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 Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Alliance Defense Fund is defending a college student in Georgia who was told she must change her beliefs on homosexuality or leave school.  This reveals how the homosexual agenda is not about equality or discrimination but rather forcing their radical secular morality on others.  Religious freedom has no place in this agenda.

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LifeNews reports.

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 Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Debra J. Saunders explains.

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 Monday, June 28, 2010

LifeNews reports.  Ken Klukowski explains how the bill tramples free speech.

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 Thursday, June 03, 2010

LifeNews reports.

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 Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Terry Jeffrey explains.

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 Thursday, May 13, 2010

CNS News reports.  Mark Steyn muses on Kagan’s views on the First Amendment.

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 Monday, October 12, 2009
Mona Charen discusses free speech and the Supreme Court.

posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 6:14:46 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Saturday, September 12, 2009

As if there was any doubt that the radical homosexual agenda is completely incompatible with religious liberty, World Net Daily’s report that a man is suing a Bible publisher because certain passages of Scripture disturb his mental state (i.e. conscience) should dispel such doubts.

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 Monday, February 23, 2009

Rush Limbaugh speaks out against the fairness doctrine.

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 Friday, February 20, 2009

Fox News reports that President Obama has stated that he opposes the so-called “fairness doctrine” which would hamper broadcasters with unconstitutional restrictions and endanger conservative and Christian radio broadcasting.  However, our friends on Capitol Hill inform us that we are likely to see an incremental strategy to institute the fairness doctrine with increased regulations (including community review boards).  Stay alert for updates on the efforts to institute the stealth fairness doctrine and trample real free speech rights.

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LifeNews reports.

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 Wednesday, February 18, 2009

CitizenLink reports.

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 Monday, February 16, 2009

Star Park reports on this troubling story.  Excerpt:

 

A black pastor awaits sentencing, which could amount to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines, for standing outside an inner city abortion clinic holding a sign saying "Jesus Loves You & Your Baby, Let Us Help You," and offering pro-life literature.

posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 4:29:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #   
 Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Apparently many of our leaders in Congress have no concern for free speech (except when it comes to their excuses for protecting pornography).  Investor’s Business Daily and Politico have reports documenting the renewed push to reinstate the so-called “fairness doctrine” which would put onerous regulations on talk radio and virtually put an end to conservative and Christian talk radio.

 

Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) is leading the way to oppose this authoritarian scheme.

 

UPDATE: Sen. Harkin (D-IA) has just called for reimposing the fairness doctrine.


Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
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 Friday, January 16, 2009

Human Events warns against the resurrection of free speech limitations on radio.

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 Monday, December 01, 2008

The LA Times and The Guardian Online report on a film festival official who was forced to resign his position because of his support, based on religious conviction, for the pro-marriage Proposition 8 campaign in California.

 

Also, Laura Ingram recently interviewed Andrew Breitbart about the reemergence of the “Hollywood blacklist” over gay marriage.

 

In all the confusion over “gay marriage,” Frank Turek’s article is especially helpful.  Excerpt:

 

After the passage of Prop 8 in California, homosexuals are still howling that they don’t have “equal rights.”  Hopefully, the California Supreme Court will respect the equal rights of voters by affirming Prop 8 because the howls of homosexuals are false.  The truth is every person in America already has equal marriage rights!

 

We’re all playing by the same rules—we all have the same right to marry any non-related adult of the opposite sex. Those rules do not deny anyone “equal protection of the laws” because the qualifications to enter a marriage apply equally to everyone—every adult person has the same right to marry.

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 Tuesday, November 25, 2008

William Rusher explains.

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 Friday, November 14, 2008

CitizenLink reports.

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 Friday, November 16, 2007
The Hill newspaper reports.  Excerpt:

One hundred ninety-four out of 200 House Republicans are backing the effort to block the anticipated revival of the Fairness Doctrine, which they believe is a tool Democrats will use to cut down on the number of conservative radio talk shows. The Fairness Doctrine was discarded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during the Reagan administration in 1985. Not one Democrat has signed the petition, which requires 218 signatures to trigger a vote.

 

The six Republicans who have opted not to sign Pence’s petition are Reps. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Robin Hayes (N.C.), Timothy Johnson (Ill.), Mike Rogers (Ala.), John McHugh (N.Y.) and Ralph Regula (Ohio).

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 Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. voices his concerns with a number of issues he sees as a threat to religious freedom.  Doubtless the ENDA bill and hate crimes legislation are clear and present dangers to free religious expression, and the movement to resurrect the discredited “fairness doctrine” is a blatant affront to free speech.  Read Jackson’s full column here.

For more information on religious freedom click here or here.

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 Thursday, November 08, 2007
Accuracy in Media warns that upcoming Senate hearings could be a vehicle for instituting the so-called “fairness doctrine” which would force broadcasters to give equal time to all political views.  

The Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007 would prohibit the FCC or any future president from reinstituting this ill-conceived policy.  Upon proposing H.R. 2905, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) said:

The American people love a fair fight, especially where the issues of the day are debated. In a free market, fairness should be determined based upon equal opportunity, not equal results. As some voices are calling for Congress to enforce their idea of ‘fairness’ upon the American people, it would be good for us to proceed with caution whenever some would achieve their ‘fairness’ by limiting the freedom of others.

Congressman Pence has also posted on his blog a helpful resource entitled “Myths vs. Facts On the Fairness Doctrine.”

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 Thursday, November 01, 2007
WNDU reports on this reversal of a controversial prayer ruling in Indiana.  The Alliance Defense Fund comments here.

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 Wednesday, October 31, 2007
John Fund writes in the Wall Street Journal about the efforts to resurrect the “Fairness Doctrine” for talk radio and the danger it poses to First Amendment speech rights.

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 Friday, October 05, 2007
“The fairness doctrine flies in the face of the First Amendment.”

     -Sen. Norm Coleman

Pointing out that the “fairness doctrine” is not fair at a Heritage Foundation event today (video posted tomorrow) Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) said “the fairness doctrine is the biggest misnomer since jumbo shrimp.”  He went on to explain how the fairness doctrine violates the First Amendment’s protections of free political speech.  He asked rhetorically if we really wanted government regulators monitoring broadcasts with pencil, paper, and stopwatch enforcing their idea of “fair and balanced.”

Fortunately Sen. Coleman did not expect fairness doctrine legislation to make any progress in the current Congress but voiced his fears that a future liberal administration combined with a liberal Congress would quickly introduce such dangerous legislation.

Congressman Thomas Price had a helpful piece published yesterday entitled “The Left’s Push to Silence Free Speech.”

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 Friday, June 29, 2007

We have great news for talk radio fans, conservatives, and defenders of free speech.  Reps. Mike Pence (R-IN), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) yesterday proposed an amendment to the House Financial Services Appropriations bill that prevents federal funds from being used to enforce the “fairness doctrine” on talk radio and other media outlets should the onerous regulation ever be revived (as several U.S. Senators have suggested).  We are happy to report that the amendment passed overwhelmingly.


To see how your representative voted on the Pence Amendment click here.  For more information on the Pence Amendment check these articles from the Muncie Free Press (click here and here).

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 Thursday, June 28, 2007

Some members of Congress are talking about resurrecting the “fairness doctrine” for talk radio, a decades-old federal regulation (dropped by President Reagan) which mandated that radio and TV broadcasts were supposed to give equal time to opposing sides of any given political issue (remember all the conservative commentators of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s?).  Under the pretense of “ensuring both sides are heard” and fixing the supposed “structural defects” that allow conservatives to dominate talk radio, members of Congress such as Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are proposing that radio stations be subjected to FCC regulation to ensure that “progressives” (i.e. liberals) are allowed equal time.  Since the “progressive” (liberal) AirAmerica radio network didn’t catch on with the American public, liberals have decided to mandate you be exposed to liberal viewpoints. This could have the effect of stifling a popular and informative medium, but more importantly it presents a dangerous threat to free speech rights found in the First Amendment.  Such obviously unconstitutional and un-American legislation must be steadfastly opposed, and legislators who support such foolishness should be held accountable.

For all their supposed concern about the “unfair” imbalance of opinion on talk radio, one would think they would be just as eager to federally mandate “fairness” in newspapers and network TV.  Hmm…Go figure.

UPDATE: This article by Rich Galen at TownHall gives some important historical perspective on the nefarious fairness doctrine.


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 Monday, June 25, 2007

The Supreme Court today ruled that Wisconsin Right to Life had the right to run issue advertisements which urged citizens to call Sen. Kohl and Sen. Feingold and ask them not to obstruct President Bush’s judicial nominees.  The pro-life group was prosecuted under the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, and an appeals court ruled their communication was unlawful political speech because it referred to specific candidates and occurred too close to the 2004 elections.  The Supreme Court’s decision today is not just a victory for one pro-life organization but is an encouraging development for those championing the cherished right of free speech.

 

To read the Court’s decision click here.

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Today George Will writes about the outrageous case in Oakland, California in which government employees were forbidden to mention such “offensive” words as “natural family,” “marriage,” and “family values.”  This is a blatant assault on First Amendment rights of free speech.  Unfortunately, many in American political discourse have sought through legislation or the courts to silence the views of their ideological opponents rather than engaging them in open debate.

posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 4:15:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Conservatives have long been skeptical of "reform" proposals and some of the recent "lobby reform" proposals certainly merit such skepticism.  This Heritage Foundation report mentions one such proposal which would limit the free speech rights of American citizens and dangerously isolate the administration from public opinion.

For information on other dangerous "lobby reform" proposals click here.

posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:11:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #   
 Monday, May 14, 2007

John Fund writes in this great piece about Rep. Marty Meehan's bill, H.R. 2093, and how it threatens free speech and our right to petition our government.  This bill lumps grassroots activists and ordinary citizens in with official "lobbyist" while putting onerous "disclosure" requirements on them thus shielding elected officials from the will and accountability of the people For more information on the dangers of lobby reform click here.

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