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… This is a milestone in the history of our community,” said the Rev. Alfred Carroll.Turner urged students to stay in school.“Keep your seat in the classroom,” he said. “To do that, you honor Martin Luther King Jr. He was all about education.”A collection for Haiti earthquake victims raised $300. The Rev. DeWitt Hill, pastor of First Trinity Church of God in Christ in Pine Bluff, will present the funds to Haiti pastors. He has been working with Haitian churches for about 40 years.Hill will lead a missions group scheduled to leave for Haiti on Jan. 28.News photos and videos of Haitian victims depict their suffering, said Carroll.
“These folks need our help,” he said. “These folks need our understanding. These folks need our compassion.”
Winning the parade banner contest was Greenville Gentlemans Club, with its theme of “Building Our Community One Gentleman at a Time.”

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Almost 47 years have passed since Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous “I have a dream” speech. The United states and the world have made major strides since that time, but human trafficking still has millions enslaved today.
Chair of the Flathead Valley Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration Reverend Darryl Kistler says, “27 million is almost a number that is beyond anything we can think about. That would be taking every person in Montana and multiplying us by 27 and that’s how many people are involved or enslaved by human trafficking.”
According to the U.S. State Department, trafficking exists in every single U.S. state and around the globe. Between 14,500 and 17,500 people are brought to the U.S. every single year under false pretences. Many are forced into prostitution, manual labor, and other services.

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OPENING STATEMENTS “Proposition 8, and the irrational pattern of California’s regulation of marriage which it promulgates, advances no legitimate state interest. All it does is label gay and lesbian persons as different, inferior, unequal and disfavored.” Theodore B. Olson, plaintiffs’ lawyer
“This is not ill will nor animosity for gays and lesbians, but special regard for this venerable institution.” Charles J. Cooper, lead defense lawyer
IMPACT OF PROPOSITION 8 “I’ve only been in love once, and that’s with Kris. I’m 47. I know. I’m a plaintiff in this case because I would like to get married and to marry the person that I choose, and that’s Kris Perry. And California law prevents that.” Sandra Stier, in trial testimony
“They lose no time in pushing the gay agenda. After legalizing same-sex marriage, they want to legalize prostitution. What will be next? On their agenda list is legalize having sex with children.”

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The conflation of homosexuality with child abuse was a central issue for the people who ran the Prop 8 campaign, hence the ads that focused on the threat that gays posed to children. Since this plays on the oldest blood libel against gays, it certainly implies that the Proposition was motivated by prejudice. Imagine a Proposition that argued that Jews should be denied, say, being school-teachers because of the threat to the kids. No one would dispute that that’s a vile, blood libel motive for a constitutional amendment. But when exactly the same bigotry fuels a Proposition to deny gays the core right to marry, a right deeper in the constitution than the right to vote, it’s all apparently motivated by high-minded concern for family life.
Among the emails retrieved by the court from Tam – who was a year-long organizer and fundraiser for the Proposition – is this one:
This November, San Francisco voters will vote on a ballot to “legalize
prostitution“. This is put …

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VIDEO-  Per  Tam’s flyer -: “SF city government is under rule of homosexuals.  After legalizing same-sex marriage, they want to legalize prostitution.  What next?”   Tam confirms that he wrote it.  What does gay agenda mean to you, Mr. Tam?  “Do you believe that part of the gay agenda is the legalizing of sex with children?” Yes, says Mr. Tam.  Tam is the Executive Director of the Traditional Families Coalition — which advocated the passage of Prop 8.
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Quoting Julia Rosen – Courage Campaign    Quick Hits: Day 3 PROP 8 TRIAL TRACKER There is a ton of excellent work being doing in covering this trial. Here are a couple of quick hits. The LAist has the letter from Dr. William Tam, which was introduced today and whose incendiary deposition was aired in part during Dr. George Chauncey’s testimony. The pro-Prop 8 letter includes this lovely gem: This November, San Francisco voters will vote on a ballot to “legalize prostitution”. This is put forth by the SF city governme …

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… They lose no time in pushing the gay agenda — after legalizing same-sex marriage, they want to legalize prostitution. What will be next? On their agenda list is: legalize having sex with children.” (Pro-Prop. 8 email by Tam, page 78 of deposition and full text of email below)
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“Answer: I was told by Protect Marriage to take part in that debate. “Question: What do you remember saying on that topic of children and Prop 8?” “Answer: Oh, I was saying that if same -sex marriage is legalized, then every child can grow up thinking whether he would marry John or Jane when they grow up.” (Tam discussing his arguments during a Pro-Prop 8 debate, page 73 of deposition) Also introduced was a pro-Proposition 8 letter from Tam: Dear Friends: This November, San Francisco voters will vote on a ballot to “legalize prostitution“. This is put forth by the SF city government, which is under the rule of homosexuals. They lose no time in pu …

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It’s the fourth day of the federal Prop 8 trial and more experts brought in by the plaintiffs (two gay couples) will go on the stand. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday, thanks to the Courage Campaign’s live blog:
George Chauncey, PhD, a professor at Yale University and expert on the history of discrimination against gays, continued his testimony from Tuesday afternoon. The most explosive portion came during the redirect examination by plaintiff-intervener San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart brought in a videotaped deposition of Prop 8 proponent William Tam from December 1st, 2009. The defense strenuously opposed it’s introduction, but Judge Vaughn Walker let it in because Tam was an official proponent of the measure. In part, Tam said that after legalizing gay marriage, next steps would be legalizing prostitution, then sex with children. More details about this can be found on an earlier LAist post.

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In the third day of testimony in the Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco, attorney Ted Olson argued that animosity against gays and lesbians was a driving factor in the law.
The Supreme Court has ruled that animus against a group is not a legal basis for forming a law.
As evidence, they showed a video deposition of Hak-Shing William Tam. He sent a letter to Asian Americans claiming that legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to legalizing underage sex. Tam is one of the plaintiffs and tried to withdraw from the case this week.
Tam wrote a letter to Asian-Americans encouraging them to vote in favor of Prop. 8. He wrote that voting for gay marriage was the same as legalizing prostitution and could lead to legalizing underage sex.
In his opening statement, Olson said, “Proposition 8, and the irrational pattern of California’s regulation of marriage which it promulgates, advances no legitimate state interest. All it does is label gay and lesbian persons as different, inferior, unequal, and disfavored.”

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An advocacy group, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, maintained its position that the court proceeding should be broadcast to the public.
“A trial on constitutional rights should be accessible to as many people as possible,” said Chad Griffin, the group’s board president. “Given the powerful evidence against Prop. 8 presented in court today, we are not surprised the initiative’s defenders sought to keep this trial as private as possible.”
Griffin cited in his statement an email from William Tam, a leading proponent of Proposition 8 to supporters.
“They lose no time in pushing the gay agenda – after legalizing same-sex marriage, they want to legalize prostitution,” Tam had written in a an email that was part of the deposition. “What will be next? On their agenda list is: legalize having sex with children.”

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Once-hostile media images have been replaced by sympathetic portrayals in such productions as the movie “Brokeback Mountain” and the TV show “Will & Grace,” Thompson said. Labor unions, a “growing number of churches” and many political leaders support gay rights, he added.
The witness, Yale history Professor George Chauncey, replied that gays and lesbians have gained greater acceptance but “continue to encounter tremendous hostility.”
Prop. 8’s opponents sought to illustrate that hostility with their pretrial deposition of William Tam, a San Francisco chemical engineer and activist who was one of the ballot measure’s official proponents.
Tam, who organized rallies and raised money for the measure, sent a letter to Prop. 8 supporters during the campaign warning that if same-sex marriage remained legal, “other states would fall into Satan’s hand.”
San Francisco’s government, already “under the rule of homosexuals,” would move next to legalize sex with children and prostitution, Tam said.

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