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High court ruling may

hurt minorities, women

by: Isabelle K. Pinzler

Last week the Supreme Court,
in one of its by-now-routine 5-4
votes, announced an ominous
but little understood decision in
Alexander v. Sandoval.

Its history and the process by
which this case got to the court,
its actual holding, as well as its
obviously intended implications,
are throughly chilling, not only
to the rights of minorities, its
immediate subject, but to all
women as well.

The case involved a challenge
by a Hispanic woman, Martha
Sandoval, to a new requirement
by the state of Alabama that
drivers license tests can be taken
only in English. She argued,
inder well-established law and
precedent, that the rule, whether
intentionally or not, has a dis-
criminatory effect on her and
keeps her from getting a drivers
license because of her national
origin. James Alexander, direc-
tor of Alabama's Dept. of Public
Safety, was named as a defen-
dant.

That both the federal trial and
appellate courts agreed with her
was not suprising since the
principles she invoked had been
recognized by the Supreme
Court since the mid-1970s and
repeatedly ratified by the
Congress since then.

What was shocking was the

www -tehaot thatthe current high court

took ghe case at all, and then it
agreed with Alabama, a state
that has an extensive record of
. resisting the rights of minorities,
to limit the scope of a vitally
important civil rights protection.
It was the second time this term
that the court entertained a

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This letter was recently ac-
quired by the M' Voice staff and
we thought it bears reporting.
We also, in printing this letter,
acknowledge the leadership and
inspiration of Mr. Francis
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Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 1981

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challenge by Alabama to a
previously well-established civil
rights protection. The other case
involved the Americans with
Disabilities Act.

Sandoval brought her case
under Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. Title VI
prohibits of federal financial
assistance, and Alabama, like
every other state, receives large
infusions of federal transporta-
tion money. In exchange for that
bid, they are supposed to refrain
from discrimination.

Supposedly impartial practices
can have discriminatory impact.
But many supposedly impartial
practices have a tremendously
discriminatory impact on racial
and ethnic minorities, as well as
women, girls, and other pro-
tected groups. Example include
racial profiling by police, plac-
ing potentially toxic plants or
waste treatment facilities in mi-
nority neighborhoods, height
and weight requirements for
employment and other selection
procedures, such as written tests,
and so on.

Intentional discrimination, on
the other hand, may be difficult
to prove, even where it exists.
That the intent may have been
benign does not soften the harsh
effects. Thus, 30 years ago, a
unanimous Supreme Court led
by Warren Burger, the conserva-
tive chief, rot the liberal Earl
Warren, roundly condemned un-
intentional discrimination~ that
nevertheless harmed minorities,
characterizing it as a "built-in
headwind."

Yet the current court, by a bare
majority, has seen fit to limit
access to federal courts to a
challenge this kind of systemic
discrimination when committed
with the use of federal funds.

Mentor

A recent conversa-
tion with one of our
employees brought to
my attention how
deeply indebted we
are to you and your
school for the re-
markable number of
talented young men
produced by your lo-
cal school who are
now working for us.

Mr. Willie Langley,
a graduate of your

class of 1960, is pres-
ently one of our most
accomplished __ line-
men, and more im-
portantly, one of the
finer people in our organization.
Mr. Langley has been a leader in
encouraging others of race to
seek employment with this end
other companies, and to exert
themselves to achieve the maxi-
mum of their capability.

Among the former students of
your school who are presently
employed with The Connecticut
Light and Power Company in

Voting against Sandoval were
Chief Justice William H.
Rehnquist and Justices Anthony
M. Kennedy, Sandra Day
O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and
Clarence Thomas.

The Sandoval decision will, in
all likelihood, apply with equal
force to similar provisions of
Title IX of the Education
Amendment of 1972 that prohib-
its discrimination on the basis.of
sex in federally-assisted educa-
tion programs. Similarly, the
decision also can be expected to
apply to Section. 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1974 and
Title Il of the Americans With
Disabilities Act, which prohibit
discrimination on the basis of
disability in federally funded
programs.

Biased educational practices
could be exempt from challenge.
For women and girls, this means
that educational practices such
as standardized tests, which have
a discriminatory effect on
women, that is, disparate impact,
are likely to become exempt
from an individual challenge
under Title IX. It is known fact,
for example, that women tend to
score lower than men on the
SAT, despite the fact that women
tend to get higher grades in
college, which is what the
aptitude test is supposed to
predict.

The result is that women must
get higher grades in high school
to gainTan equal shot at admis-
sion to the same colleges as
higher-scoring men, and_ they
may lose out on numerous
scholarship opportunities in
which standardized tests are a
deciding factor.

Even more worrisome is the
fact that the same ultra-

Role Model

Norwalk, Conn., are Charlie M.
Weaver, Jr., class of 1965, Johnny
R. Newton, class of 1965, Johnny
L. Ford, class of 1964, Willie E.
Barrett, Jr, class of 1963, Ashley

Langley and Curtis Langley.

You and your school are to be
congratulated for having produced
such a group of self-reliant and
productive members of society.
This Company is fortunate to have
them with us.

Mr. Willie Langley is himself a
credit to both your school and to
his people. It has been a privilege
to work with him and I look
forward to many more years of the
same.

Please convey to the members of
your staff our appreciation for a
job well done in the training of
these men, and to your present
student body our hopes that they

may be successful.
Sincerely,

J.R.McClendon
District Manager

sah. pictured far right is Pastor and Mrs James Corbett during recent blood
other Greenville citizens who stood to the cause of the ever present need for blood

photo Jim Rouse

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conservative judicial activists T
have signaled their hostility to
civil rights laws in general and
to the use of the disparate impact
theory, in particular, and may
very well be getting ready to

_ jettison it from a whole range of

civil rights protection. That
would be great tragedy.

We are long past the time when
anyone is foolish enough to put
out a sign saying "No Blacks
need apply" or print. separate
columns for "help-wanted----
male" and "help-wanted----
female," but the results are still
all too often the same.

All women, minority men and
women, and the disabled of both -
genders and many races have
made great progress in the last
40 years.

But if recent developments in
the courts have been any indica-
tion, nothing, not even long-
entrenched legal precedents, is
set in tone. Hard-won access to
opportunities previoulsy attained
and those not yet achieved hang
in the balance.

Isabelle Katz Pinzler is special
counsel and director of the
Federalism Project of the NOW
Legal Defense and Education
Fund was deputy assistant attor-
ney general in the Clinton
Justice Department. Women's
Enews is a media project of
NOW Legal Defense.

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Roundtree and Bro Jim Rouse giving encouragement to a young student.

by: William Reed
contributing writer to The (TSD)

Just two years ago, touting

reparations for Black slavery
was a lonely pursuit. So,
imagine the glee that Robert L.
Brock, a 76-year-old legal activ-
ist, felt when writers from main-
stream newspapers like the
Boston Globe and Washington
Post approached him for inter-
views and information about his
long history pursuing repara-
tions for Blacks.

Polls in 1995 showed less
than 10% of African Americans
Supporting the concept of repa-
rations. Against this back drop
of swimming against the tide,
Brock toiled 40 years toward
getting Blacks compensation for
the "40 acres and a mule" they
should have gotten at the end of
slavery. He has filed numerous
class-action suits for Blacks to

ain compensation for slavery,
including Dec.10, 1965, suit that
preserved the rights of Blacks to
sue against the statues of the
13th Amendment. "You couldn't
mary if not for high ames

rock regarding high-powe
lawyers, including Harvard Law
pe essor Charles Ogeltree and
ohnnie Cochran, who. have
been plotting strategy for a
class-action lawsuit seeking
reparations,

With the high-profile of
Randall Robinson and lawyers
Ogeltree and Cochran, main-
stream media such as CBS, the
Post and the Globe have been

Ashlee L. Daniels recently partici-
pated in the "2001 Gold & White
Cotillion" sponsored by the North

Carolina State Grand Assembly
Order of The Golden
Circle, AASR-P.H.A.

T The biannual event was held in
Charlotte, NC with the theme being
"Presenting the Guardians of
Tomorrow". The Cotillion is a
stepping stone for the contestants to
claim their destiny and come closer
to reaching their goals in life.

The young ladies that participated
were sixth, seventh, and eighth
graders from cross the State. Ashlee
was crowned "Miss Golden Circle
2001".

Ashlee is the daughter of Larry and

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reporting comments like that of
Georgia Pentecostal minister, the
Rev. Gary Grant, saying.

"The white man has been taking

out of process _

advantage of the Black man all
our lives. Now, we want to get
paid." A growing number of
reparations proponents have pro-
pelled Detroit Congressman
John ConyersT bill---H.R. 40---
to the forefront in the US House
of Representatives.

But instead of getting the .

issue to the Supreme Court,
where Brock wants it heard,
acknowledgment of the repara-
tions issue by the majority media
has simply reaped scorn on
Brock.

"Why are they attacking
me?", asks Brock. "Hell, | am
the one who got Conyers started
on the bill." Correspondence
records do show that Brock's
early 1980s discussions of repa-
rations with former California
Congressman Agustus Hawkins
and Mervyn Dymally prompted
them to publicily announce their
support for reparations and for
Brock to share his findings with
the executive director of the
Congressional Black Caucus.
From those CBC discussions
came the reparations bill that
Conyers has introduced annually
in Congress since 1989,
"Conyers doesn't give me credit
for starting the issue, but that
really isn't important" Brock
says. However, he does get
credit in the American
Association Journal's story on
reparations in their Nov. 2000

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daughter of Rev. & Mrs. James and
Fannie W. Harris of Greenville. She
represented Roanoke Assembly
#248 Order of Golden Circle

in Williamston, NC.

sixth grade honor roll
Greenville Christian

within her church and community, |
Ashlee, her parents and family, and
members of Roanoke Assembly.
#248 would like to thank everyone

Mildred M. Daniels and the god-

locatedo

She is a member of Hayes Chapel a
Missionary Baptist Church and a
Ashlee is involved in many activities °

for their support. Salutations to

Ashlee for a job well done as she -

reigns as "Miss Golden Circle
2001". a Eo ee

is reparations founder, Mr Robert L. Brock along with Bennie
M' Voice staff photo

issue.
Brock says any Black's

. demand for reparations must be

based on four things: an
understanding of his citizenship
rights as an African of slave
descent; an understanding of US
laws and statues written for
Africans of slave descent; an
understanding of the history of
slavery in the US and other
European nations; and an under-
standing of the work of Self
Determination committee has
completed. Brock points out
that the website for his Self
Determination Committee,
www.directblackaction.com,
clearly spells out his successes
and why each Black must make
a claim for their own reparations
payments. .
Brock's 40-year pursuit of
reparations has been inspired by
teachings of Marcus Garvey,
Father Divine, Bishop Turter of
the AME Church, and Alberta
Spain, who teamed
Mississippi Senator Bilbo in
1939 to get support for Pe to
pay Blacks reparations.
Black reparations

long time to come into the
eye because in the past,

it up was difficult. For "
in the early 1980s, no Black
would dare bring it up
they feared repercussions
Whites, Now, he is. realizing

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Sy gatlonaliy elevieed oiiz show in England, .
5 hs credo raced ote HX aeioe, Coen
~ for being the first person to receive a trans-
: adeeen ow eons idictnas.
1 Tee Sonics Austad ail be 6 de in
thorities in his native village of Napier, New
-ealand, said Hallam is wanted there on bank-

o Ryan artin, 22, whom Cosmopolitan
- \agazine this summer proclaimed one of

_ smericaTs most eligible bachelors, was
-harged with drugging a 23-year-old
voman: with a powerful depressant and rap-
ing her at his home in Worcester, Mass.
Martin, a model who lives with his mother
was quoted in Cosmo as saying his first

_ date oturn on� was oa really sweet smile

' and a nice kiss good night.�

Incompetent criminals

Wales [oe Beck, 3), was ereaied and

- charged with robbing StarvinT s market
in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. According to po-
lice, Beck entered the store with a large rock

in his hand, grabbed a 12 pack of beer, and

said heTd pay for it the next day. the

oHow about I crush your skull with this rock?�
and left. A half-hour later a woman went to the

womanTs home and, after considerable diffi-
_ culty walking him up, took Beck away.

Heads up

_ @ Viad Cazacu, 43, a fire-eater for Ruma-

niaTs Big Top circus, exploded during an after-
noon performance in Bucharest. oThe whole
Gudience was applauding his act,� fellow per-
former Nicolae Antosu recalled. oThen he
belched, there was a flash of light and, pray to
God, he was blown to bits. We found his head
in the m machine.�
ty the Rev. Melvyn Nurse, 35, told
congregation at ivingway Christian
Fellowship Church in Jacksonville, Fla., that
sinning is like playing Russian roulette, he em-

phasized his point by holding a .357-caliber

E to his head and pulling the trigger.
pig repel peeing Fined
of his flock and family.

Lonely guy

; Seattle: After a night of drinking, Donald R.
Wood III, 27, fell six floors down an elevator
shaft and was not discovered for five days (he
gurvived). Breezewood, Pa.: Michael Gio-

- Yanetti went over an embankment in a one-car
accident and was not able to crawl out of his
thangled car for four days. He finally made it
it (foot slope, aad & motoeist stopped to
felp Tokyo: A 23-year-old Chinese stoway

furvived a three-hour airline fight by clinging
to the landing gear in subzero temperatures at
altitudes of as much as six miles. Upon land-
ing he was immediately deported.

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respect my person or the people I serve. Until

sistance in any manner�"the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker in a
confidential letter to Jesse Jackson

For the past four months, Jesse Jackson has been in free
fall, hurtling into a political abyss. In one of his darkest
hours, Jackson sought refuge at the historic Canaan Baptist
Church of Christ in Harlem. Now the 7SD has learned that
the confessed philanderer was handed a oletter of moral
censure� by CanaanTs pastor and banned from the church
for breaking a promise to apologize for fathering an illegit-
imate child. .

And now the situation may have worsened even more. The
mother of JacksonTs illigitimate child has filed a lawsuit in
Los Angeles asking for child support, suggesting that the
charismatic leader is no longer taking his financial responsi-
bilities serious.

Jackson appeared at the 116th Street chapel on Jan. 23, but
quickly transformed a mutually agreed upon Service of

enance into a political revival. oI am grieved and hurt that
you violated the format of the service that you requested to
be held at my church,� CanaanTs Rev. Walker told Jackson in
a Feb. 1 letter obtained by the Village Voice.

oI acceded to your wishes reluctantly and quickly discour-
aged you from making it a cause celebre. .. .�

In his letter to the embattled leader of the Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition, a furious Walker predicted that JacksonTs current
problems may be an indication of more sinister tribulations
ahead. He drew JacksonTs attention to an unflattering piece
about him in Time magazine by Jack White (oThe End of the
Rainbow: How Can Jesse Jackson Preach Morality After Fa-
thering a Love Child?�), then delivered a warning.

oThat is mild [compared] to what you are going to see and
hear for a long time because you did not keep your word
about taking some form of sabbatical as a symbol of
penance,� Walker declared. oI fear that you have damaged
your credibility beyond repair in your laissez faire attitude to
the mess you have made.� With the breaking news that Jack-
sonTs former mistress has sued him for child support, Walk-
erTs fear may have been realized.

On April 29, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on its Web
site that Karin Stanford"with whom Jackson has a two-
year-old daughter"filed suit in Los Angeles two weeks ago
seeking child-support payments and visitation arrangements.
She took the action after unsuccessful negotiations with
Jackson and his attorneys, according to StanfordTs spokes-
woman, Michelle Jordan. Jackson, the newspaper said, in-
sists that he and Stanford are not at odds. Jackson has said he
pays Stanford $3000 a month in child support. _

And JacksonTs attorney, Willie Gary, confirmed that-de-
tails of a settlement have been worked out with StanfordTs
attorneys that requires Jackson to pay $4000 a month, es-
tablish a college fund, and take out a life insurance policy
for the child. :

Jackson aides also have acknowledged that Stanford, a for-
mer staff member of the Citizenship Education Fund"an-

T other group run by Jackson"had received a $35,000 sever-

ance package.

She received atotal of $110,000 in salary and severance
payin 1999. In an exclusive interview with Savoy maga-
zineTs editor in chief Roy S. Johnson, published in the June-
July edition, Jackson was asked about reports that he had
desperately tried to conceal the fact that he was the father of
StanfordTs child.

It has become clear to many Americans"who do not know _

' owhat to beliéve"that JacksonTs political comeback may be

doomed. From Cincinnati to Washington, the cries of oMr.
Civil Rights� have been ignored.

A former Dinkins administration official who met with
Jackson recently described him as depressed over the per-
sonal and political turmoil swirling around him. oHe is not
the same Jesse Jackson ITve known for all these years,� the
source says. oHis whole demeanor is pitiful.�

On April 18, as detractors were measuring a coffin for
Jackson, pollsters threw him a lifeline. The Gallup Organiza-
tion released a poll showing that despite the fall from grace,
Jackson had an 83 percent favorable rating among 1000
Blacks who participated in its survey.

In the same poll, Secretary of State Colin Powell ranked
second with a 73 percent rating, and The Rev. Al Sharpton,
who is being touted as JacksonTs successor, came in third
with 54 percent. Although Jackson was elevated to the top
of the Black political chain, many in the African American
community have been declaring, oJesse, you are now the.
weakest link.�

In January, at the height of the olove child� scandal, Jack-
son called on an old nemesis, Walker, who was a former top

aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jackson asked Walker to.

convene a prayer vigil for him at Canaan and personally pre-.
side over the event. oe

A Canaan church official reiterated that Walker ospecifi-
cally told Jackson to epologat adding that Walker owanted
him to say, As a minister, ITve done wrong.T

He felt that Jackson should acknowledge what he did as a
moral sinT and that he should get off the political scene for
about three to four months to allow him to put his family
back t.� Jackson, the source adds, o to repent.

But felt uneasy about entrusting his pulpit to.Jack-

son. Walker asked Sharpton to be his stand-in. oI talked with "

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Saturday, ar morning and evening,� wrote b ygaced
Because many in WalkerTs congregation were: upset wit
Jackson about tie illicit affair.

Walker tried to prep them for the oadultererTs� visit. oI an-
nounced on Sunday morning to my coopeanioe that there
swoyld be a Service of Penance in your behalf"that it was
not a rally"and invited them to come and join in a service to
ge er your restitution,� the minister wrote.

such time, please do not call me or-ask for my as- :

| Canaan cannot be repaired until you make a pub-.
~ lic or written apology. I will not allow you to dis-.

with ties to. the Democratic Party, helped cut the deal for
$0) 3 merger of Citicorp and Travel- . -
ers Group, which formed the nationTs largest financial ser- - .

Jackson to support the 1998 merger

vices company. me ;

~ oAl Sharpton reported to me that you forced him to allow
the public officials to speak when I had specifically agreed
that only clergy would speak because I feared that it would
become a fiasco in my absence,� Walker claimed.

When a glum Sharpton got off the phone, he told his aide
that Walker was upset and that he felt ouneasy� about re-
minding Jackson of WalkerTs demands. Sharpton did not
pull JacksonTs coat. oI am nearly as upset with Al Sharpton
as I am with you,� Walker told Jackson in his letter.

The aide explains that Sharpton was caught between two
mentors. oOn the one hand, Walker is the chairman of his
board,� the aide points out. oHe wants to be respectful of
Walker. wo

oOn the other hand, Sharpton was a student of Jackson
and at the time the media was speculating that Sharpton
would be the heir to Jackson. He did not tell Jackson what
Walker said because he did not want Jackson to believe he
was trying to take advantage of his vulnerability.�

Jackson " avoiding any mention of his affair"told the
more than 300 people who packed the church that the most
important issue since the presidential election was voter ac-
cess, the right to vote, and the right to be counted.

oHe did not repent,� the Sharpton aide laments. oHe did
not apologize. He made a political speech. He never re-
ferred, even remotely, to the scandal.�

Walker was outraged. Ten days later, after watching a
videotape of JacksonTs appearance, he demanded a meeting
with Sharpton. The preachers argued bitterly. After Sharp-
ton repeatedly explained to Walker how WalkerTs directive
had put him in oa bind,� Walker relaxed his criticism of
Sharpton, but he remained angry at Jackson for reneging on
their agreement.

As WalkerTs congregation and his ministerial colleagues
pressured him about the apology that wasnTt, Walker told
Sharpton that he planned to write a letter of reprimand to
Jackson.

Jackson learned of WalkerTs intentions and allegedly tried
to stop the letter. According to a Sharpton aide, Jackson
obrowbeat� Sharpton into pleading with Walker. oJackson
knew that a letter from Martin Luther KingTs former chief
of staff would devastate him if it got into the wrong hands,�
says a political operative who attended the vigil.

Walker wrote the letter anyway and sent it to Jackson. In
the following excerpt, Walker scolds Jackson.

oYou disrespected me, my pulpit and my people,� Walk-
er wrote. oI had to publicly apologize to my congregation
on Sunday for my poor judgement in allowing that kind of
rally to be held in the sanctuary in my absence. I promised

' them. it-would neVer happen again.as long as I am pastor...

I relented when Al reported to me that Judith Price suggest-
ed that once the service began, the media could take pic-
tures without audio and then be excused. Instead, it became
a circus with photographers standing on the pews in our
sanctuary. The live broadcast reinforced the image in the
general community that people of African ancestry have lit-
tle sense of morality.

oHow crass of Charlie Rangel, in light of your fathering
a child outside of your marriage, declaring again and again
from my pulpit; Get over it!� My personal credibility and
that of my church has been terribly scarred by all that tran-
spired last Tuesday as a prelude to your Wall Street Project.
You have created so much pain for all clergy persons...

oThe bottom line is that you cannot help yourself. Your
addiction to the need of media attention seems to be fatal
and you have fallen into the practice of using people for
your advantage and personal aggrandizement. For example,
with all the risk of allowing you to come to Canaan, you
have not even had enough grace to call and thank us for
opening our doors to your questionable purposes. I nixed
the choir business and you arrive with the so-called Soul
Stirrers, who sing for forty minutes in violation of what was
agreed upon. I suppose I should not be surprised since the
only time I have heard from you in the last ten years is when
you wanted something.�

After reading the letter, Jackson reportedly called Sh
ton. An aide says Jackson cautioned Sharpton that certain
forces would try to play them against each other. In fact,
some of those forces were inside SharptonTs own National

_ Action Network.

Anti-Jacksonites begart to urge Sharpton to shun hisT
oself-destructing" friend, sontinue to build

on his gains in the national civil rights arena, and focus
attention on deciding whether to run for mayor.
Walker's damaging letter, according to Jackson insiders,
has hurt Jackson's image among prominent Black
clergy, who have called on him in the past to mediate
racial strife in their cities,

But the biggest political blow to Jackson was the
out-right rejection of his offer to go to Cincinnati to try
to end four days of rioting over the April 7 shooting of
Timothy Thomas, an unarmed Black teenager, by a

' white policeman.

The slaying sparked the city's worst outburst of racial
violence since the aftermath of the assasination of:
Martin Luther King in 1968. Black church and civil

orights leaders, Cincinnati activists claim, told Jackson

to stay away as they welcomed other prominent figures

like Kweisi Mfume, president of the National "

Associationfor the Advancement of Colored People.
Two days after Mfume's arrival, Jackson reached out to
The Rev. H.L, Harvey atthe New Friendship Baptist

Church on Glorious Saturday, pleading for an invite.
But Harvey told Jackson that the pulpit belonged to
"Rev. Sharpton, whom he had invited to deliver an
Easter Sunday homily. = = PP Bk
It'd be good to have you, Reverend Jackson, but we got

assed Jackson next ofered to.go to
release of 24 U.S. military spies and

lane. But Jackson had. been tel

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¢. Colin Powell broke the

| ment, which was also si

-at a news conference in the Ugandan cap-
italofKampala. ss
He gave no deadline but said he would .

before set-

_ | ting a deadline. His statement came two
| days after Ugandan President Yoweri Mu-

seveni, BembaTs ally in the Congolese war,

| indicated he would pull Uganda out of the

process and withdraw his remaining
troops. Bemba said he had asked European
Union ambassadors in Kampala to pres-
sure the three southern African states to
comply with Security Council Resolution
34h which calls for withdrawal plans to
be in place by May 15.

BURUNDI
Gets cheap AIDS drugs from west

BurundiTs government has struck a deal
with Western pharmaceutical companies to
ensure access to cheap AIDS drugs, be-
coming the seventh African country to
join the U.N.-sponsored scheme, officials
said this week.

Burundi, one of the poorest countries in
the world and among the most affected by
AIDS, will receive heavily discounted anti-
HIV medicines under the U.N. initiative.

The companies taking part are BritainTs
GlaxoSmithKline Plc; U.S. firms Merck &
Co Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb; Swiss

up Roche and German group Boehringer

ngelheim. Aid workers said the cost of a

course of anti-retroviral drugs would drop
to around $700 to $1,300 a year per person,
from around $12,000 in the West, but
would still not be cheap in a country with
an average income of about $150 a year.
Senegal, Uganda, Rwanda, Ivory Coast,
Cameroon and Mali have already signed up
under the U.N. initiative.

LIBERIA
Rights group accuses troops

An international human rights group has
accused Liberian security forces of tortur-
ing, raping and killing civilians suspected
of supporting a growing insurgency in the
north of the West African country.

Dozens of civilians have been killed and
more than 100 others tortured by govern-
ment forces since clashes with rebels erupt-"
ed in July 2000 in Lofa County, which bor-
ders Guinea, London-based Amnesty Inter-
national said in a report issued this week.

oThe fighting in Lofa County has been
marked by widespread human rights abus-
es,� Amnesty said in a statement.

oThe international community must act
urgently to stop these abuses, including by
interceding with the Liberian government
and requesting the Guinean government to
use its influence over Liberian armed oppo-
sition groups based in its territory.� Liberia
denied AmnestyTs accusations.

BENIN
Ships carries 13 child slaves

At least 13 children found on board a
suspected slave ship in Benin were victims
of child trafficking, government officials
and aid workers said.

Claims that the MV Etireno carried up to ©
250 child slaves sparked a frantic interna-
tional search off the West African coast last °
month. But the hunt appeared to end in fias-
co when Benin authorities said they had
found mostly economic migrants aboard, .
some of them scccnipittled by children.

However, in a joint statement issued this
week, the government said questioning of _
23 out of the 40 children found on the ship
had revealed that at least a dozen of them

| were destined to be slaves.

oIt is confirmed that the adventure of the
ship Etireno enters effectively in the catego-:
whee a regional traffic in minors and a clan-

stine workersT network,� said the state-
by the U.N.
children agency UNICEF. The statement
said five of the children questioned reported
that a financial transaction had taken place "
before their ye while eight told offi-
cials that they had travelled with adults they
did not know.

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Val Atkinson
Neither Chuck Neely nor the
NCAE should decide if North
Carolina has a Lottery.
It's the people's state, it's the
people's Legislature and _ it's
surely the people's money.

You. remember Chuck Neely,
former Legislator and unsuc-
cessful candidate for the
Republican Gubernatorial nomi-
nation in May of last year. Neely
lost the Republican primary race
to Richard Vinroot who eventu-
ally lost the Gubernatorial elec-
tion to our current Governor,
Mike Easley.

The institution of a State Lottery
was one of Governor Easley's
campaign corner stones. Chuck
Neely opposed the lottery. And
now - through an organization
he chairs (Citizens United
Against the Lottery) - he wants
to go the back door route to
accomplish what he couldn't do
at the ballot box.

The NCAE has endorsed a State
Lottery for North Carolina and
most of the citizens of North
Carolina - in every poll taken
thus far - have supported a state
lottery. Mike Easley ran on a
State Lottery and was (in all

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accounts) given a mandate to use
lottery funds to support educa-
tion in North Carolina. And
education should be the main
topic whenever we discuss a
North Carolina State Lottery.
After.all that's what this is really
about. The lottery is not about
North Carolina being one of the
38 states who have a lottery or
the 12 that don't. It's not about a
poor tax or moral convictions,
because less we forget, the
lottery is a voluntary venture.

Those North Carolinians who
play the lottery in Virginia,
Georgia, and else where (and
soon to be South Carolina) are
mature adults who have made a
decision as to how they will
invest their PERSONAL money.
This money they're spending on
the lottery does not (by default)
belong to the businessman in the
area. Our Northern Counties
along the Virginia border haven't
experienced any increase in
crime associated with their play
of the Virginia lottery. Churches,
Mosque, Temples and
Synagogues haven't experienced
any lose of membership or
patronage because their citizen-
ship plays the lottery ever now
and then. So what's the problem?
I'll tell you what the problem is.
It's a group of North Carolinians
(some of whom I highly respect)
who've decided to follow the
leadership of Chuck Neely and
oppose a State Lottery on so
called moral grounds. What
bothers me is that these anti
lottery voices aren't raising a

| WhoT s Lottery i is it anyway

finger to do anything about the
$300,000,000.00. North
Carolinians spent in Virginia last
year (the Governor could have

really used that money in North "

Carolina this year). It appears to
me that the anti lottery folks are
saying.... "We don't care if North
Carolinians spent every dime on
the lotteries of Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia and South
Carolina. We don't care if we
don't have the funds we need to
improve education in North
Carolina; we just want to be able
to say, in the final analysis, that
North Carolina didn't have a
state supported lottery."

You've gotta wonder if these
guys have both oars in the water:
They've gotta know that educa-
tion is the bedrock of any
community or society. Without
the means to properly educate
our children, the economic pros-
pects of North Carolina are dim
at best. I agree with Mike Easley
when he says ... " Don't just say
no to the lottery, tell us your plan
to provide for smaller class-
rooms, increased teacher sala-
ries, quicker access to at-risk
children and higher education
opportunities for the historically
disadvantaged of our great
state". And if you don't have a
better alternative to the lottery
play you ought to listen to the
words of the seasoned Army
Infantry Veteran, who so elo-
quently stated... " Lead, follow,
or get the hell out of the way".
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City Council passes redis-
tricting plan, seeks map
approval

by: T. Scott Batchelor
Daily Reflector

The Greenville City Council
on Tuesday unanimously passes
a redistricting plan for municipal
elections and asked federal offi-
cials for quick approval of the
new map. Large population
shifts revealed by the 2000
census in two of the five Council
districts triggered the need for
redistricting.

Mildred Council's District
One, the least populous with
8,180 people, was nearly 33%
below the ideal number of
roughly 12,200 people. The
largest, District 5, represented
by Arielle Morris, had nearly
58% more people than the target
figure.

The council voted to approve
the changes after a public hear-
ing that drew comments from
one resident. South Carolina
consultant Bobby Bowers re-
drew the districts. Residents got
a chance to pursue the changes
during three informational meet-
ings last week.

The redistricting must be
approved by the US Department
of Justice to ensure that the new
plan doesn't dilute the voting

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power of blacks. Council's
district and that of District 2
representative Rose Glover are
predominantly black.

"I would think the Justice
Department would look upon
this very favorably," Bowers
said after his prsentation
Tuesday. The council unani-
mously passed a resolution ask-
ing the department to give
expedited approval to the re-
vised districts. Federal officials
have 60 days to review the
document, but that time can be
extended if the department re-
quests more information.

In order to hold the municipal
election scheduled for ov. 06,
City Attorney Dave Holec said
the redistricting plan needs
Justice Department approval by
July 18, three business days
before candidates begin filing
for office on July 23.

As a Safety net, the council
has voted unanimously to post-
pone the Nov.06 election until
May 07, 2002, if approval is not
received in time.

Don Cavellini was the sole
speaker during Tuesday's public
hearing. He asked if communi-
ties could have been spared
from being split in the redistrict-
ing plan.

Bowers said that would be :

impossible because the redrawn
lines follow federally mandated
census blocks, which do not take

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into account whether the area is
an established community.

In general, federal law
requires redistricting if the over-
all deviation from the number in
the most populous district and
the least populous districts com-
bined is more than 10%, Holec
said.

_ The cumulative deviation
between districts 1 & 5 was
nearly 90%.

The redistricting plan submit-
ted by Bowers drops that devia-
tion to less than 8% and
maintains the percentage of mi-
nority voters in districts 1 & 2.

Mayor Nancy Jenkins and
Councilman Chuck Autry are
unaffected by the changes be-
cause they are elected at-large.

Autry asked if everyone was
happy with the changes.

"I'm not sure that I'm happy,"
Council said. "I'm not even
quite sure that I'm satisfied."

Council explained that she
regretted the loss of 4,000
constituents, most of which were
driven away by the flooding
from Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
"Hopefully, in the future, we'll
gain some of them back, and
some new ones aswell," she
said.

Holec said he would get the
redistricting package to the
Justice Department as quickly as
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High court ruling may hurt
minorities, women
by Isabelle K. Pinzler

Last week the Supreme Court, in
one of its by-now-routine 5-4
votes, announced an ominous but
little understood decision in
Alexander v. Sandoval.

Its history and the process by
_ which this case got to the court, its
actual holding, as well as its
obviously intended implications,
are throughly chilling, not only to
the rights of minorities, its imme-
- subject, but to all women as

weil,
The case involved coe by
a Hispanic woman, Martha
Sandoval, to a new
by the state of

requirement
Alabama that

Safety, was named as a defendant.

That both the federal trial and
appellate courts agreed with her
was not suprising since the princi-
ples she invoked had been recog-
nized by the Supreme Court since
the mid-1970s and repeatedly
ratified by the Congress since
then.

What was shocking was the fact
that the current high court took the
case at all, and then it agreed with
Alabama, a state that has an
extensive record of resisting the
rights of* minorities, to limit the
scope of a vitally important civil
rights protection. It was the sec-
ond time this term that the court
entertained a challenge by
Alabama to a previously well-
established civil rights protection.
The other case involved the
Americans with Disabilities Act.

Sandoval brought her case under
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, Title VI prohibits of federal
financial assistance, and Alabama,
like every other state, receives
large infusions of federal transpor-
tation money, In exchange for
that bid, they are supposed to
refrain from discrimination

be tat impartial practices
can have discriminatory impact.

But aan apoet y impartial

ices a tremendously

Slserintnatiy impact on racial

and ethnic minorities, as well asT

the intent may have been benign
does not soften the harsh effects.
Thus, 30 years ago, a unanimous
Supreme Court led by Warren
Burger, the conservative chief, not
the liberal Earl Warren, roundly
condemned unintentional dis-
crimination that nevertheless
harmed minorities, characterizing
it as a obuilt-in headwind."

Yet the current court, by a bare
majority, has seen fit to limit
access to federal courts to a
challenge this kind of systemic
discrimination when committed
with the use of federal funds.

Voting against Sandoval were

Chief Justice William H.
Rehnquist and Justices Anthony
M. Kennedy, Sandra Day

O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and.
Clarence Thomas.

The Sandoval decision will, in all
likelihood, apply with equal force
to similar provisions of Title IX of
the Education Amendment of
1972 that prohibits discrimination
on the basis of sex in federally-
assisted education programs.
Similarly, the decision also can be
expected to apply to Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974
and Title Il of the Americans With
Disabilities Act, which prohibit
discrimination on the basis of
disability in federally funded pro-

Ss,
Tne educational iti
could be expect from challenge.
pid ores and girls, this means

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the aptitude test is supposed to
predict.

The result is that women must get
higher grades in high school to
gain an equal shot at admission to
the same colleges as_higher-
scoring men, and they may lose
out on numerous scholarship op-
portunities in which standardized
tests are a deciding factor.

Even more worrisome is the fact
that the same ultra-conservative
judicial activists have signaled
their hostility to civil rights laws
in general and to the use of the
disparate impact theory, in par-
ticular, and may very well be
getting ready to jettison it from a
whole range of civil rights protec-
tion. That would be great tragedy.

We are long past the time
when anyone is foolish enough to
put out a sign saying "No Blacks
need apply" or print separate
columns for "ohelp-wanted----
male" and "ohelp-wanted----
female," but the results are still all
too often the same.

All women, minority men
and women, and the disabled of
both genders and many races have
made great progress in the last 40
years.

But if recent developments
in the courts have been any
indication, nothing, not even long-
entrenched legal precedents, is set
in tone, ard-won access to
opportunities previoulsy attained
and those not yet achieved hang in
the balance,

Isabelle Katz Pinzler is

special counsel and director of the
ederalism Project of the NOW
Legal Defense and Education
Fund was deputy assistant attor-
ney general in the Clinton Justice
. Women's Enews is a

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clare the month of May Senior
Citizens Appreciation Month.
Mayor Jenkins did. | also asked
the Pitt County Board of
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second week of May Senior
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Some Sharpton supporters at
the National Action Network
argue that Jackson may never
recover from the back-to-back
political knockdowns he has
suffered, and say it is time for
him to pass the baton to their
leader. Keanna Peyton, a spokes-
woman for Jackson, says
Jackson will not respond to
claims by his critics that his
political and moralimpact on the
nation has been dwindling.
"What I can speak to is the fact
that we just wrapped up a
20-city tour of Georgia and the
wonderful reception w received
at each stop,"Peyton offers.

For more than 30 years, Jesse
Jackson has pontificated from
the moral high ground.
Suddenly, everything seemed to
go downhill. In a shamful flip-
flop, Jackson, at the beliest of
worried financial contributions
to his Wall Street Project,
abruptly ceased his daily attacks
on "president select" George W.
Bush.

In January, as the National
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and guideposts of perseverance
" for many teenagers struggling
for a sense of dignity, direction,
sponsor programs to raise con- and = 7
sciousness and awareness about

the plight of the elderly. Further,
Mayor Jenkins should lead the
City of Greenville in apprecia-

tion events and ceremonies for.
our senescent population locally.

During the. month. of May,

senior citizens should get at least
a 50% discount on meals from

restaurants. It doesnTt matter
whether the food is filet mignon
or fried chicken, collards, and
sweet potato pudding. Food is
food. Businesses that offer
discounts beyond the traditional
free teas should be recognized
for giving something back to
their communities.

Seniors should be allowed to
ride city transit free during May.
Talk about budget constraints
may be viewed as a convenient
excuse to repudiate elderly con-
cerns. Proactive plans to help
the elderly help themselves
should be planned far ahead of
appreciation ceremonies.

Information booths should be
organized to educate the com-
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example, breakthroughs in
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research could be accentuated at

story about the out-of-wedlock
baby, the man once dubbed
"the moral conscience of
America" acknowledged the ex-
tramarital affair. CNN piled on,
dumping his Sunday talk show
Both,Sides

With Jssee Jackson, Corporate
heads, who once cowered in
boardrooms at the drop of
Jackson's name,canceled meet-
ings with him. And infighting
among members of Jackson's
own board at Rainbow/ PUSH
broke out

Last month, during a meeting
with core supporters at the giant,
mostly Black and Latino Local
i199, Jackson _ reportedly
pleaded for financial assis-
tance,, claiming that he had lost
at least $4 million in contribu-
tions.

People feel he hasn't been
honest with them, "says a PUSH
source

"Some have raised questions:
How are we going to approach
corporations ?" According to the
Gallup Poll, Rainbow/ PUSH
has a 30% favorabvl rating

WELCOME.

County Commissioner
Hammond would not support my
Prescription | ee ©.

Supplemental Fund proposal, ©

which wouldTve provided re-
duced and free medications for
thousands of seniors over. the
long haul. Hammond believes
the Department of Social
Services has the answers. This
is baloney. Many seniors who
have to choose between the
exorbitant costs of prescription
drugs and food will fall by the
wayside if Hammond doesnTt
change his mind and support my
package of badly-needed relief
for the elderly.

Mayor Jenkins, itTs time to go

beyond mere ceremonial postur-
ing and support your fellow
senior citizens. Cutting ribbons
and issuing plaques and certifi-
cates wonTt suffice. Seniors
need to anchor themselves to
something more concrete and
sustainable. Get with the pro-

gram. Commissioner Hammond,
letTs put the rhetoric aside and.

fulfill GodTs commandments
with respect to the oleast of
these.�

among African Americans, who
threw the bulk of their support
behind groups like the NAACP,
the Urban League, and the
Congressional Black Caucus.

It appears that Jackson is being
shunned by the people he claims
he is working to empower, he is
being reviled by. right wing
critics who abhor his confronta-
tion tactics - from boycott
threats to protests against pro-
posed mergers - and some,
including White TV talk show
hosts havé demanded investaga-
tions into his financial dealings.

In Harlem, resentment of Jesse
Jackson will not abate until he
comes clean about the handwrit-
ing of Wyatt Tee Walker and his
parishioners.

"Please know that your relation-
ship with me and Canaan cannot
be repaired until you make a
public or written apology,"
Walker concluded in his searing
missive to Jackson.

"1 will not allow you to
disrespect my person or the
people | serve. Until such time,
please do not call me or ask for
my assistance in any manner.

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«f, Churches are keeping
people happy rather than trans-

forming them. People

are paying dues to a
club, not for God's heart.
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Vice Pres. of Empty
Tomb, a christian Research &

+ Service Org. in Ill.)

. 2. "Wake". A funeral cele-
bfation. It usually involves a
good deal of feasting

and drinking.

3. "Guru", a teacher or
spiritual leader.

4. oHumanitarian�, concern
for the well-being of one's fellow
human being.

5. Christian, a follower of "

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Sexual Bonages

Greetings in the name of
Jesus Christ :

Satan and his host work
hard to draw men and women
into sexual sins and perver-
sions because it is a direct
attack on the only institution
God established before the
fall. I'm talking about mar-
riage. God created mankind
in his own image (Gen, 1:27).
After he had created Adam
and put him in the Garden of
Eden, "The Lord said, It is
not good for the man to be
alone. | will make a helper
suitable for him" (Gen. 2:18).
"For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother
and be united to his wife, and
they will become one flesh"
(Gen. 2:24),

2:24).

Today, there are those who
are trying to redefine mar-
riage by marrying ,man. tow,T

Others see no harm in having |
extra-marital _ relationships.
They justify their actions by
saying that it helps the mar-
flage.

| Marridge, as God has or-
dained, is the, foundation of
a family and families are the
foundation of society, When

ae are destroyed,
ilies are hurt severly and
society eventually if effected
i an adverse way. This is
| part of Satan's plan to

| God spoke very clearly
Malas ones be

_ that

} have a motto:

oIf can do this, I'can do

| anything.� Reggie Showers, age
37, the worldTs

_-» fastest moving double
amputee. (He lost his legs at the
age of 14 following "

: -~ an electrical accident.
He grew up in the West
Philadelphia neighborhood.)

8. Tiger Woods is the
greatest golfer in the world

9. Barbara Jordan Statue:
The Austin, Texas city council
recently approved :

this statue of former
US Rep. and professor. Barbara
Jordan to be placed

in the Austin-
Bergatrom International Airport
at the Barbara Jordan

Passenger Terminal in
Austin, TX. The $250.00 sculp-
ture will be placed

in the airport by the
summer of 2002. (Jet Mag:
4/23/2001) .

10. Students who read are
the ones who succeed.

11. Children's behavior is
often a reflection of parentsT be-
havior.

12. Let others have the

13. Become more patient.
14. Pay attention.

sister."
ter)

(Including stepsis-

18:10 " Do not
have sexual relations with
your son's daughter or
daughter's daughter. "

18:12, 13 "Do not
have sexual relations with
your father's or mother's sis-
ter."

18:14 "Do not have
sexual relations with your
father's brother's wife."

18:15 "Do not have
sexual relations with your
daughter-in-law."

18:16,18 " Do not
have sexual relations with
your sister-in-law."

18:17 "Do not have
sexual relations with a
woman and her daughter."

18:19 "Do not have
sexual relations with a
woman having her monthly
period."

18:20 "Do not have
sexual relations with your
neighbor's wife."

18:22 "Do not lie
with a man as.one lies with
a woman; that is detestable."

18:23 "Do not have
sexual relations with an ani-
mal. That is a perversion."

"Every who
does any of these detestable
things. such persons must be
cut off from their people.
Keep my requirements and
do not follow any of the
detesjable customs that were
practiced before you came
(from Egypt), and do not
defile yourselves with them.
I am the Lord your God."

sexual relations with an ani-
mal. That is a perversion."
"Every who
does any of these detestable
things. such persons must be
cut off from their people.

Keep my requirements and

do not follow any of the

detestable customs that were

practiced before-you came

(froni Egypt), and do not

defile yourselves with them.

| am the Lord your God."
(18:29-30),

Now the above list
is not all-inclusive, but it laid
a foundation for understand-
ing what constituted sexual
sins.

We notice in Deuteronomy
27:20-23 that sexual sins are
included in the list of sins

sacrifice are the avenues to "
} success. Anything " ae
| ___ inthis world you focus "
_ On, you can make it happen. |

1S, Listen and tak less.

"Two kinds of people fail those

who listento

onobody, and those who.
listen to everybody." -

17. Character is doing the
right: thing, every time.
18... Sleep is just like food,
water , and air, It's vital.
19. Fatigued drive cause
100,000 highway accidents.
20. It's a joy to be raised b
a mother who loves me.

10 WAYS TO KILL A
CHURCH

1. Don't come.

2. If you do come, always
arrive late.

3. After every service, let
it be known loud and clear that
you "didn't get .

anything out of the
service."

4. Never accept a job or
leadership position in the church.
It's much better

to stand on the side- _
lines and criticize .
5S. Visit other churches
about half of the time just to
show your pastor and
other church members
that you aren't tied to them.

6. Make the paid leaders
of the church earn their salaries.
Make them do all

the work and blame
them if it isn't done.

7. Sit toward the back of
the church and never sing or par-
ticipate in the

service in any way.
8. Never pay in advance.

There are some that deny
that any sexual activity is a
sin, but a natural process.

"The body is not meant
for sexual immortality, but
for the Lord, and the Lord
for the body. By his power,
God raised the Lord from the
dead, and he will raise us
also. Do you not know that
your bodies are members of
Christ himself". (1 Cor.
6:3b-15a)

Those who have become
one with Christ should be
horrified to take such a
glorious relationship and ex-
pose it to that which is
detestable to God. The Lord
dealt with such a person in
Corinth through his servant,

~ the apostle Paul. A believer

in the church had been in-
volved sexually with his
father's wife or stepmother.
The sin was compounded by
the fact that it was known,
but the leaders did not disci-
pline the man and put him
out of their fellowship. So,
Paul instructed the church to
assemble and "hand this man
over to Satan, so that the
sinful nature may be de-
stroyed and his spirit saved
on the day of the Lord."
Many scholars tell us that
this action was only excom-
munication. I happen to
believe there is more hap-
pening here than putting the
man out of the fellowship of
believers. I believe he was
removed from the protective
power of the Lord and
placed into the power of

in the church had been in-
volved sexually with his fa-
ther's wife or stepmother.
The sin was compounded by
the fact that it was known,
but the leaders did not disci-
pline the man and put him
out of their fellowship. So,
Paul instructed the church to
assemble and "hand this man
over to Satan, so that the
sinful nature may be de-
stroyed and his spirit saved
on the day of the Lord,"
Many scholars tell us that
this action was only excom-
munication. 1 happen to
believe oe, is more ha
pening here than putting the
man out of the fellowship of
believers. 1 believe he was
removed from the, protective
esa and placed

Je

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pastor. 2s inet | rane
10. Be sure to point out

9. Never encourage the

7 any faults of your church to go

any guest who might "
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service. They might never notice
these faults without
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At work, too many
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the message that your
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self to one cherished
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wouldn't be the first time
God's people had been
placed under the power of
their enemy until they expe-
rienced repentance for their
sins.

"It is God's will that you
should be sanctified: that
you shou'd avoid sexual im-
mortality; that each of you
should learn to control his
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Discouragement
Depression
Despair

Defeat.

and honorable, not in pas-
sionate lust like the heathen
who do not know God; and
that in this matter no one
should wrong his brother or
take advantage of him. The
Lord will punish men for all
such sins, as we have already
told you and warned you.
For God did not call us to be
impure, but to live a holy Ife.
Therefore, he who rejects

"There's Some thing In It For You"

this instruction does not re
ject man but God, who gives
you his Holy Spirit" (1
Thess. 4:3-8)

"But among you there must
not be even a hint of sexual
immortality, of of any kind
of impurity, or of greed,
because these are improper
for God's holy people.�
(Ephesians 5:3)

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alone. The angels are. always ©

present to reinforce us with their
aid. Jibril commanded armies of

,angels who came to fight side by
side with Prophet: Muhammad
and his companions during the
battle of Badr. Upon seeing
them the Devil fled.

Allah had helped you at Badr
when ye were a contemptible
little force; then fear Allah; thus
may ye show your gratitude.
Remember thou saidst to the
faithful: is it not enough for you
that Allah should help you with
three thousand angels (spe-

cially) sent down? "Yea" if ye.

remain firm and act aright even

if the enemy should rush here on "

you in hot haste your Lord
would help you with five thou-
sand angels making a terrific
onslaught. Allah made it but a
message of hope for you; and an
assurance to your hearts: (in
any case) there is no help except
Jrom Allah the Exalted the Wise.
. Quran 3:123-126

Al Qurtubi said, oThe descent.

of the angels is one of the means
of achieving victory which is in
itself not necessary for the
Almighty Lord but which His
creatures do need. Therefore the
heart should be connected to
Allah and trust in Him, for He is
the One who helps both through
means and also without means.�

Yet, today mankind is oblivious

to the world of the angels.
Dimensions beyond our senses
exist with us, controlling us in
ways we do not know. But, for
the angels constancy to their
Lord and our Lord, we would be
totally on our own and totally
defenseless from the creation.
To deny or dishonor them is
spiritual suicide.

The Jews wished to turn their
backs on the angels. They lied
on the angels Harut and Marut.
Saying they taught the forbidden
(Black Magic) arts to mankind.

They followed what the evil
onesegave out (falsely) against
the power of Solomon; the
blasphemers were not Solomon
but the evil ones teaching men
magic and such things as came
down at Babylon to the angels
Harut and Marut. But neither of
these taught anyone (such
things) without saying: "We are
only for trial so do not blas-
pheme." They learned from them
the means to sow discord be-

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fi 1 sell their souls if they
They called Jibril their enemy
and refused the guidance

brought to them by Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) because
the angel Jibril brought it to him.

At-Tirmidhi reports that the
Jews said about the Prophet, oHe "

is not one of the Prophets unless
one of the angels comes to. him
from the presence of his Lord
with the message and revelation.
oWho is your companion that we
should follow you?T�, He said,
oJibril�.. They said, oHe is the
one who brings down war and
fighting. He is our enemy! If
you had said MikaTil who brings
down the rain and mercy, we
would have followed you.� So,
Allah sent down His words:

Say, Whoever is an enemy to
Gabriel for he brings down the
(revelation) to thy heart by
Allah's will a confirmation of
what went before and guidance
and glad tidings for those who
believe. Whoever is an enemy to
Allah and His angels and apos-
tles to Gabriel and Michael Lo!
Allah is an enemy to those who
reject faith. 2:97-98

The Jews claim that Jibril was
their enemy and that this enmity
is what prevented them from
believing in the prophethood of
Muhammad since the one who
brought him the revelation was
Jibril. The truth is that their
enmity to him stemmed from

rancor and envy since they
disliked the fact that pro-
phethood had moved from them
to this middle community and
that Jibril, had descended with
the firm deen which abrogates
all other deens

Al-Qurtubi said, othe verse
indicates the honor of Jibril, and
the censure of all who oppose
him. The words of the Almighty,
is a threat and a rebuke to all
opponents of Jibril, and it in-
forms us that enmity to some
things necessarily entails AllahTs
enmity in return.

Thus, Islam teaches that to
disdain and dishonor the angels,
is a sure way to lose all hope of
salvation in this world and the
next
The angels will gather our souls
at death.

Say: "The Angel of Death put
in charge of you will (duly) take
your souls: then shall ye be
brought back to your Lord."
Quran 32:11

The souls of the true believers
will rise to the mouth and be
gently handled by beautiful an-

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