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July 10,  2007 -  Taking America for Granted

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Election 2008 - (Voting Resources)

Condemning divisiveness by being divisive Joseph Farah (RenewAmerica.us) You've got to hand it to Barack Obama. He used his presidential campaign speech to a church to call for separation of church and state and then divided himself from the "religious right" by labeling the movement "divisive." Not every rhetorician could get away with that kind of sleight of mouth . . .

Lieberman: Soros' Views 'Anti-American' Ronald Kessler (NewsMax.com) Taking aim at billionaire George Soros, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman calls Soros' views on America "so negative, so critical, and so often anti-American." ..."This is the danger � somebody who has real potential like Obama gets co-opted by people whose hostile view of America and how to protect it and advance it is so different from mine and the views of most Americans," Lieberman says. (See also: George Soros)

Same-sex Relationships - (Same-sex Marriage)

Failed Applicant Sues Bar Examiners Over Test Question on Gay Marriage (Law.com) Stephen Dunne said the question required applicants to "affirmatively accept, support and promote homosexual marriage and homosexual parenting."

Taxation without virtuous representation (Taxes & Economy)

Congress Presses Private Equity Tax Hikes: Why You Should Care (CFIF.org) Tax Increase Would Punish Everyday Americans, Penalize Entrepreneurship and Drive Capital Overseas

Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell, Pornography, Pedophilia (Information & Resources)

Adult Stem Cells: A Cure-All? (CBNnews.com) New evidence shows that it's the so-called 'adult stem cells' -- like those from umbilical cord blood -- that are providing the only human success stories.

Hollywood, Video Games & Television (Parents & Children Resources)

Second Amendment (Second Amendment)

Liberal Baptists hold demonstration for church-state separation (OneNewsNow.com) Most of the time when one hears about religious groups converging on Washington, DC, it involves conservative Christians gathering to make their voices heard. But that's not always the case. A coalition of liberal Baptist groups rallied on the U.S. Capitol grounds this week in support of their agenda. ...Representative Chet Edwards (D-Texas) told the gathering that some conservative politicians are "doing great harm to religion" by "tearing down the wall of separation between church and state." The nine-term congressman denounced congressional initiatives he claims would reinstate "government-sanctioned" school prayer, "legalize religious discrimination in job hiring," and "provide direct tax funding of houses of worship." (Hmm? See America's Christian Heritage)

Our National Alienation & Amnesia How do we ask our children to fight, and perhaps die, for a country they do not know? By William J. Bennett (NationalReview.com) Two years ago, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told the U.S. Senate that American History was our nation�s worst subject in school.

From the Pulpit to the Battlefield (CBNNews.com - LEXINGTON, Massachusetts) CBN News filed this report from the site of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. There have been many books written on our nation's beginnings, but what is not commonly known is the crucial role that churches and Christians played in defending and founding what was to become the United States of America. ..."Almost all of the MinuteMen were Christians, that's the first thing we need to understand," said Tom Barrett, editor and publisher of Conservativetruth.org. "They believed that all authority was subject to the authority of God, and they knew they were doing the will of God by fighting oppression.

Some thought provoking truths from Zell Miller about our Country and Culture (OnePlace.com) ~30 minute audio

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