video: "Give the Governor harrumph!"
Posted on 05/20/2013 9:51:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Under President Obama, “justice” is anything but blind. Neither is it deaf. In fact, based on recent revelations, it appears to be watching your every move and listening to your every word. Still, if you happen to be a federal employee, now it’s even listening for your silence.
The only thing this Obama White House seems to generate is scandal. Well, here’s yet another to add to the growing list. In addition to the Benghazi cover-up, IRS targeting of political dissenters and the illegal seizure of media phone records, whistleblowers within DOJ have contacted Liberty Counsel to express grave concerns over this administration’s latest attack on freedom.
Our sources have provided Liberty Counsel an internal DOJ document titled: “LGBT Inclusion at Work: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers.” It was emailed to DOJ managers in advance of the left’s so-called “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.”
The document is chilling. It’s riddled with directives that grossly violate – prima facie –employees’ First Amendment liberties.
Following are excerpts from the “DOJ Pride” decree. When it comes to “LGBT” employees, managers are instructed:
That’s a threat.
And not even a subtle one.
Got it? For Christians and other morals-minded federal employees, it’s no longer enough to just shut up and “stay in the closet” – to live your life in silent recognition of biblical principles (which, by itself, is unlawful constraint). When it comes to mandatory celebration of homosexual and cross-dressing behaviors, “silence will be interpreted as disapproval.”
This lawless administration is now bullying federal employees – against their will – to affirm sexual behaviors that every major world religion, thousands of years of history and uncompromising human biology reject.
Somewhere, right now, George Orwell is smiling.
The directive includes a quote from a “gay” federal employee to rationalize justification: “Ideally, I’d love to hear and see support from supervisors, so it’s clear that there aren’t just policies on paper. Silence seems like disapproval. There’s still an atmosphere of LGBT issues not being appropriate for the workplace (particularly for transgender people), or that people who bring it up are trying to rock the boat.”
Of course there’s “still an atmosphere of LGBT issues not being appropriate for the workplace.” When well over half of federal employees, half the country and most of the world still acknowledge objective sexual morality (and immorality), “the workplace,” especially the federal workplace, should, at the very least, remain neutral on these highly controversial and behavior-centric issues.
Still, to borrow from self-styled “queer activist,” anti-Christian bigot and Obama buddy Dan Savage, “it gets better”:
Is this the DOJ or the KGB? “[A]ssume that LGBT employees are listening …”? And what are “LGBT allies”? If you disagree with the homosexual activist political agenda, does that make you the enemy?
Yes, in any workplace, language should remain professional, but who defines what’s “inclusive”? Who decides what’s “respectful”? If asked about “LGBT issues,” for instance, can a Christian employee answer honestly: “I believe the Bible. I believe that God designed sex to be shared between husband and wife within the bonds of marriage”? Or is that grounds for termination?
Here are some more DOs:
Are you kidding? Does this administration really think it’s legal to induce managers to “attend LGBT events,” or to “display pride stickers” against their will? That’s compulsory expression. That’s viewpoint discrimination.
That’s unconstitutional.
But there’s more:
Oh, brother.
Sorry. Oh, gender-neutral sibling.
In other words, lie. Engage in corporate delusion.
Who gets to decide what’s an “inappropriate joke [or] comment”? I thought we had a Constitution for that. It sure ain’t Big Brother Barack. Sure, I get it, it’s probably better not to start your work day with: “A lesbian, a tranny and two gays walk into a bath house …” but still, “no law … abridging the freedom of speech,” means no law. No matter how much Obama wishes it so, we don’t leave our constitutional rights at the federal workplace door.
The DOJ edict even addresses cross-dressing man woes:
“As a transgender woman [that’s a man in a skirt], I want people to understand that I’m real. I want to be recognized as the gender I really am [again, you’re a man in a skirt]. Yes, there was awkwardness with pronouns at first for folks who knew me before the transition. But it hurts when several years later people still use the wrong pronouns. And just imagine if people were constantly debating YOUR bathroom privileges. Imagine how humiliating that would be.”
Tell you what, buddy: I won’t “debate YOUR bathroom privileges” if you return to this planet. You’d better stay the heck out of the ladies room while my wife or two daughters are in there; otherwise, we have a problem. Women have an absolute right not be sexually harassed in the workplace – a right to privacy when using the facilities. To constantly worry whether a gender-confused, cross-dressing man is going to invade her privacy creates a hostile work environment.
This “DOJ Pride” directive is but the latest example of the “progressive” climate of fear and intimidation this radical Obama regime has created for Christians, conservatives and other values-oriented folks, both within and without the workplace.
I’m just glad the wheels are finally coming off.
Indeed. When Christ returns he will not come as a lamb - but rather the wielder of a flaming sword.
My concern with your posts is the vitriol. Christ made it pretty clear that "they will know us by our - vitriol?" No - by our love.
Our salvation is NOT our own - it was paid for by ANOTHER. And the effectiveness of that payment is such that it covers ALL sin - even the repentant homosexual.
Don't get me wrong - the gay MOVEMENT must be fought. However, the individual sinner must be embraced.
I think you have this out of context.
Great post.
Gee, I thought all they wanted was “tolerance”...
yeah, right, we all knew it was coming.
They are demanding APPROVAL now, with penalties for not positively affirming them.
Next? Required participation?
The “gay rights” movement is simply a means to the end of criminalizing Christianity.
This cannot be repeated enough.
I do repeat it a lot... :)
I don't see "the wheels coming off." I see them continuing their crap despite being exposed. That's not "wheels coming off."
That was awfully nice of them. I don’t even have to say anything to show my disapproval of homosexuals!
Thank you for your thoughtful and well written post.
>> the gay MOVEMENT must be fought. However, the individual sinner must be embraced.
Each of these statements is true.
In between the two, however, is the individual homosexual who wants — in some cases, demands — to be embraced unconditionally as a Christian, but DOES NOT want or expect to repent of their sin. Instead, they want the church to ACKNOWLEDGE and ENDORSE their sinful lifestyle as “OK”.
Don’t get me wrong — the same applies to certain fornicators, drunkards, revilers, etc. in the church today who, like certain homosexuals, desire NOT to repent and turn from their (equally wicked) unrighteousness — instead, desiring that fellow Christians approve of their ways, without judgment, as just another “alternative lifestyle”.
The body of Christ must carefully deal with such, as provided for in Scripture. This calls for exercising judgment. Not damning judgment, but discriminatory judgment.
Wish I could say I’m surprised, but I ain’t.
bkmk
video: "Give the Governor harrumph!"
Agreed.
Judgment is coming - but it is not here yet.
And I do not ask that you apologize for the words of Christ - they need no apology.
When I speak of vitriol it is because I get the sense that YOU have decided that there are some who are beyond redemption - as if their sin is greater than yours - or mine.
Perhaps you have forgotten that ALL have sinned and fallen short. And that salvation is a gift - not granted by some effort of our own - so that NONE can boast.
Yes, God is not mocked - a man reaps what he sows. But for now we are still living under grace - there is still time. You are correct insofar that most homosexuals reject this grace - but then so do most heterosexuals (the road to destruction is wide).
So brother, I exhort you to sow grace - not vitriol - to HIS glory.
And I exhort you to OBEY God.
In Nazi Germany the approved greeting was “Heil Hitler” anyone who did not use that greeting was considered the enemy. This is how all totalitarians rule, they want your total devotion or else!
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