Posted on 09/05/2012 1:58:15 PM PDT by NYer
September 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Nicaraguan Mennonites say that they have been persecuted by government authorities since they chose to shelter ex-lesbian Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella following their escape from the United States, but add that they are willing to suffer and even die to protect Isabella from a court-ordered custody transfer to her non-biological lesbian “mother.”
Lisa Miller and her daughter fled the country in late 2009 in order to avoid sharing custody of Isabella with Miller’s former homosexual partner, Janet Jenkins, with whom she had entered into a Vermont civil union. Jenkins is not biologically related to Isabella, who was conceived through artificial insemination and never adopted by Jenkins. Nonetheless, the Vermont court declared Jenkins to be Isabella’s “mother.”
Following their breakup, Miller repented of the homosexual lifestyle and professed faith in Christ, and began to fight the shared custody arrangement imposed by the court. Although expert testimony was submitted as evidence that Isabella was traumatized by the visits with Jenkins, the court refused to cancel them.
In a letter published on a Mennonite website devoted to defending Pastor Kenneth Miller (no relation to Lisa Miller) and others involved in Lisa and Isabella’s escape, the Mennonite “Nicaraguan Brotherhood” describes pressure and harassment from both U.S. and Nicaraguan authorities regarding their decision to shelter the two after their arrival in the Central American country.
The Brotherhood says that their churches in Nicaragua have been “questioned and pressed to give information” regarding the whereabouts of Isabella. “Some have been questioned when going to the US embassy. Others were interrogated in their homes.”
“Brethren and neighbors have been watched, interrogated and threatened,” and, “In some churches Sunday morning services have been watched and videoed,” they write. “A house of one of the brethren was searched without a search warrant.”
“Some excommunicated brethren said that they were offered free visas, a trip to the states, study offers and easy ways to become a police officer if they would help find her. The policeman also suggested they rejoin the church but work as spies for them,” write the Bretheren.
The Brotherhood says that they forgive their persecutors, but will stand firm in the defense of Isabella, now 10 years old, who “has become an innocent victim of an ungodly agenda.”
“Her wellbeing has not been given much or any consideration. According to the Bible we believe that God has given Lisa sole responsibility to care and protect her own daughter since she has no known father. According to the Bible it is a war between good and evil, a battle between God and Satan. As congregations we stand united in this spiritual warfare against evil.”
The Brotherhood add that they are willing to suffer imprisonment or death in the cause of protecting Isabella.
“The fact is that suddenly we find ourselves having to choose between obeying God and man made laws,” they write. “We have chosen to obey God. We are willing to give up our rights, go to jail, or even die, for the cause of helping anyone become free from a sinful life and helping that person to live in obedience to God’s Word.”
U.S. Mennonite pastor Kenneth Miller has already been convicted of helping Lisa Miller and Isabella to flee the United States, and may face up to three years in prison when he is sentenced. Jenkins has also filed a civil suit against Kenneth Miller for unspecified monetary damages, and has included organizations in the suit that have expressed support for Miller. Liberty University Law School’s dean Mat Staver has characterized that complaint as an attack on freedom of speech.
The letter of the Nicaragua Brotherhood does not specify which Nicaraguan Menonite churches are represented. Although its publication date is given as February of this year, it appears not to have been distributed outside of Mennonite circles. It was quoted in May in the Mennonite World Review, and was quoted in Jenkins’ lawsuit.
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Amen.
Incredible!!!
May God protect them and keep them and ALL WHO AID THEM safe from the clutches of the vermin from Vermont....................
“The fact is that suddenly we find ourselves having to choose between obeying God and man made laws,” they write. “We have chosen to obey God. We are willing to give up our rights, go to jail, or even die, for the cause of helping anyone become free from a sinful life and helping that person to live in obedience to God’s Word.”
I am shamed and humbled; more Christians need to think this thought in their innermost being, myself included.
“King Solomon, please pick up the courtesy phone... King Solomon...”
“King Solomon, please pick up the courtesy phone... King Solomon...”
People willing to stand by their principles and what they believe to be right.
God bless’em. So many choose the easy way out.
This isn't about what's best for the child.
It's about heterophobes running everbody else' lives.
Hopefully they will be able to go to yet another country where only a tiny number know they are there, so the thrashing of governments will achieve nothing. No matter the coercion, information cannot be squeezed out of someone who does not know it.
Once she has gone to parts unknown, then the Mennonites can seriously muddy the water by passing around a map, each of them picking some country at random, and if asked or coerced, give the name of that country as where they have fled.
One will say Russia, another New Zealand, another Uruguay, another Libya, etc. This will so foul the search that it will become useless to continue.
What is God doing here? Evil is being rewarded beyond comprehension, and these innocent Christian people especially a 10 yr old girl, are persecuted & losing every court battle. I don't understand how God can allow these abominations to continue. Even so, come Lord Jesus and destroy these perverse abominable reprobates -- Janet Jenkins, her lawyers, the RAT bastard Vermont judge, and those in the Justice dept pursuing this with a vengence. Unbelieveable. If God was willing to save Sodom & Gomorrah for only 10 righteous souls, he certainly ought to save Lisa Miller & her daughter & those who have given their lives & freedoms to protect Lisa & her daughter.
Please God... do something to punish those who are perpetuating this evil.
Whatever happened to that oft lefty used phrase of sixties (paraphrase) “If you love someone, then let them go”. Janet Jenkins is just another self centered pervert trying to exercise some power over others IMO.
Janet Jenkins must not be allowed to win this. She nor the Leftist Judge. No victory for evil.
Every preacher in this country should be talking about this every Sunday morning. It’s sad that they are not.
It’s also sad that there are judges like this who have the power to order someone who has done nothing wrong to give up her child. While DHS constantly sends abused kids back home because they believe the “family should stay together”.
Truly standing in the gap. God bless them.
Well stated.
Romans 1:18-32
This is disgusting, sick & perverse. I am a born again Christian, but I must admit that I simply cannot fathom how God can allow this atrocity to continue. Lisa Miller, her daughter Isabella, the Mennonite pastor, & Brethren have lost every single court battle.
What is God doing here? Evil is being rewarded beyond comprehension, and these innocent Christian people especially a 10 yr old girl, are persecuted & losing every court battle. I don't understand how God can allow these abominations to continue. Even so, come Lord Jesus and destroy these perverse abominable reprobates -- Janet Jenkins, her lawyers, the RAT bastard Vermont judge, and those in the Justice dept pursuing this with a vengence. Unbelieveable. If God was willing to save Sodom & Gomorrah for only 10 righteous souls, he certainly ought to save Lisa Miller & her daughter & those who have given their lives & freedoms to protect Lisa & her daughter.
Please God... do something to punish those who are perpetuating this evil.
Unbelief and Its Consequences
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth [l]in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident [m]within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not [n]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged
the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of
corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and [o]crawling creatures.24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [p]a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed [q]forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is [r]unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing [s]indecent acts and receiving in [t]their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit [u]to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, [v]haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
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