Lance Himes, acting director of the Ohio Department of Health, has revoked the license of Capital Care Network because no hospitals in Toledo, Ohio have agreed to be associated with the city's only abortion clinic.
For background, read Over One-third of Abortion Clinics in Ohio Close and also read Judge Says Ohio Late-term Abortion Clinic Must Close
Also read about similar abortion clinic laws in Texas, Louisiana, and South Carolina, and read about abortion clinic closing nationwide.
-- From "Health department revokes Toledo abortion clinic's license" by The Associated Press 7/31/14
Himes' decision follows a state hearing officer's recommendation that the clinic should be closed because it lacks a valid emergency-care agreement with a "local" hospital.
The clinic has argued that an agreement with a hospital more than 50 miles away, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, puts it in compliance with a new Ohio law that requires the transfer agreement.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Toledo's last abortion clinic has license revoked" by Vanessa Mccray and Marlene Harris-Taylor, Toledo Blade staff writers 7/31/14
The University of Toledo Medical Center chose not to renew its agreement with Capital Care as of July 31, 2013. The [state] later prohibited public hospitals like UTMC, the former Medical College of Ohio, from entering into such agreements.
The clinic struggled for months to find someone willing to take its place before inking a deal with UMHS. The agreement with the Ann Arbor hospital, however, stated it would not be responsible for transportating patients. The clinic was prepared to pay for helicopter transports, if necessary.
[Abortion clinic owner Terry] Hubbard said she is not giving up and for now has the financing to fight the state ruling in court.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Polygamy Too: Fed. Court Ruling for 'Gay Marriage'
As two activist judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit hailed same-sex "marriage" by ruling against the citizens of Virginia regarding their 2006 definition of natural marriage, another judge on the court panel dissented by reasoning that the ruling must certainly also permit "marriage" of multiple persons of any gender, as well as incestuous marriages.
UPDATE 1/18/15: Teen Girl to Marry Father in New Jersey—Adult Incest is Legal
For background, read Supreme Court's New Morality Means Justice for Polygamy and also read Polygamy OKd by Federal Judge = 'Marriage' Anarchy
For the "big picture," read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman. However, there are lone appellate judges who say that there is NO constitutional protection for "gay marriage."
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Judge Says Incest OK; It's the New Gay
Pedophiles Win in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court
-- From "Appeals panel strikes down Virginia gay marriage ban" by Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 7/29/14
The [4th] circuit court has jurisdiction over Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The panel's decision will not take effect until at least Aug. 18 while circuit clerks defending the state's ban decide whether to appeal to the full appellate court or the Supreme Court.
"I do strongly disagree with the assertion that same-sex marriage is subject to the same constitutional protections as the traditional right to marry," Niemeyer said. "I would reverse the district court's judgment and defer to Virginia's political choice in defining marriage as only between one man and one woman."
The Virginia case, which involves two couples seeking to marry in the state and two couples seeking to have their marriages from other states recognized, now gives the Supreme Court a choice. It can hear the Utah or Oklahoma cases from the 10th Circuit, wait for Virginia's to be appealed, or defer action even longer for other gay marriage cases scheduled for appellate hearings in August, September and beyond.
Because Virginia's new Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring, had refused to defend the state's gay marriage ban, that task was left to circuit court clerks from two counties. Brian Babione, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented one of the clerks, said they were considering their options.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down" by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service 7/29/14
Virginia's laws denying same-sex couples the right to marry or have their marriages recognized are "the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance," the 4th Circuit ruled.
"Civil marriage is one of the cornerstones of our way of life," the majority opinion states. "It allows individuals to celebrate and publicly declare their intentions to form lifelong partnerships, which provide unparalleled intimacy, companionship, emotional support, and security. The choice of whether and whom to marry is an intensely personal decision that alters the course of an individual's life. Denying same-sex couples this choice prohibits them from participating fully in our society, which is precisely the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance."
In a bitter dissent, Judge Paul Niemeyer argued that same-sex marriage would lead to recognition of "polygamous or incestuous relationships."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Dissenting judge raises polygamy question" by Doug Clark, News & Record (Greensboro, NC) 7/29/14
. . . there's no clamor for allowing "incestuous" marriage. But "marriage" doesn't require procreation or even a sexual relationship. If it's viewed as a legal arrangement that bestows certain benefits, why should the law bar, say, two elderly sisters from claiming those benefits? Why should they be prohibited if the goal of "marriage equality" is to allow a person to marry any other person?
. . . Several years ago, an NPR report cited studies indicating that some 50,000 to 100,000 American Muslims live in polygamous marriages -- although of course they are not recognized as such under any state law.
Niemeyer was not advocating for recognition of polygamous marriages. On the contrary, he was warning that the same legal construct used to expand marriage laws to include same-sex unions must logically continue the expansion.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Judges 'open door' to marriage of 3, 4 or 5 people" by Greg Corombos, Radio America, posted at WND.com 7/29/14
“Over the decades, the Supreme Court has demonstrated that the right to marry is an expansive liberty interest that may stretch to accommodate changing societal norms,” wrote [Judge] Floyd in his [majority 4th Circuit] opinion.
[Liberty Counsel Special Counsel Rena Lindevaldsen, said] “First you have the court proclaiming that the right is ever-expanding, and then you have this language that adults should be free to choose to love who they want to love. We already have challenges to the polygamy bans. We have a movement out there suggesting that two, three, four, five people should be able to come together in the marital union. So this opens that door entirely. Once you’ve opened the door past one man and one woman, which has historical and foundational roots, what’s to say the line can’t be drawn to allow two, three, four and five people to marry?”
“I like to think we could limit it, but from a legal perspective and realistically speaking, once you open the door the door is open,” Lindevaldsen said. “There simply is no reason to now say that three consenting adults, who love each other and want to raise children together, shouldn’t be allowed to marry once we retreat from the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Bush-and-Obama-Appointed Judge: It's 'Dubious Proposition That Same-Sex Couples are Less Capable Parents'" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 7/28/14
[U.S. 4th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Henry F.] Floyd made the [headline, above] remark while declaring same-sex marriage a constitutional right and dismissing the argument made in favor of Virginia's marriage amendment that it safeguards the need of children to be raised by both a mother and a father.
"The proponents aver that 'children develop best when reared by their married biological parents in a stable family unit,'" wrote Floyd. "They dwell on the importance of 'gender-differentiated parenting' and argue that sanctioning same-sex marriage will deprive children of the benefit of being raised by a mother and a father, who have 'distinct parenting styles.' In essence, the proponents argue that the Virginia Marriage Laws safeguard children by preventing same-sex couples from marrying and starting inferior families."
. . . said Floyd. "For example, as the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and Virginia Psychological Association (collectively, the APA) explain in their amicus brief, 'there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation,' and 'the same factors'—including family stability, economic resources, and the quality of parent-child relationships—'are linked to children’s positive development, whether they are raised by heterosexual, lesbian, or gay parents.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians as well as America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions
In addition, read Pastors Who Avoid Gay Agenda Deserve Hell, Says Rev. Franklin Graham
". . . if the fundamental right to marriage is based on 'the constitutional liberty to select the partner of one’s choice,' as they contend, then that liberty would also extend to individuals seeking state recognition of other types of relationships that States currently restrict, such as polygamous or incestuous relationships."UPDATE 3/24/15: 'Husband' Impregnates Both 'Married' Lesbian Wives (Polyamory)
-- Judge Paul Niemeyer, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
UPDATE 1/18/15: Teen Girl to Marry Father in New Jersey—Adult Incest is Legal
For background, read Supreme Court's New Morality Means Justice for Polygamy and also read Polygamy OKd by Federal Judge = 'Marriage' Anarchy
For the "big picture," read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman. However, there are lone appellate judges who say that there is NO constitutional protection for "gay marriage."
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Judge Says Incest OK; It's the New Gay
Pedophiles Win in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court
-- From "Appeals panel strikes down Virginia gay marriage ban" by Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 7/29/14
The [4th] circuit court has jurisdiction over Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The panel's decision will not take effect until at least Aug. 18 while circuit clerks defending the state's ban decide whether to appeal to the full appellate court or the Supreme Court.
"I do strongly disagree with the assertion that same-sex marriage is subject to the same constitutional protections as the traditional right to marry," Niemeyer said. "I would reverse the district court's judgment and defer to Virginia's political choice in defining marriage as only between one man and one woman."
The Virginia case, which involves two couples seeking to marry in the state and two couples seeking to have their marriages from other states recognized, now gives the Supreme Court a choice. It can hear the Utah or Oklahoma cases from the 10th Circuit, wait for Virginia's to be appealed, or defer action even longer for other gay marriage cases scheduled for appellate hearings in August, September and beyond.
Because Virginia's new Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring, had refused to defend the state's gay marriage ban, that task was left to circuit court clerks from two counties. Brian Babione, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented one of the clerks, said they were considering their options.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down" by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service 7/29/14
Virginia's laws denying same-sex couples the right to marry or have their marriages recognized are "the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance," the 4th Circuit ruled.
"Civil marriage is one of the cornerstones of our way of life," the majority opinion states. "It allows individuals to celebrate and publicly declare their intentions to form lifelong partnerships, which provide unparalleled intimacy, companionship, emotional support, and security. The choice of whether and whom to marry is an intensely personal decision that alters the course of an individual's life. Denying same-sex couples this choice prohibits them from participating fully in our society, which is precisely the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance."
In a bitter dissent, Judge Paul Niemeyer argued that same-sex marriage would lead to recognition of "polygamous or incestuous relationships."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Dissenting judge raises polygamy question" by Doug Clark, News & Record (Greensboro, NC) 7/29/14
. . . there's no clamor for allowing "incestuous" marriage. But "marriage" doesn't require procreation or even a sexual relationship. If it's viewed as a legal arrangement that bestows certain benefits, why should the law bar, say, two elderly sisters from claiming those benefits? Why should they be prohibited if the goal of "marriage equality" is to allow a person to marry any other person?
. . . Several years ago, an NPR report cited studies indicating that some 50,000 to 100,000 American Muslims live in polygamous marriages -- although of course they are not recognized as such under any state law.
Niemeyer was not advocating for recognition of polygamous marriages. On the contrary, he was warning that the same legal construct used to expand marriage laws to include same-sex unions must logically continue the expansion.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Judges 'open door' to marriage of 3, 4 or 5 people" by Greg Corombos, Radio America, posted at WND.com 7/29/14
“Over the decades, the Supreme Court has demonstrated that the right to marry is an expansive liberty interest that may stretch to accommodate changing societal norms,” wrote [Judge] Floyd in his [majority 4th Circuit] opinion.
[Liberty Counsel Special Counsel Rena Lindevaldsen, said] “First you have the court proclaiming that the right is ever-expanding, and then you have this language that adults should be free to choose to love who they want to love. We already have challenges to the polygamy bans. We have a movement out there suggesting that two, three, four, five people should be able to come together in the marital union. So this opens that door entirely. Once you’ve opened the door past one man and one woman, which has historical and foundational roots, what’s to say the line can’t be drawn to allow two, three, four and five people to marry?”
“I like to think we could limit it, but from a legal perspective and realistically speaking, once you open the door the door is open,” Lindevaldsen said. “There simply is no reason to now say that three consenting adults, who love each other and want to raise children together, shouldn’t be allowed to marry once we retreat from the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Bush-and-Obama-Appointed Judge: It's 'Dubious Proposition That Same-Sex Couples are Less Capable Parents'" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 7/28/14
[U.S. 4th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Henry F.] Floyd made the [headline, above] remark while declaring same-sex marriage a constitutional right and dismissing the argument made in favor of Virginia's marriage amendment that it safeguards the need of children to be raised by both a mother and a father.
"The proponents aver that 'children develop best when reared by their married biological parents in a stable family unit,'" wrote Floyd. "They dwell on the importance of 'gender-differentiated parenting' and argue that sanctioning same-sex marriage will deprive children of the benefit of being raised by a mother and a father, who have 'distinct parenting styles.' In essence, the proponents argue that the Virginia Marriage Laws safeguard children by preventing same-sex couples from marrying and starting inferior families."
. . . said Floyd. "For example, as the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and Virginia Psychological Association (collectively, the APA) explain in their amicus brief, 'there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation,' and 'the same factors'—including family stability, economic resources, and the quality of parent-child relationships—'are linked to children’s positive development, whether they are raised by heterosexual, lesbian, or gay parents.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians as well as America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions
In addition, read Pastors Who Avoid Gay Agenda Deserve Hell, Says Rev. Franklin Graham
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Planned Parenthood Sex Training Investigated
More undercover video of Planned Parenthood clinics across America encouraging young girls to submit to abusive sex acts with adult men has prompted the Colorado attorney general to launch an investigation.
UPDATE 2/7/15: California Sex Worker Abortionist Teachers Exposed
Also read Planned Parenthood's Sexual Assault on Kids: Business Model is Hooking them on Sex
In addition, read Planned Parenthood Conceals Serial Rapist in Arizona
-- From "Anti-abortion group releases undercover Planned Parenthood video" by Chris Willis, KGW-TV Unit 8 Reporter (Portland, OR) 7/24/14
The [Portland Planned Parenthood] worker tells the girl about bondage, fetishes and sexual positions. Critics say it is inappropriate for a nonprofit organization receiving millions of dollars of funding from the government to talk explicitly about sex to a child.
KGW went to the administrative offices of Planned Parenthood to get a response, and no one would talk to us on camera.
Planned Parenthood did sent us a written statement saying, “A group opposed to our mission and services has a history of pretending to be patients and secretly recording visits with staff and then using highly edited versions of these videos to create a false impression of our services, mission and values.”
But they did not deny the worker gave the explicit sex advice . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Colorado Attorney General To Investigate Planned Parenthood For Possible Child Abuse" by Tristyn Bloom, Daily Caller 7/28/14
The videos, obtained by the Daily Caller in mid-July, show staffers advising investigators posing as 15-year-old girls about sadomasochistic sex practices, how to obtain sex toys while underage, and encouraging them to view pornography without parental knowledge or consent.
[The pro-life organization] Live Action is concerned that Planned Parenthood is systematically ignoring laws designed to protect minors from sex abuse–and are using taxpayer funds to do it. They received over $500 million in government funds last year, accounting for 45 percent of its annual revenue. “We are the largest provider of sex education in the U.S.,” they boasted in their annual report, “with educators who will reach more than one million young people and adults this year.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Faces New Allegations Involving Abuse of Minors" by Wayne Laugesen, Catholic News Agency 7/25/14
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers told the Register he will have attorneys review the video of a Colorado Planned Parenthood employee coaching a woman pretending to be a 15-year-old girl to engage in dangerous sexual activity, to buy goods from an adult sex store and view and read pornography.
The Colorado video bolsters allegations that Planned Parenthood officials ignore and violate laws intended to protect minors. Though the video reveals a Planned Parenthood worker encouraging a girl, who told the counselor she is 15, to shop at a sex store, a local ordinance prohibits minors from entering adult sex shops.
The woman goes on to encourage the girl to watch porn videos with her older boyfriend, but to be careful of viruses — on her computer.
After the girl expresses concern about her parents potentially finding out about porn, the Planned Parenthood worker advises her on methods of hiding it from them.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Counselor Caught Telling Teen to Let Her Boyfriend Beat Her" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 7/23/14
The [Portland] staffer tells the investigator that “it’s very common to experiment with different things,” including “being tied up” and “whipped” and “the baby thing, where they will put on diapers[.]”
Some girls like being “spanked,” “hit,” or “whipped,” said the counselor.
The Portland counselor tells Live Action’s investigator that there are “educational pornos out there” and recommends “female-oriented porn.” Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette continues to operate facilities in six locations in Oregon, including three others in Portland and one in the capital city of Salem.
“As our videos show,” [Live Action's Lila] Rose said, “and as more videos will continue to show, Portland is not an outlier. You’ll see the exact same institutional ethos of promoting destructive sexual activity in every other city and state where Planned Parenthood operates.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Federal Government Probes Planned Parenthood for Fraud as well as Planned Parenthood Faces $5.5 Billion (with a "B") Fine for Fraud
In addition, read President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii
“Then there is kink that can be, um… you tie each other up when either he likes being tied-up or he wants to tie you up, bondage type things.”For background, read Kinky Planned Parenthood Sex Advisor Caught and Fired in Indiana
-- Planned Parenthood employee at Clackamas Center in Portland, Oregon tells a 15-year-old girl
UPDATE 2/7/15: California Sex Worker Abortionist Teachers Exposed
Also read Planned Parenthood's Sexual Assault on Kids: Business Model is Hooking them on Sex
In addition, read Planned Parenthood Conceals Serial Rapist in Arizona
-- From "Anti-abortion group releases undercover Planned Parenthood video" by Chris Willis, KGW-TV Unit 8 Reporter (Portland, OR) 7/24/14
The [Portland Planned Parenthood] worker tells the girl about bondage, fetishes and sexual positions. Critics say it is inappropriate for a nonprofit organization receiving millions of dollars of funding from the government to talk explicitly about sex to a child.
KGW went to the administrative offices of Planned Parenthood to get a response, and no one would talk to us on camera.
Planned Parenthood did sent us a written statement saying, “A group opposed to our mission and services has a history of pretending to be patients and secretly recording visits with staff and then using highly edited versions of these videos to create a false impression of our services, mission and values.”
But they did not deny the worker gave the explicit sex advice . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Colorado Attorney General To Investigate Planned Parenthood For Possible Child Abuse" by Tristyn Bloom, Daily Caller 7/28/14
The videos, obtained by the Daily Caller in mid-July, show staffers advising investigators posing as 15-year-old girls about sadomasochistic sex practices, how to obtain sex toys while underage, and encouraging them to view pornography without parental knowledge or consent.
[The pro-life organization] Live Action is concerned that Planned Parenthood is systematically ignoring laws designed to protect minors from sex abuse–and are using taxpayer funds to do it. They received over $500 million in government funds last year, accounting for 45 percent of its annual revenue. “We are the largest provider of sex education in the U.S.,” they boasted in their annual report, “with educators who will reach more than one million young people and adults this year.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Faces New Allegations Involving Abuse of Minors" by Wayne Laugesen, Catholic News Agency 7/25/14
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers told the Register he will have attorneys review the video of a Colorado Planned Parenthood employee coaching a woman pretending to be a 15-year-old girl to engage in dangerous sexual activity, to buy goods from an adult sex store and view and read pornography.
The Colorado video bolsters allegations that Planned Parenthood officials ignore and violate laws intended to protect minors. Though the video reveals a Planned Parenthood worker encouraging a girl, who told the counselor she is 15, to shop at a sex store, a local ordinance prohibits minors from entering adult sex shops.
The woman goes on to encourage the girl to watch porn videos with her older boyfriend, but to be careful of viruses — on her computer.
After the girl expresses concern about her parents potentially finding out about porn, the Planned Parenthood worker advises her on methods of hiding it from them.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Counselor Caught Telling Teen to Let Her Boyfriend Beat Her" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 7/23/14
The [Portland] staffer tells the investigator that “it’s very common to experiment with different things,” including “being tied up” and “whipped” and “the baby thing, where they will put on diapers[.]”
Some girls like being “spanked,” “hit,” or “whipped,” said the counselor.
The Portland counselor tells Live Action’s investigator that there are “educational pornos out there” and recommends “female-oriented porn.” Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette continues to operate facilities in six locations in Oregon, including three others in Portland and one in the capital city of Salem.
“As our videos show,” [Live Action's Lila] Rose said, “and as more videos will continue to show, Portland is not an outlier. You’ll see the exact same institutional ethos of promoting destructive sexual activity in every other city and state where Planned Parenthood operates.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Federal Government Probes Planned Parenthood for Fraud as well as Planned Parenthood Faces $5.5 Billion (with a "B") Fine for Fraud
In addition, read President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii
Monday, July 28, 2014
Millennials Won't Marry, but Favor 'Gay Marriage'
A new report from the Urban Institute shows that the same generation that embraces legalized same-sex "marriage" includes a growing number of young adults who have a diminished view of the institution of marriage in their own lives. Such recognition of the alarming drop in marriage rates, as well as birth rates, ought to set off warning sirens among middle-aged Americans whose retirement income is dependent upon the generation to come.
UPDATE 9/20/14 - Census: 'Gay Marriage' Official, but Fewer Marry
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Young Adults Rarely Marry, Seniors Divorce Often
One-third of Households are People Living Alone
Government Funding Strangled by Government Constraints on Birth Rate
Utopian Dream Shattered by Reality of Birth Rate
Where Liberalism Flourishes, Population Diminishes
Also read Married Birthing Nearly Extinct Among Non-college Grads and preview the violent and dismal economic future of an America without intact families as President Obama Replaces Fathers with Government Mentors
-- From "Millennials Set to Be the Most Un-Married Generation Yet" by Michelle Smith, Money News 7/21/14
If millennials keep to current trends, over 30 percent of females will turn 40 as single women. That's nearly double the share of Gen X counterparts who were single at that age.
In 1960, 59 percent of adults between ages 18 and 29 were married. Today, the marriage rate among that age group has dropped to 20 percent.
Overall, only about 26 percent of all millennials, described as those born after 1982, are married, says Forbes.
Many people believe millennials have largely scratched marriage off their list of aspirations as 44 percent of young adults, a much larger share than of any other generation, feel marriage is “obsolete,” says Forbes. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Marriage Is Not Priority for Millennials, Study Says" by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor 7/21/14
Using data from the American Community Survey to estimate age-specific marriage rates, Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute finds that the percentage of Millennials marrying by age 40 will fall lower than for any previous generation of Americans, even in a scenario where marriage rates recover considerably.
In the early millennium period, from 2000 to 2004, the peak first marriage rate for single U.S.-born women at each year of age from 20 to 40 was .099. This indicated that among never-married single women age 25 in that period, just under 10 percent would have married a year later at age 26, says the study titled, "Fewer Marriages, More Divergence: Marriage Projections for Millennials to Age 40."
A pattern of divergence is evident across the racial and ethnic comparisons, the study finds, noting that, overall, racial and ethnic differences in marriage are projected to be more pronounced for Millennials than for any previous generation.
For example, Hispanic women, Non-Hispanic black women and non-Hispanic women of other racial origin are projected to have steeper decrease in marriage than non-Hispanic white women. For men, the patterns are similar, except that the trends for non-Hispanic white men are slightly steeper than those for non-Hispanic other men.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Millennials say no to marriage" by Tami Luhby, CNN Money 7/20/14
"The evidence shows that getting married increases wealth and income," said Pamela Smock, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan.
Single Americans may be less likely to buy homes or trade up to accommodate growing families, while single parents may be more likely to qualify for government safety net programs.
And the growing schism in marriage rates could exacerbate income inequality in this country, dividing society into still mostly married "haves" and increasingly single "have nots."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read 'Intact Family' Nearly Extinct Among Blacks and also read Marriage Trend: Confined within Church as well as The Religious Procreate, Others Don't
And read American Trend: Fewer Children, More Animals/Pets
UPDATE 9/20/14 - Census: 'Gay Marriage' Official, but Fewer Marry
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Young Adults Rarely Marry, Seniors Divorce Often
One-third of Households are People Living Alone
Government Funding Strangled by Government Constraints on Birth Rate
Utopian Dream Shattered by Reality of Birth Rate
Where Liberalism Flourishes, Population Diminishes
Also read Married Birthing Nearly Extinct Among Non-college Grads and preview the violent and dismal economic future of an America without intact families as President Obama Replaces Fathers with Government Mentors
-- From "Millennials Set to Be the Most Un-Married Generation Yet" by Michelle Smith, Money News 7/21/14
If millennials keep to current trends, over 30 percent of females will turn 40 as single women. That's nearly double the share of Gen X counterparts who were single at that age.
In 1960, 59 percent of adults between ages 18 and 29 were married. Today, the marriage rate among that age group has dropped to 20 percent.
Overall, only about 26 percent of all millennials, described as those born after 1982, are married, says Forbes.
Many people believe millennials have largely scratched marriage off their list of aspirations as 44 percent of young adults, a much larger share than of any other generation, feel marriage is “obsolete,” says Forbes. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Marriage Is Not Priority for Millennials, Study Says" by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor 7/21/14
Using data from the American Community Survey to estimate age-specific marriage rates, Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute finds that the percentage of Millennials marrying by age 40 will fall lower than for any previous generation of Americans, even in a scenario where marriage rates recover considerably.
In the early millennium period, from 2000 to 2004, the peak first marriage rate for single U.S.-born women at each year of age from 20 to 40 was .099. This indicated that among never-married single women age 25 in that period, just under 10 percent would have married a year later at age 26, says the study titled, "Fewer Marriages, More Divergence: Marriage Projections for Millennials to Age 40."
A pattern of divergence is evident across the racial and ethnic comparisons, the study finds, noting that, overall, racial and ethnic differences in marriage are projected to be more pronounced for Millennials than for any previous generation.
For example, Hispanic women, Non-Hispanic black women and non-Hispanic women of other racial origin are projected to have steeper decrease in marriage than non-Hispanic white women. For men, the patterns are similar, except that the trends for non-Hispanic white men are slightly steeper than those for non-Hispanic other men.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Millennials say no to marriage" by Tami Luhby, CNN Money 7/20/14
"The evidence shows that getting married increases wealth and income," said Pamela Smock, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan.
Single Americans may be less likely to buy homes or trade up to accommodate growing families, while single parents may be more likely to qualify for government safety net programs.
And the growing schism in marriage rates could exacerbate income inequality in this country, dividing society into still mostly married "haves" and increasingly single "have nots."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read 'Intact Family' Nearly Extinct Among Blacks and also read Marriage Trend: Confined within Church as well as The Religious Procreate, Others Don't
And read American Trend: Fewer Children, More Animals/Pets
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Newspaper Editor, Fired for Being Christian, Sues
The Newton (Iowa) Daily News fired editor Bob Eschliman for writing on a personal blog about attacks on Christianity via the Gay Agenda re-write of God's Word called the "Queen James Bible" whereby homosexualists provide spineless church leaders with fodder to enable acceptance of deviant sexual behavior as being Christian.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Corporations Embrace Gay Agenda, With a Vengeance Against Christians
Homosexualists Force Pro-marriage Internet CEO Resignation
Christian Sports Commentator Fired for Supporting Natural Marriage
President Obama's "Justice" Department Forces Sexual Deviancy on Employees
Also read about the Pew Research study proving media bias for the Gay Agenda as well as a University of Iowa journalism professor who says "ignorant Iowa Jesus Freaks" have no business choosing presidential candidates.
-- From "Former editor claims religious discrimination" posted at Newton Daily News 7/24/14
Former Newton Daily News Editor Bob Eschliman filed a complaint Wednesday against the newspaper, claiming he was fired because of his religious beliefs. The paperwork was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Milwaukee.
Eschliman was fired May 5, less than a week after receiving national media attention for his personal blog addressing the Queen James translation of the Bible.
“I’d like to talk a little bit about deceivers among us, most notably the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo effort to reword the Bible to make their sinful nature ‘right with God,’” he wrote.
He concluded his blog entry with, “If you ask me, it sounds like the Gaystapo is well on its way. We must fight back against the enemy [Satan].”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Editor fired for anti-gay blog files complaint" by The Associated Press, posted at Dubuque Telegraph Herald 7/25/14
The EEOC could order the newspaper's parent company, Shaw Media Inc., to compensate Eschliman with back pay, future pay and exemplary damages. It also could issue him a right to sue letter allowing him to pursue his complaint in federal court.
The newspaper published a column by [Shaw Media President John] Rung on the day it announced Eschliman's firing. In it, Rung said Eschliman's posting did not reflect the opinion of the newspaper or the company. He said Eschliman's public airing of his views "compromised the reputation of this newspaper and his ability to lead it."
Eschliman's attorney, [former U.S. Attorney] Matt Whitaker, said he doesn't believe his client's comments approach hate speech and added that Eschliman was "expressing his deeply held religious beliefs which are mainstream Christian beliefs."
"I just really think this case is a prime example of where religious freedom in our country is under assault and we need to send a strong message," said Whitaker, a Des Moines attorney who also is getting support from the Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal organization focusing on religious liberty issues.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Editor who used 'gaystapo' claims religious discrimination" by Daniel Finney and William Petroski, Des Moines Register 7/23/14
In late April, Eschliman, 41, a member of Christian Reformed Church of Newton, wrote a personal blog post criticizing the "Queen James Bible," a website that rewrites the Christian Bible to be friendlier to gays. Eschliman accused "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" of trying "to make their sinful nature right with God."
Jim Romenesko, who hosts a widely read online blog about the news media, reported on Eschliman's post and questioned whether Eschliman, in light of his publicly stated views, would be able to fairly cover issues involving gays.
Shaw Media, a Dixon, Ill., company, suspended Eschliman with pay and eventually fired him. Eschliman's attorneys claim that violated his constitutional rights of religious expression. Newton Daily News Publisher Dan Goetz declined to comment Wednesday.
"No one should be fired for simply expressing his religious beliefs," Whitaker said. "In America, it is against the law to fire an employee for expressing a religious belief in public. This kind of religious intolerance by an employer has no place in today's welcoming workforce."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also 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
And read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians
“It’s pretty easy to brush off a nonsensical contrived version of the Bible, but that’s not the deceivers’ end goal. No, they want all Christendom to abandon their faith. They do that by ‘proselytizing’ to church leaders to change their view on homosexuality.”UPDATE 6/20/15: Homosexuals Force Closure of Iowa Wedding Chapel
-- Bob Eschliman, 41-year-old married father of two
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Corporations Embrace Gay Agenda, With a Vengeance Against Christians
Homosexualists Force Pro-marriage Internet CEO Resignation
Christian Sports Commentator Fired for Supporting Natural Marriage
President Obama's "Justice" Department Forces Sexual Deviancy on Employees
Also read about the Pew Research study proving media bias for the Gay Agenda as well as a University of Iowa journalism professor who says "ignorant Iowa Jesus Freaks" have no business choosing presidential candidates.
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-- From "Former editor claims religious discrimination" posted at Newton Daily News 7/24/14
Former Newton Daily News Editor Bob Eschliman filed a complaint Wednesday against the newspaper, claiming he was fired because of his religious beliefs. The paperwork was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Milwaukee.
Eschliman was fired May 5, less than a week after receiving national media attention for his personal blog addressing the Queen James translation of the Bible.
“I’d like to talk a little bit about deceivers among us, most notably the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo effort to reword the Bible to make their sinful nature ‘right with God,’” he wrote.
He concluded his blog entry with, “If you ask me, it sounds like the Gaystapo is well on its way. We must fight back against the enemy [Satan].”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Editor fired for anti-gay blog files complaint" by The Associated Press, posted at Dubuque Telegraph Herald 7/25/14
The EEOC could order the newspaper's parent company, Shaw Media Inc., to compensate Eschliman with back pay, future pay and exemplary damages. It also could issue him a right to sue letter allowing him to pursue his complaint in federal court.
The newspaper published a column by [Shaw Media President John] Rung on the day it announced Eschliman's firing. In it, Rung said Eschliman's posting did not reflect the opinion of the newspaper or the company. He said Eschliman's public airing of his views "compromised the reputation of this newspaper and his ability to lead it."
Eschliman's attorney, [former U.S. Attorney] Matt Whitaker, said he doesn't believe his client's comments approach hate speech and added that Eschliman was "expressing his deeply held religious beliefs which are mainstream Christian beliefs."
"I just really think this case is a prime example of where religious freedom in our country is under assault and we need to send a strong message," said Whitaker, a Des Moines attorney who also is getting support from the Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal organization focusing on religious liberty issues.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Editor who used 'gaystapo' claims religious discrimination" by Daniel Finney and William Petroski, Des Moines Register 7/23/14
In late April, Eschliman, 41, a member of Christian Reformed Church of Newton, wrote a personal blog post criticizing the "Queen James Bible," a website that rewrites the Christian Bible to be friendlier to gays. Eschliman accused "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" of trying "to make their sinful nature right with God."
Jim Romenesko, who hosts a widely read online blog about the news media, reported on Eschliman's post and questioned whether Eschliman, in light of his publicly stated views, would be able to fairly cover issues involving gays.
Shaw Media, a Dixon, Ill., company, suspended Eschliman with pay and eventually fired him. Eschliman's attorneys claim that violated his constitutional rights of religious expression. Newton Daily News Publisher Dan Goetz declined to comment Wednesday.
"No one should be fired for simply expressing his religious beliefs," Whitaker said. "In America, it is against the law to fire an employee for expressing a religious belief in public. This kind of religious intolerance by an employer has no place in today's welcoming workforce."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also 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
And read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Texas Abortion Rate Plunges, Liberals Fume
According to a study by abortion advocates, in just six months following the enactment of a pro-life Texas law, the rate of abortions in the state dropped 13%, including a 70% reduction in medication abortions, translating to saving the lives of 9,200 babies, and suggesting that closing abortion clinics results in fewer abortions.
UPDATE 8/31/14: Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics
Also read Abortionists' $Millions to Buy Texas Governorship
In addition, read Abortion Rate Declines, Democrats Want More Access
-- From "Texas’s legal abortion rate declines in wake of restrictions" by Irin Carmon, MSNBC 7/23/14
Despite Wendy Davis’s famous filibuster of the legislature’s omnibus abortion law, and with the Supreme Court declining to block the law from going into effect, the state implemented several sweeping restrictions on abortion that had never before been in effect all at once. Those restrictions effectively closed nearly half of the state’s clinics, made it much harder to get an abortion by taking two pills (known as medication abortion), and banned abortion after 20 weeks, several weeks before the Supreme Court deemed constitutional.
For the first time, researchers have released data on what the immediate impact of those laws has been. In the first six months of the law going into effect, there was a 13% decrease in the abortion rate in Texas compared to the year before, according to a study to be published in the journal Contraception by public health researchers affiliated with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project.
There was what the researchers termed a “small but significant” increase in the number of abortions conducted after twelve weeks gestation, from 13.5% of all abortions performed in Texas to 13.9% of all abortions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Abortion Rate Drops Dramatically As New Restrictions Take Effect" by Laura Bassett, Huffington Post 7/23/14
The study looked specifically at the effects of HB 2, a law that was passed in the summer of 2013 and partially went into effect in November. . . .
Many clinics have already had to shut their doors because their doctors could not get admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Hospitals often turn down abortion providers for political or logistical reasons having nothing to do with the provider's competence or safety record. When the final portion of HB 2 takes effect in September, all but six of the state's remaining clinics are expected to close.
The study finds that as a result of reduced access to abortion, there were 9,200 fewer legal abortions in Texas over the past year than in the previous year. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Sees 13 Percent Drop in Abortions With Controversial Pro-Life Law" by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter 7/24/14
Dr. Daniel Grossman, an abortion advocate, is the lead author of the [Texas Policy Evaluation Project] study and vice president for Research at Ibis Reproductive Health.
Grossman told The Christian Post, however, that the researchers "cannot definitively say what caused the decline" in the number of abortions in Texas.
One explaination for the decline, he said, "might be that the [Texas] law passed in 2011 that requires women to see their ultrasound before an abortion is making women change their minds. [But] our research, and that of others, indicates that is not the case."
"In addition, we would have expected to see this sharper decline in 2012, which was not the case," Grossman added.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Abortions Drop 13%, Saving 9,200 Babies, as Pro-Life Law Closes Abortion Clinics" by Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue, LifeNews.com 7/24/14
“When abortion clinics close, lives are saved as women find other ways to deal with the challenges they face rather than taking the lives of their babies,” said [President of Operation Rescue, Troy] Newman. “We expect to see abortion numbers continue to steeply decline in Texas as more abortion facilities shut down, and that is great news.”
“The new study proves that the new law is effectively protecting the lives of women and their babies, and will extend those protections to even more women as the rest of the law goes into effect later this year. There should be no hesitancy for other states to adopt similar measures to protect the public and reduce the number of abortions in their states,” said Newman. “Success is measured in results, and the fact that HB2 will shut down 85% of shoddy abortion mills and save nearly 10,000 lives per year in Texas shows that legislation is incredibly successful and should be emulated nationwide.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins? as well as President Obama Asks God to Bless Planned Parenthood
CBS News reports on clinic closings
“Given the number of closures, and the size of the population left without a nearby provider, it is surprising that the overall decline in the abortion rate was not greater than the 13% change we observed,”For background, read about the extent of abortion clinic closings in Texas and neighboring states, as well as nationwide closings.
-- Texas Policy Evaluation Project
UPDATE 8/31/14: Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics
Also read Abortionists' $Millions to Buy Texas Governorship
In addition, read Abortion Rate Declines, Democrats Want More Access
-- From "Texas’s legal abortion rate declines in wake of restrictions" by Irin Carmon, MSNBC 7/23/14
Despite Wendy Davis’s famous filibuster of the legislature’s omnibus abortion law, and with the Supreme Court declining to block the law from going into effect, the state implemented several sweeping restrictions on abortion that had never before been in effect all at once. Those restrictions effectively closed nearly half of the state’s clinics, made it much harder to get an abortion by taking two pills (known as medication abortion), and banned abortion after 20 weeks, several weeks before the Supreme Court deemed constitutional.
For the first time, researchers have released data on what the immediate impact of those laws has been. In the first six months of the law going into effect, there was a 13% decrease in the abortion rate in Texas compared to the year before, according to a study to be published in the journal Contraception by public health researchers affiliated with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project.
There was what the researchers termed a “small but significant” increase in the number of abortions conducted after twelve weeks gestation, from 13.5% of all abortions performed in Texas to 13.9% of all abortions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Abortion Rate Drops Dramatically As New Restrictions Take Effect" by Laura Bassett, Huffington Post 7/23/14
The study looked specifically at the effects of HB 2, a law that was passed in the summer of 2013 and partially went into effect in November. . . .
Many clinics have already had to shut their doors because their doctors could not get admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Hospitals often turn down abortion providers for political or logistical reasons having nothing to do with the provider's competence or safety record. When the final portion of HB 2 takes effect in September, all but six of the state's remaining clinics are expected to close.
The study finds that as a result of reduced access to abortion, there were 9,200 fewer legal abortions in Texas over the past year than in the previous year. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Sees 13 Percent Drop in Abortions With Controversial Pro-Life Law" by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter 7/24/14
Dr. Daniel Grossman, an abortion advocate, is the lead author of the [Texas Policy Evaluation Project] study and vice president for Research at Ibis Reproductive Health.
Grossman told The Christian Post, however, that the researchers "cannot definitively say what caused the decline" in the number of abortions in Texas.
One explaination for the decline, he said, "might be that the [Texas] law passed in 2011 that requires women to see their ultrasound before an abortion is making women change their minds. [But] our research, and that of others, indicates that is not the case."
"In addition, we would have expected to see this sharper decline in 2012, which was not the case," Grossman added.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Texas Abortions Drop 13%, Saving 9,200 Babies, as Pro-Life Law Closes Abortion Clinics" by Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue, LifeNews.com 7/24/14
“When abortion clinics close, lives are saved as women find other ways to deal with the challenges they face rather than taking the lives of their babies,” said [President of Operation Rescue, Troy] Newman. “We expect to see abortion numbers continue to steeply decline in Texas as more abortion facilities shut down, and that is great news.”
“The new study proves that the new law is effectively protecting the lives of women and their babies, and will extend those protections to even more women as the rest of the law goes into effect later this year. There should be no hesitancy for other states to adopt similar measures to protect the public and reduce the number of abortions in their states,” said Newman. “Success is measured in results, and the fact that HB2 will shut down 85% of shoddy abortion mills and save nearly 10,000 lives per year in Texas shows that legislation is incredibly successful and should be emulated nationwide.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins? as well as President Obama Asks God to Bless Planned Parenthood
CBS News reports on clinic closings
Friday, July 25, 2014
Pastors Avoiding Gay Agenda Deserve Hell: Graham
Reverend Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, boldly proclaimed that Christian pastors who do not preach the whole truth of the Bible, such as condemnation of all sins (including homosexual behavior), are the cowards for whom God "has prepared a lake of fire." Graham directed his warning to such preachers who avoid controversial topics in order to keep their pews and coffers filled.
UPDATE 8/15/14: Study Finds Pastors Conceal Culture Truth to be Successful
For background, read America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions
Also read Archbishop Tells Priests: Preach Natural Marriage or Be Quiet
The question is: Will 'Wimpy' Pastors Engage the War on Christianity?
-- From "Franklin Graham: We Must Speak on Moral Issues, or ‘We Are Cowards and Deserve Hell’" by Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com 7/24/14
. . . He added that “sinful behavior that is excused and repackaged as personal choice is Satan’s greatest deception,” and those preachers who minimize sin to keep their pews filled and “make sinners comfortable in their sin,” commit an egregious offense against God, who “has prepared a lake of fire for those who reject His truth.”
“Just as our nation has drifted from the strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, so has the church seriously drifted from taking God at His Word,” said Rev. Graham. “Sin is destructive to people, to families, to nations and to the church. Sinful behavior that is excused and repackaged as personal choice is Satan’s greatest deception.”
“His greatest victories today take place within the church by those who remain silent; who are not aware of his divisive presence,” the reverend continued. “The Body of Christ must recognize that we have allowed Satan to distract us with non-essentials. It is time to get back to the basic teaching of God’s Word.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Cowards or Overcomers? Standing Strong on God’s Word" by Franklin Graham, Decision Magazine 7/10/14
Christians cannot ignore parts of God’s Word because they are unpopular or cause division. Our commission is to proclaim Christ and all He stands for. . . .
Followers of Jesus Christ, and especially pastors and church leaders, have a responsibility to speak the truth of Scripture, calling sin what it is, and acknowledging that it has always reigned in the hearts of the human race. . . . It is not just a debate about abortion or homosexuality; all sin is immorality—and all immorality is evil. In America today we are experiencing an epic drought. It is not just the basic misunderstanding of the Word of God; it is the absence of God’s complete Word.
Let’s overcome cowardice with courage. Let’s be fearless ambassadors of Christ and stand strong for the glory of God our Savior, pulling others from the fire of eternal judgment (Jude 23).
To read all of Rev. Graham's commentary above, CLICK HERE.
From "Where are all the godly men?" by Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. 2/21/14
Given the complexity of modern ministry, many churches prioritize giftedness and experience above godliness in their candidates for ministry. Churches often look for competent administrators, capable speakers, polished people skills, a cute family and other secondary concerns before assessing the heart. Like ancient Israel, we have the propensity to look on the outward; all the while God looks on the heart.
. . . The "peer pressure" of ministry is oriented toward events, products, conferences and materials. It is as though the paraphernalia and garnishes of ministry have displaced the more biblical and eternal aspects, like godliness.
. . . Clearly, the New Testament prioritizes godliness in the life of the minister. The qualifications for ministry found in 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and Titus 1:6–9 deal almost exclusively with character, with little reference to giftedness beyond the ability to teach. Thus the timeless ministerial admonition, "Beware of letting your talent gain you a ministry position that your character cannot keep you in."
. . . Perhaps revival will not arrive in the pew until it first arrives in the pulpit. It may well be that the greatest need of the church is godly men who shepherd the flock of God with holiness and grace.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Detroit Black Pastors Denounce 'Gay Rights'
UPDATE July 2015: Pastor Dr. Rob Rienow of Gospel Fellowship Church in Wheaton, Illinois says God has judged America because its Christians are living like cowards (video):
“The definition of a coward is one who refuses to do the right thing for fear of consequences. … We are soldiers in God’s army, and we cannot stand down on biblical issues out of fear of being labeled a homophobe or judge.”UPDATE 8/26/15: Pastors' Hands Bloody in Abortion Parts Trafficking
-- Reverend Franklin Graham, CEO, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
UPDATE 8/15/14: Study Finds Pastors Conceal Culture Truth to be Successful
For background, read America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions
Also read Archbishop Tells Priests: Preach Natural Marriage or Be Quiet
The question is: Will 'Wimpy' Pastors Engage the War on Christianity?
-- From "Franklin Graham: We Must Speak on Moral Issues, or ‘We Are Cowards and Deserve Hell’" by Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com 7/24/14
. . . He added that “sinful behavior that is excused and repackaged as personal choice is Satan’s greatest deception,” and those preachers who minimize sin to keep their pews filled and “make sinners comfortable in their sin,” commit an egregious offense against God, who “has prepared a lake of fire for those who reject His truth.”
“Just as our nation has drifted from the strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, so has the church seriously drifted from taking God at His Word,” said Rev. Graham. “Sin is destructive to people, to families, to nations and to the church. Sinful behavior that is excused and repackaged as personal choice is Satan’s greatest deception.”
“His greatest victories today take place within the church by those who remain silent; who are not aware of his divisive presence,” the reverend continued. “The Body of Christ must recognize that we have allowed Satan to distract us with non-essentials. It is time to get back to the basic teaching of God’s Word.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Cowards or Overcomers? Standing Strong on God’s Word" by Franklin Graham, Decision Magazine 7/10/14
Christians cannot ignore parts of God’s Word because they are unpopular or cause division. Our commission is to proclaim Christ and all He stands for. . . .
Followers of Jesus Christ, and especially pastors and church leaders, have a responsibility to speak the truth of Scripture, calling sin what it is, and acknowledging that it has always reigned in the hearts of the human race. . . . It is not just a debate about abortion or homosexuality; all sin is immorality—and all immorality is evil. In America today we are experiencing an epic drought. It is not just the basic misunderstanding of the Word of God; it is the absence of God’s complete Word.
Let’s overcome cowardice with courage. Let’s be fearless ambassadors of Christ and stand strong for the glory of God our Savior, pulling others from the fire of eternal judgment (Jude 23).
To read all of Rev. Graham's commentary above, CLICK HERE.
From "Where are all the godly men?" by Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. 2/21/14
Given the complexity of modern ministry, many churches prioritize giftedness and experience above godliness in their candidates for ministry. Churches often look for competent administrators, capable speakers, polished people skills, a cute family and other secondary concerns before assessing the heart. Like ancient Israel, we have the propensity to look on the outward; all the while God looks on the heart.
. . . The "peer pressure" of ministry is oriented toward events, products, conferences and materials. It is as though the paraphernalia and garnishes of ministry have displaced the more biblical and eternal aspects, like godliness.
. . . Clearly, the New Testament prioritizes godliness in the life of the minister. The qualifications for ministry found in 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and Titus 1:6–9 deal almost exclusively with character, with little reference to giftedness beyond the ability to teach. Thus the timeless ministerial admonition, "Beware of letting your talent gain you a ministry position that your character cannot keep you in."
. . . Perhaps revival will not arrive in the pew until it first arrives in the pulpit. It may well be that the greatest need of the church is godly men who shepherd the flock of God with holiness and grace.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Detroit Black Pastors Denounce 'Gay Rights'
UPDATE July 2015: Pastor Dr. Rob Rienow of Gospel Fellowship Church in Wheaton, Illinois says God has judged America because its Christians are living like cowards (video):
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Atheists Sue Michigan Mayor Who Barred Their Booth
City Hall in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan has included a "prayer station" for years, but when Douglas Marshall, the local member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, asked to erect an adjacent atheist "reason station," Mayor Jim Fouts said that he wouldn't allow the atheists to denigrate prayer any more than he would allow the Nazis or Ku Klux Klan to do so.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Atheists Attack Christian Kids Club in Portland, Oregon
FDR's D-Day Prayer is Un-American, Say Atheists
President Obama Provokes Second 'In God We Trust' Movement
Atheists, secular humanists, totalitarians etc. feel they are "on the ropes" after a recent series of Supreme Court rulings favoring religious liberty, reinvigorating Christian citizenship.
In addition, read Atheists Told, Army Will Support Day of Prayer and also read Sheriff Defies ACLU: July 4th Prayer in Louisiana as well as Texas Mayor Declares 2014 as the 'Year of the Bible'
-- From "Rejected atheist booth in Mich. city hall draws lawsuit" by Alix Watson, Associated Press 7/24/14
The city doesn’t endorse the “prayer station,” but has allowed religious groups to set up tables in the atrium for several years, according to Fouts.
“They don’t walk up to people,” Fouts said. “They are just there if someone wishes to seek solace or guidance from them. The atheist station does not serve that purpose. It will not contribute to community values or helping an individual out.”
In December 2011, Warren prohibited the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation from displaying an anti-religion sign next to a nativity scene at City Hall. A federal judge later ruled Fouts had authority to bar the poster because he felt it was antagonistic and would cause hostility.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Warren atheist sues to set up alternative to prayer station at city hall" by Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer 7/23/14
The lawsuit against Fouts and the city was filed in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Freedom From Religion Foundation on behalf of Marshall.
In his [denial] letter, Fouts said Freedom From Religion is not a religion, has no tenets and no congregation.
“To my way of thinking, your group is strictly an anti-religion group intending to deprive all organized religions of their constitutional freedoms or at least discourage the practice of religion. The City of Warren cannot allow this,” he wrote, underlining the last sentence.
The proposed sign [by Marshall] would have read: “There are no gods, no devils, no angels, No heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but Myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read New Mexico Museum Seeks Atheists, Slams Christians
“Everybody is welcome, but nobody is welcome who is out to disparage another group. . . . [It's] another continuing saga by a group of people who, in my opinion, promote conflict rather than resolution and understanding.”For background, read of the myriad atheist lawsuits against Christians and prayer nationwide.
-- Mayor Jim Fouts
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Atheists Attack Christian Kids Club in Portland, Oregon
FDR's D-Day Prayer is Un-American, Say Atheists
President Obama Provokes Second 'In God We Trust' Movement
Atheists, secular humanists, totalitarians etc. feel they are "on the ropes" after a recent series of Supreme Court rulings favoring religious liberty, reinvigorating Christian citizenship.
In addition, read Atheists Told, Army Will Support Day of Prayer and also read Sheriff Defies ACLU: July 4th Prayer in Louisiana as well as Texas Mayor Declares 2014 as the 'Year of the Bible'
-- From "Rejected atheist booth in Mich. city hall draws lawsuit" by Alix Watson, Associated Press 7/24/14
The city doesn’t endorse the “prayer station,” but has allowed religious groups to set up tables in the atrium for several years, according to Fouts.
“They don’t walk up to people,” Fouts said. “They are just there if someone wishes to seek solace or guidance from them. The atheist station does not serve that purpose. It will not contribute to community values or helping an individual out.”
In December 2011, Warren prohibited the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation from displaying an anti-religion sign next to a nativity scene at City Hall. A federal judge later ruled Fouts had authority to bar the poster because he felt it was antagonistic and would cause hostility.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Warren atheist sues to set up alternative to prayer station at city hall" by Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer 7/23/14
The lawsuit against Fouts and the city was filed in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Freedom From Religion Foundation on behalf of Marshall.
In his [denial] letter, Fouts said Freedom From Religion is not a religion, has no tenets and no congregation.
“To my way of thinking, your group is strictly an anti-religion group intending to deprive all organized religions of their constitutional freedoms or at least discourage the practice of religion. The City of Warren cannot allow this,” he wrote, underlining the last sentence.
The proposed sign [by Marshall] would have read: “There are no gods, no devils, no angels, No heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but Myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read New Mexico Museum Seeks Atheists, Slams Christians
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Abortionists' $Millions to Buy Texas Governorship
As the majority of all abortion clinics close in Texas because of recent pro-life legislation, Planned Parenthood has made a business decision to invest at least $3 million in an effort to purchase the governorship for Democrat candidate Wendy Davis who has promised to increase business for the abortion industry in order to meet budgeted quotas.
For background, read about Wendy Davis and the Texas legislative battle over abortion restrictions.
Also click headlines below to read previous articles:
Abortion Clinic Closings Set Record; Admit Defeat
Over One-third of Abortion Clinics in Ohio Close
Texas Yanks Abortionist's License for 268 Killed
-- From "Planned Parenthood plans $3 million Texas campaign" by The Associated Press 7/20/14
The political arm of Planned Parenthood expects to spend $3 million to support Texas Democrats in the 2014 general election, a move that has raised concerns from anti-abortion activists about whether they can match that sort of money in a fight to attract women voters.
Cecile Richards, president of the national advocacy group Planned Parenthood Votes, said the effort aims to draw differences between Democrat Wendy Davis and Republican Greg Abbott, the state attorney general, in the campaign for governor.
Planned Parenthood organizers said they want an aggressive field program to reach more than 300,000 women through phone banks, door-to-door visits, direct mail, social media and radio and online advertising.
Planned Parenthood’s push is similar to its efforts in other states. The group spent nearly $2.5 million in the 2013 Virginia governor’s race, helping a Democrat unseat a Republican, and plans to spend $3 million in a North Carolina U.S. Senate race.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood aiming to spend $3 million on Texas elections in 2014" by Peggy Fikac and David Saleh Rauf, Houston Chronicle 7/19/14
The new PAC, called Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, is intended to bolster the top of the Democratic ticket, along with a slate of state House candidates and the Democrat running for Davis' open Senate seat. The group also endorsed Rep. Sarah Davis, the only Republican who voted against last year's tighter abortion restrictions.
Created just four months ago, the PAC already has more than $1 million cash on hand, mostly through the $1 million donation from Planned Parenthood Chair Cecilia Boone. It's only the third contribution of that amount recorded by any candidate or PAC this election cycle.
The endeavor will be coordinated with a new Texas-based Planned Parenthood 501c4 group, a tax exempt nonprofit that does not have to disclose contributors.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Has Abortion Quotas, Says Former Clinic Director" by Tristyn Bloom, Daily Caller 7/22/14
Former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson says she has proof that a Texas Planned Parenthood clinic had abortion quotas — target numbers of abortions it needed to perform in order to meet its budget.
Johnson, who left the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas in 2010, released a budget statement for the 2010 fiscal year she said shows that the clinic was expected to perform at least 1,135 abortions that year . . . [and] needed to make at least $313.29 per abortion performed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Confirms it Gave Clinic Award for Killing More Babies in Abortions" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 7/18/14
“So remember when I posted this photo that we received from a former Planned Parenthood worker? And remember that we said that this was an award for increasing their abortion numbers at the Aurora abortion clinic?” [Abby Johnson] wrote. “Well, Planned Parenthood has responded and has confirmed that, YES, this is an award that was given out by them. And, YES, they will continue to “celebrate their progress and they always will.”
At the Planned Parenthood affiliate web page, the abortion business says:
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?
“While the murder of any unborn child is appalling, even more criminal is the establishment of a target to kill over 1,100 innocent Texas children in order to meet financial targets.”UPDATE 11/6/14: 'Abortion Barbie' Candidate Wendy Davis NOT Attractive to Women Voters
-- Congressman Bill Flores (R-TX)
For background, read about Wendy Davis and the Texas legislative battle over abortion restrictions.
Also click headlines below to read previous articles:
Abortion Clinic Closings Set Record; Admit Defeat
Over One-third of Abortion Clinics in Ohio Close
Texas Yanks Abortionist's License for 268 Killed
-- From "Planned Parenthood plans $3 million Texas campaign" by The Associated Press 7/20/14
The political arm of Planned Parenthood expects to spend $3 million to support Texas Democrats in the 2014 general election, a move that has raised concerns from anti-abortion activists about whether they can match that sort of money in a fight to attract women voters.
Cecile Richards, president of the national advocacy group Planned Parenthood Votes, said the effort aims to draw differences between Democrat Wendy Davis and Republican Greg Abbott, the state attorney general, in the campaign for governor.
Planned Parenthood organizers said they want an aggressive field program to reach more than 300,000 women through phone banks, door-to-door visits, direct mail, social media and radio and online advertising.
Planned Parenthood’s push is similar to its efforts in other states. The group spent nearly $2.5 million in the 2013 Virginia governor’s race, helping a Democrat unseat a Republican, and plans to spend $3 million in a North Carolina U.S. Senate race.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood aiming to spend $3 million on Texas elections in 2014" by Peggy Fikac and David Saleh Rauf, Houston Chronicle 7/19/14
The new PAC, called Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, is intended to bolster the top of the Democratic ticket, along with a slate of state House candidates and the Democrat running for Davis' open Senate seat. The group also endorsed Rep. Sarah Davis, the only Republican who voted against last year's tighter abortion restrictions.
Created just four months ago, the PAC already has more than $1 million cash on hand, mostly through the $1 million donation from Planned Parenthood Chair Cecilia Boone. It's only the third contribution of that amount recorded by any candidate or PAC this election cycle.
The endeavor will be coordinated with a new Texas-based Planned Parenthood 501c4 group, a tax exempt nonprofit that does not have to disclose contributors.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Has Abortion Quotas, Says Former Clinic Director" by Tristyn Bloom, Daily Caller 7/22/14
Former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson says she has proof that a Texas Planned Parenthood clinic had abortion quotas — target numbers of abortions it needed to perform in order to meet its budget.
Johnson, who left the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas in 2010, released a budget statement for the 2010 fiscal year she said shows that the clinic was expected to perform at least 1,135 abortions that year . . . [and] needed to make at least $313.29 per abortion performed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Planned Parenthood Confirms it Gave Clinic Award for Killing More Babies in Abortions" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 7/18/14
“So remember when I posted this photo that we received from a former Planned Parenthood worker? And remember that we said that this was an award for increasing their abortion numbers at the Aurora abortion clinic?” [Abby Johnson] wrote. “Well, Planned Parenthood has responded and has confirmed that, YES, this is an award that was given out by them. And, YES, they will continue to “celebrate their progress and they always will.”
At the Planned Parenthood affiliate web page, the abortion business says:
Political groups with an extreme agenda took to social media this week to claim they’ve found proof that Planned Parenthood has “quotas” for how many abortions the organization should provide. . . . yes, we absolutely do celebrate our progress in ensuring that more people have access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion. And we always will.To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Court Rules NO 'Gay Marriage' Obligation on States
Although many European nations have blazed the trail for "gay rights," of the 47 nations that comprise the Council of Europe, only eleven recognize same-sex "marriage," and a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has struck a new blow to advancement of the Gay Agenda.
For background, read 'Gay Marriage' Flops in Expanding European Union
Also read Russia Outlaws Homosexual Propaganda, Kissing as well as Supreme Court Rules Homosexual Behavior Illegal in India
-- From "European court strikes down transgender marriage case" by Nikolaj Nielsen, EU Observer 7/16/14
A Finnish citizen who wanted the state to recognise her new gender after surgery and remain legally married to woman at the same time lost her case at the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday (16 July).
Heil Hamalainen underwent male-to-female gender reassignment surgery in 2009, years after she married her partner.
But Finnish law does not recognise same-sex marriages.
State authorities said that for Hamalainen to have her new gender recognised, she would need to turn the marriage into a civil partnership or get a divorce - something the couple refused.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "European Court Of Human Rights Deals Blow To Trans Rights And Marriage Equality" by J. Lester Feder, BuzzFeed Staff 7/17/14
. . . After losing challenges in Finnish courts, they took the fight to the European Court of Human Rights, which has jurisdiction over the 47 states that have agreed to the European Convention on Human Rights including countries outside the European Union like Turkey and Russia.
. . . The ruling is not only a blow to the couple, but could have important implications for trans rights and marriage equality movements across Europe. The Italian Constitutional Court ducked a chance to rule in favor of marriage equality last month in a similar case, instead ordering parliament to create “a different form of registered partnership” that is “not the same as marriage” that would also allow trans people to keep legal protections for their unions after undergoing gender reassignment.
. . . The ruling also signals that the court is unlikely to revisit previous rulings that same-sex couples have no right to marry under European human rights law.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court: ‘No Obligation’ Under European Convention to Allow Same-Sex Marriage" posted at CNSNews.com 7/21/14
The European Convention on Human Rights “enshrines the traditional concept of marriage as between a man and a woman,” and there is ”no obligation on Contracting States to grant same-sex couples access to marriage,” the European Court of Human Rights ruled last Wednesday.
Article 12 of the European Convention, which governs the Council of Europe, states that “men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right.”
“While it is true that some Contracting States have extended marriage to same-sex partners, Article 12 cannot be construed as imposing an obligation on the Contracting States to grant access to marriage to same-sex couples,” noted the majority opinion in Hämäläinen v. Finland.
The Court ruled that since a registered partnership “was a genuine option which provided legal protection for same-sex couples that was almost identical to that of marriage,” Hämäläinen’s rights had not been violated.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Parents in Germany Allow Babies to Choose Gender From Birth
For background, read 'Gay Marriage' Flops in Expanding European Union
Also read Russia Outlaws Homosexual Propaganda, Kissing as well as Supreme Court Rules Homosexual Behavior Illegal in India
-- From "European court strikes down transgender marriage case" by Nikolaj Nielsen, EU Observer 7/16/14
A Finnish citizen who wanted the state to recognise her new gender after surgery and remain legally married to woman at the same time lost her case at the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday (16 July).
Heil Hamalainen underwent male-to-female gender reassignment surgery in 2009, years after she married her partner.
But Finnish law does not recognise same-sex marriages.
State authorities said that for Hamalainen to have her new gender recognised, she would need to turn the marriage into a civil partnership or get a divorce - something the couple refused.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "European Court Of Human Rights Deals Blow To Trans Rights And Marriage Equality" by J. Lester Feder, BuzzFeed Staff 7/17/14
. . . After losing challenges in Finnish courts, they took the fight to the European Court of Human Rights, which has jurisdiction over the 47 states that have agreed to the European Convention on Human Rights including countries outside the European Union like Turkey and Russia.
. . . The ruling is not only a blow to the couple, but could have important implications for trans rights and marriage equality movements across Europe. The Italian Constitutional Court ducked a chance to rule in favor of marriage equality last month in a similar case, instead ordering parliament to create “a different form of registered partnership” that is “not the same as marriage” that would also allow trans people to keep legal protections for their unions after undergoing gender reassignment.
. . . The ruling also signals that the court is unlikely to revisit previous rulings that same-sex couples have no right to marry under European human rights law.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court: ‘No Obligation’ Under European Convention to Allow Same-Sex Marriage" posted at CNSNews.com 7/21/14
The European Convention on Human Rights “enshrines the traditional concept of marriage as between a man and a woman,” and there is ”no obligation on Contracting States to grant same-sex couples access to marriage,” the European Court of Human Rights ruled last Wednesday.
Article 12 of the European Convention, which governs the Council of Europe, states that “men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right.”
“While it is true that some Contracting States have extended marriage to same-sex partners, Article 12 cannot be construed as imposing an obligation on the Contracting States to grant access to marriage to same-sex couples,” noted the majority opinion in Hämäläinen v. Finland.
The Court ruled that since a registered partnership “was a genuine option which provided legal protection for same-sex couples that was almost identical to that of marriage,” Hämäläinen’s rights had not been violated.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Parents in Germany Allow Babies to Choose Gender From Birth
Monday, July 21, 2014
HIV Rates Rise Among Homosexual Men: Federal Study
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report just released shows that HIV infection rates among young homosexual and bisexual men have doubled despite significant decreases in infection rates among all other segments of the population for more than a decade. Meanwhile, HIV/AIDS researchers are reporting a worldwide increase in drug-resistant forms of the HIV virus.
THE KEY PROVEN FACT: Anal Sex is the Main Cause of the Spread of HIV/AIDS
UPDATE 10/2/14: HIV/AIDS is Mostly a Gay Disease, Says U.S. Government
-- From "HIV diagnoses rise among young gay men as total US cases drop" by Nicole Ostrow, Bloomberg News 7/19/14
While the number of people diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. dropped 33 percent in the last decade, new cases among young homosexual and bisexual men doubled, according to researchers who said prevention programs need to be expanded.
Better screening and prevention has driven the decline among women and people ages 35 to 44 years, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The two-fold increase was seen among young bisexual and homosexual men age 13 to 24 years, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings, being released Saturday to coincide with the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, are the first to use data from all 50 U.S. states to examine long-term trends in diagnosis, said study author Amy Lansky. Though strides are being made to cut HIV, prevention and screening efforts aren't adequately reaching a younger group, she said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "HIV diagnosis rate in U.S. declines significantly" posted at CBS News 7/21/14
The reasons for the drop aren't clear. . . .
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS, which destroys the immune system. The World Health Organization estimates 35 million people globally have the virus. In the United States, 1.1 million people are thought to be infected, though many don't know it.
The study is based on HIV diagnoses from all 50 states' health departments, which get test results from doctors' office, clinics, hospitals and laboratories. The data span a decade, making this a larger and longer look at these trends than any previous study, said another study author, Amy Lansky of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Declines were seen in the rates for men, women, whites, blacks, Hispanics, heterosexuals, injection drug users and most age groups. The only group in which diagnoses increased was gay and bisexual men, the study found.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Only 1 in 5 sexually active U.S. teens HIV-tested" by Hoai-Tran Bui, USA TODAY 7/18/14
Young people account for the largest portion of new HIV infections, but only 22% of sexually active high school students have ever been tested for HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Those between 13 and 24 accounted for about 26% of all new HIV infections in 2010, and almost 60% of youths with HIV in the U.S. don't know they are infected. The new analysis, in the biennial National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, looks at high school students from 1991 to 2013, but found that the number of students getting tested has remained stagnant since 2005. In this age group, female and black students were more likely to be tested for HIV.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Many Sexually Active U.S. Teens Not Tested for HIV: CDC" by Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Reporter 7/18/14
The CDC report, which looked at data from 1991 to 2013, . . . is based on data from the CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is a nationally representative survey done every two years among public and private school students in grades 9 to 12.
From "Annual rate of HIV diagnoses drops over 30 percent between 2002 and 2011 in US" posted at Wall Street Journal 7/21/14
. . . While the rate fell significantly for most groups, it witnessed a significant rise among gay and transgender community, particularly among men between the age group 13 and 24.
The rate of diagnoses rose in men who had sex with other men over the 10-year period, the researchers said.
In 2003, the rate per 100,000 increased from 12.5 percent among young people to 17.3 percent in 2011. This was an increase of 38.4 percent.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Aids deaths tumble but rising resistance to HIV drugs threatens gains" by Kat Austen, UK Guardian 7/18/14
In the runup to next week's international Aids conference in Melbourne, Australia, the UN has claimed that Aids-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by more than a third in a decade, raising hopes that the disease could be wiped out by 2030.
The optimism, however, is tempered by two facts: not only are more than half of the 35 million people living with HIV unaware they are infected, but the number of people with drug-resistant HIV, though relatively low, is increasing.
Deenan Pillay, director of the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies in South Africa, says about 30-40% of his patients have experienced the virus replicating in their bodies after a year of treatment.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read Pandemic Sex Diseases: Permanent Cure Dismissed and also read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs as well as HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others
And read New Aggressive HIV Strain Spreading AIDS Worldwide
"Among men who have sex with men, unprotected risk behaviors in the presence of high prevalence and unsuppressed viral load may continue to drive HIV transmission. Disparities in rates of HIV among young men who have sex with men present prevention challenges and warrant expanded efforts."For background, read CDC Reports HIV Infections Rampant Among Homosexuals and also read Most HIV Homosexual Men Have Unprotected Sex, Says CDC Report as well as President Obama Commits $15 Million to Show that Gay Men Aren't the Cause of HIV/AIDS
-- Anna Satcher Johnson, MPH, et. al., Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
"You will have patients with resistant form, they will transmit the virus to others, and long term if this is happening in several countries in the world, we may have a re-emergence of HIV appearing with a form of virus that is resistant to the current panel of antiretroviral drugs that we have."
-- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel prize winning HIV/AIDS researcher
THE KEY PROVEN FACT: Anal Sex is the Main Cause of the Spread of HIV/AIDS
UPDATE 10/2/14: HIV/AIDS is Mostly a Gay Disease, Says U.S. Government
-- From "HIV diagnoses rise among young gay men as total US cases drop" by Nicole Ostrow, Bloomberg News 7/19/14
While the number of people diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. dropped 33 percent in the last decade, new cases among young homosexual and bisexual men doubled, according to researchers who said prevention programs need to be expanded.
Better screening and prevention has driven the decline among women and people ages 35 to 44 years, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The two-fold increase was seen among young bisexual and homosexual men age 13 to 24 years, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings, being released Saturday to coincide with the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, are the first to use data from all 50 U.S. states to examine long-term trends in diagnosis, said study author Amy Lansky. Though strides are being made to cut HIV, prevention and screening efforts aren't adequately reaching a younger group, she said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "HIV diagnosis rate in U.S. declines significantly" posted at CBS News 7/21/14
The reasons for the drop aren't clear. . . .
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS, which destroys the immune system. The World Health Organization estimates 35 million people globally have the virus. In the United States, 1.1 million people are thought to be infected, though many don't know it.
The study is based on HIV diagnoses from all 50 states' health departments, which get test results from doctors' office, clinics, hospitals and laboratories. The data span a decade, making this a larger and longer look at these trends than any previous study, said another study author, Amy Lansky of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Declines were seen in the rates for men, women, whites, blacks, Hispanics, heterosexuals, injection drug users and most age groups. The only group in which diagnoses increased was gay and bisexual men, the study found.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Only 1 in 5 sexually active U.S. teens HIV-tested" by Hoai-Tran Bui, USA TODAY 7/18/14
Young people account for the largest portion of new HIV infections, but only 22% of sexually active high school students have ever been tested for HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Those between 13 and 24 accounted for about 26% of all new HIV infections in 2010, and almost 60% of youths with HIV in the U.S. don't know they are infected. The new analysis, in the biennial National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, looks at high school students from 1991 to 2013, but found that the number of students getting tested has remained stagnant since 2005. In this age group, female and black students were more likely to be tested for HIV.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Many Sexually Active U.S. Teens Not Tested for HIV: CDC" by Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Reporter 7/18/14
The CDC report, which looked at data from 1991 to 2013, . . . is based on data from the CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is a nationally representative survey done every two years among public and private school students in grades 9 to 12.
The proportion of teens who have had sexual intercourse dropped from 54 percent in 1991 to 46 percent in 2001, and remained stable at 47 percent in 2013.To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Since 1991, sexual intercourse among black teens declined from 82 percent to 61 percent, among Hispanic teens from 53 percent to 49 percent, and among white teens from 50 percent to 44 percent in 2013.
The proportion of teens who had sexual intercourse with four or more partners dropped from 19 percent in 1991 to 14 percent in 2003, and has been stable since, at 15 percent.
The proportion of sexually active teens using condoms increased from 46 percent in 1991 to 63 percent in 2003, but dropped to 59 percent in 2013.
From "Annual rate of HIV diagnoses drops over 30 percent between 2002 and 2011 in US" posted at Wall Street Journal 7/21/14
. . . While the rate fell significantly for most groups, it witnessed a significant rise among gay and transgender community, particularly among men between the age group 13 and 24.
The rate of diagnoses rose in men who had sex with other men over the 10-year period, the researchers said.
In 2003, the rate per 100,000 increased from 12.5 percent among young people to 17.3 percent in 2011. This was an increase of 38.4 percent.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Aids deaths tumble but rising resistance to HIV drugs threatens gains" by Kat Austen, UK Guardian 7/18/14
In the runup to next week's international Aids conference in Melbourne, Australia, the UN has claimed that Aids-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by more than a third in a decade, raising hopes that the disease could be wiped out by 2030.
The optimism, however, is tempered by two facts: not only are more than half of the 35 million people living with HIV unaware they are infected, but the number of people with drug-resistant HIV, though relatively low, is increasing.
Deenan Pillay, director of the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies in South Africa, says about 30-40% of his patients have experienced the virus replicating in their bodies after a year of treatment.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read Pandemic Sex Diseases: Permanent Cure Dismissed and also read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs as well as HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others
And read New Aggressive HIV Strain Spreading AIDS Worldwide
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Judge Says Incest OK; It's the New Gay
As judges force same-sex "marriage" down the throats of Americans, it comes as no surprise for a judge to say that society needs to accept men having sex with their sisters, or for that matter, men having sex with children.
UPDATE 7/30/14: U.S. 4th Circuit Judge Says Incest 'Marriage' Will Follow Appeals Court Ruling for 'Gay Marriage'
UPDATE 11/1/14: New York Incestuous Marriage OKd by Unanimous Appeals Court
UPDATE 1/18/15: Teen Girl to Marry Father in New Jersey—Adult Incest is Legal
UPDATE 2/27/16: Legalize Incest, Post-death Sex, Say Young Liberals
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Supreme Court's New Morality Means Justice for Polygamy
U.S. District Court Judge OKs Polygamy
'Civil Union' Joins a Man & Two Women in Brazil
Pedophiles Win in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pedophilia is Sexual Orientation, Like 'Being Gay'
Normalization of Pedophilia Urged by Psychiatrists
Democrat Senate Legalizes Bestiality in Military
Arizona School OKs Teacher: Pedophilia, Bestiality
Gay Pedophile Teacher Defended by Michigan School
-- From "Judge compares incest and paedophilia to past attitudes towards homosexuality, claiming they might not be taboo anymore" by Louise Hall, Court Reporter, Sydney Morning Herald 7/9/14
A Sydney judge has compared incest and paedophilia to homosexuality, saying the community may no longer see sexual contact between siblings and between adults and children as “unnatural” or “taboo”.
District Court Judge Garry Neilson said just as gay sex was socially unacceptable and criminal in the 1950s and 1960s but is now widely accepted, “a jury might find nothing untoward in the advance of a brother towards his sister once she had sexually matured, had sexual relationships with other men and was now ‘available’, not having [a] sexual partner”.
“If this was the 50s and you had a jury of 12 men there, which is what you’d invariably have, they would say it’s unnatural for a man to be interested in another man or a man being interested in a boy. Those things have gone.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Is incest gaining acceptance? An Australian judge says it is" by Estelle Vosloo, Australian Times 7/14/14
Reported on Friday, Judge Neilson’s comment on incest becoming socially acceptable is being investigated.
Attorney-general for NSW, Brad Hazzard has said that judge Nielson’s comments are appalling and caused extreme concern.
“Incest is completely reprehensible, unacceptable, disgusting and criminal.”
Hazard has reported judge Neilson’s comments to the Judicial Commission of New South Wales for investigation. He also requested the District Court suspend the judge from criminal trials until the investigation into Neilson was completed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo" by Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney, UK Telegraph 7/10/14
Judge Neilson made the comments during the trial of a brother charged with raping his younger sister. The man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his sister when she was 10 or 11 years old in 1973 or 1974 but has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to sex they had in 1981, when she was 18 and he was 26.
"By that stage they are both mature adults," the judge said.
"The complainant has been sexually awoken, shall we say, by having two relationships with men and she had become 'free' when the second relationship broke down. The only thing that might change that is the fact that they were a brother and sister but we've come a long way from the 1950s – when the position of the English Common Law was that sex outside marriage was not lawful."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Homosexual Predator, Honored by Obama, Arrested
He also said the “only reason” that incest is still a crime is because of the high risk of genetic abnormalities in children born from consanguineous relationships “but even that falls away to an extent [because] there is such ease of contraception and readily access to abortion.”UPDATE 5/21/15: Father & Son 'Marry' Legally in Pennsylvania
UPDATE 7/30/14: U.S. 4th Circuit Judge Says Incest 'Marriage' Will Follow Appeals Court Ruling for 'Gay Marriage'
UPDATE 11/1/14: New York Incestuous Marriage OKd by Unanimous Appeals Court
UPDATE 1/18/15: Teen Girl to Marry Father in New Jersey—Adult Incest is Legal
UPDATE 2/27/16: Legalize Incest, Post-death Sex, Say Young Liberals
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Supreme Court's New Morality Means Justice for Polygamy
U.S. District Court Judge OKs Polygamy
'Civil Union' Joins a Man & Two Women in Brazil
Pedophiles Win in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pedophilia is Sexual Orientation, Like 'Being Gay'
Normalization of Pedophilia Urged by Psychiatrists
Democrat Senate Legalizes Bestiality in Military
Arizona School OKs Teacher: Pedophilia, Bestiality
Gay Pedophile Teacher Defended by Michigan School
-- From "Judge compares incest and paedophilia to past attitudes towards homosexuality, claiming they might not be taboo anymore" by Louise Hall, Court Reporter, Sydney Morning Herald 7/9/14
A Sydney judge has compared incest and paedophilia to homosexuality, saying the community may no longer see sexual contact between siblings and between adults and children as “unnatural” or “taboo”.
District Court Judge Garry Neilson said just as gay sex was socially unacceptable and criminal in the 1950s and 1960s but is now widely accepted, “a jury might find nothing untoward in the advance of a brother towards his sister once she had sexually matured, had sexual relationships with other men and was now ‘available’, not having [a] sexual partner”.
“If this was the 50s and you had a jury of 12 men there, which is what you’d invariably have, they would say it’s unnatural for a man to be interested in another man or a man being interested in a boy. Those things have gone.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Is incest gaining acceptance? An Australian judge says it is" by Estelle Vosloo, Australian Times 7/14/14
Reported on Friday, Judge Neilson’s comment on incest becoming socially acceptable is being investigated.
Attorney-general for NSW, Brad Hazzard has said that judge Nielson’s comments are appalling and caused extreme concern.
“Incest is completely reprehensible, unacceptable, disgusting and criminal.”
Hazard has reported judge Neilson’s comments to the Judicial Commission of New South Wales for investigation. He also requested the District Court suspend the judge from criminal trials until the investigation into Neilson was completed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo" by Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney, UK Telegraph 7/10/14
Judge Neilson made the comments during the trial of a brother charged with raping his younger sister. The man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his sister when she was 10 or 11 years old in 1973 or 1974 but has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to sex they had in 1981, when she was 18 and he was 26.
"By that stage they are both mature adults," the judge said.
"The complainant has been sexually awoken, shall we say, by having two relationships with men and she had become 'free' when the second relationship broke down. The only thing that might change that is the fact that they were a brother and sister but we've come a long way from the 1950s – when the position of the English Common Law was that sex outside marriage was not lawful."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Homosexual Predator, Honored by Obama, Arrested
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Supreme Court Blocks 'Gay Marriages' OKd by Obama
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that more than 1,000 same-sex "marriages" that occurred during a weeks-long chaotic period last year caused by a single activist judge are NOT required to be recognized by the State of Utah until its appeal is heard, even though the Obama administration's DOJ rushed to recognize the "marriages" immediately.
Also read Lawless Obama Administration Tells States to Violate Oath for 'Gay Marriage'
For the "big picture," read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman. However, there's a lone appellate judge who says that there is NO constitutional protection for "gay marriage."
In addition, read President Obama Favors the One Percenters (Homosexuals)
-- From "Supreme Court Delays Benefits for Utah Gay Couples" by Brady McCombs, Associated Press 7/18/14
The couples were wed during a 17-day stretch in December when same-sex marriages were legal before the nation's highest court put the practice on hold. They had been set to get benefits Monday.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert applauded the Supreme Court's decision. "I believe states have the right to determine their laws regarding marriage and, as I have said all along, that decision will ultimately come from the United States Supreme Court," he said in a statement.
The Supreme Court's order doesn't apply to any other states, but it could foretell how the high court would deal with similar situations elsewhere, said Douglas NeJaime, a University of California-Irvine law professor. Hundreds of other gay couples also married in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana after state bans were struck down and before those rulings were put on hold.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Supreme Court Blocks Recognition of Utah Same-Sex Marriages" by Brent Kendall, Wall Street Journal 7/18/14
The high court, granting an emergency request by Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, issued a brief order postponing the effect of a lower-court ruling that said the state had to recognize the same-sex marriages immediately.
Utah is in the process of preparing a petition to the Supreme Court that asks the justices to decide whether the state can continue to prohibit gay marriages. But questions surrounding existing Utah gay unions raise somewhat distinct legal issues.
Utah said that requiring the state to recognize the marriages now would be an unfair end run around the normal legal process, which is still going on.
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From "Justices Say Utah Doesn't Have to Recognize Gay Marriages" by Adam Liptak, New York Times 7/18/14
The marriages took place between Dec. 20, when Judge Robert J. Shelby of Federal District Court in Salt Lake City struck down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, and Jan. 6, when the Supreme Court issued a stay blocking that ruling while the decision was appealed.
On June 25, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver, upheld Judge Shelby’s ruling. Utah officials have announced that they will soon ask the Supreme Court to hear that case, which presents the separate and much larger question of whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Friday’s order came in a different case, one concerning the status of what the state calls “interim marriages,” meaning those entered into during that period in December and January when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed.
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From "U.S. Supreme Court grants Utah a stay in same-sex marriage case" by Maya Srikrishnan, Los Angeles Times 7/18/14
Utah wanted to ensure that it did not have to recognize the marriages performed while its ban was inoperative. Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Utah's request for a stay on that issue, giving it until July 21 to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Utah contended that would "create chaos" and "deprive public officials (and the governments they represent) of their own due-process rights to effective appellate review."
In its appeal to Sotomayor, Utah said, “Here, every single interim marriage performed as a result of the district court’s ... injunction directly challenges the sovereignty of Utah and its people. Each such marriage undermines the state’s sovereign interest in controlling ‘the marriage status of persons domiciled within its border.'"
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From "Supreme Court grants stay in Utah marriage recognition case" by Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune 7/18/14
Utah asked [the Supreme Court] for the emergency order on Wednesday, saying that the state believes it will ultimately prevail in its fight to revive a ban on same-sex unions. If it loses, the state said it would work to nullify the marriages entered into during that window.
Utah continues to defend its right to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman on two fronts — in Evans. v. Utah and in the Kitchen v. Herbert case that in December toppled the state’s ban on same-sex unions.
Kimball ruled in May in the Evans case that Utah must recognize and imbue all same-sex marriages performed in the state with the same rights and privileges afforded to married opposite-sex couples. His decision did not go into effect immediately to give the state time to appeal.
Utah’s emergency application was filed with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who oversees the federal court circuit of which Utah is a part and who, in January, halted the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Utah after 17 days of marriages.
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“Constitutional rights do not spring into existence by mass social activity triggered by the unreviewed decision of a single district court judge.”For background, read how President Obama's Department of Justice rushed to recognize same-sex "marriages" in Utah just days after the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt to the illegal marriage chaos.
-- State of Utah, in court brief
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For the "big picture," read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman. However, there's a lone appellate judge who says that there is NO constitutional protection for "gay marriage."
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-- From "Supreme Court Delays Benefits for Utah Gay Couples" by Brady McCombs, Associated Press 7/18/14
The couples were wed during a 17-day stretch in December when same-sex marriages were legal before the nation's highest court put the practice on hold. They had been set to get benefits Monday.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert applauded the Supreme Court's decision. "I believe states have the right to determine their laws regarding marriage and, as I have said all along, that decision will ultimately come from the United States Supreme Court," he said in a statement.
The Supreme Court's order doesn't apply to any other states, but it could foretell how the high court would deal with similar situations elsewhere, said Douglas NeJaime, a University of California-Irvine law professor. Hundreds of other gay couples also married in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana after state bans were struck down and before those rulings were put on hold.
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From "Supreme Court Blocks Recognition of Utah Same-Sex Marriages" by Brent Kendall, Wall Street Journal 7/18/14
The high court, granting an emergency request by Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, issued a brief order postponing the effect of a lower-court ruling that said the state had to recognize the same-sex marriages immediately.
Utah is in the process of preparing a petition to the Supreme Court that asks the justices to decide whether the state can continue to prohibit gay marriages. But questions surrounding existing Utah gay unions raise somewhat distinct legal issues.
Utah said that requiring the state to recognize the marriages now would be an unfair end run around the normal legal process, which is still going on.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Justices Say Utah Doesn't Have to Recognize Gay Marriages" by Adam Liptak, New York Times 7/18/14
The marriages took place between Dec. 20, when Judge Robert J. Shelby of Federal District Court in Salt Lake City struck down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, and Jan. 6, when the Supreme Court issued a stay blocking that ruling while the decision was appealed.
On June 25, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver, upheld Judge Shelby’s ruling. Utah officials have announced that they will soon ask the Supreme Court to hear that case, which presents the separate and much larger question of whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Friday’s order came in a different case, one concerning the status of what the state calls “interim marriages,” meaning those entered into during that period in December and January when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "U.S. Supreme Court grants Utah a stay in same-sex marriage case" by Maya Srikrishnan, Los Angeles Times 7/18/14
Utah wanted to ensure that it did not have to recognize the marriages performed while its ban was inoperative. Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Utah's request for a stay on that issue, giving it until July 21 to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Utah contended that would "create chaos" and "deprive public officials (and the governments they represent) of their own due-process rights to effective appellate review."
In its appeal to Sotomayor, Utah said, “Here, every single interim marriage performed as a result of the district court’s ... injunction directly challenges the sovereignty of Utah and its people. Each such marriage undermines the state’s sovereign interest in controlling ‘the marriage status of persons domiciled within its border.'"
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Supreme Court grants stay in Utah marriage recognition case" by Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune 7/18/14
Utah asked [the Supreme Court] for the emergency order on Wednesday, saying that the state believes it will ultimately prevail in its fight to revive a ban on same-sex unions. If it loses, the state said it would work to nullify the marriages entered into during that window.
Utah continues to defend its right to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman on two fronts — in Evans. v. Utah and in the Kitchen v. Herbert case that in December toppled the state’s ban on same-sex unions.
Kimball ruled in May in the Evans case that Utah must recognize and imbue all same-sex marriages performed in the state with the same rights and privileges afforded to married opposite-sex couples. His decision did not go into effect immediately to give the state time to appeal.
Utah’s emergency application was filed with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who oversees the federal court circuit of which Utah is a part and who, in January, halted the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Utah after 17 days of marriages.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read 'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court
And read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians