DATE: 9/21/10                                                          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Christian Coalition of America  is Proud of Pro-Family Victory in U.S. Senate Today

Christian Coalition of America President Roberta Combs commends the United States Senate (at least the minority) for voting to keep liberal Democrats from putting open homosexuals into the military, from forcing Americans to pay for abortions in military hospitals, and for giving amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.  It was a tremendous victory for the pro-family movement and for Senator John McCain who led the opposition to this cynical and sham Democrat "defense" bill. All of these provisions in the Democrat "defense" bill are outrageous actions opposed by a large majority of the American people. 

Roberta Combs said: "We thank all the Republicans for staying together in the 43-56 vote to break the Republican filibuster (60 were needed to break it.)  Christian Coalition especially thanks the two Democrat Senators from Arkansas, Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, for opposing this terrible bill and for considering the morale and discipline of the U.S. armed forces.  The vote made by the other Democrats to break the filibuster will be noted in Christian Coalition Voter Guides to be published later this month."

A major objective by the liberal Democrats was to repeal the 1993 law -- passed overwhelmingly by a Democrat-controlled Congress  and signed by Bill Clinton -- stating that homosexuals are not eligible to serve in the military.  After the expected tsunami in the November elections, it is doubtful that this issue will come up for a vote for a very long time.

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