The above Headlines would be totally accurate and we would now be living in a police state except for the votes of courageous Democratic representatives, and the vetoes of a Democratic president. If the Republicans win a veto proof majority in Congress, you will be seeing these Headlines and even worse.
DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT???!!!
The GOP majority in Congress is opposing environmental protection, freedom of choice, tobacco restrictions, school repairs, patients' rights and campaign finance reform. They are attempting to attach anti-abortion amendments on every piece of legislation that is coming out of congress.
Prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Republicans are also using the Monica Lewinski investigation to "bludgeon" Clinton, and get rid of the president of the United States so they can install someone more favorable. They will first try to impeach Clinton. If successful they will >>then attempt to impeach Vice President Gore on any charge they can find. And once the President and Vice President are out of the way, guess who is next in succession: Mr. Republican, Newt Gingrich, The Speaker of the House of representatives! Newt has been censured and fined by The Ethics committee for lying. Hmmmmmm.
They are trying their best to cripple the President so that they can pass their legislation at will. Although I do not agree with Pres. Clinton's Behavior, I agree even less with the antics of the Christian Right controlled Congress.
WE MUST STOP THIS ATTEMPTED COUP ON OUR GOVERNMENT!!!
The Religious Right also known as the Christian Coalition, says it is ok to shoot doctors and blow up Abortion Clinics with people in them if it will stop abortions. They say it's all right to beat up and even kill Gay people because their god has called homosexuals an abomination. They say It's all right to cut down all the trees and all the habitats for all animals because loggers and saw mills (translation Newspapers and big business) need jobs and money. They say it's all right to protect the Tobacco Industry because they contribute a lot of money to Republican campaigns. They say that the Greenhouse Effect and the Ozone depletion problem are merely whining by Environmentalists. Of course they also get most of their support from the large Republican Corporate supporters who are also responsible for our Environmental problems.
If you were heartbroken when Matthew Shepard was beaten up and left to bleed and freeze to death tied to a fence for no other reason than because he was gay; if you looked with disgust as Prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Republicans spent $40 Million dollars of your tax dollars in order to prove that President Clinton was having sex with a woman not his wife; If you cried in anguish as the Republican Congress let the Tobacco industry off the hook for their criminal actions against our children, then you also know that we can't define our future by putting people down, by ignoring the poor and disadvantaged; and by cutting money for education.
What's all this got to do with this election? Because every fundamental decision in the end is about whether you have a divisive or unifying government in America.
If you were elated by the fact that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat were able to reach across the great divide of suspicion and prejudice, and agree on peace, then I encourage you to vote for a Democratic Candidate who supports unity and not division, who supports education and not ignorance, who supports a limit to the power of Tobacco over our children, and who will support peace instead of war.
Send a message to the Republican party and the religious right.
VOTE FOR A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE!!!
Voter turnout, especially in a non presidential election, is historically low. If you want to keep your religious freedom and get rid of those senators and representatives who are responsible for support of anti-gay actions and anti-abortion factions, then get out the vote! Vote for those candidates who support your views. Most of the time these will be Democrats.
Someone once said: "If you do not vote, you deserve to get just what you voted for."
BUT, YOU'VE GOT TO GET EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO SHOW UP!!!
If you don't, allthose Headlines at the beginning of this note are in danger of becoming rue.
Remember:
"First they came for the Astrologers, but I wasn't worried I wasn't an Astrologer; "Then they came for the Jews, but I wasn't worried, I wasn't a Jew; "Then they came for the blacks, but I wasn't worried, I wasn't black; "Then they came for the homosexuals, but I wasn't worried, I wasn't a Homosexual; "Then they came for the Unitarians, but I wasn't worried, I wasn't a Unitarian; "Then they came for the Pagans..."
May the light of whatever Deity you worship, show you the way! Janet Partin, a concerned citizen and ex-Republican
P.S. I am not even going to talk about the anti Witchcraft Ads by the Republican candidate in Massachusetts: hopefully the good citizens of Mass. will take care of him.
Blessings (Ed) Ithan StarChild mailto: [email protected] WebSite: The Gardens of Avalon III Pagan Activist Site
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A CALL TO ACTION!!
WHO:--POWER, WLPA, & other pagan & minority religion rights groups. WHAT:--A peaceful assemblage to make our presence and issues known to candidates for public office and the public at-large. WHEN:--DATE: Monday afternoon & evening, Oct 26, 1998. TIME:--Suggested starting from 4:30-5:30 PM. WHERE:--Faneuil Hall, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, downtown Boston, MA. Congress Street near State Street. WHY:--The trivialization of separation of church and state and protecting the rights of minority religions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HOW:--Parking nearby and accessible by MBTA Subway. WWW:--WLPA: http://www.celticcrow.com/ --POWER: http://members.aol.com/lorib1818/power.html EMAIL:-Cheryl Sulyma, WLPA: [email protected] --Lori Bruno, POWER: [email protected]
The Massachusetts State Governor, A. Paul Cellucci (R) has maligned Witches and Earth religions by trivializing the separation of Church and State and the defense of the Wicca Religion by candidate for governor, Scott Harshbarger (D) in his capacity as State Attorney General. In a televised negative promotional paid for by the committee to elect A. Paul Cellucci (R) a depiction of a Santa Claus in a police line up with a voice over criticizes Harshbarger for not allowing certain religious displays on public properties at Christmas. This is followed by a stereotypical Witch (pointed hat with cackle) and criticism of Harshbarger's defense of Witches in Salem. The case in question involved the assault and threats on area Wiccans by radical-right televangelist agitators. Harshbarger worked with area police and local Wiccans to see to their protection and make it known to the agitators that they were near violation of state hate crime laws.
In a press release this week the Salem. Ma. Police chief has asked the Cellucci campaign to remove this advertisement from the airwaves as it undermines their efforts at treating this situation with the seriousness that it deserves. Such acts also tend to encourage further endangerment to minority religions throughout the country.
Area Witches intend to make it a point that separation of church and state and the continued protection of minority religions by over zealous agitators is an issue not to be ignored in Massachusetts, now or in the future, and to stand together for the future safety of generations to follow.
You are invited to participate in a PEACEFUL ASSEMBLAGE with the Protective Order of Witches and Earth Religions (POWER) and the Witches League for Public Awareness (WLPA) and numerous other pagan rights representative groups at the next public debate to take place between acting-governor and candidate A. Paul Cellucci (R) and Attorney General and candidate Scott Harshbarger (D) at:
Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Congress Street near State Street Boston, Massachusetts. (downtown) Starting at 4:30-5:30 PM The local and national press will be in attendance.
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===========By Steve Foster President, Witches Anti Discrimination League
While Witches and Pagans are no longer actually Burned At The Stake "The Burning Times" are not over. The recent beating of Runewolf by a group of masked people who claimed he was a "Satanist", Rowan Sterlings Web Page being removed by Tripod after a complaint by Cybersitter, Elizabeth Arno�s problems getting the Pagan Society formed at Rowan University, the teacher fired by The Colorado School System because she wore a Pentacle to work, I could go on and on and on. The only way we will ever stop this discrimination is to stand UNITED, Solitary, Celtics, Druids, Gardnerians, Alexandrians,Strega, Thelemites, Dianeics, Astru, Egyptians, Ceremonial Magicians, Norse, Discordians and all groups that are Pagan/Wiccan/Earth Based Religionists .
As it now stands we will be torn apart more and more by Inter Denominational squabbles and again fade away to nothing without the Xians ever having to lift a finger, unless we begin to accept each for what we are, a Person, or Group that follows Our Lady and Our Lord. The Christian Right Wing movement is able to gain support and money, the real reason that they exist IMHO is to get the money not to do "The Lords Work", because they present a UNITED front, the reason the have success in attacking us is because we are DIVIDED, everyone is trying to "protect their own turf".
At this time in History we need to pull together UNITE and let the Xian attack against us meet a solid front. By this Editorial I am asking the Leaders of ALL Pagan/Wiccan/Earth Based Religion Rights Groups to meet, before before Samhain, to form a Coalition that can coordinate Education, Defense and help us put differences behind us so we may live in harmony as Our Lady and Our Lord intended.
Let the Methodists fight the Baptists fight the JW�s fight the Mormons fight the Catholics and so on. We must stand "Heart in Hand" ready to aid our Sister/Brother, Solitary, Celtic, Druid, Gardnerian, Alexandrian,Strega, Thelemite, Dianeics, Astru, Egyptian, Ceremonial Magician, Norse, Discordian or what ever other Denomination we are in moving on toward the Millennium.
I ask each person that is on a Mailing list for any of the many Rights Groups to forward this Editorial to the list coordinator for consideration.
Opposing view points will be published in The WADL News'N Views Newsletter. Please use your spell checker before sending as I will publish as rece