Civil Rights for Cross-Dressers?
It seems America’s heartland has become the latest battleground over granting special rights to homosexuals and cross-dressers. Key cities in Kansas are being pressed to add “homosexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the local regulations of the 1964 Civil Rights special protections for racial and gender minorities.
Apparently, men wearing women’s clothing would have access to use women’s restrooms or shower facilities in places of public accommodation, including restaurants, hospitals, stores, theaters and even public pools. Additionally, places of worship that may rent some of their facilities to the general public would be required to rent out their buildings for homosexual marriages or even drag-queen parties.
Opponents fear that any person who publically speaks against civil rights for such sexual practices will be vilified, their rights will be thwarted, and their freedom of religion and conscience will be crushed. May God help us!
Behind Parent’s Backs?
Jesus said: “… whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.” Mark 9:42 (NKJV)
In 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law establishing every May 22 as “Harvey Milk Day” in K-12 public schools in California, to teach children (as young as 5 years old) to honor the homosexual activist. It states Mr. Milk embodied “… the rise of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement in California, across the nation, and throughout the world.”
However, it’s up to teachers, principals, and school districts to decide whether or how to teach impressionable children to honor Harvey Milk or his unhealthy behavior choices. Concerned parents need to pro-actively urge teachers and school officials to avoid this controversial indoctrination of a social agenda, which is in conflict with the moral values of their homes.
ABC’s “Sleazy” Show
“Sleazy!” That’s what one parent advocacy group is calling one of ABC Television’s newest shows, which uses the “B” word in its provocative title, “Don’t Trust the B___ in Apartment 23.”
Melissa Henson of the Parents Television Council says the sitcom’s content “represents a new all-time low for broadcast TV.” Her advocacy group is rallying its members to take action and hold advertisers (AT&T and Volkswagen) accountable for sponsoring the show. “We feel it’s important that they know exactly what they are helping to pay for with their sponsorship dollars,” she says in referencing the hedonism, sexism, alcohol abuse, and the drug abuse that the creators promise in episodes to come.
ABC is owned by the Burbank based Walt Disney Company. Please let Disney know how you feel about the irresponsible sexual content now freely featured on what used to be known as the Family Channel.
The Earth Day Dilemma
Earth Day is a carry-over from the flower-child culture of the early 1970s. At its beginning, it channeled the energy of the anti-war protest movement with a religious like focus on public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and public health.
Over the decades since, it has become a “religion” to many, with its own devout belief system, prophets, predictions, and rituals. As such, contemporary “environmental-ism” borrows from other faith-based theologies, which believe the natural world is the artwork of God. The Bible affirms mankind’s responsibility to be a steward over God’s creation and to enjoy it and benefit from the food and pleasure it provides.
Many see modern environmentalism as a secularized “religion” that is freely taught in public schools. Earth Day is a celebration of a “religion of green.” That is the basis for today’s Earth Day Dilemma for many Christians.
Save The Family
Some want our presidential candidates to focus on the economy rather than social issues. They feel uneasy hearing about abortion, single motherhood, food stamps and welfare.
But the reality is the American family is collapsing and single-parent homes are a ticket to poverty. Focusing on saving the American family is focusing on the economic necessities of our nation.
Today, seven in every ten black babies and over half of all Hispanic babies are born out of wedlock. Yet, national ethnic groups seem to want more entitlements rather than moral renewal.
Black commentator, Starr Parker says “Efforts must be expended to reach black and Hispanic clergy and community leaders to raise awareness how big government and moral relativism six days a week overwhelms the message heard from the pulpit on Sunday.”
This social values message can save our families and our country.
