Gay American Courts Persecute Christian: Kim Davis

"Gay rights" attorneys knew the likely result of jailing Rowan County (Kentucky) Clerk Kim Davis for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.  They explained to reporters why they were NOT asking the judge for jail time: "We don’t want to make her a martyr."

Satan himself knows that Christianity grows and is strengthened through the persecution of those who stand strong and faithfully endure suffering in Christ's name.

"She [Kim Davis] won't bow, I promise you. I'm just an old, dumb, country hillbilly, but I know God."
-- Joe Davis, husband

"What we end up having is the first example of the criminalization of a Christian for believing in the traditional definition of marriage."
-- Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate

UPDATE 3/16/16: Kentucky Changes License Form -- 'Gay Marriage' Battle NOT Over in Other States

UPDATE 10/9/15: Scholars Say Support Kim Davis — Supreme Court's 'Gay Marriage' Ruling is Illegitimate

For background, read ACLU Sues Christians for Refusing 'Gay Marriage' and also read 'Christian Rights' Lawsuit: Refused 'Gay Marriage'

In contrast, read North Carolina Law Allows Magistrates to Refuse 'Gay Marriage'

UPDATE 9/9/15: Homosexualist Oregon Persecutes Christian Judge



Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Lesbian Government Official Nixes Christian Business at Denver Airport

Houston Lesbian Mayor Subpoenas Pastors' Sermons

9th Circuit Court Forces Christians into Abortion Business

Also read how President Obama and his federal government agencies are elevating the Gay Agenda above religious liberty.

It's obvious: Religious Liberty is in the Homosexualists' Crosshairs



-- From "'Free Kim Davis': This is just what gay rights groups wanted to avoid" by Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal posted at USA TODAY 9/6/15

For the second straight day, Kim Davis awoke in the Carter County Detention Center, put there by U.S. District Judge David Bunning for her refusal to follow a court injunction requiring her to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Carter County Detention Center in a "Free Kim Davis" rally on Saturday and prayed for jailed Rowan County clerk, who was locked up just a few hundred feet away.

As Davis' mugshot flew across the Internet, it became clear that the gay rights movement must confront the idea that Christianity is under siege, said Kenneth Upton, senior counsel for Lambda Legal, a law firm specializing in LGBT issues.

"This is what the other side wants," Upton said, pointing to an image of Davis in handcuffs. "This is a biblical story, to go to jail for your faith. We don't want to make her a martyr to the people who are like her, who want to paint themselves as victims."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Just what gay activists hoped to avoid: Clerk Kim Davis, the new face of Christian persecution" by Claire Galofaro, Associated Press 9/4/15

The American Civil Liberties Union, representing couples she turned away, asked that she be fined rather than imprisoned, in part to avoid "a false persecution story," said Dan Canon, one of the attorneys. But U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning ordered her to jail anyway, reasoning that she would be unmoved by monetary penalties.

"I think he was trying to make an example of Kim Davis, and he may well do so," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, which lobbies against gay marriage. "Courage breeds courage, especially when it comes from unlikely places. She may be the example that sparks a firestorm of resistance across this country."

. . . Perkins and others on the religious right promise there are dozens of Kim Davises ready to go to jail in defense of their religious freedoms.

Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver said after meeting with Davis in jail Friday that "she is a prisoner of her conscience." He quoted the letter King wrote from his Birmingham jail cell in 1963, rallying civil rights activists to challenge unjust laws and pay the consequences if necessary to force peaceful change.

He described Davis as the first American imprisoned for a religious objection to gay marriage.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kim Davis' Jailing Isn't a Win for Marriage Equality" by Christian Piatt, Huffington Post 9/5/15

I understand the sense of vindication [by homosexualists] in having the power of law finally behind the judge's ruling. But it also does more to hamstring the advancement of marriage equality than it does to help it. After all, it is the law of the land now; the next effort should be to help normalize the idea of marriage equality within the culture and to mend the damaged relationships between those of us who advocated for it and those who did - or even continue to - resist it.

But perhaps the most important reason this is not good for the cause of marriage equality is that it's precisely the kind of fuel fundamentalists have sought to feed the fires of Christian persecution and martyrdom. Just today, Davis' lawyer compared her jailing on contempt charges to the mass imprisonment and genocide of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.

It's the job of the rest of us, however, who don't feel as the fundamentalists do to help create the climate in which it can be not only imagined; it can be experienced, contrary to any rhetoric being spewed from any pulpits or pundit outlets. As I see it, living out a different reality and choosing the path of Jesus is the best possible way to help neutralize the continued efforts of some to throw themselves on the ideological pyre, even if none actually exists.

To read the entire pro-homosexual, religious-left opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ted Cruz: Kim Davis’ arrest is ‘tyranny’ intended to drive Christians from office" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews 9/4/15

Same-sex "marriage" was imposed on the nation by a 5-4 Supreme Court judgment authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy. The arrest of Kim Davis on "contempt of court" charges was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning, a George W. Bush appointment who is the son of former moderate Republican senator and baseball great Jim Bunning of Kentucky.

"Those who are persecuting Kim Davis believe that Christians should not serve in public office," [Texas U.S Senator Ted] Cruz said.

His analysis is shared by former Sen. Rick Santorum. He warned, "More and more people of faith will face the penalties Ms. Davis is now encountering if we do not make the necessary accommodations so people can not just worship but live out their faith in their lives."

"I think it's absurd to put someone in jail for exercising their religious liberty," Sen. Paul, R-KY, told CNN on Thursday afternoon. "I think it's a real mistake to be doing this."

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida agreed, “There should be a way to protect the religious freedom and conscience rights of individuals working in the office.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Sen. Ted Cruz Rallies Christians in Iowa for Religious Liberty

From "Cruz Backs KY Clerk Jailed For Christian Beliefs: ‘This Is Wrong. This Is Not America.’" by Christian Datoc, Reporter, Daily Caller 9/3/15

“Today, for the first time ever, the government arrested a Christian woman for living according to her faith,” Cruz began. “This is wrong. This is not America… I stand with every American that the Obama Administration is trying to force to choose between honoring his or her faith or complying with a lawless court opinion.”

Additionally, the Republican presidential candidate attacked both Republicans and Democrats that are calling for Davis’s resignation. “They are defending a hypocritical standard. Where is the call for the mayor of San Francisco to resign for creating a sanctuary city? … Where is the call for President Obama to resign for ignoring and defying our immigration laws, our welfare reform laws, and even his own Obamacare?”

Finally, he called “upon every Believer, every Constitutionalist, every lover of liberty to stand with Kim Davis” and oppose the state-encouraged “persecution” of Christians.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Mike Huckabee to visit Kentucky clerk Kim Davis in jail" by Eugene Scott and Jeremy Diamond, CNN 9/4/15

Huckabee has seized on the issue, setting up a petition on his campaign website calling for Davis's release that has already drawn more than 55,000 signatures, and has called Davis's case an example of the "criminalization of Christianity in our country."

"We must defend religious liberty and never surrender to judicial tyranny," he said in a statement. "I am proud of Kim for standing strong for her beliefs. Who will be next? Pastors? Photographers? Caterers? Florists? This is a reckless, appalling, out-of-control decision that undermines the Constitution of the United States and our fundamental right to religious liberty."

Huckabee also slammed the judge's decision to remand Davis to custody "reckless" and "appalling," saying it undermines the Constitution.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Bobby Jindal Defends Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis" by Sam Levine, Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post 9/2/15

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said on Wednesday that a Kentucky county clerk had a right to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite an order from a federal judge to do so.

"I don't think anyone should have to choose between following their conscience and religious beliefs and giving up their job and facing financial sanctions. I think it's wrong to force Christian individuals or business owners. We are seeing government today discriminate against whether it's clerks, florists, musicians or others. I think that's wrong. I think you should be able to keep your job and follow your conscience," he said. "I absolutely do believe people have a First Amendment right, a constitutional right. I don't think the court can take that away."

"The United States didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created the United States of America. It's the reason we are here today. This is an essential freedom and an essential right and I don't think you give up this right by simply taking a job."

Jindal's comments differ from those of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), another Republican presidential contender, who said that Davis should comply with the law or resign.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Persecuted" sermon by Dr. Charles Stanley, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia 10/20/13

Why does Christianity elicit such a negative reaction? [Because a] righteous life is a threat to a dark world. Christians who live in obedience to God are lights who expose the darkness of sinful practices.

Although persecution is meant to hurt and silence Christians, God uses it to accomplish His good purposes by the way it:

Tests our loyalty. The evidence of our faithfulness to Christ is not found in what we say but in what we do when fiery ordeals come our way. That’s when we either stay true to God, or we seek the world’s acceptance.

Enables us to encourage others undergoing persecution. When we’ve been mistreated and yet have experienced God’s help and strength to endure, we’re able to encourage others who are presently walking that same road of suffering.

Demonstrates our faith in God’s Word. When we truly believe the Scriptures, we’ll willingly suffer persecution knowing that God will make us adequate for every situation.

 Jesus accurately predicted that His followers would be hated, yet they would stay and endure if it meant being true to Christ (Matt. 10:22). No matter how bad opposition becomes, we have a promise that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, not even persecution (Rom. 8:35-39). When the Lord calls us to stay in a difficult situation, we can respond properly by:

Standing strong. The strength to withstand persecution comes from the Lord. We stand strong in Him, based on everything He’s said in His Word (Eph. 6:10).

Enduring opposition. This means we abide under the persecution. Or in today’s language, we hang in there and rely on God’s strength until He moves us out of the situation.

Loving and praying for our enemies. This is perhaps the most difficult assignment, yet it’s what Christ commands (Matt. 5:44). We’re to pray that Jesus might be made known to our enemies through our responses to mistreatment. Unbelievers can’t understand why Christians exhibit strength, love, and forgiveness in the midst of ill treatment. Wherever the church has endured persecution, it has grown because people see how believers respond, and want that kind of life as well. The worst way to react to persecution is to stop talking about Jesus for fear of upsetting people. However, we need to unsettle them by courageously and clearly sharing the truth because without Christ, they’re on their way to everlasting separation from God. One day all their enjoyments and pursuits will vanish, and they’ll have to stand before a holy, righteous God. We want them to know the only One who can change their lives — both now and for all eternity.

To download all of the sermon notes above, CLICK HERE for PDF.

Click to watch Dr. Charles Stanley sermon on Persecution of Christians

More Dr. Charles Stanley sermons at America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions

KY Forbids Pastors Calling Homosexuality 'Sinful'

Attorneys for Pastor David Wells are demanding that the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) drop the religious test on volunteer counselors issued by the Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center that censors use of the Bible regarding sexual sin.  Wells was recently dismissed by the State because he refused to sign an agreement denouncing God's Word.

"Many juveniles are in DJJ custody because of sexual crimes.  Pastor Wells must be able to discuss what the Bible says about matters of sexuality with the juveniles he is trying to help. . . . DJJ 912 equates the teaching of biblical morality with ‘derogatory,’ ‘biased” and ‘hateful’ speech."
-- Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel (representing David Wells)

UPDATE 10/15/15: Obama Plans to Ban Evangelism to 'Homosexual Kids'

UPDATE 8/2/15: Christian Prayer Outrages California City Council

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Religious Liberty in Homosexualists' Crosshairs

Pastor Arrested in California for Reading Bible in Public

Jesus Talk Outlawed in New Orleans, Arrests Made

Houston Lesbian Mayor Subpoenas Pastors' Sermons

Idaho Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

Also read how state legislators, governors and judges are forbidding troubled youth from seeking Christian counseling.

And read how President Obama and his federal government agencies are elevating the Gay Agenda above religious liberty.

In addition, read Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled, Say Homosexualists as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

-- From "State forbids pastors calling homosexuality 'sinful'" by Bob Unruh, World Net Daily 7/24/15

The policy states that DJJ staff, volunteers and others “shall not imply or tell LGBTQI juveniles that they are abnormal, deviant, sinful or that they can or should change their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

Wells had volunteered more than 10 years at the facility under the prison ministry of Pleasant View Baptist Church in McQuady.

Liberty Counsel’s letter [to the DJJ] noted Wells was ordered to sign a form “promising to refrain from telling any juvenile inmates that homosexuality was ‘sinful.’”

The state demand “violates the First Amendment by prescribing an official state religious ‘orthodoxy:’ now, only a religious belief that homosexuality is not ‘sinful’ may be expressed in DJJ facilities.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Unconstitutional Restriction on Religious Speech - letter to Bob Hayter, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice" by Liberty Counsel 7/23/15

Demand is hereby made that Mr. Wells and other volunteer ministers be immediately reinstated as volunteers at this facility, free from unconstitutional religious discrimination, Policy 912 notwithstanding,

.. [In the past, DJJ] children have asked Mr. Wells if there was any hope for them in this life, and in the life to come.  He has told them without exception that Christ can, and would, forgive them, if they would repent and believe the gospel.  This message has given them hope, and many have told him this personally and in written correspondence.  Despite these facts, Superintendent [Gene] Wade has told Mr. Wells, on the basis of Policy 912, that if a child now asks questions of him on issues involving sexual activity, he may not discuss the same with them: “You can give a scripture reference to the kids, and let them look it up, but you can’t read it in their hearing. You can’t say “sinful;” you can’t discuss sexual orientation – heterosexual or homosexual - period.”

. . . By restricting speech which volunteers are allowed to use while ministering to youth detainees, the State of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice have violated the protections given to private speech through the First Amendment and the Kentucky Constitution.  Policy 912 requires affirmation of homosexuality as a condition of providing spiritual guidance to troubled youth, and singles out a particular theological viewpoint as expressly disfavored by the State of Kentucky. This the State cannot do.

To read the entire letter above above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Supreme Court Rules Bible as 'Hate Speech' in Canada

And read European Union High Court Rules Gay Agenda Trumps Christianity

Judge Orders Prisoner Sex Change Paid by Citizens

U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco ruled that it's unconstitutional to deny Jeffrey Bryan Norsworthy, 51, who has been serving a life prison sentence since 1987, his request for California taxpayers to fund a six-figure sex change surgery so that he can live the rest of his life in prison as Michelle-Lael Norsworthy.

He's a “pleasant-looking woman, slender and coiffed in a ponytail.”
-- Judge Tigar

Also, yesterday, President Obama's DOJ (Eric Holder) told a federal court in Macon, Georgia to provide free hormone therapy to a male cross-dressing prisoner.

UPDATE 6/25/15: President Obama's New 'Free' Sexual Mutilation — Gay Agenda

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Judge Orders Massachusetts to Pay for Inmate’s Sex-change Surgery

Lawsuit: No Cross-dressing in Connecticut Boys Detention

Minnesota Says Title IX Forces School Boys into Girls' Showers

ObamaCare Pays for 'Transgender' Sexual Mutilation — Gay Agenda

Also read President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

-- From "Judge orders CA to pay for inmate’s sex change" by Don Thompson, Associated Press 4/2/15

Norsworthy has lived as a woman since the 1990s [in the men's prison] and has what Tigar termed severe gender dysphoria.

“The weight of the evidence demonstrates that for Norsworthy, the only adequate medical treatment for her gender dysphoria is SRS,” Tigar wrote, referring to sex reassignment surgery.

“This would be a first” for California, said Joyce Hayhoe, a spokeswoman for the federal receiver who controls California prison medical care. The cost to taxpayers for such surgery is uncertain, she said.

“It’s several tens of thousands of dollars, possibly close to $100,000, depending on the circumstances. But It’s hard to estimate,” Hayhoe said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "California prison ordered to grant inmate’s sex change surgery" by Lindsey Bever, Washington Post 4/3/15

However, U.S. District Court Judge Jon S. Tigar in San Francisco said on Thursday that the department denied her request for sex reassignment surgery, or SRS, likely because it has a policy against approving it as a treatment for transgender inmates. He granted a preliminary injunction, telling the prison system to let her have the operation “as promptly as possible.”

“The weight of the evidence demonstrates that for Norsworthy, the only adequate medical treatment for her gender dysphoria is SRS, that the decision not to address her persistent symptoms was medically unacceptable under the circumstances, and that [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] denied her the necessary treatment for reasons unrelated to her medical need,” Tigar wrote in his ruling. Denying her the surgery, he said, would violate her constitutional rights.

In 1987, Norsworthy was convicted of murder and sentenced to life behind bars. She is now being held at an all-male prison called Mule Creek State Prison, some 40 miles from Sacramento. Officials have argued that if she has the surgery, keeping her in that facility — or any men’s prison — could put her at risk for sexual assault. Moving her to a women’s prison, they said, could put her or other inmates at risk because she has a history of domestic violence, the AP reported.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "State prison officials ordered to allow sex-reassignment surgery" by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer 4/3/15

State prison inmate Michelle-Lael Norsworthy became convinced of her female identity in the mid-1990s and started taking hormone therapy, with prison doctors’ approval, in 2000. In 2009, she was gang-raped by nine inmates in a yard at the male prison and was infected with hepatitis C. Now 51, Norsworthy suffers sleeplessness, panic attacks and other anxiety symptoms associated with the condition known as gender dysphoria.

The evidence indicates that “prison officials were deliberately indifferent to her serious medical need,” said U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar. He said officials had disregarded the recommendations of Norsworthy’s treating physicians and instead had assembled their own dubious medical reports to justify a blanket policy of refusing all such requests.

The department says it has several hundred transgender inmates who are taking hormones. . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Judge's order for inmate's sexual reassignment may be appealed" by Ryan Parker, Los Angeles Times 4/3/15

“We are still considering all options, including an appeal,” said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

“After having received continuous and effective medical and mental health treatment for over fifteen years to address her gender dysphoria, Plaintiff Michelle Norsworthy now seeks the extraordinary remedy of a preliminary injunction ordering state doctors to perform immediate sex reassignment surgery," according to a DOC filing in the case.

“But Norsworthy has not demonstrated a medical necessity for such surgery, much less any sudden or dramatic deterioration in her medical or mental health that might otherwise warrant such an order,” it continued.

Surgical operations do not take place at prisons in California, officials said. All operations, including Norsworthy’s should it happen, are done at community hospitals.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Justice Department Sides With Transgender Inmate In Georgia Lawsuit" by David Ingram, Reuters 4/3/15

Lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division said in papers filed in a federal court in Macon, Georgia, that the refusal of adequate treatment for a recognized mental illness amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Chinyere Ezie, a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center who represents the Georgia inmate, said the Justice Department brief appeared to be the first of its kind on behalf of the U.S. government.

The Georgia inmate, Ashley Diamond, 36, [a man who has] lived as a woman and took hormones before going to prison for burglary and other charges in 2012. Her lawyers said in court papers that her physical and mental health were at risk without treatment, and that prison officials have placed her in unsafe facilities with violent men.

The case is Ashley Diamond v. Commissioner Brian Owens, et al, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, No. 5:15-cv-50. (Reporting by David Ingram in New York; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "DOJ says transgender prisoner 'forced to suffer needlessly'" by Tim Devaney, The Hill 4/3/15

Transgender prisoners are “among the most vulnerable populations incarcerated in our nation’s prisons and jails,” the Justice Department said.

“By taking action in this case, the Justice Department is reminding departments of corrections that prison officials have the obligation to assess and treat gender dysphoria just as they would any other medical or mental health condition,” Vanita Gupta, acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a statement.

“Prisoners with gender dysphoria should not be forced to suffer needlessly during their incarceration.”

The lawsuit also claims Diamond has been sexually assaulted inside the men’s prison.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Justice Department: Ashley Diamond's gender condition should be treated by prison system" by Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau 4/4/15

Underscoring a significant legal turnaround, federal officials say a restrictive Georgia policy for providing health care to inmates with a condition called gender dysphoria violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

The federal move assists Diamond, who’s sued the Georgia Department of Corrections over its refusal to provide feminizing hormones while incarcerated. Other transgender inmates in similar circumstances also could be affected if the Justice Department prevails.

Until 2011, the federal Bureau of Prisons maintained the same gender dysphoria policy as the one it’s now challenging in Georgia. The federal policy changed under pressure from a lawsuit filed by a transgender inmate currently held at Federal Medical Center, Butner, in North Carolina.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Transgender Inmate’s Hormone Treatment Lawsuit Gets Justice Dept. Backing" by Matt Apuzzo, New York Times 4/3/15

With his action on Friday, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the nation’s first black attorney general, asserted that the campaign for the rights of gays, lesbians and transgendered people was a continuation of the movement that won equal rights for blacks in the civil rights era. He has been one of the Obama administration’s most outspoken voices on the issue of same-sex marriage, and he drew criticism from conservatives last year when he advised state attorneys general that they were not constitutionally obligated to defend bans on same-sex marriage.

In recent years, the Obama administration brought civil rights cases against school districts based on where the Justice Department said transgender students were being harassed, or discriminated against. In one instance, school officials in Arcadia, Calif., settled with the Justice Department in a case over whether a transgender boy who was born a girl should be allowed to use boys locker rooms and restrooms. The school district agreed to change its policies and treat him like other male students.

This week, the Justice Department sued Southeastern Oklahoma State University, accusing the school of discriminating against a transgender employee. Federal civil rights law does not explicitly ban discrimination against transgender people, but Mr. Holder announced in December that the Justice Department considered such bias to be prohibited under the same civil rights law that outlaws sex discrimination.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

For additional background on President Obama's Department of Justice (Eric Holder), click headlines below:

DOJ Creates Law for Transgenders

DOJ Forces School Girl into Boys Locker Room

DOJ Launches Transgender Cop Training

DOJ Forces Employees to Celebrate Sexual Deviancy

DOJ OKs Illegal 'Gay Marriages,' Harms Kids

DOJ Tells States to Violate Oath for 'Gay Marriage'

Also read Transgender/Gay Agenda Attacks America One Town at a Time but nationwide: President Obama's Cross-dressing Military Fantasy is Reality

And read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim

Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

Increasingly, the Obama administration appears to be "all gay, all day."  Government spending watchdog organizations are continually uncovering federal programs that specifically target spending on pet projects of homosexualists — one of the largest funding sources of liberal politicians.

The Washington Free Beacon lists $39,643,352 of questionable research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $2,364,521 in smoking cessation studies specifically for the LGBT community.

UPDATE 9/29/15 - President Obama Speech: Gay Agenda Trumps Constitution

UPDATE 5/9/15: President Obama Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$

For background, read Obese Lesbians Hold Attraction of Obama Administration: Over $3,000,000 and also read President Obama: Increase Homosexual Program Spending

Also read Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination

And read President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals

-- From "Feds Spent $432,000 Studying Gay Hookup Apps" by Elizabeth Harrington, Washington Free Beacon 1/22/15

The government awarded $432,000 to Columbia University to interview gay men who use GPS dating apps [such as Grindr] and determine whether it increases their likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior.

“Smartphone technologies have provided a new venue for sexual partnering among men who have sex with men (MSM),” the grant for the project states. “Indeed, there are a rapidly growing number of smartphone applications designed to facilitate sexual partnering among MSM.”

“Furthermore, given the expediency with which men are able to arrange sexual encounters using these applications, there is cause to question if, when, and how sexual negotiation and serostatus disclosure occurs,” the grant said. “The overall study goal is to understand how sexual risk behaviors among MSM may be facilitated by the nature of GPS-enabled smartphone applications, the way they are used, and the process by which sexual partnering occurs via smartphone applications.”

The project is also studying the sexual arousal level of gay men when using the apps.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy

From "NIH Grant: $435,369 to Study ‘Culturally Targeted’ Ways to Help LGBT Smokers Quit" by Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com 2/6/15

“Our long-term goals are to increase smoking cessation in Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) smokers and to understand the processes related to cessation and relapse in this underserved population,” the [National Institutes of Health] grant stated.

The study will be conducted in two phases “to compare the efficacy of a culturally targeted intervention versus a non-targeted intervention on smoking cessation outcomes in LGBT smokers.”

In the first phase, researchers will use “focus groups and a pilot trial to establish the cultural appropriateness and acceptability of the targeted elements of the intervention.”

The second phase involves “a randomized smoking cessation trial to compare for the first time the efficacy of the American Lung Association’s Freedom from Smoking Program’ (ALA-FFS), Culturally targeted (ALA-CT) and Non-Targeted (Standard ALA-FFS) to LGBT smokers.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "$661,858 Federal Study: Will 'Rapid HIV Home Test' Reduce HIV Infection Among Gays?" by Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com 1/13/15

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $661,858 to the New York State Psychiatric Institute to study whether the use of rapid home HIV tests will reduce sexual risk behavior in “men who have sex with men” and “transgender women.”

“This study focuses on HIV-uninfected men and transgender women who have sex with men, with special emphasis on ethnic minority individuals, who have more than one sexual partner and never or seldom use condoms,” the grant said.

“Statistics about HIV among male-to-female transgender women (TGW) are often unavailable but it is known that HIV prevalence in this population is high, and the 2011 Institute of Medicine Consensus Report called for much needed research among transgender populations,” the grant said.

“Alternatives to condom use are needed for individuals who cannot or will not use condoms,” it said.

“This 5-year randomized controlled trial will target mainly, but not exclusively, ethnic minority men and TGW who have sex with men, are HIV-uninfected and non-monogamous, never or seldom use condoms, and have a history of serodiscordant UAI,” the grant said.

Serodiscordant UAI is when one partner is infected with HIV and the other is not.

To read the entire (lengthy) article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says President Obama's FDA

From "ICE: We Have 'Special Housing Unit' in L.A. For 'Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Detainees'" by Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com 1/30/15

“We have a special housing unit in the Los Angeles area dedicated to the gay, bisexual and transgender detainees,” said Kevin Landy, assistant director of the ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] office of detention policy and planning.

“Individuals who prefer a transfer even across the country to that facility for their safety rather than being in a general population housing unit are afforded that opportunity, and we have transferred many people long distances at their choice to that unit,” he said.

“And we have an ongoing working group in this area to consider additional reforms on these issues, including adopting the most progressive policies,” Landy said. “There are a couple of jails in the entire country that have essentially transgender committees.”

When transgender detainees are taken into custody, they are assessed individually, and decisions about how the individual will be classified and where the individual will be placed “may not be based solely on the biological anatomy of that individual,” Landy said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

And read how ObamaCare covers Gay Agenda elective treatment as well as health issues unique to homosexuals.

From "ICE: Transgender Illegals Guaranteed ‘Right to Hormone Therapy’ in Detention" by Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com 1/30/15

“With respect to treatment while in detention--the medical care standard--the standards guarantees a right to hormone therapy for individuals who need it for treatment, and even in facilities that are not covered by that standard. Our ICE House Service Corps is very vigilant on that issue to ensuring that individuals receive necessary hormone therapy,” said Kevin Landy, assistant director of the ICE office of detention policy and planning.

According to Commission Chairman Martin Castro, the Department of Homeland Security is the “largest agency that has custody of transgender individuals.”

“Transgender detainees who were already receiving hormone therapy when taken into ICE custody shall have continued access,” the report said. “All transgender detainees shall have access to mental health care, and other transgender-related health care and medication based on medical need. Treatment shall follow accepted guidelines regarding medically necessary transition-related care.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Federal Judge Orders Taxpayer-funded Sex Change for Prisoner

From "$39,643,352 Worth of NIH Funding That Could Have Gone to the Ebola Vaccine" by Elizabeth Harrington, Washington Free Beacon 10/16/14

Millions have gone to “text message interventions,” including . . . texting older African Americans with HIV ($372,460), HIV and drug users in rural areas ($693,000), HIV smokers ($763,519), pregnant smokers ($380,145), teen moms ($243,839), and meth addicts ($360,113). Text message interventions to try to get obese people to lose weight have cost $2,707,067.

Sexual minorities have received a substantial amount from the NIH. The agency has now spent $105,066 following 16 schizophrenic LGBT Canadians around Toronto for a study on their community experiences.

The total for a project on why gay men get syphilis in Peru is now $692,697 after receiving additional $228,425 this year. The NIH is also concerned about postpartum depression in “invisible sexual minority women,” with a study that has cost $718,770.

Millions went to develop “origami condoms,” in male, female, and anal versions. The inventor Danny Resnic, who received $2,466,482 from the NIH, has been accused of massive fraud for using grant money for full-body plastic surgery in Costa Rica and parties at the Playboy mansion.

How transwomen use Facebook is the subject of another NIH study worth $194,788.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

President Obama Shifts Defense Funds to Homosexuals

President Obama Grants 'Reparations' to Homosexuals via Military

President Obama Shifts VA Money to Homosexuals, Breaking Law

President Obama Commits $15 Million to Show that Gay Men Aren't the Cause of HIV/AIDS

In addition, read about President Obama's latest unilateral Gay Agenda action, which is considered insufficient by homosexualists.

Lawsuit: No Cross-dressing in Conn. Boys Detention

After a 16-year-old male, who has been in state care with a traumatized history since age 5 and who now pretends to be a girl, assaulted staff and fought with girls at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School for girls, he then was relocated to an adult prison for women.  But after another violent outbreak, he was relocated to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School for boys in Middletown, and now attorneys are suing the state child welfare and prison officials demanding an appropriate facility for this violent boy who thinks he's a girl.

". . . it is psychologically damaging and harmful for a transgender female to be placed in a male facility and to be unable to express herself as female."
-- Lawsuit on behalf of Jane Doe

For background, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim

And also read how public schools indoctrinate children in transsexualism, and read about parents misdirecting toddlers.

-- From "Lawsuit: Detained transgender teen treated as boy" by The Associated Press 10/21/14

A 16-year-old transgender girl being held at a boys' detention center alleged that staff members are repeatedly referring to her by her male birth name and male pronouns, forcing her to wear boys' uniforms and banning her from wearing her wig and makeup.

One of the girl's lawyers, Aaron Romano, criticized the youth agency for what he called inconsistent treatment. He said that while she has been receiving hormone therapy under the agency's care, she's being treated like a boy at the detention center.

The girl's lawyers, state Child Advocate Sarah Eagan and the state chapter of the ACLU have been calling on officials to move her to a more appropriate setting with mental health counseling.

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From "Transgender Youth Accused Of Assaulting Staff In Middletown" by Josh Kovner, The Hartford Courant 7/13/14

A brief statement from DCF said only that the youth, known in court filings as Jane Doe, "assaulted another youth and a staff member at the girls Pueblo Unit and also destroyed state property."

The locked Pueblo unit is on the campus of the former Riverview Children's Hospital in Middletown.

DCF in April won permission from a state judge to transfer the youth to adult prison, citing her history of assaulting staff members in several juvenile treatment settings, including a serious assault against a treatment worker in a Massachusetts facility in late January.

Lawyers for DCF said the department could no longer care for her. The transfer to an adult prison, with no criminal charges pending against the youth, prompted widespread outrage from children's advocates and civil rights groups.

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From "Transgender Girl Moved to Male Facility in Middletown" by Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR Connecticut Public Radio 7/14/14

The attorneys for a transgender teen in the custody of Connecticut's Department of Children and Families want a judge to oversee her care. This comes after DCF moved her to an all-boys facility after she allegedly assaulted a youth and staff member over the weekend.

. . . Her case is back in the news after DCF relocated her over the weekend from a psychiatric center for troubled girls to the state's detention center for juvenile boys.

DCF said in a statement on Sunday, "Because there is no suitable place on the Pueblo unit for Jane Doe that can ensure the safety of youth and staff, we have placed her at Connecticut Juvenile Training School in a single room separated from the boys."

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From "Judge orders Massachusetts to pay for inmate’s sex-change surgery" by Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe 9/4/12

In the first decision of its kind, a federal judge has ordered state officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change for a transsexual prisoner, after finding that the treatment is the only adequate care for the inmate’s gender identity disorder.

“This fact that sex reassignment surgery is for some people medically necessary has recently become more widely recognized,” [District Court Chief Judge Mark L.] Wolf wrote in a landmark 127-page ruling Tuesday. “Denying adequate medical care because of a fear of controversy or criticism from politicians, the press, and the public serves no legitimate penological purpose. It is precisely the type of conduct the Eighth Amendment prohibits.”

The judge did not say who should perform the surgery or where it should be conducted, leaving those decisions to state officials. The cost of the surgery ranges from $7,000 to more than $50,000, depending on the extent of cosmetic work, according to informational surgery and transgender websites.

It was not clear how much postsurgery care would have to be provided, though the state would bear that cost as well.

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Also read ObamaCare Pays for 'Transgender' Sexual Mutilation — Gay Agenda

And read President Obama's DOJ Forces Girl into Boys Locker Room

Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

Donald and Evelyn Knapp, owners of The Hitching Post Wedding Chapel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have filed a federal lawsuit against the city for unconstitutionally forcing them to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies.

“The Knapps are thus under a constant, coercive and substantial threat to violate their religious beliefs due to the risk that they will incur the penalties of jail time and criminal fines for declining to speak a message and perform a wedding service that contradicts their religious beliefs and ministerial vows.”
-- Lawsuit filed by Coeur d’Alene attorney Virginia McNulty Robinson, in partnership with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)

UPDATE 6/20/15: Homosexuals Force Closure of Iowa Wedding Chapel

UPDATE 7/25/15: Kentucky Forbids Pastors Calling Homosexuality 'Sinful'

UPDATE 8/2/15: Christian Prayer Outrages California City Council

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Houston Lesbian Mayor Subpoenas Pastors' Sermons

North Carolina Christians Lose Job: Refuse Same-sex 'Wedding'

American Preacher Arrested for Talking of Sexual Sin in Scotland

Canada: Pastor Found Guilty of Hate Crime

Supreme Court Rules Bible as 'Hate Speech' in Canada

European Union High Court Rules Gay Agenda Trumps Christianity

Also read Pentagon Says Christians Who Oppose Gay Agenda are 'Hate Groups'

In addition, read about states passing religious liberty laws to protect citizens and their businesses from lawsuits by homosexualists and/or fines by courts, and to ensure the free practice of religion without government interference.

So what is this ObamaNation?  It's a 'Fake Church,' Says Catholic Cardinal

Click here for local TV news video, and also see video of the Coeur d'Alene City Attorney Warren Wilson assuring prosecution of pastors.

-- From "Hitching Post sues Coeur d’Alene after declining to marry gay couple" by Nina Culver, The Spokesman-Review 10/17/14

The city passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in 2013. It applies to housing, employment and “public accommodation.” Religious entities are exempt from the ordinance. But in May city attorney Warren Wilson told The Spokesman-Review that The Hitching Post, which is a for-profit business, likely would be required to follow the ordinance.

According to the lawsuit, a man called the business Friday to ask about a same-sex wedding ceremony and was turned down. The Knapps are now asking for a temporary restraining order against the city to stop it from enforcing the ordinance. Violation of the ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable by fines and jail time.

The city’s ordinance is a violation of the couple’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights along with a violation of the Idaho Free Exercise of Religion Protected Act, the lawsuit said.

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From "Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail" by Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal 10/18/14

The Idaho case involves Donald and Evelyn Knapp, both ordained ministers, who run Hitching Post Wedding Chapel. Officials from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, told the couple that because the city has a non-discrimination statute that includes sexual orientation and gender identity, and because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Idaho’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, the couple would have to officiate at same-sex weddings in their own chapel.

The non-discrimination statute applies to all “public accommodations,” and the city views the chapel as a public accommodation.

The Knapps have been married to each other for 47 years and are both ordained ministers of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. They are “evangelical Christians who hold to historic Christian beliefs” that “God created two distinct genders in His image” and “that God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman.”

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From "New America: Ordained ministers threatened with jail unless they perform same sex marriages" by Rick Moran, American Thinker 10/19/14

City officials in Coeur d'Alene Idaho have told a married couple who are both ordained ministers that they will go to jail if they refuse to perform wedding ceremonies for gay couples.

The couple would face 180 days in jail and up to $1000 in fines per day if they dared to adhere to their religious beliefs.

How many other towns and cities have statutes like this? No doubt there are other budding fascists out there who would enjoy putting Christian ministers in jail for not violating the sacred tenets of their faith.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Can ministers who make a living by conducting weddings be required to conduct same-sex weddings?" by Eugene Volokh, Washington Post 10/18/14

Friday, the Knapps moved for a temporary restraining order, arguing that applying the antidiscrimination ordinance to them would be unconstitutional and would also violate Idaho’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. I think that has to be right: compelling them to speak words in ceremonies that they think are immoral is an unconstitutional speech compulsion. Given that the Free Speech Clause bars the government from requiring public school students to say the pledge of allegiance, or even from requiring drivers to display a slogan on their license plates (Wooley v. Maynard (1977)), the government can’t require ministers — or other private citizens — to speak the words in a ceremony, on pain of either having to close their business or face fines and jail time. (If the minister is required to conduct a ceremony that contains religious language, that would violate the Establishment Clause as well.)

And I find it hard to see a compelling government interest in barring sexual orientation discrimination by ministers officiating in a chapel. Whatever interests there may be in equal access to jobs, to education, or even in most public accommodations, I don’t see how there would be a “compelling” government interest in preventing discrimination in the provision of ceremonies, especially ceremonies conducted by ministers in chapels.

Note that, if the law can be applied against the Knapps, public accommodation laws could also equally be applied to ministers who provide freelance officiating services in exchange for money.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read 'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court

And read Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled, Say Homosexualists as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

Penn. Woman Jailed for Aborting Her Grandchild

Although it's common, and legal, for abortionists like Planned Parenthood to satisfy requests of 13-year-old girls who want their unborn child killed, when a Pennsylvania 16-year-old asked her mother for assistance, it ended in a prison sentence. This week, 39-year-old Jennifer Ann Whalen received a 12 to 18 month sentence for purchasing abortifacient drugs for her daughter online from a legal source in Europe.

For background, read Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics and also read American Kids Killed by Chemical Weapons: Abortifacients

-- From "Mom Imprisoned for Giving Abortion Pills to Teen" by The Associated Press 9/7/14

Whalen told authorities they couldn't find a local clinic to perform an abortion, and the girl had no insurance to pay for a hospital stay.

The girl took the pills and wound up hospitalized with extreme abdominal pain.

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From "Pennsylvania mother who gave daughter abortion pill gets prison" by David DeKok, Reuters 9/6/14

Jennifer Ann Whalen, 39, of Washingtonville, a single mother who works as a nursing home aide, pleaded guilty in August to obtaining the miscarriage-inducing pills from an online site in Europe for her daughter, 16, who did not want to have the child.

Whalen was sentenced on Friday by Montour County Court of Common Pleas Judge Gary Norton to serve 12 months to 18 months in prison for violating a state law that requires abortions to be performed by physicians.

She was also fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service after her release. The felony offense called for up to seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

The Pennsylvania case follows the prosecution of a Florida man who pleaded guilty to tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion pill. He was sentenced in January to 13 years in prison and $28,500 restitution. In June, Florida toughened state law to allow for prosecutions in the death of non-viable fetuses.

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Also read Morning-After Abortifacient is Becoming the 'Contraceptive' Choice because there's Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pills in Stores for Kids

Obama Replaces Fathers with Government Mentors

Although President Obama serves as a personal model of the responsible father in a stable marriage and family, his government policies have exacerbated the liberal ideals of the past half-century.  While the president announces yet another government effort today to make up for the liberals' destruction of the family, especially of minority populations, he champions every anti-family policy imaginable.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Government Destines Black Children to Poverty

Black Abortion Key to Reducing Poverty, Says Mayor

Liberals Admit to Destruction of African Americans

ObamaNation: Perpetual Poor Barred from Marriage

Defeating Marriage & Destroying Family: Survey

Demise of Family Counters Upward Mobility: Harvard Study

Violence & Poverty due to Absence of Intact Family

'Intact Family' Nearly Extinct Among Blacks

Now that the liberals' Nanny State has destroyed the family within the American underclass, their solution to the problem is to virtually replace parents with government.  For example, these experts say that Obama-Schooling Should Begin at Age 18 Months.

UPDATE 5/16/15: Public Boarding Schools Proposed by Obama Administration

-- From "Obama urges national commitment to help boys of color" by Tom Cohen, CNN 5/30/14

It is a stark and sobering fact of American life in the 21st century -- black, Hispanic and Native American boys and young men are less likely to graduate, stay out of jail and get a job than those who are white.

Chances are greater they'll grow up with a single parent or none at all, won't read well, and will get suspended or expelled from school or just drop out.

Saddest of all, such statistics aren't new or particularly shocking in a society that has come to expect such class, racial and ethnic disparities.

President Barack Obama launched his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative three months ago to focus on solutions to such chronic and deep-rooted social ills. The initiative included a task force to examine the issue, and an invitation for businesses and foundations to help out.

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From "Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative takes crucial next step" by Trymaine Lee, MSNBC 5/30/14

During an emotional speech at the White House, delivered before a backdrop of young black and Latino men from Obama’s hometown of Chicago, the president implored Americans of all colors to shake their complacency over the dire outcomes of minority men and help provide them pathways to success.

This morning, the task force released its first report to the president, in which they outline a broad set of guiding principles and recommendations. The recommendations include launching a national mentor-recruiting campaign, eliminating suspensions and expulsions of preschoolers, encouraging a culture of reading at home and growing youth summer programs and pre-apprenticeships.

The initiative calls on filling the gaps for young men of color at critical times in their lives, including early education, when these boys often fall behind in literacy and math. The task force recommends universal access to high-quality early childhood care and education, saying, “pre-school for all is a vital component to the administration’s so-called ‘opportunity agenda.’” And later, as students prepare to graduate from high school, that students are college-ready. But even further, the task force suggests helping these young people through college with stronger college counselors and, after graduation, expanded access to mentorship programs and internships. It’s what the task force describes as a “cradle-to-college-and-career approach.” (emphasis added)

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From "Opportunity for All: My Brother’s Keeper Blueprint for Action" by Office of the Press Secretary, The White House 5/30/14

. . . Boys of color are too often born into poverty and live with a single parent. . . . Too many of these boys and young men will have negative interactions with the juvenile and criminal justice system, and the dream of a college education is within grasp for too few.

. . . Today, the President met with his Cabinet to discuss the Task Force’s initial assessments and recommendations and the President called on the American people to get engaged through mentorship opportunities nationwide.

It is important that all children have caring adults who are engaged in their lives.  But too many young people lack this support.  For example, roughly two-thirds of Black and one-third of Hispanic children live with only one parent.   Moreover, research suggests that a father's absence increases the risk of his child dropping out of school among Blacks and Hispanics by 75 percent and 96 percent respectively.  We see significant high school dropout rates—as high as 50 percent in some school districts—including among boys and young men from certain Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander populations. And some 27 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live in poverty, compared to 11.6% of White Americans.

The President is calling on Americans interested in getting involved in My Brother’s Keeper to sign up as long-term mentors to young people . . .

To read the entire White House press release above, CLICK HERE.

UPDATE 4/16/15: Decades of Income Inequality is due to Demise of Married-parent Families with Children, Study Shows

Homosexual Teacher Jailed: Paying Boys to Sext Him

Mark Kandel of Peckville (Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania) who was a school administrator in Archbald, and previously a Scranton School Board member, was sentenced to over 14 years in prison for offering money to male students (no females) to send naked pictures of themselves to him.

Senior U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo told Kandel his actions were "depraved."

For background, read Gay Teacher Sexting Boy Resigns, Media Silent and also read Arizona School OKs Teacher: Pedophilia, Bestiality as well as Gay Pedophile Teacher Defended by Michigan School

In addition, read Pedophilia is Sexual Orientation, Like 'Being Gay' and also read Normalization of Pedophilia Urged by Psychiatrists

UPDATE 8/29/14: Illinois Homosexual Teacher Arrested on Child Porn Charges



-- From "Pa. school administrator gets 14 years for sexting students" by UPI 10/29/13

Prosecutors said Kandel sent as many as 13,000 text messages, most of them sexual in nature, to 17 juveniles during a short period in 2012. One of the victims came forward after Kandel sent him a nude photo of himself and was ridiculed at the school by fellow students. The victim told Senior U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo he attempted suicide during the ordeal.

"I am a victim of Mark Kandel," the teenager proclaimed.

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From "Ex-educator sentenced for soliciting sex from boy" by Edward Lewis, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader 10/28/13

The boy, now a student at a college in Lackawanna County, said he had to withdraw from attending school at Valley View High School due to stress and ridicule from other students. He told Caputo he attempted suicide and self mutilated while reading the text messages from Kandel.

Kandel was indicted by a federal grand jury in December on four counts. He pleaded guilty in June to a single count of online enticement of a minor while the three other counts were withdrawn under a negotiated plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Scranton.

Kandel did not move when his youngest daughter, currently a student at Valley View, said she was ashamed to call him a father. She told Caputo that for the first 15 years of her life she held her father on a “pedestal,” saying they had an “unbreakable bond.”

She said her family forgave their father when he was charged and later sentenced to 90 days home confinement in 2008 for supplying alcohol to minors during a party at their home.

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From "Former educator sentenced to 14 years in prison for solicting sex from boy" by Edward Lewis, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader 10/28/13

. . . The then 17-year-old man, now attending college in Lackawanna County, told investigators about his contact with Kandel while he was a student at Valley View High School. The boy sent an email to Kandel asking for help with a college entrance exam essay and stayed in touch by texting. Their communication was harmless at first but quickly turned explicit, with Kandel asking the boy to send him pictures of the boy wearing Calvin Klein underwear.

The boy said he had to withdraw from attending Valley View because of stress from other students. He told Caputo he attempted suicide.

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For further background, read the history of President Obama's Gay Agenda for Schools

And also read Obama's DOJ Forces Girl into Boys Locker Room

In addition, read School Doesn't Back Gay Agenda, Obama Investigates

Prison Witches in Calif. OK'd to Sue for Chaplain

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that female prisoners who practice Wicca (goddess-worshiping witchcraft) can sue the state to demand full-time witch "chaplains." Obviously, more spending for pagans would impact the funding available for Christian chaplains.

For background, read Paganism Acceptance Growing in America and also read Pagan Worship Center Added to Air Force Academy as well as Atheism, Paganism Latest Liberal Media Darling

-- From "Wiccan inmates can sue to gain chaplain" by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle 2/19/13

The appeals court told [U.S. District Judge Lawrence O'Neill] in Fresno to determine whether the state prisons are unconstitutionally preferring majority religions over Wicca and other minority faiths without paid chaplains, such as Buddhism and Hinduism. [O'Neill] had dismissed the Chowchilla inmates' lawsuit, a ruling the appeals court overturned Tuesday.

Although the state is not required to "provide inmates with the chaplain of their choice," it must use neutral standards when deciding how to spend money on prisoners' religious needs, said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

California prisons have long employed chaplains for Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Jews. After American Indian inmates sued the state in 1985, the prison system began providing spiritual advisers for them.

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From "Court Gives Wiccans a Chance at Getting Chaplains in Prison" posted at AllGov.com 2/24/13

The appeals court was clear not to make a ruling about the point of law, but wanted the U.S. District Court to give the question a fair hearing by reconsidering a lawsuit brought by two inmates, Shawna Hartmann (who has since been released) and Caren Hill. A big part of that hearing, the court said, should be a proper survey of how many Wiccans there actually are in the penal system.

Wiccan minister Patrick McCollum puts the number at 2,000. Hartmann claimed there are at least as many inmates practicing the Wiccan religion in the Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla as there are practicing Jewish, Muslim and Catholic inmates.

A 2002 survey found 598 professed Wiccans in the state correctional system and a 2007 survey turned up only 183. That same 2007 survey indicated the following inmate religious identification: 42,666 Protestant, 28,884 Muslim, 23,160 Catholic, 8,296 Native American, 3,296 Jewish and 2,678 “other.”

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