Business, Pro Sports, GOP Urge Supremes to Go Gay

Follow the money . . .

As Americans wait "on pins and needles" for nine unelected black-robed jurists to decide the fate of the nation, those pillars of society that deify money are filing their legal briefs insisting that the highest court of the land sacrifice the people's founding document to that most supreme Gay Agenda god.

"No religion's belief or practice should be allowed to restrict the rights of people to marry and receive equal protection under the law."
-- Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

PC MLB & NHL: Professional Baseball & Hockey Embrace Gay Agenda

Christian Sports Commentator Fired for Supporting Natural Marriage

Corporations Embrace Gay Agenda, With a Vengeance

Homosexual Lobby Purchases Elections & Same-sex 'Marriage'

Republicans Going Gay, to be 'Moderate' & Likeable

Republican Party Platform OKs Abortion and 'Gay Marriage'

Republican Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters

'Gay Marriage' is Christian in Presbyterian PCUSA, et. al.

Alabama Supreme Court Says Ignore Federal Court — 'Gay Marriage'

'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court

-- From "Super Bowl, World Series champs back gay marriage at court" by The Associated Press 3/6/15

The reigning baseball and football champions, along with baseball's small-market Tampa Bay Rays, are among the thousands of businesses, religious groups, advocacy organizations and politicians who are filing legal briefs at the Supreme Court in support of gay marriage.

Roughly six dozen briefs backing pro-gay rights plaintiffs in the four states are expected by the Friday deadline. Included is a ''people's brief'' filed by the Human Rights Campaign with the signatures of 207,551 people.

Mayors of 226 U.S. cities also are expressing their support for same-sex marriage. Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley says he is not sure how his constituents feel about the issue, but said it wouldn't affect his view either way. "I don't think constitutional rights are subject to public opinion," Cranley said.

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From "Thousands sign court briefs supporting gay marriage" by Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press 3/6/15

With 2 ½ hours of oral arguments set for April 28, the Supreme Court could issue a ruling later this year that could overturn the bans or leave them in place, which would upset a patchwork of laws and court decisions that currently allow same-sex couples to marry in 37 states and the District of Columbia.

While many of the briefs came from groups who have long fought to have the bans reversed, support also came from more unexpected sources: More than 300 Republican, conservative and center-right activists and government officials signed a brief in support of overturning the bans. Another brief was signed by hundreds of U.S. companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Microsoft and more.

They ranged from the American Bar Association — which included a table of the many legal protections afforded legally married couples and their children that are denied same-sex couples and their families — to universities, organizations representing gay service members, Ohio's Cuyahoga County, the Commonwealth of Virginia and more.

"Inconsistent state marriage laws impose an added economic burden on American businesses at an estimated cost of over one billion dollars per year," said the brief filed by 379 signers, which included insurance companies, manufacturing giants, financial institutions and sports franchises, the New England Patriots, San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Rays among them.

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From "379 Corporations Tell Supreme Court Gay Marriage Is Good for Business" by Pat Garofalo, U.S. News & World Report 3/6/15

In an amicus brief arguing that the court should legalize gay marriage across the country, 379 corporations and business organizations – including Apple, Bank of America, Dow Chemical, Goldman Sachs, Hilton, Verizon, Disney and even some professional sports teams – said, "Employees with partners of the same sex should be permitted to marry if they so choose, and then should be treated identically to their married heterosexual counterparts. State laws that require otherwise impose a significant burden on us and harm our ability to attract and retain the best employees. Such laws force businesses to uphold discriminatory laws that run counter to important corporate values. In the end, economic growth suffers."

"Employers are better served by a uniform marriage rule that gives equal dignity to employee relationships. Allowing same-sex couples to marry improves employee morale and productivity," they wrote. "Diversity and inclusion strengthen, not weaken, our businesses."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "More than 300 Republicans ask Supreme Court to back gay marriage" by Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 3/6/15

Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Mark Kirk and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker are among 300 Republicans who signed onto a friend of the court brief at the Supreme Court in support of gay marriage.

The Republican signatories include billionaire David Koch, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, top aides in Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, and a host of current and former members of Congress. Baker, elected in November, was the only sitting GOP governor to sign the brief.

“One of the points that I hope people appreciate when they read the brief is that supporting marriage equality is, in fact, the conservative position,” [former Republican National Committee chairman, now openly homosexual, Ken] Mehlman told The Boston Globe in an interview.

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From "More Than 300 Republicans Call on Supreme Court to Recognize Gay Marriage Nationally" by Zeke J Miller, Time Magazine 3/5/15

Among the signatories are 23 current and former Republicans members of the House of Representatives and Senate and seven current and former Governors. . . .

Some aides to Republican presidential candidates are hoping that if the Court’s rules in favor of the unions it will provide cover for their bosses, who are hoping to avoid talking about the issue. After the party’s 2012 electoral defeat, its autopsy found that gay rights issues are a gateway subject not just for LGBT voters, but also for young voters of all stripes. “We need to campaign among Hispanic, black, Asian, and gay Americans and demonstrate we care about them, too,” the Growth and Opportunity Project report stated.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie both dropped opposition to same-sex unions in their state after court rulings forced their hand, but they remain personally opposed. After marriages began in his state in January, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called for respect from all sides. “I hope that we can show respect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue — including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty,” he said.

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From "Jeb Bush Makes A Big [Homosexual] Hire For 2016" by Christina Wilkie, Huffington Post 2/20/15

Tim Miller, a rising star in the world of Republican political opposition research, has joined Jeb Bush's political action committee as a senior adviser. . . .

For Jeb Bush, an establishment candidate with a reputation for reasoned and well-informed policy positions, Miller promises to bring a communications style to the campaign that is sharper and grittier than the candidate's own. . . .

Miller, who is openly gay, is no stranger to presidential politics, having previously worked on the campaigns of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) and Arizona Sen. John McCain (R).

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From "Over 300 Republicans Petition Supreme Court to Legalize Gay Marriage" by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor 3/7/15

Christian groups say the people and their elected representatives, and not unelected judges, should decide if states should legally recognize gay marriage, which is legal in 36 states and the District of Columbia.

Central to the case are two questions, whether states are required to license marriages between same-sex couples under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which the Michigan case has to decide; and whether the amendment requires states to recognize such marriages when licensed by other states – which the Ohio and Tennessee cases have to decide. The Kentucky case includes both.

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission . . . [said] this case could potentially transform the cultural landscape of America.

"We should pray for the Court, that they will not seek to redefine marriage," he said. "Marriage was not created by government action, and shouldn't be re-created by government action. Even more than that, we should pray for churches who will know how to articulate and embody a Christian vision of marriage as the one flesh union of a man and a woman in the tumultuous years to come."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Confirmed: President Obama is Liar in Chief RE 'Gay Marriage'

List of Amici (Republicans)

Pro-life Laws Sweep America; Liberals Battle Back

As abortion-restricting legislation reaches new heights at the state level across the nation, congressional pro-life legislators are planning unprecedented efforts to save lives of the unborn, while pro-abortion Republicans hold firm: “I’ve been supporting a woman’s right to choose throughout my time in public life. [I want to] make sure that we don’t overturn Roe v. Wade . . .” says Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois).

UPDATE 4/7/15: Now Illegal to Rip Unborn Babies Limb From Limb in Kansas & Oklahoma

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

75% of Abortion Clinics Closed: Jan. 2015 vs. 1991

Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits

Missouri Legislators Override Governor's Veto: Pro-life Law

Democrats Restrict Abortion in Louisiana and South Carolina

Also read Abortion Rates Plunge: Liberals Fume, Call for More Access

-- From "GOP hopes it’s cracked the abortion code" by Burgess Everett and Lauren French, Politico 1/12/15

Now, with Congress and two-thirds of state legislatures under GOP control, the party hopes the 20-week [gestation limit for abortion] offers a moment of unity while aligning Republicans with polls that show most Americans support such a [limit] . . . an easy-to-explain proposal they believe will animate their base without alienating swing voters who might be turned off by a frontal assault on Roe v. Wade. The 20th week — about halfway through a typical pregnancy — approaches the point when a fetus is viable outside the womb. It’s also the time at which anti-abortion activists maintain that unborn fetuses can feel pain.

Their first salvo will come from the House, where GOP leaders plan to vote on a federal 20-week abortion ban on Jan. 22. That’s the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and falls on the same day as the March for Life, an annual mass demonstration of anti-abortion activists on the streets of Washington.

And eight major potential Republican presidential hopefuls are on board with the national ban, cementing the party’s abortion plank long before primary season. Besides [former Florida governor Jeb] Bush and [Kentucky Sen. Rand] Paul, that list includes Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, Govs. Mike Pence of Indiana and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas. Huckabee and Bush are the two candidates who have taken the most concrete steps toward running.

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From "The GOP wants to take the abortion wars national again" by Irin Carmon, MSNBC 1/8/15

. . . Monday, the first day of the new session, Rep. Trent Franks and Rep. Marsha Blackburn reintroduced the tendentiously named “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” It bans abortion after 20 weeks on the medically-disputed theory that fetuses can feel pain at that point.

Republicans are now surely feeling confident after a focus on reproductive rights didn’t deter a GOP wave in the midterm elections, including in purple Colorado. And the optics have improved, too. Thanks to that election, they’ve gone from two anti-abortion women in the Senate, Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Sen. Deb Fischer, to four, with the addition of Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Sen. Shelly Moore Capito of West Virginia. Capito ran as a moderate, but has already voted for the House version.

Meanwhile, one way or another, the Supreme Court is expected to address the abortion issue after long avoiding it. Ever since Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed his distaste for later abortions in Gonzales v. Carhart, the decision upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban, anti-abortion legal strategists have been hoping to use a 20 week ban to chip away at Roe v. Wade.

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From "GOP renews funding fight against Planned Parenthood" by Sarah Ferris, The Hill 1/8/15

More than 80 House Republicans are again seeking to block federal funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, saying they want to defund "the big abortion industry.”

"Planned Parenthood and organizations like it that profit off the destruction of innocent life do not deserve one more dime from American taxpayers,” Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) wrote in a release Thursday after reintroducing the bill.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chairman of the Pro-Life Caucus, said the federal government should not be supporting Planned Parenthood at all, describing the nonprofit as “Child Abuse, Incorporated.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Planned Parenthood Reports its Abortions & Profits Increased Last Year

And read Taxpayers Provide Almost Half of Planned Parenthood's $Billion$

From "Abortion Restrictions Pick Up Steam in GOP-Led States" by Arian Campo-Flores and Cameron McWhirter, Wall Street Journal 1/11/15

GOP gains in legislatures across the U.S. are boosting abortion foes seeking to spread restrictive laws to more states or devise new approaches to limit the procedure, advocates on both sides say.

Antiabortion bills have been filed in advance of this year’s legislative sessions in at least 10 states, including Missouri, South Carolina and Texas, with more sure to come, said Elizabeth Nash, state-issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute. The proposals range from declaring that “personhood” begins at fertilization to requiring medical professionals to conduct ultrasounds on pregnant women and display the results to them.

The National Right to Life Committee, a federation of antiabortion groups, plans to push for abortion bans after about 20 weeks of pregnancy in states such as South Carolina and West Virginia, said Mary Spaulding Balch, director of state legislation. Such measures, already in effect in 10 states, rely on the contested argument that fetuses can feel pain at that point.

Meanwhile, Americans United for Life intends to continue promoting a package of measures it has championed in recent years that include restrictions on the use of abortion-inducing drugs and stiffer regulations for clinics, [AUL President Charmaine] Yoest said. The group also will keep pressing for laws that require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, an approach that has triggered litigation across the country and resulted in the closure of about half the clinics in Texas.

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From "Abortion Hostility Depends on Your Zip Code" by Lindsay Menard-Freeman, posted at Huffington Post 1/7/15

From 2011 to 2014, the number of legislative restrictions against abortion rights skyrocketed to 231, quadrupling the number of restrictions within just three years. In 2014 alone, legislators enacted 26 brand new measures to restrict access to abortion rights.

According to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, the number of measures enacted are not just surging, but the severity of these 'hostility' classifications is alarming and threatening to women's rights.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Abortion by ZIP Code" by Lucia Graves and Libby Isenstein, National Journal 1/6/15

A recent analysis of state abortion laws by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-rights think tank, categorized states with four to five abortion restrictions as "hostile" to abortion, and placed states with more than five restrictions into the "extremely hostile" camp.

It's not just a matter of outright abortion bans. The restrictive measures include a variety of measures making abortions more difficult to obtain, from expanding mandatory waiting periods to making it more difficult for minors to access those services.

But there is a silver lining for abortion advocates. Over the past year, some lawmakers have pushed back against the rising tide of restrictions, introducing 95 measures designed to expand access to abortion in 17 states. While the win is dubious—only four of those measures have actually been signed into law—that still accounts for more pro-abortion measures than have been introduced in any year since 1990.

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From "In Just the Last Four Years, States Have Enacted 231 Abortion Restrictions" posted at the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute 1/5/15

. . . In 2000, 31% of women of reproductive age lived in a state hostile to abortion rights, with no women living in a state with enough restrictions to be considered extremely hostile. By 2014, 57% of women lived in a state that is either hostile or extremely hostile to abortion rights.

[The 2014] midterm election results provide good reason to be concerned about a renewed focus on restricting abortion in the upcoming 2015 legislative sessions. Republican legislators, who overwhelmingly oppose abortion rights, solidified their dominance in the states. Republicans will now control both legislative chambers in 30 states, three more than in 2014; in 23 of those states, the governor will also be Republican. Democrats will control both legislative chambers and the governor’s mansion in only seven states. In addition, the ballot initiative approved in Tennessee likely will open the door to additional restrictions in that state.

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Obama, Senate Continue to Push Transgender Privilege - ENDA

In April, President Obama's employment department (EEOC) enacted transgender rights by executive fiat, and this week the Senate's Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) hearing paraded a biological woman living as a man, all in an effort to give special rights, such as allowing cross-dressing men to use the ladies room and teach kids in Christian schools without reprisal.

". . . lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are first-class citizens."
-- Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Committee Chairman

For background, read Obama's EEOC Commissioner says Homosexual Sex is Morally Good & Wonderful and also read Congressional Definition of the 'Radical Homosexual Agenda' and read about the progression of ENDA (federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act)

UPDATE 11/9/13: Senate passes ENDA, homosexualists look to Obama

UPDATE 5/30/14: President Obama proclaims Hell-bent goal to enact ENDA (see proclamation excerpts below)

UPDATE 7/10/14: Obama Wedged by Religious Homosexualists on ENDA



-- From "Man tells senators transgendered people 'lose their careers'" by Jamie Goldberg, Los Angeles Times 6/12/12

Following a letter from Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Robert Casey (D-Pa.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reopened discussion on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would prohibit nonreligious employers with at least 15 employees from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

While committee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) expressed a commitment to seeing [Senate Bill 811] move quickly through committee, he could not give any time frame. No Republicans attended what was supposed to be a full committee hearing.

Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and it is illegal in 16 states and the District of Columbia for employers to discriminate on the basis of gender identity.

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From "Transgender Breakthrough" by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly 4/23/12

An employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis of the person's gender identity is violating the prohibition on sex discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to an opinion issued on April 20 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The opinion, experts say, could dramatically alter the legal landscape for transgender workers across the nation.

The opinion came in a decision delivered on Monday, April 23, to lawyers for Mia Macy, a transgender woman who claims she was denied employment with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after the agency learned of her transition. It also comes on the heels of a growing number of federal appellate and trial courts deciding that gender-identity discrimination constitutes sex discrimination, whether based on Title VII or the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws.

The EEOC decision, issued without objection by the five-member, bipartisan commission, will apply to all EEOC enforcement and litigation activities at the commission and in its 53 field offices throughout the country. It also will be binding on all federal agencies and departments.

. . . after today's ruling transgender people who feel they have faced employment discrimination can go into any of those 53 offices and the EEOC will consider their claims. What's more, the EEOC could take action itself to sue the employer for discrimination.

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From "DOJ Accepts EEOC Ruling That Trans Bias Is Covered By Title VII, ATF Begins Investigation" by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly 5/21/12

The ATF Office of Equal Opportunity sent a letter to Macy dated May 18, a copy of which was received today by TLC and reviewed by Metro Weekly, stating that it was accepting for investigation Macy's claims of discrimination "based on gender (female), gender identity, gender stereotype, and or transgender status." Initially, ATF, which is within the Department of Justice, had stated that Macy's gender identity and "transgender status" claims were not able to be brought under Title VII, which led Macy to appeal her complaint to the EEOC, which found that her claims could be brought under Title VII.

Although the ruling from the EEOC is not the same as a definitive Supreme Court ruling on the question of whether transgender people are protected under Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination, the decision has substantial impact because it is binding on the EEOC, all its field offices and all federal department and agencies. The EEOC's interpretation of Title VII and other civil rights laws are given significant deference by federal courts.

. . . "There's still a lot more steps to go. We still need [the Employment Non-Discrimination Act]. We still need an executive order [to ban federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity]. We still need a hell of a lot of training."

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From "Federal ban on job bias still eludes gay rights groups" by Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers 6/11/12

Gay rights activists have made significant strides in recent years on marriage and military service, but one long-standing policy goal remains elusive: a federal law to ban discrimination against gay workers.

Gays now can serve openly in the military. Gay couples now have some form of legal recognition in 19 states and the District of Columbia. But in 29 states, gay workers can still be fired or denied promotions simply because they're gay.

To be sure, 21 states ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation, and all but five of those prohibit bias based on gender identity. Hundreds of cities and counties across the country have enacted nondiscrimination laws. Federal government employees are protected by a policy that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. And nearly 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies have their own nondiscrimination policies.

But some legal experts say workers and their employers need the kind of legal clarity that only a federal law can provide. . . .

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From "Senate Dems Take Time to Consider 'Gender Identity' in the Workplace" by Susan Jones, CNSNews.com 6/13/12

According to the Liberty Counsel, if a supervisor told a male employee he could not use the women's restroom, the employer would be in violation of ENDA.

Craig L. Parshall, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Religious Broadcasters Association, was the only witness to warn that ENDA would gut religious liberty. The NRB represents the free speech interests of Christian broadcasters and organizations.

"Requiring discrimination laws to adequately protect and accommodate the religious liberties of faith groups is not a mere legislative prerogative: it is a constitutional mandate," Parshall said in his written testimony.

"It is my opinion that ENDA, as it stands now in the form of S. 811, would impose a substantial unconstitutional burden on religious organizations. Furthermore, it would interfere with their ability to effectively pursue their missions."

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ENDA would equate sexual deviancy rights to civil rights, thus requiring, for example, Christian schools to hire cross-dressing men.

UPDATE 5/30/14: From "Presidential Proclamation -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transponder Pride Month, 2014" by President Barack Obama, posted at WhiteHouse.gov

Last year, supporters of equality celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, a ruling which, at long last, gave loving, committed families the respect and legal protections they deserve. In keeping with this decision, my Administration is extending family and spousal benefits -- from immigration benefits to military family benefits -- to legally married same-sex couples.

My Administration proudly stands alongside all those who fight for LGBT rights. Here at home, we have strengthened laws against violence toward LGBT Americans, taken action to prevent bullying and harassment, and prohibited discrimination in housing and hospitals. Despite this progress, LGBT workers in too many States can be fired just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; I continue to call on the Congress to correct this injustice by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. . . .

To read the entire proclamation above, CLICK HERE.

IL Christian Tea Party Counters Establishment GOP

As the Illinois Republican primary election approaches (March 20th), virtually every major Republican officeholder in the state has endorsed Mitt Romney for president, yet polls show most voters will choose either Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich over Romney.

The battle of the Illinois conservative grass roots vs. the Illinois GOP rages on!

For background, read Proved: Tea Party Movement is Christian and also read Tea Party Nationwide Campaign Against Illinois Liberal Republican Senator Mark Kirk

-- From "All eyes on Illinois after Santorum wins in Alabama, Mississippi" by Abdon M. Pallasch, Political Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times 3/13/12

“All eyes are going to turn to Illinois,” said Santorum’s Illinois Chairman, former state Rep. Al Salvi. “I think in Mississippi and Alabama, the exit polls showed women came out for Rick Santorum. I think he’s the beneficiary of President Obama’s big mistake in mandating that private employers pay for birth control.”

Much of Illinois’ Republican establishment has signed on to front-runner Mitt Romney’s campaign. Sen. Mark Kirk, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and state GOP Chairman Patrick Brady are all on board.

In roughly half the states so far in primaries or caucuses, the conservative wing of the Republican Party is defying the establishment and opting for Santorum’s more-conservative-on-social-issues message.

Santorum noted he had “all the establishment” against him in Mississippi and won anyway.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Suburbs are prime battleground for GOP presidential primary" by Kerry Lester, Daily Herald 3/4/12

Republican Congressman Aaron Schock of Peoria, an early Romney backer, reiterated the campaign's focus on the economy.

Romney will be looking for independent, swing votes in the suburbs, especially among women, who may disagree with the conservative social policies of Santorum.

Santorum's Illinois political director, Jon Zahm, formerly of Batavia, said he expects the campaign to do well in towns on the Missouri and Iowa borders, but he also sees the suburbs as a stronghold. . . . He describes the campaign as “bottom up” with a grass-roots focus and the help of Tea Party groups and anti-abortion groups.

The Gingrich campaign says much of its support lies in suburban Tea Party groups, but concedes those numbers can be hard to gauge.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Romney, Santorum Continue Long-Running IL Republican Battle over Social Issues" by Political Editor Mike Flannery, FOX Chicago News 3/12/12

“If we allow abortion to define a good Republican from a bad Republican, we will be the party of the perpetual minority,” Dan Rutherford said. “If we allow positions in regard to gay rights and in regards to guns to define good from bad, we will be the party of the perpetual minority.”

The executive director of Santorum's Illinois campaign said he could not disagree more strongly.

“I think it would be a dereliction of duty to not stand on those core principles. You know, and as for traditional marriage, I think that's the backbone of society. You know, if we had only gay marriage, we wouldn't be able to further have children,” Illinois Santorum Campaign’s Jon Zahm said. “I'm afraid that for every person that the treasurer [Rutherford] tries to reach out for that doesn't believe in those values, we may lose somebody who believes in those core principles. So I think that's the wrong approach.”

Rutherford's argument was that Illinois Republicans should focus on last year's 67 percent increase in the state income tax on individuals, instead of social issues. Santorum supporters said they're all for clobbering the Democrats who enacted that big tax increase, in addition to stressing the social issues that they point out are part of the Republican platform at the state and national level.

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From "Evangelical voters prefer Romney’s rivals" by Katrina Trinko, National Review 3/13/12

. . . On average, there is a 19-point difference between Romney’s support among non-evangelicals and his support among evangelicals in Republican primaries, according to ABC News’s survey of primary states with exit- or entrance-polling data available.

Bob Vander Plaats, a prominent social-conservative activist in Iowa and head of the Family Leader, also highlights Romney’s record in Massachusetts. “We hear today that’s he pro-life, but we also hear that when he was governor he put in $50 co-pay abortions in the state,” he says. “We hear today that God’s design for marriage [is] one man, one woman, yet he basically presided over same-sex marriage in the state.”

“There’s a trust gap,” Vander Plaats adds. “I think a lot of us conservatives feel that he will morph into who you want him to be depending on which campaign he’s in.”

Gary Bauer, president of American Values . . . agrees that some may be concerned that Romney’s position switches aren’t authentic. However, he argues that the larger problem Romney faces is that even voters who are willing to believe he has sincerely changed his views are wary of his willingness to passionately fight on those issues. Evangelicals, Bauer observes, are doubtful that values issues “would play much of a role in the expenditure of political capital or energy in his administration.”

There are signs, too, that evangelicals aren’t so much opposed to a Romney presidency as they simply prefer his rivals.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Illinois primary pits leaders vs. Tea Party (GOP Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Don Manzullo face off)

RINO IL Sen. Kirk for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

As Republican Mark Kirk said in his 2010 campaign to win Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, he'll advance a bill making Obama’s endorsement of embryonic stem cell research permanent, so it can’t be meddled with by some future right-wing, pro-life president.

For background, read Embryo Destroyer: Mark Kirk, IL GOP Senate Candidate and also read Obama Wins Ruling: Embryos will be Destroyed

-- From "US Sen. Kirk calls for action on stem cell law" by The Associated Press 6/6/11

A Chicago-based scientist says he's grateful to U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk for siding with legislation that backs stem cell research.

Kirk on Monday called for congressional action to codify an executive order on the research issued by President Barack Obama in 2009.

Dr. John Kessler directs a stem cell research institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He says Kirk is backing legislation that's "absolutely essential for the field" because uncertainty over federal funding discourages young scientists from doing research on stem cells.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "US Sen. Kirk calls for action on stem cell law" by The Associated Press 6/6/11

The Illinois Republican made his remarks Monday at Northwestern University in Chicago where he toured a stem cell research lab and hosted a symposium on the approach to searching for disease cures.

Kirk says if senior Democratic senators choose not to move the legislation in this Congress, he will. He says court challenges to taxpayer-financed stem cell research make legislation necessary.

Opponents object because the cells were obtained from destroyed human embryos.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Kirk for Senate campaign video (April 2010):

GOP RINOs Fund Planned Parenthood

The "clean bill" to strip all federal funding of abortionists was defeated in the Senate by every Democrat, plus five Republicans (in name only): Mark Kirk of Illinois, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Maine’s Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
Democrats voting against defunding included self-described pro-lifers: Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

For background, read Abortion Funding Nixed in D.C., Still Funding Planned Parenthood and also read America Hinges on Defunding Planned Parenthood

UPDATE 4/24/11: Pro-abortion votes will haunt the above senators in 2012 election

UPDATE 4/17/11: Cash Floods into Planned Parenthood

UPDATE 10/3/14: Congress Again Fails to Defund Planned Parenthood

-- From "U.S. Senate Kills House Bills Targeting Health Law, Planned Parenthood" by James Rowley, Bloomberg 4/14/11

The House voted 241-185 to stop federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides contraception and abortion services. The legislation was voted down in the Senate, 42-58, with five Republicans joining the 53 members of the chamber’s Democratic caucus to oppose it.

In yesterday’s House votes, three Democrats broke with their party to support defunding the health-care law, while seven Republicans split with their caucus to oppose blocking funding for Planned Parenthood.

Federal law bars the expenditure of government money for abortions except under specific circumstances, such as to save a woman’s life. Republicans argued that providing funding to Planned Parenthood frees up other money that the organization can use for its abortion services.

Planned Parenthood affiliates received $363 million in government grants or contracts in the 2009 fiscal year, according to the organization’s 2008-2009 annual report.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Planned Parenthood message war goes on" by Sarah Kliff & Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico 4/15/11

“Planned Parenthood plays an important role in providing services for women,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told POLITICO.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) also emphasized the preventive services Planned Parenthood provides, especially when she became the first Republican senator to break with the party line on the issue.

“For every 33 pregnant women who walk into a Planned Parenthood, 32 receive an abortion,” Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) said on the House floor shortly before voting against Planned Parenthood’s federal funding.

“Planned Parenthood received $1 million a day and performed about 1,000 abortions a day,” said [Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)], who introduced the initial amendment to defund Planned Parenthood in the House Republicans’ budget.

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From "Planned Parenthood Funding Ban Fails in Senate" by Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency 4/15/11

Cardinal DiNardo, the U.S. bishops' point man on pro-life activities, defended the proposed funding ban.

He said it was "indisputable" that Planned Parenthood is "by far the largest provider and promoter of abortions nationwide." The organization performs about one third of all abortions, over 332,000 in the Fiscal Year 2008-2009, and abortions account for over a third of its income.

"The organization has aborted over five million unborn children since 1970," the cardinal said.

Planned Parenthood's involvement in abortion has "substantially increased" in recent years while its provision of other services such as prenatal care and adoption referrals has declined "markedly." The national organization now insists that all affiliates provide abortions by 2013, he said.

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Homosexual Military Remake: IL Sen. Kirk?

Newly elected Illinois RINO Senator Mark Kirk faces a conundrum: Does he jettison his GOP Immaculation immediately during the Congressional lame-duck session by voting for repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," or does he buck the homosexualists and risk being "outed" from his closet?

UPDATE 12/18/10: Mark Kirk joins with other Senate RINOs voting for military sexual experiment

-- From "Mark Kirk on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell:" Will Study Report" by Lynn Sweeton, Chicago Sun-Times 11/30/10

Freshman Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)--a Navy reserve officer who has declined to give his views on gays serving openly in the military--waiting for a Defense Department survey to be completed--will study the report released on Tuesday. Defense Sec. Robert Gates on Tuesday called for the Senate to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," ban, based on the report.

"Senator Kirk will read every page of the DoD/Joint Chiefs of Staff report and will seek a meeting with the Chief of Naval Operations to discuss his findings before making a decision on this issue," his spokesman, Lance Trover, said in a statement.

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From "Mark Kirk Says He's Undecided On DADT Repeal, Will Study Report" by On Top Magazine Staff 12/1/10

Republican Mark Kirk, who'll serve the remaining weeks of President Barack Obama's unexpired term, was sworn in on Monday. Democratic Senator Roland Burris was appointed to the seat after Obama became president but didn't run for the post. Kirk's full term begins in January.

As a representative, Kirk, a Navy reserve officer, voted against a measure that would repeal the law that has ended the military careers of over 13,000 service members.

A Senate committee will begin two days' worth of hearings on the Pentagon report on Thursday.

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From "Mark Kirk Has No More Excuses For Voting To Keep 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" by Edward McClelland, posted at NBC Chicago 11/30/10

During October’s WTTW debate with Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk suggested he might vote to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell if the Pentagon’s Working Group Study showed that allowing gays to serve openly would have no effect on morale.

“I think we should wait for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to report,” Kirk told moderator Phil Ponce. “This was actually the recommendation of Secretary Gates and the President, but Speaker Pelosi wanted to move forward anyway. The problem here is that when you remove the policy, you got to have a new policy….I’m going to read every word of that study.”

“I understand that he’ll have time to read the report and that it is, in fact, what’s he's asking for: a roadmap,” [Winnie Stachelberg, senior vice president of the Center for American Progress] told Metro Weekly. “Losing Senator Burris as a known vote in favor [of repeal] is a challenge, but, as I understand now-Sen. Kirk’s concerns, I feel we haven’t lost a vote there.”

“I think we should make a very limited set of decisions, and then let the new Congress, that has a fresh mandate from the American people, take office and make the bigger decision,” Kirk said [Monday, nebulously].

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Homosexualists Intend to Control Both GOP & Dems

Just as "corporate America" donates to politicians of all stripes, homosexualist support is not confined to the Democrat party. Closeted GOP gays are favored by homosexualists, such as Illinois Republican Congressmen Mark Kirk and Aaron Schock, as they are easily controlled using threats of being "outed" with full documentation.

-- From "They're gay, conservative and proud" by Ben Smith, Politico 9/25/10

GOProud is an explicitly [right-wing] gay group that isn’t particularly focused on gay rights . . .

The gay right is thriving at a moment that the mainstream [Democrat] gay rights movement faces a profound crisis.

The gay right . . . has taken its place at the vanguard. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman used his coming out as gay last month to raise more than $1 million for the legal effort, led in part by former Bush administration Solicitor General Ted Olson, to win a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs in a California lawsuit in which a district court judge ruled “Don’t ask, don't tell” unconstitutional this year, meanwhile, were the [pro-homosexual] Log Cabin Republicans. . . .

[GOProud conference] Attendees struggled to characterize the momentum they feel on the right at large and the gay rights in particular. One, [pro-abortion lesbian] radio host Tammy Bruce, who is on GOProud’s board, said the moment has the “same energy” as the radical ACT-UP protests in the 1980s, which drew attention to the AIDS crisis.

Another, former New York Log Cabin GOP chief Chris Taylor, said people are discovering what he’s always found self-evident: “I don’t see what being gay has to do with being socialist,” he said.

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Only Pro-life IL Senate Candidate is Libertarian

Democrats are fanning the flames of Christians in Illinois by highlighting the liberal characteristics of the GOP's (RINO) pro-abortion candidate, Mark Kirk, for the U.S. Senate, who also advocates the Gay Agenda. Leading Christian advocacy organizations are telling voters that six more years of a Democrat in the Senate is preferable to being stuck with a pro-abortion RINO in the seat for decades.

-- From "Giannoulias talks up Libertarian in attempt to siphon votes from Kirk" by Kerry Lester, Daily Herald Staff 9/17/10

An Oak Brook Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate got a boost Thursday from an unlikely source - Democrat Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, who gave props to Mike Labno while predicting his Republican opponent will fall victim to tea party wrath.

Following the loss of a moderate candidate to a tea party activist in Delaware's GOP Senate primary Tuesday, Giannoulias issued a news release calling Republican opponent Mark Kirk the "conservative wave's ... next victim in November, with Mike Labno as the only pro-life, pro-gun candidate running for Senate in Illinois."

The effort is a strategy by Giannoulias' campaign to siphon Republican votes away from Kirk in the extremely close race for President Barack Obama's old seat.

As a five-term 10th District congressman, Kirk has supported stem cell research, several gun control laws and abortion rights, though he opposes federal funding of abortion.

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From "Third-party candidate could roil Ill. ballot" by Shira Toeplitz, Politico 9/2/10

A Constitution Party candidate is going to court to try to regain a spot on the Illinois Senate ballot - an effort that, if successful, could spell trouble for GOP nominee Mark Kirk.

Election officials removed Randy Stufflebeam from the ballot last week, but his attorney filed a suit Wednesday aiming to get his name back on.

Furthermore, after a lackluster performance in the GOP primary downstate, Kirk needs to do well there with Republicans to boost his bid. Not only is Stufflebeam from that region, but he's also more conservative than Kirk on several issues: He is anti-abortion, while Kirk favors abortion rights, and Stufflebeam is against the cap-and-trade legislation that the congressman voted for in 2009.

Doug Ibendahl, an attorney for Stufflebeam, filed a petition for judicial review with the Cook County Circuit Court Wednesday and has requested an expedited hearing. Ibendahl said he was not going to predict a victory, but figured Stufflebeam had a "decent chance" of being reinstated on the ballot.

[Ibendahl] blamed the state Republican Party and Kirk.

"We got the kitchen sink thrown at us because they're so desperate, because there are a lot of conservatives who can't stomach Mark Kirk," said Ibendahl.

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From "Glenn Beck mocks Michelle Obama's healthy food drive at Right Nation convention" by Lynn Sweet; by Abdon M. Pallasch, Chicago Sun-Times Political Writer 9/19/10

Five thousand conservative true believers cheered Fox News host Glenn Beck and other right-leaning firebrands at Right Nation 2010 in Hoffman Estates on Saturday night in a call-to-arms 45 days before Election Day.

Moderates such as Illinois GOP Senate nominee Mark Kirk stayed away from Saturday's event.

But it did attract Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Labno. His 6-year-old daughter Emily told attendees as they came in that her father is "the only pro-life, pro-gun candidate for Senate."

"Let's face it - there is no Republican in this race," Labno said as he greeted attendees on the way in.

Inside the arena, when conservative commentator Phil Kerpen urged the audience to vote for Kirk, more people applauded than booed.

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Same-sex 'Marriage' Favored by GOP Leaders

With former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman "coming out" as a homosexual yesterday, further pressure is now being applied to oft-cited closeted Illinois GOP homosexual congressmen Rep. Mark Kirk and Rep. Aaron Schock to be truthful with the public.



-- From "Ken Mehlman and the same-sex marriage debate" by Dan Balz, Washington Post Staff Writer 8/26/10

Supporters of same-sex marriage have a new and unexpected advocate: Ken Mehlman, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and manager of President George W. Bush's 2004 reelection campaign.

Mehlman, now a private citizen and businessman, disclosed this week that he is gay. The timing of the revelation coincides with his participation in a September fundraiser for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, a group that advocates for same-sex marriage.

Mehlman is among the most prominent Republican officials to say that he is gay. His is an announcement of the most personal nature and yet, because of who he is and the intensity of the debate over same-sex marriage, one with potential political implications. It is also one that, at least initially, will provoke potentially difficult questions from his critics.

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From "Disaster Looms If GOP Changes Course On Gay Marriage" by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, posted at FOXNews.com 8/26/10

The Republican Party has an official position on same-sex marriage. It’s found in the 2008 GOP platform, which is the clear and uncontestable Republican position until the 2012 convention.

. . . The GOP platform could not be more explicit: Marriage is the union of one man and one woman. The fundamental institution of human civilization should be preserved as it has been known through the entirety of American history and Western civilization. Supporters of same-sex marriage had the full opportunity to make their case to the party. They made it, and they lost.

. . . Central to the Republican agenda is that the U.S. Constitution must be interpreted according to its original meaning. If the Constitution must be changed, then we do so democratically through the amendment process. Republicans demand that judges interpret the Constitution as written, not rewrite it from the bench.

The same judicial activism that Judge Walker in San Francisco displayed in declaring a constitutional right to same-sex marriage is the same activism that Republicans decry on every other front. It’s the same activism found in Roe v. Wade, declaring a right to abortion. It’s also the same activism that would uphold Obamacare as constitutional. It’s the same activism that declares foreign terrorists are protected by the Bill of Rights and habeas corpus.

You cannot have it both ways. Do you want to see Obamacare struck down as unconstitutional? Then you can’t have a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

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ENDA: Next Obamanation of Gay Agenda

Homosexual congressmen Barney Frank (D-Mass.) & Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) are promising that the next Pelosi ram-jam legislation will be the Employment Non-Discrimination Act -- the 'pièce de résistance' of the Gay Agenda.

ENDA would equate sexual deviancy rights to civil rights, thus requiring, for example, Christian schools to hire cross-dressing men.

UPDATE 4/22/10: “What ENDA could do is put transgender teachers in every classroom in America.”

-- From "ENDA Vote Coming Soon" by Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly 4/18/10

Legislation aimed at ending employment discrimination against LGBT people will be marked up in committee "this week or next," according to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). [bill HR 3017]

Frank, speaking to Metro Weekly after his appearance at the Victory Fund's annual Champagne Brunch, said the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – currently in the House Education and Labor Committee – has been "promised" a quick vote in the full House by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) once the bill leaves committee.

In the past month, Frank has been speaking with increased confidence and specificity about House passage of ENDA. The legislation, which has been introduced in different forms in Congress since 1994, would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity for employers with 15 or more employees.

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From "Barney And Barack's Anti-Religion Agenda" by J. Matt Barber, of Liberty Counsel posted at The Washington Times 4/18/10

According to its leftist proponents, ENDA would merely insulate people who choose to engage in homosexual conduct (sexual orientation) or those who suffer from gender confusion (gender identity) against employment intolerance. In truth, however, this legislation effectively would codify the very thing it purports to combat: workplace discrimination.

ENDA would force - under penalty of law - Christian, Jewish or Muslim business owners to adopt a secular-humanist viewpoint, ignoring all matters surrounding sexual morality while making hiring and firing decisions. Unlike race or sex, homosexual and cross-dressing behaviors are both volitional and mutable. Nonetheless, and despite the reality that such conduct is in direct conflict with every major world religion, thousands of years of history and uncompromising human biology, ENDA would compel business owners with 15 or more employees to leave sincerely held religious beliefs at the workplace door and submit to the demands of the homosexual activist lobby.

This is government-sanctioned viewpoint discrimination. It is no different from forcing a deeply religious business owner to hire and accommodate an "out and proud" adulterous "swinger." It directly alienates the unalienable rights of people of faith. It pits the government directly against the free exercise of religion and is, therefore, unconstitutional on its face.

During his second term, President George W. Bush issued a Statement of Administration Policy on ENDA, highlighting its unconstitutionality: "[ENDA] is inconsistent with the right to the free exercise of religion as codified by Congress in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)."

President Obama, however, has publicly endorsed the bill and promises to sign it into law should it pass. This is in perfect keeping with his demonstrated belief that the federal government's constitutionally limited powers are more of a suggestion than a requirement. Mr. Obama has appointed at least one like-minded ENDA heavy. Chai R. Feldblum is a lesbian activist and sexual nihilist lawyer who in the past has publicly supported legalized polygamy and bisexual polyamory.

When asked about the Christian business owner or religious organization that morally objects to hiring people openly engaged in the homosexual lifestyle, Ms. Feldblum snapped: "Gays win, Christians lose." And where Americans' constitutionally guaranteed right to religious liberty comes into conflict with the postmodern concept of homosexual "rights," Ms. Feldblum has admitted having "a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win."

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The companion Senate bill (S 1584) has 44 co-sponsors, including two Republicans

Embryo Destroyer: Mark Kirk, IL GOP Senate Candidate

Now he'd like a bill making Obama’s endorsement of stem cell research permanent, so it can’t be meddled with by some future right-wing, pro-life president.

-- From "Two-Faced Kirk Actually One-Faced on Stem Cells" by Edward McClelland, posted at NBC-TV5 Chicago 4/8/10

[Pro-abortion] Mark Kirk is in favor of [embryonic] stem cell research.

We've known this for years. Fact, in 2005, Kirk co-sponsored a bill overturning President George W. Bush’s ban on embryonic stem cell research. The bill passed, but was vetoed by the president [Bush].

. . . Kirk made himself look like a fool by promising to repeal health care reform, a promise he couldn’t keep. So now he has to stiff-arm conservatives to demonstrate to mainstream Illinoisans that he’s not a right-wing stooge. And he has to show that he can stay consistent on a controversial issue, in spite of pressure from the GOP’s Tea Party wing.

The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee is mocking Kirk’s ideological flexibility with a pseudo-comic titled “The Adventures of Two-Faced Kirk.”

It’s subtitled “His Position Is Based On Who Flips Him Coin,” and it criticizes Kirk for flip-flopping on health care repeal, federal ear marks, cap and trade and unemployment extensions.

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From "Kirk calls for permanent embryo experimentation funding" posted at Illinois Review 4/8/10

Indeed, the Republicans' candidate for U.S. Senate emphasized his support for using embryos in his introductory "Independent" political ad by emphasizing he was one of the few Republicans that opposed President George W. Bush limited experimentation on cell lines to those already existing at the time. It must be that Kirk fears his call for making taxpayer funding permanent would be rejected by a radically pro-abort Democratic Congress and president.

A press release from the Kirk for U.S. Senate campaign states [in part]:

As a member of the Congressional Stem Cell Whip Team, Congressman Mark Kirk has played a key role in rallying support for pluripotent [embryonic] stem cell research. In 2001, President Bush allowed limited federal research for only 21 adult cell lines. The Executive Order prohibited the use of many pluripotent stem cells and authorized only pre-existing cell lines.

In 2005, legislation backed by Congressman Kirk (H.R. 810) passed the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, authorizing federal funding for expanded pluripotent [embryonic] stem cell research. President Bush vetoed the legislation. In 2007, similar legislation passed the House with no action in the Senate.

Congressman Kirk will highlight legislation permanently authorizing President Obama’s Executive Order, ensuring that future administrations cannot overturn federal support for pluripotent stem cell research.

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Tea Party Nationwide Campaign Against IL Mark Kirk

Liberal GOP candidate for Obama's former U.S. Senate seat, Mark Kirk, has long been targeted by Illinois tea parties, but now is also being targeted by Tea Party Nation, sponsor of next month's convention headlined by Sarah Palin.

-- From "Tea Party Uses (Republican) Scott Brown's Victory To Target (Republican) Mark Kirk" by Christina Bellantoni, TPM Media 1/20/10

Tea Party Nation members spent less than an hour celebrating Republican Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts before they got to work to end another Republican's Senate candidacy.

. . . the "next battle" is in Illinois to make sure Rep. Mark Kirk does not win the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

The primary is Feb. 2 and the Tea Party Nation warns that if Kirk (R-IL) wins, "this fall Illinois will have a choice between two liberals for the Illinois Senate seat." They call Kirk a "RINO," which stands for Republican In Name Only, with a "consistently liberal" record compared to Pat Hughes, who they called a "solid Conservative."

[From] the Tea Party Nation email . . .

Mark Kirk is one of 8 Republican Congressmen who voted for Cap & Trade. His voting record is consistently liberal. Illinois voters do have a choice on February 2.

Pat Hughes is a solid Conservative who is running for the Republican Nomination.

Now that Scott Brown has won, consider donating your time and money to support Pat Hughes' campaign.

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Tea Party Rallies Against IL GOP Favorite Son Kirk

Chicago south suburban Tea Party, which claims nation's largest 2009 local gathering, organized to defeat Republican leading candidate for Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

UPDATE 2/12/10: Primary Winner Mark Kirk Backed by John McCain

UPDATE 1/11/10: Mark Kirk loss would "severely shake the foundations of the GOP establishment"

UPDATE 1/9/10: New York Times - Is Kirk too liberal?

UPDATE 1/7/10: Florida Tea Party "turns guns" on GOP leadership

So-called Tea Party groups show opposition to incumbents and career politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, nationwide.

NOTE: Video NOT related to article below

-- From "Tea Party Folks Are your neighbors" by Phil Kadner, Southtown Star Sun-Times Media 1/7/10

"We're here to protect the Constitution," Homer Glen resident Mary Lou Benakovich informed me. "We're pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-tax and oppose RINOs running for office."

"Republicans in name only, RINO," Benakovich explained. "Mark Kirk . . . is a RINO."

This was billed by some as an anti-Kirk rally. Literature distributed at the rally labeled Kirk "pro homosexual," "pro abortion," "a gun grabber" and "tax and spender."

"He's worse than Obama because Obama's a Democrat," Benakovich said. "Kirk claims he's a Republican, but he's a traitor to everything the party is supposed to stand for."

Claris Van Kuiken, 55, of New Lenox, said she joined the movement because she fears politicians are not only attempting to undermine the country but Christian institutions as well, with a vision of a one-world government and occultism.

Stephen J. Balich, the Homer Township clerk and a leader of the Will County Tea Party Alliance, said the group's members are neither Democrats nor Republicans - just voters trying to take their country back.

Every person I spoke with was so bursting with enthusiasm for the cause that I had trouble taking notes.

One man told me he's tired of writing letters to politicians in Washington only to get form letters back saying, "Thank you for writing. Now I'm going to vote the way I want to."

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IL Pro-abortion: GOP Mark Kirk & All Dems. Agree

To fill Obama's former Senate seat, the February Illinois primary election ballot reflects the state's soaring abortion rates. The Democrat ballot favors abortion 100%, while the Republican ballot is headed by the media's favorite (homosexual?) Mark Kirk.

In contrast, GOP candidate Patrick Hughes says he believes that life begins at conception: "I would vote for more restrictions on abortion and help protect the lives of every American, born and unborn."

UPDATE 9/25/10: Only Pro-life Illinois Senate Candidate is Libertarian

UPDATE 6/6/10: Mark Kirk solicits Planned Parenthood support

UPDATE 2/12/10: Primary Winner Mark Kirk Backed by John McCain

-- From "Illinois U.S. Senate election: Abortion issue divides candidates" by Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune reporter 1/4/10

Responding to a Tribune survey on social issues, contenders for the Feb. 2 Democratic and Republican primary nominations for the U.S. Senate generally spoke of the need to encourage programs to reduce abortion in the country. But they diverged when asked how they would vote on abortion policy.

Democrats Alexi Giannoulias, Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman, Jacob Meister and Robert Marshall all said they backed a woman's right to have an abortion. Among Republicans, Pat Hughes, John Arrington and Kathleen Thomas expressed support for more restrictive policies on abortion, while Mark Kirk, a five-term congressman, supported abortion rights.

The Republican split reflects the division among GOP voters on abortion, with core conservatives opposing it and social moderates supporting abortion rights to some degree.

A Tribune poll last month of likely Republican primary voters found half believe more restrictions should be placed on abortion, 32 percent said current regulations should remain in place and only 8 percent said fewer restrictions should be imposed. In 2008, the most recent year from which state statistics are available, 47,717 abortions were performed in Illinois.

Thomas, a Springfield researcher at the state's historic preservation agency, said she would "work to remove the abortion issue from the federal realm to the states" for regulation. Arrington, a Harvey resident who is the lone African-American Republican contender, said opposing abortion was "a passion and a priority for me" and contended that the procedure is a "silent genocide" in the black community.

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IL GOP Senate Candidate Kirk Reportedly Homosexual

Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk, who resigned his seat to run for Barack Obama's former Senate seat, has long been targeted by Democrats to be outed as a homosexual AFTER he's on the Senate Republican ticket, but in a surprise move, GOP "renegades" have outed Kirk in advance of the February primary election.

UPDATE 4/2/13 - Washington Post: Mark Kirk joins gay marriage parade

UPDATE 5/9/11: Congressman Aaron Schock photo spread admired by gay publications

UPDATE 8/25/10: Gay Mark Kirk & Gay Aaron Schock subject to blackmail by both GOP & Dems

UPDATE 6/3/10: (Video) Mark Kirk says "I hope to remarry one day" (to a woman).


UPDATE 6/2/10 Dem gay activists out Mark Kirk: Huffington Post -- NBC Chicago

UPDATE 5/31/10: Once he is outed, "Republicans will abandon Kirk not because he is gay, oddly enough, but because he is a liar and a hypocrite."

UPDATE 5/28/10: Kirk votes AGAINST gays in military.

UPDATE 2/12/10: Primary Winner Mark Kirk Backed by John McCain

UPDATE 1/7/10: Mark Kirk says he's not gay; mainstream media "closes book" on issue

UPDATE 1/8/10: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"

UPDATE 12/28/09: Chicago Tribune 'blames messenger' for questioning Kirk's honesty

UPDATE 12/29/09: Ramification of the accusation

-- From "GOP opponent claims front-runner Mark Kirk is gay in attack ad" by Abdon M. Pallasch, Political Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times 12/28/09

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate, finds himself the object of an unusual attack ad from one of his lesser-known opponents.

"Illinois Republican leader Jack Roeser says there is a 'solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual,'" [GOP Senate primary candidate Andy] Martin says in [a political] ad. "Roeser suggests that Kirk is part of a Republican Party homosexual club. Lake County Illinois Republican leader Ray True says Kirk has surrounded himself with homosexuals. Mark Kirk should tell Republican voters the truth."

Kirk, a U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, was unavailable for comment because he is on active duty over the holidays, said spokesman Eric Elk.

But Elk issued this statement on his behalf: "The ad is not true and is degrading to the political process. The people of Illinois deserve better."

"You've got Mark Kirk, who's been so strong on his homosexuals so long that the solid rumor is that he himself is a homosexual," Roeser said on the [radio] program, adding, "Who, in Christ's name, needs to get themselves identified as a freak in the sexual department?" They named other Illinois Republicans they suspect are gay.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Patrick Brady blasted Martin and the ad, saying, "The Illinois Republican Party disavows the statements made today by Mr. Andrew Martin [who] will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican candidate by the Illinois Republican Party."

Another candidate in the crowded Republican primary for senate, Patrick Hughes, denounced Martin's ad, saying, "Republican voters will not support Mark Kirk in the primary because of his liberal voting record, in particular his vote on cap-and-trade. This morning's controversial radio ad is just another personal attack that has no place in this primary and should not be taken seriously by voters."

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From "What Chicago Democrats are planning to do to out Republicans Mark Kirk and Aaron Schock" posted by [pro-homosexual] "hillbuzz" 12/18/09
We are giving you clear and present warnings of what Democrats are going to do to bring down two Republicans in the future — one next year, and the other when he himself tries to run for the Senate. Both of these disasters can be avoided if these two men just came out of the closet.

We are, of course, talking about Mark Kirk and [Illinois Congressman] Aaron Schock.

Kirk’s case is more pressing because Alexi Giannoulias, the scion of the Broadway Bank mob banking family, is poised to win the Democrats’ nomination. The plan is to out Kirk during the general election to suppress conservative vote, and thus ensure Giannoulias carries the state. One of the key factors being considered is that, while Giannoulias is not black, and the black community will be upset a black candidate is not replacing [current Senator Roland] Burris, [the controversial appointment to the vacated Obama Senate seat,] black voters will turn out to keep a gay man from being elected to the Senate. They will turn out to vote AGAINST Kirk, not FOR Giannoulias. Homophobia will help drive their vote, the same way it did in California to pass Prop-8. There is nobody on Earth the black community loves to stick it to more than a white gay man. They will vote gleefuly, and thanks to ACORN, often.

We were told that during the general election the Giannoulias campaign will release, through surrogates, lurid details of exactly what goes on at the home Kirk shares with this other man in Washington. It was implied this other man is in fact another gay Illinois Congressman. Apparently, it’s all between consenting adult males, so there are no Mark Foley scandals heading Kirk’s way, but he’s going to be painted as an untrustworthy liar…he’ll be ridiculed and mocked for his dishonesty, and his marital failings…and Republican voters that need to turn out to defeat Giannoulias will sit their butts home, the way they enjoy doing when they think they are “teaching the GOP a lesson”. It is exactly what happened with Jack Ryan all over again.

We have no idea who Kirk’s “roommate” is in Washington, DC. It sure would be interesting to chime in if you know — because in a few months, this is all people will be talking about.

It is an open secret [Congressman Aaron Schock] is gay…and we finally got confirmation that Democrats do, indeed, have photos of Schock out in Chicago with other men. We’ve been hearing for months this was true, and we’ve seen Schock with our own eyes out in Boystown, having very indiscrete times with Aberzombie sorts of guys. Apparently, he has a boyfriend back in Peoria everyone knows about too. Dems we know here in Chicago had asked us to try to get pics of Schock in MiniBar or other spots in Boystown, but we never got pictures of him. Well, we found out on Wednesday that others do have the pictures. But, they will be held for years until Schock tries to run for Senate himself.

It is widely expected Schock will run for Senate in 2014, to challenge Dick Durbin.

We believe if Schock comes out now…or even waits until just after the 2010 election, he can run in 2014 as an out and proud gay man and win that Senate seat. We promise you, if he does this, we will personally campaign for him. By all accounts, he is a decent and smart guy, and is certainly hard-working.

Schock needs to come clean and not lie to voters.

. . . some of you out there say “that’s none of anyone’s business”. Well, it is indeed everyone’s business because these men are all deceiving the people they are asking to vote for them. They say they are one thing, but then they do another.

These are all open secrets in Chicago . . .

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Pro-abortion: Mark Kirk and All Illinois Dem. Senate Candidates Agree

Illinois Pro-abortion Congressmen Snub Citizens' Public Questions
Republican-in-name-only Senate candidate, whose House voting record is virtually 100% liberal on social issues, is now masquerading as a conservative.

Mark Kirk sponsors pro-homosexual H.R. 3017 Employment Non-discrimination Act

New Pro-homosexual Hate Crimes Bill by IL Congressman Mark Kirk