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	Court approved homosexual adoption arrives in Maine The Maine Law Court (pdf link) approved homosexual adoption in August of this year.  The unanimous decision will be the subject of a Bangor Daily News article later this week.  The League's executive director, Mike Heath, was contacted by the paper on Tuesday, October 16th. "I hope God gives us the resources to...dig into this one, "  said Heath.  "We need to learn more about the details and keep Christians informed about these developments."      Heath was referring to his desire for God to give the League more money for staff and/or volunteers to review the details of the court case and adequately follow the matter as it develops in Maine.  The court decision will result in more impressionable children being placed in homes where marriage is undermined and gender roles are purposely confused.      Heath said, "This cannot help but have a devastating effect on these children over time, especially their spiritual lives." First day of Larry Cirignano trial - DA attempts strange meaning of constitutional law MassResistance Larry Cirignano (left) with his lawyer, Michael Gilleram getting ready to enter the courtroom on Tuesday.      Judge David Destopolous is presiding over this case, Joseph Quinlan is the prosecutor for the Commonwealth, working for District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., and Michael Gilleran is representing, Larry Cirignano.      Quinlan had made a motion not to allow the jury to be given the fact that Larry's group had a permit for their rally.  He apparently didn't want the jury to be "confused" into thinking that a permit guaranteed that opposing groups couldn't interfere with an opposing message.      Judge Destopolous was a bit incredulous at this assertion. That's exactly what a permit does guarantee, the judge replied to Quinlan. But Quinlan insisted that a permit does not exclude other groups from being in the same "public property" at the same time with an opposing message. He said that the permit merely allows the group access to restrooms, electricity for their sound system, etc., and he pointed out that the actual language of the permit does not specifically state that other groups can't be there also. Coming Up Snake Eyes AFAJournal      According to U.S. News & World Report's Kim Clark, each year Americans lose $80 billion to gambling in its various forms -from casinos to bingo to online gambling to horse racing.      Gamblers get plenty of opportunities to play. Forty-eight states have some form of legalized gambling, says Jeffrey Kluger of Time - and that does not include the Internet, which is quickly becoming a wide-open portal for those with an itch to bet.      Even by 1996, says Kluger, the annual take for the U.S. gambling industry was "more than that from movies, music, cruise ships, spectator sports and live entertainment combined." You can find more gambling articles linked from gamblingwiththewaylifeshouldbe.com.                                   Episcopal Church supports Gambling Expansion      The Episcopal Committee on Indian Relations issued a statement on Thursday, October 11, 2007 supporting Question 1 on the November 6th ballot.  The Committee voted unanimously on October 8th to support the Indian bid to expand slot machine gambling to Washington County.      Without quoting one Bible verse, or citing any Christian doctrines or theological statements, the Church Committee concludes that moral objections to high stakes gambling expansion are "highly hypocritical and specious."  The statement depends heavily on economic development theories, and a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.      The statement carefully avoids mention of the fact that Maine's Indian Tribes surrendered their right to soveignty in the area of gambling in order to collect millions of dollars from the taxpayers of Maine in 1988.  They threatened, in court, to take over control of two thirds of the state's land mass.  Instead of handling this issue in a fair and transparent manner, the Episcopal Church suggests that Maine should submit to Federal rules governing gambling by Indian tribes.  There exists no issue of justice here.  Maine Indians traded their right to operate gambling enterprises outside the oversight of Maine law in 1988.      Michael S. Heath, League executive director, said, "The League's position on this matter is clear.  Ban all slot machine and casino style gambling in Maine.  It was fine public policy three years ago.  It can work today.  All Maine people, Indian and non-Indian, can survive just fine without slot machines."
	New Law Pushes Homosexuality in Schools Pastor Rick Carver describes effect of the Truth Project in his church AFA streaming Washington Briefing 2007

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