Showing posts with label Liberty University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberty University. Show all posts

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Blount wants to know if Fabich even read his papers

Lenski has issued a response through one of his co-researchers against what they call Ham's and Fabich's misrepresentations.
"Both Ham and Fabich asserted that the Cit+ function did not evolve because using citrate did not involve 'any kind of new information … it’s just a switch that gets turned on and off.' (Fabich went on to state that this “switch” is what we reported. That is emphatically not true. It beggars belief that anyone, much less a trained microbiologist, could actually read our 2012 paper, where we reported the genetic basis of Cit+, and come away thinking this.)"

Friday, March 9, 2012

Jason Russell of Invisible Children spoke at Liberty University



Liberty University received an advance on Kony 2012.

Here is a great summary of the critiques about the Invisible Children.[1]


RESOURCES
http://www.friendsforpeaceinafrica.org/samuel-olara/496-accounting-for-post-war-crimes-in-northern-uganda-monitor.html  ( the best summary I’ve yet seen of conflict in Northern Uganda, 1986 – 2007 )
Critiques of Invisible Children
http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/122/ARTICLE/6586/2010-06-02.html ( “How Invisible Children Falsely Marketed The LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act” )
Alleged crimes and human rights abuses by Uganda and the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upITVcXw_Gk ( Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, shot his way into power using child soldiers )
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/116/10521.pdf ( Uganda was indicted, in 2005, by the International Criminal Court for War Crimes in DRC Congo )
Reports, from UN, on Uganda & Rwanda war crimes in DRC Congo
Wikipedia cover of DRC conflict
Accusations of an Acholi Genocide
[ Yoweri Museveni has been accused of engineering a planned, slow genocide against the Acholi people of Northern Uganda  (note: Blackstar News links to web-cached versions of stories - site under heavy traffic load)]
http://www.musevenimemo.org/ ( David Todd Whitmore, of University of Notre Dame, studies traditional Acholi culture, says 1980s memo, allegedly from Yoweri Museveni, indicates plan to depopulate Acholi areas of Northern Uganda, to open up access for fertile farmland. )
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2007/05/secret_photos_r/ ( ABC report suggests Ugandan government coverup )
http://www.independent.co.ug/News/news/3865-planned-massacre-of-the-acholi ( Uganda Independent covers accusations of an Acholi genocide )
http://www.friendsforpeaceinafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=43 ( “Genocide in Comparative Perspective; the Jewish and Acholi Experience” )
http://www.friendsforpeaceinafrica.org/columnists/161-the-achol-qfinal-solutionq.html ( “The Acholi Final Solution”, 2007, by Milton Allimadi, editor of NYC-based Blackstar News )
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=book/export/html/10361 ( “Ending Uganda’s “Brilliant” Genocide”, Allimadi )
http://www.ugandagenocide.info/  ( general source for writings on Acholi conflict & Ugandan gov. )
http://www.david-kilgour.com/mp/Ugandan%20IDP%20Camps%20&%20Children.htm ( Canadian parliament member, on Acholi camps )
http://www.blackcommentator.com/93/93_otika_uganda.html  ( Ugandan student, studying in US, weighs in )



Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Bloomberg: Falwell’s Liberty University Doubles Debt Selling $100 Million to Expand



Liberty University, started in 1971 by the Reverend Jerry Falwell Sr., borrowed $100 million for an expansion of its Lynchburg, Virginia, campus, almost doubling its long-term debt.

The university, which has grown into one of the largest private colleges in the U.S. by increasing online enrollment, will use the money to help finance $225.2 million of capital projects planned around the campus in the next five years, according to sale documents. Work will include a library named for its founder, a baseball stadium and a school of health sciences, according to the documents distributed to investors...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Christian Dressing Room Beliefs

Macy's allows transgendered people to use dressing rooms of their self-identified gender. An employee was fired for forbidding a transgender woman from using the women's dressing room. Her Christian beliefs tell her that transgendered people cannot and do not exist. She and the Liberty Counsel are suing for religious discrimination.

Johnson filed a complaint with the Federal Employment Commission, claiming her religious beliefs prevent her from recognizing transgender people.[1]


“There are no transgenders in the world. A guy can dress up as a woman all he wants. That’s still not going to make you a woman,” Johnson said. “If you’re a man going into the women’s fitting room, I will kindly escort you to the men’s fitting room.”[2]

A conservative Christian organization, Liberty Counsel defines marriage as between a (biological) man and woman. They have characterized the rise of GLBT rights as “a radical agenda… seriously out of touch with mainstream American values.”

“Macy’s has essentially opened women’s dressing rooms to every man,” said Liberty Counsel founder Mathew Staver. He is pushing for the department store to add a third dressing room for transgender individuals or change their policy.

Liberty Counsel’s position on transgender rights diverges from most Americans’ and even most Christians’ opinions.

More than 8-in-10 evangelical Protestants and more than 9-in-10 Catholics and mainline Protestants agree that transgender people should have the same rights and protections as everyone else, according to a recent Public Religion Research survey.

Additionally, about 75 percent of Americans favored Congress’ expansion of hate crime legislation to protect transgender people.
[3]

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

In an Op-Ed Frank Gaffney advocated for a new House UnAmerican Activities Committee

In a July 18, 2011 Op-Ed for the Washington Times, Gaffney wrote the following,


What is needed is a new select committee modeled after the much-vilified, but ultimately vindicated, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). This vindication is comprehensively documented inYale University Press’ groundbreaking “Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America,” by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, and expanded in M. Stanton Evans‘ 2009 “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies.” Members of Congress and their staff can only benefit from reading these studies to have a better understanding of the history of their own institution. Such a panel needs a mandate to investigate in particular the extent to which the Obama administration’s anti-American activities reflect the success of the toxic Muslim Brotherhood in penetrating and subverting U.S. government agencies and civil institutions.[1]
April 2011, Pate Chapel, Liberty University, Frank Gaffney moderating the "Sharia Law and the Constitution" at the The Awakening 2011[2] 

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Truth about Shariah law being exposed TODAY

I received this email from Liberty Counsel on 11/11/2011.


Friend,

I hope you will sign Liberty Counsel’s petition to stop the imposition of Shariah Law in our courts.

On this Veterans’ Day 2011, a major conference is taking place in Nashville on the impact of Shariah Law on the U.S. Constitution. As you know, this conference has come under great resistance because this issue is vital to the very future of our nation.

In just over a day, more than 16,000 citizens have signed our petition opposing Shariah law! I want to support this conference by demonstrating that thousands of citizens are taking a stand against the move to force our courts to accept Shariah law.

I’m resending my message from Wednesday with additional details and an important update on this crucial issue. Please see below and take a moment right now to sign our petition opposing the imposition of Shariah law in our courts:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=56499&RID=27375087

Mat

+ + + + + + + + + +
My Personal Encounter with Shariah Law
By Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

Two weeks ago, I found myself directly in the crosshairs of the growing conflict between Shariah law and our Constitution.

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam defines “Shariah law” as “God’s eternal and immutable will for humanity, as expressed in the Quran and Muhammad’s example (Sunnah), considered binding for all believers.”

In practical terms, “Shariah” also describes a movement under way in European and American legal systems to overturn Western civilization through the imposition of Islamic law and culture. As a constitutional attorney, I can tell you firsthand that this phenomenon is accelerating at an alarming rate.

++Hotel cancels conference on Shariah law.

An important conference featuring leading experts on the Constitution and Shariah law was originally scheduled to be held at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, today. But just days ago, Hutton Hotel banned the conference and cancelled a perfectly valid contract, claiming “safety concerns.”

Thankfully, the conference quickly found another venue, but not without great expense and difficulty.

The fact is, private companies and municipalities are facing more and more pressure to cater to or adopt special rules for Muslims. In one recent case, Muslim workers claimed “unfair labor practices” because they were told to clock out before taking prayer breaks. In another instance, claims of discrimination were leveled when Muslim women were told not to wear their head scarves for safety reasons before going on a roller coaster.

And now in courts of law across this nation, Shariah law is already being applied in case after case.

++There are actually dozens of “Shariah law” cases in our courts!

A study by the Center for Security Policy found 50 state court cases that considered Shariah law. To make matters worse, these cases referenced differing variations of Shariah law from 16 countries. The study concluded, “[J]udges are making decisions deferring to Shariah law even when those decisions conflict with constitutional protections.”

The Center’s study was by no means exhaustive, but instead was taken from a “small sample of appellate published cases.” That means, in reality, Shariah law could be being applied in hundreds of other courtrooms across this nation!

++The greatest threat we face from radical Islam.

The truth is, the greatest threat our nation now faces from radical Islam is not in the form of another 9/11 attack, but rather in the slow, steady, and systematic implementation of Shariah law.

It’s already happening in Europe where schools are adopting special rules for Muslim students during Rhamadan. Europe is so far gone that the Archbishop of Canterbury (the head of the Church of England) said that the adoption of Shariah law is “unavoidable” and the idea that “there is one law for everybody” is now in “a bit of a danger.”

++Liberty Counsel’s petition opposing Shariah law in our courts.

When the Hutton Hotel in Nashville banned the conference on Shariah law, I immediately sent them a strongly worded Demand Letter objecting to their suppression of free speech rights.

It was then that I knew we had to do more immediately. That’s why Liberty Counsel is launching a new Citizen Petition opposing the use of Shariah law in our courts and culture. I am asking you to be among the early signers of this petition as, together, we build a grassroots coalition to stop Shariah law. Go here to sign:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=56499&RID=27375087

The petition also supports Liberty Counsel’s “Demand Letter” sent to Hutton Hotel, and their owners at Amerimar Enterprises in Philadelphia, protesting their anti-free speech move to ban the conference. Go here to see our Demand Letter:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=56499&RID=27375087

Liberty Counsel’s legal team will stand at the forefront of those confronting this growing challenge to our Constitution and way of life. But right now, I need your signature on this petition opposing Shariah law so I can demonstrate to companies, municipalities, political leaders, and even courts that citizens across America are taking a stand on this vital issue!

Thank you so much for your prayers, your support, and your action on behalf of our God-given liberties!

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

"My personal encounter with Shariah law"

Below is an email that I received 11/9/11 from the Liberty Counsel entitled "My personal encounter with Shariah law"



Mathew Staver, Liberty Counsel
Founder and Chairman

Friend,

Two weeks ago, I found myself directly in the crosshairs of the growing conflict between Shariah law and our Constitution.

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam defines “Shariah law” as “God’s eternal and immutable will for humanity, as expressed in the Quran and Muhammad’s example (Sunnah), considered binding for all believers.”

In practical terms, “Shariah” also describes a movement under way in European and American legal systems to overturn Western civilization through the imposition of Islamic law and culture. As a constitutional attorney, I can tell you firsthand that this phenomenon is accelerating at an alarming rate.

++Hotel cancels conference on Shariah law.

In fact, on Friday I will be speaking at an important national conference on the impact of Shariah law on the U.S. Constitution. This conference was originally scheduled to be held at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. But just days ago, Hutton Hotel banned the conference and cancelled a perfectly valid contract, claiming “safety concerns.”

The fact is, private companies and municipalities are facing more and more pressure to cater to or adopt special rules for Muslims. In one recent case, Muslim workers claimed “unfair labor practices” because they were told to clock out before taking prayer breaks. In another instance, claims of discrimination were leveled when Muslim women were told not to wear their head scarves for safety reasons before going on a roller coaster.

And now in courts of law across this nation, Shariah law is already being applied in case after case.

++There are actually dozens of “Shariah law” cases in our courts!

A study by the Center for Security Policy found 50 state court cases that considered Shariah law. To make matters worse, these cases referenced differing variations of Shariah law from 16 countries. The study concluded, “[J]udges are making decisions deferring to Shariah law even when those decisions conflict with constitutional protections.”

The Center’s study was by no means exhaustive, but instead was taken from a “small sample of appellate published cases.” That means, in reality, Shariah law could be being applied in hundreds of other courtrooms across this nation!

++The greatest threat we face from radical Islam.

Friend, the truth is, the greatest threat our nation now faces from radical Islam is not in the form of another 9/11 attack, but rather in the slow, steady, and systematic implementation of Shariah law.

It’s already happening in Europe where schools are adopting special rules for Muslim students during Rhamadan. Europe is so far gone that the Archbishop of Canterbury (the head of the Church of England) said that the adoption of Shariah law is “unavoidable” and the idea that “there is one law for everybody” is “a bit of a danger.”

++Liberty Counsel’s petition opposing Shariah law in our courts.

As I noted above, in just the last few days I have experienced firsthand the growing battle over Shariah law. When the Hutton Hotel in Nashville banned our conference on Shariah law, I immediately sent them a strongly worded Demand Letter objecting to their suppression of free speech rights.

It was then that I knew we had to do more immediately. That’s why, today, Liberty Counsel is launching a new Citizen Petition opposing the use of Shariah law in our courts and culture. I am asking you to be among the very first signers of this petition as, together, we build a grassroots coalition to stop Shariah law. Go here to sign:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=55990&RID=27375087

The petition also supports Liberty Counsel’s “Demand Letter” sent to Hutton Hotel, and their owners at Amerimar Enterprises in Philadelphia, protesting their anti-free speech move to ban our conference. Go here to see our Demand Letter:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=55990&RID=27375087

Liberty Counsel’s legal team will stand at the forefront of those confronting this growing challenge to our Constitution and way of life. But right now, I need your signature on this petition opposing Shariah law so I can demonstrate to companies, municipalities, political leaders, and even courts that citizens across America are taking a stand on this vital issue!

++Please sign in the next 36 hours!

One final note...

This Friday, I will be speaking at the conference on Shariah law that was unjustifiably and improperly treated by Hutton Hotel when they cancelled the contract to provide the conference venue. I want to tell those gathered that tens of thousands of citizens have taken a stand! So please sign the petition right now so I can report the total number of signers in the first 36 hours of our petition to those in attendance:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=55990&RID=27375087

Thank you so much for your prayers, your support, and your action on behalf of our God-given liberties!


Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel