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Religious conservatives are trying to win the hearts and minds of
youngsters, many of whom will be able to vote in 2008...

January 17, 2005
In Divided U.S., A Big Question: Who Gets the Kids?
Tale of Taxing Lemonade Stand
By JEFFREY ZASLOW
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As conservatives plan for the battles ahead,

they're

enlisting a new generation of foot soldiers: kids....

. . . .
Some liberals say it's not easy for them to reach kids.

Oh, please. Hollywood liberals have crammed most movies and most
entertainment television with liberal messages, so kids are

brainwashed

into liberalism every time they watch prime-time TV. It's not enough

to

have a liberal President as hero and conservatives as villain on The
West Wing? Don't watch West-Wing so can't comment. Source for some

info? It's not enough to make a movie about terrorism in which the

villains are changed from Tom Clancy's original depiction as

Islamists

into neo-Nazis? Which Clancy movie? It's not enough to have

Hollywood celebrities depict

promiscuity and drug abuse as cool? Or to have right-wing radio lie

about causing cancer as recently as a few years ago.

While
conservatives have large forums, such as evangelical churches,

"there

aren't ACLU buildings that have meetings every Saturday for kids,"

Sure there are. They're called: PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The teachers that
belong to the NEA are mostly doctrinaire liberal and that's the

message

that gets across to the kids. Source for NEA being "liberal". In the

days after 9-11, high schools here

in Massachusetts invited Howard Zinn, a self-described Marxist
professor,Cite to where Zinn says he's Marxist? Last time I checked

he was more of an Progressive with Anarchist tendencies. (i.e. a caring
Libertarian). to "explain" to the kids why 9-11 was really America's
fault. It is in part our fault. We not only directly trained Osama and
the Mujahideen/Taliban with billions of taxpayer dollars, our role in
the Mid-East has inspired much hatred. This is not comment on how
effective our policy is, but that is has angered some Muslims. Merely
letting children know the history of our intervention does not a
liberal school system or Marxist make.

No school here in Massachusetts dared to broach the subject of

Islamic

fundamentalist hatred of Western values.

Religious conservatives are trying to win the hearts and minds of
youngsters, many of whom will be able to vote in 2008...

January 17, 2005
In Divided U.S., A Big Question: Who Gets the Kids?
Tale of Taxing Lemonade Stand
By JEFFREY ZASLOW
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As conservatives plan for the battles ahead, they're
enlisting a new generation of foot soldiers: kids....

Natalie Hair, 15, attends First Baptist Church of Orlando, a
10,000-member evangelical church. She says she feels a duty to
"witness" by telling public-school classmates the Bible forbids
homosexuality, abortion and premarital sex. She's glad her church
teaches creationism. "That helps me defend my belief that evolution

false," she says. She's a fan of George W. Bush, who won a mock
election among young parishioners at First Baptist, with 95% of the
votes....

"The entire cultural battle is over the children," says Mathew

who heads the Orlando-based Liberty Counsel, a conservative
legal-defense group that has been at the forefront of fights over gay
marriage, school prayer, and abortion.

Mr. Staver, a lawyer, is also vice chairman of the Moral Majority
Coalition, a group headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. That group says

is mounting "an evangelical revolution" built on the momentum of Mr.
Bush's victory. Its goals include lobbying for "pro-life, strict
constructionist" Supreme Court justices and federal judges, and

for a Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Mr. Falwell says the coalition hopes to register 10 million new young
voters by 2008 "to make sure Hillary Clinton remains a senator" --

never becomes president. He sends e-mails to hundreds of thousands of
students every week, he says, using addresses collected by church

groups and 22 recruiters the coalition has on the road. "I'm the Pied
Piper," he says....

Some liberals say it's not easy for them to reach kids. While
conservatives have large forums, such as evangelical churches, "there
aren't ACLU buildings that have meetings every Saturday for kids,"

the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C.-based group.

Mr. Lynn predicts many children who now endorse their elders'
conservative values will reject them when they grow up. "At age 10,

don't know [peers] who've become pregnant, or are gay," he says. "You
haven't learned the nuances on complex issues."

Open Minds

The Liberty Counsel's Mr. Staver argues that even if children's
thinking is more simplistic, their minds are more open. He calls ages

to 12 the key years for guiding children in "the right direction." He
says his group discovered the line "whoever captures the kids owns

future" in a gay-rights essay in the magazine "The Advocate." Now, he
says, conservative activists are determined to prove that true -- on
their terms.

There's even a niche market in politically abrasive children's
literature. One new book is titled "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals

My Bed!" It tells the fictional tale of two boys who try to run a
lemonade stand, while liberals keep showing up, taking half their

in taxes, and forcing them to remove the photo of Jesus that hangs on
the stand.

The book is written under a pen name because the author says she

for her children's safety. In Fort Mill, S.C., 10-year-old Abbey
Kirrane received the book from her mom. "If you listen to liberals,"
she says, "they take away your dreams and hopes for the future."

believes the book accurately describes liberals. "They can be pushy.
They tell you what to do."

The book, which is sold in some bookstores and online, is the first

a series by World Ahead Publishing, of Gardena, Calif. Up next:

Mom! Hollywood is in my Hamper!"....

The Republican National Committee reaches out through groups such as
"Teen Age Republicans." This week, the RNC is asking supporters to

its "Parties for the President" program by inviting neighbors and

kids into their homes to watch the inauguration. "There will be
hundreds of parties with thousands of people," says a spokesman.

Metropolitan Orlando, with a population of 1.8 million, is fertile
territory for politically charged cultural arguments because it has
become a center of evangelical life. The area is headquarters for
Wycliffe Bible Translators, a nonprofit group which translates the
Bible into foreign languages, Campus Crusade for Christ, and a host

other ministries....

Connie Price, who belongs to First Baptist, says she feels

by the liberal perspective that wants me to accept homosexuality."

tells her four children "to love our enemy" and be respectful, "but

you know you're right, based on biblical principles, stand firm."....

As they become politically active, young people come face to face

America's divide. Dominique Roberts, 18, says she can't forget a

she met while going door-to-door on behalf of the Kerry campaign. The
woman explained that she was glad Mr. Bush had gone to war because if
he hadn't, "the terrorists could come to Orlando, pull you into the
street, and chop your head off," Ms. Roberts recalls.

Sara Trollinger is among those in Orlando working to help young

embody conservative values. She is the founder of House of Hope, a
residential facility that counsels teens in crisis using biblical
principles.

Her political ties were forged through a miracle of sorts. On May 28,
1985, an article was written about her program in the Orlando

That day, President Ronald Reagan happened to be in town giving a
speech. Ms. Trollinger says she prayed he would see the article. He

on Air Force One after the speech, read the story, and wrote the
facility a personal check for $1,000.

Today, a photocopy of Mr. Reagan's check hangs in the facility's
entryway. A large painting of Jesus is surrounded by photos of Ms.
Trollinger with Mr. Reagan, George W. Bush, and Florida Gov. Jeb

When conservative leaders speak of faith-based initiatives, they

laud House of Hope, which has seven affiliates.

Most of the 37 teens living in the Orlando facility have awful
histories: violence, abuse, addictions. Almost all of them say they
support Mr. Bush. They've discussed that he was a drinker who found
God, and they see themselves in that story. "God can change your
character if you let him," said Gus, 16. Ms. Trollinger describes

Clinton as "a terrible role model for our young people." She had
residents pray for him when he was president.

The teens are also schooled in the nuts and bolts of politics,
including taking road trips to the state capital in Tallahassee to

how bills are passed.

"This is the generation that will change the morality of America,"

Trollinger says. "The scripture says 'a little child will lead them.'

'Good News Club'

At Orlando's Englewood Elementary School, about 50 children meet once

week after school for a "Good News Club," sponsored by the Warrenton,
Mo.-based Child Evangelism Fellowship. Good News Clubs have
proliferated since a 2001 Supreme Court ruling, citing the right of
free speech, allowed a club in New York to meet, after hours, in a
public school. There are about 5,000 Good News Clubs nationwide,

of which meet at public schools.

Myron Tschetter, who oversees Good News Clubs nationally, says the
clubs don't have a political affiliation. But if kids ask questions

issues such as abortion and homosexuality, they're given answers from
the Bible, he says. "We teach the children: 'This is what's right.

is what God says.' " The goal is that when they grow up and need to
make choices on these issues, "the scriptures will guide them."

Mr. Lynn, of American United for Separation of Church and State,
contends the clubs have "an agenda that combines political and
religious doctrine," and says they could create "future voters and
leaders" who will work for laws opposing abortion and same-gender
marriages, and allowing placement of religious symbols on public
property.

On a recent day, at the Good News Club that meets at Englewood
Elementary, children pledged allegiance to the U.S. flag and then to
the Bible.

Abner, a 10-year-old, said he enjoys the club. "I like having it in
school, that's for sure. It saves the ride to church." He's trying to
convince a friend to come to the club, too. "I keep hearing that kids
are the future of the earth," he said.

Religious conservatives are trying to win the hearts and minds of
youngsters, many of whom will be able to vote in 2008...

January 17, 2005
In Divided U.S., A Big Question: Who Gets the Kids?
Tale of Taxing Lemonade Stand
By JEFFREY ZASLOW
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As conservatives plan for the battles ahead, they're
enlisting a new generation of foot soldiers: kids....

Natalie Hair, 15, attends First Baptist Church of Orlando, a
10,000-member evangelical church. She says she feels a duty to
"witness" by telling public-school classmates the Bible forbids
homosexuality, abortion and premarital sex. She's glad her church
teaches creationism. "That helps me defend my belief that evolution is
false," she says. She's a fan of George W. Bush, who won a mock
election among young parishioners at First Baptist, with 95% of the
votes....

"The entire cultural battle is over the children," says Mathew Staver,
who heads the Orlando-based Liberty Counsel, a conservative
legal-defense group that has been at the forefront of fights over gay
marriage, school prayer, and abortion.

Mr. Staver, a lawyer, is also vice chairman of the Moral Majority
Coalition, a group headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. That group says it
is mounting "an evangelical revolution" built on the momentum of Mr.
Bush's victory. Its goals include lobbying for "pro-life, strict
constructionist" Supreme Court justices and federal judges, and working
for a Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Mr. Falwell says the coalition hopes to register 10 million new young
voters by 2008 "to make sure Hillary Clinton remains a senator" -- and
never becomes president. He sends e-mails to hundreds of thousands of
students every week, he says, using addresses collected by church youth
groups and 22 recruiters the coalition has on the road. "I'm the Pied
Piper," he says....

Some liberals say it's not easy for them to reach kids. While
conservatives have large forums, such as evangelical churches, "there
aren't ACLU buildings that have meetings every Saturday for kids," says
the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C.-based group.

Mr. Lynn predicts many children who now endorse their elders'
conservative values will reject them when they grow up. "At age 10, you
don't know [peers] who've become pregnant, or are gay," he says. "You
haven't learned the nuances on complex issues."

Open Minds

The Liberty Counsel's Mr. Staver argues that even if children's
thinking is more simplistic, their minds are more open. He calls ages 5
to 12 the key years for guiding children in "the right direction." He
says his group discovered the line "whoever captures the kids owns the
future" in a gay-rights essay in the magazine "The Advocate." Now, he
says, conservative activists are determined to prove that true -- on
their terms.

There's even a niche market in politically abrasive children's
literature. One new book is titled "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under
My Bed!" It tells the fictional tale of two boys who try to run a
lemonade stand, while liberals keep showing up, taking half their money
in taxes, and forcing them to remove the photo of Jesus that hangs on
the stand.

The book is written under a pen name because the author says she fears
for her children's safety. In Fort Mill, S.C., 10-year-old Abbey
Kirrane received the book from her mom. "If you listen to liberals,"
she says, "they take away your dreams and hopes for the future." Abbey
believes the book accurately describes liberals. "They can be pushy.
They tell you what to do."

The book, which is sold in some bookstores and online, is the first in
a series by World Ahead Publishing, of Gardena, Calif. Up next: "Help!
Mom! Hollywood is in my Hamper!"....

The Republican National Committee reaches out through groups such as
"Teen Age Republicans." This week, the RNC is asking supporters to join
its "Parties for the President" program by inviting neighbors and their
kids into their homes to watch the inauguration. "There will be
hundreds of parties with thousands of people," says a spokesman.

Metropolitan Orlando, with a population of 1.8 million, is fertile
territory for politically charged cultural arguments because it has
become a center of evangelical life. The area is headquarters for
Wycliffe Bible Translators, a nonprofit group which translates the
Bible into foreign languages, Campus Crusade for Christ, and a host of
other ministries....

Connie Price, who belongs to First Baptist, says she feels "threatened
by the liberal perspective that wants me to accept homosexuality." She
tells her four children "to love our enemy" and be respectful, "but if
you know you're right, based on biblical principles, stand firm."....

As they become politically active, young people come face to face with
America's divide. Dominique Roberts, 18, says she can't forget a woman
she met while going door-to-door on behalf of the Kerry campaign. The
woman explained that she was glad Mr. Bush had gone to war because if
he hadn't, "the terrorists could come to Orlando, pull you into the
street, and chop your head off," Ms. Roberts recalls.

Sara Trollinger is among those in Orlando working to help young people
embody conservative values. She is the founder of House of Hope, a
residential facility that counsels teens in crisis using biblical
principles.

Her political ties were forged through a miracle of sorts. On May 28,
1985, an article was written about her program in the Orlando Sentinel.
That day, President Ronald Reagan happened to be in town giving a
speech. Ms. Trollinger says she prayed he would see the article. He got
on Air Force One after the speech, read the story, and wrote the
facility a personal check for $1,000.

Today, a photocopy of Mr. Reagan's check hangs in the facility's
entryway. A large painting of Jesus is surrounded by photos of Ms.
Trollinger with Mr. Reagan, George W. Bush, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
When conservative leaders speak of faith-based initiatives, they often
laud House of Hope, which has seven affiliates.

Most of the 37 teens living in the Orlando facility have awful
histories: violence, abuse, addictions. Almost all of them say they
support Mr. Bush. They've discussed that he was a drinker who found
God, and they see themselves in that story. "God can change your
character if you let him," said Gus, 16. Ms. Trollinger describes Bill
Clinton as "a terrible role model for our young people." She had
residents pray for him when he was president.

The teens are also schooled in the nuts and bolts of politics,
including taking road trips to the state capital in Tallahassee to see
how bills are passed.

"This is the generation that will change the morality of America," Ms.
Trollinger says. "The scripture says 'a little child will lead them.' "

'Good News Club'

At Orlando's Englewood Elementary School, about 50 children meet once a
week after school for a "Good News Club," sponsored by the Warrenton,
Mo.-based Child Evangelism Fellowship. Good News Clubs have
proliferated since a 2001 Supreme Court ruling, citing the right of
free speech, allowed a club in New York to meet, after hours, in a
public school. There are about 5,000 Good News Clubs nationwide, 1,500
of which meet at public schools.

Myron Tschetter, who oversees Good News Clubs nationally, says the
clubs don't have a political affiliation. But if kids ask questions on
issues such as abortion and homosexuality, they're given answers from
the Bible, he says. "We teach the children: 'This is what's right. This
is what God says.' " The goal is that when they grow up and need to
make choices on these issues, "the scriptures will guide them."

Mr. Lynn, of American United for Separation of Church and State,
contends the clubs have "an agenda that combines political and
religious doctrine," and says they could create "future voters and
leaders" who will work for laws opposing abortion and same-gender
marriages, and allowing placement of religious symbols on public
property.

On a recent day, at the Good News Club that meets at Englewood
Elementary, children pledged allegiance to the U.S. flag and then to
the Bible.

Abner, a 10-year-old, said he enjoys the club. "I like having it in
school, that's for sure. It saves the ride to church." He's trying to
convince a friend to come to the club, too. "I keep hearing that kids
are the future of the earth," he said.

Natalie Hair, 15, attends First Baptist Church of Orlando, a
10,000-member evangelical church. She says she feels a duty to
"witness" by telling public-school classmates the Bible forbids
homosexuality, abortion and premarital sex.

Religious conservatives are trying to win the hearts and minds of
youngsters, many of whom will be able to vote in 2008...

January 17, 2005
In Divided U.S., A Big Question: Who Gets the Kids?
Tale of Taxing Lemonade Stand
By JEFFREY ZASLOW
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As conservatives plan for the battles ahead, they're
enlisting a new generation of foot soldiers: kids....

Natalie Hair, 15, attends First Baptist Church of Orlando, a
10,000-member evangelical church. She says she feels a duty to
"witness" by telling public-school classmates the Bible forbids
homosexuality, abortion and premarital sex. She's glad her church
teaches creationism. "That helps me defend my belief that evolution is
false," she says. She's a fan of George W. Bush, who won a mock
election among young parishioners at First Baptist, with 95% of the
votes....

"The entire cultural battle is over the children," says Mathew Staver,
who heads the Orlando-based Liberty Counsel, a conservative
legal-defense group that has been at the forefront of fights over gay
marriage, school prayer, and abortion.

Mr. Staver, a lawyer, is also vice chairman of the Moral Majority
Coalition, a group headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. That group says it
is mounting "an evangelical revolution" built on the momentum of Mr.
Bush's victory. Its goals include lobbying for "pro-life, strict
constructionist" Supreme Court justices and federal judges, and working
for a Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Mr. Falwell says the coalition hopes to register 10 million new young
voters by 2008 "to make sure Hillary Clinton remains a senator" -- and
never becomes president. He sends e-mails to hundreds of thousands of
students every week, he says, using addresses collected by church youth
groups and 22 recruiters the coalition has on the road. "I'm the Pied
Piper," he says....

Some liberals say it's not easy for them to reach kids. While
conservatives have large forums, such as evangelical churches, "there
aren't ACLU buildings that have meetings every Saturday for kids," says
the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C.-based group.

Mr. Lynn predicts many children who now endorse their elders'
conservative values will reject them when they grow up. "At age 10, you
don't know [peers] who've become pregnant, or are gay," he says. "You
haven't learned the nuances on complex issues."

Open Minds

The Liberty Counsel's Mr. Staver argues that even if children's
thinking is more simplistic, their minds are more open. He calls ages 5
to 12 the key years for guiding children in "the right direction." He
says his group discovered the line "whoever captures the kids owns the
future" in a gay-rights essay in the magazine "The Advocate." Now, he
says, conservative activists are determined to prove that true -- on
their terms.

There's even a niche market in politically abrasive children's
literature. One new book is titled "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under
My Bed!" It tells the fictional tale of two boys who try to run a
lemonade stand, while liberals keep showing up, taking half their money
in taxes, and forcing them to remove the photo of Jesus that hangs on
the stand.

The book is written under a pen name because the author says she fears
for her children's safety. In Fort Mill, S.C., 10-year-old Abbey
Kirrane received the book from her mom. "If you listen to liberals,"
she says, "they take away your dreams and hopes for the future." Abbey
believes the book accurately describes liberals. "They can be pushy.
They tell you what to do."

The book, which is sold in some bookstores and online, is the first in
a series by World Ahead Publishing, of Gardena, Calif. Up next: "Help!
Mom! Hollywood is in my Hamper!"....

The Republican National Committee reaches out through groups such as
"Teen Age Republicans." This week, the RNC is asking supporters to join
its "Parties for the President" program by inviting neighbors and their
kids into their homes to watch the inauguration. "There will be
hundreds of parties with thousands of people," says a spokesman.

Metropolitan Orlando, with a population of 1.8 million, is fertile
territory for politically charged cultural arguments because it has
become a center of evangelical life. The area is headquarters for
Wycliffe Bible Translators, a nonprofit group which translates the
Bible into foreign languages, Campus Crusade for Christ, and a host of
other ministries....

Connie Price, who belongs to First Baptist, says she feels "threatened
by the liberal perspective that wants me to accept homosexuality." She
tells her four children "to love our enemy" and be respectful, "but if
you know you're right, based on biblical principles, stand firm."....

As they become politically active, young people come face to face with
America's divide. Dominique Roberts, 18, says she can't forget a woman
she met while going door-to-door on behalf of the Kerry campaign. The
woman explained that she was glad Mr. Bush had gone to war because if
he hadn't, "the terrorists could come to Orlando, pull you into the
street, and chop your head off," Ms. Roberts recalls.

Sara Trollinger is among those in Orlando working to help young people
embody conservative values. She is the founder of House of Hope, a
residential facility that counsels teens in crisis using biblical
principles.

Her political ties were forged through a miracle of sorts. On May 28,
1985, an article was written about her program in the Orlando Sentinel.
That day, President Ronald Reagan happened to be in town giving a
speech. Ms. Trollinger says she prayed he would see the article. He got
on Air Force One after the speech, read the story, and wrote the
facility a personal check for $1,000.

Today, a photocopy of Mr. Reagan's check hangs in the facility's
entryway. A large painting of Jesus is surrounded by photos of Ms.
Trollinger with Mr. Reagan, George W. Bush, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
When conservative leaders speak of faith-based initiatives, they often
laud House of Hope, which has seven affiliates.

Most of the 37 teens living in the Orlando facility have awful
histories: violence, abuse, addictions. Almost all of them say they
support Mr. Bush. They've discussed that he was a drinker who found
God, and they see themselves in that story. "God can change your
character if you let him," said Gus, 16. Ms. Trollinger describes Bill
Clinton as "a terrible role model for our young people." She had
residents pray for him when he was president.

The teens are also schooled in the nuts and bolts of politics,
including taking road trips to the state capital in Tallahassee to see
how bills are passed.

"This is the generation that will change the morality of America," Ms.
Trollinger says. "The scripture says 'a little child will lead them.' "

'Good News Club'

At Orlando's Englewood Elementary School, about 50 children meet once a
week after school for a "Good News Club," sponsored by the Warrenton,
Mo.-based Child Evangelism Fellowship. Good News Clubs have
proliferated since a 2001 Supreme Court ruling, citing the right of
free speech, allowed a club in New York to meet, after hours, in a
public school. There are about 5,000 Good News Clubs nationwide, 1,500
of which meet at public schools.

Myron Tschetter, who oversees Good News Clubs nationally, says the
clubs don't have a political affiliation. But if kids ask questions on
issues such as abortion and homosexuality, they're given answers from
the Bible, he says. "We teach the children: 'This is what's right. This
is what God says.' " The goal is that when they grow up and need to
make choices on these issues, "the scriptures will guide them."

Mr. Lynn, of American United for Separation of Church and State,
contends the clubs have "an agenda that combines political and
religious doctrine," and says they could create "future voters and
leaders" who will work for laws opposing abortion and same-gender
marriages, and allowing placement of religious symbols on public
property.

On a recent day, at the Good News Club that meets at Englewood
Elementary, children pledged allegiance to the U.S. flag and then to
the Bible.

Abner, a 10-year-old, said he enjoys the club. "I like having it in
school, that's for sure. It saves the ride to church." He's trying to
convince a friend to come to the club, too. "I keep hearing that kids
are the future of the earth," he said.