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Another thing that hinders (receiving the Holy Spirit or anointing) is people pray all the time.
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News: The Values Vote
Posted on Friday, November 05 @ 12:15:49 PST by John |
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by Gary DeMar
In yesterday's web article, I issued a call to action to put the brakes on Arlen Spector's elevation to the head of the Judiciary Committee. Apparently others had the same idea. Spector has backed off his comments, even denying that he ever said them. There is a new day in Washington as the media pundits are falling all over themselves trying to figure out the "values vote."
Democrat spinners are claiming that their message needed better packaging. Their message was the packaging. The majority of voters knew exactly what the liberals wanted to do. Some Republicans believe that they did a better job at getting their people to the polls. True. But it was the moral message that motivated them to vote.
This brings me to Colorado. Why did Pete Coors lose when George Bush won the state? What made the difference in a tight race with his Democrat challenger? A little neo-conservative history might help. Pete Coors' uncle (Adolf) and father (Joseph) have been contributors to conservative causes for decades. It was Joseph Coors who helped to fund the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation. Pete Coors himself has been active in conservative causes for some time.
But there's a twist. Pete Coors became Chairman of the Coors Brewing Company in 1993. It was during this time the Coors adopted a "Gay friendly" working environment. In fact, it was Pete Coors who worked to patch up things with the homosexual community because of a "gay" boycott of Coors Beer because of its earlier anti-homosexual hiring policies. Pete Coors even went to "gay" bars to promote his product.
This hypocrisy has not gone unnoticed by the homosexual community and the Christian community. The brewing company has come out in favor of homosexual marriages, while Pete Coors opposes them. But it was Pete Coors who turned his own brewery into a "gay-friendly" company.
One more bit of Coors trivia. Mary Cheney, the self-avowed lesbian daughter of Dick and Lynne Cheney, was hired by Coors to work as a "gay" community liaison for the Coors Brewing Company. Prior to running for the Senate, Pete Coors attempted to separate morality and politics: "One is business, the other is politics." It didn't work. Coors' Democrat challenger took advantage of the Coors "gay connection." Salazar's campaign ran ads showing a Coors’ sponsored "gay festival" in Canada. It did the trick.
Sometimes its best when one our guys loses an election. There is a lesson here for all politicians. Values matter.
Note: In the light of Spector's comments, a huge movement to block his chairmanship has risen overnight. Please contact your Republican state Senator concerning this issue. You can also call Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader at (202) 224-3344
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- by Walt on Friday, November 05 @ 13:59:25 PST
Re: The Values Vote (Score: 1)
 by NHPreterist on Friday, November 05 @ 15:09:15 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | The following news article was sent to me via
e-mail from the American Family Association:
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA -- The Republican expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year bluntly warned newly re-elected President Bush today against putting forth Supreme Court nominees who would seek to overturn abortion rights or are otherwise too conservative to win confirmation.
"When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, overturn Roe v. Wade, I think that is unlikely," Specter said, referring to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.
"The president is well aware of what happened, when a bunch of his nominees were sent up, with the filibuster," Specter added, referring to Senate Democrats' success over the past four years in blocking the confirmation of many of Bush's conservative judicial picks. "... And I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning."
(As Chairman of the Judiciary Committee) Specter, 74, would have broad authority to reshape the nation's highest court (in the new Congress). He would have wide latitude to schedule hearings, call for votes and make the process as easy or as hard as he wants.
Legal scholar Dennis Hutchinson said Specter's message to the White House appears to be "a way of asserting his authority" as he prepares to chair the Judiciary Committee when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is term-limited from keeping the post next year.
"A self-proclaimed moderate, he helped kill President Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court and of Jeff Sessions to a federal judgeship. Specter called both nominees too extreme on civil rights issues. Sessions later became a Republican senator from Alabama and now sits on the Judiciary Committee with Specter.
TAKE ACTION
If you have a Republican Senator (you may even have two), call them today and tell them not to vote for Senator Specter for Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. The Chairman is chosen by secret ballot by the Republican Caucus which includes all Republican Senators.
Tell your Republican Senator(s) that if Sen. Specter is allowed to serve as Chairman, it will be considered a slap in the face of all the Values Voters who voted for Pres. Bush. And it will be considered a betrayal of trust, in light of the fact that Bush ran opposing Senators blocking his appointments—such as Sen. Specter has promised to do.
You can reach your Republican Senator by calling the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121. Ask for your Senator by name, or give the operator your zip code. It does no good to call a Democrat senator.
Due to the fact that the appointment of conservative judges was a large reason many voted for President Bush it is in our best interest to act.-Randy |
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Re: The Values Vote (Score: 1)
by Zorro on Saturday, November 06 @ 09:01:20 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | Whose values are we talking about? A dispensationalist will have a different set of 'values' when it comes to pollution - since they think it's all going to be destroyed anyway. Whereas, a more orthodox christian is more likely to understand it as a responsibility to the poor and stewardship to the world.
Values matter, but whose?
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