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My name is John Roco, running as a 2010 republican United States Senatorial candidate against incumbent Daniel Inouye. This past Thursday, I was interviewed by Herbert Sample of the AP, and the article above appeared yesterday in nationwide newspapers.

I am considered as the "little opposition," but I consider my values to be worth more than all the money in Inouye's war chest. My faith in God and doing the right thing is what carries me. I know God has a plan.

My website is http://roco4senator.blogspot.com/

Supporters of gay marriage in California have now taken their case against that state's marriage amendment to federal court.  At issue is California's Proposition 8, in which voters in 2008 voted to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Given that this is now a federal case, it will start out in district court, then - no matter who wins or loses - will be appealed to the (liberal) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and then to the US Supreme Court.

In the end, it's not just California's Prop 8 that's at issue, but it will be the definition of marriage in all fifty states.  In other words, what the pro-gay marriage crowd is looking for is the gay marriage equivalent of Roe vs. Wade, where the Supreme Court steps in and sweeps aside citizen passed laws all across the country and short circuits the political process all together.

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A drive is under way to let Pennsylvania voters decide on a traditional marriage amendment.

The bill, introduced by State Senator John Eichelberger, failed to pass twice before, but he believes this third effort has public support.

"Seventy percent currently would like to see this on the ballot. They don't want the court to make the decision," the senator explains. "In fact, I think that once people understand the process, that number will increase. Secondly, 51 percent of the people in the most recent poll would like to vote for a marriage protection amendment"...

You knew this would eventually happen.  As soon as people start to play around with the definition of marriage itself, sooner or later someone would try and use that re-definition as a precedent to justify behavior that takes it even further.

The current example comes from Canada, which legalized gay marriage this past year.

The lawyer for one of two B.C. men accused of practising polygamy is planning to invoke Canada's gay marriage laws as part of his defence arguments.

Blair Suffredine, who's representing Bountiful resident Winston Blackmore, says they'll be making the argument that the Canadian definition of marriage, which includes same-sex couples, should then also include multiple partners. ...

The landmark cases against Blackmore, 52, and James Oler, 44, which will determine whether polygamy practised in the name of religion is legal in Canada, began Wednesday. ...

Blackmore, the spiritual leader to about 500 people in the community about 700 kilometres east of Vancouver, made it clear after his court appearance that he's not disputing that he is a polygamist.  read more »

California Attorney-General turns against Prop 8

Lisa Leff - Associated Press Writer - 12/20/2008 7:05:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - California's attorney general has changed his position on the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now joining forces with homosexual activists to overturn the results of Proposition 8.  read more »

Is anyone out there?

 I have to wonder what is going on in the body of Christ, and more specifically with Church leadership. Things that used to bring us to our knees and cause our voices to rise in support of righteousness, now cause not even a small ripple effect.  read more »

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Lets set the record straight on a few misconceptions regarding Barack Obama’s positions 2 key issues for Christians.  read more »

Stop it…Just stop it

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