Tennessee ‘Blue Dog’ Dem. flip-flops on abortion in health care bill

On July 31, 2009, in Tennessee, by Alexander Mason

FPN Spokesman Ron Shank is blasting Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon for casting the deciding vote to kill a pro-life amendment to health care ‘reform’ legislation, essentially paving the way for taxpayer-funded abortions as a part of Obamacare.

Shank said, “Gordon betrayed every Tennessean who believes prenatal children have an inalienable Right to Life, and he added insult to injury by casting the deciding vote to force us to pay for abortions, including horrific late-term abortions that brutally terminate those children’s lives.”

Read What Tennesseans Are Saying About Universal, Tax-Payer Funded Abortion in Health Care “Reform”

On July 27, 2009, in Tennessee, by Family Policy Network

Residents across the state of Tennessee are voicing their opposition to a congressional proposal that would use taxpayer money to pay for abortions under the guise of so-called health care “reform”. Pro-family Tennesseans are signing Family Policy Network’s petition urging both houses of Congress and President Obama to reject health care “reform” that provides universal abortion funding on the backs of American taxpayers.

Many Tennesseans who signed the petition opposing taxpayer-funded abortion added their own comments to the statement above. Here is a sampling of those comments:

TN City May Crack Down on Sexually-Oriented Businesses

On October 25, 2007, in Tennessee, by Family Policy Network

City attorneys have been working on possible revisions to laws regulating where sexually oriented businesses may locate, Assistant City Attorney David Ives told the Murfreesboro Planning Commission this week.

City Council would have to approve any rule changes. Murfreesboro first adopted a sexually oriented business zoning law in 1993, restricting such sites to areas zoned for heavy industrial uses.

Homosexual Gang Violence In Schools Growing

On July 3, 2007, in Tennessee, by Family Policy Network

Last week, the Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor exposed the increasing trend of lesbian gang violence terrorizing neighbourhoods and schools, especially in large cities across the United States. The gangs, known as Dykes Taking Over (DTO) or Gays Taking Over, are forcing children into homosexuality. In addition to carrying weapons and violently attacking people the lesbian gangs rape girl victims they recruit.

UPDATE: Kroger Caves to Homosexual Pressure, Allows “Gay” Paper Again

On July 3, 2007, in Tennessee, by Family Policy Network

Saying Nashville is “a diverse city,” The Kroger Co. said Monday it would carry Out & About, a free newspaper catering to the area’s gay community, at eight area supermarkets. This decision comes a month after some stores in the Nashville area had removed the magazine from their distribution racks, saying that the publication violated company policy against publications with “political, religious, or other specific agendas.”

Kroger Pulls Homosexual Newspaper from its Stores

On June 12, 2007, in Tennessee, by Family Policy Network

[AP] - A regional gay and lesbian newspaper has been pulled from racks at Nashville-area Kroger grocery stores; the newspaper’s publisher calls the action discriminatory. A Kroger Co. spokeswoman said the Cincinnati-based company has a policy against displaying publications that promote “political, religious or other specific agendas” and cited the need to remain neutral.

FPN Promotes State-Based School Club Restrictions in AL, NC, TN, TX and VA

On April 5, 2007, in Maryland, Nation, National, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia: (804) 485-5084, by Family Policy Network

[FPN] – In August of 2006, Family Policy Network (FPN) announced a campaign to promote a state-based approach to protecting children from homosexual activists in public schools. Efforts are underway (in various stages) to promote FPN’s school-based clubs proposal in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Similar bills have become law already in Georgia and Utah. Another similar proposal has been promoted in Massachusetts.

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