[KY] State forbids pastors calling homosexuality 'sinful'

The state of Kentucky has begun imposing a religious test on volunteer pastor counselors in its youth division, insisting that they refrain from calling homosexuality “sinful” and dismissing those who cannot bend their religious faith to accommodate the state requirements.

The policy was uncovered by Liberty Counsel, which has sent a letter to Bob Hayter, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, demanding that the state religious test be dropped and that a dismissed counselor be reinstated.

“Liberty Counsel writes regarding the blatantly unconstitutional revocation of volunteer prison minister status of ordained Christian minister David Wells, who has provided voluntary spiritual counseling and mentorship to juvenile inmates under the control of the Department of Juvenile Justice. … This revocation was issued by Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center on the basis of the April 4, 2014, DJJ Policy 912, which mandates full DJJ support of homosexuality and transvestism.

“With no evidence of any violation of DJJ policy on Mr. Wells’ part, his volunteer status was revoked by the Warren RJDC superintendent because he could not sign a state-mandated statement that homosexuality was not ‘sinful,’ among other things,” the letter said.

The policy states that DJJ staff, volunteers and others “shall not imply or tell LGBTQI juveniles that they are abnormal, deviant, sinful or that they can or should change their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

I disagree. Every group prioritizes, but their law students, once lawyers, pledge to work on cases like this and devote a certain amount of time pro bono for these cases. They have an ever increasing network of god, capable lawyers they can tap into, all across the country. They win because they actualky genuinely believe in their cases and are trained extremely well.

eXactly

I don’t discuss my sexuality with people I meet. It’s nobody’s business.

Gays are feeling randy however, after their recent wins.

YOU WATCH - Next is lowering the age of consent. Aging queens love young boys... teenagers.

And anybody who says gay men don’t recruit is woefully ignorant of gay life.

We will be treated to a case soon enough by NAMBLA — Some gay who has sex with a 15 year old. If he’s 40, there will be outrage - but the test case will come if the offender is, say, 27?

You’ll see panels of ‘experts’ telling us 15 year old boys are already having sex - it’s no big deal... yada yada

MARK THESE WORDS ON THIS DAY - some predatory queen is going to seduce some young boy who is, maybe unsure of his sexuality, or attractiveness - and the national discussion is that the gay man should not be prosecuted. That the law is unfair. IT will go all the way to the Supremes.

Consitution, Schmonstitution. The Federal government doesn't obey it, so why should the states? This is a direct result of disregarding the Founders' plans. And now, we have homosexuality set up and supported by the States and the Federal government.

May God punish America good and hard for this. If Sodom deserved it, America REALLY deserves it.

>>I see you ignored everything else. Done wth you.

Because everything else was an explanation of why I am right that they pick and choose the cases they can win. You don’t serve your clients by spending limited resources on cases that you can’t win. Every pro bono hour that you waste on a lost cause is a pro bono hour that can’t be used for a case that you can win.

>>If they wanted to hire only Wicca counselors they could. The question is whether We the People want to let it be that way.

Cultural Christianity has taken the saltiness out of our faith. Give it up and you’ll find that people who suddenly aren’t surrounded by the obvious benefits of Christ will begin to seek him in earnest.

The devil tries to get to whatever resistance it can. Kentucky is a spiritually weird state IMHO. It boasted the (in)famous Edgar Cayce. The name probably comes from the Indian “Dark And Bloody Ground” (it knew a lot of tribal conflicts let alone those with settlers). Tennessee is more bible belt than Kentucky.

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