The Homosexual Gene

is going, going, GONE!

Read the full article by Mrs. Yvette C. Schneider here: Family Research Council

Remember back in the early 90 's, one of the MAJOR national news stations came on with the report that homosexuality was a "genetic" trait inherited from mothers? We were all treated to a 1 minute "dissertation" of why this was true.

As if anyone in the media had the intelligence to even write a dissertation, much less be able to present one in ONE MINUTE......nor do the majority of these English majors have the intelligence to understand the complex science behind any research. (This is why they have a Bachelor of ARTS degree rather than a Bachelor of SCIENCE degree. They were avoiding those "tough" science curriculums.) The media have supported the homosexual activists and agenda since the beginning. This is why we have been given such a distorted representation of the scientific facts. They reported what they wanted TO BE TRUE.

Mrs. Yvette Schneider DOES present a well documented and thoroughly researched paper here.

• Science published an article in 1994 that included the following statement:
  Time and time again, scientists have claimed that particular genes or chromosomal regions are associated with behavioral traits, only to withdraw their findings when they were not replicated. 'Unfortunately,' says Yale's [Dr. Joel] Gelernter, 'it's hard to come up with many' findings linking specific genes to complex human behaviors that have been replicated. 'All were announced with great fanfare; all were greeted unskeptically in the popular press; all are now in disrepute.'
  from: C. Mann, "Genes and Behavior," Science 264 (1994): 1687.
• Edward Stein, Ph.D., homosexual activist and author of The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation Stein told the Advocate:
  Many gay people want to use this research to promote gay rights. If gay people are 'born that way,' then discrimination against them must be wrong. ... A gay or lesbian person's public identity, sexual behaviors, romantic relationships, or decisions to raise children are all choices. No theory suggests that these choices are genetic. from: Michael Bronski, "Blinded by Science," The Advocate, February 1, 2000, p.64
• Dr. Robert Spitzer, one of the men who helped change the American Psychiatric Association's opinion on homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973, acknowledged that homosexuals can become heterosexual. In an interview with CitizenLink online newsletter, Spitzer said, "The critics of this kind of therapy don't just argue that it is rarely effective; they argue that it's never effective." from: Pete Winn, "A Crack in the Wall? A respected psychiatrist rethinks homosexuality," CitizenLink: Family Issues in Policy and Culture, February 21, 2000
• A woman whose sister was a lesbian had a 6 percent chance of also being a lesbian. Astonishingly, the daughter of a lesbian had a 33 percent chance of being a lesbian. This result is genetically impossible. A mother and her child cannot be more genetically similar than two sisters. "But the pattern we observed could mean only one thing: being a lesbian, or a nonheterosexual woman, was 'culturally transmitted,' not inherited," Hamer wrote. from: Angela M.L. Pattatucci and Dean H. Hamer, "Development and Familiarity of Sexual Orientation in Females," Behavior Genetics 25 (1995): 407-19, cited in Hamer, ibid., p. 191.
• This article was researched by: Yvette C. Schneider, a former lesbian who is now married, and is a policy analyst in the cultural studies department at Family Research Council.

I have never supported this thought that people are born "gay". I think it is an easy "justification" for a lifestyle choice. I am not alone in this belief. And recently, a Women's National Basketball Association player, who is a lesbian, stated that she was NOT born this way. Read it here: Agape Press

Oddly enough, since the "gay gene" is supposedly linked through the mother, it gives heterosexual daddies an easy out to blame mom for their effeminate son's proclivities. Now, it is time to quit blaming mom!

Homosexuality is a behavior. Behaviors are a CHOICE of action we pursue. It is called FREE WILL!

It does come with consequences. Today, no one likes to hear that their actions bring CONSEQUENCES.

But the truth is, EVERY action we take has consequences. Some will have good consequences. Some will have bad ones. This is how we learn from our mistakes. It is how we grow. Hopefully, at some point, we will learn to think ahead what those consequences COULD be for a particular action. This is called MATURITY.

Accepting the consequences for our choices in life can be a bitter pill to swallow. Or can be a crowning glory. The choice is ours....

The thief whose only regret is getting caught, has not yet obtained maturity. Perhaps he never will~~many in our society have NOT grown up. The world still revolves around them and they are self-centered and selfish. Most of the homosexual activists fall into this category. Simply because, their wants and needs, their desires MUST come first over everyone else's~~including our easily influenced and manipulated young people.

The thief who realizes that what he did was morally wrong, harmed others, and is repentant has obtained maturity.

This is one major reason the homosexual activists do NOT want the gay gene gone~~they do not want to be repentant. As long as it is an heredity issue, then they are no longer RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. They cannot be held accountable. They cannot be damned.

Only none of us can mold God. Our image of God does NOT change who God is. His word is very clear on "issues". Sure, the homosexual can try to argue with the creator of the universe how He messed up and created a homosexual gene causing this little homosexual homo-sapien to be what he was in life and therefore cannot condemn him to hell as a result. Ummm, that is one argument that might be interesting to see.

Only it will never happen. Judgment day when it comes has NO attorney representation and no appeals. IT IS FINAL. Whether you believe it or not, it will BE FAIR.

Sinners on their judgment day will reap what they have EARNED. As will the saints on their judgment day.

This is why churches who do not correct sinners in their midst~~including the homosexual, either as a congregant or especially as a spiritual leader~~are in serious danger. They may be "prophesying" in Jesus's name; they may be spreading the good news of Jesus and His salvation; they may be truly earnest for the Lord~~they will still be told "I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized." Matthew 7:22-23 These churhes, these believers can talk a good talk, but know nothing of walking the walk.

This doesn't mean we are to ban the homosexual from church when he is seeking God. But once salvation is accepted our old sinful natures are buried and we are resurrected. That is what baptism symbolizes. The Holy Spirit will convict your spirit to STOP your sinning~~including the sin of homosexuality. It is when they refuse to stop practicing homosexuality, that the church and the congregants must then ban the homosexual from within their midst as they would any sinner.

Recently, American Baptist Churches have taken a positive stance on the issue of homosexuality. The Pacific Southwest churches broke from the American Baptists because of this. The West Virginia Baptists however, recently voted to stay WITH the American Baptists~~even though they believe the homosexual lifestyle and the ordination of homosexuals goes against their Biblical teaching. Agape Press

While it is sad to see churches splinter like this. It is NOT the end of the world when it happens. God can handle it! I believe the West Virginia Baptists have made a mistake by aligning themselves with those who are practicing tolerance or political correctness in regards to the homosexual agenda.

I think God too would prefer to see His chosen separate themselves from those who allow evil within their midst.

Some may be thinking that evil is a rather harsh description of the situation. Yet the very definition of evil is: 1a) morally bad or wrong; wicked; depraved b) resulting from or based on conduct regarded as immoral 2) causing pain or trouble; harmful, injurious 3) offensive or disgusting.

So no, EVIL is NOT a harsh description. It is an ACCURATE one.

Teachers are held more accountable than the rest of the population. What is a pastor, preacher, rabbi? They are TEACHERS!

James 3:1 “Dear Brothers and Sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged by God with greater strictness.”

Allowing a homosexual to become ordained is to allow them to perpetuate the evil that their life has embraced. They will be judged more strictly for this.

BUT the church members who allow it to continue will also be judged for this.

1. Proverbs 29:1 “Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.”

2. Galatians 6:1 “Dear Brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be CAREFUL NOT TO FALL INTO THE SAME TEMPTATION YOURSELF.”

3. 2 Corinthians 7: 9-10 “Now I am glad I sent it (a letter), not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to have remorse and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow WITHOUT repentance is the kind that results in death.”

4. 1 Corinthians 5: 12 “It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your job to judge those inside the church who are sinning in these ways. God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, ‘You must remove the evil person from among you.’”

5. 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 “I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you, something so evil that even the pagans don’t do it….And you are so proud of yourselves! Why aren’t you mourning in sorrow and shame? And why haven’t you removed this man from your fellowship?”

There is a monthly newsletter for those churches who consider themselves an “Association of welcoming and affirming Baptists” called the Associational. This is their vision statement:

“We envision that the day may speedily come within Baptist Churches when no one shall feel excluded from God’s love in Jesus Christ because of their sexual orientation.”

Their belief: Ten years ago, after the lgbt [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] community had been dealt yet another blow by members of their denomination, a group of American Baptist pastors decided that it was time to stand up and declare their affirmation of glbt people.

We know that much abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons has been fostered and encouraged by the rhetoric of the church, leaving many people feeling that they must choose between their faith and their sexuality.”

Yes, that is exactly what these lgbt people MUST do.
They can be gay OR they can repent and be a child of God.

They CANNOT be both.

Here are the reasons why.....

Homosexuality is as old as mankind. Genesis 19: 4b-5 “…all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, ‘Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out so we can have sex with them.’”

You know, if God doesn’t destroy America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. But since God is righteous and the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah deserved their punishment; then, Americans better prepare.

Leviticus 18: 22 “Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin.
This chapter actually lists other detestable sins as well: having sex with animals~~bestiality; sacrificing children; incest; and adultery.

Deuteronomy 23:17-18 "No Israelite man or woman may ever become a temple prostitute. Do not bring the the house of the Lord your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to the Lord your God."

Romans 1:24-32 "So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. When they refused to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."

God is pretty clear here. For homosexuals, or anyone, to make the false claim that God never mentions homosexuality is just plain stupid. They don't want to be told that they are sinners. So, they believe satan's lies concerning homosexuality. And God lets them. People tend to believe lies that reinforce their own selfish, personal beliefs. He lets us choose freedom from Him~~free will~~even when He knows in time we will become slaves to our sins. Does life without God look like freedom to you? Look again more closely. There is no worse slavery than the bonds of sin's slavery.

1 Corinthians 6:9-20 "Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. There was a time when some of you were jsut like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you. You may say, 'I am allowed to do anything.' But I reply, 'Not everything is good for you.' And even though 'I am allowed to do anything,' I must not become a slave to anything. You say, 'Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food.' This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies. And God will raise our bodies from the dead by his marvelous power, jsut as he raised our Lord from the dead. Don't you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which belongs to Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! And don't you know that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the scriptures say, 'The two are united into one.' But the person who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Run away from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Or don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God BOUGHT you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body."

Once again, God is very clear on His expectations of us in regards to our sexuality. For those whose spirits are NOT convicted that their sexual sin IS sin, then they ARE NOT saved and the Holy Spirit is NOT residing within them.

1 Timothy 1:10 "These laws are for people who are sexually immoral, for homosexuals and slave traders, for liars and oath breakers, and for those who do anything else that contradicts the right teaching that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God."

Today with so many influences, it is vital for us to KNOW what the basis is for our beliefs. Music, movies, television, the media, all present sinful life-styles and unwholesome values that are totally opposed to the Bible. We find ourselves bombarded with it and therefore, must take care that they do NOT form our opinions. The Bible is the ONLY standard of truth~~we need to evaluate all other opinions in light of its teaching.

There are those out there who will take exception to the last few statements. To them, any religion is worthy, any truth is acceptable. To them truth is "relative"~~ or not absolute.

Yet, no other religion has God coming and dying for their sins. No other religion's god loves them enough to be humiliatingly crucified. No, their gods have them jumping through hoops~~living many lifetimes, until the poor soul FINALLY gets it right.

Well, I'll take my God anyday. All He expects of me is to accept His free gift of salvation and then to strive to live like His son. Even though I am going to fall short every single day of my life doing this, He knows my repentant heart and forgives me! That is a GOD!

Rev. Mark H. Creech recently wrote an article on the Barna Research groups statistical findings. Read it here: Agape Press

The Barna group does research and provides analysis of cultural trends and the Christian church. Recently, they discovered that most Americans consider themselves Christians but only "6 out of 10 (60%) of evangelicals rely on the Bible as their main source of moral counsel. Only 2 out of 10 (20%) of non-evangelical born again Christians do the same."

There seems to be a problem with the view~~world view vs. Biblical worldview. Barna has been emphasizing the need for churches to help their members develop a "biblical worldview."

"The organization defines such a life perspective on the basis of several questions about religious beliefs. The definition requires someone to believe

1. that absolute moral truth exists;
2. that the source of moral truth is the Bible;
3. that the Bible is accurate in all of the principles it teaches;
4. that eternal spiritual salvation cannot be earned;
5. that Jesus lived a sinless life on earth;
6. that every person has a responsibility to share their religious beliefs with others;
7. that Satan is a living force, not just a symbol of evil;
8. and that God is the all-knowing, all-powerful maker of the universe who still rules creation today.

In previous studies, Barna research demonstrated how a biblical worldview radically alters a person's lifestyle choices, causing them to reject matters like cohabitation, drunkenness, gay sex, profanity, pornography, adultery, gambling and abortion."

According to Barna only 5% of adults have a Biblical worldview! I believe when we are bombarded with a world view, it appears reseasonable and starts to become acceptable. Case in point: Hollywoods inclusion of the "obligatory" gay in every movie in recent years. When we see something often enough, it becomes TRUTH. But whose truth? Is it a world view, or a Biblical world view?

Barna then goes on to statistically break it down: 1/2 of all evangelicals have a Biblical worldview. 8% of Protestants do; >1/2 of 1% of Catholics do! This is disturbing. But what is even more disturbing is that the other 88% of the people in the world without a Biblical world view think God is accepting of them.

The church is failing in our great commission to go be fishers of men. We WILL be held accountable for this.

Rev. Creech then shares a marvelous, timely quote: "These amazing statistics remind me of a phrase Dietrich Bonhoeffer coined to address the self-delusion of Lutheran Church members in Germany in his day. In The Cost of Discipleship, Bonohoeffer spoke of those who had only experienced 'cheap grace.'

He defined cheap grace as :

'the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.' "

This is what any church who allows unrepentant homosexuals into their congregation or their pulpit is GUILTY OF~~CHEAP GRACE.

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The homosexual CAN choose life. He/she CAN leave this sinful life. Their lives can be transformed. All things are possible through Christ Jesus.

The church should be a haven of forgiveness and healing for repentant homosexuals without compromising its stance against homosexual behavior.

Want help to break free from a sexual addiction? Contact one of the following ministries:

Faithful and True Ministries

Pure Life Ministries

Harvest USA

Dynamic Living for Men

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The Agenda of the Pornographer

read the original article from Agape Press by Mary Rettig

My thoughts:


Americans have become such easily led......sheep.


Come up with some sort of reasonable explanation, repeat it often enough and

Wal-la!

It has become FACT....TRUTH....THE ACCEPTED NORM....

This is what has happened to pornography. What once was viewed in darkened theaters or sleazy joints has graduated to the posh and glamorous halls of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, your prime-time television.

Your pornographer has been working overtime to convince you that pornography is an "art" form; it is freedom of speech; it is NOT harmful to anyone.

These are ALL lies. Just as Julia Sugarbaker stated in Designing Women: "I may not be able to define pornography, but I sure know it when I see it." ~~in the episode where she kept running down the newstands cardboard cut-out of a scantily clad women wearing a dog collar.

In Pamela Paul's book, "Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families" she discusses how pornography has changed American life for the worse. In surveys and research, she found that most respondants cited only negatives from the viewing of pornography.

To most Christians this is one of those "well, duh" moments! But for many Americans, they have bought the entire store and not just the bill of goods in regards to pornography. In fact, even though many Americans consider themselves "Christians" they have allowed themselves to become addicted to pornography. These people cannot see the harm of pornography until it is too late. When families are broken and irreparable. When marriages have broken up. When children are in therapy because of a negative view on sex or worse....

Pornography harms men. Men are NOT geared to viewing it, just as they are not geared to sexual promiscuity~~that's just the lie they tell themselves~~to justify this behavior. Once addiction to pornography has taken hold, they are not able to control it~~it controls them. It becomes an obsession. They view women differently and this will have a negative impact on their relationships; in fact, they develop trust and loyalty issues. Pornography takes their focus off their partner [should read wife] and detracts from their own sexual skills.

Pornography harms women. It demeans them. It encourages men to continue to treat them as second class citizens. It is harmful to their marriages, their children, their family. For those who appear in pornography it is harmful to their self-esteem.

Pornography harms children. When children are victims of the pornographer (pedophile), it destroys their innocence, their childhood, their very lives. When children view pornography, they get a warped sense of what sex is~~or should be. The long term damage is yet unknown.

Of course this is one reason the homosexual movement targets the young~~and utilizes pornography to entice, and encourage experimentation with their sexuality.

No matter their age~~very young to adolescence~~ these children are growing up too fast.

They are being deprived of their childhoods~~which should be a time of care-free, innocence and HAPPINESS.

In fact, someday, these same children will be on the future Oprah's and Sally's and Phil's demanding explanations, apologies, perhaps even ACCOUNTABILITY!

Pornography is an addiction. It has associated with it ~~the demon of lust. Which in generations past, was acknowleged as one of the seven deadly sins. Many today scoff at the thought of demons or satan. Just because you don't believe in them, doesn't mean they don't believe in YOU!

Al Pacino's Satan character in "The Devil's Advocate" had it figured correctly~~it has been satan's greatest achievement to convince 'modern' man that he doesn't exist! How easily then to lead mankind astray; to convince him there are no consequences to his actions~~when in fact there are serious ones.

Morality plays use to be big in this country. Our young people of today have no idea what a morality play is. But there was a time when Americans heeded the warnings of these. It was a way to 'experience' the lifestyle~~problem~~ and see the consequences vicariously.

I think, we should all re-experience some of these morality plays if for no other reason than to remind ourselves that there are CONSEQUENCES TO EVERY ACTION WE TAKE IN LIFE.

Some of the absolute best morality plays: ANY Twilight Zone episode; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde; Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Modern ones: The Lord of the Rings trilogy~~it's about GOOD vs. EVIL! The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis; Jurassic Park~Just because we CAN do a thing (scientifically) doesn't mean we always SHOULD do a thing!; the aforementioned "The Devil's Advocate" (**this one does have strong language and sexual content--Pacino's speech near the end is worth it in order to understand satan's agenda~~yes, the devil does have his own agenda as well! It's ~~~ YOU.)

The authors of these works knew human nature~~which unfortunately, hasn't changed in millenia! Proof: try reading the.....Bible!

Pornography exists to make someone MONEY. Your family, your life is in a shambles, but the pornographer doesn't care. He was ALWAYS in it for the MONEY.

So, America, the question is....are you going to continue to be sheep? Or are you going to grow up and think about the consequences to your actions BEFORE you take those actions?

It is the mature person who can see the long-term effects, the consequences, to those actions. It is the selfish, self-centered, immature individual (child) who cannot or refuses to see them.

No, Pornography is NOT normal;

it is NOT hip and

it is NOT harmless.

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ACLU vs. Abstinence Education

from Agape Press

The ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union, (or as Brad Locke has so appropriately renamed them: the Anti-Christian Liberties Union) is AGAINST abstinence programs.

One has to wonder why? They are working! "Since approval of abstinence programs, however,...the national teen pregnancy rate has fallen as much as 22 percent."

Who then would be against teenagers having babies? (Or acquiring STD's for that matter?)

The ACLU for one. They have started a "...nationwide campaign to protect what it calls 'reproductive freedom' -- liberal buzz words typically referring to 'abortion on demand...'"

The ACLU has written to the governors of each of the states that offer abstinence only education requesting that they get rid of this "dangerous" and "ineffective" curriculum. One has to wonder, dangerous to whom? According to the ACLU, it is dangerous to the youth because it does not address STD's.

I know this is kind of a DUH reasoning but....if young people ABSTAIN FROM SEX then, duh, they are NOT in danger of becoming infected!

I KNOW that STD's are presented in the required health classes all high schoolers are REQUIRED to take to graduate. No, more likely it is dangerous to the "gay" community as it seriously depletes their access to young, healthy, people to fornicate with.

What the ACLU seems to have forgotten OR IS COVERING UP is that the gay community has MORE STD's than the general population. 60% of all syphilis cases occurred in gay males in 2003. Centers for Disease Control

• Despite the fact that stds are
  extremely widespread, have severe and sometimes
  deadly consequences, and add billions of dollars to the
  nation's healthcare costs each year, most people in the
  United States remain unaware of the risks and consequences of all but the most prominent std's the human immunodeficiency virus or hiv.
  

Americans are still not aware of this!?!?! How is this possible in today's "information-overdriven" age?

Here it is then: There are consequences to a promiscuous lifestyle.

Fortunately abstinence-only education IS making our young people aware of this.

• Researchers have seen alarming indications that
  gonorrhea may be on the rise among gay and
  bisexual men who have sex with men.
  (msm). In the mid-1980s, reports of increased
  condom use and reduced risky sexual practices
  accompanied dramatic decreases in rectal gonorrhea
  among msm in several cities (Fox, cdc,
  1998).Yet, data from cities throughout the country
  suggest that this trend may be reversing, and
  that gonorrhea cases may be resurging with the
  prospect of facilitating the spread of hiv in the
  gay community.
  
  
• In San Francisco, the incidence of rectal gonorrhea
  in males increased from 21 cases per
  100,000 population in 1994 to 38 cases per
  100,000 population in 1997.
  This rise in gonorrhea rates should serve as a wake-up call to all people at risk-including gay and bisexual men-that high risk sexual behaviors continue to have very real consequences. Statistics

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says the ACLU is basically threatening to sue governors who would prefer to challenge teenagers to remain abstinent. However, he has promised that the Alliance Defense Fund will defend those governors and states the ACLU comes after.

"They [The governors] should help young people understand the grave risks of pre-marital sexual activity," he says. "They should warn youth of the ineffectiveness of condoms in preventing the spread of many sexually transmitted diseases.

In short, these governors should reply to the ACLU: "Yes, In My State!'"


If we don't get our young people to practice abstinence before marriage: here is what they have to look forward to: Positive Love for INFECTED People Welcome to PositiveLove.com, the largest and most diverse dating site for singles living with HIV/Aids and other STDs.

Is this really what we WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN?

Nope, the ACLU agenda is to gain control of YOUR children~~whereby they can present them to the "gay" community. They KNOW, the younger they can get them into the gay lifestyle, the more likely these young people will stay gay~~~Or have NO choice but to remain so because of their "infections."

Makes you wonder WHO exactly is in charge of the ACLU? What is their membership made up of? Sounds like homosexual activists....

Talk about throwing lambs to the wolves.......

Talk about Machiavellian attitudes......

Talk about EVIL......

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ACLU GREED

GREED

[Don't kid yourselves~~~~~It's always about the MONEY.]

by Bill Fancher from Agape Press

...A Christian leader in Washington is angry over the American Civil Liberties Union's decision to sue one of the most impoverished school districts in the U.S. in order to be reimbursed for court costs. National Clergy Council director Rob Schenck notes that the ACLU, after winning a Ten Commandments case in Adams County, Ohio, did not stop there. Outraged, he says, "The ACLU went back to court and sued again, demanding that the school district in one of the poorest counties in Ohio -- where there is almost a nine percent unemployment rate and 17 percent of the people live under the poverty line, made up mostly of farmers, retirees, and laborers -- that this school district which is cash-strapped pay the ACLU's legal bills." The liberal civil liberties organization won that lawsuit as well, and was awarded $80,000. Schenck calls the action "obscene," especially since the ACLU took in more than $150 million in contributions last year and has an investment fund of $180 million.

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In Defense of Homophobia

Jonathan I. Katz

This treatise is sheer brilliance. Professor Katz's reasoning is sound and he is very articulate. Read the original here: In Defense of Homophobia

Homophobia is the moral judgement that homosexual behavior (most of the arguments in this essay refer specifically to male homosexual behavior) is wrong. Homophobia is not like ethnic, racial or religious prejudice, which deny the intrinsic moral rights and value of other people. Rather, it is a moral judgement upon acts engaged in by choice.

If you are religious, you probably agree with the homophobic position, because most major religions make this moral judgement. The Jewish and Christian Bible describes homosexual activity, in most English translations, as an "abomination''. This condemnation is found in the Book of Leviticus, along with condemnations of incest and bestiality. Unlike homosexuality, there has been no organized effort to win approval for those sexual sins, which are condemned by almost everyone. The same word is used to condemn moving boundary markers, a grievous sin in an agricultural society.

If you are a rationalist, you ask for logical explanation, beyond the word of the Bible, and beyond the revulsion which most people feel. Why have most cultures adopted this attitude? The rationalist does not accept any book as the word of God, but regards it as the embodiment of traditional wisdom. He cannot reject it out of hand; he must ask why traditional wisdom came to this conclusion.

Recent medical history provides a convincing argument. HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, has been present, and occasionally found in the human population, for about half a century (a few sporadic AIDS cases have been identified as far back as the 1950's, or even earlier). Yet they were quite rare; the modern AIDS epidemic began suddenly about 1980. Its first victims were promiscuous homosexual males; it was initially called "Gay-Related Immune Deficiency''.

In America attitudes towards homosexuality changed in the 1970's [I remember this]. It went from a private, furtively practiced [wish it still was], vice to an open and accepted subculture. In many circles, "sodomite'' ceased to be an insult. This acceptance led to the toleration, and wide practice, of gross homosexual promiscuity. HIV, falling onto that fertile soil, made the AIDS epidemic. Even before AIDS was recognized, practicing homosexuals were notorious for a high rate of venereal diseases.

The religious believer may see the hand of God, but both he and the rationalist must see a fact of Nature. The human body was not designed to share hypodermic needles, it was not designed to be promiscuous, and it was not designed to engage in homosexual acts. Engaging in such behavior is like riding a motorcycle on an icy road without a helmet. It may be possible to get away with it for a while, and a few misguided souls may get a thrill out of doing so, but sooner or later (probably sooner) the consequences will be catastrophic. Lethal diseases spread rapidly among people who do such things.

Unfortunately, the victims are not only those whose reckless behavior brought death on themselves. There are many completely innocent victims, too: hemophiliacs (a substantial fraction died as a result of contaminated clotting factor), recipients of contaminated transfusions, and their spouses and children, for AIDS can be transmitted heterosexually (in America, only infrequently) and congenitally. The icy road was lined with unsuspecting innocents, who never chose to ride a motorcycle. Guilt for their deaths is on the hands of the homosexuals and intravenous drug abusers who poisoned the blood supply. These people died so the sodomites could feel good about themselves.

At present, HIV testing has reduced the risk of infection by transfusion almost (but not exactly) to zero. However, should a new lethal blood-borne virus arise, it will not be detected, and a test developed, until thousands of people have been infected. Experience with HIV shows that the environments of homosexual promiscuity and intravenous drug abuse can readily turn a single infection into an epidemic.

The homophobe does not engage in violence against homosexuals. Repelled, he stays away from them. Homophobes are divided on the wisdom of laws against homosexual acts. Some believe laws are a good way to reduce their frequency and damaging consequences. Others, probably the majority, believe that outlawing these acts is futile, just as outlawing drug abuse may be futile, and that laws may lead to destructive witch-hunts. These homophobes believe the best approach is moral condemnation, which is the approach our society now applies to many other destructive practices, such as adultery, alcohol and tobacco abuse, and suicide. Moral condemnation will not extirpate them, but neither can the law; a climate of disapproval may reduce their frequency and their harm.

What of those cursed with unnatural sexual desires? Must they forever suppress these desires? Yes, but this is hardly a unique fate. Almost everyone has desires which must be suppressed. Most men and women think adulterous thoughts fairly often, and find themselves attracted to members of the opposite sex to whom they are not married. Morality requires them to suppress these desires, and most do not commit adultery, though they feel lust in their hearts. Almost everyone, at one time or another, covets another's property. They do not steal. Many people feel great anger or intense hatred at some time in their lives. They do not kill.

I am a homophobe, and proud.

Post-Script October 17, 2003: The homosexual movement is now campaigning against blood drives, because blood banks do not accept blood from men who have engaged in homosexual acts. This is "discrimination'', the campaigners say (see, for example, Washington University Student Life October 17, 2003).

Of course it is discrimination; the blood banks are discriminating against blood at risk of contamination with HIV, which would give the recipients the fatal disease AIDS. Intravenous drug abusers are also rejected as donors, for the same reason. People who have lived in the United Kingdom are now rejected because they are at (much lesser) risk for CJD. Some discrimination is wrong. Racial discrimination, for example, is almost invariably unethical (and generally illegal) because race is unrelated to the ability to do a job, study, fulfill a contract, or almost any other activity of daily life.

Some discrimination, however, is both justified and necessary. For example, it is quite appropriate for a basketball team to discriminate among applicants on the basis of height, agility and stamina, for a prospective patient to discriminate among doctors on the basis of their academic qualifications and past record of practice, and for a blood bank to discriminate among prospective donors on the basis of the statistical risk that their blood is contaminated with infectious diseases.

In order to satisfy their demand for full acceptance by society, the homosexual movement demands to kill some transfusion recipients by infecting them with AIDS, or to kill patients who need transfusions by making it impossible for blood banks to collect blood. Or, perhaps, this was just a joke. But I think not.

Post-Script October 9, 2005: In recent weeks this essay has been the subject of controversy at, and even beyond, Washington University (see, for example, recent issues of Student Life).

A number of critics have asked if monogamous homosexuals are also culpable. Quite apart from the question of the definition of monogamous (sexual contact with only one person in a lifetime? serial monogamy? some cheating? etc.), I suggest the following analogy: A man joins the Ku Klux Klan. He is not violent, and would never hurt a fly; he just wants a safe place to express his racist feelings.

Is he culpable for the Klan's past acts of violence? I believe that even though he is not criminally responsible for acts that occurred before he joined, he is morally culpable for joining the Klan. The Klan has blood on its hands, and anyone who joins must share the guilt. So, too, with the homosexual movement.



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The Hidden Agenda of the Gay Republicans

from Agape Press
by Chad Groening

...A California-based Christian activist who spent 30 years in the homosexual lifestyle says Christians need to be aware of an organization known as the Republican Unity Coalition, which he believes has stayed under the "Christian radar." According to its own website, the Coalition -- "a gay-straight alliance of Republican leaders, working to encourage tolerance and to address concerns of gay and lesbian Americans" -- came about as an outgrowth of the George W. Bush campaign in 2000. Christian activist James Hartline says the RUC has one goal: "to make homosexuality a non-issue within the Republican Party." He contends the group will "turn the party into pacifists when it comes to dealing with the gay agenda." And Hartline says the RUC has some pretty heavy hitters, including a former Republican senator and president. He points out that retired Senator Alan Simpson is the group's honorary chairman, and that the RUC Advisory Board includes former President Gerald Ford as well as Jim Kolbe, a homosexual congressman from Arizona. "These are liberal Republicans who are not strong advocates of Christian conservatism," the former homosexual states. Hartline says the RUC is fully committed to opposing a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

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Ok Texans, show RUC what you think of

their secret goals:

vote YES,

November 8th to the Marriage Amendment

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I for one couldn't stand it when democrats finally figured out that a great many people in this country are Christians. So, they decide to jump on the "Christian band-wagon" in hopes to garner a few votes~~without realizing that Christians expect you to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. This was just a SNEAKY attempt! We 'ain't' stupid, and we 'ain't' "mentally unstable" thank you very much.

This,RUC, is just another sneaky attempt to pass an agenda that is NOT supported by the MAJORITY of people in this country.

Once people realize that the gay activists are NOT just trying to get health benefits or death benefits for their long-term partners (that in fact, these people in a "stable" , same-sex, monogamous relationship are a minority in this movement) that in reality, this is a new sexual revolution whose primary aim is YOUR CHILDREN.

Check the facts for yourself....read my previous blogs and research further from those links.

Many companies and the health industry have already recognized the same-sex relationships and honor those requests. Regulation for this is not needed. Whenever you get the government to regulate ANYTHING, it is not only a nuisance, but a red-taped nightmare. Government regulation never eases life it only further complicates it.

No, this New sexual revolution is to insure their access to young flesh for their future use and that is all it is about......all it has ever been about.

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Walgreens now SUPPORTS the "gay" GAMES

Walgreens says they agreed to sponsor the Gay Games under the guise of helping prevent AIDS.

But the official Gay Games web site has the following promotional statement, which promotes the very type of activity Walgreens says they are trying to prevent.

• "The Gay Games Social Committee is currently in the process of gathering together Chicago's best bars and clubs, and some of the biggest and best party promoters in the country to create a Social Schedule unlike anything you've ever seen. Chicago's LGBT scene is fierce no matter what time of year it is, but during that one week in July 2006, we are committed to making sure you have the time of your life."

The gift ($100,000), made to placate homosexual activists, puts Walgreens in the very top Premium Category of sponsorship.

To make their sponsorship appear to be a good thing publicly, they say they are providing AIDS education. (Spin Control, that's ALL it is~~in hopes that conservative Americans won't have a CLUE....well, fella's we HAVE A CLUE!!!)

If any group should be aware of the dangers of AIDS and how to prevent it, it should be homosexual activists. Billions of tax dollars have been spent to educate the public about AIDS. (NO MORE...You choose to live a risky lifestyle, then you LIVE with the consequences...)

We have acquired photos taken at the last Gay Games that clearly show what kind of activity occurs during these games. (And what these companies are supporting....Do we really want to continue to SUPPORT THESE COMPANIES?)

To see the photos, click here.

(WARNING: THESE PHOTOS ARE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE and are provided only as proof of what we are saying.)

Go here: GAY GAMES PHOTOS

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Churches under attack from radical homosexual activists

Agape Press

Homosexual Issue Plagues Denominations
By AFA JournalOctober 10, 2005

This article, reprinted with permission, appeared in the October 2005 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.

{conservativebynature's comments enclosed.}

(AgapePress) - The issue of homosexuality continues to put pressure on mainline Protestant denominations. Here is a brief recounting of what has happened among some of those churches over recent months:

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Delegates to ELCA's 2005 national convention in August angered homosexual activists in the 4.9-million-member denomination when they rejected a proposal to allow the church, under certain circumstances, to ordain homosexuals in long-term, committed relationships.

The convention upset conservatives, however, by refusing to vote for a resolution that would remove the ambiguity from the denomination's regulations regarding whether or not a minister could bless same-sex unions.

{They have done 1/2 the job......those who stopped short of doing what is right need to re-read the message to the church in Thyatira. Revelation 2:18-29}


Episcopal Church in USA (ECUSA)

The fallout from ECUSA's 2003 consecration of openly homosexual Rev. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire continues to roil the denomination, home to 2.5 million of the worldwide Anglican Communion's 77 million members.

Six Episcopal congregations in Florida have asked Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and figurehead leader for worldwide Anglicans, to allow them to report to a new bishop. The row was caused, the congregations said, because their current bishop, John Howard, approved of Robinson's consecration. The parishes, with about 4,000 members, said Howard's stand caused a "serious theological dispute."

In Connecticut, 19 Episcopal lay leaders and clergy in Connecticut have formally charged their bishop, Andrew Smith, under provisions of canon law, according to the American Anglican Council (AAC). The AAC is trying to help conservative Episcopal denominations bring themselves under theologically orthodox bishops.

Smith is charged with breaking church laws when he took actions against six conservative priests in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, after they objected to Smith's stand in favor of Robinson's ordination. {Guess conservatives are not guaranteed the constitutional right of free speech....at least as far as Andrew Smith is concerned.}

Smith entered St. John's Episcopal Church in Bristol and announced his suspension of Rector Mark Hansen, one of the six, and installed a pro-homosexual female priest in Hansen's place. Then Smith allegedly dismantled the church's website, hacked into its computers, and gained access to financial records.

{ECUSA and most assuredly Bishop Smith and his supporters need to re-read the letters to the church in Pergamum, Thyatira, AND Sardis. Pergamum, where believers were pressured to compromise their faith; Thyatira which tolerated the prophetess Jezebel and her encouragement of sexual sin; and Sardis, the DEAD church that had NOTHING to commend it. Revelation 2:14-16, 18-29; 3:1-6}


United Methodist Church (UMC)

Rev. Edward Johnson, pastor of South Hill United Methodist Church in Virginia, was placed on a year-long leave of absence by his UMC district superintendent. His ecclesiastical crime? He refused to allow a non-repentant homosexual into church membership.

{Rev. Johnson is absolutely 100% correct: 1 Corinthians 5:12 " It isn't my responsibility to judge others, but it certainly is your job to judge those inside the church who are sinning in these ways. God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, 'You must remove the evil person from among you.'"

Johnson's district superintendent, the Rev. William Layman, had twice ordered Johnson to accept the homosexual man into membership. Layman acted with approval from the head of the Virginia Annual Conference, Bishop Charlene Kammerer.

When the pastor refused, he was removed from his position without salary. Johnson, who has been in the pastorate for 24 years, had pastored at South Hill for six years.

Meanwhile, the Rev. Irene Stroud, who had lost her credentials last December following an ecclesiastical trial over her admission that she was in a committed lesbian relationship, will have a new day in court. In April, a UMC appellate court reinstated her ministry credentials after overturning her conviction on an 8-1 vote.

That case will top the docket of the UMC's supreme court, according to United Methodist News Service.

{The Methodist Church is in serious jeopardy. Their leaders need to re-read the letter to the church of Sardis. Revelation 3:1-6 Sardis was a DEAD church. There was NOTHING to commend her.}

Presbyterian Church (USA)

A special PCUSA panel recommended that next year's General Assembly not change a 1997 church law that limits clergy and lay officeholders to sex within marriage.
{This is good~~but we will have to see if they are able to stand firm....}

The battle over the issue has grown heated in the PCUSA. Homosexual activists continue to submit bills to repeal the rules. Meanwhile, conservatives have been frustrated that congregations continue to defy current church law and that the denomination allows ceremonies to bless same-sex couples.

An example of such open defiance occurred in the Pittsburgh Presbytery, where a female minister, Dr. Janet Edwards, performed a "marriage" ceremony for two lesbians. The ceremony integrated the couple's Buddhist and Christian traditions.
{Not only allowed and performed a homosexual wedding, but allowed a pagan religion to "unite" with christianity. This is blasphemy! 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 "Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? And what union can there be between God's temple and idols?..."}

{The leaders and Dr. Edwards and her followers need to re-read the letter to the church of Thyatira as well as Sardis. Revelation 2:18-29; 3:1-6}

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The Good News is that it is NOT too late to take corrective measures! If the above churches do not want their lampstands removed, then they will need to correct the blatant sins that are being flaunted within their congregations. If the elders, pastors, preachers, bishops ~~all the leaders refuse to listen, then the congregants have the right, the duty to separate themselves from those who refuse to be corrected.

It is NOT too late~~not until the trumpets horn blows and Jesus returns. Then, it will be too late. Those who allowed perversions, adolatry, EVIL will be dealt with by Jesus Christ Himself. He will tell them He NEVER KNEW THEM AND CONDEMN THEM TO HELL. Whether they believe this or not.

Brothers and sisters in these congregations, now is the time to be loudly heard. Now is the time to fight the good fight. So when Jesus comes He will reward you, His good and faithful servants.



A friend of mine blogged their study on sin, which is a lengthy but excellent read, entitled Judging the World. Find it in their September archive.



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ACLU's anti-American agenda

Blogged in its entirety. agenda busters' comments are enclosed in {fancy parentheses}.

The ACLU Exposed
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
By Bill O'Reilly

The ACLU exposed: that is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo".

Last night, we reported that the Supreme Court of Oregon had ruled 5 to 1 that live sex shows are permitted in that state under the freedom of expression banner. The ACLU and The Oregonian newspaper both filed briefs in favor of that ruling. But why would the ACLU do that? What's in it for them?

The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that states and local communities have the right to limit expression. This is the U.S. Supreme court, in a time, place, and manner, application of standards. That is, you can't have sex on your front lawn, even if it's a personal expression on private property.

The Supreme Court realizes the Constitution requires boundaries for what Americans do. If you don't have boundaries, you have chaos. Thus, community standards and public safety trump personal expression. {Freedom of speech is the same~~EVERYONE is guaranteed freedom of speech; but this does NOT give you the right to be hateful, bigoted, or intolerant. This just leads to chaos.}

But the ACLU doesn't believe that. The organization has moved so far left, that now anything goes.

• Item: The ACLU is defending the North American Man Boy Love Association, saying that although the organization champions the criminal rape of children, it has a right to do that under free expression. {Legalized PEDOPHILIA America!}

• Item: The ACLU endorses virtual child pornography and has defended the right of people to obtain real child porn. {Leads to and condones pedophilia}

• Item: the ACLU opposed the Minutemen protests at the border, obviously, a legitimate form of expression.

So it seems the ACLU cherry picks its cases. The Minutemen certainly have a right to protest the porous border situation, but the ACLU opposes that expression. — Off the chart hypocritical.

So let's apply the no spin concept to this. The ACLU simply wants a different country, a nation where conduct it approves of, public sexual displays, child molestation literature is allowed. But the ACLU wants to inhibit conduct it disagrees with, like protesting the border and celebrating the birth of Jesus.

That's what's going on.

Now my next comments are directed at our liberal viewers. How can you support a group as nakedly, pardon the pun, radical as the ACLU? This isn't about freedom. This is about imposing a radical secular progressive agenda on a country that has traditionally voted on public policy issues.

If the live sex act initiative was put on the Oregon ballot, it'd be voted down big. Remember, Oregonians voted against gay marriage.

So once again, the ACLU is using an activist court to undermine what the folks want. This isn't democracy.

This is judicial fascism.

It's also a joke. The founding fathers didn't write the First Amendment with live sex shows in mind, OK? Everybody understand that?

You can easily pervert the Constitution by saying every kind of expression is protected, but again, that would lead to chaos and conflict.

"Talking Points" believes the 400,000 members of the ACLU should wake up and smell the totalitarianism.

This organization is bent on undermining freedom, not fighting for it. {Since when has the minority few dictated public policy to the majority many? Why are we NOT fighting them tooth and nail?}

And everybody should understand that. And that's "The Memo." the O'Reilly Factor


Here are some issues the ACLU supports:

•Legalization of homosexual marriage
•Legalization of child pornography
•Legalization of prostitution
•Legalization of live sex acts in public
•Legalization of sex between adults and children {told you~~pedophilia will be LEGAL}
•The ACLU defends the North American Man Boy Love Association whose motto is "sex before 8 or it is too late."
•Removing "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance
•Removing our motto "In God We Trust" from our money
•Forcing the Boy Scouts to accept homosexual scout leaders {read my previous blog on this}
•Removing prayer from school and public events {This would mean no more Friday night football game prayers!}
•Abortion on demand, without parental consent
•Legalizing illicit drugs
•Physician assisted suicide {Terry Schiavo won't be the last. This is just legalized euthanasia.}
•Partial-birth abortion
•Mandatory sex education {This sex-ed will show homosexuality as a NORMAL or even better alternative!}
•Legalized polygamy
•Tax supported profane art {Remember Robert Maplethorpe~~dead from AIDS~~and his feces smeared virgin Mary? Artists want to "create" this trash (that won't be remembered in a century~~fine~~but NOT with MY tax payer money.}

Here is what the ACLU is against:

•Parental notification for minors having abortion
•School vouchers
•Filters on public library computers {Next, they will go after public libraries' policies that take away a patron's privilige of using the computers if they visit a pornographic site.}
•Student led prayer in schools
•Nativity scenes on public property
•Sex offender registries
•Broadcast decency laws
•"Choose Life" license plates
•Tax exemptions for churches
•Posting of the Ten Commandments of public property
•Prayers before high school football games {See? Told you!}
•Parental consent laws
• "Abstinence before marriage" sex education {No, the ACLU, along with North American Man Boy Love Association will demand that sex education teaches everyone needs to be sexually active by age 8 to be NORMAL!}

To confirm these facts, or to learn more, simply place the words "ACLU supports" or "ACLU opposes" in your search bar.

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