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Posted on 06/06/2008 8:54:34 AM PDT by NYer
Good article.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Same Sex Marriage was used as the precedent to overturn Parental Notification Laws in MA.
Pinging myself. Thanks for posting this, it’s good!
ping for later collection!
You see the big picture.
Destruction of our society and traditional values,
starting with the destruction of the traditional family.
It is purposeful on the part of many of the left, and the rest are either lying or useful idiots.
Quote of the week!! And spot on of exactly what it is all about.
“Its not about extending a right; it about denying it to others.”
Amen!
I agree. That's the way it should be.
Unfortunately, that's not reality. Marriage is a state institution. Participants must be licensed by the state, officiants must be certified by the state, and all ceremonies must be pre-approved by the state.
Even when performed in a church, by a man of the cloth, it is done "by the power vested in me by the state of ______".
I'd love to see it taken back from the state. But until then, it is a wholly secular institution, in which the participation of churches is allowed but not required.
Absolutely! Archbishop Fulton Sheen used to say that a truth is still a truth no matter how many people deny it. The Catholic Church has always recognized this with regard to homosexual unions.
Vatican Document on Homosexual Unions
Homosexual unions are totally lacking in the biological and anthropological elements of marriage and family which would be the basis, on the level of reason, for granting them legal recognition. Such unions are not able to contribute in a proper way to the procreation and survival of the human race. The possibility of using recently discovered methods of artificial reproduction, beyond involving a grave lack of respect for human dignity,(15) does nothing to alter this inadequacy.
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS
In addition to being a religious institution marriage is a legal contract between two people that involves issues concerning money and property ownership, among other things involving legal issues in which government has a legitimate interest. Without some degree of government regulation marriage could be defined by any religious group, including those which believe in multiple marriage partners or anything else that some self-styled "messiah" such as Jim Jones or David Koresh decided would be appropriate.
Regulation of marriage by a religious body was right and proper for Israel during the time when Israel's laws were handed down to the people by God through the office of the Levitical priesthood, and through individuals chosen by God during the pre-kingdom era when Israel was governed by divinely appointed judges. But I think most of us can agree that many of the present laws created by our current secular government would not have been approved by God if He had been consulted.
Having said all that, let me say that I am totally opposed to the unGodly corruption of the holy institution of marriage that is being foisted on the vast majority of the American people by an out of control judiciary which is not accountable to the people. The MA and CA judicial rulings are just one more outrage against the moral laws established thousands of years ago by divine decree, and IMHO America will pay dearly for allowing this intolerable insult to God and His beneficence to our nation become the law of even a portion of our once great land.
In addition to being a religious institution marriage is a legal contract between two people that involves issues concerning money and property ownership, among other things involving legal issues in which government has a legitimate interest. Without some degree of government regulation marriage could be defined by any religious group, including those which believe in multiple marriage partners or anything else that some self-styled "messiah" such as Jim Jones or David Koresh decided would be appropriate.
True enough, I suppose. Limiting it to recognized religions still opens the door to governmental control of a sort, though it'd be a start.
Still, so long as it's a governmental institution we can't complain when the state decides to redefine the terms of the contract.
and IMHO America will pay dearly for allowing this intolerable insult to God and His beneficence to our nation become the law of even a portion of our once great land.
Now I can't agree with you. That's what Falwell and Robertson said after 9/11, that we brought it on ourselves or God allowed it to happen to us or some nonsense. More blame-America-first crap.
This needs to be repeated for libertarian-minded people indifferent to such things. This is a grab for government power by LGBT activists and the progressives for whom they are mascots. Call it a lawyer full-employment program.
28 Communist Goals
The following goals of the Communist Party, USA were entered into the Congressional Record on January 10, 1963:
1. U.S. acceptance of peaceful co-existence with communism.
2. U.S. promises to surrender rather than engage in atomic war.
3. U.S. acceptance of the premise that total disarmament would be a sign of moral strength.
4. “Free trade” with communist nations.
5. Long-term “loans” to Russia and communist satellites.
6. Foreign aid to communist nations.
7. United Nations recognition of Red China.
8. UN representation for each of the Soviet satellites.
9. Acceptnce of the UN as mankind’s “only hope.”
10. The use of court decisions to undermine the constitutional rights of Americans.
11. Using the public schools to teach socialist and communist propaganda, and to “dumb down” students.
12. Communist control of campus newspapers.
13. Use of student riots to trigger public protests against U.S. policies.
14. Infiltration of the press.
15. Control of mass media.
16. The degradation of American culture and art.
17. Controlling art critics and museum directors to promote ugly, repulsive, and meaningless art forms.
18. Repeal of all laws banning obsenity.
19. Promotion of pornography and obsenity in the mass media.
20 Establishing homosexuality as normal and natural.
21. Infiltrate churches to replace revealed religion with the “social Gospel” and deny the truths of scripture.
22. Banish all prayer from public schools.
23. Discredit the Constitution as old fashioned and a hindrance to international cooperation.
24. Discredit the founding fathers as slave-owning aristocrats who despised the common man.
25. Promote all movements aiming to centralize government control over cultural and social agencies.
26. Transfer arrest powers from the police to social agencies and reduce all behavioral problems to matters only a psychiatrist can handle; for example, arresting and imprisoning parents who use corporal punishment or home-school their children.
27. Infiltrate the psychiatric profession and use it to promote “mental health” laws to oppress those who oppose social disintegration caused by the Communist program.
28. Undermine the institution of the family, encourage promiscuity, and easy divorce.
There are actually 45 of them, entered into the Congressional record in 1963.
Google:
communist goals 1963 congressional record
Amazing, isn’t it, how many of these are actually being accomplished, especially the social goals.
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