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A statewide political action committee serving home schoolers for more than 20 years
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May 23, 2009
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I Don't Advocate Secession
by Governor Rick Perry
About a month ago, I stood with a bipartisan group of Texas legislators to speak in support of a resolution honoring the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The resolution simply restates the Constitution's principle of federalism - that powers not granted to the national government, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the people.
From the Midwest to the Pacific, Job Seekers are Heading to Texas
Across the nation, unemployment is sky-high, the housing market is sucking wind and recessionary fears have frozen Americans in place.
Texas Primary Could Help define GOP of Future
As the GOP struggles nationally to redefine itself, the debate over what it means to be a Republican is playing out in Texas, too, through Kay Bailey Hutchison's challenge to Gov. Rick Perry.
Texas House Takes Moderate Direction
The Texas House, tightly controlled by conservatives just a couple of years ago, has become downright moderate.
Martinez: Looking after the Interests of the Blue Collar Worker
Every now and then a bill comes to the floor of the House or Senate that allows a state legislator an opportunity to really "vote their district."
Hutchison Supporters Seek Apology from Perry over Strategist's Comment
A group of Kay Bailey Hutchison supporters is demanding an apology from Rick Perry, saying his top political strategist insulted her by invoking the imagery of a brothel.
Plan to Change Sex Ed in Texas Fails
A bill geared to help reduce childhood obesity erupted into a fight Wednesday in the Texas House over the way sex education is taught in the state's public schools.
Technicality Shoots Down States' Rights Bill
A Republican-launched initiative embraced by Gov. Rick Perry, exhorting Congress to affirm states' rights as outlined in the 10th Amendment, was shot down Tuesday by a lone Democrat on a point of parliamentary procedure.
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Notre Dame Cheers, Jeers Obama
Engaging the culture war directly, President Obama made a plea Sunday at the University of Notre Dame for both sides to talk to each other with "open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words" on abortion and other fiery issues.
Obama Restarts Bush-Era Gitmo Tribunals
President Obama on Friday announced plans to restart the military commissions launched under President Bush to try some suspected terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay detention site, sparking fresh anger from liberal and human rights groups who had hoped Mr. Obama's election signaled a clean break with Bush-era policies.
Dick Cheney and Hill Democrats Put Barack Obama on the Defensive on Torture
For the first time in his presidency, Americans are getting a glimpse of Barack Obama on defense. Over the past few weeks, Obama has been back on his heels over torture and terror, issues on which he surely thought he had the upper hand.
Obama, Cheney Clash over Terrorism
President Obama on Thursday vigorously defended his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention site but said some terrorist suspects would be held indefinitely, setting up the prospect of a painstaking fight with Congress over relocating detainees to the United States and disappointing supporters critical of what they saw as a concession to Bush-era policies.
Obama in No Hurry to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
President Obama's campaign vow to end the ban on gays in the military -- and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forces thousands of military personnel to stay in the closet -- appears to be driven now by a strategy of "don't rush."
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CIA Rejects Deceit Charge from Pelosi
President Obama's CIA chief told employees in a blunt message Friday that it was not agency "policy or practice to mislead Congress," one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused intelligence officials of lying to her and other lawmakers about the use of harsh interrogation methods against terrorist suspects.
Poll: More Americans 'Pro-Life'
More Americans now say they are "pro-life" than "pro-choice," according to a Gallup poll released Friday.
GOP: Resurgence or R.I.P.?
by Ken Connor
Contrary to popular reports by Democrats and members of the chattering class, the Republican Party is not dead-not yet.
Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich
by Art Laffer and Stephen Moore
With states facing nearly $100 billion in combined budget deficits this year, we're seeing more governors than ever proposing the Barack Obama solution to balancing the budget: Soak the rich. Lawmakers in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Oregon want to raise income tax rates on the top 1% or 2% or 5% of their citizens. New Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn wants a 50% increase in the income tax rate on the wealthy because this is the "fair" way to close his state's gaping deficit.
Climate Change: GOP Turns on Business to Fight Measure
Senate Republicans have come up with a novel way to fight the climate change bill working its way through the House: Tee off on Big Business, and tie it around the neck of the Democrats.
California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders
Direct democracy has once again upended California - enough so that the state may finally consider another way by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years.
Democrats in Senate Block Money to Close Guantánamo
In an abrupt shift, Senate Democratic leaders said they would not provide the $80 million that President Obama requested to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The move escalates pressure on the president, who on Thursday is scheduled to outline his plans for the 240 terrorism suspects still held there.
Pelosi Taking 'Wrecking Ball' to CIA Morale, Hoekstra Says
In disparaging the CIA and accusing the agency of lying last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become a "wrecking ball" to the morale of officers risking their lives in the field, the top Republican on the House intelligence committee said Tuesday.
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Burning Bibles?
by Gary Bauer
After weeks of rumors, Jake Tapper of ABC News has confirmed that Bibles sent to U.S. troops in Afghanistan were confiscated and destroyed. The Bibles were translated into the predominate Afghan languages and were intended as gifts U.S. soldiers could give to the people. The Pentagon said the Bibles were a violation of regulations prohibiting proselytizing and could endanger the lives of our forces in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation.
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Immediate Action Needed - Support Don McLeroy
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Don McLeroy, State Board of Education member, needs your help to be confirmed as chairman of the SBOE, which requires two-thirds of the 31 Texas state senators to vote in favor of him.
Don McLeroy has been unfairly attacked by some because of his personal religious beliefs as a Christian. He is also a supporter of home school freedoms.
We need you to call your state senator today and tell him or her to please support Don McLeroy as Chairman of the State Board of Education!
Click here to find your Texas state senator.
From the Dallas Morning News....
Republican Don McLeroy's nomination as chairman of the State Board of Education was revived Wednesday when a Senate committee finally voted to recommend him to the full Senate.
McLeroy, whose nomination has been held in the Senate Nominations Committee for several weeks because of Democratic opposition, won a 4-2 vote of the panel and will be considered by the full Senate next week - the last week of the current session.
If he does not receive at least a two-thirds vote of the chamber - a minimum 21 of 31 senators - he will lose his chairmanship in June. McLeroy was appointed chairman by Gov. Rick Perry in July 2007, but the appointment did not come up for Senate confirmation until this year.
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Texas Home School Coalition | PO Box 6747 | Lubbock | TX | 79493
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Stop Senate Bill 909 Hate Crimes Legislation
S. 909 is unconscionable as it empowers the federal government to police thought and criminalize free speech.
In the case of a violent action against any of the protected classes - pedophiles, homosexuals, etc.- according to the legislative intent recorded when the bill passed the House and the ambiguous language ("sexual orientation", "gender identity", etc.) of the bill itself, not only is the perpetrator of the "crime" but also anyone who influenced his thinking (like his pastor) subject to federal criminal prosecution, fines and imprisonment and some ten years in prison minimum.
Funds are provided for aggressive prosecution of perpetrators. Pastors WILL be arrested.
Call your Congressman and US Senator, and ask them to vote No to hates crimes, as this legislation will be used to prosecute Christians. Call the toll free number to the Senate Switchboard and ask for your Senator at 877-851-6437. Call Capitol Switchboard: 800-965-4701 (202) 224-3121 Call Now!!!
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Can you explain to your family that the gay life style is wrong?
Or should gays have protected civil rights?
Can your children explain what is right or wrong on this issue?
Take advantage of the heat of this moment to see what the Bible says and be able to defend your convictions:
Leviticus 18:22, 24
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind, it is abomination. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things
Deuteronomy 23:17-18
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
2 Kings 23:3, 7
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the L ORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
Romans 1:26-27
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their woman did change the natural use into that which is against nature.
And like wise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another: men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge
Read more about what the Bible teaches at: http://nosamesexmarriage.com/
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