Australian Independent Baptist Newsletter

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June 2006

Dr. David C. Bennett, Editor (DCB)

PO Box 1241 - Dubbo - NSW 2830 - Phone/Fax 02-6884-2846

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http://backspin.typepad.com/backspin/2006/05/abc_admits_pale.html Sunday, May 28 2006 ABC ADMITS PALESTINIAN 'TERROR' (Edited by DCB) Australia "It took some grilling by Sen. Michael Ronaldson, but Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s News Director John Cameron finally admitted that Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah indeed are all terror organizations." "A press release from Senator Ronaldson’s office sums up the background info: ‘The ABC has finally been forced to drop its immoral double standard, where terrorists were terrorists in any part of the world except Israel and the Palestinian territories." The Senator went on to say that he now called "...upon the other national broadcaster, SBS, to do the same."

Editor’s Comment: It is good to see that the ABC has finally admitted the obvious. Sadly most of the ABC’s journalism is usually anti-Israel and far to the left of center.

www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au 27 May, 2006 GAY CARE CENTRE (Edited by DCB) "A COUNCIL-run childcare centre is teaching toddlers that gay, lesbian and ‘transgender’ parents are normal in a bid to ‘challenge the perception’ of young children about sexuality." The Marrickville Mayor said the centre had "successfully adopted several strategies to encompass lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex issues". This he said challenged "children's perception of what is 'normal' gender and sexual identity". This is all about social justice according to the Mayor. This is a follow up to the above article. www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au 29 May, 2006

GAYCARE REVOLT (Edited by DCB) "PARENTS, family groups and the Federal Government are demanding a Sydney daycare centre immediately stop teaching babies and toddlers about gay, lesbian and ‘transgender’ parenting." The taxpayers of Marrickville were rightfully very angry over the Mayor’s approval of such teaching in a childcare centre and "Family and Community Services Minister Mal Brough branded the curriculum ‘ridiculous.’ He went on to say that "At that age children should be fingerpainting and having fun, not learning about social behaviour which many parents regard as way beyond their years." This is another story relating to the above stories. www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au RAGE AND CONSENT AS MP BACKS GAYCARE 30 May, 2006 (Edited by DCB) "EDUCATION Minister Carmel Tebbutt has defended the use of books teaching young children about gay lifestyles -- as long as parents give their consent. The Marrickville MP weighed into the storm over gay books in childcare centres throughout her inner-city electorate yesterday, after..." the Mayor "...described his critics as ‘crazy’." The MP also said "The books show diversity exists in family structures," and that "Teaching children about diversity and tolerance is an important part of their development."

Editor’s Comment: Eph 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Agape News 25 May, 2006 DIVERSE FAITH GROUPS UNITE TO PUSH FOR FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT (Edited by DCB) "Several major religious denominations have come together to urge the U.S. Senate to approve a marriage amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Religious Coalition for Marriage has released a statement signed by 50 leaders and expressing support for the proposed federal marriage protection amendment. The Coalition is comprised of all eight U.S. Catholic cardinals, as well as officials of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Church of God in Christ, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, and the National Association of Evangelicals. While diverse in many ways, the groups represented share a singleness of purpose -- the protection of traditional marriage."

Editor’s Comment: 2 Chronicles 19: 2 "And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD." Adam Clarke’s Commentary is not always worth quoting but on this verse it is. Clarke said "And is not the wrath of God upon all those alliances which his people form with the ungodly, whether they be social, matrimonial, commercial, or political?"

Agape Press 25 May, 2006 SCHOOLS BLASTED FOR HOLDING SEPARATE GRADUATIONS FOR HOMOSEXUAL STUDENTS (Edited by DCB) "USA Today reports that a growing number of colleges and universities are holding so-called ‘lavender graduations’ to honor their ‘gay,’ lesbian, and transgendered graduates;..." At these "lavender graduations, students are often given awards and typically receive rainbow-colored tassels to put on their mortarboards during their commencement activities."

www.telegraph.com.uk 28 May, 2006 BIBLE SUPPORTS HOMOSEXUAL PARTNERSHIPS, SAYS BISHOP (Edited by DCB) "One of the country's most senior bishops has reignited the Church of England row over homosexuality by claiming that same-sex partnerships are supported by the Bible. The Rt Rev Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, said that traditionalists in the Church needed to be ‘converted’ to see that homosexual unions are confirmed by the scriptures." He says "Gay partnerships are about faithfulness and stability" and that "...an openly gay man should be allowed to be appointed a bishop." The sodomites and their supporters are getting more open and adamant day by day. Remember, 2Timothy 3:13, 14 "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them."

Brethren, keep "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" Titus 2:13.

Because of Calvary,