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False Tears: Vatican Promotes Whiny Homosex MythsFrancis' Synod of Synods published on SynodResources.org (May 6) three whiny “testimonials” to promote homosex adoptions.The first is about a pregnant mother who wanted to abort her baby but instead handed it over to two cohabitating homosexuals. Now, the boy is eight year old and must live with "two fathers."The second is about two miffed homosexuals who left the USA for Canada because they were “offended” by their Catholic parish. They "adopted" local teenagers with mental disabilities and now fancy that their sterile liaison is "truly life-giving” and an alleged fulfilling of “God’s call.”The...

Lori Lightfoot @LoriLightfoot To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community—the Supreme Court is coming for us next. This moment has to be a call to arms. 8:56 PM · May 9, 2022·

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that interracial marriage and gay marriage are in jeopardy because Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito‘s legal reasoning in a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Co-host Ana Navarro said, I’ve gotten calls from a lot of my gay friends this week who are terrified as a result of this leak because of what you just referred to as settled law, settled law, which isn’t so settled as we thought. Now, my friends on the right bring up Plessy versus Ferguson, which is the separate but equal. And...

WEST PALM BEACH — When a Palm Beach County judge stepped into the courtroom on Thursday to sentence Alexander Jerich for using his truck to burn a 15-foot-long skid mark into a gay pride memorial painted on Delray Beach street, he said he was pretty sure what kind of character he would meet. “I was expecting someone who displays complete disrespect for their fellow citizens,” Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer said. “A person some might call a thug or a redneck.” Instead, the 20-year-old Jerich hung his head and cried after hearing his father recount his son’s struggles in school, his...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — LGBTQ rights advocates called Tuesday for a Kansas state lawmaker to be formally censured after she publicly said she didn’t want to share the women’s restrooms at the Statehouse with a transgender colleague. The Kansas House’s top Republican called GOP state Rep. Cheryl Helmer’s comments “unfortunate” and Democrats condemned them. The state’s leading LGBTQ rights lobbyist saw “a new level of toxic bigotry” in Helmer’s emailed remarks to a University of Kansas student and subsequent interviews about Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Byers. Helmer stood firmly by her comments while defending a bill she co-sponsored that would...

Dissident Priest Unwittingly Reveals Globohomo Game Plan Imagine living rent-free in Fr. James Martin’s head. Well, that is exactly what Church Militant, Life Site News, and Tradition, Family, Property are able to do. On May 19, Fr. James Martin unleashed a lengthy Twitter thread in which he let the three pro-life and pro-family organizations know that he cares so little about their attempts to block his efforts to promote and endorse degeneracy that he spent a total of 18 Tweets to air his lack of concern in front of his over 240, 000 followers. The fact that he openly stated...

A report from Hope Rawlson at the blog for the Institute on Religion & Democracy has documented that students at Duke Divinity School, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, have held a “Pride” worship service to pray to the “Great Queer One.”She revealed, “Divinity Pride, a student group affirming the ‘dignity, faithfulness, and strength of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and gender/sexuality non-conforming Christians,'” held the event.The posting explained, “Criticizing the church, Justis Mitchell, a first-year M.Div student, stated, ‘In the pews we listen to the pastor who preaches about commandments, condemning those who disobey, predicating...

Christians shouldn't attend same-sex wedding ceremonies, as attending would be to an inherent show of support, according to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler Jr.In an episode of Mohler’s “The Briefing” podcast that aired Friday, the Evangelical theologian was asked by a listener about what to do if one is invited to a same-sex wedding ceremony.Mohler responded by noting that the “whole context of the wedding as a public event is the public exchange of vows and the public declaration of the rightness of this relationship.”“Remember that the traditional word used of those who are attending a wedding is...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The White House on Tuesday slammed Florida Republicans over a proposal to ban discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state’s schools. A White House spokesperson weighed in on the legislation, dubbed by activists as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, shortly after a GOP-controlled committee approved the measure. “Every parent hopes that our leaders will ensure their children’s safety, protection, and freedom. Today, conservative politicians in Florida rejected those basic values by advancing legislation that is designed to target and attack the kids who need support the most – LGBTQI+ students, who are already...

A pilot study funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that could potentially lead to changes to blood donor eligibility for men who have sex with men is underway and seeking participants in 8 U.S. cities. The ADVANCE study , which stands for Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, is focused on evaluating alternatives to the FDA's blood donor time-based deferral policy for men who have sex with men (MSM). ... The ADVANCE study is a first step in providing data that will help the FDA determine if a blood donor history questionnaire (DHQ) based on...

Paivi Rasanen, a medical doctor and MP for a small Christian-democratic party since 1995, called homosexuality "a developmental disorder" in an online opinion letter published in 2004 and "a shame and a sin" on Twitter in 2019, the prosecutor said. In a programme broadcast by Finnish public radio station Yle in 2019, Rasanen described homosexuality as a form of "genetic degeneration", the prosecutor added, charging her with three counts of agitation against gay people. In her 2004 opinion piece, Rasanen claimed that scientific evidence proved undeniably that homosexuality was a disorder in a person's psychosexual development and she suggested that...

Former Veterans minister Johnny Mercer has called on Boris Johnson to say sorry to armed forces LGBT+ vets jailed or dismissed for their sexuality. Mr Mercer told the Sunday Mirror: “It’s the least the PM can do for the pain they have suffered. “Our armed forces are now the best in the world for LGBT inclusion but that was not always the case. “A national apology and compensation will go some way to repairing the damage done to so many lives.” Up to 20,000 LGBT armed services personnel were drummed out of careers they loved until the services gay ban...

People are becoming more and more delusional by the day! Just when you think you have seen it all, someone comes along and proves you wrong. For example, there is a transgender TikTok user who recently posted a video accusing a baby of being transphobic, and bragged about making the baby cry after scolding him for his transphobia. The person was angry that the baby seemed to prefer that she/he wear a wig to look more feminine. The TikToker said, “I have talked about the transphobic baby at work before. I went in a room with him today and I...

Twenty-six years after Israel became the first country to pass a state-supervised surrogacy law that included only married heterosexual couples, the Health Ministry has announced a change allowing same-sex couples, transexuals and single fathers to make arrangements for producing a baby with surrogate in Israel.“This is a historic day for the struggle of the LGBT community in Israel and for Israeli society as a whole. We are putting an end to years of injustice and discrimination – the surrogacy equality revolution is underway,” declared Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who himself is openly homosexual. He made the announcement along with ministry...

Last year saw a flurry of LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas movies from Lifetime, Hallmark and other networks and streaming services. The tradition continues in 2021, with films starring RuPaul, Michael Urie, Jonathan Bennet and more — plus appearances by gay favorites like Jennifer Coolidge. Plan your holiday season binge-watching sessions accordingly with these upcoming movies and specials. 'Christmas at the Ranch' Dec. 1 , Tello Films 'Single All the Way' Dec. 2, Netflix 'The Bitch Who Stole Christmas' Dec. 2, VH1 'The Great British Baking Show: Holidays' Dec. 3, Netflix 'The Jenkins Family Christmas' Dec. 4, BET+ 'With Love' Dec. 17, Amazon...

After nearly a decade of litigation, Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman has agreed to settle with the same-sex couple who sued her for refusing to serve their wedding. The couple, Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed, were apparently unable to find any other florists for their same-sex wedding and will be paid $5,000 in exchange for no longer pursuing any damages against Stutzman’s business or personal assets. Stutzman, a 76-year-old grandmother, told Fox News that she’s retiring and leaving her business to its employees. “We’re all in trouble – whether we’re religious or not – when we don’t have the freedom to...

oe Biden and Kamala Harris have no clue how to deal with the many crises their administration has created, exacerbated, or failed to get under control, but as of last Friday they now have a 42-page gender strategy. Gender strategy? Yes, the “National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality,” the first-ever such declaration because in the near-quarter millennium of this country’s existence no one ever thought we needed one, lays out a list of goals and aspirations and solutions to alleged problems whose existence keeps being asserted without evidence. “Health care,” for instance, is a strange action item to list...

Blood donation policies for men who have sex with men (MSM) have been the subject of much attention in recent years. Throughout the world, countries are reexamining their policies; many have reduced deferral times for MSM, while others have eliminated them altogether or implemented alternative policies to address infectious disease risk. In the United Kingdom, for example, a new a new donor eligibility process was implemented this summer in which all blood donors – regardless of gender – are asked about recent sexual activity. Similarly, in Italy and Spain, MSM are no longer addressed in deferral policies; instead, the deferral...

One of the pro-LGBT activists quipped ‘Hail Satan,’ while others blew rape alarms in the ears of those praying.DUBLIN, Ireland (LifeSiteNews) — As Irish Catholics took to the streets once more to pray the rosary in reparation for a pro-homosexual “Pride” parade, they faced constant heckling and abusive language from the pro-LGBT crowd, including a shouted of “Hail Satan.” The Irish Society for Christian Civilisation (ISFCC) took part in a public rosary rally in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, organized by local activist Gerry McGeough, to make reparation for the pro-LGBT “Pride” parade taking place that day in the town, September 25....

Sitting in the Manhattan office of her then-husband’s gender counselor, Karen Ranney was taken aback by the suggestion that the couple’s love life would dramatically improve once he transitioned into a woman. “She mentioned various methods and equipment we could use,” the 64-year-old mother of two told The Post. “She said, ‘You might find it very sexy.’ ” Ranney, a former professional dancer who had reluctantly attended the consultation, replied: “I’ve known homosexuals, bisexuals and lesbians in the dance world, and I’m not closed-minded. “But I’m plain Jane, the girl next door, and I know it’s not for me.” The...