IFI E-Alert: All the Perfumes of Arabia Will Not Sweeten Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Macbeth
I love Chicago Shakespeare Theater. I have seen half a dozen productions at their Navy Pier location and loved every one. I try to attend at least one play a year-as money permits. But this year, I wasted both my time and money.
For any of you who may be thinking of attending Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of Macbeth -- be forewarned. We attended opening night on Friday, and here's what to expect from this modernized travesty:In the early scene just after Lady Macbeth has read the letter from Macbeth, Lady Macbeth removes her top and performs topless. When Macbeth arrives home, she mounts him and they simulate sex whilst the actor playing Macbeth fondles the actress' bare breasts.
After Macbeth becomes undone by the vision of Banquo's bloody head, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth retreat to their bedchambers where she performs oral sex on him.
The three scenes in which the three witches meet Hecate; Lenox and another Lord discuss the state of Denmark; and the witches make their last prophecies are set in a strip club. There is no nudity, but one of the witches wears a top which conceals little, and fishnet stockings and a leather thong over her posterior that she gyrates like a professional stripper. Take ACTION: Contact Chicago Shakespeare Theater to let them know that you will not be attending this production: Click HERE to send a mail or fax or call 312-595-5656
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Homeschooling Grows Rapidly
The National Center for Education Statistics, which is part of the Department of Education estimates that homeschooling grew 36 percent between 2003 and 2007. "Homeschoolers can now be found in all walks of life," said Michael Smith, HSLDA President.
The NCES estimates 1.5 million homeschooled children, or 2.9 percent of the school age population in 2007. This is a significant increase from 1.1 million in 2003, or 2.2 percent of the school aged population.
The NCES survey also considered the reasons parents are turning to homeschooling. Parents continued to cite the negative peer influences of public school, the desire to provide religious or moral instruction as well as concern about the academic quality of public school as their reasons for homeschooling.
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The Sheepskin's Off – Gays Want to Redefine Natural Marriage -- No "Civil Unions" Compromise!
On November 4th, the country was witness to three more states not willing to redefine marriage, in spite of multi-millions spent by the homosexual community. This brings the total to thirty out of thirty. Do the math. One hundred percent of states who brought the question to the people want Judeo-Christian marriage to remain as the standard.
Yet some Illinois elected officials still don't get it. Many are beholden to the "gay" community for the money that's been poured into their campaign war chests.
That's why pressure needs to be applied.
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Illinois Sec. of State Jesse White Says "Anything Goes" at the State Capitol Rotunda
Grants Permission for the Celebration of Nothing, Alongside Nativity Scene and Menorah
It was a great moment. On December 2nd, a Nativity scene was put on display in the state Capitol Building of Illinois. Standing in the Rotunda, a scene depicting the birth of Christ was meant to celebrate the Christmas season. It was truly an uplifting moment for 85% of the population who call themselves Christians. However, I suppose, with the good must come some bad. It is a mark of our society. Sadly, just days after the manger scene went on exhibit, a group of atheists felt the need to erect their own sign. Even though this organization is against the display of any religious message in such a public venue, they decided to put up a sign of their own. Despite facing charges of hypocrisy, the group's disparaging message stands just feet away from the Nativity scene.
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Illinois Pharmacists Not Required to Distribute Morning-After Pill
Thursday morning the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that pharmacists have a right to defend their right of conscience against dispersing the so-called morning after pill. The court's ruling overturns Governor Blagoejvich's 2005 "emergency rule" forcing pharmacists to distribute the pill under threat of sanction or even loss of license. Objecting pharmacists consider Plan B to be an abortifacient.
The Governor stated publicly that "pharmacists with moral objections should find another profession," and "must fill prescriptions without making moral judgments." The Governor's rule was eventually adopted as an Administrative Rule, and within weeks of its final enactment, the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation began prosecuting pharmacies and/or pharmacists alleged to have violated the Rule.
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Today's Baal Worshipers
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV)
Modern-day liberals -- or "progressives" as they more discreetly prefer -- labor under an awkward misconception; namely, that there is anything remotely "progressive" about the fundamental canons of their blind, secular-humanist faith. In fact, today's liberalism is largely a sanitized retread of an antiquated mythology - one that significantly predates the only truly progressive movement: biblical Christianity.
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Dept. of Health and Human Services Protects Conscience Rights of Medical Workers
Federal Issues
Last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations that protect the right of conscience of pro-life medical professionals. The new regulations establish needed clarification and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that medical personnel are not coerced into participating in procedures that violate their moral, ethical, and religious convictions.
The new regulations establish needed clarification and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that medical personnel are not coerced into participating in procedures, such as abortions, that violate their moral, ethical and religious convictions.
Tony Perkins, President of The Family Research Council said Friday, "This is a huge victory for religious freedom and the First Amendment. No one should be forced to have an abortion, and no one should be forced to be an abortionist. These regulations will ensure that conscience protection statutes will be strongly enforced by the government just as other civil rights laws are. It's also a victory for the right of patients to choose doctors who agree with their personal beliefs."
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