FOX News Channel Caught Donating $10,000 to Gay Journalist Organization


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HOMOSEXUALITY

"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination ..." Leviticus 20:13

I. Although homosexuality has in these last days become more and more acceptable to society, it is nonetheless evil and wicked in the sight of God.

II. When God created man and woman He intended that there remain a respect within His people for the distinction He had made between the two sexes.
Deuteronomy 22:5

A. Homosexuality became widely practiced in Old Testament times.
Genesis 19:5-11 Judges 19:22 (The Hebrew word here translated "know" literally means "to have intercourse or relations with." It is the same word used in Genesis 4:1, in which it is recorded that "Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain ..." It is also used in the same sense in Genesis 24:16; 1 Samuel 1:19b; and Luke 1:34.)

B. It was still common during the time of the first century church.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11

C. Scripture even indicates that, in the end times, the homosexual way of life will become openly practiced and generally accepted by society as a whole.
2 Timothy 3:1-5

III. How serious an offense is it?
A. Under the Law, the act was considered "worthy of death."
Leviticus 20:13 Romans 1:27, 32

B. Scripture clearly says those guilty of this transgression are unfit to inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 Timothy 1:10

IV. It is an abomination to God.

A. The sin is self-defiling.
Leviticus 18:22, 24

B. It is unnatural (Romans 1:27, 31; 2 Timothy 3:3), and to accept or encourage this way of life is "contrary to sound doctrine" (1 Timothy 1:10).

C. God abhors it!
Leviticus 20:13, 23

D. Believers are expected to "put aside" such evil practices of their former way of life.
1 Corinthians 6:9, 11 ("... and such were (p.t.) some of you ...")

E. Because they refused to abandon their wicked ways "God gave them up." (They became reprobate.) Romans 1:24, 26-32 Ephesians 4:17-19

V. It is possible to be set free from the bondage of this offense. The sin is not unforgivable.
1 Corinthians 6:11, 9-10
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Will they also Fund Pro-Family Journalists?

By John-Henry Westen
MIAMI, September 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While the left likes to pretend that Fox News Channel is a right-wing conservative news organization, Fox has always claimed it is "fair and balanced", trying to portray the image of center of the road. However, their "fair and balanced" claim will be under close scrutiny by conservatives this week as a pro-family group has asked Fox News to match a $10,000 donation to a homosexual journalism organization, with a donation to pro-family group.
Fox News is listed as a "Feature Level" sponsor of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) annual convention which began yesterday and runs through the weekend in Miami. See the NGLA sponsorship page featuring Fox News as a sponsor: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/
The controversy is of heightened intensity since the leader of the NLGJA recently compared pro-family critics of homosexuality to "white supremacists."
Americans for Truth (AFT) is asking Fox News Channel to be "fair and balanced" by giving $10,000 to a conservative group to match its donation to NLGJA. In a letter sent today to Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes, AFT President Peter LaBarbera wrote: "FOX News cannot claim to be 'fair and balanced' in its coverage of homosexuality while providing large grants to a special interest group like the [NLGJA] that demonizes religious conservatives and, worse, seeks to influence the media nationwide to exclude conservative critics of the homosexual political/cultural agenda from gay-related stories."
NLGJA National President Eric Hegedus has suggested that covering "both sides" of homosexuality-related issues is like quoting the KKK on stories about race. On NLGJA's Hegedus wrote: "How appropriate is it to quote interviewees whose ideas could be considered homophobic? … Certainly, news organizations have written extensively about white supremacists and other hate groups… But I doubt that any journalist is adding them to a source contact list for bringing 'balance' to future stories about reparations, interracial marriage, the Holocaust or immigration. That same ethic needs to extend to LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] coverage, too." (see the full message from Hegedus: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/ )
LaBarbera suggests in his letter that Fox News Channel give a "balancing grant" to a pro-family organization since it would "signal that Fox News Channel is committed to living up to its credo and not taking sides in the Culture War." LaBarbera adds, "It would also … show respect for the tens of millions of Americans who do not deserve to be likened to the KKK simply for adhering to historic Judeo-Christian beliefs."
In related news, Wal-Mart Corporation is also listed among the $10,000 sponsors of the NLGJA convention.
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