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Please Contact the Members of the Senate Public Safety Committee!

On Tuesday, April 28, the Senate Public Safety Committee will hear Senate Bill 697.

SB697, authored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-7), would prohibit the sale of handguns other than “owner-authorized (or ‘smart’) handguns” — that is, handguns with a permanent, programmable biometric feature that renders the firearm useless unless activated by the authorized user. No proven, viable handgun of this type has ever been developed. The bill would require the California Attorney General to report to the Governor and Legislature on the availability of owner-authorized handguns; once the Attorney General finds that these guns are available, only “owner-authorized” handguns could be approved for sale in California .

Please contact the Senate Public Safety Committee and respectfully urge them to oppose SB697. Contact information can be found below.

SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE:

State Senator Mark Leno (D-3) – Chair
(916) 651-4003
senator.leno@senate.ca.gov

State Senator John J. Benoit (R-37) - Vice-Chair
(916) 651-4037

State Senator Gilbert Cedillo (D-22)
(916) 651-4022

State Senator Loni Hancock (D-9)
(916) 651-4009

State Senator Robert Huff (R-29)
(916) 651-4029

State Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-6)
(916) 651-4006

State Senator Roderick Wright (D-25)
(916) 651-4025

By TVC Chairman Louis P. Sheldon & TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty
We just spent 5 hours sitting in the House Judiciary Committee hearing room monitoring the debate over passage of the so-called hate crime bill, H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. This legislation is designed to add “sexual orientation,” “gender” and “gender identity” as specially protected categories of persons under federal law.

During the debates between Republicans and Democrats, it became clear that Democrats were prepared to vote down every amendment offered by the Republican minority – and that’s what they did.

We were there to monitor the debate. Throughout the mark-up, we interacted directly with Members of Congress and their staffers on this dangerous legislation

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD

God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai to serve as principles of moral behavior for the human race. The Ten Commandments of God are the foundation of the moral code and legal system of justice for Western Christian civilization.

The architecture of the U. S. Supreme Court building reflects this biblical foundation. At the center of the sculpture over the east portico of the Supreme Court Building, there is the image of Moses holding the two tablets of the Ten Commandments; these are also engraved over the chair of the Chief Justice and on the bronze doors of the Supreme Court.

The Decalogue is recorded both in the Books of Exodus (20:1-17) and Deuteronomy (5:6-21), two of the five Books of Moses (also known as the Torah, Law, or Pentateuch). The Ten Commandments were given to Moses on two tablets of stone on Mount Sinai.

This page first presents the Ten Commandments in the English translation of the passage from Deuteronomy. The phrases in red comprise the Ten Commandments. There are twelve phrases in red, as the major religions of the West adopted different phrases of the first paragraph, accounting for the variation in numbering of the Ten Commandments for Judaism, Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants.

A Comparative Table follows. The first column are the Ten Commandments in Judaism, which are presented in Hebrew in the image that follows. The second column are the Ten Commandments in the order given by Augustine of Hippo, and the third column that of Origen of Alexandria. While there is considerable variation, Roman Catholics and Lutherans follow the order given by Augustine, whereas Eastern Catholics, Orthodox, and other Protestants follow the order given by Origen.

We know there are Ten Commandments, because the Bible tells us so in Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 10:4, and the following passage:

“He proclaimed to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep:
the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two tablets of stone.”
Deuteronomy 4:13

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I am the Lord thy God ,
who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt (Mizrahim), out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt not have any other gods besides me
Thou shalt not make for thyself any graven image
(carved idol) or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, punishing the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those that hate me; but showing mercy to thousands of generations of those that love me, and keep my commandments.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Remember to keep holy the sabbath day ; six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself. Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day.

Honour thy father and mother
that thy days be long in the land which the Lord gives thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s (goods)
house or fields, nor his male or female slaves, nor his ox or ass, or anything that belongs to him.

Deuteronomy 5:6-21

There are two versions of the ten commandments (Decalogue) given in the Bible. The first is contained in Exodus 20, and the second in Deuteronomy 5. All churches have preferred to use the version given in Exodus. According to Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 4:13, God wrote upon the tablets “ten commandments,” and so Exodus 20:2-17 is to be divided into ten parts; but this division is done differently by different writers. The oldest method, found in the writings of Philo and Josephus (first century), takes verse 3 as the first commandment, verses 4 through 6 as the second, and so forth. This is called the Philonic division, and it was adopted by the Greek Church and by Protestants (except Lutherans). Later the Jewish Talmud (third century) treated the preface in verses 1 and 2 as the first of ten “sayings” and combined verses 3-6 as the second saying. This is called the Talmudic division, and was adopted by all Jews. In the fifth century Saint Augustine listed the ten commandments by beginning with the Talmudic second saying as the first commandment; and, following the word order of Deuteronomy 5:21, making the ninth commandment a prohibition of the coveting of a neighbor’s wife, and the tenth a prohibition of coveting his house and other property. This is known as the Augustinian division. (1) The Roman Catholic church accepted Augustine’s method, and Luther also continued in this tradition with one modification: he preferred to follow the word order of Exodus 20, and so his ninth commandment became a prohibition against coveting the house and his tenth prohibited coveting the wife, slaves, and animals. Lutherans continue to follow this method.

The table below shows the four different traditions of numbering: Philonic (P); Talmudic (T); Augustinian (A); and Lutheran (L).

by Georgiana Preskar

“I am the Lord Thy God.” “Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” Diversity is not mentioned in these Ten-Commandment directives. However the election results clearly indicated the American people have put other gods before Him.

People voted in Obama with compromised reasoning and surely not common sense. There is no debate on abortion, homosexuality, redistribution of wealth, and much more.

Regardless of America being a great world leader, Marxists have moved in and made it their home. Citizens were elated and comfortable voting in a secular, socialist, and anti-traditional man to be our leader.

People of America claim commitment to God, yet their humanist leanings led them, following the election, to weep joyful tears for a man that they knew nothing about. Few paid attention to this man’s background. Obama’s rhetoric, skillfully delivered, implied a person was confused, or mistaken, if they told the truth of his devious history.

The young like the idea of socialism; what could be better than doing D work, but receiving an A mark. Some young people actually said, “We do not have to worry about putting gas in the car, or paying our mortgage. We hope this will take place very soon.”

There were 95% of blacks and a great percentage of Latinos that voted for Obama. Yet this was not considered racist? Many of them knew of his abortion leanings, but denial was used to insist that he would not enforce his views on the nation. Their naivety insists that increasing taxes on the supposed rich promotes prosperity.

Some blacks said, as did Michele Obama, they now could be proud of America. Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg stated similar sentiments that they could now “finally put down their suitcases.” There was no humbleness in these statements, only entitlement thinking that now has many saying that Universal health care is a right for all.”

People projected god like qualities to a man who smooth talked them into believing he was capable of all things, while they, including many Christians, rejected the teachings of Almighty God. They were right; for this man will do everything he can to reshape this nation. He has the perfect situation. America gave away our Godly heritage years ago and with Congressional backing and a compromised nation, he has the right away.

Spike Lee said on one of his pre-elections ads that the old America no longer exists, and “Republicans were TV people stuck in the Father Knows Best, Howdy Dowdy, and Leave It To Beaver series of the past.” I am grateful that we are stuck in the joy of these times. If we allow the enemy from within to destroy our joy then we become a victim.

So what direction do we take now? It is simple; we must start with the basics, which is common sense. This comes from God’s laws and the laws of nature. Eagle Forum of Sacramento’s mission statement is to protect our children for survival of America, but we must work with all age groups to rekindle the American Way.

In 2009, Eagle Forum of Sacramento will work to restore common sense by bringing to the forefront the Ten Commandments and how they relate to political agendas that affect our freedoms. Authority figures, including the clergy, have turned their backs on clarity of right and wrong. Only through the truth can any resemblance of America be saved.

May God bless us with wisdom, courage, and strength to do His work in restoring and reeducating people in common sense values. We look forward to sharing our innovative program with you in the New Year. We hope you will join us in getting rid of false gods by putting God in his rightful place.

By David E. Young
Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:32 PM MST
Campaign Obama is deceptive about his views on firearms rights and sportsmen. He voted for banning almost every hunting rifle and shotgun in Illinois and authorizing state police raids of gunowners’ homes to forcibly confiscate banned arms. Richard Pearson, lobbyist of Illinois’ largest firearms organization, had numerous contacts with Obama on firearms legislation. Pearson’s article indicating Obama is misleading firearms owners and sportsmen on his Second Amendment views is at: www.isra.org/

A Joyce Foundation director for eight years, Obama helped Joyce bankroll gun control across America. During Obama’s tenure, projects lavishly funded academics in rewriting the Second Amendment out of the Bill of Rights to influence court decisions. Further information on the plan to undercut Bill of Rights protection is at: pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-and-the-attempt-to-destroy-the-second-amendment/ and my criticism of the history-rewriting recipients and results are at: hnn.us/articles/47238.html

Obama supported Washington DC’s draconian gun laws as “reasonable”. He will appoint judges to subjectively decide such issues based on amorphous fairness and justice standards rather than what the Constitution states. Do you want a government of laws, not men - or Obama’s frightening alternative?

Senator Obama stated he cannot ban guns because he cannot get enough votes. With Democratic control of Congress, he can get enough votes for gun control and sloppy judges . Concerned voters must inform themselves about Obama’s past gun control support and not rely on the slick information from his campaign. A concerted effort exists to mislead gun owners and sportsmen Obama is their friend and supporter, which evidence directly contradicts.

Please continue to pray that an Obama Nation does not turn in to an abomination! Godly principles are at risk in our country.
Thank God that Proposition 8 passed, but there is already talk of creating entirely new Constitutions at the State and Federal levels. This is the next step towards communism and the complete abandonment of God in America.

In the next few weeks Californians will be inundated with media messages about the
importance of allowing same-sex marriages. Voters will see TV ads telling them that
homosexual love deserves “equality” with heterosexual love. Voters will hear radio
reports about how all gays and lesbians want is to have the same “rights” as all
married couples. And the main message that will be repeated is that allowing homosexuals
to marry will have no impact on your marriage or your family-so what’s the harm
in giving gays their chance to marry?
Although on the surface these arguments appear convincing, they don’t tell the whole
truth.
Homosexual marriage will have a direct, intrusive and damaging effect on your family.
Public Schools will teach that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are normal and
acceptable-and if you disagree, you are a bigot. Books like “Heather has Two Mommies”
or “Daddy’s Wedding” will be used to teach kindergartners about homosexual relationships.
When parents in Boston complained about an eighth-grade teacher instructing students
about gay sex, the teacher responded, “Give me a break. It’s legal now.”

Churches will be required to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies or face prosecution
under anti-discrimination laws. The California Supreme Court recently ruled that
medical professionals may not defer treatment to another professional based on
their religious objections. In other words, Christians and those with moral beliefs
must check their conscience at the door when they arrive at work. The same case
law will apply to churches. Pastors will no longer be allowed to refuse marrying
homosexuals based on their religious beliefs.

Businesses will be prosecuted for not participating in homosexual ceremonies. A
New Mexico photography company is being prosecuted for refusing to photograph the
“commitment ceremony” of a homosexual couple. The full force of the government will
used to make citizens publicly accept homosexuality.

Married couples will no longer be considered “bride and groom,” but “Party A and
Party B.” A young couple in Placer County wrote the terms “bride” and “groom” on
their marriage license, which was returned from the state as an “unacceptable alteration.”
A husband and wife are legally referred to now as Party A and Party B according
to the California government. By redefining marriage, every marriage has already
been affected.
The role of parents will be diminished. The family unit is already under assault
with no-fault divorce, acceptance of single parenthood, and nanny government usurping
the role of fathers. Homosexual marriage worsens this trend by giving government
approval to single-sex parenting. Children need both a mother and a father. By
approving homosexual marriage, government and society denies children their right
and need for both parents.
These are just a few of the negative, damaging consequences of allowing homosexual
marriage in our society. When you encounter a neighbor, church member, work associate,
or family member who says, “I’m not a bigot-and homosexual marriage won’t affect
me,” remind them of just how much it will impact their family and all families.
This is not an issue of bigotry, but of ensuring marriage isn’t redefined by four
activist judges. Wanting children to be raised by both of their parents isn’t bigoted
either. What’s truly bigoted is telling Christians, Jews, Muslims and other people
of faith that their beliefs must be silenced.

Five years ago, Eagle Forum of Sacramento began collecting information on subversive educational diversity programs across America, one in particular called Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED). Their mission statement is change. The silent transformation is done through a unique set of classes instituted to train teachers in unnatural diversity values and ideas and then return to the classroom and incorporate these concepts into all of their subject matter.

Their goal is to change the principles of common sense that our nation was founded upon, into a utopia world where all ideas, values, morals, ethics, lifestyles, religions, and cultures are equal.

In order to do this they must erase common sense principles based on Judeo-Christian beliefs, closely held personal beliefs such as pro-life, and a so-called “white” way of living (white privilege), which do not agree with them. This is happening in schools, businesses, and government and is having a profound negative effect upon our churches, traditional family life, and the stability of our country.

The destructive result of the past 20-30 years of this education is now apparent. The children, teens, and adults exposed to this education are now the citizens shouting loudest for Obama. Apathetic adults are charged with sudden enthusiasm for a man who promises them a quick fix for their failures and young people who see him as a rescuer for a way out of individual responsibility.

For those people who do not have computers, do not listen to talk radio, and/or have little exposure to the truth, they fall easily into diversity thinking through victimization, shame, blame and guilt. The outcome is diversity addiction that guides them down a road to loss of conscientious individual freedom.

But we believe there are enough of us left that are knowledgeable or borderline thinkers that can stop the programs. How? Letting our voices be heard.

Knowing your rights is very important for you do not have to compromise your stand when it comes to your beliefs. You do not have to attend diversity programs against your will in the work places. You do not have to have your child indoctrinated in public schools? Your representatives in government do not have to go along with diversity concepts that undermine our government, our American way of life, or the life of unborn children, the citizens of America.

If we continue to walk the path of unnatural diversity education, the revolutionary change will occur at an even faster rate than presently, for we will have more and more people educated in this way of thinking. It is addictive.

My book Diversity Addiction: The Cause and The Cure explains how this happens and how we can reverse things by understanding our rights and by doing simple things to stop this madness that has taken over America. Already we have a nation that is ready for an Obama or a Hillary, and if not now, will be in the 2012 election.

We can make a difference but only if we care about the future of our children and grandchildren and I find it hard to believe that you would not care about this. If an Obama or Hillary ever gets into office, we may never be able to reverse it.

Why? Because subversive education has changed the actual thinking of Americans and thus the positive change that came with Reagan after the Carter years, may not be possible after an Obama or Hillary type gets into office. The damage could be permanent and this great nation may very well cease to exist.

So we ask that you join us in this very important endeavor to stop enforced education diversity programs. Learn how to say NO to them. Join us on our march to common sense. There is hope that we can look at our country and know that it lies in our hands, not in the hands of those who want to change it into a foreign land that will be of no use to future generations.

By saying No to subversive programs, we point out the truth, which sets people free. To compromise America is poor judgment and makes no sense. Utilizing the tools of our forefathers is good judgment and makes common sense.

Help us use the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence to save this nation. There is a right and there is a wrong in life and to rob us of that, which has made our nation the greatest ever, is wrong.

Become pioneers in the rediscovery of our rights in the schools, businesses, and government. Join Eagle Forum of Sacramento by stopping educationally enforced diversity and begin planting the seeds of common sense.

September 12, 2008
by Phyllis Schlafly
The past two presidential elections taught the losing Democrats a couple of political lessons. They learned that attacks on guns and defense of abortion are no longer winning issues for them, and this new awakening is reflected in their 2008 Party Platform adopted in Denver. The Platform grudgingly states: “we will preserve Americans’ Second Amendment right to own and use firearms.” The powers-that-be in the Democratic Party have learned to tolerate a few pro-gun candidates. Feminist pressure won’t let the Democrats recede from their “proudly”-stated 2004 Platform position that “Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.” This year’s Platform is just as pro-abortion, but uses slightly softer words, stating that the Democrats support “a woman’s ability to make her own life choices and obtain reproductive health care, including birth control” (throughout nine months and with taxpayers’ money, of course). Proclaiming that “we will end the Bush Administration’s war on science,” the Democratic Platform promises to “lift the current Administration’s ban on using federal funding for embryonic stem cells.” The genuinely pro-life Republican Platform calls for “a ban on human cloning and a ban on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos for research purposes.” The 2008 Democratic Platform stridently toadies to the feminists on all their issues. The Platform reaffirms support for the Equal Rights Amendment (which was declared dead by the Supreme Court 26 years ago), enforcement of Title IX (which has canceled hundreds of men’s college athletic teams, thereby costing us dearly in the recent Olympics), passage of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (which would use a UN treaty to keep abortion legal), and the Violence Against Women Act (which puts a billion taxpayer dollars a year into the coffers of the radical feminists). The Platform reiterates the phony feminist slogan that “women still earn 76 cents for every dollar that a man earns.” That figure includes women who have spent many years out of the workforce and, of those who do have jobs, about a third work only part-time. The Platform promises to “expand” the Family and Medical Leave Act. “Expanding” means forcing employers to pay wages to employees who are on extended leave at times of their own choosing. The Democratic Platform goes all-out in recognizing the support of their gay rights constituency. “We support the full inclusion of all families, including same-sex couples, in the life of our nation, and support equal responsibility, benefits, and protections.” The Platform adds, “We oppose the Defense of Marriage Act.” Overwhelmingly passed in 1996 to prevent judges from forcing other states to validate Massachusetts’ same-sex marriages, DOMA was one of the most popular laws ever passed and it was even signed by Bill Clinton. Most of the Democratic Platform consists of promising benefits that will cost already burdened taxpayers aplenty. There’s no mention of how these extravagant handouts will be paid for. For example, the Democratic Platform enthusiastically endorses the incredibly extravagant worldwide handouts in the bill sponsored by Barack Obama called “the U.S. Millennium Development Goals, which aim to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015.” The Platform promises to “double our annual investment in meeting these challenges to $50 billion by 2012.” The Democrats’ mindset is that “we need stronger international institutions.” So, the Platform promises to “create a $2 billion Global Education Fund … with the goal of supporting a free, quality, basic education for every child in the world.” The Democrats want the government to take care of American kids from birth through college. “We will make quality, affordable early childhood care and education available to every American child from the day he or she is born,” and “we will provide all our children a world-class education, from early childhood through college.” The Democratic Platform is full of proposals to raid the pockets of John Q. Taxpayer and reduce the American standard of living. This includes “an economy-wide cap and trade program,” a plan to “reduce oil consumption by at least 35 percent, or ten million barrels per day, by 2030,” and designing legislation based on the belief that “global climate change is the planet’s greatest threat.” These expensive plans will require a giant expansion of government money and government jobs. The Democrats must have had this result in mind when they promised they “will make government a more attractive place to work.” There is much more expensive foolishness in the Democratic Platform, but the plank that takes the cake is: “we oppose laws that require identification in order to vote or register to vote.” That sounds like the Democrats are planning on winning the 2008 election by stuffing the ballot box.