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Local links 5/14/09

AMERICAN CANYON – Last week’s regular city council meeting drew a standing-room only crowd. After heated discussion, a proposed resolution that would have put the city council on record as opposed to “discrimination in any form, including with regard to gender in marriage,” was tabled indefinitely. (emphasis added) One Proposition 8 supporter said, “I get my world view from the Bible. American Canyon residents voted for Prop. 8 by a wide margin and this resolution doesn’t speak for the majority.” Read more in the Times-Herald. 
 
COVINA – Students at Royal Oak Middle School were able to promote and celebrate the National Day of Prayer (NDP) last week due to the involvement of attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). School officials originally toldstudents in the Spiritual Place of Teens (or SPOT) club they must change the name of their celebration to the “National Day of Reflection” and could not advertise on campus. Read more in ADF’s press release.
 
CASTRO VALLEY – Learning from their children that a lesbian minister had recently spoken to math and science classes at Castro Valley High School, parents seeking information about the visit were stone-walled by district officials. More than 20 parents, with the aid of the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), have sued the district to compel the release of the information. Read more in a PJI press release.
 
SAN BERNARDINO – A group of pro-life advocates with the group Survivors have been found not guilty on charges resulting from a 2007 incident in which the group was limited to a tiny area when they visited Chaffey College to peacefully hold signs and hand out pro-life literature. Read more on LifeNews.com.  
 
Opportunity knocks
RIVERSIDE – California Family Council continues to expand its offerings of the acclaimed Truth Project group leader training seminars.  Training in biblical worldview is a prerequisite to living out authentic Christianity in today’s postmodern culture with its subjective claims of truth.  
 
Make plans now to attend one of the upcoming seminars to learn about a biblical worldview and matching your belief system to your actions; equip yourself to lead others through this DVD series that asks, “Do you really believe that what you believe is really real?” Find out more! 
 
*May 16 at Calvary Chapel in Santa Maria
*May 30 at New Life Community Church in Fair Oaks
*June 13 at Calvary Chapel in Phelan
 
If you are interested in hosting a Truth Project training seminar in your area, please call (951) 354-8362 and ask for Trudy Thomas.
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