City Council Ignores Conservative Christians Pleas Honors Gay Pride Festival

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TBN's Acquisition Of 'Holy Land Experience' Theme Park Seeks To Change More Lives

June 9, 2007 ORLANDO -- Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world's largest religious broadcaster and America's most-watched faith channel, hopes to change more lives through its addition of the "Holy Land Experience" theme park in Orlando, Fl., to the TBN family. Through the acquisition, TBN will bring an integration of the powerful living recreation of ancient Jerusalem with a cutting edge facility that will be used for television production, dramas, musical concerts, special events and movies.

"This marriage will bring an unprecedented synergy to both ministries and the production that is done there will be seen by a worldwide audience. TBN's involvement made sense, because both ministries are about changing and effecting people's lives. We've been doing that for 34 years," said Paul Crouch, Jr., TBN Vice President of Administration. "We believe this opportunity was heaven sent because it bought TBN an Orlando-based facility to fulfill it's local programming obligations for WGTL CH-52 and it will provide "The Holy Land Experience" with much needed promotion to bring more people to the theme park and Orlando as a whole."

The Holy Land Experience could well be considered Orlando's most inspiring destination as visitors experience a full day of discovery that takes them 2,000 years back in time to the world of the Bible. It brings to life ancient Israel as a unique, thriving world filled with fascinating exhibits and venues. Visitors learn about the Wilderness Tabernacle and the Great Temple; discover the amazing history of the Bible; explore the city of Jerusalem in miniature; see re-enactments of Jesus' ministry, His life, death, and resurrection; and feel the power and passion of our original musical productions.

WGTL TV, Channel 52, has a reach of over four million viewers in the Orlando and Cocoa Beach metropolitan areas with TBN's wide range of innovative faith-based programming. In October of 2006, TBN celebrated the inaugural broadcast of WGTL Ch-52 in Orlando with a dedicatory service attended by TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch, Pastor Benny Hinn, Singer and Preacher Judy Jacobs hosted by Pastor George Cope and Calvary Assembly in Winter Park, Fl.

The combination of the production facilities and the Holy Land Experience offers Orlando visitors a powerful and unique faith based experience that can be promoted worldwide through the TBN network. The promotional capability can drive visitors to the complex.

"Some of the staff was asking what is going to be the immediate effect here at the park and my answer was 'I'm planning on you having more people coming through the turnstiles this summer,'" said Crouch. "Universal Studios does the same thing. We want the 'Holy Land Experience' to be a faith-based version of that."

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City Council Ignores Conservative Christians Pleas Honors Gay Pride Festival

2006-08-08 -- WDC Media News --

SAN DIEGO, CA (AgapePress) - All eight members of the San Diego City Council voted recently to honor the city's "Gay Pride Celebration," which includes a parade that has been featured by the homosexual community in San Diego for more than 25 years. City leaders issued the proclamation honoring the event despite the testimony of about conservative two dozen Christian activists who did not want to see the city issue the honor on behalf of all of its citizens.

According to About.com, San Diego's annual celebration of "gay pride" attracts more than 100,000 participants and observers to the area, making it one of the largest celebrations of its type on the West Coast. Various events and rallies highlight the festival, says the report, but the big attraction is the Gay Pride Parade -- which About.com describes as a "fabulous spectacle."

But Christian activist James Hartline, a former homosexual who has been transformed by his relationship with Jesus Christ, offers a unique perspective of the parade. Because of his "insider's knowledge," Hartline spoke passionately to the City Council about the dark side of the parade. He detailed segments of the event that feature graphic pornography, nudity, sadomasochism, and other activities too offensive to describe in print.

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During his testimony, Hartline recounted how several of the council members had made overtures to the religious community in their bid to become elected. In addressing the city leaders, Hartline specifically requested that those council members who claimed to be Christians not vote for the proclamation.

Reaction from Gay Pride organizers was harsh and particularly critical of Hartline. Lesbian activist Marci Bair said, "... as a Christian, I am disgusted at what has gone on this morning ... disgusted. All of the hate that's been displayed this morning, and it really hurts my heart."

Bair is executive director of Family Matters, a group that advocates homosexual adoption and that, last year, hosted a "Children's Garden" during the Gay Pride Celebration. KGTV-Channel 10, a San Diego ABC television affiliate, reported that Family Matters had hired "Marty the Clown" to entertain children at the venue. Marty the Clown, said the report, was a registered pedophile.

After voting to honor this year's event, Chairman and City Councilman Scott Peters told the audience that "it is not the intention of the Council to embrace all of the activities at Gay Pride described by Mr. Hartline by giving out the proclamation." He concluded by saying he was "sorry that people needed to see [Hartline's remarks] on Channel 24" -- a reference to the local community access television channel that broadcasts the City Council meetings.

James L. Lambert, a frequent contributor to AgapePress, is the author of Porn in America (Huntington House). He is a licensed real-estate mortgage loan sales agent and can be contacted through his website.

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