Once again, the liberal mainstream media are touting Francis I, their "pet pope," by cherry picking portions of his Laudato Si' — what the environmentalists call "the Vatican’s encyclical on climate change." Besides embracing totalitarians' notion of "man-made global warming," the Pope also ripped advocates of abortion, transgenderism, population control, animal rights, etc. for worshiping God's creation as a god itself.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Pope Decries Abortion, Again; Media Ignore Him
Vatican Says Media Distort Pope's Words
Media Filter Pope's Procreation Declarations
Pope Cracks Down on American Liberal Nuns, Priests
Pope Blasts Liberal 'christians' as Pagans
-- From "Pope Francis: Climate Change and Abortion Are ‘Interrelated’" by Clare Foran and Jason Plautz, National Journal 6/18/15
The highly anticipated document says that global warming is real, is caused partly by human activity, and is a grave threat to humanity. . . .
For Pope Francis, caring about the environment goes hand in hand with taking a strong stand against abortion. . . .
Francis suggests that efforts to slow population growth are misguided and a distraction . . .
The encyclical says that governments need to think as "one world with a common plan" . . .
One solution that Francis swiftly dismisses is a deal that would use carbon credits in a cap-and-trade scenario.
Francis takes on pesticides in a section of the encyclical focused on "pollution, waste, and the throwaway culture." After noting that daily exposure to pollutants can create serious and even deadly health risks, the pope says that "fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and agrotoxins in general" cause pollution that impacts everyone.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Pope Francis links saving the planet to ending abortion" by Rose Troup Buchanan, UK Independent 6/18/15
Pope Francis’s has explicitly linked protecting the environment with protecting the life of an unborn child in his encyclical.
The publication of the Pope’s first solely authored encyclical has been widely celebrated by environmentalists, climate change campaigners and other religious leaders.
However, the text confirms the Pope’s views on abortion and the sanctity of life in line with traditional Roman Catholic teaching.
His comments were welcomed by conservative elements in the Catholic Church – no doubt concerned by his liberal leanings towards the poor, as well as the LGBT community – but dismayed pro-abortion campaigners.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Pro-Lifers: Pope Rejects Population Control, Abortion As Solutions To Global Warming" by Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller 6/17/15
“Importantly, he suggests that to look to population control for a solution to environmental problems is not facing the real problem of waste and overconsumption,” John-Henry Westen, pro-life advocate and co-founder of the news site LifeSiteNews.com, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
“In keeping with the pro-life traditions of the Church, the pope also condemned the ‘throw-away culture,’ and specifically said that we may not justify abortion with an appeal to protecting nature,” Westen told TheDCNF.
“He also criticized those who would turn nature into a god, and he criticized many animal rights activists who are, hypocritically, unwilling to save human beings,” Westen added.
One concern among pro-life advocates was that two of the pope’s environmental advisers have advocated for population control methods such as abortion, contraception and sterilization. Pro-lifers are referring to economist Jeffrey Sachs and climatologist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Pope Francis Slams Abortion and Population Control in New Environmental Encyclical" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 6/18/15
“When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities – to offer just a few examples – it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself; everything is connected,” Pope Francis writes. “Christian thought sees human beings as possessing a particular dignity above other creatures; it thus inculcates esteem for each person and respect for others.”
The leader of the Catholic Church continues: “Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of abortion. How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties?”
“If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of the new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away,” he adds.
“This false model of man and society embodies a practical atheism, de facto negating the Word of God that says: ‘Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness,’” he explained.
The Pope said “there is an originary dignity of every man and woman that cannot be suppressed, that cannot be touched by any power or ideology.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "For Pope Francis, ‘green’ equals pro-life" by Thomas D. Williams, research fellow at the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, posted at Crux 6/18/15
This Pope had already revealed on multiple occasions his understanding that abortion is a “scourge” and that “a just society recognizes the primacy of the right to life from conception to natural death.” Using his characteristically colorful language, Francis has compared abortion activists with the Italian Mafia, drawn a parallel between abortion and Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, and wondered aloud how “modern” societies can get up in arms over parents spanking their children when they have laws “allowing them to kill their children before they are born.”
Now in his second encyclical, Laudato Si’, the Pope has integrated the care and protection of the unborn with responsible stewardship of creation. In rather blunt language, Francis has stated that concern for the protection of nature is simply “incompatible with the justification of abortion.”
This explicit disassociation of ecological engagement from the taking of unborn life will no doubt encourage those who had been worried that Francis’ environmentalism was dangerously close to being coopted by international programs advocating abortion as an essential means of population control.
. . . For the pope, this interconnectedness means that a person who cares for the protection of an endangered species or worries about the melting of the polar ice cap must also care for the unborn. “When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities — to offer just a few examples — it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself; everything is connected,” he said.
To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Catholic Bishops Warn Voting for Democrats is 'Grave Sin' for example, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is a Fraud, Catholic Leaders Say
And read Pope Francis I Says Wayward Politicians Can't Take Communion
From "Pope’s encyclical: Pro-climate-change, but anti-population control, pro-life, and anti-gender ideology" by John-Henry Westen, LifeSiteNews 6/18/15
The environmental tome of 180 pages – the longest encyclical in history – is an often-fascinating read, with many touching passages reflecting on a Catholic vision of care and concern for creation. These many passages, however, are being largely lost and subsumed under the most emphatic – even alarmist – passages devoted to detailed descriptions of "climate change" theory (described as fact) and the dire consequences of failing to take drastic measures to fight such change.
And those startling quotes have stolen the media narrative, making this, at least for the media world and thus the general public, the "climate-change encyclical." Released, as the encyclical was, just prior to the pope’s visit to the United Nations and the US Congress in September, as well as the World Climate Summit in Paris in December, this narrative was at least partially intentional on the part of the Vatican and the pope.
. . . The new encyclical also continues the tradition launched by popes Benedict and John Paul II of tying respecting nature to respecting life in the womb and God-given gender. The pope also clearly decries the idea of reducing population to address environmental concerns.
Out of the 245 paragraphs, the pope devotes two to debunking population control as an appropriate means to fighting climate change or general environmental degradation.
. . . This is the fourth time Pope Francis has condemned gender ideology [in his paragraph #155]. He does so this time in the language of respecting nature; in January, he did so by blasting the forcing of gender ideology onto students as a form of "ideological colonization" comparable to Hitler Youth indoctrination.
To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.
Excerpts from "Full text: The encyclical letter of the Holy Father Francis - Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home" posted at Catholic Herald 6/18/15
iii. The Crisis and Effects of Modern Anthropocentrism
115. Modern anthropocentrism has paradoxically ended up prizing technical thought over reality, since “the technological mind sees nature as an insensate order, as a cold body of facts, as a mere ‘given’, as an object of utility, as raw material to be hammered into useful shape; it views the cosmos similarly as a mere ‘space’ into which objects can be thrown with complete indifference” The intrinsic dignity of the world is thus compromised. When human beings fail to find their true place in this world, they misunderstand themselves and end up acting against themselves: “Not only has God given the earth to man, who must use it with respect for the original good purpose for which it was given, but, man too is God’s gift to man. He must therefore respect the natural and moral structure with which he has been endowed”.
116. Modernity has been marked by an excessive anthropocentrism which today, under another guise, continues to stand in the way of shared understanding and of any effort to strengthen social bonds. The time has come to pay renewed attention to reality and the limits it imposes; this in turn is the condition for a more sound and fruitful development of individuals and society. An inadequate presentation of Christian anthropology gave rise to a wrong understanding of the relationship between human beings and the world. Often, what was handed on was a Promethean vision of mastery over the world, which gave the impression that the protection of nature was something that only the faint-hearted cared about. Instead, our “dominion” over the universe should be understood more properly in the sense of responsible stewardship.
117. Neglecting to monitor the harm done to nature and the environmental impact of our decisions is only the most striking sign of a disregard for the message contained in the structures of nature itself. When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities – to offer just a few examples – it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself; everything is connected. Once the human being declares independence from reality and behaves with absolute dominion, the very foundations of our life begin to crumble, for “instead of carrying out his role as a cooperator with God in the work of creation, man sets himself up in place of God and thus ends up provoking a rebellion on the part of nature”.
118. This situation has led to a constant schizophrenia, wherein a technocracy which sees no intrinsic value in lesser beings coexists with the other extreme, which sees no special value in human beings. But one cannot prescind from humanity. There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. There can be no ecology without an adequate anthropology. When the human person is considered as simply one being among others, the product of chance or physical determinism, then “our overall sense of responsibility wanes”. A misguided anthropocentrism need not necessarily yield to “biocentrism”, for that would entail adding yet another imbalance, failing to solve present problems and adding new ones. Human beings cannot be expected to feel responsibility for the world unless, at the same time, their unique capacities of knowledge, will, freedom and responsibility are recognized and valued.
119. Nor must the critique of a misguided anthropocentrism underestimate the importance of interpersonal relations. If the present ecological crisis is one small sign of the ethical, cultural and spiritual crisis of modernity, we cannot presume to heal our relationship with nature and the environment without healing all fundamental human relationships. Christian thought sees human beings as possessing a particular dignity above other creatures; it thus inculcates esteem for each person and respect for others. Our openness to others, each of whom is a “thou” capable of knowing, loving and entering into dialogue, remains the source of our nobility as human persons. A correct relationship with the created world demands that we not weaken this social dimension of openness to others, much less the transcendent dimension of our openness to the “Thou” of God. Our relationship with the environment can never be isolated from our relationship with others and with God. Otherwise, it would be nothing more than romantic individualism dressed up in ecological garb, locking us into a stifling immanence.
120. Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of abortion. How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties? “If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of the new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away”.
121. We need to develop a new synthesis capable of overcoming the false arguments of recent centuries. Christianity, in fidelity to its own identity and the rich deposit of truth which it has received from Jesus Christ, continues to reflect on these issues in fruitful dialogue with changing historical situations. In doing so, it reveals its eternal newness.
Practical relativism
122. A misguided anthropocentrism leads to a misguided lifestyle. In the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, I noted that the practical relativism typical of our age is “even more dangerous than doctrinal relativism”. When human beings place themselves at the centre, they give absolute priority to immediate convenience and all else becomes relative. Hence we should not be surprised to find, in conjunction with the omnipresent technocratic paradigm and the cult of unlimited human power, the rise of a relativism which sees everything as irrelevant unless it serves one’s own immediate interests. There is a logic in all this whereby different attitudes can feed on one another, leading to environmental degradation and social decay.
123. The culture of relativism is the same disorder which drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects, imposing forced labour on them or enslaving them to pay their debts. The same kind of thinking leads to the sexual exploitation of children and abandonment of the elderly who no longer serve our interests. It is also the mindset of those who say: Let us allow the invisible forces of the market to regulate the economy, and consider their impact on society and nature as collateral damage. In the absence of objective truths or sound principles other than the satisfaction of our own desires and immediate needs, what limits can be placed on human trafficking, organized crime, the drug trade, commerce in blood diamonds and the fur of endangered species? Is it not the same relativistic logic which justifies buying the organs of the poor for resale or use in experimentation, or eliminating children because they are not what their parents wanted? This same “use and throw away” logic generates so much waste, because of the disordered desire to consume more than what is really necessary. We should not think that political efforts or the force of law will be sufficient to prevent actions which affect the environment because, when the culture itself is corrupt and objective truth and universally valid principles are no longer upheld, then laws can only be seen as arbitrary impositions or obstacles to be avoided.
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136. . . . it is troubling that, when some ecological movements defend the integrity of the environment, rightly demanding that certain limits be imposed on scientific research, they sometimes fail to apply those same principles to human life. There is a tendency to justify transgressing all boundaries when experimentation is carried out on living human embryos. We forget that the inalienable worth of a human being transcends his or her degree of development. In the same way, when technology disregards the great ethical principles, it ends up considering any practice whatsoever as licit. As we have seen in this chapter, a technology severed from ethics will not easily be able to limit its own power.
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155. Human ecology also implies another profound reality: the relationship between human life and the moral law, which is inscribed in our nature and is necessary for the creation of a more dignified environment. Pope Benedict XVI spoke of an “ecology of man”, based on the fact that “man too has a nature that he must respect and that he cannot manipulate at will”. It is enough to recognize that our body itself establishes us in a direct relationship with the environment and with other living beings. The acceptance of our bodies as God’s gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the Father and our common home, whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute power over our own bodies turns, often subtly, into thinking that we enjoy absolute power over creation. Learning to accept our body, to care for it and to respect its fullest meaning, is an essential element of any genuine human ecology. Also, valuing one’s own body in its femininity or masculinity is necessary if I am going to be able to recognize myself in an encounter with someone who is different. In this way we can joyfully accept the specific gifts of another man or woman, the work of God the Creator, and find mutual enrichment. It is not a healthy attitude which would seek “to cancel out sexual difference because it no longer knows how to confront it”.
To read the Pope's entire encyclical letter above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Vatican Says Gay Agenda is 'a Defeat for Humanity'
And read Pope Said the Gay Agenda is the Work of the Devil
Friday, June 19, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
High School Boy Sexually Mutilated, Media Cheer
Convinced by media sensation, as a freshman in Cazenovia, New York, Caden Boone decided he must be a lesbian and prior to graduating high school, doctors amputated his penis. The media is heralding Boone as a hero, but statistics show that his sexual confusion will only grow and possibly end in suicide.
Will the media attend his funeral, and what will be its spin then?
UPDATE 8/3/15: Teenage 'Boy' Harvests Own Eggs to be Mother & Transgender 'Father'
For background, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
New Jersey Boy Returns to Middle School as Girl
Girl Sues Virginia School to Use Boys Restroom
Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers
Male Teacher Suddenly Female, Shocks California Parents
President Obama Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$
And read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools and also read how this sexualization is making criminals of children nationwide.
-- From "New York Times Celebrates Permanent Penis Removal At Age 18" by Eric Owens, Education Editor 6/17/15
The New York Times printed a 2,867-word, six-photo, two-correction, one-video story on Tuesday celebrating the mutilation of 18-year-old teenage boys who have decided they want to live as women, despite biological reality.
There is no law that prevents doctors from removing or otherwise altering the reproductive organs of teenagers. The age minimum is essentially governed by insurers (and Medicaid), which generally refuse to pay for the practice on children under the age of 18.
The Times interviewed Norman Spack, who is both a doctor at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Spack explained that he first heard about Dutch doctors using hormone injections and puberty blockers on early adolescent children about 15 years ago.
“I was salivating,” he told the newspaper. “I said we had to do this.”
In its 2,867 words, the Times establishes little basis for Spack’s salivation. He has treated around 200 children since 2007, though, and the drugs (unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration) are very expensive, he noted.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "CNY transgender teen shares transition journey: 'I was uncomfortable with my body'" by Allie Healy, Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard 6/16/15
[Caden/Katherine (Kat) Boone] tells The New York Times that as a kid, she [he] dressed like all the other boys. Boone's best friend was male, and she [he] liked to play with cars and video games.
Come freshman year at Cazenovia High School, Boone became depressed.
"I knew that the changes going on with puberty were not me," she [he] tells the Times. "I started to really hate my life, myself. I was uncomfortable with my body, my voice, and I just felt like I was really a girl."
It wasn't until Boone discovered the transgender world on the Internet that she [he] had a realization. She [he] read some "attributes" of transgender people and it clicked.
Once she [he] was 16 and a half, Boone began taking estrogen and a blood-pressure drug, spironolactone, that is also used to stop the actions of testosterone. In the fall of junior year, she [he] began asking her [his] peers to call her [him] Katherine, or Kat for short. . . .
On April 7, Boone underwent gender reassignment surgery at Lower Bucks Hospital in Pennsylvania. Boone's surgeon, Dr. Christine McGinn, says she had performed more than 30 operations on children under 18.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "The New Girl in School: Transgender Surgery at 18" by Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times 6/16/15
[The mutilating surgery] was not easy . . . [it] involved deconstructing her male genitals and repurposing the nerves and skin as female anatomy. . [Boone] retched for days afterward. She could hardly eat. She did not seem empowered; she seemed regressed. . . . [Boone] developed aspiration pneumonia and had vomiting and dry heaves for days, normal reactions to anesthesia, narcotics and antibiotics, but Dr. McGinn said Kat was hit harder than most.
“I just want to hold Emma,” she said in her darkened room at the bed-and-breakfast in New Hope, Pa., run by the doctor who performed the operation in a hospital nearby. Emma is her black and white cat, at her home outside Syracuse in central New York State, 250 miles away.
Her childlike reaction was, perhaps, not surprising. Kat, whose side-parted hair was dyed a sassy red, is just 18, and about to graduate from high school.
Six weeks after the operation, she was still so weak that she had to take the elevator at school instead of the stairs.
At her two-month checkup, she had gained back half the weight she had lost, but still looked frail and self-conscious. She treated herself to a new hair color — strawberry blond — for graduation.
. . . With growing tolerance, the question is no longer whether gender reassignment is an option but rather how young should it begin.
But the number of teenagers going through gender reassignment has been growing amid wider acceptance of transgender identity, more parental comfort with the treatment and the emergence of a number of willing practitioners. . . .
Given that there are no proven biological markers for what is known as gender dysphoria, however, there is no consensus in the medical community on the central question: whether teenagers, habitually trying on new identities and not known for foresight, should be granted an irreversible physical fix for what is still considered a psychological condition.
Some experts argue that the earlier the decision is made, the more treacherous, because it is impossible to predict which children will grow up to be transgender and which will not.
. . . A large-scale Swedish study at the Karolinska Institute found that starting about a decade after gender reassignment surgery, transgender people were still more than 19 times as likely to die by suicide as the general population.
To read the entire horrific saga of Boone in the New York Times, CLICK HERE.
Also read All Women's College Accepts Cross-dressing Men
And read War on Women — Michigan Fitness Club Favors Transgender
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
Will the media attend his funeral, and what will be its spin then?
. . . young boys and girls have begun to present themselves as of the opposite sex. . . . These children generally come to their ideas about their sex not through erotic interests but through a variety of youthful psychosocial conflicts and concerns. [And, consider] the parents whom no one—not doctors, schools, nor even churches—will help to rescue their children from these strange notions of being transgendered and the problematic lives these notions herald.UPDATE 10/1/15: Mother Plans Sexual Mutilation of Son, Media Cheer
The grim fact is that most of these youngsters do not find therapists willing to assess and guide them in ways that permit them to work out their conflicts and correct their assumptions. Rather, they and their families find only “gender counselors” who encourage them in their sexual misassumptions.
-- Paul McHugh, MD, Johns Hopkins Medical School
UPDATE 8/3/15: Teenage 'Boy' Harvests Own Eggs to be Mother & Transgender 'Father'
For background, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
New Jersey Boy Returns to Middle School as Girl
Girl Sues Virginia School to Use Boys Restroom
Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers
Male Teacher Suddenly Female, Shocks California Parents
President Obama Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$
And read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools and also read how this sexualization is making criminals of children nationwide.
-- From "New York Times Celebrates Permanent Penis Removal At Age 18" by Eric Owens, Education Editor 6/17/15
The New York Times printed a 2,867-word, six-photo, two-correction, one-video story on Tuesday celebrating the mutilation of 18-year-old teenage boys who have decided they want to live as women, despite biological reality.
There is no law that prevents doctors from removing or otherwise altering the reproductive organs of teenagers. The age minimum is essentially governed by insurers (and Medicaid), which generally refuse to pay for the practice on children under the age of 18.
The Times interviewed Norman Spack, who is both a doctor at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Spack explained that he first heard about Dutch doctors using hormone injections and puberty blockers on early adolescent children about 15 years ago.
“I was salivating,” he told the newspaper. “I said we had to do this.”
In its 2,867 words, the Times establishes little basis for Spack’s salivation. He has treated around 200 children since 2007, though, and the drugs (unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration) are very expensive, he noted.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "CNY transgender teen shares transition journey: 'I was uncomfortable with my body'" by Allie Healy, Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard 6/16/15
[Caden/Katherine (Kat) Boone] tells The New York Times that as a kid, she [he] dressed like all the other boys. Boone's best friend was male, and she [he] liked to play with cars and video games.
Come freshman year at Cazenovia High School, Boone became depressed.
"I knew that the changes going on with puberty were not me," she [he] tells the Times. "I started to really hate my life, myself. I was uncomfortable with my body, my voice, and I just felt like I was really a girl."
It wasn't until Boone discovered the transgender world on the Internet that she [he] had a realization. She [he] read some "attributes" of transgender people and it clicked.
Once she [he] was 16 and a half, Boone began taking estrogen and a blood-pressure drug, spironolactone, that is also used to stop the actions of testosterone. In the fall of junior year, she [he] began asking her [his] peers to call her [him] Katherine, or Kat for short. . . .
On April 7, Boone underwent gender reassignment surgery at Lower Bucks Hospital in Pennsylvania. Boone's surgeon, Dr. Christine McGinn, says she had performed more than 30 operations on children under 18.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "The New Girl in School: Transgender Surgery at 18" by Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times 6/16/15
[The mutilating surgery] was not easy . . . [it] involved deconstructing her male genitals and repurposing the nerves and skin as female anatomy. . [Boone] retched for days afterward. She could hardly eat. She did not seem empowered; she seemed regressed. . . . [Boone] developed aspiration pneumonia and had vomiting and dry heaves for days, normal reactions to anesthesia, narcotics and antibiotics, but Dr. McGinn said Kat was hit harder than most.
“I just want to hold Emma,” she said in her darkened room at the bed-and-breakfast in New Hope, Pa., run by the doctor who performed the operation in a hospital nearby. Emma is her black and white cat, at her home outside Syracuse in central New York State, 250 miles away.
Her childlike reaction was, perhaps, not surprising. Kat, whose side-parted hair was dyed a sassy red, is just 18, and about to graduate from high school.
Six weeks after the operation, she was still so weak that she had to take the elevator at school instead of the stairs.
At her two-month checkup, she had gained back half the weight she had lost, but still looked frail and self-conscious. She treated herself to a new hair color — strawberry blond — for graduation.
. . . With growing tolerance, the question is no longer whether gender reassignment is an option but rather how young should it begin.
But the number of teenagers going through gender reassignment has been growing amid wider acceptance of transgender identity, more parental comfort with the treatment and the emergence of a number of willing practitioners. . . .
Given that there are no proven biological markers for what is known as gender dysphoria, however, there is no consensus in the medical community on the central question: whether teenagers, habitually trying on new identities and not known for foresight, should be granted an irreversible physical fix for what is still considered a psychological condition.
Some experts argue that the earlier the decision is made, the more treacherous, because it is impossible to predict which children will grow up to be transgender and which will not.
. . . A large-scale Swedish study at the Karolinska Institute found that starting about a decade after gender reassignment surgery, transgender people were still more than 19 times as likely to die by suicide as the general population.
To read the entire horrific saga of Boone in the New York Times, CLICK HERE.
Also read All Women's College Accepts Cross-dressing Men
And read War on Women — Michigan Fitness Club Favors Transgender
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Girl Sues Virginia School to Use Boys Restroom
Leading to the next Supreme Court Gay Agenda battle . . .
After a female high school student claiming to be male caused restroom-use complaints, the Gloucester County (Virginia) School Board decided to construct not one, but three restrooms at Gloucester High School to accommodate "transgender students," but given the recent edict from the Obama administration, that acquiescence wasn't good enough for the sexual revolutionaries. The ACLU has filed suit against the school on behalf of Gavin Grimm who demands that she be allowed to use the boys restrooms and locker rooms/showers.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers (claiming Title IX)
Supreme Court Opens Girl's Room to Grown Men in Maine
Naked Man in Girls Locker Room OKd in Washington
Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
Obama Administration Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$
Also read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools.
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
-- From "Transgender student sues Virginia school, citing restroom policy" by Sharon Song, KRON-TV4 (San Francisco, CA) & Associated Press 6/11/15
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Gavin Grimm in the lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board. The complaint says the 16-year-old student used the communal restrooms without incident until the board, responding to complaints from local residents, adopted a policy in December requiring transgender students to use a private facility.
The ACLU said the lawsuit is the first of its kind in Virginia, but several similar cases have been brought in other state courts and at least two in federal courts elsewhere.
According to the complaint in the Virginia lawsuit, Grimm was designated female at birth but has a male gender identity. It says he has been diagnosed as having gender dysphoria, a medical condition characterized by distress stemming from conflict between a person’s gender identity and the person’s assigned sex at birth.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order allowing Grimm to use the boys’ restrooms.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "ACLU sues Virginia school board for discriminatory transgender restroom policy" posted at Augusta Free Press 6/11/15
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board for adopting a discriminatory bathroom policy that segregates transgender students from their peers. The policy effectively expels trans students from communal restrooms and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.
The case was filed on behalf of Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student at Gloucester High School who will begin his junior year this fall. The lawsuit argues the bathroom policy is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and violates Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination by schools.
As part of Gavin’s medical treatment for severe gender dysphoria, Gavin and his mother notified administrators of his male gender identity at the beginning of his sophomore year so that he could socially transition in all aspects of his life. With permission from school administrators, Gavin used the boys’ restroom for almost two months without any incident. But after receiving complaints from some parents and residents of Gloucester County, the school board adopted the new policy on December 9, 2014, by a vote of 6-1, despite warnings from the ACLU.
The ACLU previously filed a federal discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Education in December 2014. The investigation remains ongoing.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Transgender Teen Sues Virginia School Board for Allegedly Not Allowing Him to Use Boys Room" by Avianne Tan, ABC News 6/11/15
A transgender teen from Virginia is suing the Gloucester County school board for allegedly discriminating against him by adopting a bathroom policy that doesn't allow him to use the boys room, a move that "undermines his social transition," according to court documents and the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the suit today.
Last August, [Gavin Grimm, 16,] says he told the school in Gloucester that he was a boy and received permission to use the boys' restroom from the principal shortly after.
But a policy change on Dec. 9, 2014 barred him from using the bathroom of his choice, the court complaint explains.
"It shall be the practice of the GCPS to provide male and female restroom and locker room facilities in its schools, and the use of said facilities shall be limited to the corresponding biological genders," the school board announced, according to the complaint, "and students with gender identity issues shall be provided an alternative appropriate private facility."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "15-year-old girl sues to force Virginia school district to let her use boys’ bathroom" by Dustin Siggins, LifeSiteNews 6/12/15
The ACLU says the school violated Title IX, a 1972 law that bars sexual discrimination. In April 2014, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights changed how it interpreted gender identity, making it a protected class under federal law. . . . [but law experts say] that the change to Title IX "is not legally binding" and was "politically motivated."
The ACLU also says Grimm's 14th Amendment rights were violated.
However, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorney Jeremy Tedesco told LifeSiteNews, "We do not believe either claim will be successful."
"A federal court in Pennsylvania recently rejected a similar lawsuit filed by a transgender student seeking access to restrooms at a college," said Tedesco, "ruling that 'separating students by sex based on biological considerations … for restroom and locker room use simply does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.'"
"The court rejected the Title IX claim for the same reason. It also highlighted that Title IX’s implementing regulations state that schools do not violate Title IX when they 'provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex.'"
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
After a female high school student claiming to be male caused restroom-use complaints, the Gloucester County (Virginia) School Board decided to construct not one, but three restrooms at Gloucester High School to accommodate "transgender students," but given the recent edict from the Obama administration, that acquiescence wasn't good enough for the sexual revolutionaries. The ACLU has filed suit against the school on behalf of Gavin Grimm who demands that she be allowed to use the boys restrooms and locker rooms/showers.
"My case is the first of its kind, so I'm hoping if we win it will set a legal precedent for others in similar situations. I've also got a lot of support and messages from other trans teens telling me I've given them inspiration and courage to come out in their lives, so I'm happy it's positively impacting other people."UPDATE 10/13/15: Illinois School Rejects Fed's Forcing Boy into Girls Shower
-- Gavin Grimm, 16-year-old student
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers (claiming Title IX)
Supreme Court Opens Girl's Room to Grown Men in Maine
Naked Man in Girls Locker Room OKd in Washington
Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
Obama Administration Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$
Also read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools.
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
-- From "Transgender student sues Virginia school, citing restroom policy" by Sharon Song, KRON-TV4 (San Francisco, CA) & Associated Press 6/11/15
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Gavin Grimm in the lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board. The complaint says the 16-year-old student used the communal restrooms without incident until the board, responding to complaints from local residents, adopted a policy in December requiring transgender students to use a private facility.
The ACLU said the lawsuit is the first of its kind in Virginia, but several similar cases have been brought in other state courts and at least two in federal courts elsewhere.
According to the complaint in the Virginia lawsuit, Grimm was designated female at birth but has a male gender identity. It says he has been diagnosed as having gender dysphoria, a medical condition characterized by distress stemming from conflict between a person’s gender identity and the person’s assigned sex at birth.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order allowing Grimm to use the boys’ restrooms.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "ACLU sues Virginia school board for discriminatory transgender restroom policy" posted at Augusta Free Press 6/11/15
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board for adopting a discriminatory bathroom policy that segregates transgender students from their peers. The policy effectively expels trans students from communal restrooms and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.
The case was filed on behalf of Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student at Gloucester High School who will begin his junior year this fall. The lawsuit argues the bathroom policy is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and violates Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination by schools.
As part of Gavin’s medical treatment for severe gender dysphoria, Gavin and his mother notified administrators of his male gender identity at the beginning of his sophomore year so that he could socially transition in all aspects of his life. With permission from school administrators, Gavin used the boys’ restroom for almost two months without any incident. But after receiving complaints from some parents and residents of Gloucester County, the school board adopted the new policy on December 9, 2014, by a vote of 6-1, despite warnings from the ACLU.
The ACLU previously filed a federal discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Education in December 2014. The investigation remains ongoing.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Transgender Teen Sues Virginia School Board for Allegedly Not Allowing Him to Use Boys Room" by Avianne Tan, ABC News 6/11/15
A transgender teen from Virginia is suing the Gloucester County school board for allegedly discriminating against him by adopting a bathroom policy that doesn't allow him to use the boys room, a move that "undermines his social transition," according to court documents and the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the suit today.
Last August, [Gavin Grimm, 16,] says he told the school in Gloucester that he was a boy and received permission to use the boys' restroom from the principal shortly after.
But a policy change on Dec. 9, 2014 barred him from using the bathroom of his choice, the court complaint explains.
"It shall be the practice of the GCPS to provide male and female restroom and locker room facilities in its schools, and the use of said facilities shall be limited to the corresponding biological genders," the school board announced, according to the complaint, "and students with gender identity issues shall be provided an alternative appropriate private facility."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "15-year-old girl sues to force Virginia school district to let her use boys’ bathroom" by Dustin Siggins, LifeSiteNews 6/12/15
The ACLU says the school violated Title IX, a 1972 law that bars sexual discrimination. In April 2014, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights changed how it interpreted gender identity, making it a protected class under federal law. . . . [but law experts say] that the change to Title IX "is not legally binding" and was "politically motivated."
The ACLU also says Grimm's 14th Amendment rights were violated.
However, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorney Jeremy Tedesco told LifeSiteNews, "We do not believe either claim will be successful."
"A federal court in Pennsylvania recently rejected a similar lawsuit filed by a transgender student seeking access to restrooms at a college," said Tedesco, "ruling that 'separating students by sex based on biological considerations … for restroom and locker room use simply does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.'"
"The court rejected the Title IX claim for the same reason. It also highlighted that Title IX’s implementing regulations state that schools do not violate Title IX when they 'provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex.'"
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
Monday, June 15, 2015
NAACP Transracial NOT Transgender but IS Bisexual
The media frenzy over Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal is eager to expose her as not authentically of the black race, but is obviously reluctant to discuss her claim of being bisexual.
NAACP Helps Boot Pro-life Teacher in Georgia
NAACP Helps Boot African Christian Critical of Homosexuality
Black Pastors Split with NAACP and Obama on Gay Agenda
Also read NAACP Endorses 'Gay Marriage'
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
-- From "The surprising ways Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal are now linked" by Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post 6/15/15
Why is Caitlyn Jenner treated as a groundbreaking cultural hero and Rachel Dolezal condemned as a charlatan? If it’s okay to be transgender, what’s wrong with being “transracial”?
Many in the mainstream took the bait, and the cases of Jenner and Dolezal were forever intertwined. In People, for example, a psychologist explained why “Rachel Dolezal’s Case Can’t be Compared to Caitlyn Jenner.”
“‘Most people who are transgender, [when they are] as early as 4 or 5, believe already that at some level that they are a child born with the wrong anatomy,'” Derald Wing Sue said. “I don’t see this” with Dolezal.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "White NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Is BISEXUAL Too!" by Patrick Howley, Political Reporter, Daily Caller 6/14/15
Dolezal, who was born white but became the leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Spokane, Wash. chapter after representing herself as African-American (her supporters claim she’s “transracial“), is fluid in other ways, too [Dolezal said in a December interview with the publication Spokane Faith and Values].
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "An interview with Rachel Dolezal, the new Spokane NAACP president" by Kelly Mathews, SpokaneFAVS 12/2/14
Rachel Dolezal agreed to an interview for Spokane Faith and Values since her election as president of the Spokane NAACP.
Kelly: When did you first decide to run for president?
Rachel: A few months ago, members asked me to consider running. . . . My candidacy was really a response to requests for me to run for the position of president. My candidacy was not originally my idea, but a request from officers and members in the branch frustrated with current leadership.
Kelly: Rachel . . . Can you please tell us all about your life and all that you do so people understand your level of commitment and passion?
. . . Historically in Spokane, I’m in a very small minority of women presidents of the NAACP. I believe I’m the third or fourth female president since the Spokane NAACP’s inception.
I’d guess I’m also one of the youngest presidents. As a single mom who has lived on the poverty line and identifies as bisexual, perhaps some of my other demographics are also a first for Spokane. I know there is a strong majority of older straight men with strong church ties leading many of the branches nationally.
I’m a spiritual person, but not someone who belongs to any specific church in Spokane.
Nationally, as well locally, there have been very few presidents who are female throughout history.
My leadership is relevant to people who have lived experience in various historically oppressed groups, those who don’t have enough resources, those who have experienced a need for support emotionally and psychologically, and single parents and young leaders who have fought hard to gain respect.
To read the entire interview above, CLICK HERE.
From "Rachel Dolezal Quits N.A.A.C.P. in Spokane" by Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times 6/15/15
The head of the N.A.A.C.P. chapter in Spokane, subjected to national scrutiny and ridicule after it appeared she lied about her own racial background, announced Monday that she was quitting that post.
It was not clear whether Ms. Dolezal would also give up her part-time teaching position in African-American studies at Eastern Washington University, or her membership on the Spokane police ombudsman’s commission.
. . . N.A.A.C.P. officials and other community leaders said she had represented herself as being of partly black ancestry, and she checked boxes for white, black and Native American on her application to the city for the ombudsman commission, where she was appointed by the mayor. Reached by reporters last week at their home in Montana, Ms. Dolezal’s parents — from whom she is estranged — said that in fact, she has no black background.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
"As a single mom who has lived on the poverty line and identifies as bisexual, perhaps some of my other demographics are also a first for Spokane."For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
-- Rachel Dolezal, (now former) President of NAACP Spokane, WA
NAACP Helps Boot Pro-life Teacher in Georgia
NAACP Helps Boot African Christian Critical of Homosexuality
Black Pastors Split with NAACP and Obama on Gay Agenda
Also read NAACP Endorses 'Gay Marriage'
In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.
-- From "The surprising ways Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal are now linked" by Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post 6/15/15
Why is Caitlyn Jenner treated as a groundbreaking cultural hero and Rachel Dolezal condemned as a charlatan? If it’s okay to be transgender, what’s wrong with being “transracial”?
Many in the mainstream took the bait, and the cases of Jenner and Dolezal were forever intertwined. In People, for example, a psychologist explained why “Rachel Dolezal’s Case Can’t be Compared to Caitlyn Jenner.”
“‘Most people who are transgender, [when they are] as early as 4 or 5, believe already that at some level that they are a child born with the wrong anatomy,'” Derald Wing Sue said. “I don’t see this” with Dolezal.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "White NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Is BISEXUAL Too!" by Patrick Howley, Political Reporter, Daily Caller 6/14/15
Dolezal, who was born white but became the leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Spokane, Wash. chapter after representing herself as African-American (her supporters claim she’s “transracial“), is fluid in other ways, too [Dolezal said in a December interview with the publication Spokane Faith and Values].
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "An interview with Rachel Dolezal, the new Spokane NAACP president" by Kelly Mathews, SpokaneFAVS 12/2/14
Rachel Dolezal agreed to an interview for Spokane Faith and Values since her election as president of the Spokane NAACP.
Kelly: When did you first decide to run for president?
Rachel: A few months ago, members asked me to consider running. . . . My candidacy was really a response to requests for me to run for the position of president. My candidacy was not originally my idea, but a request from officers and members in the branch frustrated with current leadership.
Kelly: Rachel . . . Can you please tell us all about your life and all that you do so people understand your level of commitment and passion?
. . . Historically in Spokane, I’m in a very small minority of women presidents of the NAACP. I believe I’m the third or fourth female president since the Spokane NAACP’s inception.
I’d guess I’m also one of the youngest presidents. As a single mom who has lived on the poverty line and identifies as bisexual, perhaps some of my other demographics are also a first for Spokane. I know there is a strong majority of older straight men with strong church ties leading many of the branches nationally.
I’m a spiritual person, but not someone who belongs to any specific church in Spokane.
Nationally, as well locally, there have been very few presidents who are female throughout history.
My leadership is relevant to people who have lived experience in various historically oppressed groups, those who don’t have enough resources, those who have experienced a need for support emotionally and psychologically, and single parents and young leaders who have fought hard to gain respect.
To read the entire interview above, CLICK HERE.
From "Rachel Dolezal Quits N.A.A.C.P. in Spokane" by Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times 6/15/15
The head of the N.A.A.C.P. chapter in Spokane, subjected to national scrutiny and ridicule after it appeared she lied about her own racial background, announced Monday that she was quitting that post.
It was not clear whether Ms. Dolezal would also give up her part-time teaching position in African-American studies at Eastern Washington University, or her membership on the Spokane police ombudsman’s commission.
. . . N.A.A.C.P. officials and other community leaders said she had represented herself as being of partly black ancestry, and she checked boxes for white, black and Native American on her application to the city for the ombudsman commission, where she was appointed by the mayor. Reached by reporters last week at their home in Montana, Ms. Dolezal’s parents — from whom she is estranged — said that in fact, she has no black background.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Idaho Univ. Pays $20,000 to Unmuzzle Pro-lifers
Boise State University has agreed to pay Abolitionists4Life nominal damages plus legal fees for unfairly limiting the free speech of the pro-life student group compared to other student groups.
Ohio College Pays $9,000 for Censoring Christian Speech
Virginia College Lifts Muzzle on Christian Speech
Buffalo NY Univ. Charges Pro-life Students Extra $
Judge Rules Illinois College Must Accept 'Anti-Gay' Speech
Also read myriad examples of colleges and public schools censoring pro-life speech.
And read Gallup Poll Shows 'Higher Education' Indoctrinates Pro-abortion -- for example: University of Chicago Teaches Students How to Get Abortion
-- From "BSU, anti-abortion group settle free speech lawsuit" by Bill Roberts, Idaho Statesman 6/3/15
Signs were an integral part of what prompted the suit last June. Abolitionists4Life claimed that Boise State clipped its First Amendment rights when it asked the group to place warning signs around two exhibits that showed images from abortions and an autopsy photo of a woman who died having an abortion. Other groups weren’t asked to provide any signs, Abolitionists4Life said.
As part of the settlement, Boise State may either require signs that read, “Public display ahead; viewer discretion advised,” in all open spaces reserved for events, or simply require no signs at all.
The change puts people exercising their rights of free speech on an equal footing without regard to their message, said Lisa Atkins, who was president of the campus Abolitionists4Life group and was at the event last year that led to the lawsuit.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Idaho college no longer requires warning for contentious protests" by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters 6/3/15
The Alliance Defending Freedom [ADF], a conservative Christian legal organization, last year sued Boise State claiming the college deprived anti-abortion activists of their constitutional rights and unfairly targeted them by restricting where they could distribute fliers.
The lawsuit in federal court in Idaho was filed after the anti-abortion group Abolitionists4Life hosted two events on campus last spring that sought through images to “communicate its pro-life message,” the organization's senior legal counsel, David Hacker, said in a statement.
The university told Abolitionists4Life that so-called warning signs were required for events tied to issues considered controversial and that it must distribute anti-abortion pamphlets inside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” said Hacker.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Boise State University to Pay $20,000 to Pro-Life Group After Backtracking on Censorship" by Ray Nothstine, Christian Post Contributor 6/6/15
In April and May of 2014, Abolitionists4Life hosted two events titled "Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust" and "What Has Roe Done for Us?" An official at the University demanded that the students had to use warning signs around their displays because they were deemed "controversial" in nature. The ADF pointed out in their lawsuit that the pro-life group was targeted with demands not consistent with other campus groups, including Planned Parenthood and an atheist group which both had free reign to disseminate their message on campus.
A press release by Alliance Defending Freedom quotes Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for America: "Pro-life students have every right to host events on campus as does any other student. Universities are supposed to be beacons of free speech and tolerance, not discriminatory havens of censorship where the only views tolerated are those of liberal administrators."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Boise State University Stops Making Pro-Life groups Post Warning Signs for Their Events" by Alliance Defending Freedom 6/3/15
Boise State University has allowed other groups to host events without warning signs, including Planned Parenthood, which distributed condoms on campus, and the Secular Student Alliance, which held “Does God Exist?” signs in open spaces on campus.
The university also prohibited [Abolitionists4Life] from distributing fliers outside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” which together are limited to less than one percent of the entire campus.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abortion Clinic Bombing Targets Pro-lifers Praying
And read myriad other examples of violence against pro-lifers.
“I am pretty happy with the policy they [Boise State] have ended up with.”For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
-- Lisa Atkins, Students For Life
"Perhaps colleges are slowly getting the message – after all, they aren't even trying to defend their 'free speech zones' in court…"
-- Susan Kruth, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Ohio College Pays $9,000 for Censoring Christian Speech
Virginia College Lifts Muzzle on Christian Speech
Buffalo NY Univ. Charges Pro-life Students Extra $
Judge Rules Illinois College Must Accept 'Anti-Gay' Speech
Also read myriad examples of colleges and public schools censoring pro-life speech.
And read Gallup Poll Shows 'Higher Education' Indoctrinates Pro-abortion -- for example: University of Chicago Teaches Students How to Get Abortion
-- From "BSU, anti-abortion group settle free speech lawsuit" by Bill Roberts, Idaho Statesman 6/3/15
Signs were an integral part of what prompted the suit last June. Abolitionists4Life claimed that Boise State clipped its First Amendment rights when it asked the group to place warning signs around two exhibits that showed images from abortions and an autopsy photo of a woman who died having an abortion. Other groups weren’t asked to provide any signs, Abolitionists4Life said.
As part of the settlement, Boise State may either require signs that read, “Public display ahead; viewer discretion advised,” in all open spaces reserved for events, or simply require no signs at all.
The change puts people exercising their rights of free speech on an equal footing without regard to their message, said Lisa Atkins, who was president of the campus Abolitionists4Life group and was at the event last year that led to the lawsuit.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Idaho college no longer requires warning for contentious protests" by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters 6/3/15
The Alliance Defending Freedom [ADF], a conservative Christian legal organization, last year sued Boise State claiming the college deprived anti-abortion activists of their constitutional rights and unfairly targeted them by restricting where they could distribute fliers.
The lawsuit in federal court in Idaho was filed after the anti-abortion group Abolitionists4Life hosted two events on campus last spring that sought through images to “communicate its pro-life message,” the organization's senior legal counsel, David Hacker, said in a statement.
The university told Abolitionists4Life that so-called warning signs were required for events tied to issues considered controversial and that it must distribute anti-abortion pamphlets inside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” said Hacker.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Boise State University to Pay $20,000 to Pro-Life Group After Backtracking on Censorship" by Ray Nothstine, Christian Post Contributor 6/6/15
In April and May of 2014, Abolitionists4Life hosted two events titled "Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust" and "What Has Roe Done for Us?" An official at the University demanded that the students had to use warning signs around their displays because they were deemed "controversial" in nature. The ADF pointed out in their lawsuit that the pro-life group was targeted with demands not consistent with other campus groups, including Planned Parenthood and an atheist group which both had free reign to disseminate their message on campus.
A press release by Alliance Defending Freedom quotes Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for America: "Pro-life students have every right to host events on campus as does any other student. Universities are supposed to be beacons of free speech and tolerance, not discriminatory havens of censorship where the only views tolerated are those of liberal administrators."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Boise State University Stops Making Pro-Life groups Post Warning Signs for Their Events" by Alliance Defending Freedom 6/3/15
Boise State University has allowed other groups to host events without warning signs, including Planned Parenthood, which distributed condoms on campus, and the Secular Student Alliance, which held “Does God Exist?” signs in open spaces on campus.
The university also prohibited [Abolitionists4Life] from distributing fliers outside one of the school’s eight “speech zones,” which together are limited to less than one percent of the entire campus.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abortion Clinic Bombing Targets Pro-lifers Praying
And read myriad other examples of violence against pro-lifers.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Obama's Sexually Confused White House Appointees
As President Obama declares June LGBT Pride Month, he appoints attorney Shannon Minter, a woman born in 1961 who has pretended to be a man for over 25 years, to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships to "tackle the important challenges facing America." Minter argued against natural marriage before the California Supreme Court in 2009 and celebrates the opening of employee restrooms and showers to perverts by this month's mandate by Obama's Department of Labor.
Minter, who has been "married" to a woman since 2001 and has a step daughter, obviously still has XX (female) chromosomes.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money
ObamaNation: Homosexual Victory 'Pride Parades'
President Obama's Cross-dressing Military Fantasy is Reality
Confirmed: Obama = Liar in Chief RE 'Gay Marriage'
Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination
President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals
Most importantly, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
-- From "Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission" by Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post 6/8/15
Minter, who is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR], has been lead counsel in a number of legal wins for the LGBT community. He gained national attention in 2001 when he represented the lesbian partner of Diane Whipple in a wrongful death case stemming from a dog mauling. That case resulted in a landmark decision in California that extended tort claims to same-sex domestic partners.
The Commission on White House Fellowships interviews and then recommends people to the president for appointment as White House Fellows, who typically spend a year as full-time, paid assistants to senior White House staff.
Minter is one of a number of transgender appointees in the Obama administration. Others include Amanda Simpson and Shawn Skelly at the Defense Department and Jay Davis at the Environmental Protection Agency.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Shannon Minter, attorney in Miami-Dade same-sex marriage case, gets presidential appointment" by Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald 6/8/15
Minter was one of the lead attorneys for six gay and lesbian couples and Equality Florida Institute in the 2014 lawsuit that helped lead to same-sex marriage in Florida. The couples who successfully sued Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin for marriage licenses: Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello; Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez and David Price; Vanessa and Melanie Alenier; Todd and Jeff Delmay; Summer Greene and Pamela Faerber; and Don Price Johnston and Jorge Isaias Diaz.
“We wanted folks who could just be representative of the community and who were in different life situations,” Minter, a transgender man, told the Miami Herald in January 2014. “One of our couples is dealing with aging issues. We wanted to show couples raising children. One of our couples has grandchildren. They work in all different fields. They’re culturally diverse.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "EEOC Sends Message to Private Sector On Transgender Workers' Restroom Rights" by Patrick Dorrian, Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs 6/10/15
Private sector employers that don't respect a transgender worker's choice of restroom to use run the risk of claims and potential liability under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employment lawyers and advocates told Bloomberg BNA in a series of interviews.
Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco told Bloomberg BNA June 2 that, up until now, the denial of restroom rights “has probably been the most common problem” his organization “has been contacted about” by transgender workers.
[Minter] believes employers are starting to understand the issue [that] recent workplace developments regarding LGBT employees will continue to raise employer awareness and recognition of transgender workers' restroom rights.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
. . . in related news:
From "7 Homosexual U.S. Ambassadors: Trade Deals Should Advance LGBTI Rights" by Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com 6/10/15:
The seven, joined by the State Department’s first “special envoy for LGBTI persons,” Randy Berry, signed a joint letter published Tuesday in the national gay and lesbian news magazine The Advocate, and re-posted by the White House.
The seven joining Berry are Ambassador to Dominican Republic James Brewster, Ambassador to Spain James Costos, Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, Ambassador to Australia John Berry, Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Robert Holleyman.
“As the seven openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex U.S. Ambassadors and the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons, this approach is particularly important to us.”
The signatories said they were proud to be part of an administration “deeply committed” to advancing the human rights of LGBTI people, citing President Obama’s recent comment – in a statement marking International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – that “all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
And read Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy
Minter, who has been "married" to a woman since 2001 and has a step daughter, obviously still has XX (female) chromosomes.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money
ObamaNation: Homosexual Victory 'Pride Parades'
President Obama's Cross-dressing Military Fantasy is Reality
Confirmed: Obama = Liar in Chief RE 'Gay Marriage'
Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination
President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals
Most importantly, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
-- From "Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission" by Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post 6/8/15
Minter, who is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR], has been lead counsel in a number of legal wins for the LGBT community. He gained national attention in 2001 when he represented the lesbian partner of Diane Whipple in a wrongful death case stemming from a dog mauling. That case resulted in a landmark decision in California that extended tort claims to same-sex domestic partners.
The Commission on White House Fellowships interviews and then recommends people to the president for appointment as White House Fellows, who typically spend a year as full-time, paid assistants to senior White House staff.
Minter is one of a number of transgender appointees in the Obama administration. Others include Amanda Simpson and Shawn Skelly at the Defense Department and Jay Davis at the Environmental Protection Agency.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Shannon Minter, attorney in Miami-Dade same-sex marriage case, gets presidential appointment" by Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald 6/8/15
Minter was one of the lead attorneys for six gay and lesbian couples and Equality Florida Institute in the 2014 lawsuit that helped lead to same-sex marriage in Florida. The couples who successfully sued Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin for marriage licenses: Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello; Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez and David Price; Vanessa and Melanie Alenier; Todd and Jeff Delmay; Summer Greene and Pamela Faerber; and Don Price Johnston and Jorge Isaias Diaz.
“We wanted folks who could just be representative of the community and who were in different life situations,” Minter, a transgender man, told the Miami Herald in January 2014. “One of our couples is dealing with aging issues. We wanted to show couples raising children. One of our couples has grandchildren. They work in all different fields. They’re culturally diverse.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "EEOC Sends Message to Private Sector On Transgender Workers' Restroom Rights" by Patrick Dorrian, Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs 6/10/15
Private sector employers that don't respect a transgender worker's choice of restroom to use run the risk of claims and potential liability under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employment lawyers and advocates told Bloomberg BNA in a series of interviews.
Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco told Bloomberg BNA June 2 that, up until now, the denial of restroom rights “has probably been the most common problem” his organization “has been contacted about” by transgender workers.
[Minter] believes employers are starting to understand the issue [that] recent workplace developments regarding LGBT employees will continue to raise employer awareness and recognition of transgender workers' restroom rights.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
. . . in related news:
From "7 Homosexual U.S. Ambassadors: Trade Deals Should Advance LGBTI Rights" by Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com 6/10/15:
The seven, joined by the State Department’s first “special envoy for LGBTI persons,” Randy Berry, signed a joint letter published Tuesday in the national gay and lesbian news magazine The Advocate, and re-posted by the White House.
The seven joining Berry are Ambassador to Dominican Republic James Brewster, Ambassador to Spain James Costos, Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, Ambassador to Australia John Berry, Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Robert Holleyman.
“As the seven openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex U.S. Ambassadors and the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons, this approach is particularly important to us.”
The signatories said they were proud to be part of an administration “deeply committed” to advancing the human rights of LGBTI people, citing President Obama’s recent comment – in a statement marking International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – that “all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School
And read Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy
Friday, June 12, 2015
Gay Agenda Defeated by North Carolina Legislature
Unlike the cowering Republicans in Indiana and Arkansas, where homosexualists intimidated very conservative state lawmakers and governors into acquiescence of the Gay Agenda, the North Carolina legislature overrode the veto of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to enact Senate Bill 2 allowing local magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages and still keep their jobs.
In contrast, read how Indiana Republicans surrendered to homosexualist blackmail just hours after enacting a religious liberty law, and also read how Arkansas Republicans immediately followed suit.
And read of the widespread persecution of Christians who refuse to worship the Gay Agenda.
UPDATE 10/7/15: 'Gay Marriage' Stopped in Alabama by Judges
In addition, read Almost No Americans Want a 'Homosexual Marriage'
-- From "North Carolina lawmakers allow 'opt-out' over same-sex marriage" by Marti Maguire, Reuters 6/11/15
The [new] law protects the jobs of magistrates and other officials who refuse to perform marriages of gay couples by citing a “sincerely held religious objection.”
The state House of Representatives overrode [Gov. McCrory's] veto by reaching the three-fifths majority in a 69-41 vote. The state Senate overrode the veto earlier this month [32-16].
While gay marriage was targeted in a wave of conservative legislation in U.S. statehouses this year, North Carolina is among the few states to pass a measure. Utah approved a similar opt-out law earlier this year.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "N.C. OKs gay marriage religious exemption" by Beth Walton, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times 6/12/15
The law says court officials who disclose a "sincerely held religious objection" and recuse themselves for marriage responsibilities must stop performing all marriage duties for both gay and heterosexual couples for at least six months. The chief District Court judge or the county register of deeds — both elected officials — would fill in on marriages if needed.
Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, introduced the bill shortly after rulings by federal judges last October that overturned North Carolina's constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in 2012. Berger responded to several magistrates who resigned when the state's top court administrator wrote that magistrates who declined to officiate for same-sex couples could be punished, terminated or face potential criminal charges.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Cheers, Jeers Greet NC's New Magistrate Law" by Tom Bullock, WFAE-FM90.7 (Charlotte, NC) 6/11/15
When they take the office, magistrates are required to take an oath to uphold the laws of the land. Governor Pat McCrory, speaking on Charlotte Talks earlier this year, said that’s why he opposes the bill.
That’s flawed logic, says Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition.
"There’s no constitutional right to have a certain magistrate marry you. But there is a constitutional right to exercise your religious belief."
Both the ACLU and Equality NC are now looking towards the courts.
"The bill is written where it does not discriminate and if they want to waste money on going to court than that’s their choice," [Fitzgerald] says.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read North Carolina Gay Teachers Indoctrinate 8-year-olds
And read Sexual Deviancy Special Class? Not in Charlotte, North Carolina
"I think it strikes the right balance by protecting religious liberty and also not being discriminatory. We needed to protect the will of the people of North Carolina."For background, read North Carolina Christian Magistrates Lose Jobs for Refusing Same-sex 'Wedding' and also read Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'
-- Rep. Josh Dobson, R-McDowell
In contrast, read how Indiana Republicans surrendered to homosexualist blackmail just hours after enacting a religious liberty law, and also read how Arkansas Republicans immediately followed suit.
And read of the widespread persecution of Christians who refuse to worship the Gay Agenda.
UPDATE 10/7/15: 'Gay Marriage' Stopped in Alabama by Judges
In addition, read Almost No Americans Want a 'Homosexual Marriage'
-- From "North Carolina lawmakers allow 'opt-out' over same-sex marriage" by Marti Maguire, Reuters 6/11/15
The [new] law protects the jobs of magistrates and other officials who refuse to perform marriages of gay couples by citing a “sincerely held religious objection.”
The state House of Representatives overrode [Gov. McCrory's] veto by reaching the three-fifths majority in a 69-41 vote. The state Senate overrode the veto earlier this month [32-16].
While gay marriage was targeted in a wave of conservative legislation in U.S. statehouses this year, North Carolina is among the few states to pass a measure. Utah approved a similar opt-out law earlier this year.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "N.C. OKs gay marriage religious exemption" by Beth Walton, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times 6/12/15
The law says court officials who disclose a "sincerely held religious objection" and recuse themselves for marriage responsibilities must stop performing all marriage duties for both gay and heterosexual couples for at least six months. The chief District Court judge or the county register of deeds — both elected officials — would fill in on marriages if needed.
Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, introduced the bill shortly after rulings by federal judges last October that overturned North Carolina's constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in 2012. Berger responded to several magistrates who resigned when the state's top court administrator wrote that magistrates who declined to officiate for same-sex couples could be punished, terminated or face potential criminal charges.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Cheers, Jeers Greet NC's New Magistrate Law" by Tom Bullock, WFAE-FM90.7 (Charlotte, NC) 6/11/15
When they take the office, magistrates are required to take an oath to uphold the laws of the land. Governor Pat McCrory, speaking on Charlotte Talks earlier this year, said that’s why he opposes the bill.
That’s flawed logic, says Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition.
"There’s no constitutional right to have a certain magistrate marry you. But there is a constitutional right to exercise your religious belief."
Both the ACLU and Equality NC are now looking towards the courts.
"The bill is written where it does not discriminate and if they want to waste money on going to court than that’s their choice," [Fitzgerald] says.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read North Carolina Gay Teachers Indoctrinate 8-year-olds
And read Sexual Deviancy Special Class? Not in Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Penn. School Staff to Mosque for Islamic Training
Unbeknownst to taxpayers who funded it . . .
Fifty teachers and school administrators of Lebanon (Pennsylvania) School District bowed to chants of "Allahu Akbar" at the Lebanon Valley Mosque while attending an all-day in-service workshop. School Superintendent Marianne T. Bartley, who participated, authorized the Islamic training to help the staff relate to the religious aspects of their Arabic students.
Students Required to Pretend Being Muslim in Wisconsin
Florida School Teaches Islam Including Prayer Rugs
Massachusetts Students Forced To Learn Muslim Conversion
Teaching Girls to Wear Muslim Hijab in California School
Colorado School Visits Mosque, Enforces Sharia Law for Girls' Dress
Also read myriad examples of Islamic indoctrination in American public schools
However, Ohio Taxpayers force Cancelation of Celebrate Islam Day at School
-- From "Lebanon Valley Mosque welcomes Lebanon School District staff" by John Latimer, Lebanon 6/8/15
It was the second year that the workshop was offered to the staff, according to Fred Shattls, director of the district's English as a Second Language department. The workshop was led by Mohamed Omar, a former teacher's aide and Arabic translator for the district who also served a year as president of the mosque.
Providing a course on Arabic culture and Islam is important, Shattls said, because the number of students from Middle Eastern countries in the district is growing and now totals 87. Most of them are from Eygpt and Morocco, two of the 33 countries represented by students in the district.
At noon, the teachers took a bus to the mosque, located not far away at 13th and Florence streets. Following Islamic practice, each took off their shoes before entering the prayer room where they took a seat on a maroon-colored carpet with intricate designs.
Omar, dressed in a suit and tie, spent about 20 minutes instructing the teachers on the many facets of Islam, including some nearly identical to Christianity, like the belief that all who are faithful to the religion will one day be called before God who will judge them to determine if they will go to Heaven or Hell.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Compare this public school acceptance of Islam to myriad examples of rejection of Christianity.
From "School Staff Trained On Islam, BOWS TO ALLAH At Local Mosque On Taxpayer Dime" by Eric Owens, Education Editor, Daily Caller 6/10/15
Approximately 50 teachers and officials from Pennsylvania’s recently gathered at a taxpayer-funded workshop during church services at a local Baptist church to learn about the problems Christian children face in today’s secular educational environment.
No, wait. Scratch that. That didn’t happen. That’s totally wrong.
Instead, approximately 50 teachers and staffers in the town of Lebanon, Pa. attended a workshop at a local mosque to learn all about Islam and Arab culture, EAGnews.org reports.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read President Obama Praises Islam for Making America What It Is and then he also Compares Christians to Islamic Terrorists
And read President Obama Ignores Hate Crimes Against U.S. Christians so it's no surprise that Muslims Killing Christians Doesn't Make Headline
Fifty teachers and school administrators of Lebanon (Pennsylvania) School District bowed to chants of "Allahu Akbar" at the Lebanon Valley Mosque while attending an all-day in-service workshop. School Superintendent Marianne T. Bartley, who participated, authorized the Islamic training to help the staff relate to the religious aspects of their Arabic students.
"We have so many students from different Hispanic countries, but slowly but surely the Arabic population is growing."For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
-- Fred Shattls, faculty
"I think this is the first time ever in the United States that a school district goes to a mosque."
-- Hamid Housni, Lebanon Valley Mosque
Students Required to Pretend Being Muslim in Wisconsin
Florida School Teaches Islam Including Prayer Rugs
Massachusetts Students Forced To Learn Muslim Conversion
Teaching Girls to Wear Muslim Hijab in California School
Colorado School Visits Mosque, Enforces Sharia Law for Girls' Dress
Also read myriad examples of Islamic indoctrination in American public schools
However, Ohio Taxpayers force Cancelation of Celebrate Islam Day at School
-- From "Lebanon Valley Mosque welcomes Lebanon School District staff" by John Latimer, Lebanon 6/8/15
It was the second year that the workshop was offered to the staff, according to Fred Shattls, director of the district's English as a Second Language department. The workshop was led by Mohamed Omar, a former teacher's aide and Arabic translator for the district who also served a year as president of the mosque.
Providing a course on Arabic culture and Islam is important, Shattls said, because the number of students from Middle Eastern countries in the district is growing and now totals 87. Most of them are from Eygpt and Morocco, two of the 33 countries represented by students in the district.
At noon, the teachers took a bus to the mosque, located not far away at 13th and Florence streets. Following Islamic practice, each took off their shoes before entering the prayer room where they took a seat on a maroon-colored carpet with intricate designs.
Omar, dressed in a suit and tie, spent about 20 minutes instructing the teachers on the many facets of Islam, including some nearly identical to Christianity, like the belief that all who are faithful to the religion will one day be called before God who will judge them to determine if they will go to Heaven or Hell.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Compare this public school acceptance of Islam to myriad examples of rejection of Christianity.
From "School Staff Trained On Islam, BOWS TO ALLAH At Local Mosque On Taxpayer Dime" by Eric Owens, Education Editor, Daily Caller 6/10/15
Approximately 50 teachers and officials from Pennsylvania’s recently gathered at a taxpayer-funded workshop during church services at a local Baptist church to learn about the problems Christian children face in today’s secular educational environment.
No, wait. Scratch that. That didn’t happen. That’s totally wrong.
Instead, approximately 50 teachers and staffers in the town of Lebanon, Pa. attended a workshop at a local mosque to learn all about Islam and Arab culture, EAGnews.org reports.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, read President Obama Praises Islam for Making America What It Is and then he also Compares Christians to Islamic Terrorists
And read President Obama Ignores Hate Crimes Against U.S. Christians so it's no surprise that Muslims Killing Christians Doesn't Make Headline
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Supreme Court 'Hail Mary' for Texas Abortionists
After yesterday's 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the 2013 Texas law (House Bill 2) resulting in closure of all but a fraction of the state's once-burgeoning abortion industry, abortionists' last hope is the U.S. Supreme Court, which has once already halted the new law. H.B. 2, which requires abortion clinics to be as clean and safe as hospitals, dominated the mainstream media in July 2013 when Texas state Senator Wendy Davis, a.k.a. "Abortion Barbie," blocked inevitable passage of the bill for a few hours.
Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Texas Yanks Abortionist's License for 268 Killed
Texas Abortion Rate Plunges, Liberals Fume
9th Circuit Court Strikes Abortion Bans, Supreme Court Next
Abortionists Forced to Risk All in Supreme Court
-- From "Federal appeals court backs strict Texas abortion law" by John Bacon, USA TODAY 6/9/15
The Center for Reproductive Rights said it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices had put the 2013 law on hold last year, sending it back to the appeals court for review.
Small clinics claimed they can't afford the high cost of such upgrades [to hospital safety standards]. The center said the ruling puts all but seven abortion clinics in the state at risk of closure.
[Yesterday's] ruling reversed a lower court's injunction blocking the state's admitting privileges requirement except as applied to a single doctor [in McAllen, Texas]. The provision already has been blamed for closure of about half the state's abortion clinics.
The number of abortion clinics operating in Texas has fallen from 41 before the law was passed in 2013 to less than 20 today.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court upholds key parts of Texas' strict anti-abortion law" by Paul J. Weber, Associated Press 6/10/15
Owners of traditional abortion clinics, which resemble doctor's offices more than hospitals, say they would be forced to close because the new rules demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can't afford. That would mark the second large wave of closures in as many years in Texas, which had 41 abortion clinics in 2012, before other new restrictions took effect that require doctor admitting privileges.
Texas will be able to start enforcing the restrictions in about three weeks unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to halt the decision, said Stephanie Toti, an attorney for the [Center for Reproductive Rights]. Only seven abortion facilities in Texas, including four operated by Planned Parenthood, meet the more robust requirements.
If the law takes effect, some women in the state would live hundreds of miles away from a Texas abortion provider. But that argument didn't sway the three-judge panel making the decision for the New Orleans-based appeals court, which is considered one of the most conservative in the nation. The judges noted that a New Mexico abortion clinic was just across the Texas border, and said clinic owners in Texas failed to prove that a "large fraction" of women would be burdened.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Upholds Texas Limits on Abortions" by Manny Fernandez and Erik Eckholm, News York Times 6/9/15
In addition to the surgical standards, the court upheld a requirement that doctors performing abortions obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of a clinic. The court said that except as applied to one doctor working in McAllen in South Texas, the provision did not put an unconstitutional burden on women seeking abortions.
Under the 1973 Roe v Wade decision and later cases, the Supreme Court has permitted a wide array of abortion regulations, including waiting periods and parental consent for minors, but said states may not impose an “undue burden” on the right to an abortion before a fetus is viable outside the womb.
“Texas’ stated purpose for enacting H.B. 2 was to provide the highest quality of care to women seeking abortions and to protect the health and welfare of women seeking abortions,” the Fifth Circuit ruling read. “There is no question that this is a legitimate purpose that supports regulating physicians and the facilities in which they perform abortions.”
In the case of the McAllen [Texas] clinic, the sole abortion provider in the Rio Grande Valley, Tuesday’s decision held that the distance of 235 miles or more to the nearest clinic did pose an undue burden. For now, at least, the Fifth Circuit panel exempted that clinic from aspects of the surgical-center and admitting-privileges requirements. But Amy Hagstrom Miller, the chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which runs the McAllen facility and was one of the abortion providers that sued the state, said the organization was evaluating whether the ruling would permit the clinic to continue operating.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal court ruling could close half of Texas' abortion clinics" by Brittney Martin, Austin Bureau, The Dallas Morning News 6/10/15
In conjunction with a 2011 law that requires women to view a sonogram 24 hours before having an abortion, Texas abortion restrictions are some of the toughest in the country.
The regulations are spelled out in more than 100 pages of state statute and include specific room and doorway sizes, sterilization systems and male and female locker rooms for staff. Estimates are that building or renovating a facility to meet the state’s requirements could cost between $1 million and $3.5 million.
This was the second challenge to a law that also bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requires that physicians have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and tightens regulations on abortion-inducing drugs. The state has spent more than $790,000 defending the law.
Planned Parenthood South Texas plans to build a clinic in San Antonio that meets all of the state’s requirements, but a spokeswoman for the organization stopped short of confirming Tuesday whether that facility is open yet.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Upholds Texas Pro-Life Law Closing Abortion Clinics, Saving 10,000 From Abortion" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 6/9/15
Planned Parenthood did not challenge the law’s prohibition on abortions that take place at 20 weeks or later, a provision based on evidence that demonstrates the baby can feel pain at that stage. Pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the omnibus HB 2 bill into law in July 2013.
This case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Americans United for Life] Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke, writing in The Federalist, predicted in January 2015 that the high court would eventually review the life-affirming provisions of Texas House Bill 2 and, in doing so, could dramatically change America’s abortion landscape. Notably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on the constitutionality of comprehensive health and safety standards for abortion facilities.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Abortion Clinic Closings Set Record; Abortionists Admit Defeat
Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits
Abortion Rate Declines, Democrats Want More Access
Pro-life Laws Sweep America; Liberals Battle Back
Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics
Also read Physicians Force New York Times to Admit 22-week Fetus is a Baby!
"Abortion practitioners should have no right to operate their businesses from sub-standard facilities and with doctors who lack admitting privileges at a hospital."For background, read the entire saga of the court battles of H.B. 2.
-- Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General
Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Texas Yanks Abortionist's License for 268 Killed
Texas Abortion Rate Plunges, Liberals Fume
9th Circuit Court Strikes Abortion Bans, Supreme Court Next
Abortionists Forced to Risk All in Supreme Court
-- From "Federal appeals court backs strict Texas abortion law" by John Bacon, USA TODAY 6/9/15
The Center for Reproductive Rights said it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices had put the 2013 law on hold last year, sending it back to the appeals court for review.
Small clinics claimed they can't afford the high cost of such upgrades [to hospital safety standards]. The center said the ruling puts all but seven abortion clinics in the state at risk of closure.
[Yesterday's] ruling reversed a lower court's injunction blocking the state's admitting privileges requirement except as applied to a single doctor [in McAllen, Texas]. The provision already has been blamed for closure of about half the state's abortion clinics.
The number of abortion clinics operating in Texas has fallen from 41 before the law was passed in 2013 to less than 20 today.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court upholds key parts of Texas' strict anti-abortion law" by Paul J. Weber, Associated Press 6/10/15
Owners of traditional abortion clinics, which resemble doctor's offices more than hospitals, say they would be forced to close because the new rules demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can't afford. That would mark the second large wave of closures in as many years in Texas, which had 41 abortion clinics in 2012, before other new restrictions took effect that require doctor admitting privileges.
Texas will be able to start enforcing the restrictions in about three weeks unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to halt the decision, said Stephanie Toti, an attorney for the [Center for Reproductive Rights]. Only seven abortion facilities in Texas, including four operated by Planned Parenthood, meet the more robust requirements.
If the law takes effect, some women in the state would live hundreds of miles away from a Texas abortion provider. But that argument didn't sway the three-judge panel making the decision for the New Orleans-based appeals court, which is considered one of the most conservative in the nation. The judges noted that a New Mexico abortion clinic was just across the Texas border, and said clinic owners in Texas failed to prove that a "large fraction" of women would be burdened.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Upholds Texas Limits on Abortions" by Manny Fernandez and Erik Eckholm, News York Times 6/9/15
In addition to the surgical standards, the court upheld a requirement that doctors performing abortions obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of a clinic. The court said that except as applied to one doctor working in McAllen in South Texas, the provision did not put an unconstitutional burden on women seeking abortions.
Under the 1973 Roe v Wade decision and later cases, the Supreme Court has permitted a wide array of abortion regulations, including waiting periods and parental consent for minors, but said states may not impose an “undue burden” on the right to an abortion before a fetus is viable outside the womb.
“Texas’ stated purpose for enacting H.B. 2 was to provide the highest quality of care to women seeking abortions and to protect the health and welfare of women seeking abortions,” the Fifth Circuit ruling read. “There is no question that this is a legitimate purpose that supports regulating physicians and the facilities in which they perform abortions.”
In the case of the McAllen [Texas] clinic, the sole abortion provider in the Rio Grande Valley, Tuesday’s decision held that the distance of 235 miles or more to the nearest clinic did pose an undue burden. For now, at least, the Fifth Circuit panel exempted that clinic from aspects of the surgical-center and admitting-privileges requirements. But Amy Hagstrom Miller, the chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which runs the McAllen facility and was one of the abortion providers that sued the state, said the organization was evaluating whether the ruling would permit the clinic to continue operating.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal court ruling could close half of Texas' abortion clinics" by Brittney Martin, Austin Bureau, The Dallas Morning News 6/10/15
In conjunction with a 2011 law that requires women to view a sonogram 24 hours before having an abortion, Texas abortion restrictions are some of the toughest in the country.
The regulations are spelled out in more than 100 pages of state statute and include specific room and doorway sizes, sterilization systems and male and female locker rooms for staff. Estimates are that building or renovating a facility to meet the state’s requirements could cost between $1 million and $3.5 million.
This was the second challenge to a law that also bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requires that physicians have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and tightens regulations on abortion-inducing drugs. The state has spent more than $790,000 defending the law.
Planned Parenthood South Texas plans to build a clinic in San Antonio that meets all of the state’s requirements, but a spokeswoman for the organization stopped short of confirming Tuesday whether that facility is open yet.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Upholds Texas Pro-Life Law Closing Abortion Clinics, Saving 10,000 From Abortion" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 6/9/15
Planned Parenthood did not challenge the law’s prohibition on abortions that take place at 20 weeks or later, a provision based on evidence that demonstrates the baby can feel pain at that stage. Pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the omnibus HB 2 bill into law in July 2013.
This case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Americans United for Life] Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke, writing in The Federalist, predicted in January 2015 that the high court would eventually review the life-affirming provisions of Texas House Bill 2 and, in doing so, could dramatically change America’s abortion landscape. Notably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on the constitutionality of comprehensive health and safety standards for abortion facilities.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
In addition, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Abortion Clinic Closings Set Record; Abortionists Admit Defeat
Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits
Abortion Rate Declines, Democrats Want More Access
Pro-life Laws Sweep America; Liberals Battle Back
Abortionists Battle to Kill Without Clinics
Also read Physicians Force New York Times to Admit 22-week Fetus is a Baby!
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Most Liberals Say American Morals Getting Worse
According to a new Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans believe that "the state of moral values in the country as a whole is getting worse," including self-identified social liberals, who had thought just the opposite the year after Barack Obama was elected president.
For background, read Most Disgusted with American Morals, Yet Favor Sin
-- From "Majority in US still say moral values decaying: poll" posted at Global Times 6/8/15
According to Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll released recently, 72 percent of Americans continue to believe that the state of moral values in the United States is "getting worse," while only 22 percent show certain optimism.
Apart from the their perception of the direction in which morals are headed, 45 percent of Americans call the current state of moral values in the country as "poor," with less than one in five rating the state of values as either "excellent" or "good."
Americans' pessimistic views about the nation's state of moral values reflect a belief that there is a deteriorating collective moral character, the poll said . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Most Americans Think Our Morals Are Going To Hell" by Millie Dent, The Fiscal Times 6/3/15
Unsurprisingly perhaps, social conservatives have consistently been most likely to tell pollsters that the nation’s moral values are deteriorating, but the latest Gallup findings showed an uptick from 2014 to 2015 among social moderates and social liberals who believe moral values are regressing.
Gallup also found that Americans’ views of the moral acceptability of a number of key issues has been shifting to the left since 2001. The largest shift was on gay or lesbian relations, with a 23 percentage point increase in the share of people who say that behavior is morally acceptable. The change coincides with a sharp increase in support for same-sex marriage.
Sex between unmarried people has also become more acceptable, as has having babies outside of marriage. Polygamy and divorce are also now acceptable to a greater portion of the population than in 2001. On the other hand, the views of married men and women having an affair haven’t changed much, with just 8 percent of Americans saying it’s morally tolerable.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Gallup: As Americans Shift to the Left, 72% Also Believe Moral Values Are In Decline" by Gabrielle Cintorino, CNSNews.com 6/8/15
In two separate surveys conducted during the week of May 6-10, Americans were asked to comment on social issues and morality in the U.S.
According to the first survey, “Values and Beliefs,” Gallup reports that “89% of Americans believe that birth control is morally acceptable, 63% believe that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, 56% believe that doctor-assisted suicide is morally acceptable, and 45% believe that abortion is morally acceptable.”
Even previously taboo behaviors, such as suicide, polygamy, and cloning human beings, have become more socially acceptable in recent years, Gallup reports.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Majority in U.S. Still Say Moral Values Getting Worse" by Justin McCarthy, Gallup 6/2/15
Across most demographic groups, clear majorities of Americans have consistently said the country's morals are deteriorating. . . . with upward of 80% of social conservatives consistently saying the state of morals is getting worse. . . . But social liberals [briefly] turned sharply less negative upon Democratic President Barack Obama's taking office in 2009, while social conservatives' views have changed little since 2004.
Social conservatives tend to be the most likely to describe the state of U.S. values as poor. This view has increased from as low as 42% in 2003 to a high of 63% in 2013. Currently, 57% of social conservatives say the state of moral values is poor. Social moderates, too, have increased in this view over time, reaching a new high this year of 46% -- up from a low of 31% in 2003.
Social liberals, meanwhile, have had less movement in their views of the U.S. being in a state of poor moral values, ranging from a low of 26% in 2011 and 2013 to a high of 36% in 2006 . . .
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For background, read Most Disgusted with American Morals, Yet Favor Sin
-- From "Majority in US still say moral values decaying: poll" posted at Global Times 6/8/15
According to Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll released recently, 72 percent of Americans continue to believe that the state of moral values in the United States is "getting worse," while only 22 percent show certain optimism.
Apart from the their perception of the direction in which morals are headed, 45 percent of Americans call the current state of moral values in the country as "poor," with less than one in five rating the state of values as either "excellent" or "good."
Americans' pessimistic views about the nation's state of moral values reflect a belief that there is a deteriorating collective moral character, the poll said . . .
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From "Most Americans Think Our Morals Are Going To Hell" by Millie Dent, The Fiscal Times 6/3/15
Unsurprisingly perhaps, social conservatives have consistently been most likely to tell pollsters that the nation’s moral values are deteriorating, but the latest Gallup findings showed an uptick from 2014 to 2015 among social moderates and social liberals who believe moral values are regressing.
Gallup also found that Americans’ views of the moral acceptability of a number of key issues has been shifting to the left since 2001. The largest shift was on gay or lesbian relations, with a 23 percentage point increase in the share of people who say that behavior is morally acceptable. The change coincides with a sharp increase in support for same-sex marriage.
Sex between unmarried people has also become more acceptable, as has having babies outside of marriage. Polygamy and divorce are also now acceptable to a greater portion of the population than in 2001. On the other hand, the views of married men and women having an affair haven’t changed much, with just 8 percent of Americans saying it’s morally tolerable.
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From "Gallup: As Americans Shift to the Left, 72% Also Believe Moral Values Are In Decline" by Gabrielle Cintorino, CNSNews.com 6/8/15
In two separate surveys conducted during the week of May 6-10, Americans were asked to comment on social issues and morality in the U.S.
According to the first survey, “Values and Beliefs,” Gallup reports that “89% of Americans believe that birth control is morally acceptable, 63% believe that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, 56% believe that doctor-assisted suicide is morally acceptable, and 45% believe that abortion is morally acceptable.”
Even previously taboo behaviors, such as suicide, polygamy, and cloning human beings, have become more socially acceptable in recent years, Gallup reports.
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From "Majority in U.S. Still Say Moral Values Getting Worse" by Justin McCarthy, Gallup 6/2/15
Across most demographic groups, clear majorities of Americans have consistently said the country's morals are deteriorating. . . . with upward of 80% of social conservatives consistently saying the state of morals is getting worse. . . . But social liberals [briefly] turned sharply less negative upon Democratic President Barack Obama's taking office in 2009, while social conservatives' views have changed little since 2004.
Social conservatives tend to be the most likely to describe the state of U.S. values as poor. This view has increased from as low as 42% in 2003 to a high of 63% in 2013. Currently, 57% of social conservatives say the state of moral values is poor. Social moderates, too, have increased in this view over time, reaching a new high this year of 46% -- up from a low of 31% in 2003.
Social liberals, meanwhile, have had less movement in their views of the U.S. being in a state of poor moral values, ranging from a low of 26% in 2011 and 2013 to a high of 36% in 2006 . . .
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