This is a "fact" sheet that the 700 Club sends out to those who request
it.  Enjoy.  --Julie
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The 700 Club Fact Sheet

The Facts

"A _Hawaiian Tidal Wave_ powerful enough to reconfigure the nation's
social and political landscape is headed for the mainland."

This is according to syndicated columnist Deb Price, an avowed
lesbian who is referring to _a pending Hawaii Supreme Court decision
that could legalize same-sex marriages in that state-and have
ramifications across America._

Currently, Hawaiian law limits marriage to members of the opposite
sex.  But in the wake of a lawsuit by three homosexual couples who
want to wed, the state's high court is sending signals that the
_current marriage law may be illegal._

The Hawaii Supreme Court has pointed to Hawaii's own "Equal Rights
Amendment" as the basis for the contention.  The court is viewing
marriage restrictions as possible "gender discrimination," and is
_ordering the state to demonstrate a "compelling" reason to deny
same-sex marriage._ If the state cannot prove its case, homosexual
marriages could become legal in Hawaii by 1995.  That's when the
tidal wave engulfing America's 49 other states could begin.

Here's why.  _Article 4 of the Constitution_ says, "Full faith and
credit shall be given in each state for the public acts, records and
proceedings of every other state."  Thus, laws passed in one state,
it can be argued, must be honored in other states.  All 500 states
have a _reciprocal arrangement concerning marriage laws-so that a
couple legally married in one state is considered married by the
other states._ Divisive court battles would ultimately decide whether
other states honor Hawaii's homosexua l marriages.

Furthermore, the _Internal Revenue Service_ allows each state to
determine marital legality, meaning married homosexuals could likely
file joint federal tax returns.

Many Hawaiians are supporting the attorney general's defense of
current marriage laws.  A recent survey reported that _58 percent of
Hawaiians oppose same-sex marriages._ Mike Gabbard, who heads Common
Sense Now (a group formed to defend traditional marr iage), says this
court case is "an aggressive attempt by homosexual activists and
their supporters to raise the level of homosexual relationships to
heterosexual relationships."

If homosexual marriages prevail, _Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi fears his
city could quickly become the "gay capital of the world."  More
fundamentally, he worries that homosexual marriages in Hawaii could
forewarn the inevitable downfall of America:  "Once y ou destroy the
foundation that made this nation what it is today-the family-like
every great nation in the history of civilization, we will go down
the tubes."

Ben and Jay Respond

Ben Kinchlow-"What we are talking about here is not discrimination
against individuals.  We're talking about sexual preference, which
means that anyone based on their sexual preferences-incest,
pedophilia-has the right to come to court and demand their le gal
rights to practice it."

Jay Sekulow-"Sodomy is a crime in Hawaii.  Also, given what the U.S.
Constitution says, if Hawaii recognizes homosexual marriages, it may
be argued successfully that different states will also have to
recognize those marriages as well.  A tidal wave openi ng is
correct-it's a very dangerous undercutting of the family."

Standards To Live By

"You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an
abomination...(F)or by all these the nations which I am casting out
before you have become defiled.  For the land has become defiled,
therefore I have visited its punishment upon it, so th e land has
spewed out its inhabitants."  *Leviticus 18:22, 24-25*

"God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged
the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way
also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned
in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent
acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their
error."  *Roman 1:26, 27*

What You Can Do

Contact Ministries to Homosexuals Exodus Ministries P.O.  Box 2121
San Rafael, CA 94912 415/454-1017

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