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Here is the latest from Focus on the Family. I can agree with the idea that throwing a party does not have to be subsidized by taxpayers. I just wonder whether taxpayers foot-the-bill for other groups? If so, this is unjust in that it targets a single group of employees at the Justice Dept. to be treated differently than other groups. What does scripture say in Micah, “…what does the Lord require of you, of man, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Anyway, I get a kick out of the glee expressed by prohibitionists who act unjustly, where have little mercy, and although they think they walk humbly, are quite full of self-righteous pride. Here is the article:
\n
\nJustice Department Cancels 'Gay Pride' Event
\nBy David Brody, Washington, D.C., correspondent
\nSUMMARY: There will be no \"Gay Pride\" celebration this
\nyear at the Justice Department in Washington. Homosexual
\nactivists are miffed.
\nThe U.S. Department of Justice has decided that homosexual
\nemployees this year may not hold their annual \"Gay Pride\"
\nevent, thus nixing the 6-year-old observance.
\n\"Gay Pride\" at Justice goes back to the Clinton years,
\nwhen the liberal president proclaimed the first official
\n\"Gay Pride\" month. That set the tone, but didn't set the
\nevent \"in stone.\" This year, President Bush did not
\nformally recognize \"Gay Pride\" month, so Justice
\nDepartment officials said the party's off.
\nDavid Smith, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign
\n(HRC), the leading homosexual activist group in the
\ncountry, said you can be sure HRC will cause an uproar.
\n\"There's no recourse except to speak out about it,\" Smith
\nsaid. \"It's surprising to us that the agency responsible
\nfor protecting the civil rights of all Americans is
\nactually singling out one specific group for unequal
\ntreatment.\"
\nBut conservatives say that is not the issue.
\n\"The fundamental issue here is not saying that people
\ncan't have a party or have an event, but they can't do it
\non the taxpayer's dime,\" said Jesse Binnall, with Public
\nAdvocate, a group that lobbies hard on pro-family issues.
\nWhile there may have been times in the past when the Bush
\nadministration has given in to the gay lobby, Binnall said
\nhopefully that will begin to change.
\n\"We are absolutely thrilled that it looks like this is a
\nsign of better things to come -- that they're finally
\ngoing to start taking a stand against the radical
\nhomosexual lobby and those that want to attack the
\nAmerican family, instead of standing up for it,\" Binnall
\nsaid.
\nRepeated calls to the Justice Department were not
\nreturned.
\nHomosexual groups say this is the first time that a
\nfederal agency has blocked one of their \"Gay Pride\"
\nevents.
\nLast year, conservatives were the ones complaining. During
\n\"Gay Pride\" month in 2002, the second-ranking official at
\nthe Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Larry
\nThompson, spoke at the \"Gay Pride\" event before about 150
\npeople. Conservative groups complained loudly about the
\ninvolvement.
\nTAKE ACTION\/FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please take a moment to
\nthank Attorney General John Ashcroft for refusing to allow
\ntaxpayer dollars to be used to celebrate \"Gay Pride\" month
\nat the U.S. Justice Department. Refusing to host a \"Gay
\nPride\" takes courage, and Attorney General Ashcroft needs
\nto be encouraged that he did the right thing.
\nAttorney General John Ashcroft
\nU.S. Department of Justice
\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
\nWashington, DC 20530-0001
\nSend an e-mail via our Legislative Action Center:
\nhttp:\/\/capwiz.com\/fof\/dbq\/officials\/agencies\/?id=4180&dir=fof&command=depresult&submit.x=17&submit.y=8
\nWe suggest the following resource about homosexuality:
\n\"Straight Answers: Exposing the Myths and Facts About
\nHomosexuality,\" by Mike Haley:
\nhttp:\/\/www.family.org\/resources\/itempg.cfm?itemid=1248&refcd=CE03FCZL&tvar=no
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