VOTERS IN WASHINGTON ARE
EUPHORIC ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
ELECTION DAY.
THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA AND
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MAY HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
Terry: THAT'S BECAUSE
MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL
UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
AND THE SUPREME COURT COULD
RULE ON MARRIAGE FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTRY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: IT'S BEEN A
GREAT WEEK FOR THOSE WHO
ENJOY MARIJUANA, AND FOR
THOSE WHO WANT TO MARRY
SOMEONE OF THEIR SAME
GENDER.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, PEOPLE
OPENLY LIT JOINTS UNDER
SEATTLE'S SPACE NEEDLE,
CELEBRATING ITS
LEGALIZATION.
COLORADO FOLLOWS SUIT NEXT
MONTH.
ALSO IN WASHINGTON AND
MARYLAND, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
LICENSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE
AFTER VOTERS APPROVED GAY
MARRIAGE IN NOVEMBER.
NOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING,
I'M HAPPY.
I'M EXCITED.
I'M NERVOUS.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL ALL OF
THIS IS DONE AND OVER WITH.
Reporter: BUT WITH BOTH
THESE SOCIAL ISSUES COMES A
VERY COMPLICATED LEGAL DANCE
WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STILL
MAINTAINS THAT MARIJUANA
REMAINS ILLEGAL UNDER
FEDERAL LAW, AND FEDERAL LAW
ALSO DEFINES MARRIAGE AS
ONLY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE
WOMAN.
THAT MEANS FEDERAL BENEFITS
ONLY APPLY TO THOSE IN
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES.
THE SUPREME COURT AT SOME
POINT WILL LIKELY DECIDE THE
ISSUE OF GAY MARRIAGE FOR
THE COUNTRY, BUT SINCE 31
STATES HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS PROTECTING
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, IT MAY
TAKE ITS TIME.
THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY A
LIBERTY QUESTION, REDEFINE
MARRIAGE, AND YOU REDEFINE
IT FOR EVERYONE.
AND THE LAW WILL BE USED TO
PUNISH AND MARGINALIZE THOSE
OF WHO BELIEVE MARRIAGE IS
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
Reporter: AS FOR
MARIJUANA, IT IS DIFFICULT
TO SEE HOW THE NEW LAWS
COULD PLAY OUT.
THE FEDS COULD EASILY RAID
STATE LICENSED GROWERS AND
STORES.
WHEN STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
CONFLICT, THE FEDS WIN.
THAT MAY MEAN THE JUSTICE
SUES TO BLOCK THE STATE'S
REGULATION OF MARIJUANA.
BUT SO FAR THE DEPARTMENT
HAS GIVEN NO HINTS ABOUT ITS
PLANS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Gordon: WELL, WE'LL BE
LOOKING FOR YET MORE LEGAL
BATTLES.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
ALREADY ISSUED AN INTERNAL
MEMO, SAYING THEY WILL NOT
ENFORCE THE DEFENSIVE
MARRIAGE ACT.
SO WHETHER OR NOT FEDERAL
BENEFITS WILL BE EXTENDED TO
SAME-SEX COUPLES, WE'LL
SEE.
THAT WILL COME.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ENFORCE
THE DRUG LAWS, THAT'S A
WHOLE OTHER MATTER.
WELL, ANOTHER BATTLE OVER
GOVERNMENT POLICY IS UNDER
WAY IN THE COURTS OVER
OBAMACARE.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
Lee: GORDON, A
CHRISTIANAL BUSINESS IN
PENNSYLVANIA IS FILING A
SUIT.
UNDER THE MANDATE, THE
FAMILY-OWNED CONOSTAGA
COMPANY WILL BE FORCED TO
OFFER INSURANCE FOR
CONTRACEPTION BEGINNING
JANUARY 1st.
THE COMPANY'S ATTORNEY SAYS
IT IS UNAMERICAN TO FORCE
PEOPLE OF FAITH TO VIOLATE
THEIR CONSCIENCE.
AND THOSE FIGHTING THE
MANDATE ON RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS SEA THEY
WELCOME THE PRIVATELY OWNED
BUSINESSES JOINING THE
FIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE A
SECULAR EMPLOYER OR A
NON-PROFIT EMPLOYER, BUT
THEY MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING THEY
DO RELATIVE TO RELIGION OR
CHRISTIANITY OR ANY OTHER
FAITH, DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE
NOW EXCLUDED FROM THE
PROTECTIONS OF THE
CONSTITUTIONS OF FEDERAL
LAW.
Lee: THAT MANDATE IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE IT TO THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT.
TUST'S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
IS AGAIN RECOGNIZED AS A
STUDENT RELIGIOUS GROUP AT
TUST'S UNIVERSITY IN
BOSTON.
T.C.F. IS A CHAPTER OF INNER
FELLOWSHIP.
IT WAS TOLD IT VIOLATED THE
SCHOOL'S NON-DISCRIMINATION
RULES.
VARSITY LEADERS APPEALED TO
REMOVE THE OFFICIAL
RECOGNITION, AND THE TUST'S
COMMITTEE ON STUDENT LIFE
RULED IN THERE FAVOR.
JIM DEMINT SAYS HE IS
LEAVING THE SENATE, BUT NOT
LEAVING THE FIGHT.
HE ANNOUNCED HE IS GIVING UP
THE SENATE POST TO TAKE OVER
LEADERSHIP OF THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION.
JOHN JESSOP HAS THAT STORY
FROM CAPITOL HILL.
Reporter: SENATOR JIM
DIMINT'S RESIGNATION SENT
SHOCKWAVES.
HE IS SEEN AS ONE OF
WASHINGTON'S TOP
CONSERVATIVE LEADERS.
HE, OF COURSE, LED THE FIGHT
AGAINST OBAMACARE.
HE IS A TEA PARTY FAVORITE,
AND HE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE
FUNDRAISER FOR NEWú?p?
CONSERVATIVES IN WASHINGTON,
HELPING TO ELECT THE LIKES
OF MARCO RUBIO AND MARK LEE,
BUT SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE
BLAMED HIM FOR THEIR
INABILITY TO GAIN MORE SEATS
IN THE SENATE BECAUSE HE
BACKED MORE CONSERVATIVE
CANDIDATES AS OPPOSED TO
MORE MAINSTREAM CANDIDATES.
IN OCTOBER, HE GAVE A SPEECH
AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION,
SAYING HOW WHEN HE FIRST GOT
TO WASHINGTON, SHE WAS TOLD
BY TOM DELAY TO VOTE FOR
WHAT HE WAS TOLD WAS BAD
LEGISLATION, AND IF THEY
DIDN'T, THEY WOULD GET
SOMETHING WORSE IN THE
FUTURE.
HE REJECTED THAT.
I WAS A FRESHMAN, AND I
YELLED OUT, THAT IS
COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL.
EVERYBODY WAS STARING AT
ME.
AND SOMEBODY FROM THE BACK
OF THE ROOM SAID, DON'T
WORRY, YOU'LL GET USED TO
IT.
[LAUGHTER]
WELL, I NEVER GOT USED TO
IT.
Reporter: THE SENATOR
SAYS HE HAS NEVER GOTTEN
USED TO IT, AND NOW HE'LL BE
ABLE TO PLAY THE AGITATOR
ROLE OUTSIDE OF CAPITOL
HILL, AND OVER AT THE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
JOHN JESSOP, CBN NEWS.
Lee: A STRONG
EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK NORTH
EVEN JAPAN.
JAPAN'S METEORLOGICAL AGENCY
ISSUED TSUNAMI WARNINGS
AFTER THE QUAKE, BUT LATER
CANCELLED THEM.
ONE CITY REPORTED A SMALL
TSUNAMI DID HIT, BUT THERE
ARE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF
INJURIES OR DAMAGE.
IT HAD A PRELIMINARY
MAGNITUDE OF 7.3, AND IT
CAUSED BUILDINGS IN TOKYO TO
SWAY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES,
BUT OVERALL THERE IS VERY
LITTLE DAMAGE, AND THE
FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT WAS
UNAFFECTED.
THE DEATH TOLD OVER 500
AFTER A MAJOR TYPHOON HIT
THE PHILIPPINES, AND MORE
THAN 400 PEOPLE ARE STILL
MISSING.
MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR HOMES.
CBN DISASTER TEAM IS ON THE
SCENE HELPING PEOPLE TO
RECOVER FROM THE MASSAGE
DAMAGE.
POWERFUL TYPHOON BOPHA
WIPED OUT WHOLE VILLAGES IN
MINDANAO, KILLING HUNDREDS
IN MUDSLIDES AND
FLASHFLOODS.
BEHIND ME ARE 70 MORE DEAD
BODIES THAT WERE BROUGHT
HERE, WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR
DRIVE AWAY FROM WHERE THESE
PEOPLE WERE FOUND.
THE LACK OF FUNERAL PARLORS
AND BODY BAGS IS NOW A
PROBLEM THAT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IS FACING NOW
THAT THE DEATH TOLL
CONTINUES TO RISE.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SAY
THEY NEVER HAD STORMS BEFORE
IN THIS PART OF MINDANAO.
I LIVED HERE FOR 50
YEARS, AND THE STORMS NEVER
PASSED OUR TOWN.
NOTHING IS LEFT OF OUR
BELONGINGS.
EVERYTHING IS GONE.
Reporter: SHIRLEY AND
HER NEIGHBORS NOW TAKE
SHELTER IN A NEARBY SCHOOL.
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
EVACUATION CENTERS, MANY
VICTIMS STAY IN MAKESHIFT
TENTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
CBN NEWS HAS DISPATCHED ITS
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
THESE
PEOPLE.
DISASTER RELIEF IS BEING
CONDUCTED IN THE WORST
AFFECTED AREAS.
THIS IS ONE THING ABOUT THE
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS OF
CBN, AND, THAT IS IS,
COURAGE PARTNERS GATHER THE
PEOPLE TO BRIEF THEM, SHIRE
WITH THEM THE WORD OF GOD,
AND COMFORT THEM IN PRAYER.
GOD IS TEACHING US A VERY
BIG LESSON.
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIM.
THIS IS A REMINDER WE SHOULD
ALWAYS PRAY TO HIM.
THE RESIDENTS IN THIS
VILLAGE ARE VERY HAPPY TO
RECEIVE MAPS AND BLANKETS
FROM CBN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
CBN.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME
THAT THE GROUP GAVE US
HELP.
I LOST EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHY THESE THINGS YOU
GAVE US ARE VERY PRECIOUS TO
ME.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SAY
ONE MILLION FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED BY BOPHA.
CBN WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT
SEVERAL DISASTER RELIEF
EFFORTS, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE,
AND FEEDING PROGRAMS TO THE
VICTIMS IN THE NEXT WEEKS.
LUCILLE, CBN NEWS, THE
PHILIPPINES.
Lee: GORDON, YOU LIVED
IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND I
KNOW YOU HAVE A HEART FOR
THOSE FOLKS.
Gordon: I DID.
I WENT THROUGH TWO SUPER
TYPHOONS, BUT THIS DWARFS
ANYTHING I WENT THROUGH.
IMAGINE 300,000 PEOPLE
WITHOUT A HOME.
IMAGINE OVER A MILLION
PEOPLE AFFECTED.
IMAGINE THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH ISSUING ALERTS
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH BODY BAGS, AND
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT
DISEASE FROM THOSE WHO ARE
ALREADY DEAD, DECAYING
OPENLY IN THE STREETS.
THAT'S THE SITUATION, BUT WE
WANT TO BE THERE.
WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE, WE
WANT TO STRIKE BACK WITH
LOVE, WITH COMPASSION, TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW WE CARE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE SO MANY
PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE
TRAUMA OF THIS FOR MONTHS,
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
SO IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO IS
ONE OF THE POOREST REGIONS.
WHATEVER THEY HAD, THESE
300,000 PEOPLE -- WHATEVER
THEY HAD IS NOW GONE, AND
THEY NEED PEOPLE TO COME
ALONGSIDE THEM TO SAY, YEAH,
WE'LL HELP YOU.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH FOOD.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH MEDICAL
CARE.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH
CLOTHING.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH
BLANKETS, WHATEVER YOU
NEED.
WE WANT TO BE THERE AND BE A
VERY TANGIBLE HELP IN YOUR
TIME OF NEED.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE, IT IS
THE CBN DISASTER RELIEF
FUND, CBN CENTER, VIRGINIA
BEACH, VIR, 23643.
OR CALL 1-800-759-0700.
AND SAY, I WANT TO GIVE TO
THE CBN DISASTER RELIEF
FUND.
AND THERE IS A PLACE ON THE
WEBSITE ON CBN.COM.
DO IT NOW.
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
BE PART OF HELPING PEOPLE IN
TREMENDOUS NEED.
TODAY, OF COURSE, IS PEARL
HARBOR DAY.
THE 71st ANNIVERSARY OF
THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON THE
U.S. NAVAL BASE IN HAYA
HAWAII.
TODAY'S REMEMBRANCE, A
MOMENT OF SILENCE AT 7:55
LOCAL TIME.
THAT'S THE EXACT TIME
JAPANESE BOMBS BEGAN FALLING
ON PEARL HARBOR.
IT KILLED MORE THAN 2400
SERVICE MEMBERS AND 49
CIVILIANS.
THE NEXT DAY FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT DECLARED WAR ON
JAPAN.
YESTERDAY,
DECEMBER 7th, 1941, A DATE
WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
Lee: PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS ORDERED FLAGS TO FLY AT
HALF-MAST IN MEMORY OF THOSE
LOST AT PEARL HARBOR.
AND HE CALLED ON AMERICANS
TO OBSERVE THE REMEMBRANCE,
AND TO HONOUR ALL VETERANS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS ONE
OF AMERICA'S TOP CHARITIES,
KACCORDING TO CONSUMER DIE
JESTER.
DIGEST.
THE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON
SPENDING EFFICIENCY, AND THE
PERCENTAGE OF GENERATED
INCOME SPENT ON THEIR
MISSION.
"OPERATION BLESSING"
INTERNATIONAL WAS NAMED
AMONG THE TOP THREE
CHARITIES IN THE
HUMANITARIAN CATEGORY,
RECEIVING A 98. 98.8%
EFFICIENCY RATING.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
"OPERATION BLESSING" BY
GOING TO OB.ORG.
