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April 28, 2011
| ”‘If (Gov. Snyder) intended by his comments to actually endorse the state Dept. of Education’s current model policy, he is as misguided in promoting homosexual activists’ segregation language as found in that policy as were the Democrats who for five years blocked passage of any anti-bullying legislation that didn’t force that language on every school district in the state,’ said (AFA-Michigan President Gary) Glenn.”
”The state legislature has been struggling to approve an anti-bullying bill for a decade. Advocates for the legislation have been clear that the law should mandate enumeration — or a clearly defined list of protected groups — while Gary Glenn and the American Family Association of Michigan have opposed enumeration, calling it part of a ‘homosexual agenda’ because it would list sexual orientation and gender identity and expression as protected classes.”
http://michiganmessenger.com/48650/snyder-calls-for-anti-bullying-legislation-in-education-address
PLEASE call or write Gov. Rick Snyder today and tell him that any state bullying law should equally protect all students from all bullying for all reasons, not segregate students into special “protected class” categories based on homosexual behavior or cross-dressing.
CALL 517-373-3400
E-MAIL: rick.snyder@michigan.gov
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April 25, 2011
| Another issue is rising on which AFA-Michigan will stand firm in defense of the principle that it’s in the best interests of every child to have both a father and a mother, and not as a matter of public policy be intentionally denied one or the other.
“Mere weeks after the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex adoption, the battle over two-parent adoptions is heating up in Michigan as advocates for youth in the foster care system say that thousands of children are being denied permanent homes.”
http://michiganmessenger.com/48066/advocates-challenge-state-officials-on-second-parent-adoption
Common sense: a study released last fall found that children raised by homosexual couples, not surprisingly, are more likely to model the household adults’ sexual behavior and values by engaging in homosexual behavior themselves. Also not surprising, if society approves of rather than discourages homosexual activity, the rate of homosexual behavior goes up. From AOL News:
“(Kansas State University family studies professor Walter Schumm’s) study on sexual orientation…says that gay and lesbian parents are far more likely to have children who become gay. …(W)hen the study restricted the results so that they included only children in their 20s — presumably after they’d been able to work out any adolescent confusion or experimentation — 58 percent of the children of lesbians called themselves gay, and 33 percent of the children of gay men called themselves gay. About 5 to 10 percent of the children of straight parents call themselves gay, Schumm says.
Schumm next went macro, poring over an anthropological study of various cultures’ acceptance of homosexuality. He found that when communities welcome gays and lesbians, “89 percent feature higher rates of homosexual behavior.”
… And across all his data…he noticed how lesbians begat more lesbians. …(quoting) the stories of young women, describing how being gay was never frowned upon in their household, and so that ‘option’ was available to them. …Schumm also finds evidence of gay mothers pushing their daughters, upset over a relationship with a man, to ‘try out women.’ …(T)he literature shows some lesbians ‘have a hatred of men that’s intense,’ Schumm says.”
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/17/study-gay-parents-more-likely-to-have-gay-kids/
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April 23, 2011
| The American Family Association of Michigan AFAM today went after Sen. Roger KAHN R-Saginaw for not backing a measure aimed at protecting counseling students who don’t want to help gay and lesbian students.
Sen. Mark Jansen (R-Gaines Twp.) won an amendment requiring universities to report on efforts to accommodate the religious beliefs of students in accredited counseling programs. This is a response to the case of Eastern Michigan University graduate student Julea Ward, who was dismissed from EMU’s counseling program for refusing to counsel a gay patient.
Kahn was the lone Republican to vote no.
“Before the full Senate votes next week, we hope families in Saginaw County will join us in urging Sen. Kahn to stand with other Republicans, including Attorney General (Bill) Schuette, in acting to eliminate religious discrimination against students who refuse to compromise their faith and right of conscience,” said AFAM head Gary Glenn.
Sen. Kahn’s contact information:
Phone: 517-373-1760
E-mail: senrkahn@senate.michigan.gov
http://www.mirsnews.com/
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April 22, 2011
| Over Sen. Roger Kahn’s objection, Senate Appropriations Committee acts to stop religious discrimination at Michigan state universities
AFA-Michigan honored Julea Ward at our 2009 banquet for refusing to capitulate to Eastern Michigan University’s demand that she retract her statement of faith.
Read the infuriating transcript of EMU’s kangaroo court proceedings in which academic elites belittled Julea’s faith, mocked her, lectured her on what (they thought) she should believe, and finally expelled her for standing her ground: http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews_impact/2009/04/EMUhearing_transcript.pdf
The state Senate Appropriations Committee in Lansing Thursday inserted into the higher education budget a provision supported by the American Family Association of Michigan requiring state colleges and universities that offer counseling degrees to report to lawmakers what steps they are taking to ensure the religious conscience rights of students of faith. The House higher ed subcommittee has already approved the same language.
The motion was made by Senator Mark Jansen, R-Grand Rapids, and according to a legislator who watched the proceedings, it passed on a 10 to 6 party line vote with one exception. All Republicans but one voted in favor of the language.
Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw, was the lone Republican to join all committee Democrats in voting against protecting Michigan college and university students from religious discrimination.
The language is lawmakers’ response to the case of Eastern Michigan University graduate student Julea Ward, an African-American Christian with a 4.3 GPA in the school’s counseling degree program, who was expelled two years ago when she refused to counsel a student who asked for advice on how to improve his homosexual relationship. Ward said being forced to encourage such a relationship would violate her sincerely held religious convictions.
She filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against EMU alleging religious discrimination, which is currently before the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed an amicus brief with the court supporting Ward’s lawsuit.
AFA-Michigan President Gary Glenn, Midland, commented: “Before the full Senate votes next week, we hope families in Gratiot and Saginaw County will join us in urging Sen. Kahn to stand with Attorney General Schuette and other Republicans in acting to eliminate religious discrimination on campus against students who refuse to compromise their faith and right of conscience.”
Contact Sen. Roger Kahn at senrkahn@senate.michigan.gov or by phone at 517-373-1760.
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April 21, 2011
| In today’s economy, especially in Michigan, it may be hard to find the money to support causes you believe in. But now, thanks to Real Estate for Life, you can financially support the work of the American Family Association of Michigan, and it won’t cost you anything at all. Please take a few minutes to watch the video, which explains the Real Estate for Life program.
Real Estate For Life
Real Estate For Life is a proven program that can handle any kind of real estate – residential, commercial, home or business. No matter what sort of real estate transaction you may have, now or in the future – buying a factory or selling a log cabin – you can financially support AFA-Michigan at no cost simply by calling Real Estate For Life.
Please watch the video, and please pass it on to family, friends, and fellow church members who are buying or selling real estate and might also be interested in supporting AFA-Michigan’s work.
We deeply appreciate your support, and God bless and keep you strong.
Gary Glenn,
President American Family Association of Michigan
http://realestateforlife.org/AFAMichigan/
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April 14, 2011
| “People who support marriage as one man and one woman might face potential civil liability under nondiscrimination laws that prohibit private discrimination based on sexual orientation, marital status, or gender. …People who support traditional understandings of sexual morality also face discrimination in equal access to government benefits and programs.”
The Heritage Foundation documents what even left-wing media outlets such as National Public Radio and the Washington Post have reported: homosexual activists’ political agenda poses one of the most serious threats to religious freedom in America today.
Heritage cites the case of Julea Ward, an African-American Christian expelled by Eastern Michigan University because she refused to compromise her religious convictions:
“Related conflicts are likely to arise in education and professional situations. For example, a student obtaining professional training in a counseling program at a public university in Michigan was expelled, she alleges, because she was not willing to affirm homosexual behavior as morally acceptable.”
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/04/From-Culture-Wars-to-Conscience-Wars-Emerging-Threats-to-Conscience?query=From+Culture+Wars+to+Conscience+Wars%3A+Emerging+Threats+to+Conscience
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April 12, 2011
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| AFA-Michigan’s Gary Glenn and Detroit Lions running back Ian Johnson with former Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Cropsey, who we honored as a lifelong champion of traditional family values in the Legislature. |
Detroit Lions running back Ian Johnson addresses the American Family Association of Michigan’s 2011 banquet. Ian was warmly received and is a great speaker with an even greater message and witness. |
| For additional photos of our banquet, click here |
April 11, 2011
| ”While the path didn’t run through Ann Arbor, as he had envisioned, Johnson said God’s path was much better than his. ‘The things I accomplished athletically at Boise State, I could have accomplished anywhere,’ he said. ‘But what I couldn’t have gained was much more important — and that’s my lovely wife.’ Johnson said his wife has made him a better man and a better Christian.”
”‘My challenge to you is, when the Lord’s path deviates from yours, have the strength to follow,’ he said. Johnson was in Michigan to speak to the American Family Association of Michigan’s annual banquet, which was held in Troy.”
Click here for pictures from the event.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/04/detroit_lions_running_back_ian.html
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April 8, 2011
| “AFA-Michigan President Gary Glenn, one of two co-authors of the state’s Marriage Protection Amendment, said the group ‘is thrilled to welcome to Michigan a man whose performances on the field earned him a national spotlight, but whose values, testimony, and family values off the field are all the more worthy of our admiration.’”
”When Johnson and his wife were married in the summer of 2007, armed bodyguards were required at the church in response to racially-motivated threats against the couple. Johnson is half white and half African-American, while Chrissy is white. ‘Before Boise State running back Ian Johnson married the girl he proposed to on national TV, the couple prayed to end prejudice,’ the Washington Post reported. Glenn said that’s a prayer his group shares.
…’We wish Ian success in his new career with the Lions, and we hope, as a result of our banquet, he and Chrissy will know they have a base of new fans here in Michigan, both black and white, who support them and deeply appreciate their Christian witness and the values they stand for,’ Glenn said.”
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2011/04/07/news/doc4d9df23d70ace224097019.txt
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April 6, 2011
| “The American Family Association of Michigan also reached out to its members, asking them to voice support for Dixon and local leaders. In a message to members, AFA Michigan wrote that it saluted Dixon’s ‘principled stand for family, faith and freedom’ and applauded city and county leaders for respecting her religious free speech rights.”
Thanks if you’re one of AFA-Michigan’s supporters who responded to our call to action in support of Crystal Dixon, as reported in this story.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/04/city_county_leaders_hear_suppo.html
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April 6, 2011
| ”Two psychologists testified…that pedophilia is a ‘sexual orientation’ just like homosexuality or heterosexuality. …Van Gijseghem, psychologist and retired professor of the University of Montreal, said, ‘Pedophiles…are grappling with what is equivalent to a sexual orientation just like another individual may be grappling with heterosexuality or even homosexuality.”
The North American Man Boy Love Association says current laws against child molesting violate their “civil right” to have sex with children and “discriminate” against them on the basis of their “sexual orientation.”
If marriage is radically redefined once to meet the demands of homosexual activist groups, demands will logically and inevitably follow that marriage be redefined again and again to meet the demands of the next special interest group. Polygamists (lawsuits have already been filed), then group marriage advocates (as University of Michigan professors advocate), then pedophiles.
Think that’ll never be seriously debated or considered? That’s what America thought about so-called homosexual “marriage” only a couple decades ago.
http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=8934
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