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Academia to high schools: No God allowed

"Arguments were heard today in a federal district court case to determine whether a state university system can dictate that private Christian schools in the state teach their college prep courses from exclusively secular, Bible- and God-free textbooks."

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"Christian schools will have to decide: teach from a Christian worldview and eliminate your student's ability to attend a UC school, or teach from a secular worldview, so that the kids can enter the UC school system," he explained.

"Essentially what's happening is the UC has to pre-approve courses taught in high school," Tyler said. "It's pretty shocking, because in depositions UC reps made it clear: whether it be English, history or science, the addition of a religious viewpoint makes it unacceptable."
Burt Carney, an executive with the Association of Christian Schools International, said he's met with officials for the university system, and was told that there was no problem with the actual facts in a BJU physics textbook that was disallowed.

In fact, an ACSI report said, UC officials confirmed "that if the Scripture verses that begin each chapter were removed the textbook would likely be approved …"

"Here's the very university that talks about academic freedom," Carney said. "It's very discriminating. They don't rule against Muslim or Hindu or Jewish (themes) or so forth, only those with a definite Christian theme."
Most strikingly, "Intro to Buddhism," "Introduction to Jewish Thought," "Women's Studies & Feminism" and "Raza Studies" were deemed acceptable electives, but "Special Providence: American Government" was unacceptable, both as a civics and elective course.
"In other words, (UC schools) routinely approve courses which add viewpoints such as non-Christian religion, feminism, an ethnic preference, a political viewpoint, or multiculturalism, or that focus on religions such as Buddhism or Judaism, (and plaintiffs believe they should evenhandedly approve such courses), but disapprove courses which add viewpoints based on conservative Christianity," the court filings said.

Bank Panic In California

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State troopers rebuke students for singing national anthem

Conference organizers said several armed troopers entered the rotunda, accompanied by several capitol sergeants-at-arms, and they confronted conference organizers and students for singing without a permit from the legislature's rules committee.

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Counties to Supreme Court on 'gay' marriage: Drop dead

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"Abraham Lincoln was severely critical of a United States Supreme Court decision which held that Congress had no power to restrict slavery in federal territories and that black persons had no rights which white persons were bound to respect."

"Lincoln refused to accept the Court's ruling in Dred
Scott v. Sanford, (1857) as the last word on the subject. As he said in his first inaugural address (1861): '[I]f the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the
instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal," the advisory said.
The proposal declares that, "Only marriage between a statutorily-qualified man and a statutorily-qualified woman is valid or recognized in ______________________ County. No employee, government contractor, elected official, or appointed official of ______________________ County, and no person deputized by this County or another jurisdiction, may issue a marriage license to any couple other than a statutorily-qualified man and woman, or perform or solemnize a marriage for any couple other than a statutorily-qualified man and woman, or record a marriage certificate for any couple other than a statutorily-qualified man and woman. Any public act, record, or judicial proceeding, from within this County or another jurisdiction, that violates this ordinance is void and unenforceable."

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"A step closer to educational fascism" 6/24/2008

"In 160 years, California, and, indeed, the nation, has gone from the one-room schoolhouse that was considered a privileged place of learning for motivated students, some of whom had no parents to teach them, to mandatory state-directed detention of millions of young people from age 4 through 18 on a daily basis."

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Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot 6/20/2008

"Gay-rights advocates asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to remove a proposed state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage from the November ballot, saying it would destroy fundamental rights that cannot be legally altered by a voter initiative."

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The end of marriage as we know it 6/17/2008

"Unless California (and Massachusetts) reverses this, we don't have to speculate what is ahead. Embracing the homosexual agenda has already played out in Scandinavia.

Sweden was the first country in Europe to legalize homosexual unions in 1989, with Denmark and Norway following shortly behind. Stanley Kurtz, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, stated in his article "The End of Marriage in Scandinavia" the issue is not about "marriage for homosexuals," but rather "social approval for homosexuality," according to homosexual activists themselves. After nine years, only 2,372 homosexual couples took advantage of the Danish law allowing homosexual marriage. After four years, only 749 homosexual Swedes and only 674 homosexual Norwegians bothered to "get married." The issue is acceptance, and the outcome is the destruction of traditional marriage."

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And there's this from pro-homosexual and pro-pedophile author Judith Levine:

Because American marriage is inextricable from Christianity, it admits participants as Noah let animals onto the ark. But it doesn't have to be that way. In 1972, the National Coalition of Gay Organizations demanded the repeal of all legislative provisions that restrict the sex or number of persons entering into a marriage unit; and the extension of legal benefits to all persons who cohabit regardless of sex or numbers. Would polygamy invite abuse of child brides, as feminists in Muslim countries and prosecutors in Mormon Utah charge? No. Group marriage could comprise any combinations of genders." (Emphasis added.)

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Home schooling labeled 'anarchy' (OneNewsNow.com) 6/5/2008

"The California Teachers Association ... decided to file an amicus brief arguing before the court that parents should have no right over the education of their children, should not have a right to home school, and that these children should be literally forced to be put back into the public schools -- even though parents object," the attorney explains.

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Dallas Morning News: “Texas same-sex couples heading to California to wed” 6/2/2008

“If I am qualified legally to be married in the state of California, then I am qualified legally to be married in the state of Texas,” said Dr. Love, who previously worked as an executive dean at Brookhaven College . . .

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ADF Alliance Alert » 10 states ask Calif. court to delay marriage redefinition 5/30/2008

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ADF asks Calif. justices to hold marriage order until amendment vote 5/22/2008

The text of the proposed constitutional amendment is available at www.protectmarriage.com/read.php.

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Fate of homeschooling in court's hands : Original case ruling threatened education choice for thousands 5/22/2008

The fate of homeschooling, the education choice for hundreds of thousands in the state, now is in the hands of the justices on the bench of the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 3, according to an announcement from the Home School Legal Defense Association.

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Breaking the law? - San Bernardino County Sun

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Homeschoolers in court: We're constitutional

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Sungevity.com - Solar Panels Get the Web 2.0 Treatment

"The Berkeley based company only covers California at the moment. To get started, enter your address into the website and you’ll get a satellite image of your house. Sungevity will help you calculate the dimensions of your roof, allowing you to choose the appropriately sized panels. They’ll also help you calculate your financial returns as well as the environmental benefits. You’ll get a quote within 24 hours after submitting your address. An array system starts at $7,000—you can choose to pay it all up front or in installments. A $1,000 deposit is required. The panels are guaranteed for 10 years, with the inverters and panels insured for 10 and 25 years."

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Hoover Institution - Education Next - Home Schoolers Strike Back

Academia to high schools: No God allowed

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State troopers rebuke students for singing national anthem

Counties to Supreme Court on 'gay' marriage: Drop dead

"A step closer to educational fascism" 6/24/2008

Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot 6/20/2008

The end of marriage as we know it 6/17/2008

Home schooling labeled 'anarchy' (OneNewsNow.com) 6/5/2008

Dallas Morning News: “Texas same-sex couples heading to California to wed” 6/2/2008

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Fate of homeschooling in court's hands : Original case ruling threatened education choice for thousands 5/22/2008

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