Posted on 04/06/2015 8:36:09 AM PDT by fwdude
Friends,
This article was published in my snail-mail newsletter on March 20, 2015 but I have decided to publish it here as well in light of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act debacle http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/changes-to-indiana-law-largest-step-ever-toward-gay-rights/ which confirms my thesis. I take no joy in being right in this prediction.
Satan’s Superbowl
During the 1992 election cycle I was the Communications Director for Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) during the Measure 9 campaign to amend Oregon’s constitution to define homosexuality as “abnormal, unnatural and perverse” (the Biblical perspective in secular terms). From the initial filing of the ballot measure language in April, 1991 to the final vote in November, 1992 I was the spokesman for the campaign, and a front-row witness to an incredible display of Machiavellian political manipulation. In my quarter-century of Christian social and political activism I have never seen anything like it at any level. It was as if the Gates of Hell had opened and all the demons had been unleashed in fury.
The “gays” used just about every dirty trick ever employed in politics, twisted every arm, broke every rule, and commandeered for their war-machine every government agency, business, non-profit corporation, church, foundation, service organization, school, college, labor union and media organ within their considerable scope of influence. It was a breathtaking display of power in which the voters witnessed not just a few but a long series of public declarations of allegiance to the “gay” cause by public figures and organizations — like Babylonian captives bowing to Nebuchadnezzar‘s golden statue.
I offer the above for context. I predict the media blitzkrieg for “gay marriage” over the next weeks and months is going to surpass what the homosexuals and their allies did in Oregon in 1992. We are about to witness a “shock and awe” display of solidarity for homosexual marriage like a Superbowl half-time show on steroids –coinciding with an unprecedented level of attack on Biblical Christianity and a variety of dirty tricks designed to portray pro-family leaders and activists in the worst possible light to the largest numbers of people.
It has already begun with a legal brief to the court filed by more than 300 republican leaders http://time.com/3734626/gay-marriage-supreme-court-republicans/. Watch for this and similar lists to grow into the thousands of signatories, steadily increasing every week, with accompanying media fanfare. Watch for a parade of public figures from every sphere of life “coming out of the closet.” Watch for a “change of conscience” to sweep like a wave through many supposedly conservative churches and religious organizations as they either endorse “gay marriage,” or offer some form of compromise. Watch for various pairs of bitter rivals to come together in unity for “gay marriage (e.g. sports teams, politicians, religious leaders) and every possible celebrity to compete for attention as a champion of the “gay” cause. Watch for subtle and not-so-subtle pitches for homosexual marriage in nearly every sit-com, TV talk-show, and “news/analysis” programs. Watch for all of this to unfold like a finely-timed stage performance in a series of “news bombs” that capture everyone’s attention. In the broadcast media, in public schools and colleges, and on social media it’s going to be “all-‘gay,’ all the time.”
Look also for an increasingly virulent wave of self-righteous judgmentalism against faithful Christians and the Bible-believing church — the only remaining barrier to “gay” cultural hegemony in America. This is Satan’s Superbowl and he is in it to win it. And in the process to cause as much hurt and injury as possible to the opposing team. I hope I’m wrong, but experience leads me to expect that by the time SCOTUS comes out with its pro-homosexual “marriage” ruling, the metaphorical Superbowl Stadium of Marriage is going to look to the average citizen more like the Roman Coliseum — the stands filled with triumphant advocates of homosexuality cheering the spectacle of Christians being fed to the lions.
Christians have one chance to avoid this grim scenario: by moving the heart and hand of God to intervene on our behalf through prayer. No human power can defeat the demonic king of this world as he moves his team onto the field. I encourage every believer to hold a personal Vigil for Marriage at the Supreme Court or your closest federal courthouse. Just go there to stand on the public sidewalk to pray and hold a sign as often as you can until the final ruling comes down. I may see you there.
SCOTUS is going to rule in favor of the sodomites, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is waiting to retire until after this ruling comes out.
She wants to be part of history.
In 1999 a man in Tennessee applied for a license to marry his Ford Mustang. He listed his fiancée’s birthplace as Detroit, her father's name as Henry Ford and her oil type as 10W-40. His application was rejected.
how long before this...pedophilia...bigamy.....bestiality, marriages are legalized by the courts
She wants to be part of history to people who have contempt for history. This is the sort of "history" that there may be no one left around to remember.
Yes but was she old enough? ;’)
I see it as "infantilizing" of our culture.
God requires responsibility. The almighty government encourages and rewards irresponsibility.
Which person is more compassionate towards homosexuals?
A. “I don’t give a damn what you do. Spread disease and unhappiness around just so long as it doesn’t affect me and you support the Democrat Party.”
B. “Come, enjoy the fullness and richness of life that is found in the marriage of male and female!”
You are right, but the large majority of American citizens cannot understand truth.
C. “Homosexuality is a crime against nature and civilization. It should be re-criminalized.”
Ronald Reagan’s nominee may be the one who casts the tie-breaking vote, but it’s more likely 6-3, with a GWB appointee joining in.
The question remains, how did that happen?
Pretty hard to make it criminal when people want to throw you in jail because you won’t bake a cake for a homosexual.
This is a political issue. The Democrats have made it so.
Turn it around on them.
You try and criminalize homosexual behavior, and the Democrats start crying crocodile tears and saying “It’s just about love!”
Well, trying to get people to stop homosexual behavior is “Just about love!”, too. We love them as fellow human beings and we want them to enjoy the richness and fullness of marriage between a male and a female.
The Democrats want votes and money from the homosexuals.
Conservatives want homosexuals to have the best possible life.
With all due respect to Reverend(?) Scott Lively, like a lot of patriots he’s probably more concerned about the gay movement than he needs to be simply because he has possibly never been taught any more about the Constitution than his basic rights.
To begin with, he probably doesn’t understand that the basic reason that there are corrupt, pro-gay activist justices on the Supreme Court in the first place is likely traceable back to the ill-conceived 17th Amendment, state lawmakers foolishly giviing up their voices in Congress when they ratified that amendment.
More specifically, if the 17th Amendment had never been ratified, there would probably be all different faces on the Supreme Court today. This is because the Founding States had originally given the power to vote for federal senators uniquely to states lawmakers. And since the Senate uniquely has the power to approve a president’s nominees to the Supreme Court, the Senate would likely be favorling justice nominees who had the same basic values as those of state lawmakers.
Also, if the 17th Amendment had never been ratified, state-power respecting senators might have removed House-impeached Constitution-ignoring, pro-gay justices from the Court by now.
A major constitutional problem with the gay agenda that people like Rev. Likely may not be aware of is the following. Since the states have never amended the Constitution to expressly protect gay agenda issues, the misguided states that are using state equality laws and policies to bully Christian business owners who don’t want to provide certain services to gay customers are unthinkingly violating Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (14A) imo. They are violating 14A imo because they are not respecting 1st Amendment-protected religious expression rights of business owners.
14th Amendment, Section 1:All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Note that the “privileges or immunities” term which John Bingham, the main author of Section 1, used in that section is just another way to refer to constitutionally enumerated rights, most of these well-known rights, including 1st Amendment-protected freedom of religious expression, listed in the Bill of Rights.
Again, although I’m not saying that patriots aren’t going to have to peaceably confront pro-gay activist justices, some patriots are arguably losing sleep over constitutionally unprotected gay rights issues issues simply because they don’t know they don’t know the Constitution well enough to know that it has provisions that definitely work in the favor of citizens with religious convictions.
The 17th Amendment needs to disappear.
There is no guarantee that without the 17th Amendment we would be in any different place today than we are. In fact, the situation could just as conceivably be worse. The problem is not centered in the federal courts. Massachusetts got this putrid ball rolling in 2003 with their "striking down" their marriage laws. Of course, Lawrence was utilized as a key case to reference, but there is no guarantee that absent the Lawrence decision, this state court would not have issued whatever edict they wanted. Lawrence was just used as an excuse.
Similarly, Iowa and New Mexico, free from the wills of pesty US senators, redefined marriage in those states with a stroke of the pen.
Keep in mind that radical leftist Ruth Bader Ginsberg was confirmed by a 96-3 vote in the Senate. State appointment of senators could hardly have overcome this margin.
I respectfully disagree with your assertion about the 17th Amendment (17A). For instance, note that one of the reasons that the Founding States established the federal Senate and gave control of the Senate uniquely to state lawmakers is this. Federal senators were probably expected to kill bills from the House which not only arguably steal 10th Amendment-protected state powers, but also steal state revenues associated with those powers.
This is evidenced by the Supreme Court historically clarifying that that Congress is prohibited from laying taxes in the name of state power issues, essentially any issue which Congress cannot justify under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
But the corrupt, popularly elected Senate has for decades after 17A was ratified been criminally helping the corrupt House to steal both state powers and state revenues associated with those powers. The Senate has been doing so by not killing House appropriations bills that Congress cannot justify under its Section 8-limited powers.
This is evidenced by activist justices giving the green light to Obamacare regardless that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for intrastate healthcare purposes, giving Obamacare the green light in blatant defiance the Supreme Court’s previous claification of Congress’s limited power to lay taxes.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
Also note that citizens are concerned that activist justices confirmed by the popularly elected Senate are likewise going to wrongy ignore 10th Amendment-protected state power to make laws which prohibit constituitionally unprotected gay marriage and give the green light to gay marriage.
Again, the 17th Amendment needs to disappear.
I agree with you on the impropriety of the 17A, but the fact is that it was passed unanimously, so we are stuck with it until we get enough people with enough sense to repeal it with another Amendment, and I think we are far beyond that.
Arguably as a consequence of what I refer to as post Civil War amnesia, the states had evidently forgotten that the Founding States had not only established the federal government, but had also made the federal Constitution to deliberately limit (cripple) the federal government’s powers.
You know, the longer I remain absent from watching or paying any money for a sporting event, the less I actually regret it.
Professional sports has been adulterated with crass idolatry for a couple of decades now. I haven’t missed it for about that long.
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