This is more info on the new "Safe Schools Czar" Pres. Obama has appointed. I pulled this from an email alert I received from the Liberty Counsel and it is absolutely sickening the things we are learning about this man. Once you have read this, please consider signing the petition to remove him from office - here is the link:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=22455&PID=22583827
Taylor,
Thanks again for signing Liberty Counsel's petition calling for
the removal of Kevin Jennings, President Obama's appointee as
"Safe Schools Czar." Thanks to you, we are already half way
to our initial goal of 25,000 signers. But with each passing
day, we learn more outrageous facts about his sordid past and
radical ties.
For example, his homos*xual "partner" states that Jennings was
a leading member of Act Up, a militant homos*xual group that
invaded St. Patrick's Cathedral during a Mass in 1989,
harassing the congregation and desecrating the Sacraments.
Act Up was responsible for many other outrages, including
throwing the ashes of dead AIDS victims onto the White
House lawn.
Jennings also wrote the forward to a book entitled, "Queering
Elementary Education" which boldly calls for pushing the
homos*xual agenda in the earliest grades.
I've included my original message below. This is an URGENT
request: Please forward this to your friends and ask them
to join you in signing. Thanks and God bless you.
Mat
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Kevin Jennings isn't a household name, but we've been watching
his actions very closely. The reason is that Jennings poses
a severe threat to our Nation's school children, yet he is
President Obama's choice for "Safe Schools Czar"!
Let me be absolutely clear: Kevin Jennings is unfit to serve
in ANY position related to our public schools.
Recently, over 50 Congressmen formally demanded that President
Obama remove Jennings from his post. Here's what motivated
this unusually strong action...
The congressional letter states, "As the founder of the Gay,
Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Mr. Jennings
has played an integral role in promoting homos*xuality and
pushing a pro-homos*xual agenda in America's schools-an agenda
that runs counter to the values that many parents desire to
instill in their children."
You can read the full letter here:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=22455&PID=22583827
+ + "Safe Schools" will mean "Pro-Homosexual Schools"
Jennings' intent is to use his platform as Safe Schools Czar
to aggressively promote -- and even celebrate -- homos*xuality
in our schools. He is an outspoken proponent of a radical
pro-homos*xual curriculum, including so-called "diversity"
training at the elementary school level!
This is deplorable. It is not to be tolerated!
On top of his unacceptable, strident stand on the homos*xual
agenda, Jennings has even admitted to the use of illicit drugs,
showing no signs of remorse. This man is totally unqualified
to serve as a policymaker and role model in the Department
of Education!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=22455&PID=22583827
23 October 2009
22 October 2009
Petition to Remove Pro-Homosexual Activist Kevin Jennings from Office
Please read this story about the "Safe Schools Czar" and consider signing the petition:
http://www.libertyaction.org/308/petition.asp?Ref_ID=2853&RID=22260163
http://www.libertyaction.org/308/petition.asp?Ref_ID=2853&RID=22260163
Religious Freedom: The First Amendment Under Attack
In the past century, there has been a constant, subtle attack on a principle that lies at the very heart of our nation’s foundation. Through media, legal, and societal pressures, there has been a push to eradicate this principle from our society. Many people claim to be advancing this truth, even as they unwittingly take an ax to its foundation. The principle under attack is the right of religious freedom. American society must recognize the fundamental and natural right of religious freedom and be more vigilant in its protection.
The very first Constitutional amendment ratified in the Bill of Rights says that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (Constitution). Many would not see any problem with this statement in regards to our current government and society. However, I disagree. The most prominent example in my mind is the pending Hate Crimes Bill currently being discussed in the U.S. Congress. A pastor may refuse to hire a homosexual individual because it is against his or her religious beliefs and then may be penalized by this law. Wouldn’t that law be “respecting an establishment of religion” by refusing to allow the pastor to follow his religious beliefs?
The more pronounced abuses against religious freedom fall under the phrase “prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” which is what I’d like to cover more fully.
One of the most authoritative voices on religious freedom is Thomas Jefferson. In 1786, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a bill drawn up by Jefferson titled “An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom.” Among many important points in this bill is a statement emphasizing the free practice of religion. It says:
“No man shall be…enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in nowise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities” (Jefferson 119).
While there are fortunately very few laws that currently restrain religious freedom, it is certainly true that there are media and societal pressures that would restrain a man from arguing his positions on matters of religion and certainly there are forces claiming that the practice of religion affects a person’s civil capacities. One example of this abuse is found in the aftermath of the passing of Proposition 8 in California. Just a few months ago, Proposition 8 was passed in a state-wide vote declaring that marriage is between one man and one woman. Furious at the outcome of the long and intense debate, homosexual activists persecuted financial donors, vandalized and destroyed church properties, and intimidated anyone who had supported the cause. They also started several lawsuits against churches and religious officials claiming that religion should have no part in a political debate.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. This right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance” (US Code).
Notice that this statement includes public life. This affects the increasing arguments against nativity scenes in front of town halls, and a recent controversy surrounding high school cheerleaders using scripture verses in their banners. It also affects the ban against football players no longer being allowed to drop a bended knee in deference to God after a touchdown and school officials being banned from offering prayers at extracurricular functions.
The writers of the Bill of Rights purposely placed the right to religious freedom as the first amendment. It is an absolutely vital principle in our government and society. The United States Code, a federal law, states:
“The right to freedom of religion undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States….[The Nation’s Founders] established in law, as a fundamental right and as a pillar of our Nation, the right to freedom of religion.”
As citizens of the United States, we must uphold the Constitution and protect the right to religious freedom from attack. It is a natural and fundamental right that is at the core of our nation. Religious freedom is a major basis for the founding of America and it is one of the most prominent reasons for America’s goodness and virtue. As Alexander de Tocqueville’s famous quote says, “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great” (qtd. in Couch).
Works Cited
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence. 2nd ed. Malta, ID: National Center for Constitutional Studies, 2005. Print.
Couch, Stuart. "Couch: A Question of Conscience — The Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA)." Center for the Studies of Human Rights in the Americas. UCDavis, 2008. Web. 22 Oct. 2009..
Jefferson, Thomas. "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom." 1785. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. 119. Print.
"US CODE: Title 22,6401. Findings; policy." LII
Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School, 2008. Web. 21 Oct. 2009..
The very first Constitutional amendment ratified in the Bill of Rights says that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (Constitution). Many would not see any problem with this statement in regards to our current government and society. However, I disagree. The most prominent example in my mind is the pending Hate Crimes Bill currently being discussed in the U.S. Congress. A pastor may refuse to hire a homosexual individual because it is against his or her religious beliefs and then may be penalized by this law. Wouldn’t that law be “respecting an establishment of religion” by refusing to allow the pastor to follow his religious beliefs?
The more pronounced abuses against religious freedom fall under the phrase “prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” which is what I’d like to cover more fully.
One of the most authoritative voices on religious freedom is Thomas Jefferson. In 1786, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a bill drawn up by Jefferson titled “An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom.” Among many important points in this bill is a statement emphasizing the free practice of religion. It says:
“No man shall be…enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in nowise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities” (Jefferson 119).
While there are fortunately very few laws that currently restrain religious freedom, it is certainly true that there are media and societal pressures that would restrain a man from arguing his positions on matters of religion and certainly there are forces claiming that the practice of religion affects a person’s civil capacities. One example of this abuse is found in the aftermath of the passing of Proposition 8 in California. Just a few months ago, Proposition 8 was passed in a state-wide vote declaring that marriage is between one man and one woman. Furious at the outcome of the long and intense debate, homosexual activists persecuted financial donors, vandalized and destroyed church properties, and intimidated anyone who had supported the cause. They also started several lawsuits against churches and religious officials claiming that religion should have no part in a political debate.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. This right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance” (US Code).
Notice that this statement includes public life. This affects the increasing arguments against nativity scenes in front of town halls, and a recent controversy surrounding high school cheerleaders using scripture verses in their banners. It also affects the ban against football players no longer being allowed to drop a bended knee in deference to God after a touchdown and school officials being banned from offering prayers at extracurricular functions.
The writers of the Bill of Rights purposely placed the right to religious freedom as the first amendment. It is an absolutely vital principle in our government and society. The United States Code, a federal law, states:
“The right to freedom of religion undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States….[The Nation’s Founders] established in law, as a fundamental right and as a pillar of our Nation, the right to freedom of religion.”
As citizens of the United States, we must uphold the Constitution and protect the right to religious freedom from attack. It is a natural and fundamental right that is at the core of our nation. Religious freedom is a major basis for the founding of America and it is one of the most prominent reasons for America’s goodness and virtue. As Alexander de Tocqueville’s famous quote says, “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great” (qtd. in Couch).
Works Cited
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence. 2nd ed. Malta, ID: National Center for Constitutional Studies, 2005. Print.
Couch, Stuart. "Couch: A Question of Conscience — The Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA)." Center for the Studies of Human Rights in the Americas. UCDavis, 2008. Web. 22 Oct. 2009.
Jefferson, Thomas. "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom." 1785. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. 119. Print.
"US CODE: Title 22,6401. Findings; policy." LII
Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School, 2008. Web. 21 Oct. 2009.
14 October 2009
America's Founding according to The Book of Mormon
It is not an uncommon belief among Americans that God had a hand in the founding of our country. Many Christians point to signs of God’s intervention in our first struggles. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I too can say that I believe there was divine assistance in those events. Many people do not know that it is part of our belief as Latter-day Saints that America is a chosen land; and more specifically, that a prophet in The Book of Mormon foretold these events. This prophet’s name was Nephi (pronounced nee-fie) and I would like to share with you some of his prophecies and how they have been fulfilled.
1 Nephi chapter 13 tells of a vision Nephi has when an angel visits him. He first sees Christopher Columbus going across the Atlantic and Nephi says that he sees the Spirit of God “wrought upon the man” (Book of Mormon, 1 Ne 13:12). Christopher Columbus firmly believed he was divinely inspired and said “Our Lord unlocked my mind, sent me upon the sea, and gave me fire for the deed…. Who can doubt but that the Holy Ghost inspired me? (Wasserman 19-20)”
Nephi next sees many multitudes “and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters” (1 Ne 13:13) to the “land of promise.” We know that these are the colonists coming to America, many escaping the captivity of poverty or a state-enforced religion.
Then, we get to my favorite part. In verses 16-19, Nephi sees the Revolutionary War. He writes that the people did “humble themselves before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.” He then beheld that they “were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations.” Not only were they delivered out of the hands of Great Britain, but they were divinely protected from any of the other world powers that might have staked a claim on the Americas. Why is this? Why did God protect them? In the Book of Mormon, we learn that the American Continent is a promised land. People could only come here if they were brought by the hand of the Lord; and if they were righteous, then they would continue to be protected by the Lord. It was the same with the Colonists. 2 Ne 10:11-14 says:
“And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles. And I will fortify this land against all other nations…. For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.”
America was the first nation with religious liberty, because God had a hand in its founding, and saved this place to be a promised land. God wants this to be a land of liberty, that we can worship HIM as our king. In this way, we are truly free to serve not mammon, but only our God; and serve him with all our heart, and all our might (Holy Bible, Deut 4:5-6). May God continue to bless America.
Works Cited
The Book of Mormon (Another Testament of Jesus Christ). Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ, 1981. Print.
The Holy Bible (KJV). Salt Lake City: The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1979. Print.
Wasserman, Jacob. Columbus, Don Quixote of the Seas. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Print.
1 Nephi chapter 13 tells of a vision Nephi has when an angel visits him. He first sees Christopher Columbus going across the Atlantic and Nephi says that he sees the Spirit of God “wrought upon the man” (Book of Mormon, 1 Ne 13:12). Christopher Columbus firmly believed he was divinely inspired and said “Our Lord unlocked my mind, sent me upon the sea, and gave me fire for the deed…. Who can doubt but that the Holy Ghost inspired me? (Wasserman 19-20)”
Nephi next sees many multitudes “and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters” (1 Ne 13:13) to the “land of promise.” We know that these are the colonists coming to America, many escaping the captivity of poverty or a state-enforced religion.
Then, we get to my favorite part. In verses 16-19, Nephi sees the Revolutionary War. He writes that the people did “humble themselves before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.” He then beheld that they “were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations.” Not only were they delivered out of the hands of Great Britain, but they were divinely protected from any of the other world powers that might have staked a claim on the Americas. Why is this? Why did God protect them? In the Book of Mormon, we learn that the American Continent is a promised land. People could only come here if they were brought by the hand of the Lord; and if they were righteous, then they would continue to be protected by the Lord. It was the same with the Colonists. 2 Ne 10:11-14 says:
“And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles. And I will fortify this land against all other nations…. For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.”
America was the first nation with religious liberty, because God had a hand in its founding, and saved this place to be a promised land. God wants this to be a land of liberty, that we can worship HIM as our king. In this way, we are truly free to serve not mammon, but only our God; and serve him with all our heart, and all our might (Holy Bible, Deut 4:5-6). May God continue to bless America.
Works Cited
The Book of Mormon (Another Testament of Jesus Christ). Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ, 1981. Print.
The Holy Bible (KJV). Salt Lake City: The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1979. Print.
Wasserman, Jacob. Columbus, Don Quixote of the Seas. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Print.
12 October 2009
How They Convince Us We Can Pay for It.
"Lawmakers use a 10-year accounting window to assess new programs. Starting the Medicare cuts and some of the taxes in the early years — and pushing the bulk of new spending into the latter years — helps keep the cost of the health care overhaul within Obama's $900 billion limit. Bush used the same kind of maneuver to push the Medicare benefit through Congress."
If Healthcare passes, Subsidies will come later by the Associated Press
If Healthcare passes, Subsidies will come later by the Associated Press
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