Citizens’ Ballot Could Be Canada’s Best Hope for Repealing Same-Sex ’Marriage’

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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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Citizens’ Ballot Could Be Canada’s Best Hope for Repealing Same-Sex ’Marriage’

By Chad Groening -- Agape Press

2006-02-07 -- WDC Media News -- WDC Media News (AgapePress) - Canadian pro-family activist Brian Rushfeldt says he agrees with a recent survey that shows, despite the recent election of a new Conservative government, a vote to revoke the legalization of same-sex "marriage" would be a close one in Parliament. Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper reports that a narrow majority of the current Members of Parliament (MPs) would agree to retain same-sex marriage, based on a tabulation of how returning members voted on the issue last June. Rushfeldt, co-founder and executive director of the Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC), does not doubt the accuracy of the paper’s predictions concerning how the national lawmakers would cast their ballots on homosexual marriage. "If we leave it up to our Members of Parliament, I think we’re going to have a fairly tight vote on it," the pro-family activist says. "We’ve got a number of new ones that we don’t know where they stand. Certainly, of the ones that are already there, we know that there’s 101 Liberals and 29 Nds [New Democrats] that definitely are all in support of homosexual marriage." Because of this, Rushfeldt believes a people’s referendum on same-sex marriage would be a better course of action. "Forget about the members of Parliament deciding on such a crucial issue," he urges. "Let’s have a referendum of the voices of the Canadian people on this; because, if the members of Parliament voted in line with what the people of Canada wanted, I don’t think this would be a close vote." Unlike outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin, Canada’s incoming national leader Stephen Harper would support the idea of a people’s referendum, Rushfeldt contends. The current prime minister is more likely to understand that "politically, on this issue the right thing to do would be to let the Canadian people have a say, a free say," the pro-family activist insists. "Steven Harper has promised a free vote, and that is one step in the right direction," Rushfeldt points out. "But a free vote does no good when you’ve got members of Parliament who are going to vote the way they want to vote, not the way their constituents want them to vote," he says. The CFAC executive director notes, "With many of the Liberals, we know that if the people in that [elected official’s district] had a say, they would choose to not have had homosexual marriage." That is why the pro-family advocate believes the decision on same-sex marriage needs to be put directly before the citizens of Canada. However, such a vote is unlikely to happen in 2006, Rushfeldt notes. He believes any referendum to repeal legalized same-sex marriage in Canada probably will not take place until spring of next year.

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