August 10, 2007

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SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday, October 4, 2007
"Snapshots of the American Family"
An evening with Tony Perkins, Family Research Council President

Rose Garden — 131 W Thomas St — Wausau, WI
Registration: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner buffet: 6:00 p.m.

More details...

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Around Wisconsin
... Assembly companion bill redefining abortion introduced
... Milwaukee sting operation results in felony sex charges against PrideFest children's events coordinator

Around the Nation
... Ohio state supreme court rules domestic violence laws do not violate state marriage protection amendment
... Florida marriage amendment on track for November 2008 ballot

Around Wisconsin Family Council
... Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians DVD available from Wisconsin Family Council
... Updated list of legislation Wisconsin Family Council is tracking
... Family Bulletin Board

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Around Wisconsin

... Milwaukee sting operation results in feolny charges against PrideFest children's events coordinator
Earlier this year an Oconomowoc woman contacted police after she discovered explicit emails between her foster son and David Bodoh, the children's events coordinator at this year's Milwaukee PrideFest. A state agent posing as the boy arranged to meet Bodoh, who was arrested when he arrived at the meeting place. Bodoh has been charged with using a computer to facilitate a sex crime. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. Read more...

Around the Nation

... Ohio state supreme court rules domestic violence laws do not violate state marriage protection amendment
Late last month the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in The State of Ohio vs. Carswell that protections of Ohio's domestic violence law are available to victims of criminal acts regardless of their legal status. Michael Carswell, the defendant in this case, had argued that the domestic violence law applied only to married couples because it contained the phrase, "living as a spouse." Read more...

... Florida marriage amendment on track for November 2008 ballot
Florida4Marriage.org, the organization leading the effort to put Florida's marriage protection amendment on the November 2008 ballot, has collected an estimated 650,000 petition signatures; 611,009 signatures are required for the measure to be on the ballot. The amendment is similar to Wisconsin's marriage amendment approved by voters in November 2006; it "protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." Read more...

Around Wisconsin Family Council

... Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians DVD available from Wisconsin Family Council
Family Research Council's DVD, Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians, is available from Wisconsin Family Council for a suggested donation of $25.00 (details)

... Updated list of legislation Wisconsin Family Council is tracking

... Family Bulletin Board

1. 40 Days for Life Campaign
   

   40 Days for Life invites you – and others in your community – to join this unprecedented and focused national pro-life campaign: 40 Days of prayer, 40 Days of constant 24hr/day vigil outside our nation’s abortion facilities, and 40 Days of fasting to end abortion in America, from September 26 - November 4, 2007.

   Imagine what the power of prayer can do when our nation unites with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America. Join us!

   Visit www.40daysforlife.com to learn more about this peaceful, prayerful, non-confrontational vigil for life and sign up to receive updates. In WI, phone toll-free 1-877-Life-360 to contact the 40 Days for Life coordinator near you.

2. Above the Clouds Fall Classes
   
   Above the Clouds, Inc., a non-profit, faith-based, free, creative arts program, reaches disadvantaged children ages 5-17 years old in the Milwaukee area who would otherwise not have the means, or opportunity to participate in such programs. Its fall class schedule is now available.
   
   
3. Christian Ministry Leaders Seminar
   
   This seminar, to be held Wednesday, October 3, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Cedar Creek, 1000 Imperial Drive, Mosinee, WI, will provide practical information to help ministry leaders to understand the nature and extent of the problems that face those who serve our country and their families and equip ministry leaders to minister more effectively to these service men and women. Presenters include Army Chaplain Dan Farley, Military and Family Life Consultant Robert Shaw, and Grief Ministry Specialist Julie Nelson.
   
   RSVP by Monday, October 1, by email or by phone (715-842-0944 or 1-800-236-3792). Suggested donation for this program and the lunch is $15.00. Donations will be accepted at the door.

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