Day: July 1, 2019

State-Sponsored Child Abuse: Coming to a School Near You

Written by Larry Spargimino on July 1, 2019. Posted in Prophetic Observer. No Comments on State-Sponsored Child Abuse: Coming to a School Near You

Melissa Barnhart, writing for The Christian Post, relates some disturbing facts about California’s new sex ed law: “‘It’s shocking,’ Rebecca Friedrichs, the founder of For Kids & Country, said in an interview with The Christian Post when describing the condom relay races 10- and 11-year-old girls have been participating in at school where, in front of boys, they’re taught how to put a condom on a model of an erect adult male penis.” Students as young as 11, she warned, “are also being taught to engage in risky sexual acts, such as experimenting with oral and anal sex with their ‘partner.’”

Believe me, I am not trying to be disgusting but we live in disgusting times and must not be the proverbial ostrich with its head in the ground.

Friedrichs, who has authored Standing Up To Goliath: Battling State and National Teachers’ Unions For the Heart and Soul of Our Kids and Country, first learned about the condom relay races being used as part of sex ed in a California school when a concerned mother contacted her about it. “In that case, a school board in northern California had already allowed the curriculum before it became law. And when this mom fund out about it, she started pushing back.” Parents, are you pushing back. If you love your children, and children everywhere, you need to push back HARD.

“No one believes it until they see it,” Friedrichs said of the curriculum. “Now that we’ve been able to help parents to understand what’s actually in the curriculums and they’re viewing it for themselves, they see the urgent need to rescue the kids. Now there’s a groundswell of parents that’s growing fast and fighting back.” Sadly, union-funded government bureaucrats have unanimously decreed that the State of California knows better than any parent what is and is not right, appropriate, moral, healthy, and effective when it comes to rearing our children and teaching them about life.

Early in May of 2018 California’s Board of Education voted in favor of radical changes to its sex ed guidance for kindergarten through 12th grade known as Health Education Framework. It aligns with the California Healthy Youth Act, also known as Assembly Bill 329, the state’s comprehensive sex ed law that passed the state assembly in 2015 and became law on January 1, 2016. Parents across the state have been organizing protests for months to voice their opposition to lessons on gender fluidity and what they see as the sexualization of their children without parental consent.

California’s bull-headed approach to school kids is seen in the fact that parents can’t opt-out their kids from the gender identity lessons. Friedrichs says the gender identity lessons are supposed to help ward off bullying against trans kids. The education department is arguing that if kids know more about gender flux and gender fluidity there will be a much lower incidence of bullying against trans kids. That, however, is a stretch. Are we to believe that forcing so-called “gay rights” and “trans rights” on people who take issue with aggressive gay activism is going to, somehow, generate friendly relations between the two opposing camps? Who is doing the bullying? When the state of California bullies parents into subjecting their kids to radical brainwashing, expect flaring tempers!

The Craze to Sexualize Your Kids

Worldwide there seems to be an insane drive to sexualize little children. For centuries our parents and their parents did not need instruction from progressives on sexual intimacy nor did they need the help of a progressive Department of Education on raising kids. Prayerful instruction concerning “the birds and the bees” went a long way. But now this sexually-elitist government of California—the one that supports the insane idea that illegal immigrants and foreign criminals are welcome find sanctuary there—believes they are qualified to tell kids what life is all about. If parents don’t agree with what is being taught these elitists make it very plain to parents: “We don’t care what you think! We know what’s best for your kids!” The shameful arrogance of these people! California bureaucrats have now approved a radical sex ed curriculum replacing parents’ rights with state beliefs.

Gay activism drives school curricula beginning with preschool. In different parts of America, like Kansas and Texas, drag queens read to toddlers in public libraries. Parents who bring their kids to such activities think it’s “cute.” It should be obvious—they are trying to groom our kids to be happy perverts—and many parents are going along with it!

Homo Fascism—Now, Just the Tip of the Iceberg

A headline in a recent edition of the Daily Mail states: “Transgender woman who previously competed in the men’s division wins women’s national title in the 400-meter hurdles at NCAA championship.”

The winner, now known as CeCe Telfer, used to be Craig Telfer who competed in January of 2018 and finished second to last against men. Competing against fellow males, Telfer lost big time. Now, competing against females, Telfer came in first. He didn’t just win. He won against the other females by a broad margin. The woman who would have won first place now ends up second place, despite training hard and running her best. Dr. Michael L. Brown asks, “Is that fair?”

In a Townhall op-ed piece for June 3, 2019, Brown writes: “I want to focus on one word, and one word only. That word is fairness. Not gender. Not transgender. Not activism. Not rights. Not perception. Simply fairness. That’s the issue here, and that’s where we need to keep our focus. The question is this: Is it fair for a biological male to compete against biological females?”

Dr. Paul R. McHugh, well-known Johns Hopkins psychiatrist has said: “Trangendered men don’t become women. They become feminized men—impersonators.” He also outraged the trans crowd when he said that those who encourage the “mental illness of transgenderism are collaborating with madness.” McHugh believes that “the idea that one’s sexuality is a feeling and not a biological fact is doing much damage to families, adolescents, and children, and should be confronted as an opinion without biological foundation wherever it emerges.” “Such action comes close to child abuse,” said Dr. McHugh, given that close to 80% of those kids will “abandon their confusion and grow naturally into adult life if untreated” (bbc-edition.com/2019/01/27).

Homo Fascism Tramples Religious Liberty

Matt Sharp, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, told Baptist Press, in a recent statement, that AB 2943, a bill introduced by Democrat assemblyman Evan Low, may threaten religious liberty. The bill labels so-called “conversion therapy,” also called “reparative therapy,” an illegal, harmful practice. Such therapy seeks to help an individual change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. Low, who serves as chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus said that he saw this legislation as defending LGBT individuals from dangerous practices because, according to homosexual theorists, people are born gay and sexual attraction cannot be changed any more than eye color can be changed. Attorney Sharp stated that if AB 2943 becomes law it “could be a violation if a pastor encourages a congregant to visit the church bookstore to purchase books that help people address sexual issues, perhaps including the Bible itself, which teaches about the importance of sexual purity within the confines of marriage between a man and a woman.”

California is seeking to strong-arm pastors, and gays who want to jettison their same-sex attractions. Such coercive tactics that attempt to close the door on an individual’s personal choice to leave the homosexual lifestyle are completely antithetical to a nation founded on religious tolerance. Seeking advice on a personal matter, such as a same-sex attraction, should remain a personal decision and should not be tampered with by those who are pushing the LGBT agenda. A pink swastika is just as onerous as one of another color.

Proof That Sexual Orientation Can Be Changed

The first Freedom March was held on May 5, 2018. Ex-LGBT men and women shared stories of change and transformation through Jesus Christ. Founded and first organized by Jeffrey McCall, the Freedom March features a diverse group of Christians who have left the active practice of homosexuality and transgenderism behind and are testifying to the power of the Holy Spirit who set them free from sexual sin and wounds of all kinds. “I was transformed through the grace of Jesus and found that others have been as well. These marches are a way to ensure that others who have overcome are not feeling isolated and alone,” McCall said. “There is an entire community of people that have made this transformation, and we are here to support them.”

Luis Javier Ruiz, a survivor of the gay Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando in 2016, spoke at the 2018 march and did so this year at the second Freedom March in Washington, D.C. on May 25, 2019. Elizabeth Johnston also spoke this year and added that recently proposed legislation in the state of California, AB 2943, was wrong. “What they don’t seem to realize, is that no law will ever silence the truth that gnaws at their consciences every day.” She emphasized that the Freedom March will be attended by all kinds of people around the globe who have lived lives and known the destruction of sexual sin and gender confusion.

It’s time for parents to rise up and speak out against state-sponsored child abuse. Is Jesus Lord of your life? Then don’t let sexual elitists steal your kids’ hearts for Satan. Jesus said, “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46). Did He ever say, “Turn your kids over to the devil”? If you say “Jesus is Lord” realize that means that you accommodate your life and behavior to do things HIS way.

The Cost of Freedom

Written by Bob Glaze on July 1, 2019. Posted in Prophetic Observer. No Comments on The Cost of Freedom

On Thursday July 4, 2019, America will celebrate its 243rd anniversary of the signing of the “Declaration of Independence.” Congress had voted to declare independence two days prior on July 2, but did not actually declare it until two days later on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence was written by The Committee of Five: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. There were a total of 56 signers. Many of these signers paid the supreme sacrifice for freedom from oppression and outright terrorism.

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. …

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

“Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

“They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?

“Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.”

—www.constitution.org

These men gave everything, only wanting freedom as payment, not government handouts. Would it be possible today to garner 56 men to sign a like document to free us from the tyranny of a government gone mad? I think even President Trump would be hardpressed to garner enough votes from both parties to support a bill of freedom. If President George Washington had to contend with such rabid socialists, we would not have a country today. It is high time men of faith and courage raise their voices and declare themselves and their fortunes as a guarantee of freedom. We thank God for those who are convicted to do so.

During the Revolutionary War, many who led the charge into battle were men who wore their black robes into the pulpit … only to remove them to reveal their military uniforms. These patriots beat their plows into swords and entered a conflict that determined not only their welfare but future Americans as well. Today, we must place the blame where it belongs: a lack of leadership foremost in the pulpit. There are far too many entertainers in the pulpits rather than fishers of men. The Hollywood crowd has nothing on many of these “preachers” in either acting or wealth.

It is not the British we must overcome today; it is our own countrymen. Our Constitution was the result of a pushback against tyranny and subjugation. The signers knew that this tyranny was not only reserved for the Brits but would eventually begin to thrive within the breast of those who would reduce the newly formed America into a futile state run by a master race of politicians.

Those who penned the Constitution were men fresh from the grasp of imperialism who knew that only freedom could cure this land, and they understood the consequences of doing nothing. The Constitution is not a living document but must be interpreted in light of the intent of the men who wrote it, not what some modern-day socialist/communist interprets it to mean to further their own cause and to feather their own nest.

Those who pervert the Constitution also pervert the Bible, for it was taken from God’s law and is the standard for not only America but for all men everywhere. Many have died over the course of the struggle to preserve the freedoms we have enjoyed since its inception. Those on the side of Satan constantly test our resolve and willingness to fight for a way of life that gives us freedom of worship, free speech, self-protection, self-determination, and home ownership. War is not revered, but is reserved to insure our way of life. Americans have been tested many times and those tests have been costly.

The American Revolution resulted in 4,435 deaths.
The War of 1812 resulted in the loss of 2,260 lives.
The Indian Wars (1817–1898) involved 106,000 service members, of which about 1,000 lost their lives.
The Mexican War (1846–1848) involved 78,718 service members. 1,733 lost their lives in battle; there were another 11,500 non-battle-related deaths, and 4,152 wounded.
The Civil War resulted in 215,938 lost lives.
The Spanish-American War (1898–1902) totaled 385 deaths.
World War I (1917–1918) was known as The Great War and was believed by many to be the end of all wars. It involved 4,734,991 servicepersons, which resulted in 53,402 deaths in battle, 63,114 non-battle deaths, and 204,002 wounded.
World Was II involved 16,112,556 American servicepersons, resulting in 291,557 battle deaths, 113,842 non-battle deaths, and 671,846 wounded.
The forgotten war, the Korean War (1950–1953), totaled 33,739 deaths.
The hated war, the Vietnam War (1964–1975), resulted in 47,434 battle deaths.
The Gulf War (1990–1991) totaled 148 deaths. The stats for the “Enduring Freedom War” were not available.
The total servicepersons deployed for American wars to date is 41,892,128 which has totaled 651,031 deaths and 1,430,290 wounded.
For 243 years, brave American men and women have defended our nation’s borders and way of life with little thanks from the majority. The foreign wars were fought to keep the aggression out of the boundaries of the United States. However, there is a current thrust to move the aggression into the physical boundaries of the United States via invasion.

The invasion of foreign countries owning land and corporations in the United States is a timebomb waiting to explode. The land ownership by foreign countries is difficult to search out because there seems to be no definitive laws or regulations concerning foreign land ownership. However, in the summer of 2017 it is reported that of privately-owned land in the United States, Canadians hold 28% or 7,250,834 acres; the Dutch, 19%; Germany, 7%; the United Kingdom, 6%; and Portugal, 5%.

The most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture data is from 2011 and reveals that foreigners own more than 25 million acres of U.S. farmland. Since that report was published, Italian buyers have purchased 102,000 acres; New Zealand 18,000 acres; Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates 15,000 acres. Along with foreign land ownership goes foreign purchasing of U.S. corporations, i.e., China is the largest pork producer in the world and is getting larger. If you have purchased a ham, bacon, or sausage under the Smithfield Company logo, know that China bought them in 2013. China now controls more than 400 farms and 33 processing plants. One in every four hogs in the United States is owned by China (www.motherjones.com)

However, all eyes are on our southern border invasion, and all other invasions seems to have been placed on the back burner. Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, along with some RINOs, try to hide the fact that the idea of a border fence has been part of other president’s agendas. President Bill Clinton became the first president to authorize building a fence along the U.S./Mexico border. He called it the Gatekeeper. It was to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the country. In 2006, President George Bush signed the Secure Fence Act for the same purpose. These acts were signed and put into law. However, they were never completed.

When President Trump called for a physical barrier to accomplish the same thing, it was called un-American. These illegals are the result of a Congress-initiated invasion of our southern border. There are 48 legal points of entry on our southern border, but are mainly for trucks, not families or singles. It is also noted that “97 per cent of illegal crossings along our southern border happen in areas that don’t have a wall or barrier” (www.realpolicy.com).

As the caravans continue to grow and move toward our border, so do the number of apprehensions. During the months of March, April, and May, there were 396,579 individuals apprehended trying to illegally cross our southern border (www.cdp.gov). How many more crossed illegally that was not apprehended. That constitutes invasion of a sovereign country. Most Americans are not against legal immigrants; all of those who went before us came from foreign lands, but did so legally. Those that enter should do so legally by vetting and only those that are disease and crime free should set foot on American soil. Any citizen from another country that enters illegally is automatically a criminal and should be treated as such. It is not fair for those who are and have gone through the process of becoming fine American citizens to allow others to enter with no consequences.

The 41,892,128 men and women in the Armed Forces that died for this country died to keep it America—not a salad bowl, but a melting pot. This Independence Day let us remember the cost of freedom. “With a great sum obtained I this freedom” (Acts 22:28).