<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hey,
if you know anyone in the
Atlanta area, please forward. The bigot Warren is building on the
platform given him by Obama's invitation to give the inaugural
invocation and now he's speaking at
Ebenezer Baptist, Martin Luther King's church, on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_0">MLK Day</span>. This is an outrageous <span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_1">slap in the face</span> (or
worse, really) to the LGBT community, to women, and to all of us that should be
strongly protested.</span> Jay<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font face="Calibri">Please help distribute this protest info widely!</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif';">PROTEST <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_2"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_3">RICK WARREN</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif';">Monday, January 19<sup>th</sup>, 9AM</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif';">Ebenezer <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_3"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_4">Baptist Church</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Impact','sans-serif';">(Corner of Auburn Ave. and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_5">Jackson Street</span>)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><b>YOUR GOVERNMENT</b> enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance.<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span></font></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><b>YOUR GOVERNMENT</b> is moving each day closer to a theocracy, where a narrow and hateful brand of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_6">Christian fundamentalism</span></span> will rule. </font></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_7">Rick
Warren</span> is a Biblical literalist. Just as some used the Bible to defend
slavery, Rick Warren uses the Bible to promote hate and discrimination
against gays and lesbians. He backed </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN">Proposition 8, a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_8">California</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN"> constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN">,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';" lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family:
'Verdana','sans-serif';">and equates homosexuality with
pedophilia and incest. He upholds war and </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_9">capital punishment</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> while declaring abortion as murder and promotes women’s subservience to men. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Rick Warren is the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_10">keynote speaker</span> for the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_7">MLK Day</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> commemoration at Ebenezer, and </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN">to deliver the invocation at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_8"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_11">Barack Obama</span></span>'s inauguration. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> This is outrageous! Seeking
“common ground” with hateful bigots is unacceptable! </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_9"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_12">As the World</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Can’t Wait
Call says, “That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop – you will learn or be forced to accept.”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.worldcantwait.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_10">www.worldcantwait.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><b><span style="font-size:
12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc593.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=atlanta@worldcantwait.org"><span style="color: blue;">atlanta@worldcantwait.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The
World Can’t Wait Atlanta is working with many other groups that are
organizing to protest Rick Warren, Atlanta Black LGBT coalition, GLBT
Atl, SPARK Reproductive Justice, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_13">Georgia Equality</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, TILTT and others. Bring signs, banners, yourself, friends, and pass this on to your list serves and blogs.<span> </span>Don’t sit at home and scream at your TV, no one can hear you,j oin with others in the streets!</span></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font face="Calibri">Discussion with <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_11"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_14">Sunsara Taylor</span></span></font></span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font face="Calibri">NO “Common Ground” with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_15">Bigot</span> Rick Warren</font></span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font face="Calibri">Sunday, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_12"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_16">January 18</span></span>, 3pm-5pm</font></span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><font face="Calibri"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">1087 Euclid Ave.</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> (inside the <span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_13"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_17">Four Corners</span></span> Market, in little 5 points)</span></font>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The pick of <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1232050325_1">Rick Warren</span></span> to deliver the keynote speech on <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1232050325_2">MLK Day</span></span>
has angered many progressive people. Warren was a leading voice in the
fight to take away gay people's right to marry in California, he has
compared abortion to the Nazi Holocaust, and he is a biblical
literalist who denies evolution. Warren’s appearance on MLK Day adds to
the controversy generated by <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1232050325_3" style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-attachment: scroll;">Barack Obama</span></span>’s invitation to Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration on Tuesday. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 4pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">“This
whole ‘common ground’ approach just lends legitimacy to and normalizes
Warren's deadly religious bigotry. Standing on this ‘common ground’ is
leading progressive people who genuinely care about women, gays,
science, and </span></strong><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><span id="lw_1232050325_4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_15"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_19">AIDS in Africa</span></span></span></span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> to capitulate, to give up principle, and to accept things that they never would've accepted from someone like </span></strong><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><span id="lw_1232050325_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_16"><span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1232149173_20">Pat
Robertson</span></span></span></span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> or George Bush.” </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 14.4pt; text-align: right;" align="right"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From </span></strong><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><span id="lw_1232050325_6" style="">Sunsara Taylor</span></span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">’s article in the current issue of </span></strong><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><span id="lw_1232050325_7"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_17"><span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1232149173_21">Revolution</span></span></span></span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> newspaper.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 14.4pt; text-align: right;" align="right"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Read the full article at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://revcom.us/"><span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1232050325_8"><font color="#003399">revcom.us</font></span></span></a>, and come join the discussion on Sunday!</span></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Sunsara Taylor</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
writes for Revolution newspaper and sits on the Advisory Board of World
Can’t Wait. Her coverage of the rise of Christian fascism has taken her
to defend abortion clinics across the country, and inside the stadiums
of the BattleCry movement who train Christian youth shock troops. She
has had impressive verbal battles with Bill O’Reilly and <span id="lw_1232050325_9"><span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_18"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_22">Sean Hannity</span></span></span></span> on <span id="lw_1232050325_10" style=""><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_19"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_23">Fox News</span></span></span></span>
and held many thoughtful interviews with reality-based radio hosts
around the country. Sunsara co-hosts the WBAI (Pacifica) radio program
“Equal Time for Free Thought.” She has recently been on a college
campus tour promoting <span id="lw_1232050325_11"><span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232148514_20"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1232149173_24">Bob Avakian</span></span></span></span>’s book <u>Away With All Gods! Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing the World</u></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span>
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