Does the NYC Mosque Symbolize Tolerance or Conquest?

Recently, we posted an entry about the new federal health care mandate enacted by Congress and the Obama Administration. We said current events, like the controversy over the proposed mosque in NYC, are, unfortunately, taking our national focus away from the disastrous health care bill.

That said, it doesn't mean the proposed NYC mosque near Ground Zero isn't an important issue, as this article by historian William J. Federer clearly points out. It's a column containing a history lesson that all Americans should contemplate.

As Federer suggests we should rightly question, is the proposed mosque to be built in NYC (which already has 140 mosques in the area) simply an admirable expression of American religious freedom and tolerance or, in the worldwide Muslim mind, of the Islamic conquest of America?

Obama Administration Blocks Pro-Abstinence Study from Public

"A taxpayer-funded study that indicates parental and adolescent support of abstinence education is not being released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as it does not support the Obama Administration’s objective – or that of vocal “safe sex” activists – of eliminating all abstinence-education funding."

To learn more, read this Aug. 18 news report from Catherine Snow with CitizenLink.

Why Shouldn't Society Just Say ‘Uncle’ and Grant Same-Sex Marriage?

Abraham Lincoln once asked how many legs a dog has if we call a tail a leg. The answer, he said, is four: calling a tail a leg does not make it so.

The late President's wisdom is wisdom our nation should reflect upon in the debate over so-called same-sex "marriage."

Read this insightful piece by Professor Stephen Heaney.

Also, please forward this essay to all the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, if you know them.

Don't Forget About the Govt.'s Health Care Takeover!

Today, much of the public debate nationwide has, unfortunately, shifted from the coming takeover of private health care in the U.S. to the Gulf oil spill to the Arizona border battles to, most recently, the mosque under consideration in NYC and President Obama's recent comments.

But, citizens, we must not forget the health care disaster, which is quickly speeding towards us! Taxes and premiums are already increasing.

Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor just this week mentioned the huge increase in his health insurance premium (insurance companies, apparently, are dramatically hiking premiums in anticipation of future expenses under Obamacare).

And, see this link to a health care story in the UK. Large scale rationing of health care is now being secretly enforced by the British government to save money. Will this happen in the U.S.? We must make sure it doesn't.

What good is health care for everybody if you can't get the health care you need when you need it? Don't forget about the government's health care takeover!

Injunction Issued Against Oklahoma's New Ultrasound Law

This morning, Oklahoma County District Judge Noma Gurich agreed with the arguments of New York's Center for Reproductive Rights and issued an injunction to prevent Oklahoma's new ultrasound law, HB 2780, from taking effect at least until after a trial is held in 2011.

The ultrasound bill was passed by large margins in both the state House and Senate, vetoed in late April by Gov. Brad Henry, but then the House and Senate overrode the gubernational veto the following week. The state of Oklahoma defended the new law in court, and wanted it to take effect immediately. However, the judge disagreed, preventing it from taking effect as pro-life supporters and state legislators had fondly hoped..

State legislators have sought since 2006 to pass an Oklahoma law requiring women to have an ultrasound prior to an abortion. The rationale: informed consent by women. (According to research, some 80 percent or more of women who see an ultrasound fetal image of their unborn child will then decide against abortion). However, abortion proponents believe requiring a pregnant women contemplating abortion to have an ultrasound or sonogram presents an "unreasonable" restriction on their access to abortion. Two prior laws which had won legislative and/or gubernatorial approval were later invalidated by two different Oklahoma County judges on a technicality -- a violation of the state Constitution's single-subject rule. HB 2780 was passed by legislators as a stand-alone bill in 2010 to overcome this problem.

David Barton, Others to Speak July 9-10 at Reclaiming Conference in Yukon

You've heard Christian historian David Barton on Glenn Beck's radio and TV programs and at other events teaching on the Christian foundations of America. Tonight and tomorrow, he'll be in Oklahoma once again at the annual Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ Conference.

It all begins tonight (Friday night) promptly at 6:30 p.m. and convenes again Saturday from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. This annual event is being held at Trinity Baptist Church in Yukon. Admission is free! Come early or stay late to see the exhibit tables.

The big name headliners this year include:

* David Barton (Friday 6:45, Saturday 8:45), the nation's foremost historian of the Christian founding of America, and president of Wallbuilders in Aledo, Texas. Barton is a Christian radio commentator and author and a frequent presenter on the Glenn Beck TV show.

* Former Miss America from Oklahoma, Anita Bryant (Friday, 8:15) and her orchestra will deliver her famous rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

* Ken Ham (Friday 7:30, Saturday 9:30), the Australian creation scientist, author, and Christian broadcasting commentator. His giant "Answers in Genesis" Fossils Museum is a major Christian attraction.

* Rick Scarborough (Friday 9:50) of "Vision America"

* Bailey Smith (Saturday 11:45), the famed evangelist of Bailey Smith Ministries.

Admission is free. Hope you can come!

Location: Trinity Baptist Church, 600 N. Cemetery Rd. in Yukon. Just take I-40 to Garth Brooks Blvd and go South one mile.

How Many Communists, Marxists, and Socialists Do You Know?

Discover The Networks -- a Web-site from former sixties-radical-turned-conservative David Horowitz -- shows, in painstaking detail, President Barack Obama’s close connections to a stunning array of anti-American, anti-capitalist leftist radicals who, like the President himself, seek to transform the United States into a society bearing no resemblance whatsoever to the American founders’ vision.

To see the connections, Check out this link.

Click on any name listed to learn about President Obama's connection to that person. Then, ask yourself: How many communists, Marxists, and socialists do I personally know?