Research & Resources to Fight the Cultural War Waged on the Traditional Family
February 4, 2008 

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,
beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will now and then peek out and show itself.” —Benjamin Franklin 

TODAY'S HEADLINES 

RELIGION

'Jesus' Offers Biblical Principles To Vote By [Opposition Article]
www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/02/04/jesus_offers_biblical_principles_to_vote_by/ 

Politics & the Pulpit
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/politics-the-pu.html

Born Again Voters No Longer Favor Republican Candidates
www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=291  

British Bishop Challenges Anglicans to be 'Christ-Centered'
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08020004.htm 

MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY

When Just Handing Over a Ring Won’t Do
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/business/smallbusiness/02shortcuts.html?scp=2&sq=marriage&st=nyt 

State Court Recognizes Gay Marriages From Elsewhere
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/nyregion/02samesex.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin 

Florida To Vote On Gay-Marriage Ban In November
Petition Drive Beats Friday Deadline
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-flfgay0202sbfeb02,0,3657518.story 

Multiple Wives Will Mean Multiple Benefits [UK]
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EXB4XMISPSL1
VQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/02/03/nbenefit103.xml 

Activists On Both Sides Of Gay Marriage Ban Prepare To Woo Voters
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgaymarriage0203sbfeb03,0,4004913.story 

Gay Couples Ready To Rush To Courthouse [Opposition Article]
Domestic Partners - Crowds Are Expected Monday In Multnomah County To Register Their
Bond For Legal Protection
www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1202010909301670.xml&coll=7 

GOOD GOVERNANCE?

The New Crime Of Thinking
http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/02/04/the-new-crime-of-thinking/ 

LGBT AGENDA

Court Backs School On Gay Topics In Class
www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1070458&srvc=rss 

Michigan Paper Tries New Ways To Empower Gays [Opposition Article]
www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/OPINION03/
802040325/1272/OPINION0310 

CULTURE WARS

Abercrombie & Fitch Photos Pulled In Va.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_us/retail_obscenity_
charge&printer=1;_ylt=AqxedEVsj4xpKpusrhA4IoRH2ocA 

ROAD TO 2008

Fund For America, Funded
www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Fund_for_America_funded.html 

When the NY Times Speaks, I Listen
www.gopusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45991 

The Media's Manchurian Candidate
www.gopusa.com/commentary/jmariani/2008/jm_0204p.shtml