Please forward and distribute this email to all of your friends and family.  We will not be able to afford to answer all the attacks on us using the Main(e) Stream Media.  We will have to rely on email and our website.  You may also want to check out Michael Heath's blog http://www.mikeheath.net

DAVID'S CRY FOR PURITY

"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love, according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions, wash away all iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgression, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I have been sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts, you teach me wisdom in the inner place. Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness…"

(Psalm 51:1-8)

G.K. CHESTERTON COMMENTS ON THE MODERN AGE

"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers."
 
"Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home."
 
"What is called matriarchy is simply moral anarchy, in which the mother alone remains fixed because all the fathers are fugitive and irresponsible."

(G.K. Chesterton)

FORMER GOVERNOR ANGUS KING SAYS “BAN SLOT MACHINES IN MAINE”

Former governor Angus King appeared on a Portland radio talk show yesterday to share his strong support for the effort to ban slot machines in Maine. King said that he opposed the referendum in 2003 which resulted in Penn National building a so-called “Racino” at Bangor Raceway. The former governor says that on his cross-country trip across America, he was disturbed to see how quickly casinos have proliferated in other states. King fears that slot machine establishments could spread to as many as twenty locations in Maine, if the citizens do not act now to ban slots entirely.  The petition drive effort to ban slots is important, said King, because no state has ever stopped at one casino. Call 784-0846 to get your petitions today.  The deadline is October 4, 2005.

IS THERE A PRO-GAY RIGHTS BIAS IN THE LOCAL MEDIA?

Michael Heath, The Executive Director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, was interviewed on Channel 6 WCSH Monday on the question of the upcoming referendum on the gay rights law. In an effort to give a balanced picture, WCSH also aired an interview with the parents of gays alongside Mike Heath’s interview. But by yesterday morning, the interview with Mike Heath had disappeared, and WCSH was airing only the interview with the parents of gays.

When Tim Russell, the Legislative Liaison for the League called WCSH and spoke with the Managing Editor, she explained “she didn’t know what had happened” and said she would check with the field reporter to find out why the interview with Mike Heath was omitted. The Managing Editor at WCSH went on to explain that it was “the goal of the station to present both sides at all times.” When Tim Russell asked if she considered the omission of Mike Heath’s interview fair and balanced reporting, she replied that it was not.

THE GREAT DECEPTION

The following letter was sent out last night to pastors statewide by Rev. Dallas Henry, President of the League.

These days we are learning more about the hidden agenda of the homosexual rights movement than anyone would care to know. The movement began decades ago, at a time when virtually no one was aware of its existence. Even today, few people realize the nature of its hidden goals. From the beginning, the ultimate goal has been to silence anyone who refuses to condone the practice of homosexuality. And from the beginning, the plan has been to wear down the opposition with the charge of discrimination. Those who disagree that homosexuality is normal and good are labeled “evil” and “intolerant.”   In other words, the great deception of the homosexual rights movement is to portray all homosexuals as noble and virtuous, and all Christians as villains.

We have to admit that homosexuals have been very clever in advancing this great deception.  Activists in California recently passed a law which forbids political candidates from saying anything critical about homosexuality. There is even talk about outlawing the Bible as “hate speech.” The homosexual rights lobby is aware of their immense power, and now they realize they can be as intolerant and abusive as they like. Any person or organization who stands in their way is branded as evil.

The only organization standing in the way of the advancement of the homosexual rights movement in Maine is the Christian Civic League.  We need to be clear that Michael Heath is considered the enemy of this movement, and that he is the focal point of all of their accusations.  If Mike Heath were out of the way, and if the League were destroyed, same-sex marriage would become legal in Maine within a matter of months.  The League is the only organization in Maine which is publicly exposing the homosexual agenda and proclaiming God’s righteousness.  During the legislative session, the League is the only Christian organization at the capitol building lobbying our lawmakers on behalf of every believer and every Bible believing church in the state.

We must be alert at all times of the plans to redefine marriage and to destroy the institution of the family as we know it. As followers of Christ, we must take a stand for righteousness in our society. The early martyrs, the Pilgrim fathers, the opponents of slavery, all took a stand on their Christian principles and resisted the evils of their day. Likewise, it is our duty as Christians to resist this dangerous attack on the family and the church.

A recent fundraising email by homosexual activists illustrates how determined they are to stop us, and Mike in particular.  Anyone who stands in their way is considered an enemy - and this includes every pastor and every Christian in Maine who takes a principled stand against the effort to normalize homosexuality.

We must make no mistake about the dangers of the homosexual rights movement. Nothing less than the institution of marriage and the family are at stake. And beyond this lies a deeper issue – faithfulness to God’s word, and obedience to His laws, which can never be revoked, and which God Himself has told us He will enforce.

As Mike Heath has pointed out, "What at first glance seems to be a contest of ideas over marriage and the family, is in reality a spiritual battle against those forces which would replace truth with error, hope with despair, and light with darkness."