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				<title>Christian Newswire: Same-Sex Debate</title>
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					<title>While Judge Considers Same-Sex Marriage Case, House Church Leader says the Verdict Doesn&#39;t Matter</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12996</link>
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					<description>Contact: Jon Hirst, The Well, 719-362-5235, jhirst@dotheword.org 

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Feb. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- While a San Francisco judge considers the evidence in the Prop 8 federal trial in California, many American Christians are concerned about the possibility of an outcome in favor of same-sex marriage. House church leader Ken Eastburn responded to Christians following the trial by challenging them to focus on their ultimate goal during this time, &#34;Creating a moral America is  Source: Seoul USA</description>
		      		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:22:52 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Scandal-Ridden USCCB Brings Pro-Abortion, LGBT Rights Activists to Speak and 4-Day Event</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12961</link>
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					<description>Contact: Katie Walker, American Life League, 540-659-4942 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- Already embroiled in an abortion scandal, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will host a line-up of progressive leaders -- including prominent pro-abortion activists -- to their &#34;Catholic Social Gathering&#34; in Washington, D.C., Feb. 7-10. 

The announced USCCB &#34;gathering&#34; conference comes on the heels of revelations the USCCB has long standing ties to the radically pro-abor Source: American Life League</description>
		      		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:47:00 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Public Policy Group Defends Uganda&#39;s Christians</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12954</link>
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					<description>Contact: Cliff Kincaid, 443-964-8208, Kincaid@comcast.net; www.usasurvival.org  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- Journalist and media critic Cliff Kincaid said today that coverage of the so-called &#34;Kill the Gays&#34; bill in Uganda has been completely one-sided, inaccurate, and distorted beyond belief. Kincaid, president of America&#39;s Survival, Inc., and editor of Accuracy in Media, says the legislation is designed to save lives by discouraging homosexual practices which spread disea Source: America&#39;s Survival, Inc.</description>
		      		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:40:30 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>AFTAH Condemns Sec. Gates&#39; and Adm. Mullen&#39;s Capitulation to Obama&#39;s Radical Plan to Homosexualize the Military</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12944</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12944</guid>
					<description>Contact: Peter LaBarbera, Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, 630-717-7631&#160;
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Americans For Truth About Homosexuality President Peter LaBarbera issued the following statement in response to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen&#39;s testimony yesterday in favor of President Obama&#39;s plan to allow open homosexuals in the military:
&#34;At a time of recession and a potentially long-lasting jobs crisis -- an Source: Americans for Truth</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:57:42 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Some ELCA Pastors Use Dishonesty, Bullying to Keep Churches from Leaving the ELCA</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12941</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12941</guid>
					<description>Contact: Rev. CJ Conner, 651-373-9137 

MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- ELCA leader and Pastor Barry Hoerz is no stranger to twisting arms to get his way. While he was a member of the Weyauwega School Board in Wisconsin, he sued his colleagues over a disagreement and resigned his elected office. Hoerz serves the dwindling Saint John Lutheran Church in Weyauwega, with an average attendance of about 100. He wrote a letter to the editor of the Appleton Post-Crescent- part of a broa Source: Rev. CJ Conner</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:10:29 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>USCCB Exec John Carr Fails to Address Findings in Report on Pro-Abortion, Gay Marriage Group</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12935</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12935</guid>
					<description>Contact: Katie Walker, American Life League, 540-659-4942 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- American Life League and the Bellarmine Vertias Ministry, working with the Reform CCHD Now coalition, released two separate reports Monday on United States Conference of Catholic Bishops&#39; (USCCB) ties with the Center for Community Change (CCC), a stridently pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality organization.

Specifically addressed in the report from ALL is USCCB exec John Carr&#39;s simultaneous m Source: American Life League</description>
		      		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:50:44 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>1000 Rabbis Warn: Open Homosexuality in the Military is a Disaster and May Cause Further Natural Disasters</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12926</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12926</guid>
					<description>Contact: Rabbi Yehuda Levin, Spokesman, Rabbinical Alliance of America 718-469-6999 

MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman for the Rabbinical Alliance of America issued the following statement:

&#34;When Americans are suffering economically and millions need jobs, it&#39;s shocking that the Administration is focused on its ultra-liberal militantly homosexualist agenda forcing the highlighting of homosexuals and homosexuality on an unwilling military. This i Source: Rabbinical Alliance of America</description>
		      		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Conference of Catholic Bishops Exec Chaired Pro-Abortion, LGBT Rights Group</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12913</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12913</guid>
					<description>Contact: Katie Walker, American Life League, 540-659-4942

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- A national group that promotes abortion and homosexual rights has deep ties with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops&#39; (USCCB) Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, according to a report released Monday.
 
Top USCCB executive John Carr held simultaneous leadership roles, creating a conflict of interest, with the USCCB and the radical Center for Community Change. Source: American Life League</description>
		      		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Baltimore: Obama&#39;s Lions&#39; Den Experience</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12906</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12906</guid>
					<description>Contact:&#160;Gary McCullough, 202-546-0054
OPINION, Jan. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Gary McCullough, director of the Christian Newswire:
At an annual retreat Republican lawmakers hold in Baltimore, President Barack Obama played the part of the Daniel walking into the lions&#39; den.&#160;Yet the parallel between the Daniel of the Bible and Barack of &#34;The Rolling Stone&#34; ended at the point of walking in.
Using the Clinton tactic of fluidly redefining terms, Source: CCN</description>
		      		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:17:02 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Presentation of Evidence Concludes in Perry v Schwarzenegger Federal Trial</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12883</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12883</guid>
					<description>Contact: Carla Hass, Communications Director, ProtectMarriage.com, 916-834-9969 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following statement can be attributed to Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com:

&#34;Today concluded the presentation of evidence in the federal trial, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, challenging Prop 8&#39;s definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman. Our Prop 8 Legal Defense Team did a remarkable job in defending the will of over 7 million Cal Source: ProtectMarriage.com</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:09:37 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>FRC Pledges to Oppose President&#39;s Proposals to Sexualize the Military, Socialize Child Care and Penalize Married Couples</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12882</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12882</guid>
					<description>Contact: J.P. Duffy, Family Research Council, 202-679-6800, 866-FRC-NEWS 
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement in response to President Obama&#39;s first State of the Union Address:
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&#34;At a time of enormous economic challenge, two on-going wars in which American are fighting and increased terrorist threats to Americans at home, President Obama seems untethered from that reality as he called o Source: Family Research Council</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:51:27 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Delivers Republican Address</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12881</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12881</guid>
					<description>Contact: Don Stewart (McConnell), 202-224-2979; Michael Steel, Kevin Smith (Boehner) 202-225-4000; Stacey Johnson (McDonnell)  804-225-4260
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Below is the full text (as prepared) of tonight&#39;s Republican Address to the 
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Nation, delivered by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell following President Obama&#39;s State of the Union Address:
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&#34;Good evening.&#160;I&#39;m Bob McDonnell. Eleven days ago I was honored to be sworn in as t Source: CCN</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:33:07 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>State of the Union Preview: &#39;It&#39;s Not My Fault&#39;</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12834</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12834</guid>
					<description>Contact: Christian Newswire, 202-546-0054
OPINION, Jan. 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Gary McCullough, director of Christian Newswire:
State of the Union Preview: &#39;It&#39;s Not My Fault&#39;
In our office pool to predict the paraphrased expression most often used in President Obama&#39;s first State of the Union, I chose the catch phrase of Star Wars&#39; Hans Solo; it&#39;s not my fault.&#160;I use the term paraphrased because although it is exactly what the President will mean, Source: CCN</description>
		      		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:59:24 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Rev. Peterson Calls on Michael Steele to Resign</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12833</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12833</guid>
					<description>Contact: BOND Action Inc., 213-804-1872
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND Action, released the following statement today calling on Michael Steele, Chairman of the RNC, to resign. The following is Rev. Peterson&#39;s statement: 
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&#34;Despite the hope that many Republicans see in a Scott Brown victory, the Republican Party has a serious problem--namely Michael Steele. In the short time since Steele was elected--he&#39; Source: BOND Action Inc.</description>
		      		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>ProtectMarriage.com to Hold Mid-Day Media Briefing on Proposition 8 Trial</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12756</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12756</guid>
					<description>Contact: Carla Hass, Communications Director, ProtectMarriage.com, 916-834-9969 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following media advisory is submitted by ProtectMarriage.com: 

WHAT: ProtectMarriage.com, the defendant-intervenors in the federal case Perry v Schwarzenegger to invalidate Proposition 8, to hold mid-day media briefing.

WHERE: Federal Courthouse Media Center, 1st Floor
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102

WHEN: Tuesday, January 19, 20 Source: ProtectMarriage.com</description>
		      		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:33:50 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>New Book Helps Find Freedom from Homosexuality</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12706</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12706</guid>
					<description>Contact: Abigail Davidson, Publicist, WinePress Group, 360-802-9758, abigail@winepressgroup.com   

ENUMCLAW, Wash., Jan. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Exodus International is a ministry dedicated to helping those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction. According to a recent article in The Gospel Herald, the organization has doubled in size over the past six years, growing from 117 member agencies in 2003 to 234 by 2009. 

&#34;Helping pastors and churches know how to address the topic of ho Source: WinePress Group</description>
		      		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>ProtectMarriage.com General Counsel Andy Pungo Issues Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Against Television Prop. 8 Trial</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12696</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12696</guid>
					<description>Contact: Carla Hass, 916-834-9969 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following statement can be attributed to Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com on the stay issued by the United States Supreme Court prohibiting televising the Prop 8 trial: 

We are relived that the United States Supreme Court intervened today to protect our witnesses from the harm that would come with televising the Prop 8 trial. As we have said from the start, televising the proceedings in Source: ProtectMarriage.com</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:17:01 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>ProtectMarriage.com To Hold Mid-day Media Briefing</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12687</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12687</guid>
					<description>Contact: Carla Hass, Communications Director, ProtectMarriage.com, 916-834-9969, Carla.Hass@protectmarriage.com&#160;
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by ProtectMarriage.com:
WHAT:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ProtectMarriage.com, the defendant-intervenors in the federal case Perry v Schwarzenegger to invalidate Proposition 8, to hold mid-day media briefing.
WHERE:&#160;&#160;&#160; Federal Courthouse Media Center, 1st Floor450 Golden Gate AvenueSan F Source: Protect Marriage.com</description>
		      		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:41:55 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>ProtectMarriage.com to Hold Mid-day Media Briefing on Federal Challenge to Proposition 8</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12667</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12667</guid>
					<description>Contact: Carla Hass, Communications Director, ProtectMarriage.com, 916-834-9969 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by ProtectMariage.com:

WHAT: ProtectMarriage.com, the defendant-intervenors in the federal case Perry v Schwarzenegger to invalidate Proposition 8 will hold mid-day media briefing 

WHERE: Federal Courthouse Media Center, 1st Floor
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102

WHEN: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Noon or upon Source: ProtectMarriage.com</description>
		      		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:22:33 -0700</pubDate></item>
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					<title>Day Gardner, National Black Pro-Life Union Comments on Racial Statement Made by Senator Harry Reid</title>
					<category>Same-Sex Debate</category>
					<link>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12647</link>
					<guid>http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=12647</guid>
					<description>Contact: Day Gardner, National Black Pro-Life Union, 202-834-0844

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Day Gardner (photo), president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, submits the following and is available for comment:

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid recently apologized for comments made about Barack Obama&#39;s race during the 2008 presidential bid. He described then-Sen. Barack Obama as &#34;light skinned&#34; and &#34;with no Negro dialect, unless Source: NBPLU</description>
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