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WASHINGTON -- Reuters has reported that, "A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of U.S. hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.
"They said methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is beginning to appear outside hospitals in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles."
"'Once this reaches the general population, it will be truly unstoppable,' said Binh Diep, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco who led the study."
According to the study, at this point, homosexual men are 13 times more likely to contract the potentially deadly, drug-resistant strain of staph infection, but the fear is that, because the infection is spread via skin-to- skin contact, homosexual men may soon spread it to the general population.
Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural issues with Concerned Women for America (CWA), said, "The medical community has known for years that homosexual conduct, especially among males, creates a breeding ground for often deadly disease. In recent years we have seen a profound resurgence in cases of HIV/AIDS, syphilis, rectal gonorrhea and many other STDs among those who call themselves 'gay.'
"The human body is quite callous in how it handles mistreatment and the perversion of its natural functions. When two men mimic the act of heterosexual intercourse with one another, they create an environment, a biological counterfeit, wherein disease can thrive. Unnatural behaviors beget natural consequences.
"In recent years our culture has adopted a laissez faire attitude toward sexual deviancy. Television shows like Will and Grace glorify the homosexual lifestyle while our children are taught in schools that homosexuality is a perfectly healthy, alternative sexual 'orientation.' 'Stay out of our bedrooms!' we're often commanded by militant 'gay' activists.
"Well, now the dangerous and possibly deadly consequence of what occurs in those bedrooms is spilling over into the general population. It's not only frightening, it's infuriating.
"Citizens, especially parents, need to stand up and say, 'No More! We will no longer sit idly by while politically correct cultural elites endanger our children and larger communities through propagandist promotion of this demonstrably deadly lifestyle.'
"Why does it take a potentially deadly staph epidemic for people to acknowledge reality? Will that even do it? Enough is enough!" concluded Barber.
Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.
Thousands Protest Roe V. Wade Decision
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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of abortion opponents marched from the National Mall to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in their annual remembrance of the court's Roe v. Wade decision.
A smaller crowd of several dozen abortion-rights supporters held their own rally later, marking the 35th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling that established the nationwide right to abortion.
Supreme Court police reported no problems or arrests.
Sisters Erin Gordon, 31, and Molly Flaherty, 21, recalled going to the annual march known as the "March for Life" with their parents when they were growing up on New York's Long Island.
Gordon, who now lives in Richmond, Va., said she enjoyed the feeling of unity at the march.
"You really see that the abortion laws in the United States really don't reflect the heart of America," she said.
More than a half-dozen lawmakers spoke at a two-hour rally on the Mall before the march.
As abortion-rights demonstrators gathered in the evening, another group of abortion opponents listened to statements from women who said they have come to regret their abortions.
In addition to more typical "Defend life" and "Stop abortion" signs, some in the crowd held banners in support of Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a long-shot candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
Paul, a libertarian with an anti-war bent, addressed the rally and spoke of his credentials as an obstetrician who has delivered 4,000 babies.
"The debate over when life begins should not be a debate. Let me assure you: All life begins at conception," he said.
President Bush voiced support for those attending the event and hosted about 200 of the demonstrators in the White House's East Room for coffee and doughnuts.
In remarks later broadcast in audio to other demonstrators, Bush said biology confirms that from the start, each unborn child is a separate individual with his or her own genetic code.
"Babies can now survive outside the mother's womb at younger and younger ages," he said. "And the fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul."
Meanwhile, in Missouri, a federal appeals panel ruled that the state must provide transportation to clinics for inmates who want to have an abortion.
And in Michigan, the Republican-controlled state Senate voted to ban a late-term procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion. The bill mirrors a federal prohibition against the procedure that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last year.
Abortion-rights supporters say the legislation is a waste of time since federal law already bans the procedure.
It is unclear how the bill will fare in the Democratic-led House.
Huckabee in Financial Trouble
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Republican Mike Huckabee said Tuesday his presidential campaign is facing financial difficulties with top advisers working without pay and some aides quitting.
The former Arkansas governor promised to remain in the race through next Tuesday's Florida primary, telling about 50 people, mostly University of Florida fraternity members: "We are taking a look at everything daily. But we will be here every day in Florida until next week."
Huckabee planned to attend a private fundraiser.
In an interview earlier Tuesday in Atlanta, adviser Ed Rollins said top advisers are working without pay and some have left.
"Most people are staying on," but a few have departed, Rollins said. "A number of people, including myself," have agreed to forgo their pay to spend as much as possible on television ads in vital states.
Campaign contributions continue to come in, he said. But he acknowledged that Huckabee is stretched thin as he tries to compete in Florida's primary and many of the two dozen states holding contests Feb. 5.
Huckabee's campaign has stopped arranging charter flights, hotel reservations and other means of helping journalists keep up with his movements. News organizations pay their own expenses, but empty seats on charter planes were costing the campaign money.
"We are running our campaign in a very frugal manner," Huckabee said. "We have operated in the black. If we don't have it, we don't expend it."
Rollins said the campaign plans to run some ads on cable stations in Florida, but it cannot afford broadcast rates. Huckabee is splitting time between Florida, Georgia and Arkansas this week.
One of Huckabee's rivals, Giuliani, has acknowledged that about a dozen of his senior campaign workers were forgoing their January paychecks in hopes of stretching out money.
Huckabee spoke at an anti-abortion rally Tuesday on the grounds of the Georgia Capitol before heading to Gainesville, without the usual press contingent.
Legalized abortion is "a national nightmare that needs to end soon," Huckabee told several hundred people huddled under umbrellas in a chilly drizzle. America's treatment of the unborn, he said, "will define us for the future." The remarks coincided with the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling that a woman has a constitutional right to have an abortion.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, favors constitutional amendments to outlaw abortion and same-sex marriage. He counts heavily on social conservatives and evangelical Christians, but he finished second to McCain in South Carolina in Saturday.
KS Gov. Sebelius Says No to Abortion-Crony Biggs, Appoints New Attorney General
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TOPEKA, KS -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced her selection today to replace disgraced Attorney General Paul Morrison as State Attorney General - and it wasn't the front-runner Chris Biggs, an abortion supporter with ties to late-term abortionist George R. Tiller who was narrowly defeated by Phill Kline for the AG's job in 2002.
Instead Sebelius, a supporter of the most radical abortion practices, appointed Douglas County District Judge Stephen N. Six to replace Morrison, who resigned after admitting to a sexual affair with a subordinate. He has also been accused of illegally attempting to influence abortion cases against Tiller and a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Overland Park.
"We look at the fact that Biggs is not the new attorney general as a victory," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
Biggs, who was the recipient of over $250,000 in campaign money from Tiller through a web of third- party organizations, was most often mentioned as a possible replacement for Morrison once the sex and corruption scandal broke. The day before Morrison resigned, Operation Rescue released a statement urging Sebelius to "Just Say No To Biggs."
"It looks like the governor took our advice," said Newman. "This state cannot tolerate any more abortion corruption.
"We are withholding judgment on the new Attorney General until we know more about him. We do know that he is a Democrat, and that more than likely means he is an abortion supporter. We hope that this appointment was made with an awareness that this state cannot tolerate any more abortion-related corruption," said Newman. "The question is going to be whether or not Mr. Six can do his new job without allowing his personal biases to cloud his judgment. We will be watching him very closely."
About Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates.
PFOX Asks Judge to Enforce State Law and Stop the Teaching of Dangerous and Inaccurate Materials
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ROCKVILLE, Maryland -- Attorneys representing PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays) argued in court Wednesday that the new sex education curriculum adopted by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Board of Education is in violation of Maryland state law and regulations.
Attorney Brandon M. Bolling of the Thomas More Law Center, representing PFOX and two other plaintiff organizations, said that the curriculum's teaching that sexual orientation is "innate" is unsupported by scientific evidence, and therefore violates state law requiring that information presented in public schools be factually accurate.
"Declaring homosexuality to be 'innate' is a direct attack upon the ex-gay community and the possibility of changing one's sexual orientation," said Peter Sprigg, a Montgomery County resident and PFOX Board member who represented PFOX on the Citizens Advisory Committee that reviewed the curriculum. "This statement was inserted into the curriculum at the last minute and was never reviewed by the Citizens Advisory Committee," he added. "It also directly contradicts the statement elsewhere in the curriculum that 'sexual orientation results from an interaction of cognitive, environmental, and biological factors.'"
Bolling also charged that the Maryland State Board of Education had abdicated its responsibility by allowing Montgomery County arbitrarily to decide that classroom discussion of oral and anal intercourse did not violate a state law against discussions of "erotic techniques."
The hearing was held today in Montgomery County Circuit Court before Judge William J. Rowan, III. Attorney John Garza of Rockville, Maryland joined Bolling in representing PFOX, Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, and Family Leader Network.
The case is Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, et al. v. Montgomery County Public Schools, et al., Civil Action No. 284980.
Hamas: Continue Pressuring Israel
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Hamas officials expressed satisfaction with Israel's renewal of diesel fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip, but called on the Muslim Arab world to keep up the pressure on Israel.
Israel's decision to supply Gaza with diesel fuel "does not constitute an end to the siege on Gaza, as the real crisis and distress stem from the ongoing blockade," said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.
On Tuesday, at the behest of Arab League foreign ministers, the U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency session on Gaza.
Following Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's partial lifting of the full closure that began Thursday, Palestinians fired nine Kassam rockets and 13 mortar shells on southern Israel Monday evening.
It doesn't take a Rhodes scholar to make the connection.
"The siege on Gaza gave us some room to breathe," Sderot resident Eli Dahan told YNet news service. "We thought to ourselves that maybe now Gaza's residents would pressure Hamas into stopping the rocket fire. But our government immediately retreated," he said.
Just a few weeks ago, Dahan's wife Ayelet barely made it to the family's bomb shelter with their infant son before a Kassam decimated the baby's nursery.
The Dahans returned to their home this week, though the damaged top floor will take more time to repair.
"We wanted to come back to restore some sense of routine for the children," Dahan said.
"We spend the evening with relatives and when we left to go home, the rocket alert sirens blared. We started running and ducked for cover behind a garbage container. I thought to myself how we, the parents, must look to our children, running like this," he said.
"The rocket fire tonight is proof that Barak was too brash," said Alon Davidi, who heads up the Committee for a Secure Sderot.
"He is a defense minister who lacks an understanding of this war on terror," said Davidi.
"Nothing could be more morally sound than cutting Gaza's power," he said.
2007: Most US tourism to Israel ever Tue Jan 22, 11:11 AM ET
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More Americans visited Israel last year than ever before.
In 2007, 529,000 Americans made the trip, according to Arie Sommer, Israel's tourism commissioner for North and South America. The previous record year was 1999, when 515,000 Americans visited the country.
About 25 percent of all tourists to Israel come from the U.S., with the top five states of origin being New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
While some Americans go to connect with their Jewish heritage, Sommer estimates that as many as a third of U.S. visitors are Christian. Itineraries that include sites connected to the New Testament and the life of Jesus are popular, with visits to the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee and the olive grove where the Sermon on the Mount was delivered.
Israel's tourism infrastructure has also grown increasingly sophisticated in the past few years, offering European-style bed-and-breakfast inns, wineries and spas in addition to historic and archaeological sites and the contrast between the ancient city of Jerusalem and the modern city of Tel Aviv. In March, Delta Airlines will add a second daily flight from the United States to Israel. Continental Airlines operates two daily flights from New York to Tel Aviv, El Al Israel Airlines offers as many as six daily flights between the U.S. and Israel, and Israel carrier, Israir, offers up to five weekly flights from JFK to Tel Aviv.
For more information on visiting Israel, go to http://www.goisrael.com.
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