarding his dismissal support his belief that he was fired on religious grounds. He told the Associated Press last week the incident has left him “radioactive” for future broadcasting jobs.

Fox has said that James’ hiring by the regional network was not “properly vetted” and that his position as a “polarizing figure” in the world of Texas sports led to the decision not to retain him.

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From "Craig James: Fox Sports firing was ‘sucker punch’" by Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press 2/28/14

One day after his first appearance on Fox Sports Southwest, James says he was fired and then read a spokesman’s comment online that the network questioned “how Craig’s statements would play in our human resources department.”

“That’s like a sucker punch,” James said Thursday. “For someone to call you and offer you a job, praise your talents, your credentials, put you on the air the next day and fire you the following the day: That’s like some kind of mean joke.”

“Craig James is a polarizing figure in the college sports community and the decision not to use him in our college football coverage was based on the perception that he abused a previous on-air position to further a personal agenda,” the network said in a statement Thursday.

James was a longtime color commentator for ESPN who quit to run for U.S. Senate two years ago in Texas, where he grew up and starred at SMU. He finished fourth in the Republican primary.

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From "Fox Sports Southwest Charged With Discrimination for Firing Craig James Over Homosexuality Remarks" by Melissa Barnhart, Christian Post Reporter 3/7/14

During a Thursday "Washington Watch" interview with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, James and his attorney, Hiram Sasser of the Liberty Institute, discussed their thoughts about the TWC's decision and their next steps in this case.

Sasser explained to Perkins that Fox Sports now has to respond to the TWC's discrimination charge for firing James, and added that either the state commission will sue the sports network, or they will give Liberty Institute the opportunity to follow through with a lawsuit for religious discrimination.

"I have two stacks of documents Fox Sports has provided us. One stack of documents supports our claim that they engaged in unlawful religious discrimination," Sasser said. "The other stack of documents I can't discuss the contents of because they're marked 'confidential.' They're secret documents that Fox Sports doesn't want you to see. But I really like those documents and can't wait to use those in the courtroom."

He continued, "I don't know why Fox Sports is continuing to fight this. Every day that goes by the cost of getting out of this discrimination claim is going up for Fox Sports."

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Americans Believe in Prayer, NOT Darwin

A new poll shows that 77% of voters believe that prayer heals people, and those believing in Biblical creation outnumber those believing in Darwin's evolution by a margin of two to one.

For background, read Poll: Most Americans Believe Intelligent Design over Darwinism and also read Eons of Godless Human Evolution? NOT, Say 84% of Americans as well as Only 25% of Britons are Darwinists

-- From "Fox News Poll: Most Believe Prayer Heals, 45 Percent Believe in Creationism" by Dana Blanton, FoxNews.com 9/7/11

Those groups most likely to believe prayer literally heals include those who regularly attend religious services (93 percent), white evangelical Christians (91 percent), blacks (89 percent), conservatives (85 percent), and those who are part of the Tea Party movement (84 percent).

Women (82 percent) are more likely than men (71 percent) to believe in the healing power of prayer.

Some 45 percent of voters accept the Biblical account of creation as the explanation for the origin of human life on Earth, while 21 percent say the theory of evolution as outlined by Darwin and other scientists is correct. Another 27 percent say both explanations are true.

Belief in creationism, however, fails to explain Republican presidential primary preferences. Frontrunner Rick Perry is the top choice for GOP primary voters who believe in creationism as well as those who believe in evolution.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "A new Fox News poll on evolution" posted at National Center for Science Education 9/7/11

Respondents were asked, "Which do you think is more likely to actually be the explanation for the origin of human life on Earth: the theory of evolution as outlined by Darwin and other scientists, the Biblical account of creation as told in the Bible, or are both true?"

Evolution was more popular among Democrats than Republicans (28% to 13%), men than women (24% to 19%), college graduates than non-college-graduates (28% to 16%), the affluent than the non-affluent (28% to 15%), and liberals to conservatives (37% to 11%). In results from 1999, the theory of evolution was favored by 15%, the Biblical account of creation by 50%, the combination answer by 26%, and 9% of respondents said that they didn't know.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Few Believe Evolution Enough to Teach It as well as Scientific Teaching vs. Darwinism: States' Legislation

Gay Agenda: TV's Disproportionate Attention

Despite the fact that minuscule numbers of Americans engage in such sexually deviant behavior, in mockery to God Almighty, the nation's broadcast media ever increase celebration of homosexuality.

For background, read Gay Lobby Purchases Same-sex 'Marriage' and also read Same-sex Household Count Tiny: U.S. Census

UPDATE 6/18/13 - Study Claims Media Bias FOR Gays is Christians' Fault

UPDATE 6/3/13 - Transgender Cartoons Indoctrinate Preschoolers

UPDATE 2/23/13 - 1 Mom, 2 Dads & Baby: ABC News Promotes Polyamory

UPDATE 10/8/12 - Gay TV, The New ABnormal, UNreality Shows

UPDATE 12/25/12 - '7 Days of Holiday Sin' Celebrated on Gay Cable TV

-- From "ABC Family gets 'excellent' rating from GLAAD" by David Bauder, Associated Press Television Writer 8/3/11

The advocacy group GLAAD rated ABC Family as "excellent" in its portrayal of gay and lesbian characters, only the second television network to get such a designation in the five years the group has monitored television content.

ABC Family, the top-rated cable network among viewers ages 12 to 34 and particularly strong among girls and young women, was cited for both a large number of gay and lesbian characters and the way those characters fit naturally into the shows.

The only other network judged "excellent" by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was MTV last year.

Viewers can relate to many of ABC Family's characters because they are multidimensional people who happen to be gay and lesbian -- it's not the sole part of their on-air identity, said Herndon Graddick, GLAAD's senior director of programs.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "GLAAD: ABC Family, CW 'Excellent,' CBS 'Adequate'" by Jake Weinraub at TheWrap posted at Reuters 8/3/11

According to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, of 103 hours of original primetime programming on the Disney-owned ABC Family, 55 percent included LGBT-inclusive images that also “reflected the ethnic and racial diversity of the LGBT community.”

The CW, which airs fewer hours in primetime than the Big Four, had 33 percent of its hours scored as LBGT-inclusive, its second year in first place after three years in second.

Fox upped its standing to second with a “Good” rating at 29 percent, a push no doubt generated by the LGBT themes explored on its hit show ‘Glee’.

Showtime (37 percent), TNT (33 percent), HBO (31 percent), Lifetime (31 percent), AMC (29 percent), SyFy (22 percent) and HBO (26 percent) all earned “Good” ratings for the quantity and quality of their LGBT-inclusive original programming.

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From "ABC Family gets top score in GLAAD survey of gays on TV" by Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times 8/3/11

"We're incredibly proud to be acknowledged by GLAAD," ABC Family President Michael Riley said in an interview. "We want to be sure we program in a relatable, authentic way."

GLAAD gave failing grades to cable outlets A&E and TBS.

GLAAD representatives say that representations of gays and lesbians on TV shows is important because the medium helps shape Americans' perceptions. More than one-third of people who reported viewing gays more favorably over the past five years in a recent GLAAD poll said that "seeing gay or lesbian characters" on TV was a contributing factor.

The group also pointed to the immense buying power of gays and lesbians, estimated at $835 billion in 2011.

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From "Study: ABC Family has most gay characters" by Whitney Jones, Baptist Press 8/3/11

Dwayne Hastings, a vice president at the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, agreed that TV has shaped the culture, but not for the better. Hastings said parents should instill strong morals and stand on biblical truth, which condemns homosexuality.

Said Hastings, "The reality is that if we were to publish the same kind of report that GLAAD has produced but instead focus on the presence of evangelical Christians on television, it would be a very short report. But few are concerned about the lack of accurate, portrayal of Bible-believing characters on television or in the movies.

"Whether we want to admit it or not, there is a well-financed and detailed plan at work to change Americans' opinions on those who practice homosexual and lesbian lifestyles. Given reports like this one, we can tell it is a very effective plan."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "2011 List of TV networks which most promote homosexuality" by Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews.com 8/4/11

The Parents Television Council (PTC), an education organization advocating responsible entertainment with more than 1.3 million members across the United States, says that individuals who contact network executives, along with advertisers, have a huge impact on television programming.

PTC encourages viewers who are concerned about anti-family programming, or who wish to compliment a network on tasteful and family-friendly programming, to express their opinion to key decision-makers.

“Name the show, tell them if you approve or disapprove of it, give your reasons why, say if you will or will not watch the show, tell them you are contacting the advertisers and your local network affiliates as well, and say you support the efforts of the Parents Television Council. With your help, the PTC will convince them to consider the wants and needs of the family viewing audience.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

FOX Censors Christian Super Bowl Commercial

NFL Super Bowl ads include a plethora of hedonism (sex, alcohol, consumerism), but do NOT include these few alphanumeric characters: John 3:16

There are no preachers or ministers in the ad, no church or even a cross.

UPDATE 2/7/11: John 3:16 ad airs in limited markets, causing web traffic spike



-- From "Super Bowl Ads Will Leave a Religious Question Unanswered" by Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times 2/4/11

It is a reference to a Bible verse: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

But according to Fox Sports . . . The network’s rejection of a 30-second spot centered on John 3:16 is just one example of an advertising culture that can be allergic to expressions of faith.

Fox Sports refused the ad because, according to a statement, “Fox Broadcasting Company does not accept advertising from religious organizations for the purpose of advancing particular beliefs or practices.”

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From "John 3:16 Super Bowl ad rejected on basis of 'religious doctrine'" by Amanda Read, Washington Times 2/5/11

Larry Taunton, executive director of the Alabama-based Christian organization Fixed Point Foundation [said,] “If you had thirty seconds to tell the world one thing, what would it be?” After pondering the opportunity to share a message with the largest television audience in history, the answer was simple and profound: A message of hope.

John 3:16 is a message of hope that not only was told by the most exceptional figure in world history, Jesus Christ – it is a message with a reference that has become part of the culture of football. From hand drawn fan signs to players' eye black, the Gospel verse has become part of the stadium landscape. But has anyone thought to look it up?

“Fox Sports isn't the enemy,” said Taunton. “We aren't out to demonize them. We think this is more of a cultural issue than it is a Fox Sports issue. Their solution was just to run from it because they think this is something that would offend their viewership. I think we have become so utterly sensitive and politically correct that the result is we end up doing absurd things like this.”

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From "Fox rejects John 3:16 Super Bowl ad, considers it controversial" by Shirley Evans, Catholic Online 2/6/11

For a company that bills itself as 'fair and balanced,' Fox's actions seem to tip the scale in one definitive direction.

Millions of dollars are made every year off the sale of 30-second Super Bowl commercial slots. These ads are frequently out-of-the-ordinary, hilarious, controversial or even downright depraved. This year, however, Fox Sports has labeled one seemingly innocuous Super Bowl ad as "religious doctrine" and much too offensive to be aired.

The John 3:16 commercial was produced by Fixed Point, a religious advocacy group based in Birmingham, Alabama. The group was set to pay about $3 million to have the ad aired on Fox Sports during the Super Bowl this Sunday, which will reach over 100 million viewers.

Religious leaders have expressed disappointment and confusion, especially since Fox commercials tend to be riddled with profanity and offensive images. Ads in the past have shown men kissing each other and scantily-clad women, among other sexually suggestive imagery.

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Washington School Arranges Secret Abortion

A Seattle mother is furious after learning that her 15-year-old daughter was sent by her school's health center for a secret abortion, reports ABC-affiliate KOMO.


UPDATE 3/28/10: Seattle Times editorial says "School did nothing wrong when they helped a pregnant student seeking an abortion"

UPDATE 3/25/10: Officials admit 'secret abortions' permitted by law; parents fooled by school 'fine print'

-- From "Mother furious after in-school clinic sets up daughter's abortion" by KOMO-TV staff posted at Seattle Post-Intelligencer 3/23/10

The mother of a Ballard High School student is fuming after the health center on campus helped facilitate her daughter's abortion during school hours.

The mother, whom KOMO News has chosen to identify only as "Jill," says the [Planned Parenthood] clinic kept the information "confidential."

When she signed a consent form, Jill figured it meant her 15-year-old could go to the Ballard Teen Health Center located inside the high school for an earache, a sports physical, even birth control, but not for help terminating a pregnancy.

Jill says her daughter, a pro-life advocate, was given a pass, put in a taxi and sent off to have an abortion during school hours, all without her family knowing.

The Seattle School District says it doesn't run the health clinics at high schools. Swedish Medical Center runs the clinic at Ballard High and protects the students' privacy.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Seattle Mom: School Sent My Daughter for Secret Abortion without Telling Me" by Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews.com 3/24/10

"They just told her that if she concealed it from her family, that it would be free of charge and no financial responsibility," Jill said.

T.J. Cosgrove of the King County Health Department, which oversees the center, explained that Washington state does not recognize parents' opinions on such issues. "At any age in the state of Washington, an individual can consent to a termination of pregnancy," he said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Media Portray Liberals as Christians RE: Glenn Beck

Due to journalists' ignorance of the Christian faith (and their anti-evangelical bias), they repeatedly report the social justice advocacy of liberal "christians" as if it were the core of Christianity, whether the subject at hand is electing Obama, or voting patterns, or higher education, or health care. With the help of the media, these liberals masquerading as Christians attempt to fool the public into believing that their social justice agenda is the sole Christian mission.

-- From "Evangelical leader takes on Beck for assailing social justice churches" By John Blake, CNN 3/12/10

An evangelical [sic] leader is calling for a boycott of Glenn Beck's television show and challenging the Fox News personality to a public debate after Beck vilified churches that preach economic and social justice.

The Rev. Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, a network of progressive Christians, says Beck perverted Jesus' message when he urged Christians last week to leave churches that preach social and economic justice.

Wallis says Beck compared those churches to Communists and Nazis.

Wallis says at least 20,000 people have already responded to his call to boycott Beck. He says Beck is confusing his personal philosophy with the Bible.

Social and economic justice is at the heart of Jesus' message, Wallis says.

But a prominent evangelical leader says he, too, is suspicious of churches that preach economic and social justice.

Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, a Christian college in Virginia, says Jesus wasn't interested in politics. He says that those pastors who preach economic and social justice "are trying to twist the gospel to say the gospel supported socialism."

"Jesus taught that we should give to the poor and support widows, but he never said that we should elect a government that would take money from our neighbor's hand and give it to the poor," Falwell says.

Falwell says that Jesus believed that individuals, not governments, should help the poor.

"If we all did as Jesus did when he helped the poor, we wouldn't need the government," says Falwell, the son of the late evangelical leader, the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Christians Rip Glenn Beck Over 'Social Justice' Slam" by Hanna Siegel, ABC News 3/12/10

Wallis is in good company among leading Christians. The Rev. Canon Peg Chemberlin, president of the National Council of Churches of Christ USA, which oversees 100,000 [liberal] congregations across the country and has about 45 million members, has objected to Beck's comments as well.

On his radio and television shows, Beck suggested any church promoting "social justice" or "economic justice" merely was using code words for Nazism and communism.

"I beg you look for the words social justice or economic justice on your church Web site," he said. "If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. ... Am I advising people to leave their church? Yes! If they're going to Jeremiah Wright's church, yes!

"If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish," he said. "Go alert your bishop and tell them, 'Excuse me, are you down with this whole social justice thing?' If it's my church, I'm alerting the church authorities: 'Excuse me, what's this social justice thing?' And if they say, 'Yeah, we're all in on this social justice thing,' I am in the wrong place."

Stu Burguiere, executive producer at "The Glenn Beck Radio Program," sought to clarify Beck's comments today.

"Like most Americans, Glenn strongly supports and believes in 'social justice' when it is defined as 'good Christian charity,'" he said. "Glenn strongly opposes when Rev. Wright and other leaders use 'social justice' as a euphemism for their real intention -- redistribution of wealth."

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School Retracts Christmas Program of Religious Pluralism Indoctrination

A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest.

-- From "Fishers school adjusts holiday program after conservative group protests" by Chris Sikich and Vic Ryckaert, IndyStar.com 12/12/09

A Hamilton Southeastern elementary removed a mention of Allah in its holiday show after it drew the anger of a national conservative Christian group.

Lantern Road Elementary Principal Danielle Thompson said school leaders sought to teach inclusiveness through the second-grade program, which included pieces about Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa.

School officials removed a phrase saying "Allah is God" after the American Family Association launched a protest of the program on its electronic newsletter.

The change was made, Thompson said, because no other deities were directly named in the program.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Second Graders Sing About Allah? " by Todd Starnes, FOX News Radio 12/14/09

. . . David Hogan['s]. . . daughter came home with a copy of the lyrics just days before the production. Hogan, a Christian, told the American Family Association, a conservative advocacy group, that he was deeply concerned to learn that his daughter had been singing, “Allah is God.”

Here’s what the children were assigned to sing:

“Allah is God, we recall at dawn,

Praying ‘til night during Ramadan

At this joyful time we pray happiness for you,

Allah be with you all your life through.”

But when it came time to perform the “Christian” part of Christmas, children were assigned to say:

“I didn’t know there was a little boy at the manger. What child is this?

I’m not sure if there was a little boy or not.

Then why did you paint one on your nativity window?

I just thought if there was a little boy, I’d like to know exactly what he (sic) say.”

Micah Clark, executive director of the Indiana AFA, launched an Internet protest once he heard about the allegations. “What surprised me here is that we’ve had a secular scrubbing of Christmas for so long and the school apparently didn’t see the problem with kids singing to Allah,” he told FOX News Radio. “You won’t even mention Jesus and you’re going to force my child to sing about Allah?”

In email correspondence the school initially defended the reference as a way to be inclusive of all religions. However, once complaints starting rolling in, school leaders decided to eliminate the Allah reference.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

American Moms Speak, Liberal Media Ignores

Average mothers across America speak out in this video about what the liberal media just can't understand (or refuse to acknowledge): We're concerned for our children and grandchildren as the government tries to take the place of God.
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Mainstream Media Laments Inability to Manipulate Public Opinion

This Washington Post (mainstream media) article demonstrates that the Internet has enabled grassroots Americans to communicate with each other INDEPENDENT of traditional media -- the dying liberal media is furious.

-- From "Journalists, Left Out of The Debate" by Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Staff Writer 8/24/09

The crackling, often angry debate over health-care reform has severely tested the media's ability to untangle a story of immense complexity. In many ways, news organizations have risen to the occasion; in others they have become agents of distortion. But even when they report the facts, they have had trouble influencing public opinion. [emphasis added]

In the 10 days after Palin warned on Facebook of an America "in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel,'" The Washington Post mentioned the phrase 18 times, the New York Times 16 times, and network and cable news at least 154 times (many daytime news shows are not transcribed).

While there is legitimate debate about the legislation's funding for voluntary end-of-life counseling sessions, the former Alaska governor's claim that government panels would make euthanasia decisions was clearly debunked. Yet an NBC poll last week found that 45 percent of those surveyed believe the measure would allow the government to make decisions about cutting off care to the elderly -- a figure that rose to 75 percent among Fox News viewers.

. . . On the Stephanopoulos roundtable, former House speaker Newt Gingrich said the legislation "has all sorts of panels. You're asking us to trust turning power over to the government when there clearly are people in America who believe in establishing euthanasia, including selective standards."

And on Fox the next night, Bill O'Reilly played a clip of former Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean saying Palin "just made that up. . . . There's nothing like euthanasia in the bill." O'Reilly countered that as far as he could tell, "Sarah Palin never mentioned euthanasia. Dean made it up to demean Palin."

Perhaps journalists are no more trusted than politicians these days, or many folks never saw the knockdown stories. But this was a stunning illustration of the traditional media's impotence. [emphasis added]

To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.

Principal Warns Teacher About Bullying Students for being Conservative

A Michigan high school is investigating allegations that one of its teachers berated and belittled a student for taking part in what the teacher considered an unacceptable activity: reading FOXNews.com.

-- From "Student Says Teacher Scolded Him for Viewing FOXNews.com" posted at FOX News, 5/1/09

The teacher of [the student's] video production class saw what he was looking at and "proceeded to give me a 10-minute lecture on why I can't read FOX News ... and that I can only listen to BBC and other news venues," the student said.

James Feil, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools, told FOXNews.com that any attempts to pressure students politically would go against his schools' policies.

. . . school officials said the student hadn't violated any computer-use rules in his class.

But the school has a strict policy against bullying, which it says "may in circumstances be a violation of federal or state law" and goes against its commitment to provide a safe learning environment.

To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.

ACLU Hides Religious 'Gag Clause' in 'Stimulus' Bill

Jim DeMint, Republican senator from South Carolina, has introduced an amendment to strike the unconstitutional, discriminatory language from the bill, but the majority Democrats won't allow it.

DeMint said the following to Neil Cavuto on FOX News:

". . . [the Senate is] working on this so-called stimulus bill that would prohibit any religious activity in any college or university facility that uses any of these funds for modernization or renovation.

"It is just a phrase that I think the ACLU had stuck in this bill, because they are the real proponents of keeping it in there, that would really take advantage of religious freedom, Bible studies, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, whether it is on a student center, a dorm, an auditorium where prayer might be offered."

The phrase in the bill, at issue, reads as follows:
"PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. - No funds awarded under this section may be used for - (C) modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities - (i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission."

Indecent Commercials During NFL Games

What's a parent to do when you can't even watch a football game with your children without worrying about inappropriate content?

From "IFI E-Alert: Sign the Petition -- Ask the NFL to Prohibit Indecent Commercials During Games" posted 11/29/07 at Illinois Family Institute

A few months ago, I wrote an open letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, asking him to please help "raise the standard and do what [he] can to eliminate the indecent content aired during NFL games."

As you may remember, my original letter pointed to the sad fact that a number of advertisements and network promotional spots that are aired during NFL game breaks are completely inappropriate -- especially for the younger members of the viewing audience. The fact is, far too many of these ads are indecent and/or sexually suggestive.

With more than half the season behind us now, I am again openly appealing to Commissioner Goodell: please consider your entire fan base when licensing your programs to television networks.

Here are just a few examples of indecent commercials that have aired on the FOX and CBS networks during NFL game broadcasts:

On September 9th, FOX broadcast the season opener of the Chicago Bears vs. San Diego Chargers. During the game, FOX aired a promo for the season premier of their program "'Til Death." The discussion in this promo centered on a woman's cleavage. Ironically, the clip used to promote this program has the husband complaining about his wife's exposure saying, "I've noticed that it is hard for people to focus when having a conversation with you, what with the two bald-headed gentlemen struggling to get out of your chest." He also points directly at her breasts and says, "Let's talk about Mt. Inappropriate.

[Click HERE to view actual footage of the latter two examples. **Not recommended**]

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