Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The war on America’s children and traditional family values rages on in the wake of the California Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize gay marriage. Now the Governor of New York, David Paterson, is directing state agencies to revise their policy on same-sex marriages performed in other states to allow for the recognition of those marriages in New York. This despite the fact that gay marriage is not legal in the state of New York, and attempts to pass legislation have failed because of a Republican controlled state senate, elected by the people.
This is an abuse of powers similar to the judicial activism in California. Governor Paterson is circumventing the legislative process and in doing so the will of the people. What makes Paterson think his personal morals (which we already know to be pretty screwed up) are more important than the democratic process in the state of New York?
Not only will New York be recognizing gay marriages performed in California or Massachusetts, but they will also recognize the laws of other nations! Marriages performed in Canada, Spain, or other countries around the world will be fully recognized according to this new policy. This, despite the fact that the state of New York itself does not allow for gay marriage. This is absolutely nuts!
With all due respect to my fellow conservatives who are against a federal marriage amendment, this is exactly why we need to act. This activism will continue as rogue members of the judicial and executive branches force Americans to accept a deviant behavior (which most find immoral) as a protected class. This should not be so. But, this is the very nature of the radical homosexual agenda.
It’s time we fight fire with fire. Desperate times call for desperate measures. A federal marriage amendment to the constitution should be implemented. Is it unrealistic? Hard to say. It’s incredibly difficult to amend the constitution. However, perceived inevitability should never be used as an excuse to justify inaction. It’s all about principles. We must do what is right, despite the odds being stacked against our cause. And, what is our cause? It is protecting family values, our children, and religious freedoms which are all at the core of what America is all about.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
The elimination of America’s Christian heritage from the public square has been underway for years. We’ve seen radical judges try to throw out the words “One Nation Under God” from our pledge of allegiance, we’ve seen lawsuits brought to remove the words “In God We Trust” from our money, and we’re all aware of the ACLU pushing it’s agenda to take monuments of the Ten Commandments off of public displays. Now, the military is removing any sign of Christian symbolism.
It’s all part of the process to change our nation and the principles and values we were founded on, and the liberal secular progressive forces are chipping away day by day. Moral relativism, an evolving constitution, a secular nation, these terms describe the vision the liberals have for America. It is very disturbing. To make matters worse there is an acceptance of just about all other values systems and religions whether it be Islam, Hinduism, New Ageism, Wiccan, or anything else as long as it’s not Christianity. I don’t know if this is the warped idea of a religious equivalent of affirmative action or what, but the progressives are winning this battle.
This is precisely why voters need to think about who they are electing this November, and weighing where each candidate’s moral compass is pointed. I don’t care if it’s the president, congress, state legislature, or city dog catcher. We need people of moral integrity in office, and we need judges appointed that will respect our Christian heritage.
This is also why groups like the Alliance Defense Fund are so vital to the culture war that we’re in. Don’t forget they need your support! Just a friendly reminder from your buddy Andy.
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Sharon Stone (a Hollywood liberal) blames China’s treatment of the people of Tibet for the earthquake that took thousands of lives recently. She says it’s karma.
How is this any different than the televangelists who say that God may be punishing people when other natural disasters occur? Didn’t the recently maligned Reverend Hagee get blasted for saying the same sort of thing about Hurricane Katrina? Is anyone upset over Stone’s comments? Where is the outrage over this sort of language? I hope it’s just as vocal as the outrage over similar comments made by “evil” Christians!
In case your wondering this isn’t the first time Stone has uttered something stupid. Back in February she ripped America and our troops while traveling in the middle east.
*Update 5/29/2008*
Sharon Stone has apologized for her comments on the earthquake in China. No word on whether she’ll be apologizing to our troops any time soon. I doubt it!
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I found the following from Bob Novack:
An invitation for Sen. John McCain to meet with evangelical leader James Dobson at his Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., so far has been rebuffed by the McCain campaign.
Dobson has indicated he cannot support McCain for president. His opposition reflects continued resistance to the prospective presidential nominee among Christian conservatives. They take issue with McCain’s current positions on stem cell research, immigration and global warming, as well as his past sponsorship of campaign finance reform.
Many of Dobson’s followers are looking beyond 2008 to seek a new leader of the conservative movement for the 2012 election.
This is a big mistake on the part of John McCain. Some conservatives and some Christians may say that James Dobson is no longer relevant, but I think they are sorely mistaken. Dobson is still one of the biggest voices for evangelicals (and even many conservative Catholics) in America.
Many conservative Christians are less than excited about McCain, and quite a few remain undecided as to what they will do this November. Like it or not, faith based voters still make up a big part of the Republican party. I do not believe that winning the election is possible without energizing this key group. Not only are faith based voters numerous, but they are passionate and dependable voters. McCain has a long ways to go to solidify this base and the more he tries to appeal to the moderates and even the left, the more alienated people are going to feel.
McCain has recently distanced himself from two evangelical pastors, John Hagee and Rod Parsley. I addressed the Hagee issue previously, and Rod Parsley has been lambasted over comments he made about Islam and the (very real) violence associated with it. I believe both pastors are guilty of violating the insane politically correct environment that surrounds politics today. But, I’ve yet to see evidence that either of the pastors are guilty of any wrong doing or “hate speech.” Then again I don’t know either pastor or their sermons well enough to vouch for them. I do think the comparisons being made between these pastors and the hateful Black Liberation Theology preached by Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor, Reverend Wright, are far fetched and ridiculous.
McCain’s dismissal of Parsley and Hagee may or may not hurt him with evangelicals. Dismissing James Dobson could be devastating. Dobson is far more influential and mainstream among Christians compared with the other two. McCain simply must meet with Dr. Dobson, I don’t see how he can win the election without doing so.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
John McCain made an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and talked about gay marriage. The video will probably be up on YouTube in the near future. Right now it’s on the main page at Ellen’s website. If you get a chance to view it, check it out and let me know what you think. I’ll gladly tell you what I think.
Already, the media and liberal blogs are ripping McCain for telling Ellen that “she can’t get married.” John McCain was actually quite cordial to Ms. DeGeneres as he explained his lukewarm position on gay marriage.
Yes, John McCain is against “gay marriage” but in the video he explains that he’s perfectly fine with civil unions, or a legal title that provides for the same benefits as marriage. He’s just against calling it “marriage” in title. That is simply unacceptable Senator McCain!
I think I speak for a majority of conservatives who believe that this is simply a poor precedent to set both morally and entitlement wise. I have written in great length as to why I believe homosexual behavior should not be a protected class.
Most Americans believe that homosexuality is a behavior and if we start handing out entitlements for behavior the slope becomes very slippery. Furthermore, a majority of conservative traditional Americans believe that homosexuality is not only a behavior, but a morally deviant behavior. Why should we have to accept a behavior we find repugnant and indecent? It simply doesn’t make any sense.
When John McCain straddles the fence on an issue like this it only hurts conservatives and blurs the line between right and wrong. I wrote several days ago that John McCain had an opportunity (in the wake of the judicial activism by the California Supreme Court) to speak up and show his quality. If this is all Senator McCain has to show, he has failed conservatives yet again.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Republican John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.
“Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee’s endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well,” the presidential candidate said in a statement issued Thursday.
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Wait just a minute… I’m not sure I understand what’s so offensive here? As a Christian I believe that God can use bad things for good purposes. What’s so wrong with suggesting that God used the terrible evil actions of Adolf Hitler to help the Jewish people reclaim the promised land? I don’t think Hagee was insinuating that it was God’s perfect plan to put Hitler in power and have him persecute the Jews. I say this because Reverend Hagee is very pro-Israel, he even has a book out titled “In Defense of Israel.” With that context I don’t know how this could be taken as anti-semitic. Unless there’s something I’m missing here… this seems like another case of political correctness run amok.
Now, I don’t know enough about Reverend Hagee or his sermons to make a complete judgment call on him one way or the other, but I think it’s kind of silly to use this statement as a reason to break ties with him.
This break has been in the making for quite some time. Liberal pundits have been calling Reverend Hagee ‘John McCain’s Reverend Wright’ because of other ‘controversial’ remarks made by the pastor. This is of course ludicrous because John McCain never attended Hagee’s church let alone held membership in that body. Barack Obama on the other hand was a member of Reverend Wright’s church for 20 years and has referred to Wright as his spiritual mentor.
What do you think?
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Andy Barnett
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
BUTLER, Mo. – A Missouri car dealership is triggering interest by offering customers free guns or gasoline with any purchase, and despite the skyrocketing price of fuel, patrons are going for the guns.
“We are aware of the gasoline and crime problem in America,” states an ad on the website of Max Motors. It goes on to note it “wants to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.”
“What we’re doing is giving everyone who buys a new or used vehicle a free handgun,” said Mark Muller, the dealership’s owner. “We have guns to display, but we can’t actually give them a gun, so what we do is give them a coupon for a local gun dealer here in town so they can pick out any gun they want. We recommend a semi-automatic.”
The certificate is good for either $250 at Alton Arms or for $250 worth of gas. Muller told WND no one has chosen the gas so far.
The promotion, which goes through the end of this month, has caused a stir among anti-gun-rights activists who turned up at the dealership to protest.
“Six people came by – a bunch of long hairs who think the ’60s are still going on, and who obviously don’t have jobs,” Muller said. “We all went out there with our cowboy hats on and told them we’d stomp ‘em, and they left.”
John Alton, owner of Alton Arms, doesn’t see any problem with the campaign.
“I’m a federal firearms dealer and we’re registered with the federal government. Any gun I sell requires the customer to fill out the standard forms, and I do a background check on them,” he said.
Local law enforcement took calls from the media after the promotion was announced, but found nothing wrong with what the dealership is doing.
“They’re not doing anything illegal,” said Lt. Randy Beshore of the Butler Police Department. “I think the misconception is that people thought they got the handgun right there at the dealership.”
Even so, the dealership has received threatening phone calls.
“Someone who said they were with the ATF called and said ‘You need to shut down this promotion right now or we’re shutting you down.’ I told them to bring their attorneys, I don’t know if [the call] was real or fake,” Muller said.
“I don’t see what the problem is, we have a right to bear arms. It’s in the Constitution and the reason we have [Amendment] No. 2 is to protect No. 1.”
When asked if Sen. Barack Obama’s recent comments about people clinging to guns and religion inspired the promotion, Muller said yes.
“My next promotion is to give away a free King James Bible to any Muslim that converts to Christianity,” he said.
Andy Barnett is a former radio talk-show host and freelance contributor to WND.
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