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July 2004 DOMA NEWS

Dobson: Senators 'cowed' by homosexual lobbyists

Most prepared  & trying to vote against Federal Marriage Amendment - Keep Calling !!


Posted: July 14, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

As the Senate debates the Federal Marriage Amendment, supporters of the measure charge a number of lawmakers are afraid to vote according to their inclinations because they fear the homosexual lobby.

"Many of them are bobbing and weaving from day to day," says James Dobson, whose new political lobby group, Focus Action, has taken on the proposed amendment as its first issue.

"A distressing number of U.S. senators and congressmen are being cowed by the homosexual lobby and are afraid to support the amendment," Dobson said in a letter to supporters of the lobby group yesterday. "Indeed, many of them who ran as conservatives are running instead for the tall grass."

Focus Action is registered as a separate, sister organization to Focus on the Family, allowing it to engage in direct political lobbying and campaigning.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has scheduled a cloture vote for today to prevent Democrats from filibustering. But Minority Leader Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., says the amendment's supporters won't get the 60 votes they need to force a final up or down vote.

Gary Bauer, a former GOP presidential candidate lobbying for the amendment, says there is only one way to interpret the outcome of the procedural vote: "Senators who support traditional marriage will vote for cloture. Senators who support homosexual 'marriage' will vote against cloture."

President Bush supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, but Sen. John Kerry and his running mate Sen. John Edwards are opposed. The Democratic candidates say they are against same-sex marriage but want to leave the matter to the states. Kerry's spokesman said both would be present if a final vote came up but not for a procedural vote.

The proposed amendment reads: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than of a man and a woman."

To pass, the measure requires approval of two-thirds of the Senate – 67 votes – and two-thirds of the House, then three-fourths of the 50 state legislatures. But Dobson believes 64 senators are prepared to vote against it, which he calls an "outrage."

He said he is encouraged, however, by several senators "on the fence" who called his group's offices to communicate their support.

Bauer says "tens of thousands" of citizens have flooded the Capitol Hill switchboard and congressional offices with phone calls in favor of the amendment, virtually shutting down many senators' communications systems.Keep Calling !!!

But Dobson says some lawmakers have given "ridiculous excuses" for not backing the measure.

"Some of them claim they are unwilling to 'tamper' with the U.S. Constitution, as though it is somehow evil to change it," he says. 

Meanwhile, many of these same senators welcome — and even encourage — the tactics of Liberal activist judges who regularly amend the Constitution not by democratic means, but by independent judicial decree!

He cites some examples of Senators who are planning to vote AGAINST DOMA:


"Marriage should be reserved to relationships between a man and a woman. Only these pairings can produce children. But I do not believe an amendment to the Constitution of the United States is the appropriate answer at this time." – Sen. Kent Conrad, D, N.D.

"Changing the Constitution of the United States of America is a very serious business and should only be used as a last resort." – Sen. Max Baucus, D, Mont.

"I have a deep reverence for our Constitution, and believe it should be amended only when absolutely necessary." – Sen. John Edwards, D, N.C.

"Our Constitution has traditionally been used to expand rights, not to restrict rights, and I do not support amending it." – Senator Carl Levin, D, Mich.

"I believe that 'marriage' should be reserved to a woman and a man, based on the long tradition and religious context of the institution. But I see no need for a constitutional amendment." – Sen. Bob Graham, D, Fla.

Marriage between a man and a woman is an honored social and sacred institution that dates back thousands of years in civilization. It is for this reason that I am opposed to same sex marriages. However, I do not support amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same sex marriage at this time." – Sen. Chuck Hagel, R, Neb.

"Though I oppose gay marriage, I believe a constitutional amendment is neither appropriate nor necessary." – Harry Reid, D, Nev.

Dobson says another "phony excuse" is that marriage is a state issue.The DOMA legislation will have to go through State Houses even after it is passed, in order for it to become a formal amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

Defense of Marriage ? Impending DEFEAT OF D.O.M.A.

(Defense of Marriage Act)

(Temporary setback towards permanent Progress)

Supporters are trying to bring the DOMA legislation to a vote next week, currently there are not enough votes. We were shocked to learn that senators - even in conservative midwestern states - were not planning on supporting this amendment!

If you support the amendment, take the time to e-mail your Senator - they do listen if they hear enough voices, and we undertstand they are not receiving much in the way of support for this amendment.

Here is a link to contact your Senators:

http://www.senate.gov/index.htm 

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL - Simulcast

July 11th Simulcast: Join Us Via TV, Web, or Radio

Days before the Senate votes on the marriage protection amendment, Dr. James Dobson, Chuck Colson, former Seattle Seahawk Ken Hutcherson and FRC Pres. Tony Perkins will broadcast a program called, "The Battle for Marriage: Imminent Vote." If your church has not yet signed up for this vital program, please call your church today and ask that they do so.

This program will give you all the latest information on the status of the amendment vote, and how you can get involved in this important battle for the future of our country. To sign up for this program via TV or webcast

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The Seduction of Our Youth: Christian Parents Are Discovering It CAN Happen Here 


This may well be one of the most important articles to be published. It is written in response to numerous conversations I have had recently with concerned Christians--including hurting parents and troubled pastors. The concern is over the disturbing trend of Christian teens being lured away from biblical faith and morality into a distorted, self-focused, relativistic spirituality with broad, muddied sexual boundaries.

What they are learning through different forms of media and in school is impacting a growing number of our young people.

Not long back the National Education Association and American Psychological Association published and distributed a pamphlet entitled: Just the Facts, sending it to school superintendents. The coalition's aim was as follows: 

1) to advise schools against sexual-reorientation therapy. 
2) to warn administrators that gay clubs must be accepted; 
3) to caution schools about scientific literature that presents heterosexuality as the norm.[1] 

I have mentioned on numerous occasions that most of the American public--including Christians are clueless as to the diabolical, systematic agenda the gay community has meticulously carried out over the past thirty years.

For example, the removal of homosexuality as a psychological disorder from the American Psychiatric Association's DSM (Diagnostic Statical Manual) in the early 1970's was not the result of convincing, newly discovered evidence which clearly established the theory that this sexual orientation and expression was genetic (in-born). 

On the contrary, it was the result of powerful, subversive gay activism.

Full Story Here (Exodus)