I have heard many times that gay marriage is simply about two peoples right to express their love for each other. Here are a few things that make me ask, really?
In 2006 a Christian photographer was sued for refusing to take pictures at a same sex wedding:
http://www.thealaskastandard.com/?q=content/christian-photographer-sued-same-sex-couple
In 2005 the on-line dating service e-harmony was sued because it did not cater to same-sex couples.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454904,00.html
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is sued for use of a pavilion.
Yeshiva University was ordered to allow same-sex couples in its married dormitory.
A Christian school has been sued for expelling two allegedly lesbian students.
Catholic Charities abandoned its adoption service in Massachusetts after it was told to place children with same-sex couples.
The same happened with a private company operating in California.
A psychologist in Mississippi who refused to counsel a lesbian couple lost her case
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91486340
If same-sex marriage is simply about their expressions of love, why are they suing private and religious groups that do not wish to participate in their unions? There is always the possibility that these are cases of extremist couples in the gay community and they do not represent the whole gay community. If this is the case, let the moderates in the gay community stand up and say that we also have a right to live our lives the way we feel is right.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The liberal/progressive strength: Why the socialists are winning the conflict.
“Meet me on the battlefield of ideas”
This quote, attributed to the great George Washington, is the reason the liberal progressives are winning the struggle for our country. They have retained the fact that socialism is an ideal, a philosophy, and it is spread from person to person and they have never missed a chance to spread this ideal to any and all that would listen.
It is easy to see that constitutional Americans have forgotten that they are fighting a battle of ideas; because, we have allowed the battlefield to be completely taken by the opposing side. While we have focused our efforts on political action, the other side has focused their efforts on saturating the education system and the television and movie industries with their ideals. The true battlefields of idea in our country are the institutions that educate the young and the industries that bombard our citizens with ideas twenty-four hours a day.
If we are ever going to win this conflict we have to get back into the battle of education and ideas. We have to start taking every opportunity to teach anyone that will listen the philosophies of self-government, free market capitalism and what a social contract system is, ideals almost no one can explain anymore. If we get back into the fray in these fields, the political field will work itself out.
This quote, attributed to the great George Washington, is the reason the liberal progressives are winning the struggle for our country. They have retained the fact that socialism is an ideal, a philosophy, and it is spread from person to person and they have never missed a chance to spread this ideal to any and all that would listen.
It is easy to see that constitutional Americans have forgotten that they are fighting a battle of ideas; because, we have allowed the battlefield to be completely taken by the opposing side. While we have focused our efforts on political action, the other side has focused their efforts on saturating the education system and the television and movie industries with their ideals. The true battlefields of idea in our country are the institutions that educate the young and the industries that bombard our citizens with ideas twenty-four hours a day.
If we are ever going to win this conflict we have to get back into the battle of education and ideas. We have to start taking every opportunity to teach anyone that will listen the philosophies of self-government, free market capitalism and what a social contract system is, ideals almost no one can explain anymore. If we get back into the fray in these fields, the political field will work itself out.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Masters of Deceit
I am going to try and do a book review every couple of months or so, we will see how it goes. My first book was written by J Edgar Hoover, a man that I believe is one of America's great unsung hero's.
Masters of Deceit was written to expose the communist threat to America in the 1950's, but it has an even greater relevance today. This book stands as a witness that the efforts of the left today have a very long history that has not varied from the time our grandparents fought against it. We are facing very dangerous times, against very patient and committed foes.
Here are a few quotes that I found very interesting and relevant to our day.
Page 247
The communist party has stated: "The negro race must understand that capitalism means racial oppression and communism means social and racial equality."
The left has not changed this message, only some of the words in it.
Page 259
On January 23, 1918, the soviets issued a sweeping decree"on the separation of the church from the state, and of the school from the church."
Ever wonder about the origins of the often repeated mantra of separation of church and state.
Page 507
Lenin was more pointed "As long as capitalism and socialism exist, we cannot live in peace; in the end one or the other will triumph."
He is right, they cannot both exist in the same place, it is one or the other.
Masters of Deceit was written to expose the communist threat to America in the 1950's, but it has an even greater relevance today. This book stands as a witness that the efforts of the left today have a very long history that has not varied from the time our grandparents fought against it. We are facing very dangerous times, against very patient and committed foes.
Here are a few quotes that I found very interesting and relevant to our day.
Page 247
The communist party has stated: "The negro race must understand that capitalism means racial oppression and communism means social and racial equality."
The left has not changed this message, only some of the words in it.
Page 259
On January 23, 1918, the soviets issued a sweeping decree"on the separation of the church from the state, and of the school from the church."
Ever wonder about the origins of the often repeated mantra of separation of church and state.
Page 507
Lenin was more pointed "As long as capitalism and socialism exist, we cannot live in peace; in the end one or the other will triumph."
He is right, they cannot both exist in the same place, it is one or the other.
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