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Fired U of I Professor Vindicated
U of I says Kenneth Howell will continue as adjunct professorEditor's Note: There's some good news from the academic front for a change. Attorneys representing the University of Illinois contacted the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) to inform them that Dr. Kenneth Howell will be permitted to teach courses again Fall Semester. (See story below.)
This is, indeed, good news, but, unfortunately it comes right on the heels of an academic travesty. Julea Ward, a graduate student in Eastern Michigan University's counseling program, lost her case against the school. She was kicked out of the program when she referred a homosexual client to another counselor because of a conflict between her religious beliefs and counseling someone on a homosexual relationship. Ms. Ward was told that in order to remain in the program, she would have to engage in "remediation," in order to change her beliefs. She refused remediation, was interrogated, mocked, and ultimately dismissed from the program. With the help of the ADF, she sued, and lost. The ADF plans on appealing the decision. (Read more HERE.) ~Laurie Higgins The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana confirmed to Alliance Defense Fund attorneys Thursday that it will once again allow popular professor Dr. Kenneth Howell to teach on Catholicism after recently firing him for explaining the Roman Catholic Church's position on human sexual behavior to members of his class.
ADF attorneys representing Howell sent a letter to university officials on July 12 explaining that the university's actions violated his rights protected by the First Amendment and asked that he be reinstated.
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Anything Can Air During TV Family Hour?
On July 24, a column entitled "The trouble with outlawing porn" appeared in the New York Post. Authored by Jacob Sullum, the column was prompted by two recent federal court decisions, one of which invalidated the FCC's broadcast indecency law enforcement policy, and the other of which dismissed obscenity charges against a commercial distributor of hardcore pornography. Supportive of both decisions, Sullum said the cases "show that prohibiting vaguely defined categories of speech undermine the rule of law as well as freedom of expression."
Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media Inc., commented:
I wouldn't dispute Mr. Sullum's observation that the FCC's current guidelines for enforcing the broadcast indecency law are "muddled." He might have added that the guidelines have become muddled in good part because of court decisions. But do broadcasters really need additional guidance to determine which indecent words they can air in the presence of children and how often?
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America's Moral Whiteout
It has become an up-side down world. Arguments are being made, and heard, that a generation ago would have been considered absurd. Groups espousing homosexuality get favorable press while the Boy Scouts are excoriated. Marriage is mocked, honesty is considered naive and lying is "smart." Cultural "leaders" teach that abstinence is "prudish" and promiscuity is "normal."
America is in trouble.
If you have ever driven in a blizzard, you may have experienced a "whiteout." It is a situation where you can see nothing but the blowing snow in all directions. Imagine flying a plane in such a situation and you understand how a pilot could become disoriented, lose his bearings and crash.
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Before you contribute to Breast Cancer Fundraising Organizations....
The tragedy of losing a loved one to cancer is becoming more prevalent these days as scientists and the medical field are beleagured to find the causes, treatment and cure. Breast cancer disease is striking ever-younger women in epidemic proportions, and that alarming message is being used by breast cancer fundraising groups to raise multi-millions of dollars for continuing research.
Scientists have identified some risk factors:
-Never having given birth or not giving birth until after age 30. -Not breast feeding.
-A pregnancy, especially a first pregnancy which resulted in either a premature birth before 32 weeks of pregnancy.
-Prolonged use of hormonal, steroid-laced contraceptives, especially before a first full term pregnancy.
-Personal history of other cancers; ovarian, uterine, etc.
-Family history of breast cancer in mother, sister, daughter, etc., genetic mutations.
-Early onset of menstrual periods [before age 12] or late onset of menopause [after age 55].
-At least 5 years of combined hormone replacement therapy.
-Chronic alcohol and tobacco use.
-Dietary fat - obesity.
-Carcinogenic environmental factors.
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Americans for Truth about Homosexuality Academy
Editor's Note: IFI's Laurie Higgins will be participating in this Truth Academy. If you have read any of Laurie's articles or heard her speak on the radio or in person, you know how well she uses reason and logic to parse the arguments of the Left. Please consider attending one or more of these days. ~David E. Smith, IFI's Executive Director Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH) is presenting a Truth Academy from August 5-7 at the Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights. The curriculum and speakers are listed below and also attached. Please consider attending some of these sessions and passing this information on to your e-mail list.
The homosexual agenda is sweeping over our country endangering our young people and the health of America. It is important to be well informed on the issues, to be able to talk to others about the current laws and the proposals to change the definition of marriage and to protect our military from repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Please help us to publicize this program.
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 | The new Illinois law requires the creation of a fifteen-member Task Force
Take ACTION:Click HERE to send an email or fax to Illinois State School Superintendent Dr. Christopher Koch to urge him to exclude from the School Anti-Bullying Task Force, representatives from homosexual advocacy organizations, and urge him to include a student who was bullied for reasons unrelated to homosexuality or Gender Identity Disorder. |
Illinoisans Duped by "Anti-Bullying Act "
Editor's Note: This is perhaps one of Laurie's most important articles exposing the radical agenda in our public schools. Please read, take action, and then share this extremely important information with your neighbors, relatives, and friends. David E. Smith, IFI's Executive Director Bullying in schools is a serious problem that must be addressed. In a misguided, poorly reasoned attempt to address it, Illinois legislators recently passed the disastrous "School Anti-Bullying Act" (SB 3266).
The problem of bullying did not necessitate any new state laws in that virtually every school in the state has more than adequate anti-bullying policy. The problem is not with a lack of policy, and the solution is certainly not this new, poorly constructed law.
For those who naively believe that "anti-bullying" policies, programs, and legislation are centrally about ending bullying, please note where and when Governor Pat Quinn signed into law the Illinois "School Anti-Bullying Act." The symbolism of the time and place of the signing ceremony points to the real purpose of the legislation, which is to exploit legitimate anti-bullying sentiment and Illinois public schools to undermine traditional beliefs about the nature and morality of homosexuality and Gender Identity Disorder. If this legislation were not a Trojan Horse for getting homosexuality-affirming resources into public schools and were truly about addressing all forms of bullying, why would Quinn sign it into law on the Sunday morning of the Chicago "gay pride" parade, and why hold the ceremony at Nettelhorst Elementary School--the Chicago elementary school that has marched in the "gay pride" parade for two years--which happens to be located in the homosexual neighborhood called Boystown?
SB 3266 was initiated by the homosexual advocacy group Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (ISSA), which grew out of the unholy alliance of the Chicago chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the Coalition for Education on Sexual Orientation. According to the homosexual newspaper the Edge, "ISSA and its allies and predecessors worked more than a decade to get the legislation passed." ISSA Executive Director Shannon Sullivan praised the passage of this legislation. You may recognize this name: Shannon Sullivan is the lesbian who has been working to introduce resources that affirm homosexuality and Gender Identity Disorder to elementary school children in Oak Park.
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AFA announces nationwide boycott of The Home Depot
The American Family Association ("AFA") called today for a nationwide boycott of The Home Depot because of its support for the radical homosexual agenda, and in particular for exposing young children to homosexual behavior.
Despite extensive communication between AFA and The Home Depot, HD officials remain unmoved and resolved to continue allowing their affiliates to sponsor as many pro-gay, pro-transsexual events as they'd like. Home Depot spokesman Stephen Holmes said, "At the end of the day here, we're not going to . . . forbid our associates to be involved in these pride festivals in any way."
Said AFA president Tim Wildmon, "The Home Depot, through any number of its affiliates, has given its money and its name to gay pride parades and festivals. We've appealed to them to stay neutral in the culture wars, but they are determined to keep using their influence to push the normalization of homosexual behavior. Everyone of these pride events pushes the recognition of homosexual marriage, so The Home Depot has clearly chosen sides on that issue."
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