Character First in the News |
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Little soldiers in the culture war - New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
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Little soldiers in the culture war - New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
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The culture war continues - New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
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Religious overtones cloud teaching of values - Detroit News |
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Michigan Lawmakers consider character legislation - Freedom Forum |
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Discord in a City of Character - Oregon Live |
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Faith Under Fire Part 1 - WishTV 8 News Team |
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Faith Under Fire Part 2 - WishTV 8 News Team |
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Growing Concerns Surround Training Center - WishTV 8 News Team |
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Entire Faith Under Fire Link Page - WishTV 8 News Team |
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State Releases Findings into the Indy Training Center - WishTV (Follow Up) |
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Questionable Character - County program has secret link to evangelical radical |
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Feedback for the Questionable Character Story - Rebuttal for the previous story. |
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Character training draws critics - St. Petersburg Times |
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Bill Gothard and the Institute of Basic Life Principles - Midwest Christian Outreach |
| Bill Gothard Discussion Forum - Newsgroup for active and former institute members |
My Personal Experiences With Bill Gothard - Author Unknown |
Bill Gothard - General Teachings/Activities - Author Unknown |
| The Dangerous Leanings of Bill Gothard's Teachings - Personal Freedom Outreach |
Benevolent Ministry or Bondage Making? - Personal Freedom Outreach |
| Issues of Concern - Bill Gothard and the Bible |
Bill Gothard & Character First - The Biblical Examiner |
Archive of posts that appeared on the Three Rivers Site |
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Letter to the editor #1 (Three Rivers Commercial) by Jim Brooks |
Letter to the editor #2 (Three Rivers Commercial) by Jim Brooks |
Never Judge a Book by its Cover by The Cause |
Gentle Tyranny by Gretta Schermerhorn |
Letter to the editor #3 (Three Rivers Commercial) by Bill Schermerhorn & Jim Brooks |
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Character Training for Global Citizenship - Kjos Ministries |
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Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the "wall of separation between church and state," therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. - Thomas Jefferson |
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We, a group of citizens in Three Rivers, Michigan formed Liberty1st to oppose government sanctioned character training, specifically the Character First program. We believe that the Character First program is based solely on the teachings of a religious and very controversial organization known as the Institute of Basic Life Principles. We believe that local government involvement with this program is in direct violation of our first amendment rights, specifically the separation of church and state. We are calling for the city's immediate withdrawal from the Character First program and removal of the Character City label that has been placed on the city of Three Rivers. - Liberty 1st |