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Around Wisconsin
... Domestic partner benefits among policy items removed from budget bill
... National Day of Prayer Wisconsin events on May 3, 2007
Around the Nation
... Attempts to silence truth on Day of Truth
... Upcoming Bible reading marathon in Washington D.C.
... California Compassionate Choices Act or Covert Abuses Act?
Around the World
... German homeschooler escapes state custody
Around Wisconsin Family Council
... Wisconsin Family Council provides testimony opposing "emergency contraception" hospital mandate
... Wisconsin Family Council represents abstinence-only position on UW panel
... Family Bulletin Board
Around Wisconsin
... Domestic partner benefits among policy items removed from budget bill
Late last week Joint Finance Committee chairpersons Sen. Russell Decker (D-Weston - SD 29) and Rep. Kitty Rhoades (R-Hudson - AD 30) issued a letter notifying legislators that the Joint Finance Committee will remove 48 non-fiscal policy items in Governor Doyle's budget recommendations. These non-fiscal policy items will be drafted as separate bills apart from the budget. Among these items is domestic partner benefits for state employees, including University of Wisconsin System administration, faculty and staff.
... National Day of Prayer Wisconsin events on May 3, 2007
Locations of National Day of Prayer events in Wisconsin on May 3, 2007 follow:
- ANTIGO - County event
- APPLETON - National Day of Prayer breakfast
- AURORA - Observance at Aurora Free Church
- BROOKFIELD - Stonecroft Christian Ministries
- CLEAR LAKE - United Covenant Church
- ELM GROVE - Prayer at Elm Grove Village Hall flag pole
- FONTANA - Walworth County prayer breakfast
- GILLETT - Clergy Association meeting, May 1, 2007 (note different date)
- GREEN BAY - Concert of Prayer - Living Hope Church
- GREEN BAY - Prayer breakfast
- GREEN BAY - Ladies luncheon
- JANESVILLE - National Day of Prayer - Rock County Bible-based churches
- KENOSHA - Kenosha Day of Prayer - County Courthouse steps
- MADISON - State Capitol event
- MANITOWOC - National Day of Prayer noon event
- MANITOWOC - National Day of Prayer evening event
- MARKESAN - National Day of Prayer observance at Markesan City Hall
- MILWAUKEE - Governor's Prayer Breakfast
- MILWAUKEE - Day of Prayer - Pilgrim Congregational Church
- MUSKEGO - Muskego city event
- NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER TELEPHONE CONFERENCE - 4 AM to 5 AM
- OAK CREEK - Day of Prayer - Oak Creek Community Center
- OCONOMOWOC - Lake County Day of Prayer
- PRINCETON - National Day of Prayer observance at American Legion Hall
- RACINE - 56th Annual Day of Prayer - outside Racine City Hall
- SHEBOYGAN FALLS - Prayer - St. Paul Lutheran Church
- SIREN - Burnett County National Day of Prayer service
- SUPERIOR - America United in Prayer - outside Superior Court House
- WAUKESHA - Prayer gathering outside Spring House (downtown Waukesha)
Around the Nation
... Attempts to silence truth on Day of Truth
Nearly 7,000 students nationwide participated in the third annual Day of Truth (April 19) sponsored by Alliance Defense Fund to provide a way for students to counter the aggressive homosexual agenda in schools, including the observance of Day of Silence held on Wednesday, April 18. School officials in Bel Air, MD and Danbury, CT initially prohibited Day of Truth activities, considering them too "controversial" and "counteractive." After Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent letters to both schools explaining the law, students were permitted to post signs and hold meetings.
... Upcoming Bible reading marathon in Washington D.C.
From April 29 to May 3 people from 100 different churches will be gathering on the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to read the Bible aloud from cover to cover. The history of the Bible reading marathon goes back to 1990, when a group of Christians read through the entire Bible aloud on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, beginning January 1 at 12:01 a.m. Groups or individuals can also organize Bible reading marathons in their local communities.
... California Compassionate Choices Act or Covert Abuses Act?
A bill euphemistically called the California Compassionate Choices Act (AB 374) that would legalize physician-assisted suicide, is headed for the California State Assembly after the State Assembly Judiciary Committee passed it. Christian Medical Association CEO Dr. David Stevens said "This bill invites patient abuse, prevents investigations of patient abuse and covers up incidents of patient abuse. Instead of being called the Compassionate Choices Act, this bill should be called the Covert Abuses Act." Physicians may prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients who request it, yet the bill "would require that nothing in its provision be construed to authorize ending a patient's life...and would provide that action taken in accordance with the act shall not constitute suicide or homicide." Physicians would also be immune "from civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for participating in good faith compliance with the act." Read more...
Around the World
... German homeschooler escapes state custody
Melissa Busekros, a homeschooler from Erlangen, Germany, escaped from state custody earlier this week and returned home. She turned 16 on April 23 which gives her broader rights and more say in her custody. She was removed from her home by police in February and taken to a psychiatric ward after a social worker and judge ruled that she had a "school phobia." Homeschooling has been banned in Germany since the rule of Adolf Hitler; the ban continues to be enforced. Other homeschooling families have been subject to fines as high as $4,000 (so far); the state has frozen their bank accounts and will take their homes to pay further fines. Home School Legal Defense Association founder Michael Farris says, "The philosophy that the government knows best how to raise children is really becoming a worldwide phenomenon. I think Germany represents the edge of the night that's coming." Read more...
Around Wisconsin Family Council
... Wisconsin Family Council provides testimony opposing "emergency contraception" hospital mandate
Today Wisconsin Family Council CEO Julaine Appling provided testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 129 (SB 129), a bill that forces all hospitals without exception to offer and provide so-called "emergency contraception" to sexual assault victims. Pro-Life Wisconsin Legislative Director Matt Sande also provided testimony in opposition to the bill. Wisconsin Family Council testimony ... Wisconsin Catholic Conference testimony ... Pro-Life Wisconsin testimony
... Wisconsin Family Council represents abstinence-only position on UW panel
Darryn Beckstrom, director of research for Wisconsin Family Council, participated in a panel discussion on sex education hosted by a UW-Madison student group. She represented the "abstinence-only" approach, noting that we tell kids not to do drugs and asking why the same message in sex education cannot be taught. The abstinence-only panelists also pointed out that sex education needs to include emotional and spiritual aspects and that sex is a part of a much bigger concept, not a hobby or form of entertainment. Read more...
... Family Bulletin Board
1. Calvary Memorial Church in Racine will be hosting a parenting seminar on Friday, May 4 from 6:45-8:30 pm and Saturday, May 5 from 8:45 am-12:30 pm. The seminar, entitled Cooperation, Consequences, and Keeping Your Sanity, uses biblically based parenting principles from the National Center for Biblical Parenting and will be led by NCBP-trained presenter, Sheri Fettes. A free children's program (ages 3-12) will be held simultaneously that will complement the adult presentation. Cost is $25 per couple or $15 per individual. Call Sue @ 262-884-8787 or Linda @ 262-637-7226 for registration information.
2. Above The Clouds, Inc. will hold a spring concert on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at 3229 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. (Heartlove Place Inc) featuring students' "art/movements in ballet, drama, music, cheerleading, stepping and works of fine art." Rep. Jason Fields (D-Milwaukee) will be the featured speaker. Refreshments will be served and seating is limited. Admission is free but a freewill offering will be received. For more information or to RSVP, please call Linda Wade at 414-344-3019 or email abovethecloudsinc@msn.com.
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