DefCon: Campaign to Defend The Constitution. Because The Religious Right Is Wrong
During our stem cell campaign, DefCon America ran two full page ads in the New York Times in May and June. Click here to see the ad from May. Click here to see the ad from June.

We also released our first video on YouTube featuring DefCon advisory board member and former NARAL head Kate Michelman's incredible story and by doing all we could to empower the millions of Americans for whom we are fighting. Click here to view the video.

To be sure, the fight for health and hope is not over. In the coming months, this fight will move to the states, where citizens are tired of waiting for a misguided President to do the right thing and have taken the issue into their own hands. Stay tuned to the DefCon Blog for updates.

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Archive for November, 2007

Taking a Break

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

We wanted to let you all know that this will be our last blog post, at least for now. Our funding has run out, so we will be taking a break. We want to make it clear that this is in no way an admission of defeat, we’ve had some spectacular successes and it is […]

Solution to the Drought? Pray!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Today Georgia’s Governor decided to finally take action around the devastating drough that continues to wreak havoc on much of the South. Did he finally impose strick water conservation measures, you ask? No, he held a prayer service on the steps of the capital building. According to the Associated Press:
As metropolitan Atlanta’s water supplies drain […]

Don’t Forget!

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Don’t forget to tune in to PBS tonight to watch a new documentary of the Dover Trial, Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.

Friday Open Thread

Friday, November 9th, 2007

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Religious Right Suffers Defeat in House

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

For the last several months, the Religious Right have been incredibly vocal in their opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), as we told you about in September. In a victory against discrimination, and a defeat for the religious right, yesterday the House of Representatives passed the ENDA. According to The New York Times:
The […]

Creation Museum: The Sequel?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

According to Pacific Magazine, Answers in Genesis, the group behind the first Creation Museum, plans on building another museum on the island of Saipan, which is capital the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:
A U.S.-based Christian ministry group wants to build a museum promoting a creationist museum on Saipan, and it has the backing of […]

Friday Open Thread

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

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Religious Right Takes On Its Own Myth

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

So there is a new book out, written by Bob Heath, the leader of Kids for Christ USA, the purpose of which is to prove to Americans that the Bible is not, in fact, illegal in public schools. According to One News Now:
In his new book How Are You Doing That?, Heath talks about how […]

The Campaign to Defend the Constitution combats the growing influence of the religious right over American democracy, education, and scientific progress and leadership.