Pope Francis Says Gay Agenda is Work of the Devil

Once again, abortionists, feminists, and homosexualists are disappointed that the new Pope is not going to discard the Bible and Church doctrine.  The man who will lead faithful Catholics has been very outspoken on Culture War issues, lament the liberal media.

For background, read Pope: All Religions to Team Up Against Gay Agenda and also read Pope Says Gay Agenda & Abortion Dooms Society as well as Pope Says Public Opinion Won't Liberalize the Church

“. . . we should commit ourselves to ‘eucharistic coherence’, that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive holy communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortion, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated.  This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.”
-- Pope Francis said in 2007, as then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

For background concerning communion, read about Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Pro-choice Stance and about her Catholic Opinion on Nuns and Abortion; also read how the Bishops Chasten VP Biden, a 'Practicing Catholic'

In 2010 the Vatican proclaimed: Liberal Catholic Candidates Must Repent Publicly

UPDATE 3/20/13: Biden, Pelosi Take Communion in Rome, Pope Opposed

-- From "Is There Hope for Francis on Gay Rights?" by Richard Socarides, The New Yorker 3/14/13

Pope Francis comes from one of only eleven countries where same-sex marriage is legal. In Argentina, where Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as he was known until Wednesday, was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the population is mostly Roman Catholic, and yet same-sex marriage became legal there in July, 2010, a full year before the law changed in New York. (It is the first Latin American country with marriage equality.) Yet any Catholics who were hoping that new leadership would modernize (even a little) the Church and its teaching when it comes to the issue of homosexuality will likely be disappointed.

. . . Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, said that Francis’s remarks suggested “medieval times and the Inquisition.”

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From "Pope Francis on Same-Sex Marriage: 'A Move of the Father of Lies;' 'A Total Rejection of God's Law'" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 3/13/13

In 2010, when his native Argentina was considering a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, Pope Francis I, then archbishop of Buenos Aires, said that the legislation was a total rejection of God's law and an effort by the father of lies to confuse and deceive humanity.

Then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio made these observations in a letter to a group of monasteries in Argentina, in which he asked the sisters for their prayers in defeating the same-sex marriage legislation.

The Argentinian Congress approved the same-sex marriage legislation and Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner signed it into law on July 21, 2010.

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From "Cardinal Bergoglio Hits Out at Same-Sex Marriage" by Edward Pentin, National Catholic 7/8/10

. . . Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Primate of Argentina, has said that if a proposed bill giving same-sex couples the opportunity to marry and adopt children should be approved, it will “seriously damage the family.”

He wrote: “In the coming weeks, the Argentine people will face a situation whose outcome can seriously harm the family…At stake is the identity and survival of the family: father, mother and children. At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At stake is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.”

Cardinal Bergoglio continued: “Let us not be naive: this is not simply a political struggle, but it is an attempt to destroy God’s plan. It is not just a bill (a mere instrument) but a ‘move’ of the father of lies who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”

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From "New Pope Francis Called Abortion the 'Death Penalty for the Unborn'" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 3/13/13

Last year, then-Cardinal Bergoglio stated, “Abortion is never a solution. We listen, support and understanding from our place to save two lives: respect the human being small and helpless, they can take steps to preserve your life, allow birth and then be creative in the search for ways to bring it to its full development.”

In an October 2, 2007 speech Bergoglio said that “we aren’t in agreement with the death penalty,” but “in Argentina we have the death penalty.  A child conceived by the rape of a mentally ill or retarded woman can be condemned to death.”

Meanwhile, he made the following comments to his priests last year: “In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don’t baptize the children of single mothers because they weren’t conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today’s hypocrites… Those who separate the people of God from salvation. And this poor girl who, rather than returning the child to sender, had the courage to carry it into the world, must wander from parish to parish so that it’s baptized!”

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UPDATE 7/28/15: Gay Agenda Destroys Everything it Contacts

GOP Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters

The fiscal conservative media have joined the liberal media in the drumbeat to convince Republican Party strategists to abandon “Evangelical whites, tea-party Republicans, older voters, and whites that do not have a college degree.”

So, the establishment GOP thinks it has had difficulty reigning in the Tea Party voters, "well, they ain't seen nothing yet!"  How many Republicans will be elected when the Christians support a new third party?

“I have any number of gay friends who are Republicans, but what makes me tick is that I have concerns that this is another issue that would limit the growth of the Republican party.”
-- Dr. Jan van Lohuizen, former George W. Bush pollster

For background, read GOP House Rebuffs Conservatives' Religious Liberty and also read More GOP Congressmen Proudly Fund Abortionists, Gay Agenda as well as GOP Rising Star Jindal Pushes Liberalized Contraceptives

As always, GOP leaders are lobbying church leaders to vote Republican, but the question for Christians to discern is, Are Republicans abandoning a God-fearing Party platform?

UPDATE 9/22/14: Republicans Going Gay, to be 'Moderate' & Likeable

UPDATE 6/24/14: Wisconsin GOP Sen. Johnson Says Abortion & "Gay Marriage" are Non-issues

UPDATE 4/14/14: GOP Platform OKs Abortion & 'Gay Marriage:' Nevada

UPDATE 3/4/14: GOP Coalition Favors 'Gay Marriage' in Appeals Court

UPDATE 3/19/14 - 'Gay Marriage' Divides GOP: Rand Paul vs. Ted Cruz

UPDATE 1/24/14: Biblical Beliefs Unacceptable to GOP Illinois Leaders

UPDATE 12/14/13: GOP Funds Pro-abortion Homosexual Candidates

UPDATE 4/7/13: Warning GOP Against Dumping Christians & Morals

-- From "Republicans for Gay Marriage?" by Daniel Foster, National Review Online 3/13/13

. . . “If you look at the crosstabs, the opposition [to gay marriage] is really concentrated in a few really small groups,” van Lohuizen says. “Evangelical whites, tea-party Republicans, older voters, and whites that do not have a college degree.”

. . . gay marriage enjoys majority support from all major religious confessions except white evangelical Protestantism — including mainline “non-evangelical” Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. And while a majority of whites without college degrees oppose gay marriage, majorities of whites with college degrees, and nonwhites of all education levels, support it.

Even among Republicans, opposition to same-sex marriage is increasingly tenuous, particularly along two axes. First, self-described tea-party Republicans oppose gay marriage 84/13, while Republicans who describe themselves as neutral toward or opposed to the Tea Party oppose gay marriage by smaller 62/34 and 52/47 splits, respectively. This is a more or less momentous split depending on how credible one finds evidence that tea-party membership is in sharp decline.

Second, and perhaps most critically, exit polling shows that 51 percent of Republicans under 30 support gay marriage in their state. If this datum alone holds, one might think, gay marriage is a fait accompli in the near to medium term. And indeed, the polls report just that feeling among the broader public: 83 percent of voters, supporters and opponents included, think that gay marriage will be legal nationally in the next five to ten years.

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From "Rand Paul on Gay Marriage: If We 'Make the Tax Code Neutral,' We 'Don't Have to Redefine What Marriage Is'" by David Weigel, Slate Magazine 3/13/13

At yesterday's briefing for reporters at National Review's D.C. offices . . . I asked [Sen. Rand] Paul how Republicans would have to tweak their messages if they competed in California. What about immigration, what about gay marriage? I paraphrased a joke Paul had told last year in Iowa, after Barack Obama had flip-flopped -- sorry, EVOLVED -- on gay marriage, and Paul told social conservatives that Obama couldn't "get any gay-er."

"I've been told that joke wasn't very funny," deadpanned Paul. "I'm not going to change who I am or what I believe in. I am an old-fashioned traditionalist. I believe in the historical definition of marriage. That being said, I think contracts between adults -- I'm not for limiting contracts between adults. In fact, if there are ways to make the tax code more neutral where it doesn't mention the word marriage, then we don't have to redefine what marriage is. We just don't have marriage in the tax code. If health benefits are a problem, why don't we not define them by marriage? Why don't we say, you have another adult who lives in the house, and a kid who lives in the house can be part of family coverage? Then you don't have to redefine, and have people like myself, and people who live in the Southeastern part of the country, we don't have to change our definition of what we think marriage is, but we allow contracts to occur so there is more ability to [make] the law neutral."

. . . And Paul says this a month after Marco Rubio says marriage should be "left to the states."

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From "The Party of Liberty vs. the Party of Coercion" by Jeffrey H. Anderson, The Weekly Standard 3/13/13

In the aftermath of Mitt Romney’s defeat in last fall’s election, and the defeat of a myriad of Republican Senate candidates (establishment and Tea Party alike) in Romney’s wake, Republicans are getting no shortage of free advice.

. . . a fair amount has been written about the need to make the moral case for conservatism. But to be particularly effective, that case must transcend strictly material concerns. After all, the core of the case for what we now call “conservatism” is the revolutionary idea that every human being has a God-given right to be free. As Thomas Jefferson put it, “The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen, in his person and property, and in their management.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism in America

As well, read GOP Moderation Lost the 2012 Presidential Election, Say Evangelicals

. . . and be reminded, it's been proved: The Tea Party Movement is Christian

Pro-lifers Prevail: More Abortion Restriction Laws

While establishment Republicans are now pushing to recreate the Party nationally toward a pro-homosexual stance, and ignoring its traditional pro-life position, conservative Republicans in state legislatures, along with the help of some Democrats, are passing more restrictive abortion legislation than ever.

With withering public support for baby-killing, abortionists have only one hope: activist pro-abortion courts.

Last week, Arkansas enacted a dramatic law restricting abortion after 12 weeks gestation.

"There are so many battles in so many states that are very similar that I think the bulk of the [Arkansas] law will, without question, make itself up to the [Supreme] Court."
-- Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List

For background, read Pro-life Legislation Floods America and also read Eroding Roe v. Wade State-by-state as well as Pro-life Position Prevails in Polls

UPDATE 7/8/13: Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits

-- From "Anti-abortion law makes Arkansas ground zero in intensifying national debates" by Shannon Bream, FoxNews.com 3/11/13

. . . Pro-choice groups, citing Roe v. Wade and subsequent Supreme Court precedents, feel confident it's a fight they will win.

"The [Arkansas] bill is clearly unconstitutional, clearly inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent," Louise Melling, the American Civil Liberties Union's deputy legal director, said. ACLU officials said they are planning to jointly file a legal challenge with the Center for Reproductive Rights before the Arkansas law is set to go into effect.

While the so-called "Heartbeat Law" is hashed out in court, [State Sen. Jason Rapert, the Republican who authored the law,] says he plans to introduce a measure that would ban state officials from allowing any state or federal funds from flowing to organizations that perform abortions, namely Planned Parenthood.

If he succeeds, Arkansas would join a number of other states that have blocked funding to the family planning organization, including Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.

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From "Why Have So Many States Banned Abortion?" by Chris Good, ABC News 3/12/13

Abortions are becoming illegal in America at a rapid clip.

Before 2010, no states banned abortions outright at any stage of pregnancy. Nebraska started the trend with a 20-week abortion ban in April 2010. In 2011, Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, and Oklahoma followed suit, and in 2012, Arizona, Georgia, and Louisiana passed curbs of their own. Last week, Arkansas became the first state to approve an abortion ban this year.

Abortion-rights activists are worried about a ban under consideration in North Dakota, plus a continuing wave of regulations on abortion clinics that, activists say, have forced clinics to close by making it impossible for them to operate. More of those regulations have advanced in recent years, too, opponents warn.

Combined with two major court cases that shifted the legal standards for limiting abortions, GOP gains at the state level have made it easier for groups like Americans United for Life (AUL), a national anti-abortion group that drafts model legislation in Washington, D.C., and works to pass it through state legislatures.

If states keep passing laws, and anti-abortion activists get their way, the Supreme Court may have to decide whether it will take up the issue once again.

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From "Arkansas’s Abortion Ban and One Man’s Strong Will" by Erik Eckholm, New York Times 3/11/13

Fetal heartbeat laws are already under consideration by legislatures in Ohio, Kansas and North Dakota, and have a good chance of passage in the coming year, their proponents believe, even though legal experts say they have little chance of surviving in federal courts.

Similar proposals are less far along in Kentucky, Mississippi and Wyoming.

Evangelical groups like the Family Research Council in Washington are among the enthusiastic promoters of fetal-heartbeat limits. But traditional leaders of the anti-abortion movement, like National Right to Life and the Roman Catholic Church, think such laws will quickly be overturned in federal courts, reinforcing the existing limit set by the Supreme Court that women have a constitutional right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, usually around 24 weeks into pregnancy.

The largest anti-abortion groups prefer an incremental strategy that has resulted in hundreds of state laws to narrow abortion rights, like requiring women to have sonograms beforehand and imposing longer waiting periods.

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Harassment of Pro-lifers Costs Illinois City $$

After a five-year legal battle, the City of Rockford has agreed to pay legal fees of pro-life activists who sued the city in federal court, and agreed to amend ordinances and properly train police forces to ensure the constitutional rights of Christians' free speech and assembly.

“It is amazing the degree to which we have to go to federal court to drive home the fact that these rights exist and [that] policemen have as much a duty to enforce those rights and protect them as they do to catch robbers and so forth.”
-- Tom Brejcha, Thomas More Society (pro-lifers' legal counsel)

For background, read Rockford Abortionists Bomb Pro-life Catholics and also read Unsafe Rockford Abortion Clinic Closed by Health Dept.

-- From "Rockford, Ill. agrees to educate law enforcers about the law" by Charlie Butts, American Family News 3/7/13

Pro-life prayer warriors for years have conducted prayer vigils at an infamous Rockford abortion mill, now closed, and had continuing run-ins with police in violation of their constitutional rights. In addition, over the past few years pro-life volunteers have been assaulted, instructed to remove their motor home from the city, and drowned out with a noisy chainsaw.

“One of our pro-life sidewalk counselors there, Kevin Rilott, was told by a policeman to ‘Get out of my sight’ – he didn't like Kevin apparently,” the attorney [Tom Brejcha] observes. “And so he got out of the policeman's sight; but then the policeman said he was jaywalking and gave him the first jaywalking ticket, I think, in recent Rockford history.”

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From "Rockford Police to Take Classes on Citizens' Constitutional Rights" posted at Christian Newswire 3/1/13

"In the past the city of Rockford had refused on numerous occasions to protect pro-life demonstrators against threats as well as actual assaults by lawless persons hostile to the pro-life view," said Kevin Rilott [of Rockford Pro-Life Initiative], one of the primary plaintiffs in the federal suit. "We brought our lawsuit against the Rockford to compel our own city's law enforcement officials to protect pro-lifers as well as other citizens from against such public and private harms."

The settlement dictates a comprehensive policy reform on Rockford's part, mandates law enforcement education and training regarding citizen rights, requires payment by the city for the plaintiffs' legal fees as well as modest compensation for damages incurred when a pro-life bus bench advertisement was defaced and obliterated and future advertisements barred. Also, a spurious city complaint against Rilott for alleged "jaywalking" outside [the] now-shuttered abortion premises was dismissed.

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Further background reading:  Supreme Court Rules for Pro-lifer with Fetus Photos and also read Judges Counter Obama's Attacks on Pro-lifers as well as Wyoming Pays $30000 for Censoring Pro-life Posters

Prayer Returns to Mississippi Schools: New Law

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will be signing into law Senate Bill 2633 that counters the wave of anti-prayer bullying by atheist organizations threatening expensive lawsuits against schools in order to end rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution -- specifically religious liberty and states rights.

For background, read Atheists Threaten to Sue Every School in Mississippi and also read Missouri Votes to Bring Prayer Back to School, Countering Atheists as well as Prayer in America: Hidden Faith, or Public?

UPDATE 3/16/13: Christian lawyers offer services to defend any schools attacked by atheists

UPDATE 3/15/13: New York Times slams all states favoring religious liberty in public schools

-- From "Bill legalizing school prayer sent to governor’s desk" by The Associated Press 3/7/13

The House voted 108-6 for final passage of the bill yesterday without debate.

The measure would guarantee student rights to talk about faith in class and allow them to organize religious clubs. Sponsors, in legislative debate, have said teachers and school administrators are confused about what religious expression is legal, and that the state needs a law to keep schools from wrongly suppressing religion.

. . . [The law] would also create a path to allow students to pray at football games and graduations and during morning announcements.

It suggests naming such events as “limited public forums.” The proposal sets out a model policy districts could adopt, specifying that certain groups of students would be allowed to speak on such occasions. Students could pray, or not, and the school would state it’s not responsible for student actions.

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From "Mississippi governor expected to sign bill allowing prayer in schools, at events" by Charles Herrington, WDAM-TV7 (Hattiesburg, MS) 3/8/13

The bill seeks to establish public forums for student speakers "at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak." The bill goes on to say schools would be required to provide such a forum while at the same time schools must publicly express that they do not sponsor the messages delivered within it. Thus, certain school activities would now be labeled as "limited public forums" in which students may lead prayers. Those forums, according to the bill, may include football games, pep rallies, graduation ceremonies, and morning announcements.

In addition, Senate Bill 2633 would guarantee the rights of students to voluntarily express religious beliefs within school assignments, something students are already allowed to do, and guarantee students the right to voluntarily talk about faith in class work, activities that are not currently forbidden.

Other aspects of the bill include guaranteeing the freedom of students to organize religious clubs and their right to wear to school religious symbols and clothing with religious messages.

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CIA Head Sworn In: No Bible & No Religious Liberty

In an America where congressmen are sworn into office by placing their hand on myriad religious texts other than the Bible, or no text at all, President Obama's new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency placed his left hand on an early version of the U.S. Constitution that does not include the Bill of Rights (thus, no First Amendment) -- a version never ratified by America's founding fathers.

For background, read America No Longer a Christian Nation: Bibles in Congress replaced by myriad other "holy" books and also read 'Creator' Systematically Deleted from American History

-- From "John Brennan Sworn In As Director Of CIA" by Donna Cassata and Robert Burns, Huffington Post 3/8/13

The White House said Vice President Joe Biden swore Brennan in during a private ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, the morning after he won Senate confirmation amid a contentious debate. Republicans had blocked his nomination but lifted their delay after the administration bowed to their requests for clarification about the president's power in using drones [to kill enemy individuals of his choosing].

With Obama in attendance but media excluded, Brennan took the oath from Biden in the Roosevelt Room. Rather than swearing on a Bible, Brennan placed his hand on an original copy of the Constitution from 1787 that had George Washington's handwriting and annotations on it. He told Obama he requested the document from the archives because he wanted to reaffirm his commitment to the rule of law, an administration official said.

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From "Brennan sworn in on Constitution, sans Bill of Rights" by Jennifer Epstein, Politico 3/8/13

John Brennan took the oath of office to become CIA director on Friday and swore not on a bible, but on an early draft of the Constitution.

Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath at 10 a.m. in the Oval Office, and the White House released the photo shortly after 1 p.m.

As has been noted elsewhere, this copy of the Constitution doesn't include the Bill of Rights, which wasn't ratified until 1791.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read President Obama Redefines 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion and yet President Obama Denies Leading War Against Christianity, and also read Religious Liberty & Anti-Christian Totalitarianism

However, Pastor Says Obama NOT Antichrist: Poll Numbers too Low

Pornography Creates 5-year-old Sex Offenders

A new study of British police reports shows that several thousand young boys have committed sex offenses against other children.  Analysts at The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) believe there is a link to Internet pornography flooding the minds of kids -- even those too young to read -- a phenomenon not confined to the U.K.

For background, read Predatory Pre-school Girl Forces Oral Sex on Boys in California and also read School Sexualization Standards by NEA, Abortionists as well as President Obama Enables Pornographers

UPDATE 7/22/13: British Government to End Kids' Access to On-line Porn

-- From "Five-year-olds among thousands of young people accused of sex offences" by Kevin Rawlinson, The Independent 3/4/13

The figures, obtained by the NSPCC, show that between 2009 and 2012 police dealt with more than 5,000 cases in which under-18s were accused of sexual offences against other children. The cases included allegations of rape and sexual assault, and the data showed that almost all of the alleged offenders were boys. In all, there were 4,562 individuals accused of offences, 98 per cent of whom were male.

Claire Lilley, a policy adviser at the NSPCC, said: "We are treating an increasing number of children who have carried out online grooming, harassment in chatrooms and 'sexting'. We hope our findings will ring alarm bells with the authorities that this is a problem which needs urgent attention." She added:"In some cases older children are attacking younger ones and in other cases it's sexual violence within a teenage relationship. While more research needs to be done on this problem, we know that technology and easy access to sexual material is warping young people's views of what is 'normal' or acceptable behaviour."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Children, some aged five, commit thousands of child sex offences" by Wesley Johnson, Home Affairs Correspondent, UK Telegraph 3/4/13

At least three [police] forces – Avon and Somerset, Humberside and Cambridgeshire – all showed abusers as young as five.

The NSPCC, which has worked with five-year-old children showing “precocious sexual behaviour”, said it was often the case they were mimicking things they simply should not have seen at such a young age.

The children may have seen pornography on an older brother’s computer, shared a bedroom with teenagers and witnessed inappropriate behaviour, or could have been allowed in a room while parents were watching sex scenes on the television.

Three out of five child victims knew their attacker, in one in three cases it was a family friend or acquaintance, and in one in five it was a family member, the NSPCC said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Our Sexualised Society Is Harming Our Children and Turning Some of Them Into Abusers" by Jon Brown, NSPCC's Head of Strategy & Development for Sexual Abuse 3/5/13

. . . sex offenders are often seen as adult men targeting, grooming and abusing children but the fact is that children and teenagers are far more likely to know their attacker than not and, increasingly, the attacker is likely to be a peer such as someone they know from school. Where the relationship between victim and abuser was recorded (again, they often didn't have this information), in 80% of cases the children were known to each other.

We're concerned at the NSPCC that easy access to hardcore pornography is warping young people's views of what is 'normal' or acceptable sexual behaviour. Adults have a choice about what to watch within the law, but my concern is that the internet is exposing ever younger eyes to things they are just not yet ready to process. They are learning about sex from porn and not from proper respectful relationships. Much of the material is violent and simply vile; it paints a picture of sex as one sided that has no basis in love or respect. Just last week two boys were jailed for raping a girl after watching violent pornography on the internet.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Porn turned thousands of British children into sex offenders, report says" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com 3/4/13

The report's content, though specific to Great Britain, contains universal truths.

“Child-on-child sex abuse and rape is a growing problem in every culture where pornography flourishes,” Patrick Trueman, a former federal prosecutor in the Reagan administration and president of Morality In Media, told LifeSiteNews.com.

“Children act out what they see. If they see acts of love and charity, they will mimic those,” Trueman said. “But when they see sexual violence, domination, rape, and other similar acts so commonly depicted in modern-day pornography, as today's children do, they will act out those, as well.”

Therapists continually cite the role access to pornography and sexually explicit television scenarios play in sexualizing children and, in some cases, triggering them to exploit others.

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From "Iceland's plan to ban Internet porn sparks uproar" by Jill Lawless and Gudjon Helgason, Associated Press 2/25/13

The government of the tiny North Atlantic nation is drafting plans to ban pornography, in print and online, in an attempt to protect children from a tide of violent sexual imagery.

Pornography is already banned in Iceland, and has been for decades — but the term is not defined, so the law is not enforced. Magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse are on sale in book stores, and more hardcore material can be bought from a handful of sex shops. "Adult" channels form part of digital TV packages.

Iceland's left-of-center government insists it is not setting out to sweep away racy magazines or censor sex. The ban would define pornography as material with violent or degrading content.

Gunnarsdottir said the committee is still exploring the details of how a porn ban could be enforced. One possibility would be to make it illegal to pay for porn with Icelandic credit cards. Another, more controversial, route would be a national Internet filter or a list of website addresses to be blocked.

That idea has Internet-freedom advocates alarmed.

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GOP House Rebuffs Conservatives' Religious Liberty

Yesterday the U.S. House leadership rushed passage of the "continuing resolution" (CR) legislation to fund the budgetless federal government for the rest of the fiscal year INCLUDING funding for ObamaCare to force Christians to fund abortifacients, sterilization, contraceptives, etc.  Fourteen Republicans voted against the bill.

Congressional proponents for religious liberty see the CR process as the best opportunity to force a religious conscience exemption into ObamaCare, because failure to pass the CR results in a full government shutdown before April.

“We want a resolution on this government assault on our first freedom. The House leadership should reconsider its decision not to place this language on the Continuing Resolution.”
-- Tony Perkins, Family Research Council

For background, click headlines below for previous articles:

Bishops Say Catholic Church Will Defy ObamaCare

Christians Oppose ObamaCare, Support Hobby Lobby

Supreme Court Allows Christians to Sue ObamaCare

Bishops Slam Obama: Criminal in Eyes of God

Bishops Warn Voting for Democrats is 'Grave Sin'

The question for Christians to discern: Are Republicans abandoning a God-fearing Party platform?

-- From "House approves bill to fund government through September" by Reuters 3/6/13

The House bill was passed by 267 votes to 151. It gives President Barack Obama's administration flexibility in how it will achieve savings in defense and veterans' programs that are required as part of the $85 billion [sequester] automatic spending cuts that began on Friday.

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From "Right jabs GOP inaction on Obamacare" by Ginger Gibson, Politico 3/7/13

So far, the CR, the legislation that will keep the government funded through March 27, is progressing with minimal drama, with both sides trying to avoid a shutdown. Democrats have mostly abandoned efforts to completely undo the sequester through the bill. Republicans have left out the kind of language that would delight the base but meet a quick end in the Senate.

But some conservative leaders are fuming that Republicans, particularly in the House where the GOP controls the chamber, didn’t at least trying to attach language to eliminate Obamacare through the legislation.

. . . Tony Perkins, head of the conservative Family Research Council, said Democrats were successful while in the minority with attaching party priorities to “must-pass” legislation but Republicans haven’t followed that model.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "GOP House Approves CR That Funds All Obamacare--Including Regulation Attacking Religious Freedom" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 3/6/13

On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled Rules Committee rejected a request by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R.-Okla.) to allow the full House to simply vote on an amendment to the CR sponsored by Bridenstine, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R.-Kans.) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R.-Fla.) that would have stripped funding from implementation of Obamacare.

. . . 14 Republican House members, led by Rep. Diane Black (R.-Tenn.) and Rep. John Fleming (R.-La.), wrote Boehner and Cantor last week asking them to include language in the CR that would reverse the sterilization-contraception-abortifacient regulation in order to protect the free exercise of religion, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment.

. . . Bridenstine then asked the Rules Committee on Wednesday--when it approved the rule that would govern House floor proceeding on the CR--to allow a vote on his amendment. The Rules Committee, however, rejected Bridenstine's request and refused to allow the rank and file members of the House to even vote on the proposition of defunding Obamacare.

The Republican leaders did not include language in their CR to reverse this regulation--even though Boehner himself had declared in a House floor speech on Feb. 8, 2012 that the regulation was a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and that Congress would not let it stand.

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From "GOP Leaders Urged to Include Religious Freedom Protection in Gov't Funding Bill" by Napp Nazworth, Christian Post Reporter 3/6/13

Radio talk show host Janet Parshall also spoke at the press conference. She expressed concern that the government is moving from protecting religious freedom to only protecting freedom of worship.

"When it becomes freedom of worship, rather than a freedom of religion, what the government is telling us in so many terms is you can believe what you want to believe as long as it's in the four walls of your church or your home, but, sorry, you can't take it out to the public square," Parshall said.

Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and executive editor for The Christian Post, echoed Parshall's concerns.

"Freedom of religion," Land said, "leaves citizens of faith free to bring their religious convictions to bear in every arena of life, and to use those convictions to critique injustice ... The church is now faced with a stark choice in America. Is it going to be the confessing church, or is it going to be the lapdog church?"

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From "FRC’s Perkins to House GOP Leaders: Ban 'This Government Assault on Our First Freedom'" by Patrick Burke, CNSNews.com 3/6/13

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) have refused to allow the language barring funding for the HHS mandate from being included in any Continuing Resolution, opting instead to allow a stand-alone bill to proceed to a vote.

“We are grateful for the members of Congress like (Reps.) Diane Black (R-Tenn.), John Fleming (R-La.) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), who are keeping this issue at the forefront by introducing this piece of stand-alone legislation,” Perkins said.

“But the reality is,” he added, “a stand-alone bill will never pass the United States Senate and be signed by the president dealing with this important issue. It has to be on a must-pass piece of legislation like the CR.”

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From "House GOP Proposes Healthcare Conscience Act" by John Jessup, CBN News Washington Correspondent 3/7/13

The measure, introduced by Reps. Diane Black, R-Tenn., Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., and John Fleming, R-La., is designed to protect the rights of pro-life employers, insurers and medical workers.

The idea is to give them the right to go to court if they're forced to take part in procedures that violate their religious or moral beliefs.

The move is solely a GOP effort spear-headed by a handful of House Republicans.

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From "Cruz amendment would defund Obamacare" by Ginger Gibson, Politico 3/6/13

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will offer an amendment to the continuing resolution – the bill to keep the government open after March 27 — that would defund the Affordable Care Act.

“The very first priority of every elected official—Democrat and Republican—should be restoring economic growth, so we can ensure continued strength, prosperity, and opportunity for the next generations,” Cruz said in a statement. “Obamacare does precisely the opposite. It is already hurting small businesses, reducing the hours Americans are allowed to work, forcing employers to drop coverage, and leading to substantial increases in healthcare premiums—especially for young people.”

Cruz’s effort is unlikely to make any progress in the Democrat-controlled Senate. But he’s still going to try.

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Also read President Obama Redefines 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion even though Obama Denies Leading War Against Christianity

It comes down to Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism in America

Colorado Court OKs Vouchers to Christian Schools

By overturning the Denver District Court ruling, the Colorado Court of Appeals has approved the Douglas County School District's "Choice Scholarship Program" vouchers that allows parents to use money provided through the public school district to send their children to private, often Christian, schools.

-- From "Colorado Court of Appeals overturns block of school vouchers in state's wealthiest county" by The Associated Press 2/28/13

[Previously,] Denver District Judge Michael Martinez had sided with a group of parents and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado. They argued the voucher program in Douglas County violated the separation of church and state because it gives scholarship checks that parents can use at religious schools.

The judge noted that some religious schools authorized for Douglas vouchers require students to attend religious services. Martinez said the voucher program violates both financial and religious provisions in the Colorado constitution.

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From "Court overturns block of Douglas County Schools school voucher program" posted at KMGH-TV7 (Denver) 2/28/13

The appeals court said Thursday the Douglas County Schools Choice Scholarship Program does not violate the state Constitution.

“This is incredibly positive news and a huge victory for the students and parents of Douglas County,” said DSCD Board of Education President John Carson.  “We know that each student learns differently, and our goal is to provide every parent with the opportunity to choose the best possible educational environment for their child.”

The program offered up to 500 students $4,575 in state funds for tuition at mostly religious, private schools.

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From "Colorado appeals court: Douglas County school voucher system legal" by Karen Augé, The Denver Post 3/1/13

Michael Bindas, attorney for the Arlington, Va.-based Institute for Justice, which worked on behalf of Douglas County schools, said the ruling is one more in a string that have upheld voucher programs.

"This opinion has national significance because the court recognized a program that is neutral toward religion and operates on private parental choice is constitutional," Bindas said.

Of the 23 schools Douglas County had accepted into its voucher program, 16 were religious in nature.

Several of the schools accepted into the voucher program required students to participate in religious services or classes. The district provides an "opt-out" for students, but opponents argued such a provision would be impractical.

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From "ACLU Plans To Appeal School Voucher Ruling" posted at Law Week Colorado 2/28/13

Judge Jerry Jones’ majority opinion upholding the constitutionality of the voucher program drew a dissent from Judge Steve Bernard, who wrote: “In my view, [the Colorado Constitution] prohibits public school districts from channeling public money to private religious schools. I think that the Choice Scholarship Program is a pipeline that violates this direct and clear constitutional command.”

Jones also found that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.

The plaintiffs were represented by the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the ACLU of Colorado and pro bono attorneys from a handful of firms.

Defendants included the Douglas County School District and the Colorado Board of Education, which were represented by Jim Lyons and Eric Hall of Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, and the state, which was represented by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

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Also read School Vouchers Advance in Indiana & D.C.

Liberal Media Pounce on Evangelical Liberty Univ.

As politicians emphasize the need for "higher education" in America, one university is poised to receive only criticism from the liberal media.  Dr. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, now with the largest enrollment in the state of Virginia, is seen as a threat to the near-monopoly power held by America's liberal intelligentsia.

-- From "God a Click Away as Web Courses Fuel Falwell’s College" by Michael McDonald, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2/27/13

Three times a week almost 13,000 students at Liberty University assemble for an hour of singing and speeches, evoking the spirit of a revival meeting that also attracts Republican politicians and Christian celebrities such as New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow.

For Liberty, using technology to reach the masses is in its DNA. Falwell was one of the original televangelists, starting the Old Time Gospel Hour program shortly after founding the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg in 1956. Liberty’s Home Bible Institute began in 1976 and in 1985 the school started an external degree program using videotapes, which morphed into the online operations about five years ago.

[Jerry Falwell], who founded the Moral Majority and helped elect Ronald Reagan president in 1980, vowed to build a standard bearer for evangelicals akin to what the University of Notre Dame is to Catholics and Brigham Young University to Mormons.

Amid the rapid growth, Liberty has stuck to its evangelical roots. In order to graduate, everyone must take creation studies, which balances the teaching of evolution with the view that God created the world, including fossils that only appear to be millions of years old. Residential students can be fined or expelled for drinking, smoking or having sex out of wedlock, among other infractions.

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From "Virginia’s Liberty transforms into evangelical mega-university" by Nick Anderson, Washington Post 3/4/13

. . . Liberty figured out how to recruit masses of students via the Internet years before elite universities began ballyhooed experiments with free online courses.

Turbocharged growth inevitably raises questions about quality, and Liberty’s academic reputation has not risen as fast as its enrollment. . . .

Liberty is well known as a stage for politicians seeking to reach an evangelical Christian audience. Mitt Romney delivered the 2012 Liberty commencement speech soon after sewing up the Republican presidential nomination, and he carried the campus precinct in the November election with 93 percent of the vote.

Three times a week, students and staff pack the 10,000-seat Vines Center arena for a one-hour convocation featuring Christian music, prayer and speeches — all streamed online. Pro football quarterback Tim Tebow is scheduled to speak Friday.

On campus, students are prohibited from drinking alcohol or having premarital sex. They also are barred from watching R-rated movies, with exceptions sometimes granted upon request. . . .

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From "In Virginia’s Hills, a Football Crusade" by Bill Pennington, New York Times 11/10/12

At Liberty, once a tiny Bible college but now a budding giant, the plan is for college football — big-time, always-on-television college football — to do for evangelical Christians in the 21st century what Notre Dame football did for Roman Catholics in the 20th.

The university has a motto for the cause: “Champions for Christ.”

Jeff Barber, the Liberty athletic director, concedes that the university’s [Christian] rules turn away some athletic recruits.

“But if we were playing at the highest level of football when Tim Tebow came out of high school, he might have been really attracted to the Christian environment of our campus,” Barber said. “There are a lot of talented football players in Christian high schools or elsewhere who want that lifestyle in college. And so do their parents.”

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From "Ivy Leaguer 'infiltrates' Falwell's conservative Liberty University" by Eric Tucker, Associated Press 4/23/09

Kevin Roose managed to blend in during his single semester at Liberty University, the conservative Christian college. He attended lectures on the myth of evolution and the sin of homosexuality, and joined fellow students on a mission trip to evangelize partyers on spring break.

. . . [Roose's undercover] book about his experience at the school founded by fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell [is] The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University.

Roose researched the school by joining as many activites as possible. He accompanied classmates on a spring break missionary trip to Daytona Beach, Florida. He visited a campus support group for chronic masturbators, where students were taught to curb impure thoughts. And he joined the choir at Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church.

Roose would duck away to the bathroom to scribble down anecdotes or record them during lectures. He never blew his cover, even ending a blossoming romantic relationship rather than come clean. He revealed the truth on a return trip to campus. He grappled with guilt during the entire project, but said he ultimately found forgiveness from students for his deception.

. . . Once ambivalent about faith, Roose now prays to God regularly — for his own well-being and on behalf of others. He said he owns several translations of the Bible and has recently been rereading meditations from the letters of of John on using love and compassion to solve cultural conflicts.

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To read what passes for "higher education" these days, click labels: COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY

White House Says Kids Don't Need Mom, 2 Dads OK

President Obama's Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to fabricate a right for same-sex marriage by arguing that better outcomes are NOT achieved by raising children with in-tact families of biological parents.

Of course, totalitarian governments always diminish the significance of parents.

For background, read Study: Gay Parenting Harms Kids - Media Frantic and also read Mother & Father Deleted: Obama Administration Gay Agenda as well as Prop 8 Homosexual Judge Says Children Don't Need Parents

UPDATE 3/12/13: 11-year-old Grace Evans explains the need for a mother and father to the Minnesota House Committee on Civil Law (in video):

-- From "Obama administration urges Supreme Court to strike down Prop. 8" by Christi Parsons and David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times 2/28/13

The Obama administration has endorsed a constitutional right to marry for gays and lesbians, urging the Supreme Court to strike down California’s voter-passed law barring same-sex marriage as well as laws in at least the seven other states that already provide civil unions.

“Tradition, no matter how long established, cannot by itself justify a discriminatory law,” the administration said in a brief filed with the high court late Thursday. “Prejudice may not be the basis for differential treatment under the law.”

The administration was not required to get involved in the California case, but gay rights groups lobbied it heavily to do so. The groups also have orchestrated a series of briefs on their side by business leaders, prominent [pro-gay] Republicans and others. Although the government’s brief did not go as far as gay-rights advocates have done, it won immediate praise from those organizations.

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From U.S. Department of Justice amicus brief ("Friend of the Court" document) filed to U.S. Supreme Court 2/28/13

[Regarding the] child-rearing justification for Proposition 8: “the best situation for a child is to be raised by a married mother and father.” . . . As an initial matter, no sound basis exists for concluding that same-sex couples who have committed to marriage are anything other than fully capable of responsible parenting and childrearing. To the contrary, many leading medical, psychological, and social-welfare organizations have issued policy statements opposing restrictions on gay and lesbian parenting based on their conclusion, supported by numerous scientific studies, that children raised by gay and lesbian parents are as likely to be well adjusted as children raised by heterosexual parents. . . . The weight of the scientific literature strongly supports the view that same-sex parents are just as capable as opposite-sex parents.

To read the entire DOJ amicus brief above, CLICK HERE.

From "Obama to Supreme Court: 'Overwhelming expert consensus' gay parents as good as heterosexuals" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com 2/28/13

. . . However, the most comprehensive studies to date on the issue of how children fare being raised by homosexual or heterosexual parents have come to much different conclusions.

Last June, Dr. Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin found most previous studies suffered serious flaws in data, including relying on unscientific and unrepresentative reports gathered from those who willingly stepped up at women's bookstores and other homosexual venues.

In August, the University of Texas at Austin dismissed charges from LGBT activist and blog author Scott Rosensweig that Dr.Regnerus “harbor[ed] anti-gay prejudices” because he is Catholic.

A study released later in 2012 found the children of heterosexual parents do better in school than those raised by homosexuals.

Dr. Douglas Allen of Simon Fraser University found that children of married parents are 35 percent more likely to make normal progress in school than children who grow up in same-sex households.

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From "DOJ: Children Do Not Need—and Have No Right to--Mothers" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 3/3/13

So far in the history of the human race, no child has ever been born without a biological father and mother. Now, in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Executive Branch of the federal government is arguing that, regardless of the biological facts of parenthood, states have no legitimate and defenisble interest in ensuring that children conceived by a mother and a father are in fact raised by mothers and fathers.

The brief that the Justice Department presented to the Supreme Court discussed children only as items controlled by others, not as individual human beings who have God-given rights of their own. It simply assumes that a child has no inherent right to a mother or father and that the only right truly in question is whether two people of the same-sex have a right to marry one another and that that right encompasses a right to adopt and foster-raise children.

To take this view and be consistent with the principles of the Declaration of Independence—which recognizes the ultimate authority of the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” and says that “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”—the Obama Justice Department must advance the assumption that natural law and Nature’s God give children no right to a mother and father and no right not to be legally handed over by the government to be raised by same-sex couples.

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Also read the saga of President Obama's War on Marriage via Judges

Arkansas Gov.'s Veto Favoring Abortion Overridden

About one-fifth of American states restrict abortion after 20 weeks gestation now that the Republican dominated, pro-life legislature of Arkansas voted to override a veto by Democrat Gov. Mike Beebe.  The basis of the law is scientific evidence that the unborn baby feels pain after 20 weeks.

Further, the Arkansas Senate just passed the "heartbeat bill" that would restrict abortion after 12 weeks gestation; such a limit has yet to become law in any state.

For background, read 'Late-Term' Abortion Redefined: Fetal Pain and also read Pro-life Legislation Floods America as well as Missouri Dem. Gov. Gives on Abortion Restrictions

Critics say limiting abortion at 20 weeks in Arizona Cuts the Available Time to Kill Disabled Unborn Babies

UPDATE 3/7/13: Arkansas 12-week Limit becomes Law (over Gov. veto)



-- From "Arkansas Senate overrides veto of ban on most abortions starting in 20th week of pregnancy" by The Associated Press 2/28/13

The Republican-led Senate voted 19-14 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill barring most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy that was based on the disputed notion that a fetus can feel pain by that point. The Arkansas House voted to override the veto Wednesday. A simple majority was needed in each chamber.

That law, which took effect immediately but which will likely be challenged in court, includes exemptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.

After overriding the veto, the Senate voted 26-8 in support of a separate measure that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 12th week of pregnancy. In addition to the exemptions for rape, incest and the mother’s life, it would allow abortions when lethal fetal conditions are detected.

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From "Arkansas Law Restricts When Abortion May Occur" by Robbie Brown, New York Times 2/28/13

. . . The 20-week limit also violates the legal threshold set by the Supreme Court, which has held that states cannot ban abortions before the fetus becomes viable. Such a limit has not yet been tested by the courts.

Jason Rapert, an Arkansas state senator who sponsored the 12-week limit, says the Supreme Court provides too little guidance on determining viability, but that a heartbeat is an early sign of life. His goal is to prevent what he described as “abortion being used as birth control.”

The American Civil Liberties Union has said it will challenge both of Arkansas’s laws. A Planned Parenthood statement called the 12-week ban “blatantly unconstitutional” and “a brazen affront to the needs of women.”

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From "Arkansas enacts abortion ban for babies feeling pain over Democratic governor's veto" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com 2/28/13

Party loyalty and claims of impending legislation caused many Democrats to change their votes on House Bill 1037, which was introduced by Andy Mayberry. The original measure passed the House with 80 votes. Mayberry said yesterday he “started to get some warning signals” that the override vote “might be extremely close.”

The media have largely reported that there is no scientific evidence supporting the notion that children can feel pain at that stage of development. However, in 2011 the Chronicle of Higher Education presented testimony from researchers in neonatology and pediatrics that children at that stage of development could experience physical suffering.

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From "Arkansas Legislature Overrides Gov. Beebe's Veto of 20-Week Abortion Ban" by Melissa Barnhart, Christian Post Contributor 3/1/13

Beebe, who vetoed HB 1037 earlier this week, said in his veto letter that he's concerned about legal costs the state could incur if an outside organization decides to challenge the constitutionality of the bill.

"In the last case in which the constitutionality of an Arkansas abortion statute was challenged, Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Jegley (1999), the state was ordered to pay the prevailing plaintiffs and their attorneys nearly $119,000 for work in the trial court, and an additional $28,900 for work on the state's unsuccessful appeal," said Beebe.

According to Mayberry, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has claimed that they will challenge the law.

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Urging Pastors to Register Their Flocks to Vote

Recognizing that Christians who did NOT vote in recent elections could have swept God-fearing conservatives to power in all branches of government across America, Republicans such as Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rand Paul and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have been invited to participate in the “Pastors and Pews” event in May.

“If the key to maintaining sustainable freedom is righteousness -- the same virtue that produced freedom -- what is the greatest threat to freedom? Unrighteousness. America has left God.”
-- David Lane, American Renewal Project

The question for Christians to discern: Are Republicans abandoning a God-fearing Party platform?

For background, read Registering Millions of Christians to Vote and also read Pastors Defeating IRS on Freedom to Preach as well as Will 'Wimpy' Pastors Engage War on Christianity?

-- From "Group aims to drive up turnout among faith voters" by Holly Bailey, Yahoo! News 2/25/13

The American Renewal Project, an arm of the conservative American Family Association, is launching “Pastors and Pews,” which will offer policy briefings to church leaders and their congregations in hopes of encouraging Christians to become more politically active amid years of declining turnout among voters of faith.

The group’s efforts come after former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed led an effort to drive up voter turnout among faith voters during the 2012 election. His group, the Faith & Freedom Coalition, said evangelical voters made up 27 percent of the voting electorate—a number that was far better than the turnout in the 2008 election, but which still wasn’t enough to help Republican Mitt Romney win the White House.

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From "Evangelical Pastors Ready to Mobilize for 2014 Election, Say 'America Has Left God'" by David Brody, CBN News Chief Political Correspondent 2/25/13

. . . The states that will be targeted [by The American Renewal Project for elections] in 2014 are Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Alaska, Arkansas, North Carolina, Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia.

In addition, The Brody File has learned that their first “Pastors and Pews” event is scheduled for the last week of May in Des Moines, Iowa. More than 400 pastors and their spouses will be on hand. . . . speakers include Congressman Steve King, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Congressman J.C. Watts, Congressman Tom Latham and David Barton of WallBuilders.

The American Renewal Project is housed within the American Family Association and in the past, the group has been extremely active and successful. They played an instrumental role in rallying Christians to support California’s Proposition 8, which affirmed traditional marriage. They played a significant role in removing Iowa’s three Supreme Court judges who ruled to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act. They have also been very vigorous in presidential politics; with top Republican candidates speaking at their pastor policy briefings in key swing states like Iowa and South Carolina.

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From "Major push to get Christians to voting booth" posted at World Net Daily 2/26/13

. . . That issue also arose in the run-up to the 2012 election as many evangelicals were disenchanted with the moral positions of candidates on abortion, marriage and other social issues.

In fact, WND columnist Chuck Norris pointed out his concerns, calling on evangelical Christians to join him in crushing the creep of socialism under Barack Obama.

“We are here to talk about a growing concern we all share,” Chuck Norris explained. “If we look to history, our great country and freedom are under attack. We’re at a tipping point and, quite possibly, our country as we know it may be lost forever if we don’t change the course in which our country is headed. . . . And it is because of that we can no longer sit quietly or stand on the sidelines and watch our country go the way of socialism or something much worse.”

The theme of this year’s Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast was II Chronicles 7:14, which places the burden of a nation’s restoration not on its leadership, its politicians, its military, its social programs, its economy or any of the typical power sources.

It puts the responsibility on Christians: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

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Also read President Obama Redefines 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion even though Obama Denies Leading War Against Christianity

It comes down to Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism in America

Florida College Drops Exclusively Christian Club

Following the anti-christian trend of "higher education" in America, the overtly intolerant Rollins College has deemed InterVarsity to be discriminatory because the student Christian organization allows only believers in Christ to be leaders, rather than atheists, Muslims, homosexualists, pagans, etc.

For background, read Michigan Univ. Boots Christian Club for Being Christian and also read Colleges Ban Student Groups for Christian Beliefs as well as U.S. Supreme Court Forces Atheists into University Christian Clubs

-- From "Florida College Says Christian Group Can’t Have Christian Leaders" by Todd Starnes, Foxnews.com 2/28/13

The college’s board of trustees voted unanimously not to exempt the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from the [discrimination] policy – meaning the Christian group will no longer receive funding and will not be recognized as an official campus organization.

Greg Jao, InterVarsity’s national field director, told Fox News that the college’s decision sends an ominous message to Christian students.

“Their actions suggest if you have strongly held religious beliefs – you are not welcome on the campus – particularly if you have any intention of living them out,” Jao said. “It suggests religion is an impermissible or a disfavored category that’s not worthy of the same protections as gender or sexual orientation.”

InterVarsity said it welcomes all students and faculty members to participate in their organization. However, leaders are required to sign a statement of faith.

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From "Christian student organization, Rollins College embroiled in dispute" by Tracy Jacim, WOGX-TV35 News Anchor (Orlando) 2/28/13

Intervarsity has been on the campus, in some form, for nearly four decades, according to group leaders.  Last November, the college put the group on notice that it was in violation of the school policy, because of the group's requirement that its leaders be Christians.

"When you create a non-discrimination policy that effectively excludes students from campus -- marginalizes the Christian students -- the policy is failing to accomplish what Rollins itself wants to do," Intervarsity Christian Fellowship National Field Director Greg Jao told FOX 35.  "We hope that will become clear to the administration and they'll reconsider."

InterVarsity national leaders say they will continue to try to work with the college's administration.

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From "InterVarsity to File Brief on Attempts to Restrict Religious Liberties at Universities" by Alex Murashko, Christian Post Reporter 3/1/13

Leaders at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship look forward to submitting statements to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about incidents where universities have attempted to restrict the religious liberties of student groups in the name of non-discrimination, the organization said Thursday.

"Fraternities and sororities are allowed to discriminate on the basis of gender, and athletic teams are allowed to discriminate on the basis of gender and able-bodied status, but InterVarsity and other religious organizations are treated differently," the campus ministry states.

"[However, some] schools recognize that religious organizations should not be forced into a position which would threaten their religious vitality," InterVarsity stated. At Ohio State University the student organization registration guidelines now state: "A student organization formed to foster or affirm the sincerely held religious beliefs of its members may adopt eligibility criteria for its Student Officers that are consistent with those beliefs."

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