Report: “Tanzania – Two Church Buildings Burned Down in Zanzibar”
— Compass Direct News reports: “Two church buildings were razed Sunday night (June 28) on the island of Zanzibar after worship services. Suspected radical Muslims set the church buildings on fire on the outskirts of Unguja Township, on the Tanzanian island off the coast of East Africa, in what church leaders called the latest incidents of a rising tide of religious intolerance.”
— report states “‘We don’t want churches on our street,’ read a flier dropped at the door of Charles Odilo, who had donated the plot on which the EAGT building stood. ‘Today we are going to burn the church, and if you continue we are going to burn your house also.'”
Pakistan: Christian pastor kidnapped at gunpoint, escapes
ANS report: “Pakistani Presbyterian Pastor attacked at gunpoint”
— ANS reports: “The Rev. Eric Sarwar, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan and director of the Tehillim School of Church Music and Worship, was attacked in Karachi on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at 8:00 pm Pakistan time, ANS has learned.”
— ANS states that Christian pastor was kidnapped at gunpoint, but managed to escape
North Carolina: Rhino Times Awarded Judgment, Injuntion Against the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
(U.S.) North Carolina: Rhino Times Awarded $25KKK From Klan
— “Not only did The Rhino Times receive a permanent injunction against the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), prohibiting it from using pages from The Rhino as a vehicle to deliver the Klan’s despicable flyers, on Monday, June 29, The Rhino Times received $25,000 from the Knights Party in payment of a court judgment against them.”
Baltimore: Allegations regarding Baltimore police
(U.S.) Baltimore: Allegations regarding Baltimore police
— Baltimore Sun reports on statement by former Baltimore police employee JoAnn C. Woodson-Branche
— Balitmore Sun states that statement alleges “Sgt. Kelvin Sewell, who is black, said that he was forced to view racist material on the Internet”
— “alleged that his white supervisors had forced him to view a Ku Klux Klan Web site”
E.R.A. Web Sites and Information Sources
A list of web site and information sources regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) and organizations seeking its final ratification in America:
E.R.A. web site co-hosted by Alice Paul Institute and NOW
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/
E.R.A. Status List of Unratified States
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/status.htm
4ERA Web Site
http://www.4era.org/
4ERA Web Petition
http://www.4era.org/petition.asp
E.R.A. in the News: “The ERA in the Media”
http://www.4era.org/press.html
E.R.A. Campaign Network
http://www.eracampaign.net/about.html
E.R.A. Campaign Network – National Organizations
http://www.eracampaign.net/organizations.html
Free-Us-Now The Majority United for Women’s Equality, Laws and Rights
http://www.free-us-now.com
Virginia E.R.A. Ratification Web Site
http://sites.google.com/site/4erava/Home
Florida E.R.A. Ratification Web Site
http://www.ratifyERAflorida.net
North Carolina E.R.A. Ratification Web Site – NC4ERA
http://nc4era.org/default.aspx
National E.R.A. Organizations
http://www.eracampaign.net/organizations.html
NOW and Constitutional Equality
http://www.now.org/issues/constitution/index.html
Facebook: ERA NOW
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45860562011
ERA NOW-RATIFIED STATES:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73742205677
ERA NOW-ALABAMA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72929929875
ERA NOW-ARIZONA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74752135899
ERA NOW-ARKANSAS
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=2d9e7ac386b7678477468b58fa42c2f3&gid=48694067217
ERA NOW-FLORIDA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75630928951
ERA NOW-GEORGIA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171507445083
ERA NOW-ILLINOIS
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=83807351580
ERA NOW-LOUISIANA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76149186242
ERA NOW-MISSISSIPPI
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75762353886
ERA NOW-MISSOURI
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89909127603
ERA NOW-NEVADA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82758591462
ERA NOW-NORTH CAROLINA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69074843314
ERA NOW-OKLAHOMA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106505332192
ERA NOW-SOUTH CAROLINA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75743493319
ERA NOW-UTAH
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90326661736
ERA NOW-VIRGINIA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82398771791
Alice Paul Institute
http://www.alicepaul.org/
— Other Links of Related Interest:
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Women’s Equality Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Day
Germany: Nazi Demjanjuk pronounced fit to stand trial in Germany
Missouri governor signs bill renaming road cleaned by neo-Nazis after rabbi despite family’s objections
Hungary: Budapest court bans neo-Nazi Hungarian Guard
(Hungary) Budapest court bans Hungarian militants
— “A Budapest appeals court Thursday banned the neo-Nazi Hungarian Guard, a militant group of extreme far-right nationalists, court officials said”
Communist China – Office Becomes New Force for Religious Repression
Communist China – Office Becomes New Force for Religious Repression
— “Government seminar on house churches, once considered encouraging, results in crackdown”
Communist China has not given up Green Dam plan – to control Internet usage
Communist China has not given up Green Dam plan
— “China has not given up on plans to force Chinese computer users to install controversial ‘Green Dam Youth Escort’ internet monitoring software, officials have said”