ADF will oppose marriage redefinition at Cal. Supreme Court today

From 9a-12p!!! Arguments will be heard in California courts today. Get details here.

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/ -Live Webcast of case on California court info website and will be archived for later viewing.

http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/03/march-3rd-adf-attorneys-to-live-blog-cal-supreme-court-marriage-hearing/ - More info and resources including a live blog during court hearings!!!

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Lastly what doesn't even make news here in NM which happened in NM after I have complained twice and sent links for contacts for public relations to our local news stations to make it easy for them but have yet to report on a case that has drawn conservative media interest anyways. Here is a link that will link you to to a 7 minute discussion on a talk radio show concerning this issue brought to the NM Human Rights board of somesort.

One thing I believe this lack of popular media coverage does is cause a voter to go to a voting booth not knowing all the issues and thus casting an uninformed vote and actually cause a voter to vote for a candidate that may be unfavourable to his/her views on these subjects not even realizing it. One critique of McCain is on this very issue. You have many decisions being decided in the courts of law that will make a difference in society one way or the other. Judges that are being appointed by one president as compared to another will make an inevitable difference in these higher courts of law when these decisions are appealed in the lower courts. And the higher courts then become sometimes laws for all the land as opposed to just a state. So what is going on elsewhere though it may not be in our state or in all the states none the less what is going on in these liberal states as they are appealled may be forced upon states that are more conservative and don't even have these issues and don't want them. So it matters to us to pay attention. McCain has been criticized by Dobson and Dobson has stated he will not vote for McCain for many reasons that I would have to agree with and one of those reasons is McCains teaming up with 6 other republicans and 7 democrats to allow for fillibustering of certain judges in the past and these would have been favourable judges to the conservative pro family causes in america that would have passed if it were not for these 14. Now McCain may have had other concerns but none the less the result has been an inability for judges to be appointed from a conservatively elected congress which has caused much frustration to the conservative voter. So you can answer your question as to why congress and the president though under republican rule could not get more judges appointed that favoured one of the major reasons why many americans voted them into office is because of 7 republicans and one of those McCain. So McCain may favour other issues and judges that are more concerned about other issues then profamily, freedom of religious, pro life, etc issues that will not be as much of a priority on his mind when he appoints a judge. And thus I reason that since these issues are a major concern for me more then tax cuts and the political issues I will have to reserve my vote for one who is concerned in priority of those issues that concern me. I mean what good is my politic if I can't freely speak out on issues as "marriages" or "pro-life" or anything else that may come up in the future and have to fear being called a bigot if I do and to be equated with a racist. Sure I could be financially fit but at what cost (the cost of my conservative opinions and voice to be silenced). Sure I could live longer with good health care but again at what cost (no health care for children in the womb). Sure I could vote Republican just because I am a Republican but again at what cost. All Republicans do not have the same priorities. I understand that Obama and Clinton may be worse but in this context they are no different then McCain. Sure McCain may have pressure from fellow Republicans that an Obama or Clinton would not however McCain has a history of sticking to his priorities and we give our vote to him then he has the "american people" to claim on his side which will give him further reason to act as he has in the past. Whatever your feeling may be is fine. I am sure there are other sides of the story to every concern that are ligitmate to take into consideration. I guess I am just voicing one side and submitting it to all since I do not think the media does a good job at informing the public on these issues and why many are not happy with McCain. I did not mean to type this out. I just meant to let you all know about the case being held so it was typed on the spot. Sorry for any grammar mistakes and flaws in reasoning. But how can we say "God Bless America" if we don't vote according to principles that God in His Word says are consistent with His Blessings. Now I understand an argument could be made for voting for the least of 2 evils and it seems we have to do that alot and so if one reasons in a line of reasoning of some sort like that so that an Obama or Clinton doesn't get into office. I can understand that. It is a hard decision. But just consider the moral issues along with all the others and for me it seems that McCain has only one thing going for him. That he has consistently from my understanding been pro life except on the stem cell research but otherwise then that he may be conservative but not morally. We would be morally far better off with a Huckabee but can Huckabee when in a presidential election. And I understand Huckabee isn't perfect but we have a consistently morally good political track record with him on all the moral concerns and I feel morally confortable voting for such a one as he and I am glad he is still our conservative voice hanging in there in the race. One thing a non vote for McCain in a presidential election will do is send a clear message to the Republican party that if moral concerns are no longer a serious priority issue in the Republican party you will not have a Republican president. And so I feel we may have to suffer thru a really bad president for 4 years on all issues and reorganize and learn a lesson for the next republican nominee. Rather then have a Republican president for 8 years with republican political values but on the moral issues obselete in priority. If moral issues are the priority issues it seems we have no choice but to rethink Republicanism.

Now for all you Democrats out there. Feel free to completely ignore my run on paragraph but it is valuable for a possible understanding as to why some conservatives are very unhappy with McCain and there can be a whole lot more said then just this issue. Just because the media doesn't report on why doesn't mean there isn't ligitmate concerns granting a certain perspective that is at odds with most media outlets.

And also to all you Republicans that may disagree maybe this gives a perspective as to why a James Dobson isn't completely wacky in stating that he will sit out if McCain is the nominee on this presidential election. I really don't think he will do just that alone I think a possible 3rd party may form or some other avenue may be taken. But if he does sit out I am with him just to insure that the Republican party on moral issues doesn't become a Democratic party. I think that would be worth the non vote for the future of the Republican party. And if you disagree that is fine. God is control no matter what we vote or don't vote on. But none the less I believe voting is not an amoral issue but a moral one and that God would have his childred to work out our reasoning to being consistent with His as revealed in the scriptures in order to cast the best vote we possibly can and I am sure there are good arguments on both side. Kind of like asking the question what would Jesus vote for if he were a registered voter. Jesus did say to render unto Ceasar what is Ceasars and also Paul in Romans speaks about the powers that be are ordained of God and so if a power that be allows for its people to vote on issues that happen to be of moral concern then it seems we do have a moral delimma. But all is in His hands ultimately and so not to make these issues more important then trusting God but out of trusting God as revealed in the scriptures what are we to do in faith. Are we to vote or not vote? Is it immoral to vote is it immoral to not vote? For the sake of the babies in mothers wombs and God's definition of marriage and so on and so forth I take the side that it is immoral not to vote but I understand that when we do vote sometimes we are approving other things that may be wrong also so I can see why one would not vote like in this case with McCain possibly coming up I don't think I am going to vote but that is for a reason rooted in that we should vote for the best possible candidate and that this year we just don't have one possibly. But I am sure there are good reasons on the otherside of this coin.

Thank God that salvation doesn't hinge on these issues and thus it is not to be projected into a salvafic issue at all and that these issues are really after salvation and issues that we work out as we learn more of our Creator and His will for each one of our lives and that the most important thing in light of eternity is trusting in the one who inhabits eternity.

I will shut up now. Sorry all. Take care all. But I couldn't help it. So sorry!!!!

Here is TV schedule for PBS in NM for this documentary-http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/tvschedulessearch_results.html?station=KNME&keywordPBS=BETTER+HOUR&channel=-1

In other states it may be actually earlier.

Here is web site of documentary http://www.thebetterhour.com/ -"In 1858, ABRAHAM LINCOLN acknowledged that "every school boy" in America knew the great character of William Wilberforce. Yet today the man and his legacy is virtually unknown today in the United States. The emancipation leader FREDERICK DOUGLASS saluted the energy of Wilberforce "that finally thawed the British heart into sympathy for the slave, and moved the strong arm of government in mercy to put an end to this bondage. Let no American, especially no colored American, withhold generous recognition of this stupendous achievement -- a triumph of right over wrong, of good over evil, and a victory for the whole human race.""

"It was important for us to film the original documents which ended the slave trade. Pictured here, in the House of Parliament Archives Division, WE FILMED THE ORIGINAL British 1807 Act of Abolition of the Slave Trade. Instead of printing, the text was handwritten on parchment using the skins of eight sheep sewn together. The curled sections of parchment are amendments that were stitched on top of the original."

"We also filmed the ORIGINAL MANCHESTER PETITION, which was THE FIRST EXAMPLE of a MASS PETITION to the House of Parliament. It contains some 2,500 names; and of particular interest is that it was THE FIRST TIME THAT THE SIGNATURES OF WOMEN appear on a petition."

"The documentary explores the 20-year effort of William Wilberforce to lead the abolition of the British slave trade -- a business that was key to the country's economic strength. Wilberforce and his Clapham colleagues brilliantly executed this enormous task. They MANAGED TO SHAPE OPINION WITHOUT the help of mass communication technology."

This should be interesting!!!!

February is Black History Month from what I understand and I found all these interesting articles that may or may not be interesting.

"Malcolm Kelly" "top NFL draftee went teary-eyed Tuesday" "the first professional athlete to endorse Mercy Ships." "Being good at football, people think the only words that come out of my mouth is 'touchdown, touchdown!'" Kelly noted. But he hopes that when people hear him instead speak about Africa they will be curious, start researching, and then help."

African American Lives. Vena and I were watching a most interesting documentary on PBS. I normally don't like PBS cause of alot of its other documentaries that are more opposing to most of my views but this one was great. Got to give credit where its due. Highlights that may draw interest: Don Cheadle - Actor who starred as leading role in "Hotel Rwanda" (Great movie by the way) lineage is traced back to slaves of a sovereign native american nation within the US the Chickasaw Nation. Tina Turner - Most all know who she is I am sure. Great, great grandfather becomes a minister of the gospel after the abolition of slavery marrying over 50 African American couples. Chris Rock - brought to tears after finding out about his genealogical roots. Morgan Freeman - finds out that somebody in his line was possibly in love with a white man and finds tombstones with the one in his line and the white man next to each other and a very interesting story there. I also found it interesting that these individuals have also a great black christian history in there genealogies which is sad that christian white men were treating there brothers in christ this way. Now I understand not all were for there were many whites that were against this and that it is a completely different context of time but I am glad that the one side has prevailed by God's providence and I hope we can continually reconcile our racial divides thru Christ not only amongst blacks and whites but all cultures. "thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation"-Revelation 5:9 compare to "Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen"-Jesus and speaking of the church those who agree with these teachings of Christ above, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."-Galatians 3:28,29. And for how long??????!!!!!!!!!!! "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."-Ephesians 3:21. So those who agree with Christs' teachings should be of many different types of people for a very long time!!!! Though not perfect as in the days of the New Testament you had issues between Jews and Gentiles and thruout history there have been other issues and in the American church Blacks and Whites so I guess we will be having to continually work at what we should be just as in our own personal lives. But one thing seems to be for sure. God is at work thru His church (though not perfect) in all areas of life as Christ was in the New Testament days and predicted He would be from then on out thus giving great evidence to Christ as being who He claims to be though there is a lot of work to do, none the less there is evidence of work that has been done to build upon starting from the Rock (Peter, Matthew 16:18) in which He said He would build his church till now 2 thousand years later. "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." and "And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it."-Jesus. One thing I noticed Christ never said is that men will not be perfect neither His church. Perfection seems to be only promised to us that otherside of heaven if we trust Jesus so we can't expect perfection here on earth of ourselves or others but we are to be encouraged to follow the good examples and learn from the bad and move on in His truth, love and forgiveness and spread it around to others by standing for His truth and lovingly doing so and in forgiveness toward one another. So God's work in history past, present and future should be encouraging/evidential in that what He said would become of His church has become and is continually and also we can learn from the schisms in history past as recorded in the New Testament and thruout the churchs history of our mistakes as a church to humble us and to not repeat (even though we stupidly do) and of our strengths to be encouraged realizing that any goodness we have is of Him and anything bad is of our sinful hearts. Sorry to soap boax for so long. I will shut up now. :)

Black History Month - I have yet to check this out fully but should be good.

Very interesting story line. First Article titled "Pastor from Nigeria Who Built Megachurch in Ukraine Expanding Reach into U.S.". "megachurch founded 13 years ago by an African immigrant in the predominantly Orthodox Christian country where racism is pervasive"....now a "30,000 member church" in the UKRAINE!!! " "Its pastor, believes God's Embassy can be a model worldwide." and then says "His next stop in his bid for global reach is the United States. He says "America is fast becoming a mission ground again."!!!! Watch how this church began founded by a Nigerian in the UKRAINE of all places and how this church played a key role in the political revolution in the Ukraine.

You may find Rufus Morris Jr.s' (an ex rapper under the name of "Skratch" during the Run DMC and Fat Boys era turn christian and now raps under the name "Godchild") testimony to be encouraging. And check out his upcoming projects from Kingdom Entertainment and The School of heARTS he has founded for middle and high schoolers performing arts and multimedia scool in Syracuse.

I listened to a story on Ken Hutcherson and found this man to be a man I really like not only because he was the first black Dallas Cowboy linebacker but much more. Here is a quick testimony. And here are some very recent articles of his activity elsewhere entitled "Washington state pastor calls upon Christians to take on Microsoft" and "Teachers boo pro-family pastor at MLK Day school assembly"

Oh my goodness this was the longest email I have sent yet. I hope to never send this much you alls way again. So sorry about the last 2 lengthy emails and for the bad grammar!!!