2010 California Election Forum

Pray for the court as important decisions are made

Oral arguments before the California Supreme Court will begin on March 5. Add this to your prayer list…and your church’s prayer list. Pray for the judge and for Ken Starr, who is representing Proposition 8.

• Protect Marriage loses donor protection case. As you know, I have been the target of a “blacklist” by No on 8 groups. This is because my name and all names of donors who supported Proposition 8 were made public by the Secretary of State.
  
  This invasion of my privacy has a chilling effect on free speech and contributions. So, Protect Marriage went to court to stop this practice but lost. To see one such group, click here.
• Google leads fight against Proposition 8. Google filed an amicus brief opposing Prop 8. If this disturbs you, check out the Google alternative http://www.goodsearch.com/.
• Anti-8 ballot measures. I’ve counted six, none likely to gather enough signatures to be on the 2010 November ballot.
• Churches against Proposition 8. The following churches are urging the California Supreme Court to reject the will of the voters on Prop 8: California Council of Churches, the United Church of Christ and the Episcopal Bishops of California.
• Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church. This Rancho San Diego pastor was on the Larry King Show. You can view the key segments here:
  1. Rev. Jim Garlow - The Fight for Parental and Religious Rights
  2. Proposition 8 on Larry King - Part 2
  3. Proposition 8 on Larry King - Part 3
     
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• Unions against Proposition 8. If you’re a union worker, do you support your name and dues money being used to overturn the Prop 8 vote? More than 50 unions claim to be speaking for 2 million members that support gay marriage. The legal brief presented to the court included the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, United Steel Workers, Screen Actors Guild, California Federation of Teachers and the California Nurses Association. Email me your thoughts at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Prop 8 donors final count. No on 8: 43.3 million, Yes on 8: 39.9 million
• Cities and counties against Proposition 8. Watch your city. So far, Sacramento, San Francisco, Berkeley, Cloverdale, Los Angeles, Davis, Long Beach, Palm Springs, Fairfax and West Hollywood have asked the court to invalidate the Proposition 8 vote. The counties of Humboldt and Sonoma also are urging the court to rule against 8.

State legislature to vote on Proposition 8 resolutions. On Tuesday, February 17, the State Assembly and Senate will have hearings on resolutions that ask the court to overturn Proposition 8. Our Reality Alert Update will keep you informed on what to do by phone and email.

Discover what your children are actually learning

Few Evangelical high school students are able to defend their faith. By college, huge numbers drop away from their faith. Why? Because these kids spend years being indoctrinated by liberal teachers—and not taught apologetics and sound doctrine.

Here are two short videos that address this problem:

• “The Call to Dunkirk” closely looks at this issue and advocates pulling kids out of public schools.
• “The Children of Caesar” concisely outlines the problem of public schools and what Christians should do.

What do you think? Should Christian parents take kids out of government schools? Is it irresponsible and dangerous to have kids in public schools? Email your thoughts to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Not even snowfall gets fair news coverage

The case against global warming is getting stronger and stronger. But the liberal media often distorts reality.

On May 21, 2008, there was the worldwide headline proclaiming "Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts.” The article reported that the entire Alpine "winter sports industry" could soon "grind to a halt for lack of snow.”

A second, very interesting headline appeared on December 19, 2008, but the news remained buried: "The Alps have best snow conditions in a generation.” They actually reported that this winter's Alpine snowfalls "look set to beat all records by New Year's Day.”

Despite this Washington and Sacramento politicians still are pursuing antibusiness, antijob legislation over this environmental debate.

You won’t get a tax refund, but you will get a billboard

Despite the state budget crisis, your tax money is being used for billboards encouraging homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals to become adoptive parents.

One message reads, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Family.”

The California Department of Social Services and the County of Los Angeles are partnering with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Odd.

Perhaps the partnership was helped along by the fact that the California Department of Social Services director, John Wagner, is on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation advisory board.

Government insanity—you can’t make this stuff up.

Fix the deficit by spending nearly a million on furniture?

About 7 months ago, California State Controller John Chiang asked for $934,500 for new furniture for his plush office with a scenic view.

Now he is asking for an extra $924,500. What he did not ask was whether there was any surplus furniture he could use.

In 2007, he also took a 2.75% raise on his salary, currently reported as $169,743.

And yet this is the person who is supposed to tell us how to solve California’s $42 billion deficit.

Examining the media’s actions reveals clear bias

Sarah Palin has had to endure unbelievable attacks and distortions by the media.

Here are two interesting short videos:

1. Here’s a video of Sarah discussing the bias with documentary filmmaker John Ziegler. Click here to watch. 
2. Click here to see a video of a liberal newscaster attacking Ziegler.

Examining the media’s actions reveals clear bias

Sarah Palin has had to endure unbelievable attacks and distortions by the media.

Here are two interesting short videos:

1. Here’s a video of Sarah discussing the bias with documentary filmmaker John Ziegler. Click here to watch. 
2. Click here to see a video of a liberal newscaster attacking Ziegler.

Rescue money shrouded in mystery and corruption

Families today…our kids and grandkids tomorrow. That’s who will be hurt by the Wall Street Bailout (formally known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP).

Here are a few of the lies that were wrapped up in this piece of legislation:

• We were told there would be a financial collapse without it…a lie!
• We were told it would buy bad assets, but it went elsewhere…a lie!
• We were told that there would be accountability, but no one really knows where all the money went…proof of another lie.

Now it’s announced that the Treasury Department “overpaid” part of this bailout by $78 billion.

Is this a criminal or just incompetent? Email your thoughts to me at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

These taxes are harmful to the poor and cost all of us more money

The state legislature will vote Friday or early next week on a bill that will mean $14.3 billion in new taxes and $10.9 billion in new borrowing, i.e., expensive interest and new debt.

It’s outrageous. It’s wrong. And it will hurt you and your family.

The state budget deficit is over $42 billion. Instead of cutting 100% of the deficit, the governor and liberal Democrats want to strangle the California economy and families with about 61.4% higher taxes and interest over spending cuts!

California already has one of the highest income taxes and the highest sales tax in the nation.

If this bill passes, more people and more businesses will flee California, resulting in fewer jobs and economic opportunities. 150,000 businesses and people left last year. 

Just one example: Toyota is relocating because of our state’s taxes and regulation. The government shouldn’t raise taxes in a recession…even in California. In the last update (click here to see), I discussed how we got to this part and the solution: cutting spending. But the politicians won’t do it.

Which taxes are they going to increase? Here is what we do know now:

Why the plan will prolong our recovery, not hasten it

Out of fear (“If we do not move swiftly…will be faced with a catastrophe”), a terrible economic mistake has taken place. The Bible says “the fear of man is a snare.”  Well, the fear of man’s fear will be an economic snare.

President Obama admitted that the “stimulus bill was really a ‘spending bill.’”  Indeed, the largest spending bill in our history.

A bill that is:

• Filled with pork
• Was supposed to be “targeted,” but is a hodgepodge of spending for special interests, political pay offs and the pockets of government unions.
• Was supposed to be “temporary,” but is driving the budget deficit to historic heights
• Set to create about 600,000 new Federal bureaucrats

At $790 billion, it’s enough to give every unemployed American more than $75,000.

Here are just two consequences of this enormous spending bill: