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Thanks to Daled Amos via British Yosef for bringing this to my attention: Log On To The Largest Ever Online Solidarity Rally For Israel on Purim! Participate without leaving home! Together4Israel.org, along with our partners listed below, is putting together the largest ever online rally in support of those living under fire in Israel. All you need to do is return to this site on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11 p.m. Israel Time to watch a live broadcast online of solidarity rallies from around the world. Please make sure to come back to the site on March 20th and be counted for Israel. You can sign up for a reminder email below. Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:00 pm Israel Time 9 p.m. GMT / 5 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. CDT / 3 p.m. MDT / 2 p.m. PDT Go to Together4Israel.org now for more info and to sign a pledge to attend. Note: The rally is for both Israel in general and for Sderot. Pass it on!

WRAP week sheds light on porn blight The 20th annual White Ribbons Against Pornography (WRAP) Week begins Sunday to raise awareness of the harmful affects of pornography. Concerned Women for America (CWA) joins the national campaign to provide opportunities to fight pornography and sexual addictions and call for a respect for sexual virtue. Wendy Wright, president of CWA, notes that "75 percent of convicted rapists admit they were acting out what they had seen in pornography, and 80 percent of child molesters admit their spiral down began with pornography." WRAP Week began in 1987 as a result of one woman, Norma Norris , who sought to sensitize the public to the magnitude of the pornography problem in everyday life. For one week, people are asked to wear or display a white ribbon in solidarity against pornography. The Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that the First Amendment does not protect "obscene material" (hardcore pornography). People can complain to busine...