Homosexual Kills, Injures Hundreds on Amtrak Train

The mainstream media always give top billing to the sexual orientation of news makers, except when the news reflects poorly on sexually deviant minorities.  A case in point is the fact that Amtrak's homosexual engineer Brandon Bostian, responsible for this week's train derailment in Philadelphia, is documented as a Gay Agenda activist.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

TV's Disproportionate Attention to the Gay Agenda

Homosexual Teacher Sexting Boy Resigns, Media Silent

Gay Pedophile Teacher Says Child Porn OK to View

D.C. Principal Says He's Gay - Media Ecstatic

Also read Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy

-- From "Amtrak engineer had Bay Area ties" by Annie Andersen, KRON-TV4 (San Francisco, CA) 5/13/15

The Midtown Gazette in Manhattan interviewed Bostonian in 2012 at a rally for equal rights in New York.

That article said,

Brandon Bostian, a recent transplant to New York, attended the event. Bostian was active in the [California] Proposition 8 fight, which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman, in San Francisco. While he is still interested in working for marriage equality, Bostian admitted that he is less enthusiastic this time around. “It’s kind of insulting to have to beg people for my right to marry,” he said. “I feel like we shouldn’t even have to have this fight.”

Tasha Bartholomew, the spokesperson for Caltrain and Sam Trans confirmed that 32-year-old Brandon Bostian did operate Caltrain trains several years ago, as an Amtrak employee.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "'Reckless' Amtrak engineer, 32, who was driving doomed train at 106mph claims he has no memory of crash that killed seven - as it's revealed a DOZEN are still missing" by Wills Robinson and Lydia Warren, UK Daily Mail 5/14/15

The Tennessee native used to live in Memphis, and graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2006 with a degree in business management and administration.

During his studies he was a member of the Acacia fraternity, according to his Linkedin page, which allegedly has ties to Freemasonry.

He also worked as a cashier at Target between 2005 and 2006.

Bostian is a gay-rights activist who previously lived in San Francisco before moving to New York. In 2012, he was interviewed by the Midtown Gazette, which covers parts of Manhattan, during the campaign for marriage equality.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Mutter responded to the National Transportation Safety Board briefing on Wednesday evening by saying that it proved 'reckless driving by the engineer' in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Study: Media Bias FOR Gays is Christians' Fault

New York Times Admits 22-week Fetus is a Baby!

In a stunning revelation, the liberal mainstream media have just discovered that pregnant women may, in fact, have "a person" developing in the womb — thanks to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine published yesterday concerning "fetal viability."

“[We now consider viability at 22 weeks,] but this is a pretty controversial area. I guess we would say that these babies deserve a chance. [But parents need to know that] the hospital that you go to might determine what happens to your baby.”
-- Edward Bell, study leader and pediatrics professor at the University of Iowa

For background, read Abortion Outlawed in Florida for Viable Fetuses

Also read about new abortion restriction laws requiring tests for viability after 20 weeks in Ohio and also in Missouri.

And read Study Shows Babies Can Hear the Abortionist Coming

What do the abortionists say?  Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?

In addition, read about the Georgia teacher ousted last month for revealing President Obama's position on infants who survive abortion.

-- From "Study of premature babies adds to questions for parents, doctors" by Pam Belluck, The New York Times 5/6/15

A new study of thousands of premature births found that a small minority of babies born a week or two before what is now generally considered the point of viability can be treated and survive, in some cases with relatively few health problems.

The findings may also have implications for the abortion debate. The Supreme Court has said states cannot ban abortion before a fetus is viable outside the womb, and 24 weeks has generally been cited by medical experts as the time of viability.

Recently, physicians who work with very premature infants have begun to consider it reasonable to offer active treatment for babies born at 23 weeks. A 2014 summary of a workshop that involved the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics said “in general, those born at 23 weeks of gestation should be considered potentially viable” as more than a quarter of them survive if treated intensively.

The study, involving nearly 5,000 babies born between 22 and 27 weeks gestation, found that 22-week-old babies did not survive without medical intervention. . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Study on premature babies raises questions about abortion and medical care" by Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post 5/7/15

[The study] is heartening news in the world of pediatrics. But it also adds to a list of questions for parents, doctors and lawmakers by challenging the accepted age for “viability” — a standard that has defined the debates about abortion and intensive neonatal care.

According to Neil Marlow, a neonatology expert at University College London, many doctors have assumed that 22 weeks was too early for a child to be a candidate for intensive care because fatality rates were so high. But the NEJM study shows that those high rates are in part due to doctors’ reluctance to attempt a painful intervention on a newborn that’s unlikely to survive.

. . . the Supreme Court has long crafted its abortion rulings around the idea of viability. In Roe v. Wade the court ruled that states could not restrict abortions before the 28th week of pregnancy, at the time thought to be the earliest a newborn could survive on its own.

The 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, acknowledging that advances in neonatal care made survival of even more premature babies possible, detached the “viability” marker from the 28-week standard but left the sentiment of the original ruling intact: “We reaffirm … the right of the woman to choose to have an abortion before viability and to obtain it without undue interference from the State,” read the majority opinion.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Hospital efforts to save very premature babies vary widely" by Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press 5/6/15

The study involved nearly 5,000 babies born before 27 weeks gestation at 24 hospitals in a research group run by the National Institutes of Health between April 2006 and March 2011.

Researchers looked at rates of comfort care versus active treatment, such as breathing machines, feeding tubes or heart resuscitation. Active treatment was given to 22 percent of babies born at 22 weeks, 72 percent of those at 23 weeks and nearly all beyond that.

Survival rates were higher for the actively treated babies — 23 percent versus 5 percent for all babies in the study born at 22 weeks, and 33 percent versus 24 percent for those born at 23 weeks.

About 12,000 babies each year in the United States are born between 22 and 25 weeks gestation. A full-term pregnancy is about 40 weeks.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "No Standard Treatment for Extreme Preemies - Practice differences appear to explain survival disparities" by Sarah Wickline Wallan, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 5/7/15

"This article raises important questions about what information should be given to parents during counseling about risks after an extremely preterm birth," Neil Marlow, DM, wrote in an accompanying editorial. "To give crude data on the survival rate among all such infants, regardless of whether treatment efforts were made, is misleading and helps to make poor survival a self-fulfilling prophecy."

"The NICHD NRN (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network) collects data only on live births in specialist hospitals and is not population-based; thus these data cannot be used to explore attitudes underlying the decision to provide or withhold treatment or to evaluate antepartum fetal deaths," added Marlow, who is from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health at University College London.

"The study should prompt physicians, hospitals, state governments, and professional societies to accelerate efforts to provide perinatal regionalization programs that will optimize access of these extremely premature babies to level 3 and 4 perinatal centers that can provide skilled, experienced active treatment in the delivery room when parents and physicians decide in favor of active treatment," F. Sessions Cole, MD, director of the division of newborn medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in an email to MedPage Today.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Gallup poll, Americans Want Abortion Laws Changed

As Pro-life Laws Sweep America, Liberals Battle Back

Abortionists, Satanists Team Up vs. Missouri Law

Abortionists Stymied by New Oklahoma & Kansas Laws

Also read Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif. and chairman of House Democratic Caucus) won't answer if unborn child 20 weeks into pregnancy is human being. (video)

2014: 'Year of the Bible,' Declares Texas Mayor

Secularists are fuming . . .

Mayor Tom Hayden, Flower Mound, Texas worked with local church leaders to create a Bible study website in order to ". . . bring our town back to a Biblical foundation which our country was founded and built upon."

"Throughout the history of the United States, one of the most important influences that has shaped our country into a distinctive nation, none may have been more profound or enduring than the Bible.

"I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and I hope to be able to share the good news with others. Everyone's personal relationship with God is a personal decision. Your relationship with God may differ with mine. If I can I would like to encourage people to read the Bible.

“I hope God will bless my town.”
-- Mayor Tom Haden

For background, read Atheists Say Ohio Religious Liberty Bill is Dangerous, however in Pennsylvania: Town Prays, Ignores Atheists' Threats

Also read California Judge OKs Prayer at Eureka City Council

In addition, read Prayer at Civic Meetings Flourish Across America as more Citizens Rebel Against Atheist Threats



-- From "Flower Mound mayor’s ‘Year of the Bible’ draws praise, criticism" by Wendy Hundley, Staff Writer, Dallas Morning News 1/2/14

A corresponding website, www.thebible2014.com,which guides participants through the entire Bible in 365 daily readings, was temporarily disabled Thursday morning after receiving 69,276 hits from across the world.

“There’s more attention being drawn to it than we ever thought,” said Hayden, who estimates that 99 percent of the reaction he’s received has been supportive of his Dec. 16 proclamation intended to spark community discussion.

Alix Jules, coordinator of the DFW Coalition of Reason, said the proclamation runs counter to today’s diverse society. “It ignores our Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and secular families who are also working on living and instilling moral values in our daily lives — without the Bible,” he said.

Hayden and his supporters say the proclamation was not intended to exclude anyone, and people of all faiths are invited to participate in the daily readings.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "2014 Is 'Year Of The Bible,' Declares Flower Mound Texas Mayor Tom Hayden" by The Huffington Post 1/2/14

The move has drawn mixed reactions, as some question the propriety of the declarations while others applaud the initiative. . . .

Hayden's initiative isn't the first time a politician has pushed for a "Year of the Bible." Pennsylvania House members passed House Resolution 535, which was a non-binding resolution that declared 2012 to be the "Year of the Bible." President Ronald Reagan proclaimed 1983 as the "Year of the Bible" in the United States and encouraged "all citizens, each in his or her own way, to reexamine and rediscover its priceless and timeless message."

Hayden told MyFoxDFW.com, "There's so much benevolence on helping your fellow person. And the morality that helped build our country is based on the values that are found in the Bible. And as we look at problems, maybe we're getting away from those values. And in my little small way, I want to encourage people to get back into those values."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Jesus Banned from Sterling, Colorado Cemetery

The root issue is American Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism

Romney Accused of Abortion Lies by Mainstream Media

Slate Magazine (with the Washington Post) has published a well-documented "hit piece" on Mitt Romney's alleged changing story of his pro-choice/pro-life conversion(s). It's odd for the mainstream (liberal) media to take the side of pro-life critics of Romney, but perhaps a weakened Mitt Romney and/or triumphant Rick Santorum is their desired outcome.

For background, read Romney Dismisses Pro-life Pledge and also read Romney & Abortion: Liberals Attack From Both Sides as well as Christian Liberty at Risk with a President Romney? plus read Romney Wins Big with Florida Homosexual Republicans

UPDATE 5/15/12: Romney Says It's OK to ‘Destroy’ Human Embryos Created Through In Vitro Fertilization

-- From "The Conversion" by William Saletan, Slate 2/22/12

To understand Mitt Romney, you have to understand the most difficult passage of his political life: how he changed his position on abortion. Not the story he tells about it, but the real story.

Romney began his political career as a pro-choicer. In the story he tells, he had an epiphany, a flash of insight, and committed himself thereafter to protecting life. But that isn’t what happened. The real story of Romney’s conversion—a series of tentative, equivocal, and confused shifts, accompanied by a constant rewriting of his past—paints a more accurate picture of who he is. Romney has complex views and a talent for framing them either way, depending on his audience. He values truth, so he makes sure there’s an element of it in everything he says. He can’t stand to break his promises, so he reinterprets them.

Parts of the story have been told before. But no one has put it together. And no one has assembled the many video and audio clips that bear witness to what happened. In this article, the first complete examination of Romney’s journey, you’ll see his transformation on camera.

The problem with Romney isn’t that he keeps changing his mind. The problem is that he keeps changing his story.

To read the entire article, CLICK HERE -- see the Slate story in the video below:

IL Abortion Clinics Passed without Inspections

Recently, the Illinois Department of Public Health decided that their past history of ignoring state inspection laws for abortion clinics could reveal their ideology, so the pro-abortion regulators decided to catch up on inspections that have lapsed by as much as 15 years.

For background, read Unsafe Illinois Abortion Clinic Closes Permanently and also read Two Abortionists Arrested, Charged with Murder as well as More Abortionists Linked to Murder Cases

UPDATE 1/16/14: IL Abortion Clinic Sidesteps Regulations by Closing, then Reopening (see article excerpts below)

-- From "Ill. cracks down on abortion clinics" by Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Medical Writer 1/21/12

An increased scrutiny of Illinois abortion clinics in the wake of revelations about a "house of horrors" in Philadelphia revealed that some facilities had gone up to 15 years without inspections, and two now have closed after regulators found health and safety violations.

While Illinois is working on the backlog of neglected inspections, the documents reviewed by the AP show that a few abortion clinics in the state still haven't been checked in more than a decade. One in Chicago hasn't been inspected in 16 years. Another in the suburb of Wood Dale was last inspected nearly 15 years ago.

Anti-abortion activist Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, said Illinois is "one of the most pro-abortion states in the nation" and he believes it gave the clinics "a pass." The state has shown "a systematic unwillingness to step away from the ideology and look at these facilities objectively," he said, calling for more stringent inspections.

Those reports [of mothers' deaths in other states] also spurred the Illinois Department of Public Health into action, said Karen Senger, who supervises licensing and regulation of health care facilities in the state. The documents show the state began quietly increasing the inspections of its clinics last year.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Illinois cracks down on abortion clinics" by The Associated Press 1/20/12

Here is a list of clinics inspected last year and the years they'd gone without full health inspections:

—Aanchor Health Center in Glen Ellyn. Nine years without a full health inspection. Inspected May 5, 2011.

—Access Health Center in Downers Grove. 13 years without a full health inspection. Inspected May 18, 2011.

—ACU Health Clinic in Hinsdale. 14 years without an inspection. Inspected May 24, 2011.

—American Women's Medical Center in Des Plaines. Seven years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 23, 2011.

—Forest View Medical Center in Des Plaines. Six years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 1, 2011.

—Michigan Avenue Medical Center in Chicago. Seven years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 23, 2011.

—National Health Care Service in Peoria. Nine years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 16, 2011.

—Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford. 15 years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 8, 2011.

—Women's Aid Clinic in Lincolnwood. 15 years without a full health inspection. Inspected Sept. 6, 2011.

Source: Illinois Department of Public Health documents on pregnancy termination center inspections

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

UPDATE 1/16/14: From "Slapped with $36,000 fine, judge willing to let abortion clinic pay $77 to get off the hook" by John Jansen, LifeSiteNews.com

Imagine you run a shoddy abortion clinic that amasses a $36,000 fine by your state’s health department.  You file for bankruptcy, but your case is dismissed.  Then, you close out your bank account, dissolve your old company, change your name, and move to a different location.

On September 6-7, 2011, inspectors with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) visited the Women’s Aid Clinic abortion facility, located in the northern Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood, for the first time in 15 years.

Six weeks later, on October 21, 2011 the state assessed Women’s Aid Clinic with a fine of $36,000 for a host of serious violations, including failure to perform CPR on 18-year old Antonesha Ross, who died following an abortion.  The state also suspended the license of Women’s Aid to operate as a pregnancy termination specialty center (PTSC) and prohibited the facility from performing surgical abortions—although it is still permitted to perform medical abortions (i.e., RU-486).

To read the entire saga, CLICK HERE.

Indoctrinating Kids Against Non-liberal Media: PBS

Trying to counter the imminent demise of the liberal mainstream media, the so-called News Literacy Project (NLP) has infiltrated 21 inner-city and nearby schools in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago with the goal of teaching children to discount Internet-based news information from non-liberal sources.

“I used to read the Daily News or the Post. Now I read The New York Times.”
-- Raquel Monje, high school senior indoctrinated by the NLP at Manhattan’s Facing History School

-- From "In the Media - Press Room" posted at the NLP website

The news-literacy movement has the potential to begin to rewrite the unflattering narratives about the press that have become so pervasive that we’ve nearly stopped questioning them—to remove the derogatory undertone from the phrase “mainstream media.” It has the potential to push back against the hijacking of the journalistic reputation—not only by a sustained and strategic smear campaign on the part of the political right (“the liberal media”), but also on the part of the political left (“the corporate media”).

To read more at the NLP website, CLICK HERE.

From "News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers" transcript posted at The PBS Newshour 12/13/11

JEFFREY BROWN, PBS Newshour: How can young people learn to be better consumers of news and information?

COLIN O'BRIEN, News Literacy Project: You want news sources that are transparent. You want to be able to see who is doing the reporting, see what their agenda is, see who funds them, see if they are, in fact, a credible source or not.

ALAN MILLER, News Literacy Project: There is so much potential here for misinformation, for propaganda, for spin, all of the myriad sources that are out there. More and more of, the onus is shifting to the consumer.

JEFFREY BROWN: And a slew of recent studies supports the notion that young people seek out traditional news sources less and less and that they have a difficult time knowing how to judge the legitimacy of the information that does come at them.

In response, the News Literacy Project, funded by a combination of foundations, corporations and individuals, develops lesson plans for teachers . . .

JEFFREY BROWN: The program also brings journalists into the classroom to run workshops.

JEFFREY BROWN: . . . the idea of making this into a national program got a recent boost from Michael Copps, a member of the Federal Communications Commission.

MICHAEL COPPS, FCC: And we need to focus on bringing all these together in the public sector and in the private sector to develop an online news literacy curriculum that can be made available across the nation. This can be a powerful antidote to the dumbing down of our civic dialogue that has taken place.

JEFFREY BROWN: To further the effort, the News Literacy Project and the American Library Association are launching workshops around the country to make high school students better media watchdogs, with a specific focus on the 2012 political campaign.

To read the entire program transcript above, CLICK HERE.

Romney & Abortion: Liberals Attack From Both Sides

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, documented to espouse every imaginable position on abortion in the past, is being attacked by the liberal media and the Democrat party simultaneously as being too pro-abortion for conservatives, and too anti-abortion for any woman.

For background, read Romney Dismisses Pro-life Pledge and also read Presidential Candidates Address Christians in D.C. as well as 2012: Obama vs. an Evangelical, or vs. a Mormon?

-- From "Democrats Target Romney on Reproductive Rights" by Ashley Parker, New York Times 11/3/11

President Obama’s re-election campaign has been hammering Mitt Romney from many angles in recent weeks. And now Democrats are beginning a new push against him, this time using the issue of reproductive rights in a bid to raise doubts about Mr. Romney among women.

The Democratic offensive is built around Mr. Romney’s statements on a proposed constitutional amendment [of Personhood] in Mississippi, which among other things would effectively make illegal certain types of birth control.

[In response to an Iowa citizen,] Mr. Romney said. “. . . life begins at conception, birth control prevents conception.”

Democrats are planning to use the issue to paint Mr. Romney as opposed to birth control, in an effort to appeal to female voters.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Mitt Romney's 'Ever-Evolving Ideology'" by Ron Fournier, National Journal 11/3/11

Mitt Romney's team will dismiss it as old news, but this Washington Post story on the former Massachusetts governor's "ever-evolving ideology" is a must-read because it underlines his greatest weakness as a presidential candidate.

When Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, became a presidential candidate in 2008, his views on [Culture War] issues had shifted dramatically to the right. Raw politics at work: A moderate record suited Romney's needs in Democratic-leaning Massachusetts and conservative views are a necessity in national GOP primaries.

Romney's only hope of dodging the flip-flopping label is that journalists and their readers decide to give him a pass because his position shifts are old news. But they are not old news: That fact that Romney has an odds-on chance to become president in 2013 makes doubts about his core values more relevant than ever.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "As governor, Romney worked to reassure liberals" by Peter Wallsten and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post 11/2/11

Mitt Romney was firm and direct with the abortion rights advocates sitting in his office nine years ago, assuring the group that if elected Massachusetts governor, he would protect the state’s abortion laws.

Then, as the meeting drew to a close, the businessman offered an intriguing suggestion — that he would rise to national prominence in the Republican Party as a victor in a liberal state and could use his influence to soften the GOP’s hard-line opposition to abortion.

He would be a “good voice in the party” for their cause, and his moderation on the issue would be “widely written about,” he said, according to detailed notes taken by an officer of the group, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts.

“You need someone like me in Washington,” several participants recalled Romney saying that day in September 2002, an apparent reference to his future ambitions.

Romney made similar assurances to activists for gay rights and the environment, according to people familiar with the discussions, both as a candidate for governor and then in the early days of his term.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Experts: Credit Romney for Homosexual 'Marriage'

Media Discover America is a Christian Nation

Before the Age of the Internet, the mainstream media monopoly succeeded in striping Christianity from many facets of American society, including political campaigns; all that has changed now.

For background, read Media Prepare Anti-Christian Campaign for 2012 and also read NY Times Wants Conservative Christian Candidates Grilled on Theology as well as God's Conspiracy Theory via GOP per NBC's Rachel Maddow

-- From "Theology a hot issue in 2012 GOP campaign" by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press Religion Writer 9/3/11

It used to be simpler. . . .

Now, politicians are navigating a landscape in which rifts over faith and policy have become chasms. . . .

Nationally, more than 70 percent of Republicans and more than half of Democrats say it's somewhat or very important that a presidential candidate have very strong religious beliefs, according to the Public Religion Research Institute.

Politicians are evaluated not only by what church they attend, but also by what their congregation teaches and what their pastor says on Sundays.

Politicians are facing complex questions on religious doctrine, prompted in many cases by their own attempts at highlighting their faith.

Voters have started pushing for specifics because they no longer consider belief separate from action and faith unrelated to policymaking, said Kathleen Flake, who specializes in American religious history at Vanderbilt University. . . .

"For the first time, we're not only interested in whether someone is religious, which is essentially a question of, 'Do you have a morality that the voter can identify with?'" Flake said. "It appears that there's a significant portion of the electorate that's interested in what the particular theology of the candidate is. Do they believe in Jesus? If so, what kind of Jesus do you believe in?"

To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.

Also read Presidential Candidates Address Christian America

Liberals Admit to Destruction of African Americans

Time Magazine interviewed Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks about his new book Is Marriage for White People? that documents the consequences of a marriageless culture.

For background, read 'Intact Family' Nearly Extinct among Blacks and also read Government Destines Black Children to Poverty as well as Liberalism Causes Poverty in America: Study

-- From "Is Marriage for White People?" by David Kaufman, Time Magazine 8/31/11

Researched and written over the past 10 years, Banks' book explores the unpleasant — and often unspoken — contributors to and consequences of declining marriage rates among African Americans. With 70% of all black children now born to unwed mothers, the consequences have never been clearer. . . .

Time: At a time when marriage is becoming less popular among all ethnicities, why such a strong focus on wedded bliss?

Banks: I'm not necessarily speaking of a physical marriage license, but rather the importance of a stable committed relationship — and there is a serious decline of committed stable relationships in black America today. This has many undesirable outcomes not just for adults, but also for children who are the most vulnerable parties here. Seventy percent of black children today are born to non-married partners; most of these relationships do not last, which means most of these kids grow up with just one parent and this is not an optimal situation for child-rearing.

Time: Your book almost exclusively focuses on the experiences of African Americans. Why should white people read it?

Banks: Sure, the book is rooted in the black community, but the themes — marriage, children, inter-marriage — resonate across group lines. Plus, there are many white people who have black friends or co-workers who see that their lives are different from their own, but aren't sure how to talk about those differences. They see unmarried black women around them and wonder why they are single. These are topics that black women regularly speak of amongst themselves, but would never discuss in front white people.

Time: With so much talk of unmarried women, fatherless children, economic insecurity, your book feels kind of grim. Where is the hope here for the women you claim to care about?

Banks: The hope here is that black women will be able to shape their own lives and not be victims of circumstance. . . . This is a hopeful book, but not a relentlessly upbeat book because that would have not been true to reality.

To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.

Same-sex Household Count Tiny: U.S. Census

Even as the mainstream media uses the census data to imply that America is going gay, the census actually proves, again, that the homosexual population of the nation is minuscule.

For background, read American Homosexual Population is Tiny: Study

UPDATE 7/15/14: Federal government survey finds only 1.6% are homosexual

UPDATE 6/4/12: Media Admit Propaganda Overstating Gay Population

UPDATE 10/6/11: Same-sex married households comprise 0.2% of all married households

UPDATE 9/28/11: Fewer 'Gay Couples' per Census Revisions

UPDATE 8/25/11: UCLA's "same-sex advocacy think tank" analysis of census data shows well under 1% of U.S. households are same-sex couples

UPDATE 8/18/11: Florida same-sex households well under 1% per census

UPDATE 8/10/11: Same-sex couples in Maryland & Virginia about 1% of population

UPDATE 9/20/14 - Census: 'Gay Marriage' Official, but Fewer Marry

-- From "Census 2010: One-Quarter of Gay Couples Raising Children" by Susan Donaldson James, ABC News 6/23/11

Advocates [for the Gay Agenda, such as Stuart Gaffney] say census counts matter in these political debates. They argue that the data is important for understanding their needs and forming policies in the best interest of their children.

"It's something we find out when they are lobbying in legislatures like Albany right now and reps say they don't have someone in their district who it matters to," he said. "That's why it's so critical to show we are in every state, every city and every county in the United States. There are constituents and they need to know we are here."

For the first time ever, the census counts same-sex couples and their children, and as data trickles out state by state, more gay families are being tallied in the South.

In Alabama, there are 11,259 same-sex couples, representing 5.98 couples per 1,000 households [or about one-half of one percent] in the state.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Census shows self-identified gay households among Wyoming's fastest-growing demographic groups" by Mead Gruver, Associated Press 6/23/11

Figures from the 2010 census show 1,147 same-sex households in Wyoming, up from 807 in 2000.

Statewide, about 0.4 percent of Wyoming households identified themselves as gay. The Williams Institute estimates 73 percent of those are lesbian couples and 27 percent gay couples.

Wyoming has more self-reporting gay households in its bigger cities: Between 0.5 and 0.6 percent of households in Cheyenne, Casper and Laramie, and close to 0.7 percent in Rock Springs. The census showed Riverton with the biggest share of reported gay couples, 1.2 percent.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Census statistics show quarter of California same-sex couples raising kids" by Matt O'Brien, Contra Costa Times 6/23/11

[A local Contra Costa County] family of four is among nearly 1 percent of California households -- about 126,000 homes -- headed by same-sex couples, according to statistics from the 2010 census being released Thursday.

. . . San Francisco remains a gay hub -- the city has more than 10,000 gay and lesbian couples . . .

Demographers caution that the numbers may overcount same-sex couples because of opposite-sex couples who miscoded themselves on a confusing form. The errors are amplified because there are far more opposite-sex couples than same-sex couples.

Three percent of San Francisco households and slightly more than 2 percent of Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville households are headed by same-sex couples, making these the Bay Area cities with the highest concentration of gay and lesbian partners. Other East Bay cities run close behind, and most of the neighborhoods outside San Francisco with the highest number of same-sex couples, according to the census, stretch along the foothills of East Oakland.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Census finds growing gay community in Allentown" by Andrew McGill, Matt Assad and Eugene Tauber of The Morning Call 6/23/11

Allentown is still the welcoming community they remember from the '80s, they said, with a bigger heart than you'd expect from a city of only 118,000.

Census numbers released Thursday show Allentown has 405 same-sex households . . . [a tiny percentage of the city].

That makes Allentown the state's third-largest home to gay couples, behind only Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Same-sex couples find a home in Delaware" by Mike Chalmers, The News Journal 6/23/11

Still, same-sex couples make up just 1 percent of the state's 342,297 households. Unmarried male-female couples make up about 6 percent of the households, while married couples, single people, roommates and others make up the remaining 93 percent.

Growing acceptance of same-sex couples allows more people to answer that census question honestly, rather than hiding behind the term "roommates," said Steve Elkins, executive director of CAMP Rehoboth, a nonprofit gay and lesbian community group.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Same-sex homes in the Valley on the rise" by Kurtis Alexander, The Fresno Bee 6/22/11

. . . in Fresno County, about 8 of every 1,000 households [well under one percent] are headed by a same-sex couple . . .

Statewide, the greatest concentrations of same-sex couples are along the coast, particularly in the Bay Area, according to the census. San Francisco County topped the list, with 3% of households identifying as same-sex. In the Valley, the figure remains below the state average of 1%.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "California families are changing, U.S. Census data show" by Kate Linthicum, Ari Bloomekatz and Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times 6/23/11

New census figures show that the percentage of Californians who live in "nuclear family" households — a married man and a woman raising their children — has dropped again over the last decade, to 23.4% of all households. That represents a 10% decline in 10 years, measured as a percentage of the state's households.

Those households, the Times analysis shows, are being supplanted by a striking spectrum of postmodern living arrangements: same-sex households, unmarried opposite-sex partners, married couples who have no children. Some forms of households that were rare just a generation ago are becoming common; the number of single-father households in California, for instance, grew by 36% between 2000 and 2010.

. . . families that were once called "broken" — are increasingly the standard.

To read all of this very lengthy article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Marriage Essential for Children: Studies

Media Prepare Anti-Christian Campaign for 2012

The liberal media are recognizing that the front runners in the GOP presidential primary are likely to be vocal evangelical Christians, such as Michele Bachmann or the self-described "dark horse" candidate Herman Cain.

The 2012 battle is the mainstream media vs. Christian America

Read related articles: Liberals, Abortionists Watch America Go Right and also ABC News Scrutinizes Faith of GOP Candidates

UPDATE 8/26/11: NY Times Wants Conservative Christian Candidates Grilled on Theology

UPDATE 8/9/11: NPR dissects Michele Bachmann's "radical & violent" Christianity


UPDATE 8/6/11: Next to be attacked by the media for his Christianity is Gov. Rick Perry

-- From "Michele Bachmann: Pray for me" by Juana Summers, Politico 5/4/11

The Minnesota congresswoman is asking supporters to pray for her as she considers a White House bid, saying she wants God to give her and her husband “a special anointing on how to put our team together.”

"It won't be easy, it will be a very, very difficult fight," she said. "If this is something that the Lord has called us to, he will make a way where there is no way, and so we're asking for that prayer."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Michele Bachmann says faith impacts her politics" posted at The Underground 4/13/11

Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann told a group of some 100 people [in Iowa] that she converted to Christianity as a high school teenager in Nov. 1972, and “It was an amazing time, a lifelong path of fellowship,” the Associated Press reported.

Bachmann told the group of Iowa conservatives that she is against same-sex marriage and she was shocked by the 2003 decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court to legalize it, according to the AP.

Bachmann is also pro-life, and said in her speech in Iowa that Planned Parenthood is the “LensCrafter of big abortion,” adding that it does not deserve to have a nonprofit status, CNN said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Herman Cain debate - Christian Baptist man wins the GOP debate" by Paula Mooney, Christian TV Examiner 5/6/11

. . . Cain came seemingly out of nowhere to rocket propulsion spotlight after his debate speech . . . [where he gave] viewers further information on the types of faith issues people seek to really learn about their possible future president: Chiefly, is he a Christian? What faith or religion does Cain practice?

He's Baptist, and a married father of two children, scrolled the text across the video.

Indeed, in a video on the same page of Herman Cain at the 2009 Georgia State Republican, he sounds decidedly like a preacher, a man of the cloth.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Herman Cain confirms attendence at Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom conference; Rubio invited" by Ashley Lopez, Florida Independent 5/3/11

Herman Cain has confirmed that he will be attending Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom conference in June yesterday. So far, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has also confirmed that she will be attending the conservative conference held every year in Washington, D.C.

Cain is a presidential hopeful from Georgia who has been in the news for saying that we would not allow Muslims to serve in his administration and for saying that Planned Parenthood was created to “kill black babies.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Cain Wins Big in Fox News GOP Debate in the Absence of Big Names" by Stephanie Samuel, Christian Post Reporter 5/6/11

. . . Cain's Christian testimony, combined with his plain-spokenness and his business sense, gives him a fighting chance among conservative Christians.

Cain is the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza and the former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Most recently, he had a radio talk show, "The Herman Cain Show" on WSB-AM-FM/Atlanta.

Cain said of his faith in an April interview with The Christian Post, "I believe in God, I believe in his son Jesus Christ, and I believe in the Holy Spirit." He also said, "Faith plays a very big part in my life, especially when I'm having to wrestle with some major decisions."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Self-taught historian molds ideas of political right" by Erik Eckholm, New York Times 5/5/11

. . . David Barton [of WallBuilders] might seem like a quirky history buff. But the true ambition of this man . . . is to use the nation's past to remake its future, and he has the ear of several would-be presidents.

Barton is a self-taught historian who is described by several potential conservative presidential aspirants as a valued adviser and a source of historical and biblical justification for their policies. He is so popular that evangelical pastors travel across states to hear his rapid-fire presentations on how the United States was founded as a Christian nation and is on the road to ruin, thanks to secularists and the Supreme Court, or on the lost political power of the clergy.

Through two decades of prolific, if disputed, research and some 400 speeches a year on what he calls the forgotten Christian roots of America, Barton, 57, a former school principal and a minister, has built a reputation as a guiding spirit of the religious right. He is also immersed in nuts-and-bolts politics and maintains a network of 700 anti-abortion state legislators.

The liberal group People For the American Way recently issued a report warning of Barton's "growing visibility and influence with members of Congress and other Republican Party officials."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Huckabee: Christian Issues Nation's Top Priority

Day of Prayer: Atheists Peer In from Outside

On this National Day of Prayer, the mainstream media presents its view of prayer ranging from curiosity to utter contempt.

-- From "America observes National Day of Prayer" posted at msnbc.com 5/4/11

Organized by the National Day of Prayer Task Force, more than 35,000 people are expected to gather across the country in prayer, according to the group's website.

The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by Congress and signed into law by Harry Truman.

President Obama issued a proclamation designating May 5 as a National Day of Prayer on April 29. He issued similar proclamations in 2009 and 2010.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "National Day of Prayer spotlights prayer's healing power" by David W Freeman, CBS News 5/5/11

Religious people take on faith the healing power of prayer - on today's National Day of Prayer as on other days. And even hard-nosed doctors who have studied spirituality say science supports the belief that prayer brings health benefits - though not necessarily because God is listening.

Several studies have linked prayer to better health. A 2001 study showed that reciting rosary prayers or yoga mantras can enhance heart rhythm and breathing, and a 2011 study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine linked prayer to pain relief.

Research has also shown that the death rate of people who attend church regularly is about 30 percent lower than that among people who spend their Sundays doing something else, according to Dr. Lynda Powell, chairman of preventive medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

What explains churchgoers' lower death rate? Is it because God smiles on the faithful?

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "National Day of Prayer prompts reflections on the practice" by Jeannie Kever, Houston Chronicle 5/4/11

. . . most services, here and elsewhere, will take place in Christian churches, reflecting both the National Day of Prayer's beginnings in 1775 as a Christian observance and the fact that more than 75 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christian.

Almost 60 percent of Americans say they pray at least once a day, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, and Rice University sociologist Michael Emerson notes that those who believe in the healing power of prayer generally embrace studies that confirm their belief, while rejecting those that find no impact.

"Prayer brings a sense of control in an uncertain world," he said. "Whether it works or not, at the level of the supernatural, it works in giving humans a sense of control over their environment."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Skeptics Challenge Day of Prayer With Day of Reason" by Stephanie Samuel, Christian Post Reporter 5/5/11

The non-theists of the North Carolina Triangle Freethought Society have constructed a full day’s schedule of speeches, musical performances and social events meant to rival the many local and national prayer events being held in conjunction with NDOP.

The Day of Reason’s schedule includes several speeches from atheist, agnostic and humanist leaders with titles such as "Coming Out as an Atheist and Humanist" and "How to Protect a Secular America" at a rally at the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh. After lunch, there are scheduled visits to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Meanwhile, the NDOP website shows that there will be well over 10 prayer events at North Carolina churches, hotels and flags in the communities surrounding the Freethought Society’s rally. These events feature outdoor prayer sessions, prayer breakfasts and luncheons, and youth rallies.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Under Attack: National Day of Prayer as well as Atheists Lose: 'Day of Prayer' Ruled Constitutional

Christian Tea Party Analysis is Media Priority

Unlike the mainstream media of October 2010, the media now presents the Tea Party movement as a "Religious Right"/Christian/Republican political force.

For background, read 'Culture War' Suddenly Erupts, Says Liberal Media

UPDATE 4/8/11 Washington Post: Tea Party rank & file are NOT libertarians, but are "Christian right"

UPDATE 3/27/11: Christians' issues dominate candidates in Iowa

UPDATE 3/26/11 "Potential Republican presidential candidates court evangelicals" by Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post

Likely candidates have met with preachers, conservative Christians and religious leaning home-schoolers in South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa, where winning the evangelical vote is tantamount to winning the caucus. . . . a group that nationally makes up about 40 percent of the Republican Party, according to polls.

Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and a Baptist minister, was an early speaker [on today's “Rediscover God in America” broadcast], quoting from the New Testament and saying that it was up to people of faith to reclaim America.

Huckabee, who finished second in the 2008 GOP primary, retains residual support among evangelicals, and a Washington Post/ABC News poll shows him leading all other potential candidates with a favorability rating of 76 percent among white evangelical Republicans and GOP-leaning independents.

In the 2010 midterms, evangelical support for the GOP surged by seven percentage points over the 2006 midterms, with 77 percent of white evangelical Christians backing House Republicans vs. 19 percent for Democrats.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "New Republic: In Bachmann, A Serious Contender" by Ed Kilgore, The New Republic (posted at NPR) 3/17/11

As the 2012 Republican presidential field finally takes shape over the next few months, one thing is fairly certain: An intensely ideological female politician closely identified with the Christian Right and with the Tea Party movement, someone liberals love to hate, will define the race. But surprisingly, it's increasingly likely that person will be Michele Bachmann rather than Sarah Palin. . .

The parallels between Bachmann and Palin are hard to ignore . . . Both women are politically rooted in the anti-abortion movement, having earned the loyalty of anti-choicers by "walking the walk" — Palin by carrying to term a child with a severe disability, and Bachmann by serving as a foster parent to 23 children (in addition to her own five), plus walking a few abortion clinic picket lines over the years. Both candidates are heroes of the Tea Party movement (Bachmann is the founder of the House Tea Party Caucus). And both have regularly played fast and loose with facts and history, constantly treading the boundary between ideologically loaded viewpoint and sheer ignorance.

[Bachmann's] signature issue as a Minnesota state senator was fighting same-sex marriage . . . She got her law degree from Oral Roberts University (a law school that eventually migrated to Pat Robertson's Regent University); her husband has long run a "Christian family counseling" center; and both Bachmanns once operated a charter school that was accused of seriously violation of the principle of church-state separation.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "GOP [Presidential] Hopefuls Woo Iowa Homeschoolers" by Neil King, Jr., Wall Street Journal 3/24/11

Iowa homeschoolers tend to be religious conservatives whose social beliefs dovetail with those of the Republican Party.

Ms. Bachmann, already a favorite among many tea-party groups, brings to Iowa some clear advantages in appealing to the state's homeschool crowd.

The [homeschool] community is well organized, having tussled with the state government for years over educational regulations. Parents also don't hesitate to turn campaigning into a lesson plan.

The 2012 GOP field looks set to be more crowded with candidates seeking the social-conservative mantle than in 2008.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Planned Parenthood showdown could reveal true nature of tea party" by Patrik Jonsson, Staff Writer, Christian Science Monitor 3/24/11

If tea party Republicans stick to plans to defund Planned Parenthood – even at the cost of a government shutdown – it would raise questions about whether the movement is driven more by small government ideals or classic Republican 'values' issues.

With the specter of a government shutdown looming, all eyes are on the 87 freshmen House Republicans most closely associated with the tea party movement. The position they take on defunding Planned Parenthood, in particular, could offer insight into a fundamental question: How do social issues such as abortion and gay marriage – which motivated the "religious right" and helped define the Republican Party in the past – fit into the tea party worldview?

Critics say Republican targeting of Planned Parenthood shows that the tea party is just a new incarnation of the traditional "values" driven Republican.

. . . according to a survey by the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society in Fayetteville, Ark. . . . Some 85 percent of members of tea party groups are self-identified Christians, 37 percent of whom are Biblical literalists, according to the survey. Moreover, 24 percent of members of tea party groups say that abortions should be available to all women as a choice, compared with 41 percent of non-tea partyers.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "GOP frontrunners recruit pastors for front lines" by Drew Zahn © 2011 WorldNetDaily 3/25/11

The church leaders met for the Iowa Renewal Project's Pastor's Policy Briefing . . .

Historian David Barton, head of Wallbuilders, an organization dedicated to presenting America's moral, religious and constitutional foundations, opened the event by recalling the influence of the "Black Robed Regiment" – preachers from the American Colonies who not only stirred the people toward revolution, but also took up arms with them in the War for Independence:

"The Black Robed Regiment was the name that the British placed on the courageous and patriotic American clergy during the Founding Era (a backhanded reference to the black robes they wore)," Barton documents on a website dedicated to the 18th-century pastors. "Significantly, the British blamed the Black Regiment for American Independence, and rightfully so, for modern historians have documented that: 'There is not a right asserted in the Declaration of Independence which had not been discussed by the New England clergy before 1763.'"

He continues, "It is strange to today's generation to think that the rights listed in the Declaration of Independence were nothing more than a listing of sermon topics that had been preached from the pulpit in the two decades leading up to the American Revolution, but such was the case."

At the Pastor's Policy Briefing, Barton challenged the church leaders in Iowa to use the power of the pulpit to similarly stir the American people toward moral, religious and even political renewal.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Christian Tea Party is Enigma to Liberal Media

Presidential Candidates: Abortion & Marriage Top Issues

America Turns Against Abortion on Demand

Christian Tea Party Congressman Keynotes CPAC

Left Fears a Take-down of Planned Parenthood

Liberal Media Use Heretic to Counter Christ

Rob Bell of the "emergent church" movement is finally being fully exposed as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and the liberal media just can't get enough of him.

For background, read Heretical Preacher Embraced by Liberal Media

-- From "'Love Wins': Pastor's book kindles firestorm over hell" by Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY 3/14/11

Bell's new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, has provoked weeks of fierce infighting among pastors, theologians and anyone else who scans the Christian blogosphere where critics rage that he's a hipster heretic.

But Richard Mouw, president of the world's largest Protestant [liberal] seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary based in Pasadena, Calif., calls Love Wins "a great book, well within the bounds of orthodox Christianity and passionate about Jesus.

In Love Wins, which arrives in stores Tuesday, Bell claims:

• Heaven and hell are choices we make and live with right now. "God gives us what we want," including the freedom to live apart from God (hell) or turn God's way (heaven).

• Death doesn't cut off the ability to repent. In his Bible, Bell sees no "infinite, eternal torment for things (people) did in their few finite years of life."

• Jesus makes salvation possible even for people who never know his name. "We have to allow for mystery," for people who "drink from the rock" of faith "without knowing who or what it was."

• Churches that don't allow for this are "misguided and toxic."

Small wonder that traditionalists call him a false teacher of a Jesus-optional Gospel, leading innocents to damnation and a traitor to the evangelical label.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.


From "Hard-hitting Rob Bell interview goes viral" by Michael Foust, Baptist Press News 3/16/11

"What you've done is you're amending the Gospel -- the Christian message -- so that it's palatable to contemporary people who find, for example, the idea of hell and heaven very difficult to stomach ... That's why you've done, isn't it?" [MSNBC reporter Martin] Bashir asks Bell at one point.

At another point, Bashir asks Bell if it is "irrelevant" for someone to follow Christ in this life if -- as Bell argues -- non-Christians will be saved anyway.

Bell's evasive answers to questions have frustrated Christian leaders. Even in the interview, he denies he is a universalist, and then proceeds to make universalistic arguments.

To read a partial transcript of the YouTube video above, CLICK HERE.

From "What Happened to Heaven and Is Gandhi There?" by John Wilson, Wall Street Journal 3/18/11

Something strange has happened in evangelical churches over the past generation. Not in every congregation, but in the main, sermons devoted to the grim prospect of hell have become rare, and even talk of heaven is muted.

. . . So is Mr. Bell one more Christian liberal describing God as a mountain you can climb any way you want? Not exactly.

. . . anyone who carefully reads "Love Wins" will see that Mr. Bell is not a universalist. As C.S. Lewis did, he suggests that God grants free will to all, including those who do not want his divine company and therefore choose damnation.

Still, the account of heaven and hell that he rejects does sound a lot like what most Christians have taught and been taught for 2,000 years . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Rob Bell and the (re)emergence of liberal theology" by R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 3/16/11

For the last 20 years or so, a movement identified as emerging or emergent Christianity has done its determined best to avoid speaking with specificity. Leading figures in the movement have offered trenchant criticisms of mainstream evangelicalism. Most pointedly, they have accused evangelical Christianity, variously, as being excessively concerned with doctrine, culturally tone-deaf, overly propositional, unnecessarily offensive, aesthetically malnourished, and basically uncool.

And yet, even as many of these [emerging/emergent] leaders insisted that they remained within the evangelical circle, it was clear that many were moving into a post-evangelical posture. There were early hints that the direction of the movement was toward theological liberalism and radical revisionism, but the predominant mode of their argument was suggestion, rather than assertion.

Rather than make a clear theological or doctrinal assertion, emerging figures generally raise questions and offer suggestive comments. Influenced by postmodern narrative theories, most within the movement lean into story rather than formal argument. Nevertheless, the general direction seemed clear enough. The leading emerging church figures appeared to be pushing Protestant liberalism -- just about a century late.

. . . Rob Bell uses his incredible power of literary skill and communication to unravel the Bible's message and to cast doubt on its teachings.

Bell clearly prefers inclusivism, the belief that Christ is saving humanity through means other than the Gospel, including other religions. But he mixes up his story along the way, appearing to argue for outright universalism on some pages, but backing off of a full affirmation. He rejects the belief that conscious faith in Christ is necessary for salvation, but he never clearly lands on a specific account of what he does believe.

. . . Yes, we have read this book before. With Love Wins, Rob Bell moves solidly within the world of Protestant liberalism. His message is a liberalism arriving late on the scene. Tragically, his message will confuse many believers as well as countless unbelievers.

To read all of the above in-depth analysis of Rob Bell's "theology," CLICK HERE.

UPDATE 5/3/13: Rob Bell and Andrew Wilson debate homosexuality & the Bible (video):

Tea Party is Racist Christians, says NPR Exec

"The Tea Party is fanatically involved in people's personal lives and very fundamental Christian — I wouldn't even call it Christian. It's this weird evangelical kind of move."
— Ron Schiller, Senior VP for Development, National Public Radio

UPDATE 3/10/11: NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigns in wake of anti-Christian comments

-- From "NPR exec: tea party is ‘scary,’ ‘racist’" by Keach Hagey, Politico 3/8/11

James O’Keefe, master of the video sting, targets NPR this time, in a pretty damaging interview with Ron Schiller, NPR’s senior vice president for development, and Betsy Liley, senior director of institutional giving.

O’Keefe’s compatriots, Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar, posed as members of a Muslim group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood that wants to give NPR $5 million in light of the recent Republican threats to defund public broadcasting.

In the course of a lunch at Café Milano, Schiller presents himself as a liberal who thinks the tea party is “scary” and that there are not enough Muslim voices on the American airwaves, nodding as his lunchmates say they are glad NPR allows Hamas's and Hezbollah's views to be heard.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "James O'Keefe records former NPR executives on secret video" by Melissa Bell, Washington Post 3/8/11

In the video, NPR Foundation's senior VP for development Ron Schiller and senior director of institutional giving Betsy Liley talk to the donors about Juan Williams, anti-intellectualism and the tea party, which Schiller calls "a weird evangelical kind of move ... seriously racist."

"James O'Keefe catches NPR fundraiser talking exactly like a conservative nightmare of what NPR sounds like," Dave Weigel at Slate wrote on Twitter after posting the video.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "NPR Executive Caught Calling Tea Partiers ‘Racist’" by Brian Stelter, New York Times, 3/8/11

On the videotape, Mr. Schiller tells people posing as Muslim philanthropists that the Republican party has been “hijacked” by the Tea Party and that Tea Party supporters are “seriously racist, racist people.” Mr. Schiller indicates that he is sharing his personal point of view, not NPR’s.

On the secretly recorded video, Mr. Schiller, whose job is to solicit non-federal funding for NPR, says he feels that the organization would be better without the federal funds. He also says that some stations could “go dark” without the funds.

Mr. Schiller [said], “I think what we all believe is if we don’t have Muslim voices in our schools, on the air, I mean, it’s the same thing we faced as a nation when we didn’t have female voices.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also CLICK HERE to read the saga of the secularists vs. the Christian Tea Party movement (follow successive embedded links).

Heretical Preacher Embraced by Liberal Media

Demonstrating its ignorance of Biblical Christianity (as usual), the liberal media is quick to refer to Rob Bell as a voice of evangelicals, but in promotions of his yet-to-be-released book, Bell refutes Jesus Christ in regards to the doctrine of Hell (for starters).

". . . but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions . . ."
-- 2 Tim. 4:3 (ESV)

UPDATE 3/15/11 Interview with Rob Bell (video):


-- From "Pastor Stirs Wrath With His Views on Old Questions" by Erik Eckholm, New York Times 3/4/11

A new book by one of the country’s most influential evangelical pastors, challenging traditional Christian views of heaven, hell and eternal damnation, has created an uproar among evangelical leaders, with the most ancient of questions being argued in a biblical hailstorm of Twitter messages and blog posts.

In a book to be published this month, the pastor, Rob Bell, known for his provocative views and appeal among the young, describes as “misguided and toxic” the dogma that “a select few Christians will spend forever in a peaceful, joyous place called heaven, while the rest of humanity spends forever in torment and punishment in hell with no chance for anything better.”

Such statements are hardly radical among more liberal theologians, who for centuries have wrestled with the seeming contradiction between an all-loving God and the consignment of the billions of non-Christians to eternal suffering. But to traditionalists they border on heresy, and they have come just at a time when conservative evangelicals fear that a younger generation is straying from unbendable biblical truths.

Mr. Bell, 40, whose Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., has 10,000 members, is a Christian celebrity and something of a hipster in the pulpit, with engaging videos that sell by the hundreds of thousands and appearances to rapt, youthful crowds in rock-music arenas.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Christian author's book sparks charges of heresy" by Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor 3/1/11

Universalism, in its broadest terms, preaches that everyone goes to heaven and that there is no hell. Critics say it represents a break from traditional Christianity, which they say holds that heaven and hell are very real places. In most Christian circles, universalism is a dirty word.

Last year, Brian McLaren – a popular Christian author and a former pastor - was accused of breaking with Christian orthodoxy and delving headlong into universalism in his book A New Kind of Christianity.

But it's rare that theological arguments become top ten trending topics on Twitter, as Rob Bell did . . .

In the promotional video [for the new book,] Bell refers to the nonviolent Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, a Hindu, and asks, "Gandhi's in hell? He is?"

"And someone knows this for sure?" Bell continues. "Will billions and billions of people burn forever in hell? And if that's the case how do you become one of the few? "

The video follows a trend in Bell's career as a pastor . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Universalism as a Lure? The Emerging Case of Rob Bell" by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 3/1/11

. . . Rob Bell and others within the Emerging Church movement represent what can only be described as a new form of cultural Christianity. Bell plays with theology the way a cat plays with a mouse. His sermons, videos, books, and public relations are often more suggestive and subversive than clear.

. . . [Bell's raises] the question of the exclusivity of the Gospel of Christ. With that question come the related questions of heaven, hell, judgment, and the fate of the unregenerate. The Bible answers these questions clearly enough, but few issues are as hard to reconcile with the modern or postmodern mind than this. Of course, it was hard to reconcile with the ancient mind as well. The singularity of the person and work of Christ and the necessity of personal faith in him for salvation run counter to the pluralistic bent of the human mind, but this is nothing less than the wisdom of God and the power of God unto salvation.

The Emerging Church movement is known for its slick and sophisticated presentation. It wears irony and condescension as normal attire. Regardless of how Rob Bell’s book turns out, its promotion is the sad equivalent of a theological striptease.

. . . Universalism is a heresy, not a lure to use in order to sell books.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.