J. Charles Griswell Senior Center

                         Grand Opening - July 27, 2006 

                     Clayton County International Park

                    2300 Highway 138, S.E., Jonesboro, GA

                   Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - 10:00 a.m.

                 For additional information call 770.603.4050

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Muslim Group Wants Christian Leader Barred from Canada
By Alison Espach
CNSNews.com Correspondent
July 17, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - An Islamic    advocacy group wants Rev. Franklin Graham barred from entering Canada because of allegedly hateful state-   ments made towards Islam. Graham's spokesman says the Evangelical minister's comments have been "misconstrued"      by some Muslims.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Canada (CAIR-CAN) claims allowing Graham into Canada would be evidence of a "double standard." British Muslim Riyad ul-Haq was denied entry into Canada in June after being accused of inciting  hatred towards Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims - a violation of Canada's so-called

 "hate    propaganda  laws."      Read more....

 Frankenstein's Farm

 The advance of science is noble and beneficial, but sometimes provides challenges to the ethical standards represented by the Hippocratic oath. Without these ethical standards, science goes the way of Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein, who had no second thoughts about ignoring morals in his quest to manipulate human life. With the rapid advances in the biotechnology field today, it is hard to stay abreast of the changes. Human cloning, embryonic stem cells, and human/animal hybrids or chimeras are some examples where, if left unchecked, it would be very easy for us to lose our humanity while searching for ways to prolong our lives. Yesterday, FRC's Vice President of Government Affairs Tom McClusky spoke at a press conference with Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on legislation that puts ethics before experimentation. The Fetus Farming Prohibition Act, introduced by Senator Rick Santorum (R-Penn), forbids researchers from obtaining human tissue from fetuses when they know the pregnancy was deliberately initiated to create human "spare parts." Think this cannot happen here? Right now, New Jersey law allows researchers to gestate a human clone all the way up until birth, at which point they have to kill the baby. The only reason to bring a fetus to term, and then kill it, would be to obtain body parts. Science has a lot to offer in helping us deal with pain and illness, but science without ethics destroys the very humanity we seek to protect.

Courtesey of FRC
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President Bush has declared that "Israel has a right to defend herself. Every nation must defend itself against terrorist attacks and the killing of innocent life."

Click here to sign the petition to President Bush today asking him to continue to stand with Israel at this critical time. Please forward this to everyone your list. We must let President Bush know that Israel is America’s key to survival, and that we appreciate his stand. If Israel is weakened, the next target for H-bombers will be the U.S. 

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Washington, D.C. - Today President George W. Bush will make a public statement outlining his position regarding stem cell research and he will specifically address each of the three stem cell research bills pending in the U.S. Senate, including his anticipated veto of one of them. President Bush invited Mathew Staver to attend today's announcement in the East Room of the White House. Staver is the Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and the Interim Dean of Liberty University School of Law.  Read more......

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More Courts Get It Right, but Marriage Still Hangs in the Balance

Two more courts ruled Friday against radical efforts to change the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. A federal appeals court overturned a district court decision, thus reinstating the state marriage amendment that was adopted by over 70% of Nebraska voters. FRC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case. Meanwhile in Tennessee, that state's Supreme Court rejected the ACLU's effort to keep a marriage amendment off the ballot this fall. Despite the overwhelming support for state marriage amendments, and despite a string of recent court victories for traditional marriage, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) seems determined to align itself ever more closely with the radical advocates of same-sex "marriage." A DNC spokesman has unveiled "a five-point plan for fighting" efforts by voters to preserve the definition of marriage. Both New Jersey and Washington are awaiting high court decisions at any time that could make them the second and third states to legalize counterfeit homosexual "marriage." We need to take the definition of marriage out of the hands of judges once and for all. That's why it's important for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Marriage Protection Amendment to the U.S. Constitution this week.
 

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Petition to Save the Mt. Soledad Cross

The Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Protection Act, H.R. 5683, sponsored by Congressman Duncan Hunter, is scheduled to be debated in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 19, 2006. The purpose of the Act is to provide for immediate federal acquisition of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego, California in order to prevent the court-ordered removal of the 29 foot cross which is the centerpiece of the memorial.

The cross has stood atop Mt. Soledad since 1954. In 1989 a single atheist- plaintiff brought suit to remove the cross because he was offended by its sight. That lawsuit ultimately resulted in a federal court order mandating that the city of San Diego remove the cross by August 1, 2006, or face fines of $5,000 per day thereafter. That order was stayed by the Supreme Court last week.

Please call or email your Congressional Representative to support Rep. Duncan’s “Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Protection Act,” H.R. 5683.