September 02, 2006

Best of Crosstalk (First aired August 31, 2006)

Peter LaBarbera is the president of Americans for Truth, and Mat Staver is the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel.

According to Peter LaBarbera, in 2005, the Illinois Times newspaper ran a story about a man named Dr. Michael Campion, and his position on the board of the Illinois Family Institute, a pro-family organization. The newspaper is said to have described the institute as radical, anti-gay and anti-choice. As a result of the article, the city council of Springfield ceased doing business with Dr. Campion, even though he was considered to be a highly competant psychological screener of city personnel.

Eventually another liberal organization, this time in Minneapolis, Minnesota, discovered that Dr. Campion had been let go from Springfield. LaBarbera reported that the Minneapolis police department, who had been using Dr. Campion to screen department candidates, has allegedly fired him due to his past affiliation with the Illinois Family Institute.

More Information

Liberty Counsel
http://www.lc.org

Americans for Truth
http://www.americansfortruth.org

Illinois Family Institute
http://www.illinoisfamily.org

Action Points

The Minneapolis, Minnesota police department has allegedly fired Dr. Michael Campion due to his past affiliation with the Illinois Family Institute, which holds to Christian values and opposes abortion and the homosexual agenda.

To contact The Minneapolis police department to express concern over this apparent act of anti-Christian bigotry, call the Minneapolis Chief of Police:
612-673-2735
612-673-2211