Washington Weekly Review

Homosexual Activists Will Now Bring Homosexual "Marriage" Lawsuits in the State of Maryland Following the Decision by 4 Dictators on the California Supreme Court approving, by 4-3 margin,the Abominable Homosexual "Marriages" for California - Renegade Democrat New York Governor, David Patterson, on Monday Will Declare Hundreds of Years of Marriage Laws to be "Null and Void" Caving to Radical Homosexual Lobby

The radical homosexual lobby -- after getting 4 judicial dictators on the California Supreme Court last month to give them homosexual "marriage" which is opposed by not only the millions of California citizens who actually voted against such "marriages" by a 61% margin a few years ago but opposed by the majority of Californians today -- are now about to bring homosexual "marriage" lawsuits in the left-wing state of Maryland.

This follows the decision by the renegade Governor of New York, David Patterson, to overrule the will of New York citizens and his state legislature and to get rid of hundreds of years of New York marriage laws declaring them to all be "null and void," thus accepting the "marriage" licenses of homosexuals from all over America.

As perverse as Governor Patterson's actions are, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome -- who attempted to "marry" homosexual couples in his city after the infamous 4-3 Massachusetts decision allowing homosexual "marriages," -- bragged, after his state court's decision last month, that "As goes California, so goes America." These Democrat Party haters of traditional values are not going to stop at anything to allow these abominable "marriages" and all types of other perversions (abortion on demand, etc.) all over America.

Thankfully, the people of California will undoubtedly vote to end and overturn any of these abominable homosexual "marrriages" in the voting booths during November by voting for a state constitutional amendment outlawing homosexual "marriages." Hoards of homosexuals are descending on California this very weekend to get "married" beginning this coming week and will take their "marriage" licenses back to the courts of their own states to get other judicial dictators on their own state courts to recognize their "marriages" in each of the 50 states.

The problem for them, however, is that voters in 27 states -- so far; with 3 states, Florida, Arizona, and California, to undoubtedly adopt similar amendments in November -- have voted by an average of 70% approval rate to ban homosexual "marriages."

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

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Christian Coalition of America Urges Conservative Democrats and Moderate Republicans, and Others to Co-Sponsor California Congressman Daniel Lungren's Federal "Defense of Marriage Act" Now that California, Massachusetts, New York and other States have Arrogantly Ignored the Will of the American People and Have Legalized or are Recognizing Homosexual "Marriages"

Christian Coalition of America is urging all Christian Coalition activists to immediately call and contact their Members of Congress to co-sponsor California Congressman Daniel Lungren's "Defense of Marriage Act" which will outlaw homosexual "marriages" all over America with a constitutional amendment.

One of the reasons conservative Democrats and moderates, and even some conservative Republicans, have given for not sponsoring or voting for a federal constitutional amendment banning homosexual "marriages," is that the states are taking care of this terrible problem with actions by state legislatures or by state ballot initiatives banning such an abomination and Congress did not need to act.

However, that argument is dead, now that renegade judges legislating from the bench are dictating to the American people that there WILL BE homosexual "marriages" imposed on them. It is time for the United States Congress to finally act and to end the travesty of homosexual "marriages" once and for all time, and pass a constitutional amendment (requiring 2/3 vote in the House of Representatives and and 2/3 vote in the Senate.) Undoubtedly, 38 states required for ratification will quickly ratify this constitutional amendment and it will be enshrined in the United States Constitution.

Congressman Lungren says his proposed amendment would say:

• It would define marriage in the United States as a legal union of one man and one woman.
• It would expressly prohibit the judicial power of the United States or of any state from being used to redefine marriage as anything other than a union between one man and one woman.
• It would resolve questions relating to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act by incorporating language which would prohibit the courts from imposing the policy of one state on other states.

Congressman Dan Lungren says in a letter to the other 434 Members of the House of Representatives: "This approach to the protection of marriage is expressly designed to erect a wall of separation between federal and state courts and the institution of marriage. The appropriate response to the judicial assault on marriage is to amend the Constitution of the United States.

ACTION ITEM: Please your Congressman at 202-225-3121 or you can go to http://www.cc.org/contactcongress.cfm and email them and urge them to co-sponsor Congressman Daniel Lungren's "Defense of Marriage Act."

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Christian Coalition of America Commends Arizona Republican Congressman Trent Franks For Giving Tremendous Pro-life Speech on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday Evening

Here are excerpts from Congressman Trent Frank's wonderful speech on Tuesday, June 10th on the floor of the United States House of Representatives: "I stand before this House with yet another sunset memorial. Madam speaker, it is now June 10, 2008, in the land of the free and the home of the brave. but before the sunset today in America, almost 4,000 more children, defenseless unborn, were killed by abortion on demand. That's just today, Madam Speaker.

"That's more than the number of innocent lives that this nation lost on September 11. Only it happens every day. It's now been exactly 12,923 days since the tragedy called Roe vs. Wade was first handed down. Since then, the very foundation of this nation has been stained by the blood of almost 50 million of its own children. Some of them, madam speaker, cried and screamed as they died, but because it was amniotic fluid going over the vocal cords instead of air we couldn't hear them.

"All of them had at least four things in common, Madam speaker. First, they were each just little babies who had done nothing wrong to anyone. Each one of them died a nameless and lonely death. Each one of their mothers, whether she realizes it immediately or not, will never quite be the same. All the gifts that these children might have brought to humanity are in and out lost forever. Yet, even in the glare of such tragedy, (this) generation still clings to a blind, invincible ignorance while history repeats itself and our own silent genocide mercilessly annihilates the most helpless of all victims, those yet unborn.

"Madam speaker, perhaps it's time for those of us in this chamber to remind ourselves of why we are really all here. Thomas Jefferson said, the care of human life and its happiness, and not its destruction, is the chief and only objective of good government." The phrasing -- the phrase in the 14th amendment encapsulizes our constitution. It says, no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

"Madam speaker, protecting the lives of our innocent citizens and their constitutional rights is why we are all here. The bedrock foundation of this republic is that clarion declaration of the self-evident truth that all human beings are created equal and endowed by they creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Every conflict and battle our nation has ever faced can be traced to the core commitment to this self-evident truth. It has made us the beacon of hope for the entire world, madam speaker. it is truly who we are. and yet today, another day has passed. and we in this body have failed gone honor that commitment.

"...We have failed our sworn oath and our God-given responsibility as we broke (with) nearly 4,000 more innocent American babies who died today without the protection we should have given them. Madam speaker, let me conclude in the hope that perhaps someone new who hear this is sunset memorial will finally tonight embrace the truth...."

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Democrat-controlled Senate Continues to Filibuster President Bush's Judical Nominations; There are now 11 Circuit Court Vacancies with 10 Bush Nominees including 7 Judicial Emergencies

The Senate Judiciary Committee sent 2 nominees to the United States Court of Appeals to the Senate floor, including Helene White, a left-wing pro-abortion relative of the left-wing Democrat Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin from Michigan. All the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, except Orrin Hatch (UT,) voted against Helene White.

However, the bottom line is that one liberal (Helene White) and one conservative (Raymond Kethledge) equals ZERO (0) improvement to the Circuit Court of Appeals. So for all practical purposes, the Democrat Senate has still only confirmed 8 -- NOT 10, assuming White and Kethledge are confirmed on the Senate floor -- circuit court of appeals nominees (conservatives) in the Democrat-controlled 110th Congress. It is highly doubtful that any future Democrat President would ever appoint a conservative judge to the Circuit Court to salve the feelings of some wounded Republican as occurred this year.

Thus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and his Democrats still owe President George W. Bush, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) and the Republicans in the Senate 7 more of the 15 circuit court judges promised to Senator McConnell by Senator Reid. Eight other circuit court nominees nominated by President Bush await committee action.

This week it was reported that the Democrat-controlled Senate is continuing its filibuster of most of President George W. Bush's highly-qualified judicial nominees for the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The Democrats must confirm 7 more circuit nominees (conservatives) and 16 more district court nominees this year to match Bill Clinton's confirmation numbers during his final 2 years with a Republican Senate.

President Bush has only 8 judges confirmed compared to 24 circuit court confirmations during the final 2 years of a presidency during the past decades. President Reagan had 17 confirmed; Bush 41 had 20 confirmed and Carter had 44 confirmed during their final 2 years. Indeed, Carter in his 4 year presidency had 56 circuit court confirmations compared to only 59 in 7 1/2 years of President Bush 43's presidency. The Democrats in the Senate are acting disgracefully and the Republican minority needs to stop this filibustering, using any and all means possible.

Regarding district court confirmations, President Bush 43 has had only 244 confirmed compared to Bill Clinton with 305 confirmed and President Reagan with 290 confirmed. Even President Bush 41 and Jimmy Carter in only 4 years had 148 and 206 confirmed respectively.

Two of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals nominees, Judge Robert Conrad (waiting 320 days) and Mr. Steve Matthew (waiting 270 days) have been ready and waiting for hearings for months. The 4th Circuit is over 1/4 vacant and in critical need of judges. Disgracefully, Peter Keisler, the highly qualified candidate for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has been waiting for a Senate Judiciary Committee vote for 700 days! Even the left-wing "Washington Post" said: "(T)he Senate should act in good faith to fill vacancies -- not as a favor to the president but out of respect for the residents, businesses, defendants and victims of crimes in the region the 4th Circuit covers. Two nominees -- Mr. Conrad and Steve A. Matthews -- should receive confirmation hearings as soon as possible."

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Democrat-led House of Representatives (with 11% approval rating) Wasted Hours and Hours This Week on an Impeachment of President Bush Resolution - Republicans Wanted to Use Time to Honor a Fallen Soldier

Incredibly, the United States House of Representatives, now controlled by the Democrat Party, voted to send articles of impeachment to the House Judiciary Committee on a mostly (251-166) party-line vote against President George W. Bush.

The Republicans wanted to pay tribute to a fallen soldier during the time of the hours-long reading of the Kucinich impeachment resolution. The soldier's parents would have been listening to the Republican tribute, but instead they had to listen to the Democrats' reading of the impeachment resolution. Actions like this have contributed to the lowest approval rating (by far) of any Congress in American history: the Democrats now have an 11% approval rating.

Congressman Phil Gingrey, Republican from Georgia said of the wasted time the Democrats used for the impeachment resolution: "(Kucinich is) wasting his time, he’s wasting our time, he’s preventing things from getting done that need to be done...." Gingrey said he was unhappy because he had arranged to give a speech paying tribute to a fallen soldier but instead that soldier’s parents would be listening to the recitation of the impeachment document.

Meanwhile, on the very same day, a committee in the Democrat-controlled Congress voted down the amendment sponsored by Congressman John Peterson (R-PA) -- after Speaker Pelosi strong-armed the Democrats into voting no -- to encourage off-shore exploration and drilling, which is overwhelmingly supported by the American people in these days of $4.05 per gallon gasoline.

The Chinese and Cuban communists will soon be drilling oil near these very same American off-shore oil fields off-limits to the American oil exploration companies because of an obtuse Democrat leadership in Congress. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, has not said whether he would convene hearings on Congressman Dennis Kucinich's impeachment resolution against President Bush.

House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday: "By prohibiting the United States from taking part in the same type of energy exploration that the Chinese are conducting just miles off our shores, the Democratic Majority on Capitol Hill continues to prove itself complicit in an energy crisis that has saddled American families and small businesses with gas prices that have reached $4.05 per gallon today."

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U.S. Court of Appeals of the First Circuit Affirms on Tuesday the Constitutionality of the 1993 Law Regarding Homosexuals in the Military - Court Denied an Appeal in the case entitled Cook vs. Gates, Which was Filed by 12 Homosexual Plaintiffs, who were Legally Discharged from the U.S. Military

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston earlier this week upheld the constitutionality of the 1993 law regarding homosexuals in the military. the President of the Center for Military Readiness (CMR,) Elaine Donnelly, said that the court issued their opinion "with logic so strong that the mainstream media could not bring themselves to write about it." It is no wonder, since the "Old Media" has been trumpeting homosexual "marriage" in California and pushing for the same in New York, Maryland, and in all the United States.

Mrs. Donnelly has been meeting with members of the House Armed Services Committee in anticipation of the congressional hearings on homosexuals in the military during the month of July. She said that: "We asked the staff members a simple question—How can the Armed Services Committee justify a time-consuming hearing, catering to a minority faction, especially with a war going on? The 1993 law is constitutionally sound, widely supported, and important to our national defense. There is no compelling need to cater to San Francisco activists who want to impose a sexual agenda on the military."

She also said: "The political reality is this: If Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Susan Davis (D-CA) wants to have a hearing, there will be one. If that is so, we asked that the hearing be equally balanced, focused on the specific national defense consequences of repealing the 1993 law, and conducted before the 2008 elections—not after them. Voters have a right to know about the unacceptable burdens that would be imposed on our men and women in uniform if the 1993 law is repealed."

CMR President Elaine Donnelly praised the Appeals Court for getting it right. "With unequivocal language, the court recognized that Congress passed the law following extensive research and deliberation. The opinion affirmed the national defense purpose of the actual law, the inapplicability of the Supreme Court’s Lawrence ruling, and the importance of judicial deference to the executive and congressional branches in matters of military policy. To quote the opinion, federal courts do not have the ‘institutional competence’ to decide such issues.” (emphasis added.)

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New Poll Reveals that 57% of Americans Want Drilling in the ANWR wasteland and Off-shore Drilling to Begin IMMEDIATELY - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett -- who Bought the First Prius in Congress & who Changed his Mind on Drilling in ANWR -- Is Pushing for Co-Sponsors on his (and Cong. Young's) bill to Drill in ANWR, H.R. 6107, the "American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act"

The "Washington Times" reported on Monday that a whopping 57% of the American people want Congress to approve immediate drilling in the tiny wasteland called ANWR (in Alaska) and to approve immediate drilling off-shore. Short-term, this would at least shake up the speculation in the oil markets and begin to bring down the cost of gasoline.

The long-term benefit to America would be to keep the 300 BILLION American dollars paid for foreign oil sent each year to tin-pot dictators such as Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Since the Democrats took control of Congress in January of last year, after promising to bring down the cost of energy, the cost of gasoline has almost doubled.

There has been an incredible $1.70 per gallon INCREASE in gasoline since the Democrats took over control of Congress last year. It now costs $90 plus to fill-up a Ford Explorer, compared to less than $70 last year when the Democrats took over Congress, according to ABC News on Monday.

One of the most senior Members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC,) Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, R-Maryland -- possibly the next Republican Chairman of the HASC -- changed his mind last month about oil exploration in Alaska's wasteland -- a tiny section (only 2,000 acres) called the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) -- and became an original co-sponsor of the "American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act," H.R. 6107 authored by Congressman Don Young, R-Alaska. It now has 83 co-sponsors in the very short time since it has been introduced.

This legislation would allow for oil and natural gas production in a small section of the Coastal Plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Revenues from the ANWR leases would be used to fund a wide variety of alternative and renewable energy programs. The bill when signed into law brings an additional one million barrels per day online in less than five years. Just the passage of this commonsense bill would probably result in immediate lowering of the price of oil and end the rampant speculating on the oil market right now.

Yesterday, Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Congressman James Walsh, R-NY, held a Press conference to discuss the importance of changing American energy policies. They said that public opinion has taken a dramatic shift as gas prices top $4 per gallon. Americans now want more production and exploration, not a continued dependence on foreign sources of energy. Congressman Bartlett said that "Exploration and production of ANWR can be done in an environmentally responsible way and at the same time promote efficiency, advanced energy technologies and cleaner American alternative and renewable sources of energy."

Congressman Don Young's and Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's bill, H.R. 6107, authored by Rep. Don Young now has 130 bipartisan cosponsors. It will:

• Allow for the environmentally responsible development of ANWR's 30-year, 1 million barrel/day supply.
• Bring online ANWR's additional supply of 1 million barrels per day – the equivalent of what Texas produces daily – in less than five years.
• Deliver more than $200 billion in corporate tax income and royalty revenue to the federal government.
• Bring in $3.5 billion in bonus bids alone.
• Create 250,000-750,000 well paid American jobs.
• Create a Trust Fund to dedicate federal revenues from bonus bids, rents and royalty revenue to fund a comprehensive range of 18 renewable and alternative energy provisions authorized – but not fully funded – under current law (EPACT 2005 and EISA 2007).

Americans have seen an INCREASE of nearly $1.70 per gallon at the pump since the Democrats took over Congress -- from $2.35 per gallon to almost $4.05 per gallon nation-wide this week. The Democrat-controlled Congress now has an approval rating of 11% as a result!

Congressman Bartlett said after the introduction of the "American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act": "I have resisted drilling in ANWR because I believe that these oil reserves are like money in the bank that is yielding huge interest rates. I don't think you ought to rush to the bank and pull it out and spend it.

Congressman Bartlett also said, "Today, with oil at $134 per barrel, there is obviously no surplus energy or capital to invest in alternatives. I am joining as an original cosponsor of this new bill because it dedicates the entire federal share of revenues from ANWR to increase federal investments in the research, development and production of cleaner domestic, alternative and renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and conservation.

"Of course, it is impossible to drill without some environmental impact. However, I have been to ANWR. I am convinced that the environmental impact will be minimal."

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) said on Tuesday regarding the Democrat energy bill: "Democrats will claim that this bill would bring gas prices down. But in doing so they are counting on Americans to forget a basic law of economics: that raising taxes on those who produce something leads to an increase in the price of the products they sell. This was true in Adam Smith’s pin factory. It’s true for energy companies today. More taxes means higher prices."

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich reported this week on an amendment offered by Congressman John Peterson (R-PA) to the Interior Appropriations bill that would lift the congressional moratorium on offshore drilling.

Speaker Gingrich says, "Every American should keep their eyes on the House Appropriations Committee this week to see whether members vote to support our desire for environmentally responsible increased domestic energy production, or whether they continue to bury their heads in the sand."

ACTION ITEM: Please your Congressman at 202-225-3121 or you can go to http://www.cc.org/contactcongress.cfm and email them and urge them to co-sponsor Congressman Don Young's "American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act," H.R. 6107 and demand a vote before Congress' one-month summer vacation!

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

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Christian Coalition Activists Need to Encourage 110th Congress to Pass Both "Net Neutrality" and "Multicast-Equal Access" Legislation to Prevent Discrimination Against Religious Broadcasters - Democrat-controlled Congress Expected to Pass "Net Neutrality"

"Multicast/Equal Access" (formerly called "Multicast/Must-carry") will go a long way to preventing discrimination against religious broadcasters. Without a "Multicast/Equal Access" law, the cable and satellite companies would probably not add new Christian channels and the influence of current Christian channels will be diluted.

ACTION ITEM: Please all your Congressman at 202-225-3121 or you can go to http://www.cc.org/contactcongress.cfm and email them and urge them to co-sponsor the Net Neutrality legislation introduced by Republican Congressman Charles "Chip" Pickering and Democrat Congressman Edward Markey called the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008," H.R. 5353.

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Join the Christian Coalition’s Judicial Task Force, which is dedicated to ending the obstruction of the President's judicial nominees and ensuring that they ALL receive a fair "up or down" vote by the full Senate

Please sign our petition and join the Judicial Task Force at: http://www.cc.org/taskforce.cfm

Encourage your family, friends and church friends to also sign the petition at our website and to join the Christian Coalition’s Judicial Task Force, which is dedicated to ending the obstruction of the President's judicial nominees and ensuring that they ALL receive a fair "up or down" vote by the full Senate.

There are a number of President Bush's Circuit Court of Appeals' nominees who have not yet received a Senate floor vote. The challenge to confirm President Bush's nominees in a Democrat-controlled Senate will be very difficult and we need your help in doing just that. You will become part of a team of individuals who are committed to being ready on a moment’s notice to take action when obstruction occurs.

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Please keep the above issues in prayer. Through prayer and action great and mighty things can be accomplished.

Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…”

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