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"Fearful
lest it be relegated to the position of an isolated sect, Christianity
seems to be making frenzied efforts at mimicry in order to escape being
devoured by its enemies--a reaction that seems defensive, but is in fact
self-destructive. In the hope of saving itself, it seems to be assuming
the colors of its environment, but the result is that it loses its
identity. . . ."
--Leszek Kolakowski, from Modernity on Endless Trial |
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THE RECORD Online Newspaper
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In This Issue: |
Tuesday July 19, 2005
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Prayer Across America
Comes to Maine
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A Word on Civil and
Religious Liberty
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Prayer Allowed on
Portland School Grounds,
but Christians Need Not
Apply
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GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATE SITS
ON BOARD OF THE UN
ASSOCIATION OF MAINE
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Augusta Exposed - Gays, Greens,
and Globalists
Gay activists are always eager
to portray their movement as a
grass roots effort. But it has
always been The RECORD’s
contention that the push for the
normalization of homosexuality
and gay marriage is part of a
hidden agenda which is driven by
powerful elites. In March, we
revealed the names of the
corporate sponsors of the
Equality Maine awards banquet at
which Governor Baldacci was
scheduled to speak. Among these
were corporations based in New
York City, and one in Belgium.
Now The RECORD has discovered
that one of the leading
proponents of the gay rights
cause here in Maine – Tom Ewell
– sits on the board of directors
of the Maine Chapter of the
United Nations Association. This
astounding piece of information
came after The RECORD looked
into the ties the UN has to
local organizations here in
Maine.
The United Nations Association
grew out of the Association of
the League of Nations, and was
formed in New York to gain
public support for the UN.
Eleanor Roosevelt promoted the
organization on nationwide
tours, after she finished her
term as a representative to the
General Assembly in 1951. The
National Council of the United
Nations Association is currently
co-chaired by former presidents
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.
The RECORD reported in an
earlier edition how it was
Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter who
called for the first national
women’s conference, which was
modeled after the UN conference
held during the UN’s “Year of
the Woman.”
Ewell, in addition to sitting on
the Board of Directors of the
Maine Chapter of the United
Nations Association, is also
Executive Director of the Maine
Council of Churches.
Ewell has been an advocate of
gay rights for many years,
having been the chairman of the
Religious Coalition Against
Discrimination, an organization
formed in 1995 to oppose a
ballot proposal which attempted
to protect Maine from an
expansion of “gay rights.”
The World Council of Churches,
which is not affiliated with the
Maine Council of Churches, but
is nonetheless a similar
ultra-Liberal, ecumenical
organization, has the following
to say about the UN.
“The World Council of Churches
has its own agenda. We must be
attentive to the UN and other
international developments in
setting that agenda, but then
develop relationships with the
UN system in a way which
responds to our own priorities
in a way which guards against
being diverted from them or
co-opted by others. A part of
that agenda is to promote
effective instruments of global
governance. It has, therefore, a
responsibility to inform and
encourage member churches and
related movements in their
efforts to improve the UN system
and to make it more responsive
to the needs of peoples.
The WCC should make effective
use of those UN mechanisms to
which it has access to pressure
governments to comply with
international norms and
standards, such as those on
human rights. In this process,
the World Council of Churches
should support and enable
partners to represent their own
interests in appropriate UN
forums.” (Source: wcc-coe.org
website.)
In other words, the World
Council of Churches, is to
function as an arm of the UN,
and its members are to work for
‘world governance.’ Moreover, it
seeks to compel national
governments to comply with
international norms and
standards.
It is interesting to note in
this regard that the leading
proponent of same-sex marriage
in Maine, Marvin Ellison,
Professor of Christian Ethics at
Bangor Theological Seminary, is
also a member of an organization
called "The Religious
Consultation on Population,
Reproduction, Health, and
Ethics," an organization which
has been granted special
consultation status by the
Economic and Social Council of
The United Nations.
Clearly, this is something the
other side would prefer the
people of Maine didn’t know.
Perhaps the time has come to
enquire into the relationship
between liberal clergymen, gay
rights, and the United Nations.
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