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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Grieving a Loved one and Hope for Tomorrow....
Check out the four blog posts at this link http://tomakeyouthink.blogspot.com/2010/09/grieving-loss-of-loved-one.html may it bless you and encourage you in Christ as you seek comfort in Him, or help those going through the grieving process.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Craigslist Is Safe Again !
The Craigslist Adult Section has been removed. While claiming censorship and placing a "censored" logo on that section of the site, it's done in the USA according to TechCrunch
People can feel safe again using the site and it's services. I remember a time whenever I searched for jobs in my profession and they ended up (after much research) being connected with the adult industry and it turned me off from using their services for job searching. I felt every position posted on there were all con's and dangerous for women.
Now that this sleazy section of the site is gone, I will feel safe to use the site for job searching, selling, buying and everything else that the site was good for.
People can feel safe again using the site and it's services. I remember a time whenever I searched for jobs in my profession and they ended up (after much research) being connected with the adult industry and it turned me off from using their services for job searching. I felt every position posted on there were all con's and dangerous for women.
Now that this sleazy section of the site is gone, I will feel safe to use the site for job searching, selling, buying and everything else that the site was good for.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Send Our Troops a Christmas Card
XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL
If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com/ you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.
How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!!
It is FREE and it only takes a second.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these?
Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them. This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you.
Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say thank you enough. Thanks for taking to time to support our military!
This message was sent to me by someone who also served (US Army) our country for many years, honorably!!! And my husband and I are also recent American Military Veterans. I know this will mean a lot to those who receive them.
Note: You can send a personalized comment to them instead of picking one that is already written. Simply select "other". This is great for encouraging them and leaving a message about Jesus.
Here's the one we sent:
"I appreciate what you all are doing for our freedom. As a veteran I know what you are going through. All the troops are in our hearts and prayers each day. Always remember what you're doing will always be appreciated and never forgotten. I wish you all the best and pray for your safe and speedy return home to your family and friends. May Jesus guide your path. www.NeedGod.com ><>"
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Blapshemy of the Holy Spirit
Did you know it is impossible to blaspheme the Holy Spirit today? It's true, and I'm going to explain to you why that is.
First, look at the text where Jesus was speaking about blasphemy. To get the context of the passage you need to know what He was talking about before He mentioned the unforgiveable sin.
Mark Chapter 3
1Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone."
4Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent.
5He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd followed from Galilee. 8When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.... 11Whenever the evil spirits (who inhabited the bodies of some of the people) saw Jesus, they fell down before Him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.
13Jesus went up on a mountainside and.... 14He appointed twelve—designating them apostles.... 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."
23 So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house. 28I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."
30 He said this because they were saying, "He [Jesus] has an evil spirit."
These leaders had been following and closely watching Jesus since He began his ministry. They knew of Him, what the people said about Him, and they themselves have seen and heard in His presence as well. So, here, Jesus was teaching those who listened and the religious leaders that if they had the full knowledge of Jesus Christ...meaning, they truely understood who Jesus really was, that all Jesus said about Himself, and that God revealed about Jesus, His eternality, that He is God, that He is the Savior the promised Messiah, that He is the Judge, as well as the Creator of all, including those whom He spoke to, that He is the author of the Scriptures, and the one who taught about God because He is God, etc, and that they fully knew what it meant to reject Him, choosing in stead the horrors of Hell, if they fully comprehended all this information... and what it meant to obey His commands, through the Gospel, and yet after all this information, (if the had the full knowledge, and understanding) that they would, with full knowledge, decide to believe that Jesus was a Demon then they are guilty of the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the one who brings the understanding of the truth to humans, and for them to, with a full knowledge...reject the truth that they know, they damn themselves to Hell with no chance of forgiveness.
Now, it's impossible to have a fully complete knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ, and to reject Him by calling Him Satan. There is no way anyone (because they'd be in their right mind) could, with the full truth, blaspheme the Holy Spirit as to commit the one sin that will never be forgiven. It's impossible. Meditate on that for a while. And remember to share that with people who think they may have committed that sin. You can also share that with the atheists and Christ haters who have taken the "BlasphemyChallenge" in recent years. God is laughing at them, because they do not have the "full knowledge" of the truth. If they did, as I said, they would NEVER commit the sin, because they wouldnt be able to. They'd embrace Christ and be in such awe over Him and what they knew...they'd repent and trust in Christ on the spot, immediately.
What is the unforgivable sin? >> Rejecting Christ. If you die without Jesus, you die unforgiven.
First, look at the text where Jesus was speaking about blasphemy. To get the context of the passage you need to know what He was talking about before He mentioned the unforgiveable sin.
Mark Chapter 3
1Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone."
4Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent.
5He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd followed from Galilee. 8When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.... 11Whenever the evil spirits (who inhabited the bodies of some of the people) saw Jesus, they fell down before Him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.
13Jesus went up on a mountainside and.... 14He appointed twelve—designating them apostles.... 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."
23 So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house. 28I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."
30 He said this because they were saying, "He [Jesus] has an evil spirit."
These leaders had been following and closely watching Jesus since He began his ministry. They knew of Him, what the people said about Him, and they themselves have seen and heard in His presence as well. So, here, Jesus was teaching those who listened and the religious leaders that if they had the full knowledge of Jesus Christ...meaning, they truely understood who Jesus really was, that all Jesus said about Himself, and that God revealed about Jesus, His eternality, that He is God, that He is the Savior the promised Messiah, that He is the Judge, as well as the Creator of all, including those whom He spoke to, that He is the author of the Scriptures, and the one who taught about God because He is God, etc, and that they fully knew what it meant to reject Him, choosing in stead the horrors of Hell, if they fully comprehended all this information... and what it meant to obey His commands, through the Gospel, and yet after all this information, (if the had the full knowledge, and understanding) that they would, with full knowledge, decide to believe that Jesus was a Demon then they are guilty of the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the one who brings the understanding of the truth to humans, and for them to, with a full knowledge...reject the truth that they know, they damn themselves to Hell with no chance of forgiveness.
Now, it's impossible to have a fully complete knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ, and to reject Him by calling Him Satan. There is no way anyone (because they'd be in their right mind) could, with the full truth, blaspheme the Holy Spirit as to commit the one sin that will never be forgiven. It's impossible. Meditate on that for a while. And remember to share that with people who think they may have committed that sin. You can also share that with the atheists and Christ haters who have taken the "BlasphemyChallenge" in recent years. God is laughing at them, because they do not have the "full knowledge" of the truth. If they did, as I said, they would NEVER commit the sin, because they wouldnt be able to. They'd embrace Christ and be in such awe over Him and what they knew...they'd repent and trust in Christ on the spot, immediately.
What is the unforgivable sin? >> Rejecting Christ. If you die without Jesus, you die unforgiven.
Whatever decision you make today, is a decision. Choosing not to repent and turn to Jesus, is a decision. Deciding to delay it, for whatever reason, is still a decision. However if you die tonight... it is too late. This is why God says Today is the day of salvation"... because tomorrow isnt guaranteed. 160k people die every day. Get this eternal matter settled today. Today might be your last day, so get right with God, right now.
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What are they teaching? TD fakes, Furtik & crew
TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, and Joel Osteen preaches a gospel that is not the biblical message. He teaches falsely. Information on this page is to help you understand why what he says is wrong. And we also have a free book link at the end for you to read through to examine more fully.
“Law-Lite”: Salvation From Unhappiness By Doing Your Best. There is no condemnation in Osteen’s message for failing to fulfill God’s righteous law. On the other hand, there is no justification, either. Instead his message is of upbeat moralism that is somewhere in the middle: Do your best, follow the instructions I give you, and God will make your life successful. “Don’t sit back passively,” he warns, but with a gentle pleading suggests that the only reason we need to follow his advice is because it’s useful for getting what we want. God is a buddy or partner who exists primarily to make sure we are happy. “You do your part, and God will do his part.” “Sure we have our faults,” he says, but “the good news is, God loves us anyway.” Instead of accepting God’s just verdict on our own lawlessness and fleeing to Christ for justification, Osteen counsels readers simply to reject guilt and condemnation. Yet it is hard to do that successfully when Osteen says God’s favor and blessing on my life depend entirely on how well I can put his commands to work. “If you will simply obey his commands, He will change things in your favor.” That’s all: “…simply obey his commands.”
According to Osteen, everything depends on “us”, and he claims it’s easy. One wonders if he has ever had a crisis of doubt or moral failure that stripped him naked in God’s presence. I doubt he has seen God’s Law in truth, and his actual crimes against God from violating that Law. Osteen seems to think that we are basically good people and God has a very easy way for us to save ourselves-not from his judgment, but from our lack of success in life-with his help. “God is keeping a record of every good deed you’ve ever done,” he says-as if this is good news. “In your time of need, because of your generosity, God will move heaven and earth to make sure you are taken care of.”
It may be “Law Lite,” but make no mistake about it: behind a smile that eschews any talk of God’s wrath, there is a determination to assimilate the gospel to law, an announcement of victory to a call to be victorious, indicatives to imperatives, good news to good advice. The bad news may not be as bad as it used to be, but the good news is just a softer version of the bad news: Do more. But this time, it’s easy. And if you fail, don’t worry. God just wants you to do your best. He’ll take care of the rest.
So who needs Christ? At least, who needs Christ as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (Jn 1:29)? The sting of the law may be taken out of Osteen’s message, but that only means that the gospel has become a less demanding, more encouraging law whose exhortations are only meant to make us happy, not to measure us against God’s holiness.
What Osteen teaches is NOT biblical. The truth is, God’s angry wrath abides upon those who live in sin, and for self. They commit crimes against God and break His law in their thoughts, by their words, and their actions, and they think very lightly of it. Yet, the day will come when God will hold them accountable…because their crimes are against GOD. Therefore, if they refuse the free gift of God in Jesus Christ, if they don’t Repent of their sins, forsake living rebelliously against God and the teachings of Scripture, and trust that Jesus is who He said He is, and whom the Scriptures declare He is as well as that Jesus paid the full fine for their sin penalty…if the don’t do this, they will die in their sins, and be judged by God, and sent to Hell to be punished eternally, and there they will be in torment, have no hope of escape or release.
We are bad people, who can be saved by a good God. The True and Living God, who has proved that he cares for His creation. He shows His loving-kindness toward us that while we were His enemies, He paid a huge price in order to show His grace and mercy toward us. Get right with God today www.NeedGod.com Don’t be like those people who refuse to obey God. They will die in their sins and receive what they deserve. God offers you forgiveness, grace and mercy, and a right relationship with Him. Do it today.
For information critiquing Osteens teachings >> download free book
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Info based on blog article, “Law-Lite” Osteen. See whole article at: http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/11/16/joel-osteen-glory-story-case-study
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“Law-Lite”: Salvation From Unhappiness By Doing Your Best. There is no condemnation in Osteen’s message for failing to fulfill God’s righteous law. On the other hand, there is no justification, either. Instead his message is of upbeat moralism that is somewhere in the middle: Do your best, follow the instructions I give you, and God will make your life successful. “Don’t sit back passively,” he warns, but with a gentle pleading suggests that the only reason we need to follow his advice is because it’s useful for getting what we want. God is a buddy or partner who exists primarily to make sure we are happy. “You do your part, and God will do his part.” “Sure we have our faults,” he says, but “the good news is, God loves us anyway.” Instead of accepting God’s just verdict on our own lawlessness and fleeing to Christ for justification, Osteen counsels readers simply to reject guilt and condemnation. Yet it is hard to do that successfully when Osteen says God’s favor and blessing on my life depend entirely on how well I can put his commands to work. “If you will simply obey his commands, He will change things in your favor.” That’s all: “…simply obey his commands.”
According to Osteen, everything depends on “us”, and he claims it’s easy. One wonders if he has ever had a crisis of doubt or moral failure that stripped him naked in God’s presence. I doubt he has seen God’s Law in truth, and his actual crimes against God from violating that Law. Osteen seems to think that we are basically good people and God has a very easy way for us to save ourselves-not from his judgment, but from our lack of success in life-with his help. “God is keeping a record of every good deed you’ve ever done,” he says-as if this is good news. “In your time of need, because of your generosity, God will move heaven and earth to make sure you are taken care of.”
It may be “Law Lite,” but make no mistake about it: behind a smile that eschews any talk of God’s wrath, there is a determination to assimilate the gospel to law, an announcement of victory to a call to be victorious, indicatives to imperatives, good news to good advice. The bad news may not be as bad as it used to be, but the good news is just a softer version of the bad news: Do more. But this time, it’s easy. And if you fail, don’t worry. God just wants you to do your best. He’ll take care of the rest.
So who needs Christ? At least, who needs Christ as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (Jn 1:29)? The sting of the law may be taken out of Osteen’s message, but that only means that the gospel has become a less demanding, more encouraging law whose exhortations are only meant to make us happy, not to measure us against God’s holiness.
What Osteen teaches is NOT biblical. The truth is, God’s angry wrath abides upon those who live in sin, and for self. They commit crimes against God and break His law in their thoughts, by their words, and their actions, and they think very lightly of it. Yet, the day will come when God will hold them accountable…because their crimes are against GOD. Therefore, if they refuse the free gift of God in Jesus Christ, if they don’t Repent of their sins, forsake living rebelliously against God and the teachings of Scripture, and trust that Jesus is who He said He is, and whom the Scriptures declare He is as well as that Jesus paid the full fine for their sin penalty…if the don’t do this, they will die in their sins, and be judged by God, and sent to Hell to be punished eternally, and there they will be in torment, have no hope of escape or release.
We are bad people, who can be saved by a good God. The True and Living God, who has proved that he cares for His creation. He shows His loving-kindness toward us that while we were His enemies, He paid a huge price in order to show His grace and mercy toward us. Get right with God today www.NeedGod.com Don’t be like those people who refuse to obey God. They will die in their sins and receive what they deserve. God offers you forgiveness, grace and mercy, and a right relationship with Him. Do it today.
For information critiquing Osteens teachings >> download free book
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Info based on blog article, “Law-Lite” Osteen. See whole article at: http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/11/16/joel-osteen-glory-story-case-study
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Battlestar Galactica and the UN ?
I turned on the tv this morning and heard a news cast interviewing the guy who writes or created the series Battlestar Galactica. Apparently he was brought to the UN and they made a resolution or law because of this fantasy science fiction show, and the creator/writer of the show was in awe over the meeting and all that has come of it.
Oh give me a break.
The UN was saying their series deals with a lot of today's society kinds of things and specifically thinks the message in the scifi series calls people of every race to stop violence against each other and see us not as Arabs and Israeli's or Blacks and Whites, but as one group of people. Humans.
Christians have been teaching and saying that ever since Jesus Christ. The world is now going to make a resolution under the UN to unite people together becuase we are humans? I thought it was time that the world was told or called to remember that Christianity has taught this from day one. Scripture tells us that when we come to Christ we are no longer Jews or Gentiles, we are one under Christ.
http://www.needGod.com/
"I have found, my brethren, by long experience that nothing touches the heart like the cross of Christ. When the heart is touched and wounded by the two-edged sword of the Law, nothing heals its wounds like the balm that flows from the pierced heart of Jesus." - Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Oh give me a break.
The UN was saying their series deals with a lot of today's society kinds of things and specifically thinks the message in the scifi series calls people of every race to stop violence against each other and see us not as Arabs and Israeli's or Blacks and Whites, but as one group of people. Humans.
Christians have been teaching and saying that ever since Jesus Christ. The world is now going to make a resolution under the UN to unite people together becuase we are humans? I thought it was time that the world was told or called to remember that Christianity has taught this from day one. Scripture tells us that when we come to Christ we are no longer Jews or Gentiles, we are one under Christ.
http://www.needGod.com/
"I have found, my brethren, by long experience that nothing touches the heart like the cross of Christ. When the heart is touched and wounded by the two-edged sword of the Law, nothing heals its wounds like the balm that flows from the pierced heart of Jesus." - Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Friday, October 24, 2008
What Happened in MA will happen in CA without voters saying YES to Prop 8
In 2006 CA voted no on same sex marriage.
It's far worse than most people realize...
This was sent to me by a friend. I wanted to share it with you....
October 20, 2008
by Brian Camenker
Anyone who thinks that same-sex "marriage" is a benign eccentricity which won't affect the average person should consider what it has done in Massachusetts. It's become a hammer to force the acceptance and normalization of homosexuality on everyone. And this train is moving fast. What has happened so far is only the beginning.
On November 18, 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced its Goodridge opinion, ruling that it was unconstitutional not to allow same-sex "marriage." Six months later, homosexual marriages began to be performed.
The public schools
The homosexual "marriage" onslaught in public schools across the state started soon after the November 2003, court decision.
At my own children's high school there was a school-wide assembly to celebrate same-sex "marriage" in early December, 2003. It featured an array of speakers, including teachers at the school who announced that they would be "marrying" their same-sex partners and starting families either through adoption or artificial insemination. Literature on same-sex marriage – how it is now a normal part of society – was handed out to the students.
Within months it was brought into the middle schools. In September, 2004, an 8th-grade teacher in Brookline, MA, told National Public Radio that the marriage ruling had opened up the floodgates for teaching homosexuality. "In my mind, I know that, `OK, this is legal now.' If somebody wants to challenge me, I'll say, `Give me a break. It's legal now,'" she told NPR. She added that she now discusses gay sex with her students as explicitly as she desires. For example, she said she tells the kids that lesbians can have vaginal intercourse using sex toys.
By the following year it was in elementary school curricula. Kindergartners were given picture books telling them that same-sex couples are just another kind of family, like their own parents. In 2005, when David Parker of Lexington, MA – a parent of a kindergartner – strongly insisted on being notified when teachers were discussing homosexuality or transgenderism with his son, the school had him arrested and put in jail overnight.
Second graders at the same school were read a book, "King and King", about two men who have a romance and marry each other, with a picture of them kissing. When parents Rob and Robin Wirthlin complained, they were told that the school had no obligation to notify them or allow them to opt-out their child.
In 2006 the Parkers and Wirthlins filed a federal Civil Rights lawsuit to force the schools to notify parents and allow them to opt-out their elementary-school children when homosexual-related subjects were taught. The federal judges dismissed the case. The judges ruled that because same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts, the school actually had a duty to normalize homosexual relationships to children, and that schools have no obligation to notify parents or let them opt-out their children! Acceptance of homosexuality had become a matter of good citizenship!
Think about that: Because same-sex marriage is "legal", a federal judge has ruled that the schools now have a duty to portray homosexual relationships as normal to children, despite what parents think or believe! In 2006, in the elementary school where my daughter went to Kindergarten, the parents of a third-grader were forced to take their child out of school because a man undergoing a sex-change operation and cross-dressing was being brought into class to teach the children that there are now "different kinds of families." School officials told the mother that her complaints to the principal were considered "inappropriate behavior."
Libraries have also radically changed. School libraries across the state, from elementary school to high school, now have shelves of books to normalize homosexual behavior and the lifestyle in the minds of kids, some of them quite explicit and even pornographic. Parents complaints are ignored or met with hostility.
Over the past year, homosexual groups have been using taxpayer money to distribute a large, slick hardcover book celebrating homosexual marriage titled "Courting Equality" into every school library in the state.
It's become commonplace in Massachusetts schools for teachers to prominently display photos of their same-sex "spouses" and occasionally bring them to school functions. Both high schools in my own town now have principals who are "married" to their same-sex partners, whom they bring to school and introduce to the students.
"Gay days" in schools are considered necessary to fight "intolerance" which may exist against same-sex relationships [though the actual definition or intolerance is physical assault against those you dont agree with, so that doesnt really fit, but the media distorts that word]. Hundreds of high schools and even middle schools across the state now hold "gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender appreciation days". They "celebrate" homosexual marriage and move forward to other behaviors such as cross-dressing and transsexuality. In my own town, a school committee member recently announced that combating "homophobia" is now a top priority.
Once homosexuality has been normalized, all boundaries will come down. The schools are already moving on to normalizing transgenderism (including cross-dressing and sex changes). The state-funded Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth includes leaders who are transsexuals.
Public health
At my own children's high school there was a school-wide assembly to celebrate same-sex "marriage" in early December, 2003. It featured an array of speakers, including teachers at the school who announced that they would be "marrying" their same-sex partners and starting families either through adoption or artificial insemination. Literature on same-sex marriage – how it is now a normal part of society – was handed out to the students.
Within months it was brought into the middle schools. In September, 2004, an 8th-grade teacher in Brookline, MA, told National Public Radio that the marriage ruling had opened up the floodgates for teaching homosexuality. "In my mind, I know that, `OK, this is legal now.' If somebody wants to challenge me, I'll say, `Give me a break. It's legal now,'" she told NPR. She added that she now discusses gay sex with her students as explicitly as she desires. For example, she said she tells the kids that lesbians can have vaginal intercourse using sex toys.
By the following year it was in elementary school curricula. Kindergartners were given picture books telling them that same-sex couples are just another kind of family, like their own parents. In 2005, when David Parker of Lexington, MA – a parent of a kindergartner – strongly insisted on being notified when teachers were discussing homosexuality or transgenderism with his son, the school had him arrested and put in jail overnight.
Second graders at the same school were read a book, "King and King", about two men who have a romance and marry each other, with a picture of them kissing. When parents Rob and Robin Wirthlin complained, they were told that the school had no obligation to notify them or allow them to opt-out their child.
In 2006 the Parkers and Wirthlins filed a federal Civil Rights lawsuit to force the schools to notify parents and allow them to opt-out their elementary-school children when homosexual-related subjects were taught. The federal judges dismissed the case. The judges ruled that because same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts, the school actually had a duty to normalize homosexual relationships to children, and that schools have no obligation to notify parents or let them opt-out their children! Acceptance of homosexuality had become a matter of good citizenship!
Think about that: Because same-sex marriage is "legal", a federal judge has ruled that the schools now have a duty to portray homosexual relationships as normal to children, despite what parents think or believe! In 2006, in the elementary school where my daughter went to Kindergarten, the parents of a third-grader were forced to take their child out of school because a man undergoing a sex-change operation and cross-dressing was being brought into class to teach the children that there are now "different kinds of families." School officials told the mother that her complaints to the principal were considered "inappropriate behavior."
Libraries have also radically changed. School libraries across the state, from elementary school to high school, now have shelves of books to normalize homosexual behavior and the lifestyle in the minds of kids, some of them quite explicit and even pornographic. Parents complaints are ignored or met with hostility.
Over the past year, homosexual groups have been using taxpayer money to distribute a large, slick hardcover book celebrating homosexual marriage titled "Courting Equality" into every school library in the state.
It's become commonplace in Massachusetts schools for teachers to prominently display photos of their same-sex "spouses" and occasionally bring them to school functions. Both high schools in my own town now have principals who are "married" to their same-sex partners, whom they bring to school and introduce to the students.
"Gay days" in schools are considered necessary to fight "intolerance" which may exist against same-sex relationships [though the actual definition or intolerance is physical assault against those you dont agree with, so that doesnt really fit, but the media distorts that word]. Hundreds of high schools and even middle schools across the state now hold "gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender appreciation days". They "celebrate" homosexual marriage and move forward to other behaviors such as cross-dressing and transsexuality. In my own town, a school committee member recently announced that combating "homophobia" is now a top priority.
Once homosexuality has been normalized, all boundaries will come down. The schools are already moving on to normalizing transgenderism (including cross-dressing and sex changes). The state-funded Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth includes leaders who are transsexuals.
Public health
The Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is "married" to another man. In 2007 he told a crowd of kids at a state-sponsored youth event that it's "wonderful being gay" and he wants to make sure there's enough HIV testing available for all of them.
Since homosexual marriage became "legal" the rates of HIV / AIDS have gone up considerably in Massachusetts. This year public funding to deal with HIV/AIDS has risen by $500,000.
Citing "the right to marry" as one of the "important challenges" in a place where "it's a great time to be gay", the Massachusetts Department of Public Health helped produce The Little Black Book, Queer in the 21st Century, a hideous work of obscene pornography which was given to kids at Brookline High School on April 30, 2005. Among other things, it gives "tips" to boys on how to perform oral sex on other males, masturbate other males, and how to "safely" have someone urinate on you for sexual pleasure. It also included a directory of bars in Boston where young men meet for anonymous sex.
Domestic violence
Since homosexual marriage became "legal" the rates of HIV / AIDS have gone up considerably in Massachusetts. This year public funding to deal with HIV/AIDS has risen by $500,000.
Citing "the right to marry" as one of the "important challenges" in a place where "it's a great time to be gay", the Massachusetts Department of Public Health helped produce The Little Black Book, Queer in the 21st Century, a hideous work of obscene pornography which was given to kids at Brookline High School on April 30, 2005. Among other things, it gives "tips" to boys on how to perform oral sex on other males, masturbate other males, and how to "safely" have someone urinate on you for sexual pleasure. It also included a directory of bars in Boston where young men meet for anonymous sex.
Domestic violence
Given the extreme dysfunctional nature of homosexual relationships, the Massachusetts Legislature has felt the need to spend more money every year to deal with skyrocketing homosexual domestic violence. This year $350,000 was budgeted, up $100,000 from last year.
Business
Business
All insurance in Massachusetts must now recognize same-sex "married" couples in their coverage. This includes auto insurance, health insurance, life insurance, etc.
Businesses must recognize same-sex "married" couples in all their benefits, activities, etc., regarding both employees and customers.
The wedding industry is required serve the homosexual community if requested. Wedding photographers, halls, caterers, etc., must do same-sex marriages or be arrested for discrimination.
Businesses are often "tested" for tolerance by homosexual activists. Groups of homosexual activists often go into restaurants or bars and publicly kiss and fondle each other to test whether the establishment demonstrates sufficient "equality" now that homosexual marriage is "legal". In fact, more and more overt displays of homosexual affection are seen in public places across the state to reinforce "marriage equality".
Legal profession
Businesses must recognize same-sex "married" couples in all their benefits, activities, etc., regarding both employees and customers.
The wedding industry is required serve the homosexual community if requested. Wedding photographers, halls, caterers, etc., must do same-sex marriages or be arrested for discrimination.
Businesses are often "tested" for tolerance by homosexual activists. Groups of homosexual activists often go into restaurants or bars and publicly kiss and fondle each other to test whether the establishment demonstrates sufficient "equality" now that homosexual marriage is "legal". In fact, more and more overt displays of homosexual affection are seen in public places across the state to reinforce "marriage equality".
Legal profession
The Massachusetts Bar Exam now tests lawyers on their knowledge of same-sex "marriage" issues. In 2007, a Boston man, Stephen Dunne, failed the Massachusetts bar exam because he refused to answer the questions in it about homosexual marriage.
Issues regarding homosexual "families" are now firmly entrenched in the Massachusetts legal system. In many firms, lawyers in Massachusetts practicing family law must now attend seminars on homosexual "marriage". There are also now several homosexual judges overseeing the Massachusetts family courts.
Adoption of children to homosexual "married" couplesHomosexual "married" couples can now demand to be able to adopt children the same as normal couples. Catholic Charities decided to abandon handling adoptions rather submit to regulations requiring them to allow homosexuals to adopt the children in their care.
In 2006 the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) honored two men "married" to each other as their "Parents of the Year". The men already adopted a baby through DSS (against the wishes of the baby's birth parents). According to news reports, the day after that adoption was final DSS approached the men about adopting a second child. Homosexuals now appear to be put in line for adopting children ahead of heterosexual parents by state agencies in Massachusetts.
Government mandates
Issues regarding homosexual "families" are now firmly entrenched in the Massachusetts legal system. In many firms, lawyers in Massachusetts practicing family law must now attend seminars on homosexual "marriage". There are also now several homosexual judges overseeing the Massachusetts family courts.
Adoption of children to homosexual "married" couplesHomosexual "married" couples can now demand to be able to adopt children the same as normal couples. Catholic Charities decided to abandon handling adoptions rather submit to regulations requiring them to allow homosexuals to adopt the children in their care.
In 2006 the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) honored two men "married" to each other as their "Parents of the Year". The men already adopted a baby through DSS (against the wishes of the baby's birth parents). According to news reports, the day after that adoption was final DSS approached the men about adopting a second child. Homosexuals now appear to be put in line for adopting children ahead of heterosexual parents by state agencies in Massachusetts.
Government mandates
In 2004, the Governor ordered Justices of the Peace to perform homosexual marriages when requested or be fired. At least one Justice of the Peace decided to resign.
Also marriage licenses in Massachusetts now have "Party A and Party B" instead of "husband and wife."
Since homosexual relationships are now officially "normal", the Legislature now gives enormous tax money to homosexual activist groups. In particular, the Massachusetts Commission on Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth is made up of the most radical and militant homosexual groups which target children in the schools. This year they are getting $700,000 of taxpayer money to go into the public schools.
In 2008 Massachusetts changed the state Medicare laws to include homosexual "married" couples in the coverage.
The public square
Also marriage licenses in Massachusetts now have "Party A and Party B" instead of "husband and wife."
Since homosexual relationships are now officially "normal", the Legislature now gives enormous tax money to homosexual activist groups. In particular, the Massachusetts Commission on Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth is made up of the most radical and militant homosexual groups which target children in the schools. This year they are getting $700,000 of taxpayer money to go into the public schools.
In 2008 Massachusetts changed the state Medicare laws to include homosexual "married" couples in the coverage.
The public square
Since gay "marriage", annual gay pride parades have become more prominent. There are more politicians and corporations participating, and even police organizations take part. And the envelope gets pushed further and further. There is now a profane "Dyke March" through downtown Boston, and recently a "transgender" parade in Northampton that included bare-chested women who have had their breasts surgically removed so they could "become" men. Governor Patrick even marched with his "out lesbian" 17-year old daughter in the 2008 Boston Pride event, right behind a "leather" group brandishing a black & blue flag, whips and chains!
The media
The media
Boston media, particularly the Boston Globe newspaper, regularly does feature stories and news stories portraying homosexual "married" couples where regular married couples would normally be used. It's "equal", they insist, so there must be no difference in the coverage. Also, the newspaper advice columns now deal with homosexual "marriage" issues, and how to properly accept it.
A growing number of news reporters and TV anchors are openly "married" homosexuals who march in the "gay pride" parades.
Is gay marriage actually legal in Massachusetts?Like everywhere else in America, the imposition of same-sex marriage on the people of Massachusetts was a combination of radical, arrogant judges and pitifully cowardly politicians.
The Goodridge ruling resulted in a complete cave-in by politicians of both parties on this issue. Same-sex "marriage" is still illegal in Massachusetts. On November 18, 2003 the court merely ruled that it was unconstitutional not to allow it, and gave the Legislature six months to "take such action as it may deem appropriate." Note that the Massachusetts Constitution strongly denies courts the power to make or change laws, or from ordering the other branches to take any action. The constitution effectively bans "judicial review" – a court changing or nullifying a law. Thus, the court did not order anything to happen; it simply rendered an opinion on that specific case. And the Legislature did nothing. The marriage statutes were never changed. Technically, same-sex marriages are still illegal in Massachusetts.
Nevertheless, we are having to live with it. And furthermore, this abdication of their proper constitutional roles by the Legislature and Governor has caused a domino effect as "copycat" rulings have been issued in California and Connecticut, with other states fearful it will happen there.
In conclusion
Californians need to vote on Prop 8. Homosexual people already have regular legal rights for all the other things Americans are entitled to, but homosexual marraiges will ruin society and our children. The historical statistics on this are clear and factual.
A growing number of news reporters and TV anchors are openly "married" homosexuals who march in the "gay pride" parades.
Is gay marriage actually legal in Massachusetts?Like everywhere else in America, the imposition of same-sex marriage on the people of Massachusetts was a combination of radical, arrogant judges and pitifully cowardly politicians.
The Goodridge ruling resulted in a complete cave-in by politicians of both parties on this issue. Same-sex "marriage" is still illegal in Massachusetts. On November 18, 2003 the court merely ruled that it was unconstitutional not to allow it, and gave the Legislature six months to "take such action as it may deem appropriate." Note that the Massachusetts Constitution strongly denies courts the power to make or change laws, or from ordering the other branches to take any action. The constitution effectively bans "judicial review" – a court changing or nullifying a law. Thus, the court did not order anything to happen; it simply rendered an opinion on that specific case. And the Legislature did nothing. The marriage statutes were never changed. Technically, same-sex marriages are still illegal in Massachusetts.
Nevertheless, we are having to live with it. And furthermore, this abdication of their proper constitutional roles by the Legislature and Governor has caused a domino effect as "copycat" rulings have been issued in California and Connecticut, with other states fearful it will happen there.
In conclusion
Homosexual "marriage" hangs over society like a hammer with the force of law. And it's only just begun.
It's pretty clear that the homosexual movement's obsession with marriage is not because large numbers of them actually want to marry each other. Research shows that homosexual relationships are fundamentally dysfunctional on many levels, and "marriage" as we know it isn't something they can achieve, or even desire. This is about putting the legal stamp of approval on homosexuality and imposing it with force throughout the various social and political institutions of a society so people are forced to have it become the "norm" in society.
You've been forewarned.
End of article.
It's pretty clear that the homosexual movement's obsession with marriage is not because large numbers of them actually want to marry each other. Research shows that homosexual relationships are fundamentally dysfunctional on many levels, and "marriage" as we know it isn't something they can achieve, or even desire. This is about putting the legal stamp of approval on homosexuality and imposing it with force throughout the various social and political institutions of a society so people are forced to have it become the "norm" in society.
You've been forewarned.
End of article.
Californians need to vote on Prop 8. Homosexual people already have regular legal rights for all the other things Americans are entitled to, but homosexual marraiges will ruin society and our children. The historical statistics on this are clear and factual.
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