- Confident that President Bush can be counted on to veto
the federal "anti-hate" bill, most Christian/conservative leaders
now give greatest emphasis to defeat of ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination
Act, H.R. 2015). On their websites, they attack ENDA as the primary enemy
of freedom and Christian values. Consequently, millions of their Christian
followers have stopped resisting Sen. Kennedy's hate crimes amendment,
S.A. 2067, just as it is about to be voted on in the Senate!
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- Monday's NPN survey of 30 Republican
Senators confirmed last week's findings: 11 said there were "quite
a few" calls against the hate bill, 15 reported "a few,"
and 4 said not a single call opposed the hate bill.
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- Dr. James Dobson and Concerned Women for
America now describe ENDA as a type of legislation more threatening than
the hate bill. Nothing could be further from the truth. ENDA is indeed
frightening. I have powerfully warned against it. (See, Hate
Bills Top Democrat Agenda) It attacks our property and hiring or firing
rights, as well as freedom of speech, especially within employment and
churches. Yet the federal hate bill is a vastly greater threat, leading
to a universal end of free speech in broadcasting, publishing, the internet,
government, education, religion, and all aspects of our public and private
life.
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- Last week, most Christian/conservative
organizations finally came out with internet criticism of the hate bill.
Yet such warnings were at least five days after Kennedy boldly tried to
attach it to the arms bill -- a period in which the hate bill might have
passed. Their statements, while sound in criticism of the hate bill, contained
no compelling motivation to defeat it by will of the people rather than
veto by the President. (See, Hate
Bill Protest Very Small) Such a lackluster performance by conservative
leaders is symptomatic of a policy decision to de-emphasize the hate bill
issue and mobilize total resources to defeat ENDA. I feel as if I now fight
alone in a ghost town that only months ago bustled with concerned proactive
Americans!
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- Taking to the Airwaves
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- Instead of despairing, I was compelled
by the Lord to again take to the airwaves. On five national broadcasts
Monday afternoon, including Pat Kiley's "Follow the Money," which
reaches approximately 600,000 on 130 affiliates, I described the imminent
peril of hate bill passage and implored my listeners to call Tuesday morning.
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- I believe we have reason to hope. Already
there is evidence of Divine providence in the fact that the Senate suddenly
stopped considering the military appropriations bill and instead spent
Monday debating the Water Resources and Development Act. But they
will return to the arms bill on Tuesday morning. This gives us perhaps
another precious day to inspire spirit and fight in Republican Senators.
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- Over 200 years ago, a faithful Continental
Army of 13,000, ragged, unpaid, semi-starving, followed Gen. George Washington
through heat and cold and many bloody conflicts for eight years. Thousands
lost all to purchase our freedom. What you and I do, compared to what they
endured, is very, very light. In fact, it is beneath comparison.
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- I am amazed that 99.5% of those who
listen to me on the radio or read my e-alerts do not respond by calling
Congress. Evidently, they find a telephone receiver, weighing less than
a pound, too heavy to pick up as a tool to save freedom.
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- I hope, for the sake of your freedom
and your childrens' -- as well as your conscience in the dark years ahead
-- you are not among them.
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