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Muslims Turned Christian Pay the Price At least 14 Islamic states make it illegal to convert from Islam. In some, it is punishable by death.

Civics Education 101: The Case for Good Citizenship -  By Alan B. Bookman - Nearly 44,000 Florida residents willingly -- in fact, quite happily -- recently faced a challenging test of their knowledge of our government and its history, and they all passed. You may be surprised to learn the test takers were all immigrants to the United States taking the examination for citizenship. You may be even more surprised to learn that most native-born Americans, and most Floridians, are not required to take a civics course and many would be unable to pass a similar test. In fact, according to the Florida Law Related Education Association, here in Florida less than 10 percent of our counties require civics instruction in the schools. As a result, many children, like their parents, are in the dark when it comes to the light of democracy. They have only a vague, and often inaccurate, picture of our government. Read more now.

Institute for Marriage and Public Policy (iMAPP) Study: The Demand for SSM - What proportion of gay and lesbian people choose to marry, when the option is legally available? In a new study, the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy offers the first estimates of the proportion of gay people choosing to enter a same-sex marriage in every jurisdiction of the world where official same- sex marriage statistics are available, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Massachusetts, and 9 of 13 Canadian provinces and territories. Gary Gates of the Williams Project at UCLA law (and a leading demographer of gays and lesbians) said “This fascinating study provides important information about the willingness of lesbians and gay men to marry in jurisdictions where marriage is available to them.” For a copy, email Josh Baker, joshua@imapp.org.

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It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ.  For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here. Patrick Henry

MinuteMenHQ.com - GO SHOPPING ON MONDAY – Spend American dollars at law abiding American businesses only, and avoid establishments that hire illegally. Check www.wehirealiens.com for lists of businesses in your state hiring illegally. (Use the Search Employers link and enter your state.)

Groups Endorse Risk Audit as Tool to Fight Homosexual Agenda in Schools Several pro-family, conservative groups are backing a new method of assessing the extent of homosexual activism at work in public schools. The "Risk Audit Project" involves a comprehensive survey to measure the promotion of homosexuality in a given public school district. Risk Audit: A Tool for Measuring Homosexual Promotion in Local Schools

Petition to U.S. Senators for Preserving Traditional One-Man/One-Woman Marriage in America

American Minute with Bill Federer May 1 - May 1, 305 AD, the most powerful man in the world, Emperor Diocletian, stepped down from ruling Rome. Two years prior he began a systematic persecution of Christians, intending to exterminate them. He forbade worship, burned books, arrested clergy, and demanded pagan sacrifices. From Europe to North Africa, hundreds were martyred. Suddenly Diocletian was struck with a painful intestinal disease and resigned. Eight years later Emperor Constantine ended persecution of Christians. In 1984, President Reagan said: "In the fourth century, a monk thought he heard God telling him to go to Rome... He followed a crowd into the Coliseum and saw the gladiators. He realized they were going to fight to the death. He cried out, 'In the Name of Christ, stop!'...made his way through the crowd and climbed the wall into the arena... As he was pleading with the gladiators...one of them plunged his sword into his body...his last words were, 'In the Name of Christ, stop!' Suddenly the gladiators stood looking at this tiny form...In dead silence, everyone left. That was the last battle in the Coliseum. One tiny voice...'In the Name of Christ, stop!' We could be saying that today."

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The Lasting Impact of the Azusa Street Revival This month, 600 million Pentecostals and Charismatics trace their particular faith back to its humble origins 100 years ago. Official Azusa Street Revival Page Who Was William J. Seymour? When the Holy Spirit poured out a small church group in Los Angeles, history was unfolding right before William J. Seymour's eyes. Take a look at the ordinary man who witnessed the extraordinary power of God.