____________"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing" ___________

[Updated 8/22/00]

Recent Victories: 

• Prosecution of Pornography: On July 26 the House of Representatives passed
  H.R. 4710, the Illegal Pornography Prosecution Act, by a vote of 412-4. 
  Introduced by Rep. Steve Largent (R-OK), this legislation would authorize $5
  million to the U.S. Department of Justice for prosecution of obscenity cases. The
  goal of this legislation is to spearhead the Department of Justice into prosecuting
  more hard-core pornography cases. 

• Religious Land Use:  The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
  has passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate. This legislation
  ensures that zoning laws cannot be used to discriminate against a religious assembly or institution on the basis of religion, and that any land use regulation that imposes a burden on a religious assembly or institution must meet a strict test of being the least restrictive means available to meet the government interest.

• Boy Scouts Rights of Exclusion:  The Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts had the right to exclude gays from leadership positions within the organization. 
  
  

Recent Losses:

• The Clinton/Gore administration vetoed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban

• The Supreme Court ruled that the Nebraska Partial Birth Abortion Ban legislation was unconstitutional.  

• The Clinton/Gore administration vetoed the legislation that would have repealed the Marriage Tax.

How our Elected Officials Voted on Key Legislation:

• Still Too busy to complete this week....will have up and running and summarized by election time though...stay tuned.

_________"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing" ________